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

The game fell into the Clippers' rhythm, and the Mavericks' season journey also entered its countdown.


In the end, the Clippers effortlessly defeated the Mavericks, advancing to the semifinals with a big 4-0 series win.


Nowitzki didn't seem to be in pain; after all, they were the absolute underdogs. A win would be a surprise, and a loss was the norm for them. He had become numb to it. Until he walked up to Yu Fei, just about to offer a "congratulations to you guys," Yu Fei asked first, "Does time really heal all wounds, Dirk?"


This question snapped Nowitzki back to nine years ago.


After that year's Finals loss, ESPN's Jim Gray asked him, "How are you going to get past this year's failure?"


Nowitzki had answered, "Time will take care of everything."


However, the most famous quote from that year's Finals was Yu Fei's award acceptance speech: "Because you never know if there will be enough time."


Chapter 602: The Art of Awarding_3