The rest is just noise

Rob the big shot

In the Tianwangshan battle between the Celtics and the Suns, Lu Wuxia returned from injury, and the team's morale was boosted. In the first half, the Celtics led the Suns by 11 points, 58-47.

Among them, Manu Ginobili, the best player of the half, said in an interview: "I want to win this game for Wish!"

Looking at Ginobili, Louis can easily think of those ruthless people who stayed out of the firing line due to injuries, thereby motivating their teammates to get into the best shape.

The best example that an old man like him can think of is undoubtedly the 1970 New York Knicks.

The famous "Reed's Return" battle.

Willis Reed just walked out of the aisle and hit two mid-range shots to get Walter Frazier's blood boiling.

In the previous six games, the young Fraser only averaged 14 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game. He was at a disadvantage when facing the veteran Jerry West, who dominated the backcourt with averages of 31 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game.

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It happened that in the seventh game, Frazier, who had been bullied by West for six games, was full of ambition and took advantage of Reid's courage to kill the Lakers in one fell swoop. He scored 36 points, 7 rebounds and 19 assists in a single game, leading the team to defeat the Lakers.

Realizing Chamberlain’s reputation as a softie⑴.

In the Stern era, Frazier's outburst was enough for him to steal an FMVP from Reed. However, that was the O'Brien era, a man who hated commercialization and didn't like the All-Star Game.

President, so FMVP is worthy of its name, given to Reed who took huge risks to fight and thus inspired the whole team.

Frazier later stated in his autobiography that when he saw Reed elected as FMVP, he felt a huge loss in his heart.

However, he did not deny that without Reid, he would not have been able to perform in Game 7.

When Louis was young, he went to explore the secrets of making strong teams become champions.

This allowed him to explore history and watch strong teams, and finally came to a conclusion.

A perfect team, an invincible team, a team that undoubtedly holds the championship title on its head for a whole year, always has a spirit of dedication and sacrifice that other teams cannot match, especially

Before the salary cap era, there was not so much emphasis on salary. The team would pay you whatever they thought you were worth, so everyone could play with peace of mind after receiving the money.

Now that the league has moved from the salary cap era into the social media era, pure sacrifice and dedication have become very rare.

However, Louis still saw similarities with those teams in the Celtics.

Especially what Wuxia said during the midfield interview.

"I haven't fully recovered yet, but I won't miss the game because of such an injury. I want to come back, stand with my teammates, and I want to fight for them."

He accidentally touched the deepest secret of team sports.

It has nothing to do with money, status, or even honor.

It’s just about you and your teammates. How much you are willing to do for your teammates will be how much they will give back to you.

In 1969, Bill Russell, who won the final game, while expressing his dissatisfaction with Chamberlain's withdrawal midway, told reporters that even if he was given the world, he would not trade for his teammates.

Have the Celtics reached this point this year?

This is a very young team and they haven't experienced much.

Louis isn't sure.

However, the Celtics are indeed in great momentum.

In the second half, Pence scored 7 points in a row, blowing the clarion call for the Suns to chase points. However, Yao Yueban's three-pointer from the top of the key and Lu Wuxia's flying Yin Guodala rushed to the basket to complete 2+1, so that the Suns actually only narrowed the point difference.

1 point.

Then, Yingodala stood up and took the initiative to play in the low post.

Although Yingodala's technical moves were only rough in Lu Wuxia's opinion, in actual fighting, the effect was not bad.

Especially in the low post, Ying Guodala had an obvious physical advantage and scored 4 points on Lu Wuxia.

A single-point breakthrough against Lu Wuxia, who was injured, was originally the Suns' strategy. Now that Yingodala has implemented it in place, the Suns will naturally implement it to the end.

D'Antoni made an arrangement on the spot, arranging for all Suns players who got the ball to call pick-and-roll roll calls for Lu Wuxia.

Louis' response to this was that when facing Garnett and Pence, others immediately double-teamed him. When facing Ying Guodala and Hamilton, Lu Wuxia handled it by himself.

The first two are players that Lu Wuxia is currently difficult to deal with. The latter two are players who are not lethal enough with the ball. Even if they score a few goals against him, the impact will not be big.

The Suns team's attempt to defeat Lu Wuxia in one go failed to achieve its goal.

Because Lu Wuxia is not a player with a weak heart.

Although his opponents regarded him as a lost tiger, he did not show any stage fright. After all, he did not perform well in the first half. After more than two quarters, he adapted to the game. Now he feels that he has almost found the feeling of the game. It is time to let go and perform.

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So, no matter which Suns team calls him on the defensive end, he will come back on the offensive end.

This is an extremely dramatic scene.

Pence just scored on Lu Wuxia's head, and then he was shaken away by him face to face, and he responded with a jumper.

When Garnett is double-teamed, he can still use his physical advantage to score points.

Lu Wuxia was not that violent, calling a pick-and-roll and shooting a three-pointer from the outside.

The Suns continued to play in isolation, while the Celtics began a systematic attack after Lu Wuxia responded to his call twice in a row.

The first is the offense (7 seconds or less). Lu Wuxia crosses the half court, passes the ball to Ginobili, then calls a screen. After a single block, he cuts first and then reverses the run and catches the ball for a three-pointer.

Then came the attack (20 seconds or more), Gasol took the ball high and sent a solid pass.

Ginobili broke through with the ball and scored again.

Lu Wuxia took the ball from the bottom corner and took a feint shot before breaking through. Yao Yueban passed the ball to Yao Yueban in the middle of the run. Yao Yueban then moved to the other corner and Kirilenko completed the three-pointer.

For a while, it looked like the Suns were finally over, with the Celtics leading as much as 16 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Yao Yueban scored 2+1 on Garnett's head, extending the lead to 18 points.

Then, Yingodala scored two unexpected three-pointers, bringing the point difference back to 15 points.

Garnett faced Yao Yueban in isolation, Lu Wuxia named Milicic at the top of the arc, Pence responded with a three-pointer, Ginobili singled out Hamilton for a snake-like layup, Hamilton moved to catch the ball and made a mid-range shot, Gasol made a high-level shot

Driving into the rim for a slam dunk...

This may be the most star-studded finals in recent years.

The Celtics played better and the Suns were overwhelmed.

Three and a half minutes before the end, the Suns trailed by 12 points.

Then, D'Antoni made a decision and replaced Milicic because he was used as a weakness on the court and was hit continuously.

Rather than keeping him, it would be better to replace him with a veteran who has more flaws on the defensive end but is more capable on the offensive end - Robert Horry, who is known for his big heart at critical moments.

Affected by the butterfly effect, Horry has not established the reputation of "Big Shot Rob" in this life. This does not mean that his key performances are no longer dazzling, but that his performance at those critical moments has never been better.

Win the championship for his team.

For the sports world, only the key performance of a winner is meaningful.

It's hard to put into words what Horry did when he came on the court.

He first hit a three-pointer and then scored on a fast break under Garnett's strong defense.

At that time, Louis had realized the danger of Horry and asked Kirilenko to keep an eye on him.

But even if the Celtics sent out their best defender, they couldn't change what happened next.

Horry is not the kind of person who can be tracked just by sending someone to keep an eye on him.

Because he is not a chance creator. Like all the famous big-hearted role players in history, they just shoot the ball that falls into their hands instead of relying on their personal ability to create the moment of the shot.

Therefore, Kirilenko only made it more difficult for Horry to catch the ball, but it did not change the result that his shot after catching the ball would definitely go in.

Horry scored 12 of the Suns' remaining 16 points, and what really made Horry's offense meaningful was Garnett's ironclad defense.

In the last three and a half minutes, Garnett contributed 3 blocks and 1 steal, allowing the Suns to create a miracle at the last moment, closing the 12-point gap and sending this magnificent battle on Tianwang Mountain into overtime.

⑴How long has it been since I told the story of Chamberlain bullying the Knicks without Redd, scoring 45 points and 27 rebounds in Game 6, and then being shocked by the one-legged Redd in Game 7, with only 21 points and 24 rebounds?

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