You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 975 We must pay tribute to him
At the end of the All-Star weekend, the 76ers adjusted their mentality in time, and they wanted to charge towards the ultimate goal as quickly as possible.

They are currently 49 wins and 5 losses, and there are not many teams that can make them lose.

Even more valuable is their chemistry.

Derrick Rose, who had been silent for a long time, entered another state after the holiday.

This time happened to be when Teodosic was injured and missed the game, and the team's back line needed someone to stand up.

Ross stood up.

Jay Wright tried to let Wei Xiado play the third position to relieve the pressure. They need an impactful point guard to share the offensive firepower.

Rose is of course the best choice.

The season restarted. In the first game against the Pelicans, Rose scored 21 points, which was a small warm-up.

With him playing, Wei Xia and Kobe can be more comfortable.

Two days later, Rose had a triple-double.

The last time Rose scored a triple-double was seven years ago. In the Bulls, it was the first triple-double of his career.

That year was his MVP season.

Seven years have passed. If you told Chicagoans that Rose was no longer in the Bulls seven years later, he would not even be an All-Star in seven years. In the fans' spontaneous ratings, he only got 4 points (out of 10), which is a normal rotation score.

If you really told Chicagoans back then, they'd think you were crazy.

For the 76ers, Rose changed to No. 25.

Because, for him, the past self has already passed away.

Now he is just an ordinary player who needs to do his best to make a living in the NBA. The halo of the former MVP is no longer an honor for him, but a burden.He's been there before, so even as a rotation player, people expect more.

The 76ers are undoubtedly the championship team. Due to Rose's mismatched style of play and his serious lack of self-confidence, his life in Philadelphia was very tormented.

Some time ago, he left without saying goodbye. The reason for his disappearance was that he needed to find a quiet place to think about how to go on in the future.

For this "unprofessional" approach, the 76ers chose to forgive.

They did not hold Ross accountable. The external reason was that Ross had to deal with private matters, so he had an indefinite truce, but his teammates always cared for him.

Especially Wei Xia, Ross was lobbied by him.Rose believes in him, so he is willing to join the 76ers to chase the championship with him.When Rose fell into a slump, Wei Xia called and chatted with him every day.

Finally, he came back, and his mental outlook was quite different from before.

The triple-double against the Pistons is like a prophecy of a big show.

Rose's outburst kept the 76ers from losing until the end of February.

In the end game in February, the opponent was the Wizards. The 76ers are currently 54 wins and 5 losses, leading the league's second-ranked Lakers by 7 wins.

At this time, they have entered the stage of letting the core recuperate and prepare for the playoffs.

The Wizards are one of the worst defensive teams in the league, and Wright let Kobe rest in rotation.

Perhaps this is the reason, Kobe took a break, the 76ers lost a firepower point averaging 20 points per game, and others have to bear more.

At the beginning of the game, Wei Xia originally wanted to play more aggressively, and it was best to get rid of the opponent in one wave. No one thought that the protagonist tonight would be Rose.

The Wizards flanked Wei Xia and emptied Rose for a three-pointer.

Weisha passed the ball to Rose, and he made a three-pointer, which is a good start.

After a while, Rose and Weisha played a counter-attack duo, facing Markieff Morris, one of the worst defensive insiders in the league, and layup.

Many on the Wizards came into the league with Rose injured, and they didn't quite understand how Rose dominated the game before the injury.

Wei Xia saw a familiar figure.

The MVP who led the Bulls to their elimination in the 2011 playoffs seemed to return briefly.

With such a beginning, Rose's energy came up, and his body's reaction probably suddenly returned to the Bulls period. He found Cousins' false cover in the counterattack, changed direction with a signature cross step, took off, stayed in the air, and hit the board with his left hand in the air 2+1.

That's the monster that's uncomfortable without a lever.

When Weixia went down to rest, Wright asked Rose to continue playing.

Kobe was not there, and Cousins ​​looked unhappy. At a glance, the 76ers actually regarded Rose as the core of their offense, and he didn't hesitate.

Because the core players of the 76ers took the initiative to paddle, Rose's stage was much bigger, but many of the things he did in the first half were only in the category of role players, and there were no surprises.

So at the end of the halftime, Wei Xia told him: "You can play better."

In the second half, Rose came up to call the pick-and-roll, rolled into the inside like lightning, and faced the Polish hammer Gortat with a basket to score.

After that, it was another terrible step to pass the defender and pass the ball to Wei Xia-Wei Xia got a scoring opportunity created by his teammates' personal ability for a long time.

From then on, he found that Rose was a little different.

Before he was injured 11 years ago, when he was the most explosive, he had spring legs and full of energy and nowhere to vent. He was always bouncing and taking small steps on the court, as if he was about to ignite and take off at the next moment, but after leaving the Bulls, there were fewer and fewer such shots.

Wei Xia did not waste the opportunity Rose gave him and made a three-pointer.

The Wizards' defense is poor, but the 76ers are obviously driven by Rose, so they will increase the defensive pressure on Rose.

Rose has no fear, crosses his crotch and jumps to the right for an emergency stop jumper-his shooting posture is not for those mediocre open three-pointers, but for making such actions.

This is an action that only superstars can master and master.

The more he played, the more excited he became, the more he played, the more excited he was, the instinct to dominate the game was activated. After changing direction in the penalty area, he shot between the hands of the opponent's center forward-the end of the penalty area that he used so well 10 years ago, the mortal fence could not stop him.

Then after the pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, he accelerated past the three to pick the basket, and then connected to a fast hand-changing assault under the crotch, and then scored on the top of the Wizards' inside head.

This team with extremely poor defense just reminded Rose of his bravery.

Wei Xia knew whose game it was, so he stopped quickly, and basically did nothing except eat the cakes that Rose sent out.

Rose's explosive power and speed have not diminished too much, but since leaving the Bulls, he has cherished his speed and body more and more, and has become cautious and dare not go forward at full speed, like a master of deliberate hypnosis, wanting the world and himself to forget about it.

After that, everything came.

Three points of step back;

One dozen four air rods to find the board;

The 76ers set up a double screen for him to attack, facing Gortat and accelerating directly, a fake move shook the Wizards' best defensive player, and he made a layup;

Then use the cover to reach the basket, raise the ball, turn around and throw it.

He's so dynamic and has the game in his hands.

He was born for these things!
All his skills and his soul were re-aligned, and on the right night, he turned back to his young self.

He finally scored 50 points at the free throw line, leading the 76ers to their 55th win of the season and smashing the Wizards.

The game was over, Rose covered his face in tears, his teammates came to him to encourage him, and his emotions had collapsed inside his eye sockets.

Rose's scoring record was set in an MVP season, and he couldn't imagine it would be broken in this way seven years later.

Most of the players who encountered him may have retired, and not many superstars can face their mediocre selves.

Wei Xia silently watched Ross accept the interview with difficulty, and he was greatly moved.

This is Rose's explosion, and those around him will be inspired by it.

"This is not fate's favor for Derek. I hate this kind of statement." Wei Xia told reporters, "This is the answer to how a man faced himself in the long darkness and frustration. We must pay tribute to him!"

The 76ers are not just a team that is leading the record list.

They are a team with strong centripetal force.

Up and down the team, everyone is willing to fight for each other.

On Rose's 50-point night, this was perfectly interpreted.

The talent of the Lakers seems invincible, but the top-down unity and selflessness of the 76ers may condense into a greater force.

The 76ers lost Game 60 after they won [-].

60 wins and 6 losses.

There are still 18 regular season games, and they need to win 15 games to break the record set by the Warriors a few years ago.

But they don't aim for this, just let nature take its course, and the records are floating clouds.

In these 18 games, they won 12 games, because in the closing stage, they carried out a large-scale rotation strategy, which allowed the main players to get enough rest time, and also tied the 96 Bulls with the second record in history.

Although not as terrible as the 74-win Warriors, fans should not forget that the Warriors that year were not the final champions.

(End of this chapter)