Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 841 841 528

Chapter 841: 528 Chapter 841: 528 All it took was one crushing defeat, just one person who was supposed to lead the team forward, but instead steered the ship straight into an iceberg.

The birth of the Evil Empire stemd from an insatiable desire for championships.

They sold the prospects of winning championships to those who were talented but without titles, and the thirst for glory got them on board.

But now, the person who led them aboard had taken a suicidal action.

Naturally, those who had co to satisfy their desires had to figure out what the other was thinking.

But Jas said it wasn’t over, they would fight for their dignity.

This was a lofty slogan, but his teammates really wanted to know why a formidable force like the Evil Empire had fallen to the point of fighting for dignity.

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Who had dragged them into this damn dead end?

“Our job isn’t finished, why celebrate? I wouldn’t do that, there is one more ga,” Coach Lu emphatically imitated Kobe, “We are going to send them ho on our court!”

The reporters asked about the feelings when they saw Roy defending Jas one-on-one in the final monts.

“Feelings?” Coach Lu joked, “A bit exciting, this matchup is what we wanted to see.”

“Did you know from the start that LeBron couldn’t play one-on-one against Brandon?”

“No, no, not at all,” Coach Lu recalled a behind-the-scenes anecdote, “Brandon felt like Frye was playing like Michael Jordan tonight, and in order for us to win, he had to be Frye’s Scottie Pippen. At the critical mont, they chose to play one-on-one against our Pippen, what do I have to worry about?”

The reporters then brought Scottie Pippen’s words to Roy.

“That’s true,” Roy asked proudly, “Don’t you think my defense at the last mont was like Scottie Pippen? No, could Pippen have defended LeBron in the low post?”

It was a difficult question to answer.

It seed Roy truly believed he was as great a defender as Pippen.

However, his teammates provided a very different answer.

“Our strategy was to let LeBron go against Brandon, even against our worst defender, we’re confident in LeBron!”

That was Kwa Brown speaking.

So naturally, the reporters asked, “Why are you confident in LeBron?”

Brown responded matter-of-factly, “Didn’t you see how he played at the last mont?”

“If it were , Brandon would not be able to walk off the court…”

“You haven’t started in the last two gas, does that shake your confidence in your judgnt? Do you still think you’re the best center in the league?”

In the past, Brown would have passionately defended himself and claid he would soon return to the starting line-up.

But this ti, he thought for a mont before saying, “Shaquille O’Neal hasn’t been the best center for many years, everyone has their day. Maybe my ti has ended…”

The most unsettling part of the whole interview was when Brown said “my ti,” and the reporters felt no dissonance at all.

Over the years, Brown’s big mouth had beco well known, and from his perspective, he had constructed a narrative logic in his own way.

The superstars defeated by Yu Fei in the playoffs were also defeated by him. The feats that Fei accomplished in front of them seed as though he had done them as well.

So in that logic, if Fei was the best player in the league, then he was the best inside because he indeed represented the team in defeating those people.

Kwa Brown’s arrogance was a product rembered by ti, much like the hype surrounding LeBron joining the Lakers before his twenty-eight consecutive losses.

But tonight, many people had their own say.

Jermaine O’Neal recalled last sumr, Kobe convincing him to accept the Lakers’ minimum salary to compete for the championship.

“Looking at their situation now, I’m glad I didn’t stay,” Little O said, “I feel sorry for Kobe, he tried hard, so things are beyond his control.”

Chris Bosh rebutted the criticism from outsiders, asking the critics to look at his stats.

“If you check my stats tonight, you’ll scoff at those who say I can’t play center.”

Kevin Durant talked to an ESPN reporter about how the Supersonics had won by playing more as a team.

He also t Nike executive Lynn mitt.

“Kid, are you satisfied with this outco?”

mitt asked.

This might have been the most dream-ending Durant could think of, although Fei scoring 50 points in three consecutive gas would be the main topic for the dia, he finished with 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, ranking third on the team, and if not for Bosh’s dominant performance in the post, he would have been the second-highest scorer.

But that didn’t matter, what was important was that he had perford better than Jas on the other side.

He scored when he needed to score, and when it was ti to defend, he fully utilized his talent.

“I couldn’t be more satisfied, Uncle mitt,” Durant said with absolute confidence, “The Lakers are done, we’re going to achieve a three-peat!”

mitt didn’t throw cold water on Durant’s enthusiasm, nor did he dampen his spirit, and he said nothing in the end.

Perhaps this was Durant’s victory, but it was certainly not Nike’s victory.

Yet in Nike’s plan, regardless of who won the Western finals, Nike was supposed to be the winner, because three of the four stars in this series were from Nike.