One Thousand and Thirteen: The Most Difficult Road

On June 12, 2016, the NBA Finals between the Cavaliers and Warriors ended at Oracle Arena.

Today is undoubtedly a glorious day for the Warriors. For Durant, this seems to be the pinnacle of his career.

Even though LeBron James stubbornly scored a double-double of 41 points and 13 rebounds in this game, and his shooting percentage in this game was as high as 63.3%.

Even though J.R. Smith made 7 of 8 shots from beyond the three-point line, he scored 25 points with an even more abnormal 81.8% shooting rate.

Even though Kelly Irving scored 26 points, he also sent 6 assists.

But the Cleveland Cavaliers still lost to the "Galactic Battleship" Golden State Warriors 120 to 129 at Oracle Arena.

The same 4 to 1, the same effort, but nothing can be done. Everything happening to the Cavaliers at this moment seems to be no different from last year.

What is the essence of life?

Repeater!

James fell into deep despair and failed in the Finals for four consecutive years. James believes that in this regard, he must be the well-deserved number one in the league!

Who can lose four times in a row in the finals, James is the only one!

But James would rather not have this kind of first person.

"Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors, they have truly become the new league hegemon! They eliminated the Grizzlies who established a three-peat dynasty in the Western Conference Finals, and now, they officially announced in the Finals that their dynasty era is about to begin. arrival!"

After Mike Breen finished shouting, he couldn't help but sigh.

The NBA world is really like Hedong in thirty years and Hexi in thirty years.

At this time a year ago, who would have thought that Durant would join the Warriors?

A year ago at this time, no one believed the Memphis Grizzlies would lose.

At this time a year ago, James must still have the belief in winning a championship for Cleveland.

But now, after four consecutive failures, how much of that belief is left?

James, Love and Irving left the court, and the camera gave a close-up of James. People found that this domineering "Emperor" actually covered his face with his hands, seemingly crying.

Yes, in Miami, the Heat's Big Three finally had a taste of the championship.

But in Cleveland, James, Love and Irving seem to be cursed. These three people seem destined to miss the championship.

It didn't take long for a medal podium to be set up inside Oracle Arena.

This year, there is no tradition that if Link does not come on stage, everyone will not come on stage.

This year, Adam's smile is genuine and no longer awkward.

He is very happy that the league finally has a new facade player, and he is very happy that the current facade team of the league is a team with a huge market.

In this year's first restructured All-Star voting, Link still topped the vote. Joke Even if the rules are changed, it can't stop Link from continuing to run amok.

But at this moment, Joke felt that he finally won. At this moment, he finally felt that he was the true president of the alliance and that everything was under his control.

This year, the joke no longer has to hand the O'Brien Trophy to the "villain."

Warriors owner Joe Lacob became the first person to receive the championship trophy from a joke.

Once again, the league has returned to the tradition of handing championships to team owners first.

Bill Russell handed the FMVP trophy to Durant, and he became the first player after Link to win double MVP achievements.

At this moment, Durant felt complete. At this moment, he felt that he was no worse than Link.

Double MVP + 74 regular season wins + championship, he did it too!

Finally, he defeated his lifelong enemy! Finally, this alliance no longer only has Link's name!

And from now on, there will be no more!

Mike Breen applauded the winner, but felt a little awkward at the same time.

Mike Breen is used to watching Link and the Grizzlies win championships, and now they suddenly have a different person and team. Mike Breen always feels weird.

Watching Durant lift the FMVP trophy and Adam Joke happily applauding from the side, Link turned off the TV and sat on the sofa.

In the past, Link, like everyone else, would not care about losers.

Because the winner is always himself.

But this time, Link felt some sympathy for the knight and his old rival James.

Losing in the finals for four consecutive years is really too tragic...

There is no way, who allowed me to force the super warrior a year in advance? In the original history, James would have won another championship this year, and he would have shouted the classic phrase, "This is for Cleveland!"

It's fine now, Lao Zhan is completely tragic.

Of course, Link himself felt quite unhappy.

Seeing Durant laughing at the joke, Link felt uncomfortable.

He has always been a stingy person and never likes others to show off their power over him.

Although I have told myself countless times, this is a reincarnation that every team in modern basketball must go through. Although I have told myself countless times, Michael Jordan, the "god", has never achieved four consecutive championships.

But when Link actually saw his old enemy succeed, he still felt unwilling to do so.

"Link, stop looking. The season is over, isn't it?" Rachel, wearing a facial mask, walked out of the toilet and held Link's arm.

"Well... take a rest. You have to get up early tomorrow." Link smiled. He didn't want to take the bad mood at work home with him.

What's more, it was at a time when he and Rachel were about to get married.

This summer, the two parties are planning to hold a wedding in mid-July. Ever since Link successfully proposed in Venice last year, the two have been planning their wedding.

Tomorrow, Link and Rachel have to go pick out a wedding dress. So, apart from work matters this summer. In life, Link is also very busy.

After the wedding, Link and Rachel will go on a short honeymoon.

Then, starting in August, Link will pull his good friends and the young guys from the Grizzlies team and immediately jump into training! Moreover, it is more severe devil training than ever before!

In mid-September, before the start of the NBA pre-season training camp, Link also had a special plan that would take about a week or two to complete.

After the special plan ends, the pre-season training camp begins, and the Grizzlies will officially prepare for the new season.

Judging from the current plan, Link will have almost no free time this summer and will have to be busy from beginning to end.

The reason why he has such a full schedule is because he made a decision yesterday.

Of the two paths, he chose the most difficult and almost impossible one - to rebuild the glory of Memphis!

Yes, three consecutive championships is already amazing.

Yes, even if Link never wins another championship, he will still be one of the greatest players in NBA history. Just like Karl Malone has never had a championship in his life, but still cannot stop his greatness.

But Link wanted something different, and that had never been his standard.

What he wants is to remove one of the greatest ones!

After watching Durant and the Warriors win the championship today, Link became even more convinced of this idea.

Since you have a chance to win, why give the victory to others?

Jimmy Butler was right when he left last year. There is always one thing that a man wants to accomplish in his life.

For Butler, this is about standing alone and establishing his own business.

For Link, it might be becoming the greatest player of all time.

Link nodded silently, then stood up to go to the bedroom.

At this time, Link's cell phone rang, it was Kobe calling.

Just like in the original history, Kobe Bryant, the NBA superstar who has influenced a whole generation, used a 60-point game at the Staples Center on April 13, 2016 to win the championship. It was a fitting end to his long career.

Link had a game to participate in that day, so he couldn't go to the scene to watch the game in person, which made him very regretful.

Later, Link had to be busy with the playoffs, so he never met Kobe.

Link originally planned to go to Los Angeles to see Kobe in a few days, but unexpectedly, the "Black Mamba" called first.

"Hey Corvo, what's up so late?"

"Hahaha, I haven't slept yet. You must have just watched the finals, right? Are you feeling bad?" Kobe laughed loudly on the other end of the phone.

"Well... just laugh. Tell me what's going on."

"It's nothing, I just want to invite you to my house. In a few days, I will invite a few old friends to my retirement dinner, which is purely private. But, if possible..."

At this point, Kobe paused. Link didn't interrupt him, he knew that Kobe hadn't finished speaking yet.

"If you can, I want you to accompany me one last time and see what Los Angeles looks like at four in the morning."

Kobe's voice was unusually calm.