38. The battle for the first place
"Welcome to Quick Loan Center!"
On Nov. 7, the Cavaliers finally returned to their home turf after a week of wandering. The three-game winning streak brought them not only the fourth place in the Eastern Conference, but also the packed, enthusiastic fans at the Quick Loan Center.
The people of Cleveland are proud of their team, and in the situation of being unanimously disfavored by the outside world, with the team not having a superstar, their team did not break the jar and break, but broke through the shackles with a bullish spirit!
Now, their team is about to face another tough battle. Host the Bulls, who are also 3-1 in the same district. So there's no reason why Clevelands shouldn't give their most enthusiastic cheers to their team.
So, when Williams was the first to run out of the players' tunnel, the audience roared with joy, like a hero's return salute.
Next up was Anthony Parker, who didn't play as well as Maurice Williams on the team, but the fans also gave the team's shooting guard the most enthusiastic cheers.
Because in their eyes, this is a team, and it is the efforts of this team in the past three games that have kept Cleveland from becoming a joke in people's mouths, a joke after dinner.
Next up was the team's small forward Joey Graham, who played a smaller role than Anthony Parker, but the fans still gave them their loudest applause.
Coming on after Graham's appearance was Antoine Jamison, the team's number four and current oldest player in the squad. The veteran didn't play the role expected in the summer in those four games, but his contribution should not be underestimated.
The last of the main players to play is, of course, the team's number five, Brazilian Valejo. As usual, the fans did not skimp on their applause.
Of course, this is not the climax, Wu Dawei stood in the passage of the court, and he did not forget what he thought when the Cavaliers played their first home game.
Let everyone cheer for themselves.
But at that time, he definitely didn't expect this day to come so quickly.
"Next, let's welcome our team's best sixth man with our warmest applause! Coming from China, six feet eight inches, he's a forward player, but he's not an ordinary forward player, he's the league's steal and block king at the moment! Wu! Big! Wei ~~~~~~~"
The DJ used all his screaming voice to turn the quick loan center into a sea of cheers.
Wu Dawei stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel, and the deafening cheers almost made his eardrums tremble, but he looked at the crowd in the stadium at this time, and his heart was full of excitement beyond words. Because these cheers are for me!
Wu Dawei rushed out of the passage, he raised his arms high, trying to make himself look calmer. But when he saw the faces that were cheering at him, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.
"yes~ That's right, I'm Wu Dawei! Wu Dawei is me! Yay~ That's right, you're calling my name! ”
Looking at the burly player who rushed out of the tunnel like a madman, the Cleveland people were stunned and surprised, and suddenly realized that this player who currently dominates the league's steals and blocks list has a touch of cuteness.
"Is that guy from Mars?" Maurice Williams whispered discontentedly. As soon as Wu Dawei was in the limelight, his heart was like 10,000 grass and mud horses running through the mountains and seas.
Anthony Parker, who was questioned, pursed his lips and did not answer.
Wu high-fived his teammates on the Cavaliers, and then he stood next to Vallejo, and the Brazilian said, "How did you come up with that?" ”…,
"What?" Wu Dawei and the second monk were puzzled.
"Go to the cheers like a two-million."
"Your sister!"
All the players of the home team took to the court to the sound of huge cheers, and the Cavaliers took nearly ten minutes for this part alone. For ten minutes, the Cleveland people were able to shout as hard as they could, and it was clear that the joy of the Cleveland people was from the heart.
And when the away team came on, the stadium instantly became quieter than the funeral home.
The Bulls players could only entertain themselves, so their cheering ceremony ended hastily.
The highlight of this Central Division is not a national live broadcast, because perhaps even the league has not realized that the Cavaliers, who lost their core in the summer, will not become a fish belly that everyone is bullying against; On the contrary, he marched against the current and climbed up from the abyss!
But things weren't good for them this game, as the Bulls' Derrick Rose hit a career-high this season, averaging 25 points and 7.7 assists so far after promising to win the MVP at the start of the game.
Even the local Cleveland commentator was worried about the prospects of this game. Carlson, the most famous local basketball commentator in Cleveland, sat in front of the live commentary booth tonight to narrate the game for Cleveland Sports.
"While the Cavaliers' three-game winning streak has the whole of Ohio rejoicing, we have to see it too. What kind of team are the Cavaliers' opponents in their three-game winning streak? The Wizards, the Timberwolves, and the Clippers. Young and uncohesive, and without a one-liner superstar in the lineup. It's not at all the same level as tonight's opponents, the Bulls. ”
"So, Magnusson, you're not optimistic about the Cavaliers, are you?" Carlsen's partner asked.
"How is that possible!" Carlson laughed, "I'm a diehard Cavaliers loyal. I just think it's going to be a lot harder for us to beat tonight than we have in the last three games! ”
"Do you have anything for our team members?"
"The most important thing is to stop Derrick Ross from playing. Although the arrival of Coach Thibodeau is indeed one of the reasons why this Bulls team has become stronger. But the real reason for the qualitative change in Chicago is the champion show of '08! ”
"Oh~ It seems that this is indeed a problem. We all know that Rose is averaging 25 points and 7.7 assists per game in the new season......"
"Maybe it's not a problem." Carlsen interrupted his partner's words, and then met his puzzled expression and said, "Don't we have a Chinese Wu!" ”
"You mean Wu ...... David? It's a really hard name. ”
"That's right!" Magnus also showed an expression of amazement on his face when he talked about Wu Dawei: "After seeing the number of this striker player, I, like most people, became extremely curious about him!" I want to see for myself how a guy who can lead the league in steals and blocks at the same time plays! ”
As Carlson points out, many Clevelanders come to the Quick Loan Center tonight with that in mind. They wanted to see for themselves whether Wu Dawei was as brave as he was in the YouTube video.
Of course, as a Chinese player, Wu Dawei's every move is also concerned about his compatriots on the other side of the ocean. In this game, tens of thousands of fans poured into the text broadcast, video website, waiting in front of the computer for the arrival of this battle for the top spot!