Just an Occasional Ability User!

"That was a tough shot!"

Su Yan could not help but nod in approval at Nowitzki's previous possession.

After all...

No matter how formidable the opponent's defense was, if you kept backing down and avoiding contact, you had already lost half the battle.

Only by rising to the challenge and forcing your offense through the opponent's suffocating defense

could you not only score, but also shatter the opponent's confidence in their defense and raise your team's morale.

Only then would the odds of winning increase without limit.

If you only kept avoiding contact, only took easy shots, and only focused on making your own stats look good, you might win some games and even reach heights ordinary players could never attain.

But you would always be just a little short of the ultimate championship.

Because if you could not make your opponents fear you, how could you truly conquer them in a seven-game series?!

It was a simple, obvious truth.

That was also why Jordan could win six championships and remain undefeated throughout his Finals runs.

It was also why Kobe could win three straight championships alongside O'Neal, then lead his team to two more championships on his own.

They were already strong, feared no opponent, and in crucial moments could face the other side's best player head-on and score in utterly unreasonable fashion.

They overwhelmed their opponents in momentum.

They did not fall behind their opponents in skill.

Only by combining the two could one forge the strongest version of oneself and truly stand atop basketball in a single season!

Second place was the biggest loser.

There was a reason behind Kobe's famous quote.

As long as you lost, as long as you failed to win the championship, even finishing as runner-up meant you were not strong enough, not