stadium ambition

Chapter 99
Eight p.m., Staples Center.

The blue light falls from the center of the arena and shines on the shiny O'Brien trophy, forming a dreamy atmosphere together with the retired jerseys of many legendary Lakers players on the side of the spectator table and the Lakers championship banner next to it.

As the live announcer announced that David Stern would be invited to appear on stage, more than 9000 spectators were instantly ignited. The NBA08-09 season championship ring awarding ceremony kicked off, and the cheers broke through the ceiling and went straight into the night sky.

In the Clippers locker room, head coach Jeff Van Gundy is chatting with the players. Two years of experience as a commentator has allowed him to completely change his hot temper when he was a coach of the Rockets. Now he has become a humorous old urchin.

"Jodie Foster, do you know? It's the beautiful star who starred in "The Silence of the Lambs". Last year, there was a movie called "Nim's Island". I almost had a romantic date with her back then..."

Before Van Gundy finished speaking, huge cheers came from outside the locker room. He could faintly hear him calling for Kobe. The players who wanted to ask for details suddenly lost interest.

Stevens, who was standing by the door, closed the door casually, and Van Gundy continued: "I just entered Yale that year, and one night I was buying popcorn on the side of the road, and I was going to watch a movie with my classmates. I didn't expect that Jodie Foster Also..."

Huge cheers came from outside the locker room again, and it lasted longer than last time. Even with the door closed, they could hear it clearly. The players' interest was once again shattered by the sound, and Tucker and the others were even a little cautious.

Van Gundy touched his nose to ease the embarrassment: "I will always remember that she stared at me with charming eyes and said, 'The popcorn in your hand looks delicious'. Guess what my first reaction was? You will never guess!"

All the players thought about it, and Jordan smiled and said, "You are very nervous and don't know what to say!"

Van Gundy shook his head and waved his hands, and was about to speak, but was affected by the loud cheers.

The atmosphere became very awkward, Su Yang looked up at the ceiling, thinking why Sterling was so buttoned up, how much would it cost to install soundproofing materials in the dressing room, or maybe the back door's secret passage is too big, so it's useless to install soundproofing?

"My first reaction at the time was that she wanted to eat my popcorn for free, and I was determined not to let her succeed!" Van Gundy laughed out loud after speaking, but the joke was interrupted several times, and the sense of rhythm had long been lost, and no one else laughed. come out.

The atmosphere in the locker room became more embarrassing. The players looked at each other in blank dismay. Sam Hinkie and a few staff members tried to say something to change the subject, but the words seemed to be stuck in their mouths, and their expressions were very weird.

"Okay! I admit it! I was affected by the cheers!" Van Gundy put away his smile. "I am very envious of the Lakers winning the championship, because I have been working hard for this for more than ten years, but I have never been successful..."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions immediately became serious. Su Yang felt that this was an opportunity to increase cohesion.

"But I didn't give up, so when Sam found me, I immediately agreed. I still have to fight for the championship. I believe I can do it. When I see the talents in you, I am even more convinced of this! "

Van Gundy put his hands on his hips, his eyes slowly swept over everyone in the locker room, like a military parade.

"We had a bad pre-season and a lot of media and fans were laughing at us, but I can see that all of you are willing to make sacrifices for the team, it's an inestimable asset that I've never played in any other team. I've seen it."

Van Gundy focused his gaze on Su Yang: "And it all started with Su Yang. He voluntarily gave up the ball in the summer league. Even in the face of doubts, he never changed, and you all made the same move afterwards."

"Facing the defending champion tonight is the beginning of our transformation. We may not be able to beat, but we can show the audience in the United States and the world that we are no longer the team with no pursuit. We will make progress and we will reach the season. In the playoffs, we will go further in the playoffs, we will advance to the finals, and we will win the championship trophy!"

After Van Gundy's words fell, the players were already high-spirited, and the cheering emotions piled up to the peak.

Su Yang didn't think much about it, he called everyone into a circle and stood with each other's shoulders.

"There is an old saying in China called Wang Hou Jiang Xiang Ning You Kind, which means that everyone can achieve greatness and their destiny is in their own hands. We will prove this tonight. We have the strength to compete for the championship."

Su Yang paused for a moment, looked around with his teammates, stretched out his hand and shouted: "Let's go, brothers, act!"

The whole team joined hands and shouted in unison: "LETS GO CLIPPERS!"

Su Yang led the way out of the locker room, and the Clippers rushed to the stadium in a mighty manner. Everyone had a resolute and confident expression on their faces, like soldiers about to go to the battlefield.

...

The Lakers championship award ceremony is over, and the scene is about to enter the player introduction session.

On the sidelines of the ESPN commentary booth, the ace commentator Mike Breen and his partner Mark Jackson sat side by side.

After the two analyzed the operation of the Lakers off-season, Brin suddenly asked with a smile: "Did you know that Su Yang tweeted yesterday, claiming that he was the father of the opponents? I have never seen a player do as he pleases."

Jackson nodded with a silly smile: "He is a very interesting guy. I am very much looking forward to his debut later. You must know that his performance in the summer league and preseason is relatively average, and there is a saying that he did it on purpose."

"I agree with that statement. With the intensity of confrontation in the summer league alone, he is fully capable of dealing with it. It is more about helping Wesley Matthews and PJ Tucker, two non-guaranteed contract players, which makes me feel good about him. Big increase."

"Then let's look at the Clippers' starting lineup... oh my god, did Jeff set it up? Three guards at the same time, Kaman and Randolph were replaced by two rookies in the starting position, he is crazy ?"

"I heard that this is a tactic designed by their chief assistant, and it was Su Yang who first proposed the idea..."

"That is, the entire Clippers team is crazy. This lineup faces the Lakers and basically has no defense."

...

On the field, Su Yang took the initiative to walk to the Lakers bench, and reached out to Kobe Bryant from afar.

Kobe took two steps forward, and the two interacted with each other with high fives and shoulders, and countless cameras caught and snapped at the scene.

"congratulations!"

"Come on, let me see how much you have grown. Don't let me down."

"Then I will beat you."

"Come on though."

The two looked at each other and smiled, walked side by side to the middle circle, and stood in accordance with the counterpoint.

Other players are in place one after another. In terms of other matchups between the two teams, point guard Davis vs. Fisher, small forward Gordon vs. Artest, power forward Al Thornton vs. Odom, center Jr. Jordan vs. Bainer Hum, the Clippers are a bit shorter on average.

The referee arranged a jump ball, the Clippers won with Jordan's wingspan advantage, and Davis caught the ball and moved forward.

The audience shouted for defense in unison, and Davis took the ball to the top of the arc and strode to the right wing.

Su Yang rushed forward, raised his hand to receive the pass, and moved to the left. After Davis handed over the ball, he cut sideways to the inside line, and with the help of El Thornton's cover, he went straight to the direction of the basket, clearly intending to play One pass and cut cooperation.

Kobe skillfully switched defenses to chase Davis, while Fisher followed Su Yang to the top of the arc.

Su Yang originally wanted to continue moving to the left according to the tactics, but suddenly caught a glimpse of Fisher pulling up his trouser legs, which can be described as a standard single-defense posture of "I want to see what you are capable of", and subconsciously stomped his shoulders exert force.

With just one step, he passed Fisher cleanly and easily reached the free throw line.

At this time, Bynum, who was in charge of protecting the basket, was biting the position with Jordan. Seeing Su Yang suddenly entering the paint, he hurriedly stepped forward to defend, but Su Yang took the first step to take off with the ball and aimed at the basket. It's just a snap.

With a bang, the basketball exploded into the net.

In Su Yang's career debut, he dunked center Bynum with the first goal, and at the same time caused a foul and an additional penalty.

The Lakers fans were stunned, while the Clippers bench stood up and cheered, and the atmosphere exploded.

(End of this chapter)