After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 352
Because it is at home, it is obviously much more convenient to set up the stage than at away.

Although there is no [-]% certainty that today's match will end with the trophy, but it will be either this match or the next match. Anyway, it's here, so it's okay to prepare early.

The staff was already setting up the stage the moment the game ended, and they were already doing things in the "background" when the Magic all stood up to speak and thank the fans.

At this time, we pay attention to efficiency, so it was completed in less than half an hour.

After that, everyone came to the stage one after another, except for all the relevant personnel of the Magic team, that is, the top management of the league.

President David Stern came over in person, and he didn't seem to be dissatisfied with the Magic's final championship.

Although it is possible that the Lakers won the championship, or that the bonus obtained by the "rich family recovery" plot after many years won the championship may be better, but the Magic also has its own chance to win the championship because of the existence of Li Chengming. value.

Relying on this championship, the NBA can further develop the market in that country on the other side of the ocean.

For Stern, who is of Jewish origin, he only values ​​actual interests. Now that things are a foregone conclusion and there will be no further changes, he can only maximize his interests according to the current results. At this time, whether he is unhappy or regrets None of it makes sense.

The official host interviewed Howard, Turkoglu, Lewis, Li Chengming, Nelson and others in turn. Van Gundy and his boss DeVos also gave speeches in excitement.

For Van Gundy, it was a championship to prove himself.

At this time, he doesn't need to make a special announcement to the world, or say something about the Heat. Afterwards, the media will naturally not let this hot spot go.

On the contrary, when he was actively CUEed by the host and wanted to say something to the Heat, he seemed very magnanimous, "We all have champions now, I think this is the best result."

For Howard, this is also a season to prove himself.

They made it to the playoffs last season and were eventually swept out in the first round. In an interview after the game, he already said that "we will definitely be better next season" and will make a comeback.

Now he has fulfilled his promise to the fans. Although he has a lot of depression in the process, the result is at least good.

"I'm really happy that we've achieved what we set out to do this season..."

In fact, at the beginning of the season, saying that the team's goal is the championship was a bit of a harsh word, and I never thought it would be possible.

After all, they were swept in the first round of last season. Even if there is one more All-Star player, it is difficult to convince people that the team can be completely reborn after returning from the offseason and win the championship immediately.

In fact, Lewis's billion-dollar contract caused a lot of controversy when the news spread. After all, it was not a small contract, which seemed too much for Lewis.

Even if you can't find other better substitutes, you can actually use a slightly smaller contract.

Later facts also proved that this concern is indeed necessary. Lewis is of course helpful to the Magic, but according to the law of normal team growth, the growth of a young core like Howard in the new season is predictable, so It's hard to argue that the Magic's progress stems from Lewis.

And Lewis' personal performance has indeed disappointed many Magic fans who had high hopes for him because of this big contract.

If it weren't for Li Chengming, let alone the matter of winning the playoffs, it would be impossible for them to have such an outstanding performance in the regular season, allowing them to become the number one record in the league and dominate the entire playoff series. With home field advantage.

So when Li Chengming came out to speak, the cheers of the audience were not weaker than when Howard was present, and completely surpassed Lewis, Turkoglu, and Nelson.

One of the advantages of winning the championship at home is that the audience at the scene still did not leave the field after the game, but stayed to participate in the celebration together.

This can be regarded as their luck, just in time for this match.

Of course, in fact, many people had expected it before the game, so the ticket price for this game was also raised to a price that Amway Arena could not afford before.

However, after witnessing the championship, for many fans who bought tickets at a high price, it was worth the fare.

"I'm very glad that so many people came to the scene today to witness us winning the championship together. Before the start of this season, of course, I never thought that I would stand on such a stage. It should be said that I dreamed..."

These words made many fans, teammates and staff around them couldn't help laughing. In fact, how could they not want to? It would be a bit false to say that they don't want to. They have also been thinking about it all the time.

It's one thing to think about it, but it's another thing to actually do it.

Li Chengming smiled and said: "Of course at that time, I had to think about how to impress Mr. Van Gundy and let him add even one more minute of playing time to me."

At the beginning of the game, as the last pick of the second round, although Li Chengming caused some discussions and attention because of his nationality, but that's all.

The coach will not let him play more because of his nationality and skin color, and the fans will not like him because of his nationality.

The key still depends on strength and performance. At that time, his shortcomings on the defensive end were too great. Although the offensive end was good, it was not enough to completely impress the coach.

However, after taking him on the court and having a good performance, Van Gundy became more and more bold in using him, and finally allowed him to completely occupy the rotation position, and even became the team's best sixth man and absolute main force.

Unknowingly, everyone listened carefully, and the scene gradually became much quieter.

"So I am very grateful to Mr. Van Gundy, to my teammates, to Orlando who is willing to draft me, and to all the fans who have always supported me, including my neighbors, the McGilton family..."

It was suddenly pointed out that the relationship between Li Chengyin and the McGilton family has long been discovered by the US media, so the live camera immediately found them. This time, Jon, who was sitting with his family, immediately stood up excitedly and waved, thank you La also waved his hands and blushed with excitement.

Li Chengming glanced over there, then continued with a smile: "I know, words of thanks are not enough, so today, together with my teammates, I will work hard to keep the O'Brien Cup in Oakland." , as a gift to you. Do you like it?"

"Oh oh oh..."

The scene immediately responded with cheers and a lot of ghost screams, excitedly responding to him.

Li Chengming sighed, and suddenly said: "I wanted to say a lot, but I suddenly changed my mind, because I want to save these words for next year, and hope that at this time next year, I can still stand Here, let me finish what I haven't said this time."

This is tantamount to the announcement of defending the title. This time the championship trophy has not yet been touched, and he is already thinking about the next year.

But I have to say that the fans like to speak wild words like this, even the media at the scene, and the Magic team also like Li Chengming's words, so the arena was crying and howling for a while.

It wasn't until the microphone was passed to David Stern that he was about to make an announcement that the scene became a little quieter.

(End of this chapter)