13. The Last Dark Horse
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May 24 was a fantastic night for Cleveland fans. The team they supported once again completed a counterattack without being favored by the outside world!
Beating the Boston Celtics to reach the Eastern Conference Finals doesn't just mean more than just a tough opponent for the Cleveland Cavaliers. You know, before that, the Cleveland Cavaliers in LeBron James' era were repeatedly eliminated by the Green Shirts in the playoffs.
It can be said that the Boston Celtics have always been a big problem for the hearts of Cleveland people in recent years, a long-lasting nightmare. Even this time last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Boston Celtics in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference, and now, it is still the semifinals of the Eastern Conference, but the two sides of the victory and defeat have switched positions.
Crossing this hurdle is of great significance to the Cleveland Cavaliers!
Winning an opponent they haven't beaten in a long time is also quite a self-confidence boost for the Cleveland Cavaliers players. This will definitely be a good thing for them to prepare for the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals against the Chicago Bulls.
Of course, the Clevelands aren't going to think too much about the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals, although the Eastern Conference Finals will be under wraps up just days after the semifinals. But at this time, the Cleveland people were still immersed in the joy of defeating the Boston Celtics to break into the next round of games.
Wu still received many congratulatory texts and phone calls after the game, but he felt that he was a little used to it, because the Cavaliers' winning percentage in the playoffs was much higher than in the regular season. More and more victories have brought more and more praise and praise to Wu Dawei and the Cavaliers.
It also began to slowly let Wu Dawei experience the joy that victory brings and the sense of accomplishment that comes from advancing to the next round.
When the Cleveland Cavaliers flew back to Cleveland the next day. At Hopkins International Airport. Countless Cleveland fans still come to the airport to pick them up. Welcome home with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
And such a scene is the sense of accomplishment that Wu Dawei has experienced about promotion. So many people are cheering for the work you do, and although you don't know them, they seem to be closely related.
It's a great feeling. At least in Wu Dawei, that's indeed the case. At this time, he was able to understand a little bit why every player in this league. It's all about trying to climb higher and get the championship trophy that will only be decided in the scorching summer of June!
That sense of accomplishment, that feeling of being in the limelight, even sometimes can't be matched by money. What's more, every player in this league has the attribute of lack of money!?
Even Wu Dawei spent an entire season with the Heat last season and received the full salary of 700,000 from the Miami Heat. Of course, even if he is completely a superstar this season, his salary is still only $700,000......
When Wu thinks of this, he can't help but think of his expiring contract and the slowly approaching offseason. Suddenly. He's not just looking forward to the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals, it's about this summer. Suddenly, he was looking forward to it.
The Cavaliers returned to Cleveland, with the glory of reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Cavaliers players were once again enthusiastically embraced by Cleveland fans. The last time the Cavaliers reached the Eastern Conference Finals was two years ago, when they were regular-season champions and touted favorites to win the tournament.
Now, they are a dark horse in the outside world. So, although the Cavaliers have repeatedly reached the Eastern Conference Finals in recent years, compared to this year, it is a completely different feeling.
The Cleveland people are grateful to everyone on the Cavaliers' roster today, because in this playoffs, they not only helped the Cleveland Cavaliers leapfrog their arch-rivals, the Miami Heat, but also defeated the Boston Celtics, who were the demons of many years.
Perhaps the Cleveland people never imagined that these knots could be realized so quickly this year, so when reality came rushing in, their ecstasy was indescribable.
David Wu became a hero of Cleveland, there is no doubt about it. As the core player of the current Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei has become a signature figure in Cleveland.
Moreover, it is the meat that most troubles Cleveland people. Because it is clear to everyone that Wu Dawei's contract is about to expire this summer. And if Wu Dawei's current appearance is better, it means that there will be more cities to compete with the Cavaliers for Wu Dawei this summer.
Compared with big cities such as Los Angeles and New York, the Cavaliers do have no advantage at all. There was a survey that the league once did, and it was that 70 percent of the players in the league wanted to play in Los Angeles.
Because there is Hollywood, there are beautiful women and higher exposure, which means that they can have more fame and money.
The only advantage that the Cavaliers have over these places may be that Wu Dawei made his career here, growing from a trickster to a superstar on this team. This is the only advantage that the Cleveland Cavaliers can speak of when they retain Wu Dawei.
However, such an advantage is not necessarily useful, because Wu Dawei has only been in the city for a short year, and no one knows whether Wu Dawei has feelings for the city or not. And what worries Cleveland fans is that Wu Dawei also has an agent who has a lot of connections with the Los Angeles Lakers, Bonnie Lashlin is a person who came out of the Los Angeles Lakers, and her father has a very good relationship with the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Buss.
Coupled with Kobe Bryant's statement that he welcomed Wu Dawei to Los Angeles in the middle of the season, this qiē qiē inevitably made Cleveland fans feel a little worried.
But these concerns are somewhat premature at this point. After all, the pre-game is not over, the Cavaliers' journey is continuing, and Wu Dawei himself has been silent about this summer's affairs.
After returning to Cleveland. Wu Dawei answered the most questions in the face of reporters. Of course, it's the law for the next round.
"Law?" Wu Dawei shrugged his shoulders. Said: "En...... We've played the Bulls four times this season. We are familiar with them, so we are not afraid of them. We've made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, and we're going to give it a go! Win or lose, we have no regrets! ”
What Wu Dawei said can also be said to be the current thinking of the Cavaliers. Even the team's owner, Daniel Gilbert, didn't say much about the team's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals. Obviously, the Miami Heat, who were able to beat LeBron James in this year's playoffs, was enough to make the team owner feel very satisfied. Now they have even eliminated the Boston Celtics, which is a surprise. To be able to be treated badly by so many people this season, with such a table, Daniel Gilbert is already very satisfied.
But just because the Cavaliers say that doesn't mean the Cleveland media will think that way. Now that they have reached the Eastern Conference Finals, the media naturally hopes that the Cavaliers can go one step further and directly enter this year's Finals!
"The Cavaliers' performance in this year's playoffs has been incredible, they played amazing basketball and they showed tenacity! Beat the Miami Heat past the Boston Celtics and beat two Eastern Conference giants in the first round and semifinals of the playoffs. The Cleveland Cavaliers have proven that this season is not as good as it was thought at the start of the season. Suffice it to say, the Cavaliers are a team as strong as the Bulls, Heat, Celtics, and they stand on one level! ”
The only difference between the Cavaliers and these teams is that their combined annual salary this season does not exceed 5,000 million, which is much lower than the other three Eastern Conference powerhouses. There is only one reason why the Cleveland Cavaliers still show their corresponding strength when their total salary is much lower than these opponents, and that is Wu Dawei, the current star of the Cleveland Cavaliers! ”
The superstar, who averaged 26 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and near-second blocks per game in the playoffs, is only earning $700,000 a year this season! Throughout the history of the league, there has never been a second player with such a good price! Wu Dawei was a sensation this season, but when the playoffs arrived, people realized that his performance in the playoffs was far better than in the regular season! In the playoffs, he got 26 points, 0 rebounds and 6 assists, and only the "triple-double king" Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, and Ervin Johnson have done it in the history of the league, not to mention Wu Dawei's astonishing number of 4 steals and blocks! ”
"So, I think when the Eastern Conference finals come, it's going to be the Chicagoans. Because they have to think about what to do with Wu Dawei! ”
Brian Windhorst, a reporter for the Cleveland Honest Businessman, hurriedly posted such an article the day after the Eastern Conference semifinals, trying his best to praise Wu Dawei's performance.
Although his boasting upset many fans of other teams, everyone has to admit that this is indeed the case......
The Cavaliers have now passed two levels in the playoffs, which means the team will receive two promotions from the league. In addition, team owner Daniel Gilbert also opened a huge $10 million promotion prize before the first round of the Miami Heat, and also opened a $5 million promotion award in the second round.
Together, Wu Dawei will be able to get a share of about $4 million. Of course, it is impossible for every player to get so many numbers from Wu Dawei, and the prize money is distributed by the team's head coach Byron Scott according to his contribution to the team in the playoffs.
As the team's premier star and the highlight of many key moments, Wu Dawei got the money from it. This is definitely a huge amount of money for Wu Dawei, it stands to reason that young stars will always buy a car and a house first after getting their first money, and then eat, drink and gamble.
But Wu Dawei didn't, first, he didn't have time, and second, the Eastern Conference finals were about to start. Of course, Wu Dawei originally had the idea of buying a car, but he was dissuaded by Bonnie Lashlin.
Because Laughlin told Wu Dawei that when the season was over, according to his current fame, someone would give these things with both hands.
Putting aside the prize money for the time being, the Cavaliers didn't have much time to celebrate when they returned to Cleveland, because they spent too much time in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Celtics, so when they finished this series, the Eastern Conference finals would be coming soon.
When the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the West and entered the Western Conference Finals with a total score of 4:4, the Cavaliers' first Eastern Conference Finals were slowly approaching.
At this time, the Cavaliers, who had just returned to Cleveland for only one day, were about to take a flight to another place. This time, it's a trip to Chicago!
There, the Chicago Bulls were already waiting for the Cleveland Cavaliers to arrive.
Wu Dawei has just finished a round of training, but a new round of challenges is coming one after another. It's a bit of a pain for the players, but at the same time, it's a good practice.
Flying to Chicago, the Cavaliers were once again surrounded and intercepted by reporters at the airport. When the Memphis Grizzlies were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals, the Cavaliers were left with only one dark horse in the playoffs this season.
So now, everyone wants to know where this only remaining dark horse can go!
Is it the Eastern Conference Finals, or is it the Grand Final!? People are not sure about this, because no one is sure that the Chicago Bulls, the regular season champions of the Eastern Conference this season, will be able to eliminate the Cavaliers in the finals.
Because the Bulls are also a new team, they don't seem to have much advantage in the playoffs compared to them!
Don't...... Will the Cavaliers really go black!?