For Stephen Curry, it may have been a memorable day in his career. Many people say that Curry quickly brought the NBA league into a new era with a clever three-point shot, he is an epoch-making player, but on this day, Curry completed the epoch-making journey of his career, and he became the deserved three-point king in NBA history. While Curry and his teammates enjoyed the deafening cheers of madison Square Garden Arena, who saw Derrick Rose, who was on the court to applaud Curry. On this legendary night, Curry is undoubtedly the brightest star, and Rose, who applauds him silently, should not be just a background board.
Starting with the skill and loyalty to character, I am afraid that many fans have the most pertinent evaluation of Derek Rose.
In a post-game interview with the media, in the face of the current Knicks' four-game losing streak, Rose also seemed to feel quite helpless, he said: "I really don't know, I don't know what is wrong with us. If I had known, I would have shouted it out. But I really don't know. Obviously, now this Knicks team seems to have gradually lost its fighting spirit, and the rhetoric made after the introduction of Walker and Fournier in the offseason still seems to echo in the ears, but it is gradually drowned in the wind by the voice of realistic doubts and public opinion.
Speaking of D-Rose, the name used to be synonymous with genius in the NBA league, and on May 4, 2011, the 22-year-old Rose lifted the trophy of the regular season MVP in that era of competition, and he also surpassed the legendary Wes Unseld to become the youngest MVP winner in NBA history. At that moment, countless flowers and endless words of praise filled Rose's basketball career, "do not slow down and change direction", "false throwing in the air", if there is no extraordinary physical talent, I am afraid that I will never be able to complete these god-like technical actions. After Jordan, Windy City's fanatical fans seem to have finally seen the dawn of the team's return to the top. However, on April 29, 2012, the injury of the cruciate ligament tear pulled Rose directly to the bottom.
After the return, the two consecutive meniscus tears in his right knee almost made Rose feel desperate, for a basketball player, every ligament, meniscus tear injury is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and similar to this sunny thunderbolt, Rose has experienced three times before the age of 28. After leaving the Bulls, Rose, who returned from a serious injury, once embarked on a path of upheaval and displacement, from the Knicks to the Cavaliers to the Timberwolves, no matter how many difficulties he encountered, Rose never gave up on himself. On November 1, 2018, in the Timberwolves' home win over the Jazz, the former "Windy City Rose" once again bloomed in the cold Minnesota, and he scored a career-high 50 points in the whole game, helping the team win a victory that will go down in history.
In an interview after the game, the weathered Rose could not hide his excitement, shed tears of grief and joy, he said: "50 points means everything to me, without non-stop training, without the Timberwolves team, without the support of fans, it is difficult for me to achieve such results." In the hearts of many fans, the image of Rose bursting into tears after scoring 50 points seems to be more precious than the picture of him smiling and holding up the MVP trophy.
Only those who have experienced pain know how difficult those years were. After returning to the field after three serious injuries, Rose has been trying to change the way he plays, just like this season in the Knicks, the 33-year-old is still trying to improve his defensive efficiency, even if the team has not seen the dawn of the championship at present, D-Rose will not stop his steps. I still remember that in the 2018 Cavaliers' home game against the Rockets, when the Cleveland Cavaliers' locker room contradictions had gradually intensified, and Thomas Jr. and Crowder, who were traded by the Green Army, could not be integrated into the collective at all.
During the second quarter of the game, Thomas Jr. sat on the sidelines for 5 seconds after falling to the ground, and no teammate was willing to come and pull Up Little Thomas, at this time, only Rose, who had seen the cold and warm in the world, ran straight to Thomas Jr.'s side and pulled him up. The peak attracts hypocritical spectators, dusk witnesses devout believers, and in the minds of many people, Rose not only pulls up little Thomas, but more like pulls up his young self. A thousand sails passed by the side of the sinking boat, and he who silently gave Curry a round of applause should have been more than just a background board.