You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 430 The Finale of the First Generation Sixth Man
It was late at night, and Wei Xia's consciousness returned to the 60s.

Whenever his real season ends, he has to go back in time and experience the thrill of winning from previous winners.

In the 1963-64 season, the Celtics relentlessly defeated the Cincinnati Royals led by Big O and Jerry Lucas and entered the finals, facing the strongest player in the world-Wilt Chamberlain.

Compared with previous years, this year's Celtics have less point guards and less star power. In the first year after Bob Cousy left, many media have questioned their prospects for the championship.

According to legend, the Lord of the Rings and his Celtics can become the most prestigious ultimate winners in NBA history because they are a super team in a super team, with a pile of 50 players, and all stars can only play as substitutes.

This point of view is right and wrong.

It is true that there have been many top 50 superstars around Russell, but many of them were not in the same era, and their peaks did not overlap. Some, just because he was a member of the Celtics, became a member of the Hall of Fame.

I have to mention KC Jones here. When it comes to him, everyone will talk about defense, because his offense has no bright spots.Playing 30 to 32 minutes per game since Cousy retired, Jones averaged 7.8 points and 5.3 assists while shooting 39 percent from the field and needing no defense beyond 15 feet.How did a pure defensive specialist who played nine years, started four years, and never made an All-Star get into the Hall of Fame?Is he better than Ben Wallace? Is he half as good as Dennis Johnson who didn't make it to the Hall of Famer when he died?
Of course it is a capital NO!

In the process of the Celtics coming out of the East, they can always meet teams with the same lineup depth as them, but the Warriors standing opposite them now can indeed be regarded as a team that is not as good as them.

They are strong in the interior, the unsolvable Chamberlain and rookie Nate Thurmond.

The Celtics have three All-Stars, but none of them were selected to the best team. Except for Russell, none of them ranked in the top 20 in the league in rebounds per game, but their strength is still higher than that of the Warriors.

The game also revolved around the characteristics of Chamberlain to resort to tricks.

In several finals, Wei Xia watched almost the whole process.

He didn't control Havlicek's body to play, and it was more interesting to stand by and watch the duel between Russell and Chamberlain.

Honestly, the Warriors are less competitive than he thought.

The overall talent in the West is not as good as in previous years.

The Lakers' inside line is so bad that it has reached the point of being bullied by others, and the St. Louis Eagles are no longer the Western Super Team that competed with the Green Cays in the late 50s.

Chamberlain led the Warriors in seven bloody battles with them.

The seventh game was a rare life-and-death game for Chamberlain in the early days of his career-39 points, 30 rebounds, 6 assists and who knows how many blocks.

He completely stifled Bob Pettit, who had 24 points and 12 rebounds.

He buried an opponent who seemed to be controlled by AI with the data of 2K players.

In the duel between Chamberlain and Russell, the data of the former usually doubles the data of the latter.Just can't win.

This scene still happened tonight.

In the first game of the finals, Russell was slaughtered with 22 points and 23 rebounds.

Russell only scored 9 points and took a pitiful 8 shots.

And Chamberlain took 20 shots, but did not achieve the goal of defeating Russell, because Russell's score was doubled by him, but he grabbed 2 more rebounds than him, a total of 25.

More importantly, Chamberlain's defense was worse than Wei Xia imagined.

Sam Jones taunted him wildly, shooting 18 for 10.

But the protagonist is John Havlicek who has not been possessed by Wei Xia. He only has two moves against the Warriors.

Run infinitely and cut the back door, and attack the sky blue in rotation.

With just two shots, Havlicek scored 17 of 12 and easily scored 28 points to help the Celtics win the first game.

Russell's personal ability has never been at the same level as Chamberlain. He just knows how to choose and choose. He doesn't know much about offense, so he delegates power to his teammates. Although he is the leader, he is also the fourth and fifth offensive choice in the team.

He has Sam Jones, Heinsohn and Havlicek around him.

At this point, Chamberlain did suffer.There are only a few All-Star or quasi-All-Star scorers around him, and his quality is obviously not as good as the Big Three flanking the Celtics.

It was not his fault that he lost to the outside line of the Green Army, but the defensive end did not protect the basket well, allowing the Green Army's Big Three on the wing to shoot high with [-]% of the field goals. He has an unshirkable responsibility.

This is the end of the first game.

The Warriors gave Wei Xia a feeling.

The Warriors in his eyes are like the Lakers standing in front of the Spurs. They have the ability to narrow the gap, but they can't find a way to win.

In the second game, Chamberlain released Shenluo Tianzheng against Russell and Heinsohn, as if to push the entire Green Army flat.

He scored 32 points and 25 rebounds frantically, shooting 52% from the field.

Under his power, Heinsohn was crippled, 16 of 5, and Russell continued to score in single digits (9).

Russell, who only took 10 shots, was neither humble nor overbearing. In terms of the number of shots, he ranked fifth in the Celtics team, tied with KC Jones who didn't know how to attack.There was no sound on the offensive end, but Chamberlain still had an even share of rebounds, catching a total of 24, and the sound on the defensive end was far greater than the former.And, this may be the biggest gap between him and Chamberlain. He sent 9 assists and Chamberlain 3 times.

Sam Jones continued to hammer the Warriors' flanks, scoring 31 points on more than [-]% shooting, and continued to insult Chamberlain one after another.

"You can't win."

"You look like a dog!"

"Come, come, come."

His trash-talking style can be summed up as vulgarity, moreover, when he shouted outside, Russell was still comforting inside, telling Chamberlain not to be angry, and not to be as knowledgeable as Jones.

Russell knows better than anyone what kind of energy Chamberlain will erupt once he is irritated. He is a master of psychological warfare, comforting Chamberlain, making him feel satisfied in the matchup, and letting him recognize the status quo. "Anyway, I may not win if I try my best."

In the third game, the wild Chamberlain broke out with infinite power, 35 points, 25 rebounds and 5 assists, and 7 blocked shots that Weixia was not sure about, winning a game back from the Celtics.

In the fourth game, Chamberlain fully realized the domination of Russell on both offensive and defensive ends.

With 28 points and 38 rebounds, he beat Russell with 9 points and 19 rebounds. In the end, he lost three games. His free throws were not good, and because of his bad free throws, he dared not take the ball at critical moments, and his defense was still unreliable.

The opportunity to tie the big score fell in front of them. They didn't cherish it. The ball was given to someone else. The hope of defeating the Green Army was annihilated by Havlicek's defense.

98 is better than 95
The Green Army won the match point.

Sam Jones and Heinsohn contributed a lot to their performance. They once again scored 56 points with more than [-]% shooting percentage. Chamberlain slaughtered Russell to death, but they couldn't resist the other cockroaches of the Celtics again and again.

In Game [-], the final game of the series, Wescha's consciousness came to John Havlicek.

He wants to play this game.

Tonight's game has a special meaning, it is not only the final battle of the season, but also symbolizes that the Celtics will not collapse because of Cousy's retirement.The theory of Coucy's core, the theory of only Coucy, and the theory of Coucy's best history have all gone bankrupt.

In addition, there is another meaning.

It was the retirement battle of Frank Ramsey and Jim Loscutoff PF.

Leaving aside Lustoff's rudeness, Ramsey's help to Wecha, whether in the 60s or in modern times, is remarkable.

Why did Wei Xia become a master of diving?
Why did he use his exaggerated acting skills to deceive the trust of the referees, irritate opponents, and benefit the Lakers?A large part of the reason is from Ramsey's precepts and deeds.

Frank Ramsey's status as the original sixth man greatly overshadowed his charm as the earliest performance artist on the court.

Of course, that's not a good reputation, and it's a good thing fans don't know about it.

In his prime, Ramsey often sticks to people's backs like tarsal maggots, and then hands up and down-this is only the first step.Then—glanced at the referee—one hand was used as a screen, and the other hand just pulled at the opponent's jersey.

It is said that no one dares to rush in front of Ramsey after seeing this move, but he will not let you go behind his back—the arm circles back like a fist with the back, and makes a dark force behind the person, so the opponent slips again and falls on Ramsey's back.

After suffering these tricks, they still don't know how to repent. People who want to make a decision on Ramsey's side obviously underestimated the attack range of the ancestor of diving.When you look up to the sky to watch the ball, somehow your arms are wrapped around something like a vine, and you can't help but fall sideways, and it happens to be on Ramsey.

In this way, the front, back, left and right are all within the attack range of Ramsey hooking his shoulders and throwing himself into his arms.

This trick belongs to the inheritance of the Celtics. It was not until Ramsey retired for almost 20 years that he was inherited by Danny Angie.

Wei Xia is not as dirty as Ramsey, but the help Ramsey gave him has radiated from the 60s to the modern NBA. After two seasons, he is already a well-known diving master and master of performance in the league.

In the last battle, Ramsey scored 17 points in 18 minutes, leaving the best ending for his sixth man career.

The titan battle between Chamberlain and Russell was still bloody.

Chamberlain can't rule Russell again, his offensive end is still high, so Russell can only look up, but other things, rebounding, the two are on par, instigating teammates, he is far behind, defense-Chamberlain, who is keen on volleyball caps, is unexpectedly poor, and Russell is more outstanding than imagined.

30分27篮板2助攻48%命中率，对上14分26篮板6助攻48%命中率。

History cannot be if, but you can properly if, if Russell is as obsessed with offense as Chamberlain, will their scoring data gap really be that big?If Russell did that, he would not be Russell, and the Celtics would not have won 13 championships in 11 years. Bill Sharman and Bob Cousy, I am afraid they will all have to become Paul Arizin, Tom Gola (Tom Gola SG/SF), and Guy Rogers in their later years.

If that were the case, history would change dramatically, and Chamberlain would have more champions because, along with selfishness, he would use his vast experience to beat Russell.

The result was settled, Russell, who was stronger overall and helped more, became the winner again.

The 1964 championship may be the last one that can be called a natural championship in the Celtics' dominant 60s.They are stronger than other teams, and after that, the wheel of fate will make this history high speed.

The Celtics habitually hold the cup, but what moved Weixia the most was in the locker room. Ramsey said sincerely; "In this game, each of us deserves a $3000 bonus."

(End of this chapter)