On April 24, 1963, Wei Xia had a long time of opportunity to change history.

Today, as John Haflicek, he made positive preparations to prepare for the sixth game of the night's final.

Everyone in the training hall knows that winning another game will bring Bob Cousey's career to an end.

Before nightfall, everyone gathered to have a meal.

Tom Heinthorne said: "I decided that today is the last one! I can't stand the day when I don't smoke anymore!"

You can understand that smoking early may be more important for him than sending Kusi away as soon as possible.

The game that night was the last game of the season, and this is the consensus of everyone.

In order to make Cousi's farewell game more meaningful, everyone gave gifts like those fans who spontaneously said goodbye to Cousi away.

Heinthorne actually gave a pack of cigarettes that Cousy couldn't use, and said that it was his favorite brand.

Ramsey gave Kusi an account book and said he would use it in the future.

Since contemporary players are not very paid, and the relationship between players is too close, so gifts are based on the point of giving light gifts and being more affectionate, as long as they have the meaning.

Russell gave Cusi a clock with an inscription left by Russell: May the next 70 years be as beautiful as the past 7 years.

They are all proud players, treasures of Boston basketball, and in the days of Eisenhower and Kennedy, they shared the glory of being a Celtic dynasty. Under their rule, the Celtics won the appreciation of the whole world, even if they all looked at the world with a cautious look and were all the same for a while.

Cousy and Russell have the endurance that other NBA star combinations do not have.

For example, Shaq and Kobe collapsed from the inside out after winning the NBA championship three times.

In order to be the boss, Kyrie Irving said that he had accomplished the achievement of exploding the locker room of a team when he was on a team. Of course, it must be mentioned that the world-famous quarrel between Kevin Durant and Drummond Green of the Golden State Warriors.

Auerbach has never encountered such trouble from the stars. Russell plays center and Cousy is the point guard. In the six seasons before Cousy retired, they won five NBA championships together.

Auerbach believes that Russell and Cousy are proud of themselves and are eager to win, knowing what the championship team should be like. It is easy to cooperate with such people, and there is no need to put too much pressure on them, and they will place themselves properly.

Although Russell has shown cornerstone strength and role since joining the Celtics in 1956? This era of skin color prejudice and racial discrimination have become popular? Still refer to the Celtics as the "Kuz 1's team".

1Cusi's nickname "cooz".

Cousy and Russell mixed passes and blocks, dribbling and rebounds, offense and defense. As a passer, Cousy brought drama to the game; as a center. Russell completely changed everything? and brought the source of the championship.

Off the court? They are friendly, but never really close friends. They are from poor backgrounds? But influenced by the background of the great era, Cousy struggles in the slums of New York? Russell struggles to survive in the segregated Louisiana? He realized the sinister world when he was a child.

From December 1956 to 1963—on the schedule of the Civil Rights Movement, from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to the Washington Parade—Cousy and Russell never discussed politics, civil rights or their personal lives; at best they were just talking about games on and off the court and in the locker room, talking about which person’s ass kick tonight.

Both are deep thinkers with strong consciousness and good at self-analysis, and have deep selves.

White sports journalists in Boston called the Celtics "Kuzz's team"? This did not help their relationship.

But now? Russell gave Cusi a clock, hoping that their friendship would last forever.

At the celebration banquet, everyone's emotions were touched, and they all developed the urge and desire to end the series tonight.

Wei Xia is happy that he can experience the journey of the Celtics before defending the champion.

The Lakers in reality have no atmosphere of a championship team. Although Kobe has had experience in winning the championship? But in those three years, how could he integrate into the team? It is hard to say whether he has observed what the champion team needs.

Wei Xia believes that the skills and tactics of the 1960s may not have helped him too much, but the teams that have been able to win championships since ancient times must have something in common.

So? It's evening.

The Sixth Battle? Bob Cousy’s Last Battle.

The Lakers still don't want the Celtics to win easily. Russell may be in a hurry to end the game, and his offensive feel is very poor.

Fortunately, he is not Chamberlain.

He doesn't have the desire to score many points every night. If he doesn't have a good offense, he will defend and catch rebounds with all his strength. Moreover, even if he doesn't score, will the Lakers feel at ease to let Rudy Larusoe and him single-on-one? No, it's impossible. They will double-team, and then he can break through one by one with passing.

As he expected, the Lakers' double-teams were very fast.

But Russell's sense of ball output is extremely experienced. At this time, the Lord of the Rings already has the awareness of modern inside players, which is to catch the ball in the axis, attract double-team and pass the ball to the outside players.

Wei Xia underestimated Russell's handwork and understood how prepared Auerbach said when he met Duncan, "The player who looked the most like Bill Russell in decades."

After that, there is Kusi's solo dance.

The Lakers are too lucky. Cousey, who averages less than 40% of his career, has a shooting percentage of 50% today.

He basically threw all the passes Russell sent over.

Moreover, when it was time to perform, he was never vague.

Wei Xia, who has no ball rights, makes all his strength to make a fast break. His speed is too fast, and Cousi's pass needs to be increased.

The audience met his "magic in cloth shoes" and "Houdini on hardwood boards".

Wei Xia received his back pass and scored a layup directly, and the Celtics' leading number reached 6 points.

Cousy is an imaginative player who has continuously expanded and improved his ball-handling skills over the years, so that fifty years later, the elderly who have watched his game are impressed.

With the limit of 1963, he is considered the most threatening ball handler of the contemporary era. The only person who can compare with him is Marques Haynes of the Universal Travelers. To be honest, the two cannot be compared. One is to show operations in the game and the other is to show operations without confrontation. Moreover, Haynes always works with a well-trained "opponent" to help him show his extraordinary skills.

Cousy's career is approaching the end of the day, and the Lakers try their best to stop that moment.

Baylor continued to play at a high level, but also played the only game with an individual score below 30 in six games.

In the sixth game against the Celtics, Baylor scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Today, West is a more threatening player, scoring 32 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists with a shooting percentage of more than 50%, almost dragging the game to tiebreak.

In the end, the Lakers did not create miracles.

They lost Game 6.

The Celtics completed an unprecedented five consecutive championships, and what they didn't know was that the legend was far from over.

Russell became excited in front of the reporter: "Kuz is excellent. We regard each other as brothers, not great athletes. We can never describe what we mean to each other in words. Although we can know a lot of people, not many people can really fight side by side for a common goal. Playing with Bob Cousiweiwu for the Celtics is one of the best things in my life."

Wei Xia stood far away, no one interviewed him.

Because he is not the protagonist, no one believes that he will become the next Celtic superstar.

He looked at the past history from afar, and had been around for twenty years before he was born, and was vividly presented to him.

Bob Cousy retired, which was unfortunate for Haflicek.

He is the best player in Celtic history to find opportunities by moving empty-handedly.

There are three top passers in the Celtics' history, Cousy, Bird and Rondo.

He only worked with Cousey at the end of his career for one season, while Bird joined the Celtics a year after his retirement.

He could have had more opportunities to score easily, but now he is only regretful.

What surprised Wei Xia was that in 1963, Bob Cousy was recognized by the media at that time as goat.

Six times, 12 times selected for the best team, 8 times assists, and 1 time MVP, not counting the sloppy comeback with the Royals, and all 13 full seasons were selected for the All-Stars. The concept of performance was introduced into the game, turning basketball into an entertainment event suitable for both young and old rather than an unpopular event for young and strong people to play. The first NBA player in history who has a five-digit annual salary but is not jealous of anyone. One of the founders of the Players Guild has developed many techniques such as dribbling behind the scenes, changing the body in front, swinging dribbling and other far-reaching skills to future generations... This is Bob Cousey, in an era when racial discrimination became mainstream, on the day when basketball was born 72 years ago, it was considered the best in the history of the NBA.

White journalists who regard Russell and others as simple-minded and well-developed chimpanzees believe that Kusey's retirement will bring the Celtics into a recession.

They ignored the fact that Cousy missed the championship for seven consecutive years before Russell's arrival.

But they will definitely not ignore the fact that after Cousey retired, Russell and Jones, with the aging Celtics, raised their championship record to eight times in a row, and then won two more championships before retiring, which proves who the Celtics’ true name is.

But you still can't ignore Bob Cousey's revolutionary influence and importance to basketball.
Chapter completed!