You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 75 Victory is Glory
At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets trailed the Pistons by 11 points.

They walked off the field discouraged, and Larry Brown stared blankly.

As a North Carolina native, the person he once hated the most was David Thompson, the ace of North Carolina State University.Because he can pretty much do everything people can think of except he can't dunk in college.

He really hated this man, ever.

As he led the North Carolina State University Wolfpack to defeat the mighty UCLA, his reputation has spread throughout the United States, and the two major professional leagues are waiting for him.He's the kind of player who, at first glance, knows he can be a cornerstone player.Tickets can be sold even if they can't win. For the ABA, which doesn't even have a TV contract, they need box office superstars too much.

Fortunately, the place where the Atlanta Hawks invited Thompson to discuss the contract turned out to be McDonald's, which made the latter feel that the Hawks had no sincerity at all, so he joined the ABA.It was Brown's first year as a professional basketball coach, and the Thompson he hated came to his staff. He knew better than anyone what it meant to have him.

For several years, they have achieved almost everything but the championship.

Now that Thompson is fighting for the scoring title, the Nuggets, who have already won the Central Division championship, don't value tonight's victory or defeat. In this case, why not let him go to the end with all his heart?
Brown knew that as long as he allowed Thompson to pass the ball more and let others enter the state, the game would turn around, but even if he did so and won, the scattered possession of the ball would reduce his scoring.

After all, he can swipe, and George Gervin can swipe too. The Spurs' unashamed team doesn't care about winning or losing, they only care about how many fans can incontinence at home with Gervin's scoring.

"David!" Brown thought his decision was right. "Keep attacking! Don't think about anything! Just keep attacking!"

Wei Xia looked directly into Larry Brown's face.Is it really the old man who fell out with Allen Iverson standing in front of him?Is it really that rigid old man who can't pee with anyone?Is it really the powerful coach who does not need the creativity of the players, but only needs a group of robot-like blue-collars to successfully assemble and lead the team to win?

Brown met his disciple's eyes and nodded slightly, which meant encouragement.

He doesn't care about winning or losing today, he only cares about Thompson's honor and disgrace.

Is it fighting for honor?Or fight for victory?

Unfortunately, it is not Skywalker himself who stands here today.

The person standing here today is Wei Xia. He did play David Thompson for most of the time, but the way he played the other side made him feel awkward. That's not him.

He's playing the game, not Thompson.

Just like five years ago, he possessed John Havlicek and used his way to finish the opponent's retirement battle.

Today, he will also use his own way.

Is it fighting for honor?Or fight for victory?For him, victory is glory.

"Brothers!" Wei Xia imitated Thompson's tone, "Get ready to catch my pass. Even women can put the ball into the basket in the space that the Pistons gave you. Don't be inferior to women!"

"but larry said"

"I want to win more than the scoring champion. If you really want to support me, just put in the open opportunities they give you."

What breaks us first makes us strong.

And what makes us strong will eventually destroy us, but choose again and most of us will.

Early in the fourth quarter, Eric Maney found David Thompson's center of gravity sinking hard.

He was like a tortoise with a heavy shell hanging from his back.

"I've never seen you defend so seriously." As soon as Manny said the teasing words, he was forced back by Skywalker's aura.

There was a great pride and a silent power about Skywalker, something indestructible deep within him, a realm untouchable, undefiled by anything cruel in the world.

He becomes himself.

No matter who he falls on, he's going to play in his own way.

"Skywalker steals Manny!"

The roar of the announcer made the cheers of the game resound like thunder.

There is a force in Wei Xia's heart, an irresistible force, whenever it rises in his heart, there will be a sweet trembling that spreads all over his body.He's always fighting for it, he believes he made the right decision, he doesn't regret it, and he won't admit it even if it turns out to be wrong.

He rushed to the frontcourt and used this as a starting point to start the Nuggets' big counterattack.

Wei Xia is fighting for what he firmly believes in.Therefore, everything in the world has no effect on this persistent person in the ultimate sense, and all experiences are like passing clouds passing by the mirror of his clean mind in the morning light and sunset.

Wei Xia believes that he will have the experience of traveling to his predecessors in the future, but the people and things he keeps meeting cannot change him.

Counter-attack dunk, steal pass to teammate fast break, attract double-team pass Dan Isel scored easily, drive the ball to let teammate high jumper
Larry Brown stood there silently, against his own principles to let Thompson chase his own glory.Thompson said no, not with words, but with actions.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Pistons' lead was wiped out.

Then, Wei Xia forcibly broke the opponent's double-team, stopped and shot a jumper, scored 66 points personally, and helped the team overtake the score.

The away game turned into a home game, the fans were intoxicated by his performance, and the Pistons became crazy. They would rather let others score easily than allow Skywalker to score 1 more point.

Wei Xia clearly saw that the space under the basket was ignored by Iser, so he passed the ball.

Issel scored easily.

After Bobby Jones cut in, he was still left unattended. Skywalker, who created the concept of "alley-oop", personally sent an alley-oop to his teammates.

Another easy assist.

The madness of the Pistons is reflected in all aspects. They don't know why Skywalker suddenly gave up on chasing the glory of the entire regular season.

You know, on another field, George Gervin scored 21 points, 49 rebounds and 23 assist on 63 of 2 shots at the cost of the team's disastrous defeat of the opponent by 1 points.It is not difficult to see from the statistics that the Iceman doesn't care about anything except offense.He scored 63 points, which means that Thompson needs to score 80 points to lock the scoring champion, and there is still half a quarter left. If he attacks desperately, it is not impossible.

However, he completed 4 steals and sent 8 assists in the fourth quarter, but his personal score only increased by 7 points.

At the end of the game, Skywalker Thompson recorded 68 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists in history.

He won the final regular-season game of the season, only to lose the scoring title he had been fighting for for months.

But history will do him justice.

He lost the scoring title, but won the game with the best performance of his career.

Green won the scoring title, but lost by 21 points.

In Wei Xia's eyes, he didn't lose, and neither did Skywalker. He didn't know what the Iceman thought. If he took 49 crazy shots in order to grab a scoring champion and let the team lose by 21 points, he would feel ashamed.

Just like that, he turned around frankly, and Dan Issel had a warm hug that only a man can have.

(End of this chapter)