You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 207 Mr. Key
Wei Xia sat in the locker room, not in the mood to sigh "why did all this happen".

He missed the key shot, the Timberwolves got a rebound, the Lakers fouled, Garnett made two free throws, and the score fell by 3 points.

The Lakers still have a chance to save themselves, and Kobe missed a three-pointer at the buzzer.

That was it, their ten-game winning streak ended at the hands of the Timberwolves and their second loss to the Minnesotas this season.

Speaking of Wei Xia's key goal that he didn't make, Kobe played a cold humor: "Compared to me, at least his ball touched the basket."

He compared his rookie season with the Jazz's three straight clean sheets.

It can be seen that he didn't mean to blame Wei Xia.

Wei Xia sat in the locker room frustrated. The Lakers only lost by 3 points. Missing key shots made him feel that the loss was entirely his fault. He played terribly.

Statistics do not support his idea.

Due to sitting on the bench for most of the fourth quarter, Wei Xia's data can be said to have been won in the first three quarters.

出场27分钟，得到16分6篮板4助攻，命中率50%。

In terms of performance, he is second only to Kobe and Odom.

But Odom sat on the bench at critical moments, and he was sent out at critical moments. This is the difference.

Phil Jackson returned to the locker room after his press conference with Kobe, and he naturally had something to say.If he wants to reprimand Wei Xia for this, Wei Xia will not have any dissatisfaction.

"Sometimes, losing is not necessarily a bad thing." Jackson's words echoed in the locker room. "We have to figure out where we are not doing well and which areas need to be improved. Complaining about ourselves will not make us better. Forget about tonight and take a good rest."

The sinner who was waiting to go to the cross did not get the scolding he deserved, and Wei Xia felt even more empty in his heart.

With the severity of Jackson's treatment of him, it's not normal for him to be bloody without scolding him for missing that key shot.

Maybe he needs to warm up all night, and then play in the replay meeting tomorrow?

Wei Xia guessed right.

Not being scolded that night would not make Wei Xia feel any joy.

Everyone in the locker room left one by one, and he sat in his seat, thinking about the shot he missed.

The importance of that shot is self-evident. To be precise, Kobe's shot is the key to the success of the game. But if he can make a two-pointer, even if the Timberwolves score another lead, the momentum of the Lakers will not drop. Kobe doesn't need to force a three-pointer.

Therefore, the responsibility for the loss still belongs to Wei Xia.

He recalled that round, and there were no omissions in his offense. He did all the preludes that should be done, people moved away, and opportunities came out, but he didn't make a shot.

"Why didn't you invest in it?" Wei Xia muttered angrily.

At this time, he saw two idlers standing at the door of the locker room who should have left long ago.

Andrew Bynum on the left and Vaughn Weaver on the right.

"Aren't you still blaming yourself for the game?" Weaver asked jokingly.

"How is it possible?" Wei Xia said cheekily, "I played really well!"

16+5+4+50% hit rate, who dares to deny it?

Although the performance of the key ball ruined everything, but without his previous performance, he probably would not have the key ball behind him.

"So you're just in a daze, instead of licking your wounds alone like a wounded beast?" Bynum made a strange comparison.

"Please, leave me alone for a while!"

Weaver turned his head and asked, "Andrew, are we going to leave him alone for a while?"

Bynum shook his head and said, "Is there anything else we can do?"

"No, not at all," Weaver said.

Next, the two idlers intensified, not only did not give Wei Xia a chance to be alone, but also sat on his left and right respectively.

"Listen to the coach, Wish, don't blame yourself, Kobe didn't make the last three-pointer." Weaver comforted him.

Now he is not licking the dog, but using other people's pain to comfort Wei Xia's pain.

As for whether this incident will make Kobe feel painful, it is difficult to say.

"So, if you want to blame, you should blame Kobe. It has nothing to do with you. Before you missed that shot, you scored a very crucial three-pointer. Besides, you shouldn't have passed the ball to you at that time. What kind of idiot would give you the ball instead of Kobe at a critical moment. Even if you are responsible, Brian (Cook) will have to share half of it!"

A smile finally appeared on Wei Xia's depressed face: "You two make me feel better and better."

"It's ironic, bro, but it's our love for you," Weaver laughed.

"Stop putting on a stinky face and staring blankly at the air," Bynum said.

"Yes, that's too unwish," Weaver teased, "That's what Andrew did, you're an adult, don't be like a child."

Bynum raised his voice to protest: "I'm an adult too!"

Weaver set up a barrier that Bynum could not overcome: "Little devil, in my eyes, only those who can legally buy and drink alcohol are considered adults. You are still very early!"

Bynum continued to protest: "That's because I'm too famous. If I'm not a Lakers player, who would think I'm under 21?"

Seeing that they were about to quarrel over drinking, Wei Xia patted their thighs with both hands, stood up and said, "Thank you, I feel much better being able to chat a few words."

Then, they walked out of the locker room together.

Follow normal steps, now it's time to go home.

Bynum insisted on proving that he had been drinking since he was 17, and insisted on finding a quiet place to drink.

He couldn't buy wine, and Wei Xia didn't want to buy wine, so Wei Fu could only go.

Weaver bought two bottles of wine and a bottle of drink, and they went to Wei Xia's home in Wei Xia's car.

This way they don't have to worry about being drunk and unattended.

Wei Xia took his teammates home for the first time. Fortunately, Wei Qiu and Li Zhongxian were not dressed inappropriately at the time.They've gotten tired of playing games recently, and they've been more often in and out of the leisure room playing billiards.

At the end of the night, Bynum was so dizzy after only a few sips, but Weaver was in high spirits, and it seemed that he hadn't drank less than usual.

Wei Xia didn't drink at all, and he felt a little guilty after drinking that bottle of carbonated drink.

Despite the extra farce that shouldn't be there, Wei Xia still slept soundly.

He traveled back to the past smoothly and came to mid-November of 1962.

In normal training, Wei Xia is obsessed with the middle distance.

As far as the position of the key shot he missed in reality, it was a long-range shot in the 60s.

Seeing him practicing tirelessly without anyone helping to pick up the ball, Sam Jones was sleepy.

"Hong Duo, you won't count an extra point for shooting from such a long distance, why bother?" Jones asked.

Jones is one of the earliest key players in NBA history, and perhaps he can provide Wei Xia with some experience.

"Sam, if the game enters a critical moment, how do you adjust yourself to the best condition?" Wei Xia asked.

"What should I say? This is an instinct, the instinct to end the game. Ordinary people like you won't understand it. When you help me make a match one day, maybe I can teach you how to become Mr. Key."

Why does this tone sound so familiar?
Oh, Wei Xia remembered.

When he finished watching "Taxi Express" and expressed that he wanted to marry Marion Cotillard back home, Mei Chen comforted him with a similar tone: "When you grow up, you can marry her back home when you grow up."

Looking back now, how innocent he was back then.

His mother's words convinced him, and he was not as dismissive of Jones as he was at this time.

"In this case, then you can find someone else to help you connect. Before I become Mr. Key, I don't have time to help others." Wei Xia said ruthlessly.

"Don't, don't, don't!" Jones was quite confident about his appearance.

Although Havlicek has a pizza face and a tasteless cropped crop, he is white and plays for the Celtics, and there are plenty of women who covet him.Not to mention that Jones himself is black, his country temperament is ten times stronger than that of Durant, who is carrying a schoolbag.

If Durant looks like a contractor who can go to the construction site to urge work by wearing a hard hat, then Jones is the one who is urged to work.

He has the heart of a killer, but he doesn't have the temperament and star face of a killer. In addition, in the 60s when discrimination was prevalent, it was too difficult to successfully date for a night.

In order for Wei Xia to continue pulling his pimp, he had to channel his killer instincts.

Someone wants to ask this is also possible?Shouldn't Harden be allowed to meet Jones?Maybe this can successfully cure the inability to stand up in life and death battles?

Jones said this to Wei Xia: "The most important thing is self-confidence."

"confidence?"

"Yes, confident."

"If you know you're going to do some key things, but you're nervous about it instead of thinking in your heart that 'oh my time has finally come', then you're likely to lose the chain." Jones smiled lightly, "This is also the gap between that idiot Wilt and Bill."

It sounds abstract and general, but Wei Xia, who has just experienced a defeat and missed a key ball, has a deep understanding of the key factors in Jones' words.

confidence.

True, he wasn't all that confident at the time.

When he saw Brian Cook pass the ball, the first thing he wanted to do was find Kobe, give him the ball, and let him deal with it.Later, he couldn't give it to Kobe, so he decided to come by himself out of desperation.

While his mechanics were fine, he never really believed he could make clutch shots.

He wasn't confident enough, that's all.

"Do you understand?" Jones asked after seeing him in a daze.

Wei Xia nodded slightly, probably understood.

"Now that you understand, get up for me. Did you see that woman running?" Jones pointed at the short-haired beauty running outside the gymnasium. "I want her contact information within half an hour, GOGOGO!"

Wei Xia was forced to run out of the gymnasium and catch up with the beauty.

Seeing Wei Xia approaching, the other party was happy at first, but when Wei Xia told his real purpose, the other party's face immediately turned dark.

Due to the countless failed pimping experiences before, Wei Xia can roughly draw a conclusion: Sam Jones also wants to eat this piece of swan meat?What are you thinking?

(End of this chapter)