But, no one will remember age when it comes to the Win-Loss column. No one will care how old or slow you were.
It's all about the W.
This was the very mountain that an aging KBA team (NVE, BSR, It's Pat!, RG1, and S. Vujacic) were trying to climb on 1/15/2013. Against younger bucks like Rajon Rondo and Taliban, the older KBA team was getting run out of the building, down 12-4 (Game Point: 14). Surely marking the demise of the aged.
It's times like these when old knees surface:
All was but said and done. The writing on the wall was as clear as the Earth being round, or the Sun rising in the East, or Lance Armstrong doping his way to wins (for those reading in 2015, this was big shocking news to some of the human species living in 2013). The waiting players were starting to stretch; the water fountain Legionella colony count was rising; and the refrigerator door was nearly closed, until...
...until the game was suddenly 12-8 and while the aged wonders were gaining steam and the nerves of the youngsters were starting to unravel like:
Defensive stop after defensive stop, the gap narrowed and the proverbial fridge cracked ever-so-slightly more open.
With no thanks to:
Or (for our Russian Viewers):
Or:
(For our German Viewer; seriously look at the Blog Stats for this week. So long, Korea!)
~ ~ ~ And now, back to our regularly scheduled blog ~ ~ ~
A fierce comeback in a flash tied the game at 12. Surely the old men were out of gas and would succumb to father time.
But, alas, no! The moment of truth was capped off by none other than NVE...
And the AARP REJOICED!
Perhaps this wasn't as skilled a shot as:
But, in a comeback that kept a strong FCVH 2013 season alive and a comeback that will live long in the seemingly-too-thick history books of the KBA, NVE gave us one win for the ages: a W.
We solute you, NVE.
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