Sell a pass first.
He is a black player, no more than 6 feet tall, but physically strong and stable in the next game.
--At least 9 All-Star, won the All-Star Game MVP, also entered the Best Team, and also won the title of Assist King. --From the third year of entering the industry, efficiency has been maintained at an average of 20+10 (points + assists) per game for many years.
--Mr. Key, who has had the kind of highlight performance of "tens of seconds in a row", and has also scored many incredible killer goals. He is an efficient scorer with a variety of juggling shooting positions. And once combined with his lightning speed and rhythmic pace, the spikes under the basket are extremely lethal.
--However, he loves passing more than scoring. The historical level of the big picture and the incomparably broad vision always allow him to throw out mysterious legends. He doesn't have a vicious pursuit of data, and in his opinion, the team's victory is far more important than the individual gains and losses.
Professionalism and discipline are almost impeccable, and he is awe-inspiring, tough, and scrappy, like a bulldog who always fights in war. And his keen insight and authoritative leadership make people feel like the head wolf of a wolf pack.
He is a heroic figure, so it is inevitable that he will have to go through some tragic experiences. I had experienced a 3-2 lead in the series, but due to a sudden injury, the trend of the game took a sharp turn, and the O'Brien Cup was lost.
But this will not affect his historical position, and one day in the future, when you and your friend are talking about "who is the best point guard in history", your mind will definitely flash his name.
There was a great coach who described him this way – when he came on the pitch, you could feel the smell of blood in the air! --What a high evaluation!
So, guess who I'm talking about?
Chris Paul?
It's a lot like that, but it's not.
I would say is Isaiah Thomas, a hall of famer with a baby's face who the world calls the "Smile Assassin."
"He'll smile at you and give you a fatal blow." That fierceness, fierceness, strength, and tenacity is hidden under that angelic smile, but you rarely notice it.
The 1987-1988 season was the closest thomas to a championship in seven years at the age of 27, and jack McCloskey, then president of the Pistons, was about to witness the opening of the flower of victory for nearly a decade. Yet the goddess of destiny once again made a joke with the people of Detroit.
Back in the Eastern Conference Finals a year ago, the Pistons played four games with the Bostonians, drawing 2-2. In the crucial 5th game, in the final moments, the Pistons still led by one point and controlled the ball, as long as they played steadily, they could take the lead in The King Mountain. However, Thomas's casual out-of-bounds serve unexpectedly buried the victory that had already arrived. This serve achieved the famous "Bird steal", and the glorious deeds of the latter were recorded in the history of youth. Many years after this incident, when Thomas recalled that serve, he always used the word "stupid" to describe it, and there was no joke between the words. And when it comes to the most comprehensive offensive striker in history, he always quotes his mother-in-law's metaphor — "My mother-in-law always calls Bird's jump shot 'silent death,'" and then hangs up his usual smiling expression.
A year later, the Legion of Bad Boys made a comeback. This time in the Eastern Conference Finals, they cleanly cut Boston under the horse, 4-2 easily passed. But while the Thomases ended the Bird dynasty, injuries struck at an inopportune time. In Game 6 of the Finals against the Lakers, Thomas suffered a serious sprain in his ankle.
In the third quarter, Thomas accidentally stepped on Michael Cooper's foot during a jump shot, and the twisting and deformation of his ankle was terrifying. Thomas fell to his knees in pain, tried to stand up, but fell down again, and so on several times. And that hysterical pain, it's like the leather-faced man in Texas Chainsaw Killer who's cutting your thighs with chainsaws. Espn's camera, at that time, captured Thomas's silent face covering, which was a kind of heartfelt sadness, with despair, unable to suppress.
Thomas returned to the bench and, after 35 seconds, returned to play. He knew that the Pistons had won the championship and that was right here. At that time, the Pistons had a 3-2 lead over the Lakers, and if they won this battle, they would be able to win the Central Plains and end the Lakers' showtime era.
So, a limping Thomas played a heroic, tragic, and legendary battle. No one could have predicted how tenacious and tenacious Thomas was in injury.
--Throwing with one foot, taking 2 points, with incredible one-foot strength, supporting 180 pounds of weight;
--Score a goal that is out of balance, take 2 more points, and play completely by rhythm, feel and consciousness;
--Fouls, Bo free throws;
--Big three-pointers on the sidelines, tightly bitten;
--Defensive turn attack, defensive counter-attack in the conversion ball, rely on willpower to grit your teeth and insist, grasp the fleeting fighter;
--and that 22-foot-away rollover jumper;
Even the side commentary boiled over,
--"Isai Asia Pacific is amazing, it's unbelievable!" ”
--"He made the rules for tonight, it's incredible! ”
--"Oh my God, he dragged a wounded foot and scored 11 points in a row!" ”
That game, although the Pistons lost, this is destined to be a game that surpasses the victory and defeat and will be remembered by future generations forever. Compared to the feat of "16 points in 65 seconds" against the Knicks in the first round five years ago, this game is more legendary. Throughout the third quarter, Thomas contributed to the finals single quarter scoring record that no one could break so far - 25 points, and in the whole game, Thomas's 43+8+3+6, 6 steals are also the records of the finals so far.
And 2 days later, the ankle swelling is beyond imagination, the injury completely hindered the Detroit warrior, and the downturn of 10 points and 7 assists is expected. Opposite the magician, taking away the championship, in champagne and cheers, the Lakers became the final winner of 1988, and James Worthy's 36+16+10 grab of the seventh and third doubles also took the fmvp crown.
In fact, for the 1988 Finals, everyone knows that the balance of victory was once tilted in the direction of the Pistons. The Biggest weakness of the Lakers is that they can't prevent the guards who can dribble the ball to develop offensive opportunities, and Thomas is such a dagger that can pierce the heart of the Lakers, but in the sixth game, the Pistons' dagger broke, which is a pity.
Thirty years later, fate turned again, and Chris Paul strained his hamstring in Game 5 of the Finals, playing the tragic story of "Thomas 1988". But compared with Paul, Thomas is obviously much luckier, because at that time, he was only 27 years old, the youth shaohua was still there, and he could fight hard again, while Paul had already gone through 33 spring and autumn of his life, where was the future road?
The bad boys' first trip to the Finals didn't dampen their full confidence. The characteristics of repeated defeats and repeated defeats are the spiritual imprints engraved in the hearts of Detroiters. They are still tough enough, athletic, flexible, and fierce, all of which are necessary factors to hit the championship again. Of course, the most important thing is that their desire for a championship is better than a day. The Lambier, who was called "vagabond, devil, villain, murderer" by the whole league, spoke out the whole team after the finals - our championship was stolen! Yeah, that championship was supposed to belong to Detroit. This unwillingness runs through the next 2 seasons, spurring this group of bad boys to move forward.
Of course, there is another unexpected thing that further promotes the strength and unity of the pistons. In the 1989 mid-season trade, the team's top scorer Dantley was sent away, and for a while, public opinion was in an uproar. The 2-time scoring champion and super scorer who averaged 30+ per game for four consecutive years at the peak of his career, was squeezed by Rodman because he was dissatisfied with his playing time, and he fought with head coach Chuck Daly, and the manager discord was boiling over. Dantley's selfish behavior of not willing to sacrifice personal data for the benefit of the team caused public outrage in the Pistons. There is no doubt that for a championship-level team, this bad atmosphere is fatal. President McCloskey was aware of this early on, and he understood Rodman's irreplaceable role on the defensive end — already nearly the same as Boston's late-game winning streak. So, his only option is to send away the All-Star scorer nicknamed "Mentor." The fact that the deal proved to be infallible, with the Pistons winning 25 of the 26 games since the deal, and despite the lack of Dantley's talent on the offensive end, it is clear that they have found the real secret to win. And this secret is outside of basketball. Bill Simmons mentions the so-called "secret to winning" in Basketball Stone, that is, "success is that everyone has to keep pace and dedicate themselves to their roles, and regard the final victory as more important than all the data." ”
Yes, too many talented and powerful teams, because of the narrow struggle, have ended up in trouble and fall apart. The self-detonation of the Warriors in 75 years, the division of Portland in 77 years, the collapse of supersonic speed in 79 years, the brief decline of the Lakers in 81 years, and the collapse of the Ok Dynasty in 2004 are all bloody facts and lessons. Therefore, the Pistons in 1989 were able to play the best record in the league with 62 wins and 20 losses, and swept the Lakers to win the first championship cup in team history in the Finals, not without reason; the Pistons in 1990 were able to eliminate the Blazers 4-1 and complete the great cause of defending the title, which was not caused by accidental factors. Without the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, without the will to scrape the bones and heal the poison, it is impossible to succeed.
In the 1988 Finals, the Smiling Assassin and the Magician completed the first kiss in NBA history, supporting the HIV-infected magician
The 80s and 90s were a golden age for the NBA, when many people appeared in that era, when Bird and the magician performed black and white Hollywood dramas, and Michael Jordan gradually opened the bull dynasty through hardships. However, for two years, it only belonged to the team that shined for a while.
They don't have more than 20+ players on the team, and their way of playing is defined by the whole league as "dirty basketball", but they are tough enough, united, defiant of all external evaluations, and rely on their own hard work to achieve a great cause that belongs only to themselves. From moving to Detroit in 1957, to taking the second pick in 1981 with Isaiah Thomas to start the road to revival, to introducing the "rich dad" Chuck Daly in 1983, a brutalist coach to transform the team's temperament, to the two consecutive championships in 1988-1990 and finally establishing a dynasty. Along the way, the twists, hardships and sufferings in it may only be felt by those who have personally experienced it.
Isaiah Thomas, the most underrated star of his time, and his "bad boy" friends, together won the championship and reached the pinnacle of that era! They deserve to be remembered, remembered, and respected!