(As usual, sorry sorry)

Great moments are not just set off by heroes, those little people on the big stage, occasionally show their faces, but sometimes they are more amazing than the protagonist. In the 05 Finals Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Spurs tied with the Pistons in the fourth quarter, Ginobili missed the break, Duncan missed the rebound, and at this time he was under tremendous pressure, and the No. 1 forward in history and the Pampas Eagles had fear written on their faces, and Duncan claimed that he was "on the verge of collapse" many years later.

Duncan didn't score a point in overtime, and it wasn't the superstar or GDP that saved the Spurs, but a long-time veteran of the game, Robert Horry, 35, who scored 21 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, including a gliding dunk over Hamilton and a stunning three-pointer from a Manu pass. After the game, Shi Buddha admitted that he was the one who saved me.

Horry was never a big man, not a core, but he saved the Lakers and saved the Spurs. The Spurs haven't won a championship since Hory retired in '08 and didn't win a championship until the summer of 2014. And in six years, the Spurs haven't had such a great little man.

Now, they seem to have one such gentleman standing just outside the three-point line — No. 4 Danny Green. The dressing room in San Antonio is like a magician's treasure chest, a pocket for Doraemon, and when you think he's empty and can't change his tricks, he pulls out a bunch of gadgets from his rag pocket that you haven't seen before, and when you look at the little doll that looks like a passerby, Popovich picks up one of them and throws it in your face, yelling, "Lookout."

There will always be such a guy outside the three-point line of the Spurs, and if you don't look through the roster, you don't know who he is? The family is poor, the pocket is shy, and he can't buy a superstar; The record is too good, I can't choose the first round of the show, I can't help it, I can only pick pearls in the sand, plane the baby under the corner, use Liao Hua as Zhao Yun, and use the burning stick as the top beam.

Mr. Danny Green, has his own fairy tale.

There is no general in Shu, and Liao has become a pioneer

The starting point guard has always been a problem for Popovich, because he is reluctant to put the baby Manu in the starting list because he does not have much stock at home, and he is used to horse racing, cutting through the softest flesh of his opponent with the sharpest knife. Manu is the last killer and drag-knife trick, and until the most dangerous moment, the demon knife is only the commander of the bench. One day you see Manu starting, which means that Popovich has exhausted his donkey skills and is playing with his life.

With the offensive firepower of Tony Parker and Tim Duncan in the starters, the shooting guards only need to do two things — three-pointers and defense — and in the Spurs' 15 years at the top level, the starting point guards were either old men or single-featured shooters. Young Manu, aged Finley, Udoka, and Roger Mason have all served as starting point guards, and except for Manu, the function of the others is three-point + defense.

Since the Holy City is only a small ball market, and the boss is just a local businessman who sells tractors, with assets of only 80 million, except for the GDP he has chosen, he really has no spare money to catch big fish in the free market, so he can only choose suitable materials from the pearls abandoned by others and the rookies he has cultivated. Popovich is very similar to the elderly Zhuge Liang, often facing the distress of having no generals in the country, no way, there is no general in Shu, Liao Hua is the vanguard, Danny Green is pushed to this conspicuous position, charging for the Spurs, and fighting for Manu for a respite at the decisive moment.

In fact, for a long time, people didn't care who Danny Green was. Just like when Baines cut 12 plus 10 in the 2014 Western Conference semifinals, the global audience didn't know this good-looking, stout guy at all. It wasn't until the 2013 season that Green threw 25 three-pointers in five games in the NBA Finals, breaking Ray Allen's Finals three-point record, that everyone began to pick up a magnifying glass to look at the Spurs' Pokémon.

This ordinary-looking, mild-smiling, brightly dressed little hipster man is actually this guy.

Nine-Fingered Flyer's cousin, Captain North Carolina

You can notice that the name of Green in the league will not be mortal, this inconspicuous Spurs role player, but the background is quite noble.

On the night of the 2014 Western Conference Championship Awards Ceremony, Green wore the Western Conference Championship hat and smiled brightly, and he looked exceptionally young and energetic among the Spurs' sullen, paralyzed, and funny uncles. He may remember that in 09, at the NCAA Finals, he also smiled so brightly, cutting the NCAA championship Nets around his neck.

He is the cousin of Gerald Green, the nine-finger dunk king, and his excellent pedigree makes him extremely good at jumping and running, and he is also a flyer-type guard in college, although he can't have the anti-sky bounce of Gerald Green's head blowing out candles like the table, but with height, arm span, basketball feeling and other factors, Danny Green is definitely a natural basketball player. Now he is also the fastest player for the Spurs to help defend, and he is also the best player for the Spurs to bounce physically, even far surpassing Kawaii Leonard, who is known as the "core of the future". In Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, he leaped high and fanned Durant's almost undefensible pull-up jumper. He moves quickly around the field like a fully charged rabbit.

In high school and college, Green was an undeniably wealthy handsome, and his athletic talent showed early in his teenage years. When he was a freshman at North Babylon High School, he played both football (quarterback) and basketball (guard). His prowess in basketball prompted him to transfer to St. Mary's High School in his sophomore year. In his junior year, he averaged 16.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 5.0 blocks per game. He averaged 20 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 blocks per game in the high school league and was named a 2005 McDonald's All-American High School All-Star.

Danny Green chose the University of North Carolina to continue his basketball dream, becoming an alumnus of Jordan and Carter, the captain of the North Carolina Co-Team, the All-Defensive ACC Team, and the most played and won player in North Carolina men's basketball history. And he is the only person in North Carolina who has scored 1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds, 200+ assists, 100+ blocks, and 100+ steals in his career. He led the team to win the 2009 NCAA championship.

Such a successful college basketball career did not give him the same bright NBA journey. The top North Carolina student, captain, and most winning player in history didn't expect to be greeted with a ridiculous career when he graduated from college and entered the NBA Draft.

Emperor Zhan's mascot, the enemy three years later

Four glorious years in North Carolina didn't bring him more leverage in his career, and Green, who has played the most games and won the most games in North Carolina men's basketball history, doesn't seem to help his draft prospects. Danny Green, who just entered the NBA, is this guy, a fringe outsider, an under dog. In 2009, the North Carolina top student and captain was not selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers until the 46th pick in the second round. Even in the history of the Spurs, it is second only to the Ginobili God with the 57th pick in the second round.