Recently, for fans who like basketball and James, June 20, Beijing time, is a memorable day. The Cavaliers made a shocking reversal to win the championship, defeating the Warriors 93-89 on the road, thus winning the championship this season with 4-3. This year's finals are really twists and turns. The Warriors took the lead in winning two home games 2-0, and then took a 3-1 lead. Under the leadership of James, the Cavaliers chased up and went down two cities in a row. Life and death battle. In the end, the Cavaliers reversed and won the championship. James accompanied how many boys born in the 90s from elementary school to college, and ignited the basketball dream in many people's hearts.
Now when we look at the NBA, we will find that most of the NBA players are black. A statistic tells us that in 2010, among active NBA players, black players accounted for 77%, white players accounted for 18%, and the remaining races accounted for a very small part. But how many people know that in the history of the United States, it is not easy for blacks to be basketball players. Just like the human rights movement in the United States, the controversy of black people in the United States has eased, but it has never disappeared.
The reason why the NBA can have many outstanding black basketball players now is inseparable from a white coach named Don Hudgens and the first black basketball players who were called up by Hudgens. The movie "Glory road" is based on a true story, telling how Don Hudgens discovered that training led the first black basketball players to face the pressure of public opinion and racial discrimination to win the championship and rush to glory together. the way.
High school women's basketball coach Don Hudgens was hired by Texas Western University. The salary was not high, and the family could only live in the boys' dormitory temporarily, and the board's funding was not enough to recruit high-level athletes. Hudgens still took it and immediately The same assistant exhibition began to look for team members. This is his eyes on a black player, his name is Bob Joe Hill.
"You wanna to talk to Bob Joey Hill, son, you can't win play niggger ball, I'm sure they can jump, but they can't lead. Can't handle pressure. Don't have enough intelligent."
The coaching staff has successively found seven black players with outstanding talents. These players have different personalities and have their own strengths. After a bloody confrontation, the black and white players quickly became one and threw themselves into the harsh training of Coach Hudgens. The difference between the occasional infraction of the players and the concept of basketball grows the coaches and the players...
There is a scene in the movie that depicts the hardships of their practice, when Bob Joe Hill. When confronted with Coach Don Huggins, Bob couldn't stand the strict demands of his coach. Because you have to repeat simple movements every day, the coach asked him, do you want to compromise? Are you going to compromise? If you compromise now, every remaining day of your life will be compromised. After saying this, Bob said softly, "We'll see" with tears in his eyes. He still can't let go of his favorite basketball.
"You wanna quit? You wanna quit? You quit right now, you quit everyday the rest of your life."
In the team formed by Don Huggins, Bob was the one who confronted coach Don the most. Bob is talented and likes to be in the limelight. Within a few days of joining the team, he went to a bar with everyone and met a Mexican girl. One day, while they were dating on the roof, they were spotted by the coach. The coach immediately punished him for a stair run that night, and Bob complained that you would only point fingers at us, and you did not let us play our own abilities at all. The coach shared his story with Bob, saying, "My dad drives a truck, and that's the only way he can spend his later years, and it's not bad, but he actually hates it. he knows it's the only way he can make a living, the only way he can keep his family afloat, he does it because he can let his kids do what they love, I love the sport, I Never been the greatest player, but I practice hard, I work harder than the average player. I'm not the greatest coach, but I work harder than the average coach. When I see your talent, see It hurts my heart that you are so wasteful."
After winning a game, the whites and blacks on these teams can finally get along happily. But the white players on the team can take them. But what about the rest of the whites?
One of the players, Shell, was beaten and his head was forced into the toilet when he went to the bathroom...
When they went to a ball game, the home crowd brought drinks, popcorn to them while they were on the court. Sprinkled on their heads and insulted them...
Instead of earning the respect of white people as they won, it just got worse.
After winning a ball game, they happily returned to their accommodation. When David Latin opened the hotel, it was a mess, with blood all over the house and the walls, which read "GO HOME".
They made it back to Seattle overnight, and Bob asked David Latin if you were ever afraid. David said, "When I was a kid in Houston, a bunch of white guys tied me to a fire escape until I wet my pants. From the time I got down, I started taking revenge on every white ghost until They don't dare to bully me again. But this time is different, this time the whole world is against you."
After these turmoil, they also have no heart to play. At halftime of a game, they finally expressed their concerns. They can't concentrate on playing because they face too much pressure and public opinion. The more they win, the more white people will turn against them.
There is an old man in the film, I like him very much. Although he doesn't have many lines, every time something comes out. He will care about everyone. When they were arguing, the old man said: "What's worse than losing is that you all forget why you came to this place in the first place."
Your dignity is in your heart. .
Your dignity is inside of you, nobody takes away from you , you don't give it to them.
"You don't have a championship picture. You've been lucky so far, but tomorrow you'll run out of luck. To win a game like this, you have to have a high basketball IQ and the ability to think. The problem we have is really Too many. You're athletes, you're a bunch of monkeys, you can jump and run, maybe with the right training you can occasionally shoot the ball to the rim, but you're playing against strong teams."
In 1966, the team started with A record of 27 wins and 1 loss reached the National College Basketball Association (NCAA) finals. Faced with the upcoming title race, Hudgens decided to use all black players and won against the all-white Kentucky Wildcats. Huggins' bold innovation not only accelerated the abolition of racial discrimination in American sports, but also promoted the process of racial equality in American society. The game also changed the American people's perception of black basketball players, in 1997, Don Huggins was inducted into the "Basketball Hall of Fame."
Although I have watched a lot of basketball games, I have never understood the stories behind the players and the history of black players on the court as concretely as those who watched this movie. If the first black athletes in the past did not resolutely insist on their love for basketball in the face of public opinion, there would be no NBA today, and now James, Kobe, Kevin Garnett... Countless people we love basketball stars.
It's definitely a movie that makes basketball lovers even more obsessed with choosing basketball, when some people are saying, "I really like playing basketball" or "I want to be a basketball player." Do you really understand the meaning behind it?
I will tell you why, ever since I was a kid, I only love one thing. That was playing basketball. Do you understand what's that like to have that ball in your hand? It's like making a sweet music. But the problem is you don't want to hear the song.
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