Silent Love

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

Trailing 0-2, Game 3 is often considered the decisive battle.


So when the Timberwolves dug themselves into a 0-3 hole at home, practically no one expected them to stir up any trouble.


In the ensuing first round Game 4, the Supersonics didn't give the Timberwolves a chance to breathe.


"They were like skilled plantation workers, cleaning up the Timberwolves' remains out of the playoffs."


Sports Illustrated, after the Supersonics swept the Timberwolves in an away game, chose Yu Fei as the cover figure for the Nth time.


The sentence above was the cover's headline.


Lakers likewise quickly disposed of their first-round opponents like the Timberwolves did.


The Lakers, facing the ulterior-minded Denver Nuggets in the first round, brutally scored an average of 126 points per game, setting a new NBA record for average points in the first round.


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