You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 862 Old Scar

Chapter 873 Old Scars

"This isn't the first time we've been in the background of his highlights, and it won't be the last."

After the game, Celtics coach Stevens said.

The key goal that Wechay scored that made the suspense disappear was just one of his many hard hits against Boston.

Soon, that hit will be forgotten, but the 2008 Finals will be forever.

"They've got to get a little better if they're going to be a showrunner."

Wei Xia said euphemistically and flatly.

He didn't stay at the hotel that night.

He had dinner with his only friend in Boston, Tom Heinsohn, 50 years his senior.

This meal, for Heinsohn, was dinner, and he explained that he did not eat on game nights.

"Only in this way can I maintain my hunger." Heinsohn laughed, "I want to explain with hunger."

And Wei Xia needs to replenish energy, so he doesn't mind eating something.

"To be honest, we have also played against the Warriors. From the perspective of the quality of the game, you are a tougher team, um," there are unfinished voices in his words.

Wei Xia casually rolled the noodles and asked, "What about the warrior?"

"I hope you don't mind, I always speak straight," Heinsohn said. "The Warriors are the stronger team."

How could Wei Xia mind?This is the answer that the whole world knows.

Heinsohn said it directly, proving that he really didn't hide it.

"If we meet in the finals, who do you think will win?" Wei Xia asked casually.

He didn't care about Heinsohn's answer, but the other party thought about it seriously: "If someone asked me, ask me a hundred times, my answer would be warriors, they only need six games to deal with you."

six games?Too much, isn't it five games?Wei Xia thought to himself mockingly.

"However, when I saw you, when you asked me a question... I felt that you would not lose." Heinsohn laughed dryly, "I don't believe you will lose, Wish, do you know how I survived Game 2008 of the [-] Finals?"

Wei Xia and Heinsohn have been friends for many years. When they met privately or called each other, they often talked about the finals of that year.

Heinsohn always said that Vershaw stole the Celtics championship.

"You said it was a game you would never want to look back on," Wescia said.

"Do you know why?"

Wei Xia listened, but didn't answer.

"Because no matter how you look at it, the Celtics had no reason to lose that game." Heinsohn still can't let go, "We shouldn't lose."

As a result of that game, the Celtics missed another championship after the Bird era.While 2010 made amends, the 2008 loss was even more painful.

Wesha couldn't answer, and he helped the Lakers win that game and give the Lakers their own "Havlicek steal" moment.

That was the most critical steal in the history of the Lakers and even the NBA.

Because, without that steal, the Celtics would be champions.

Because Wei Xia's steal was too critical, his buzzer-beating layup after the successful steal was forgotten. In fact, it was a connected moment, but because of the timing of the steal, the opponent who was stealing the ball, and the classic "Wish stole the ball", the lore was ignored.

So Heinsohn said that Weixia stole the Celtics championship.

"Tommy, don't keep complaining. Have you experienced too much of this kind of thing?" Weisha casually gave an example, "If Selvi made that goal in Game 1962 in 1969; if Coach Nelson didn't make that goal in Game [-] in [-]. What if these 'ifs', once they happen, what will happen? In the end, the Celtics won those games, and the 'ifs' didn't happen."

When Heinsohn heard Weixia talking about the past, his spirits improved a lot: "You reminded me of many interesting things, and you are right. Let me tell you about the 1962 final. It was really dangerous. Elgin scored 61 points in one game!"

Wei Xia laughed when he heard that.

That year was the year before Havlicek joined the Celtics. He didn't experience it, but he later checked the data and found that the situation was far more dangerous than he had heard.

In those seven finals, Baylor averaged 40+18 rebounds per game, and Jerry West averaged 31 points per game. In the history of the NBA, there is absolutely no example of a dual-core team that still lost the finals despite such performance.

It can be said that the Lakers lost on the inside that year. Russell played his best performance in the finals, averaging 22 points and 27 rebounds per game.

The Celtics dodged a bullet that year, a "what if" buried in history.

Heinsohn narrated the events of the year with great vigor, and those things seemed like yesterday to him, but to Wei Xia, it was just another period of life experienced in the past few years.

"There are not many young people like you who are young and promising and have an understanding of history." Heinsohn said appreciatively, "Most people only care about their salary, teammates, history has long been unimportant."

For Heinsohn, there are only two objective reasons that prevent him from liking Wei Xia.

One, he's not a Celtic.

Two, this kid was really too hard on the Celtics.

Wei Xia smiled and said: "Our family is all Celtic fans, so I understand more or less."

"I know, it has been reported by the media, and I even chatted with your grandfather, he is a pure fan." Heinsohn chatted, and when he talked about his grandfather, Wei Xia couldn't help filling his mouth with something.

I don't know if Heinsohn knows that Grandpa has passed away?

However, Heinsohn did not extend the topic, but brought the focus of the chat to the current Celtics.

"Do you know what our problem is?"

Heinsohn acted as if he was still the Celtics coach.

He has been working in Boston since retiring, and he is the invisible totem of the Celtics. In his early years, Doug Rivers called Heinsohn a "hero" because Heinsohn helped Rivers overcome difficulties when he encountered difficulties in his early years of coaching.

Heinsohn is also Brad Stevens' staff. When Stevens considers the rotation of the team's center, he will ask Heinsohn for advice and learn from his experience in dealing with these issues.

"Actually, there are many problems. As far as tonight is concerned, I think the Celtics' rotation is not stable enough." This is what surprised Wei Xia the most about the Celtics. "The regular season is coming to an end, but the Celtics seem to have not yet established their core team."

"It seems that you have the potential to be a coach." Heinsohn laughed, "Yes, you are very right!"

They were talking to each other like two coaches, discussing the Celtics.

From a tactical point of view, the Celtics need certain weak-side and bottom-line offensive tactics as ingredients to mobilize the opponent's defense more actively, rather than relying entirely on strong-side pick-and-rolls to open gaps.

But in Stevens' offensive system, the ball handler decides the offensive options and has virtually unlimited firing power. Under normal game intensity, they can gallop freely in the wide open space and create possibilities for teammates according to circumstances. However, in today's defensive jungle facing the 76ers, they all have their own limitations. Isaiah Thomas does not have enough vision, Turner lacks stable offensive methods, and Embiid is too young. He still needs time to adapt.

"When the shooter feels bad and the ball-handler is crazy double-teamed, if the high pick-and-roll and bull-horn offense can't open the situation, they should add some match-up offense or misplaced singles tactics that stand close to the basket, even if it is specifically for free throws."

Heinsohn's serious attitude made Wei Xia dare not neglect, and he also carefully reviewed the game.

The Celtics played very well in the first half, but those styles of play basically disappeared at the end of the third and fourth quarters due to the changes in the 76ers' defensive strategy.

The biggest problem for young teams is that once they fall into a stalemate, they don't know who to attack.

The 76ers are very simple, Weixia is the first choice, and Cousins ​​​​is the second choice.

"Give Joel Embiid a few more years, and he will definitely grow into a great player." Heinsohn said confidently.

Wei Xia is also optimistic about Embiid's development. He has all the qualifications to grow into a great center, as long as he stays healthy.

During the dinner, which lasted more than an hour, Wei Xia and Heinsohn had a lot of exchanges.

From the past, to the present, to the future.

"Although the Warriors look unstoppable, you don't have to be too embarrassed, because not all teams that performed well in the regular season will reach the top in the playoffs." Heinsohn revealed another scar deep in his heart, "For example, the Celtics in 1973."

If it is said that the 2008 final made Heinsohn still unable to let go, then the defeat in 1973 has made it difficult for Heinsohn to recover even today, 43 years later.

"We swept all the teams that year and achieved the best record in team history. If we can reach the finals, Dave Cowens can kill Wilt directly. He has already done it in the regular season-a pity, a pity, Hondo's injury made us lose in the seventh game of the Eastern Conference finals." Heinsohn said sadly, "That was the first time the Celtics lost the tiebreaker."

"That year should have belonged to us!"

"We deserved to win!"

Although Wescha had been with Havlicek for many years, he didn't know what happened in 1973.

Because he hasn't experienced it yet.

No, aren't you going through it now?
Today in 2016 when Wei Xia is in, Havlicek in the old days is in the brightest 1972-1973 season after Bill Russell retired.

(End of this chapter)