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Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. 
Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players.
This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost…

Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

This year, the Eastern Conference has four teams with over 50 wins each: the Pacers with 60-22, the Detroit Pistons with 54-28, the Bucks with 53-29, and the Miami Heat with 50-32.


Since 1998, this is the first time the Eastern Conference has seen such a "grand occasion".


Of course, it still can't compare with the Western Conference.


Apart from having the Suns with the league's best 62 wins, and the Spurs with the second-best 60 wins, including two regular-season victories against the Pacers, they also have another four teams with over 50 wins. Moreover, the Denver Nuggets ranking seventh in the West have 49 wins, and the Memphis Grizzlies at eighth have 45 wins; if these two teams were placed in the Eastern Conference, they could rank fifth and sixth respectively.


Although the gap between the top teams in the East and West may not be so wide, the quality of the second and even third-tier teams is entirely different.


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