The rest is just noise

There is a kind of adjustment called overcorrection.

Pau Gasol was picked up by Louis, and he couldn't do it unless he was tough.

So, Gasol fought hard.

According to Louis' arrangement, if Garnett plays the 4th position, Gasol will play the 4th position. Similarly, if Garnett plays the 5th position, Gasol will also play the 5th position.

Gasol's overall performance is not easy to evaluate, but he is really tough.

At the beginning of the game, he grabbed the offensive rebound that popped up after Ginobili missed a three-pointer, scored a slam dunk, and beat his chest and roared.

At that moment, Louis felt relaxed and happy, thinking that Gasol was really about to wake up. Unexpectedly, that was Gasol's brightest moment in the game.

Since then, Gasol has fallen into the trap of being too tough.

He took the initiative to collide with Garnett on the defensive end and was called for a defensive foul.

Garnett used a concealed elbow to attack his chest, and he directly pushed the person down and received an offensive foul.

He got stuck under the basket and used too much force with his hands, knocking Garnett to the ground and earning a flagrant foul.

He failed to block the shot and hit Pence in the face, earning another foul.

In less than halftime, he had already committed four fouls. He was tough enough, but where was his brain?

Louis wondered where his brain had gone.

At the beginning of the second half, Gasol made a high-level pass to the ground, which confirmed that his brain was still there, but he was just too tough and unable to control himself.

As the third quarter progressed, Gasol used Garnett's shoulder as a support to complete a foul deduction. Gasol's accumulated fouls reached five.

In the end, he got his sixth foul in the conflict with Garnett.

When he came off the court, Gasol said to Lu Wuxia: "Who said I gave up KG? Who said that?!"

Lu Wuxia smiled, and Louis couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Gasol's six fouls were basically a microcosm of the entire Celtics game.

It looks vigorous and lively, but in fact the opponent has a firm grasp of the rhythm of the game and there is no pressure at all during the fight.

In the whole game, 114 to 101, the Suns defeated the Celtics again, tying the series score and bringing both sides back to the starting point.

Although they lost without temper, the Celtics did not gain anything.

At least they have a tough Pau Gasol.

A Gasol who is not afraid of Garnett has a crucial impact on the series.

In addition to Gasol, there are several players who have shown their own characteristics in the absence of flawless roads.

For example, Ginobili, although his shooting touch has not returned yet, he served as the team's outside core tonight and performed well, with 15 points and 11 assists in a single game. If he can find the three-point touch, his effect on the court will be similar to Lu Wuxia's.

It's pretty much the same.

In addition, Mike Dunleavy and Andrei Kirilenko both performed well in their respective specialties.

David Lee's inside offense is very suitable for cooperating with Yao Yueban in the high and low posts.

If Yao Yueban's inside singles were better and he continued his outside touch in these two games, if shooters such as Szczerbiak and Korver were not so miraculous, if Gasol was not only tough but also

If you can remember that you are a very smart player, even if you are not flawless, the Celtics still have the strength to win against the Suns.

However, Louis is not Tracy McGrady, and he doesn't know why his team needs so many ifs.

The season is coming to an end, and there are only two teams that have managed to survive today. They are both the most mature teams, and there is no need for ifs.

In fact, before the third game, except for Gasol who was beaten unconscious by Garnett, everyone else's performance was the kind of "what if" in Louis' imagination.

Does Wu Xia's absence really have such a big impact?

Louis has been controlling a flawless share of the ball in order to prepare others to play well in this situation.

However, when this situation really came, the team was still at a loss.

At least in this game, their performance was substandard.

That night, Louis returned to the hotel and stayed up late to review the game, trying to see if there was any room for adjustment in personnel alignment.

At midnight, someone knocked on his door.

Louis could clearly see the people outside the house through the peephole. There was probably only one person who couldn't sleep at this point, and that was his son.

Louis opened the door and asked, "It's not good for your foot injury to stay up so late."

"Can't sleep." Lu Wuxia said.

"come in."

Louis noticed that Wu Xia's ankle was obviously no longer swollen, so he asked: "How is your foot injury?"

"The swelling has gone down." Wuxia said, "The doctor said I recovered quickly."

Louis smiled and said: "If you want to talk to me about the next comeback, I can only ask you out."

"I'm not here to talk about this..." Wuxia paused, "I'm here to talk to you about why I must come back."

Louis smiled and asked: "Is there any difference between these two things?"

"Yes, it's like someone telling a story. He said that a couple of bad guys and a man got on a boat, and then the boat hit an iceberg. As a result, the adulterer died, and everyone applauded."

"Well, what then?"

"The actual situation is that the heroine in the story was forced by her family to get engaged to a nobleman with no emotional basis. She met the male protagonist on a boat, and the two fell in love at first sight. In the end, the ship hit an iceberg, and the male protagonist chose to let the female protagonist live.

This love is eternal."

"Titanic? You'd better not tell that story in front of your mother. It's the highest-grossing movie she's ever been in."

"Of course I won't." Wuxia said, "That's why I want to talk to you about this matter - why I must come back."

Louis opened a bottle of Coke for himself, "Tell me, why?"

"Ross wants a love that is as eternal as diamonds." Wuxia said, "I want a team that is as eternal as diamonds. This is the only way for us."

Eternity... With the human lifespan of less than a hundred years, it is extremely difficult to reach this standard, but there are indeed some people and things that are still talked about after thousands of years.

Taking the grand narrative of basketball as the main body, if this sport is still popular a thousand years later, what things will become allusions and be remembered today a thousand years ago?

Naismith invented basketball;

Chamberlain’s 100 points in a single game and 50 points per game;

Russell's 11 crowns and Benj's 12 crowns.

Any more?

Louis shook his head and probably lost his mind. He looked at Wu Xia and didn't want to discuss the concept of eternity with him. Maybe for him, eternity is not a concept on a time scale, but the memory of a generation.

"I understand your idea, but it's not enough."

Louis shook his head and said: "You are still very young and can still play for many years. You think this team is great now because you have little knowledge. In my eyes, this Celtics team is just an ordinary team."

Championship team."

"Really, Dad? Why would you go out of your way to make a team without black people if it was so ordinary?"

At this moment, Lu Wuxia's eyes were staring at his father like an eagle: "I don't believe this is a coincidence."

Louis didn't answer.

Then, Lu Wuxia said: "Basketball has developed to this day. It is difficult to imagine that any team will win the championship without black players. If we do it, everyone will remember us. No matter how many years have passed, someone will say

Starting from this year's Celtics, and I believe that until the death of basketball, no team will do this again. As the core player of this team, I cannot lose my ability because of a small injury.

Missing the finals, I want to stand with my teammates, I want to fight side by side with them, and I want to lead them to win the championship. This is my mission, and I must do it. We want to become the second team in the past 50 years to win the championship.

The NBA championship-less black team!”

Louis could indeed feel the almost soaring pride in Wu Xia.

However, seeing that this kid was obviously injured but still looking unfaithful, Louis wanted to hit him. Until finally, he finally found the loophole in his words, so he nodded and agreed with his ambition and wish,

While saying sarcastically: "Well said, but the St. Louis Eagles won the championship in 1958, so it was not fifty years, but forty-nine years."

1958

58

It’s such a good number, it feels like it’s destined to be there.