On June 16, 2004, "The Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers of the Galaxy Fleet 100-87, with a total score of 4-1, and won the NBA 03~04 championship."
On the screen, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Prince, Hamilton, Billups and others put on their championship hats and walked onto the podium one by one, accepting the cheers of the fans at the scene.
At this moment, Detroit, an old industrial city, seemed to be rejuvenated again. A large number of fans gathered around the Palace of Auburn Hills and in downtown Detroit. They cheered, sang, laughed, and cried.
Even if you are not a basketball fan, you will be infected by them involuntarily and join their team.
This is a miracle, a miracle in the history of the NBA. A team that has never had a superstar actually finally won the championship. All of this seems like a Cinderella dream in a fairy tale, but Detroiters are real and incredible.
of turning dreams into reality.
Kobe was sitting on the bench, covering his head with a towel. Edison knew that he was not crying. He was past the age where he could cry. More importantly, the ring on his hand deprived him of the right to cry.
O'Neal, with his eyes wide open, stood blankly on the sidelines, seemingly still waiting for the referee's next whistle. He seemed unable to accept the reality that the game was over and that he had failed.
Veteran Payton comforted the crying young players on the Lakers, patting their shoulders and stroking their heads, showing off his veteran demeanor, but in fact he was the one who should be comforted the most.
"Postman" Malone cried, the league's legendary tough guy cried. This was his third finals experience, but he fell down again and lost. He was so close to the O'Brien Cup every time, but he didn't
He has lifted it once, and he also knows that he may never have the chance to lift that trophy again. Because he is old, the old iron man Malone is gone, and all that is left is this well-dressed man sitting in the audience who did not play due to injury.
Malone on the table. Veterans will never die, they will just wither slowly, but God did not give Malone a chance to wither on the court. No one would have thought that the iron man with the fewest injuries in the league would actually die in the most critical game of his career.
He was injured and didn't even play. This is all so ironic.
Malone was crying off the court, Kobe lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong, O'Neal had left the court, and Payton was still comforting others one by one.
Edison looked at Malone and saw him wearing a suit and leaving the basketball court with disappointment on his back. He abandoned his star halo and came to Los Angeles despite the reputation of hugging the championship, but only got such a ridiculous result.
Edison looked at Kobe. Although Kobe is like a child now, from next season he will bear the legendary glory of the Lakers alone in the most manly manner until he ascends to the throne and creates the next purple and gold dynasty. But Edison is silently thinking in his heart.
Said, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I won't let you build a dynasty of your own."
O'Neal has left the court. Perhaps his heart has left this place at this moment, or even left the Lakers. Edison knew that this future trip to the East would be a watershed in the Shark's career from prosperity to decline. He himself did not expect this time.
Dongyou actually announced to the world that he had bid farewell to the top, but God later gave him a championship ring. Perhaps this was God's last tribute to the center era. But Edison did not intend to help the Sharks. Instead, the great O'Neal will
Become a footnote to the greater Edison.
Payton is still comforting others, because Payton and Malone are different. Malone is already dead at this moment, but Payton has not given up yet. He still has the desire for the championship. At the beginning of the season, Malone and Payton
The two came with the same attitude, but Malone left the Jazz on his own initiative, while Payton was abandoned by the SuperSonics, so Payton was more unwilling than Malone. Before he won the championship, he would never
I won’t give in…
When Edison looked at the Lakers' four kings, he wanted to cry because they carried a generation's love and desire for basketball.
Although the civilian victory of the Pistons is very inspiring, this kind of story will make you cheer loudly and applaud, and it will also make you moved, but it will not make you cry. The core of competitive sports will always be the superstars, whether they win or fail, this is very
Cruel, but this is reality.
Basketball is a passionate sport, and emotion is an essential part of the NBA. Barkley hugged O'Neal, and Artest rushed to the audience. Without fire and anger, that is not the NBA; Duncan 2+1
After a rare smile, Walker twisted his butt and danced in a dance that made everyone want to vomit after a three-pointer. Without joy and smiles, that is not the NBA; when Jordan pressed his forehead against his first O'Brien Cup and cried bitterly,
When Reid returned to the game with his injured leg, there was no emotion or tears, that was not the NBA; when Fisher beat the Spurs in 0.2 seconds, when Iverson was knocked away and scored with a throw while losing his balance,
Without persistence and unyielding, that's not the NBA.
Here, you can be angry, you can be dissatisfied, you can cheer, you can be unwilling, but you must not be weak, especially the coach.
Because every move of the coach affects more than 10 players you lead. Although you have other emotions, you can find a way to convert them into a desire for victory, but weakness is not enough. Even if it is other emotions, you must try your best to
Control, control your emotions instead of being controlled by them.
Players are flesh and blood tools and chess pieces. They are not human beings on the playing field. This is what a head coach must master. No great head coach is controlled by the players. On the contrary, the greater the head coach, the more authoritarian and the more dictatorial he is.
It means not treating players as human beings.
Billups on the stage won the Finals MVP. But Edison knew that the real MVP was Larry Brown, who was sitting on the sidelines with silver hair, gold-rimmed glasses, and an old-school attitude.
There are no superstars in Detroit, and no one plays the role of a superstar; Big Ben is the boss of the Pistons, but he does not boss his teammates around, but instead takes the dirty work. In this blue-collar civilian team, the boss
Brown is the only superstar. After he arrived in Detroit, he first liberated Prince from the bench, and then made a decisive trade-in exchange for Rasheed Wallace. After he taught him according to his aptitude
Under his command, every player has a clear understanding of their own position. Ben, Campbell, Prince and others who are supposed to do the hard work will never show off and shoot randomly; Billups, Hamilton, and Rush are responsible for attacking the position.
De Wallace will never be soft when opportunities arise at critical moments. And Larry Brown can definitely let those second- and third-rate players that others don't want to have a second life in his own hands. Just like watching in the 2004 Finals
As expected, veterans Campbell and Hunter have each played their own value. What these Pistons players have in common is that they are not very talented, but they all conscientiously "play the right basketball" as their coaches taught them.
Three years ago, Larry Brown's 76ers were brutally slaughtered by the Lakers 1-4. Three years later, Brown made a comeback and led a different team to the finals again.
The 2004 Finals broke almost everyone's pre-match predictions. Not only was Larry Brown's Pistons not easily swept by the Lakers, but they achieved perfect revenge on the same opponents with the same total score of 4-1. This is
The victory of overall basketball, but in the final analysis, is the personal victory of Old Brown. The old man nicknamed "Zhi Duo Xing" used his magnificent coaching art to tell us the true meaning of basketball and the beauty of defense in five thrilling finals -
- How to "play the ball the right way".
Larry Brown's most touching scene was after winning the championship. When he held up the O'Brien Cup, which represents the NBA's highest honor, and gave a speech, the first thing he mentioned was not the team manager or the capable Pistons around him, but
It's Rick Carlisle (the former coach of the Pistons), as well as Michael Curry who was exchanged during the season, Atkins and the familiar Bob Sula and others. Let me ask, how many can there be in the NBA?
At the moment when the coach became famous, he was busy thanking the previous coach and the old players who were exchanged during the season and could not share the joy of the championship? Therefore, Larry Brown is destined to be different...
Corresponding to Larry Brown is the coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson. He is still sitting on the sidelines, still looking like a KFC colonel. He silently watches the Pistons celebrating, but you can't see anything in his eyes.
Sad or angry, you can't even see any emotion. He is like a stone statue standing on the sidelines, witnessing the moment when Larry Brown becomes a god, and he is also qualified because he has been a god a long time ago.
Edison looked at the two people as if he were looking at two mountains, the two highest peaks among coaches in the league. Stars have changed, and the original stars in this sky have fallen over time, even Jordan is no exception.
But the two of them are still as stable as rock.
Edison knows that if he wants to succeed and build his own dynasty, he must climb many mountains, and these two are undoubtedly the most difficult, but also the easiest. Because Edison knows that the Lakers will soon disintegrate, and Brown will also
In 2005, he left the Pistons and joined New York, a company with bad contracts.
His most powerful opponent immediately entered a terminally ill state. Edison didn't know whether to feel lucky or melancholy.
"You gave birth to me before you were born, and I gave birth to you when you were old. You hate me for being born late, and I hate you for being born early." Perhaps this poem originally describing love is the most in line with Edison's current mood. It cannot be used when his opponent is the strongest.
Defeating him would mean victory, so what's the point? Perhaps it was this competitive spirit that urged Edison to never relax, make continuous progress, and finally achieve success. This is the mentality of a strong man.
Heroes will be lonely, but the alliance will never be lonely. Although these two mountains are dim, there are still mountains named Popovich, Pat Riley, and Jerry Sloan waiting for Edison to challenge.
