After defeating the Clippers, the Lakers team received a two-day Thanksgiving holiday.

They can freely allocate their time from November 22 to 23, as long as they are guaranteed to go to Salt Lake City on time to participate in afternoon training classes and competitions that night on the evening of November 24.

Wei Xia decided to go back to her hometown in Philadelphia to celebrate Thanksgiving with her brother and sister.

He didn't go home last year and he had plenty of time this year, so he had no reason to stay in Los Angeles.

On the eve of the holiday, the Lakers achieved four consecutive victories. Wei Xia fell asleep at home with satisfaction, and realized that she passed through the time tunnel and came to the distant 1960s.

It was November 27, 1963, and the entire Boston Celtics flew to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers.

Today in 1963, only the Lakers in the league have their own special planes. Although other teams also take planes to go away, they all take economy class.

Economy class seats are similar to being sentenced to a professional player with a tall and powerful man.

The gap between the NBA in the 1960s and the modern NBA is reflected in all aspects.

Off-site logistics support may be the most intuitive.

Get used to playing in the modern league, the NBA in the 1960s seemed to have returned to the Stone Age for Wei Xia.

Modern players are used to highly commercial leagues, and they may not even have to carry their luggage themselves when they go away. But decades ago, players had to carry their own luggage. If they were a rookie, they had to carry the big bag containing training balls.

Generally speaking, the team will bring 6 balls to train and warm up before the game.

Moreover, rookies have to help veterans bring something, such as Bill Russell likes to bring bags for treating knee injuries when playing away.

This year, there are many new Celtics, and they have clear division of labor. One is responsible for carrying bags, the other is responsible for carrying training balls, and the other is always waiting for dispatch and transfer. Don’t think that this person who doesn’t have to take anything is very lucky. In fact, he is the worst because he really doesn’t know that the old birds will ask him to do perverted things.

At the same time, the team staff will check all the supplies. The rookies need to take them to the hotel and hand them over to the coach. If the handover work cannot be completed in the hotel, the newcomers will have to carry them to the game venue themselves.

"Damn, we are obviously champions, why can't we have our own special plane like the Lakers?"

Tom Heinthorne complained.

Frank Ramsey, who has been determined to retire after the end of the season, decided to enjoy his fullest every trek he will travel.

Hearing Lao Yanbiao's complaint, he asked back: "And then face risks like the Lakers?"

"What risks?" asked Wei Xia, who was curious.

"That was in 1960." Ramsey said slowly.

In 1960, the Lakers took their own plane to Minneapolis, which was the closest time to losing a whole team since the birth of the NBA League.

The Lakers' special plane malfunctioned, and everyone's lives were hanging on the line.

On the plane were superstars including Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. We know who opened the sky eye? They all survived? Otherwise, Baylor and West would not be able to fight until they retired and start their management careers as legendary and "Legendary".

But at that time, the Lakers almost suffered an air crash.

Finally they were lucky enough to land in the cornfield? After the plane stopped, they looked at each other face to face, as if they had no idea what had just happened. Everyone was in awe and proud of their life after such a disaster. Suddenly, everyone in the cabin began to cheer, as if they had won the away game the day before? Everyone was celebrating each other with high-highs. The crew had to open the rear door next to them? They found that the snow was 3 feet thick beside them. The players decisively began to play snowball fights to celebrate their escape.

What’s funny is that after a while their snowball fight went on, the funeral home drove a funeral car to collect the body? I found that everyone was fine? I said good luck, and then the Lakers also got into the funeral car and arrived at the hotel they had booked in advance.

"Since you want to enjoy happiness, it is also necessary to take some risks..." Heinthorne thought.

Ramsey, who is only 185 cm tall, said leisurely: "I would rather take the economy class than take the risk of dying and take a private jet with problems!"

Wei Xia wanted to tell them how comfortable business class is, but then he would probably be regarded as a lunatic.

Next, Heinthorne began to complain about everything in the league.

From countless journeys, and garbage travel equipment, and garbage land travel tools? There is also the insecurity principle of not knowing how much garbage you need to describe the nature of garbage.

The most damn thing - "We played hard and ended up in retiring with injuries? In the end, we didn't even have a pension!" Heinthorne said, "This kind of rough egg system is fucking unreasonable!"

Ramsey asked casually, "What do you want?"

Lao Yanqiu said boldly: "I want this day? Change the rules!"

"The life of taking economy class? Fuck the heart of a millionaire? You can do it." The teammates' merciless blow made Heinthorne curse a few vulgar swear words.

After the plane arrived at the station, Weisha, Ramsey and Heinthorne took the taxi that he had applauded in advance.

Why is Frank Ramsey's status as the "Best Sixth Man" unshakable? Because he is not only the sixth man on the field, but also the sixth man off the field.

He is responsible for arranging the team's logistics support and daily life.

After arriving away, he contacted the taxi outside the airport.

He also found a hotel in advance.

With him there, there will be no problem with the Celtic logistics.

The three of them got into a taxi in groups and the situation became subtle.

Wei Xia knew the rules, and he looked at Heinthorne and Ramsey. Their eyes were filled with strangeness that could not be said.

Of course, the taxi fare from the airport to the hotel is not free, and the team is not responsible for reimbursement. There is no future subsidy yet, so the money can only be recorded in its own account.

If there is a rookie in the car, things will be easier.

Paying money to rookie is the rule.

However, Weisha (Havlicek) is already in the second grade, Ramsey is a veteran who is about to retire, and Heinthorne is also a veteran, so they are deadlocked.

Weisha wanted to save the money for Haflicecke. Ramsey was famously stingy. Heinthorne believed that with his old man's status, he shouldn't have paid the money.

He hopes that Ramsey or Havlicek will take out the money consciously.

"Ahem, why don't you talk anymore?" Wei Xia broke the silence.

"What do you say?" Heinthorne looked at them carefully as if he was alert to his enemies, "What else can I say?"

It's less than $10, it's their way... Well, for Heinthorne, who earns only more than 10,000 yuan per year, and Ramsey, who earns less than 10,000 yuan per year, the taxi fare of about $10 is indeed not a small amount.

The low salary is also one of the points that Heinthorne complained on the plane just now.

"For example, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West will handle the game tonight?"

Wei Xia couldn't just talk about who paid for the matter before the car.

Ramsey was obviously thinking seriously.

Heinthorne didn't want to talk nonsense at all: "That's those two people, Ras and I fart one by one and got them done, do you still have to think about it?"

"You are so powerful, you will definitely be able to handle the driver?"

"certainly!"

"Okay!" Ramsey interjected, "You pay the fare!"

"Mao!" Heinthorne found himself trapped and immediately repented, "I don't pay, whoever likes pays!"

Wei Xia asked helplessly: "This problem always needs to be solved. Have you not encountered similar problems before? For example, when three people were in the car - who would pay when there were no rookies in the car?"

"Then follow the old rules, the person who puts the suitcase at the bottom pays!" Heinthorne screamed.

Their voice is enough to make the driver tinnitus.

As for why the person who puts the suitcase at the bottom pays, it involves a long-standing story.

Celtic legend, Bill Sharman, a stunning slasher who was also a slutty shooter at the same time as Bob Cousy, had a quarrel with his teammates because of the same problem. Later, they set a rule that when there were no rookies in the car, the person who put the luggage at the bottom paid. Because those who put the luggage at the top always left first, naturally, the person who put the luggage at the bottom had to check out.

1. A few more words about this old man, he is famous for his bad temper, and not only his bad temper, but also his behavior. The logo man commented on him like this: "This man played more fights on the court than Tyson!" Auerbach did not dare to scold him because he was too furious because he was afraid of being beaten to death. As a player, he was a rare player in the 1950s who looked very comfortable in shooting posture. After retiring, he tamed the monster Chamberlain. In his short coaching years, he won the championship in both the NBA and ABA and was the best head coach of the year. There are only four people in history who were selected as players and coaches in the Hall of Fame.

After Heinthorne finished speaking, everyone was tacitly informed.

Lao Yang dares to say that because he knows his suitcase is on the top, and Wei Xia remembers that he is the second person to put down his suitcase. In other words, the one who will pay later is Frank Ramsey, the most stingy, stingy, and the most stingy person Wei Xia has ever seen.

They arrived at the hotel and the three of them got off together.

When Heinthorne was carrying his luggage, Ramsey suddenly tried to pull his luggage out of the bottom, causing Heinthorne, who was unprepared, to hedge his head and suitcase head-on.

Heinthorne fainted on the spot when the force was too strong.

The driver asked casually: "Who will pay?"

Ramsey almost killed Heinthorne, but said with no shame: "When this man wakes up, he will pay."

"Hongduo, let's go, I'll take you to have something delicious!"

"oh..."

ps: I said that the last one is the real story. Do you believe it? Well, it is true. Both the murderer and the victim are.
Chapter completed!