Imagine:

If the summer of basketball is over...

If you're 40 points behind at halftime...

If you still want to beat your opponent...

What would you be willing to give up?

1/

Wish.

The first to be given up was hope.

Hope is a luxurious and precious object, suitable to be held in the hand and hidden in the heart. It is the light in the dark tunnel of the blind, the far away that the blind want to exhaust. But hope is too precious, it is crystal clear and shining. It is suitable for ordinary people who live a decent life, even if the life is quiet and uneventful, at least enough to spend time and care for this hope. Even the slightest greedy is good, as long as it is cultivated and buried in the right soil, it is hoped that it will eventually take root and grow luxuriantly.

But for those who are already in the throes of death, for those who want to climb out of the mire, hope is too heavy. It is burdensome. It is a little illusory in its beauty, and it does not help the absolute predicament in front of it, but it looks like the emperor's new clothes, which are actually invisible or touchable.

So don't think about it.

Just concentrate on every inch in front of you. Crawling out from the edge of the dead land, every extra inch climbed, it is still a dead place where there is no grass and evil spirits are everywhere. It's not clear where the boundary is, but every extra inch you climb is one step closer to climbing out.

Coach D'Antoni made everyone think he was 40 points behind.

When you're down by 20 points, you still feel hopeful, and you always have illusions that with the Rockets' offensive power, three-point shooting, a 10-point and 20-point attack wave is not impossible. But D'Antoni didn't want that to happen to his players. He had to kill all the remaining luck thoughts so that he could live to die.

can be put to death.

And then the afterlife.

The Rocketeers burst out with super energy. The Cleveland Cavaliers played civilian basketball, shifting shapes and shifts, blocking and pick-and-roll rotations, but the Rockets were even more ferocious. LeBron James and Kevin Love have just finished blocking and picking, and it is said that LeBon is often criticized for his soft style of play, but as a white interior player, his basic blocking skills are absolutely top-notch in the league. He slammed himself off and kept Eric Gordon and PJ Tucker at the free-throw line solid. James saw that there was a momentary gap on the right side, and he who was originally dribbling and cruising accelerated to break through and jumped out of the gap!

But he only took a step, and Yang Yiming in front of him moved over at a faster speed like a yellow shadow, blocking LeBron's way.

LeBron couldn't help but be stunned, Lefou, who had just cooperated with him in the block, was about to double-down, but when he turned around, he found that Eric Gordon actually spared his body from the opposite direction and turned between him and the basket in advance!

LeBron James was still on a smooth road to the basket just now, but at this moment, he was actually caught by the two of the Rockets and fell into a trap!

But LeBron is an absolute superstar, even if the Cavaliers play civilian basketball, he still determines the operation of the team with every action. Seeing the pinch come forward, LeBron glanced out of the corner of his eyes and looked at JR Smith who was ambushed in the corner, he separated his hands and eyes, and did not look at people to distribute the ball to JR Smith...

But I didn't expect this step to be perceived by Yang Yiming from when LeBron scanned the bottom corner with his residual vision. As soon as JR received the ball, Yang Yiming had moved from the penalty area to the edge of the three-point line like a ghost, and trapped JR with his arms in the bottom corner. JR swayed left and right, and finally jumped out of the baseline to open the angle. He threw the ball in the air and it traveled across the entire half court to George Hill, who was diagonally 45 degrees.

Hill was still open, but Chris Paul's defense was just as fast. Hill took advantage of Paul's ability to jump before he could jump even though the defense was in place, and he caught the ball himself, and Paul was quick and poked out his right hand!

As soon as the ball was lifted to waist height by Hill, it was slapped off by Paul's outstretched hand!

The basketball smashed into Hill's leg, Hill subconsciously struggled in the air, and the basketball was pushed up by the knee and bounced to Paul's face, hitting the bridge of his nose!

The blow was clearly not light, and the ball bounced back to the floor, and Paul swallowed the pain and threw himself to the ground. Hill landed and pounced, his whole body weighing on Paul. The two twisted together, but Paul caught the floor ball first-

The Cavaliers' Korver, who was closest to the outside line, approached the fallen Paul, and when he was about to kill him, Paul saw the opportunity and flicked the basketball with his fingertips. Like a crotch piercing man on a soccer field, the ball just rolled between Korver's legs, and he had Gordon of the Rockets behind him to pick it up. Gordon also fell to the ground, hitting Korver with his back while grabbing the basketball and throwing it—

The finish of this down-to-the-ground relay race is none other than James Harden. He sprinted to take the lead, took the basketball thrown by Gordon, grabbed one position in front of the chasing other "James" LeBron, and then resisted the opponent's pursuit and scored a left-handed layup!

2/

Dignity.

Now that it has been decided that it is going to lose, that hope has been abandoned, dignity is obviously the next thing that can be discarded. Meanness is the pass of the mean, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble. Dignity? Dignity is the talisman of dignity. Dignity can be armor that wraps people firmly, but since it has been pierced into holes all over its body, this tattered armor is not to be done!

Chris Paul can give up the dignity of the league's best point guard of the decade and scramble for the floor ball like a defensive squad; Yang Yiming gave up the title of the most talented rookie, like the most untalented stupid big man on the inside line to do the pile block and dismantle; Clint Capela gave up the gorgeous cake eating, picked up the work of Mutombo, the big brother in Africa, and built the Ten Fingers Mountain on the inner line. Even James Harden, who finally won the MVP of the season and the Finals FMVP...

Harden went into the restricted area again and again, fighting hand-to-hand.

He seems to have forgotten the shot, forgotten the European step, forgot the dribble and the step-back three-pointer, and only remembered the most primitive and savage layup.

In the face of Korver and JR, he crushed with his chest muscles and threw at the master.

In the face of Thompson and Love, Harden broke through and resisted with his shoulders, arching a new world from under the opponent's squeaky socket, and spinning in with a low hand - this is an offensive skill that Harden has never used in the past and will never use.

Facing another James, Harden is more like a pawn who has just debuted. He regarded himself as a rookie with no chance of winning at all, and in the face of LeBron's defense, he stuck to it, like a plaster that could not be shaken off no matter how he did. LeBron blocked Harden's shooting space, but Harden didn't want to shoot, he drilled left and right, and followed the same path to James. Seeing the opportunity, I slammed LeBron's overdone hand, and then exaggeratedly let go, shouting fouls in his mouth - that means, referee, look, he violated my cylinder! His mountain-like body, I'm so weak and can't help it, how can I afford his foul!

This posture, where is the style of a superstar!

This is simply a scoundrel ball ruffian!

But we have already said that since there is no way to retreat, since we have been put to death, and we have lost a little dignity, what is it?!

The referee really blew it!

Harden held up his beard, stared at the two eyes whose whites were bigger than his eyeballs, and begged for a foul at the referee, but the referee actually gave it!

And over and over again. Harden, who gave up his dignity, really let him succeed!

LeBron James is completely furious!