The older superstars of the NBA

Quicken Loans Center Arena.

Before the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves officially started, a group of Cavaliers players gathered in the locker room to make final preparations.

The team's head coach Tyronn Lue walked into the locker room and greeted everyone while taking out his tactical board.The players changed their clothes and put on their boots one after another, and some chatted and joked from time to time. The overall atmosphere of the team was relatively harmonious.

Isaiah Thomas also got his wish. Since that time, the position next to Love became his, and Iman Shumpert, who had conflicts with him, was forced to move to another place.

After getting the position he wanted, Thomas did not keep a low profile.

On the contrary, he has been quite restless in the Cavaliers recently. Not only is he very active in the locker room, he is also very excited off the court outside of games and in front of the media. He will always say some surprising "shocks" from time to time. words".

Although many teammates did not like his "big mouth", due to the support of the team management and the good relationship between Thomas and LeBron James, no one stood up and made any accusations. move.

The more this happens, the more Thomas lets himself go.

"Guys! It's time to play!"

"Today our opponent is the Timberwolves, a powerful team in the Western Conference. Maybe they may become a threat to us in this year's finals... so we have to kill them..."

"Just think of it as a preview of the finals!"

Head coach Tyronn Lue looked at his watch and reminded the players to prepare for the game.Before everyone left the locker room, he gathered everyone together, and then under the leadership of LeBron, all the Cavaliers players shouted slogans together. After doing all this, they walked outside one after another.

Thomas Jr. was the first to go out. He who likes to be in the limelight naturally has to go first. LeBron doesn't care about this. Kevin Love is even more low-key and naturally won't mind this kind of thing.

Even if other players have ideas, their tactical status in the team is currently incomparable to Thomas.Even if this guy is only 1 meters tall, he was acquired by the team in exchange for Kyrie Irving.

For this reason alone, his status is unmatched by most players.

Thomas, who was walking at the front, also looked arrogant. While chatting with his teammates, he greeted some acquaintances on both sides of the corridor.

"Hey, Rodney, have you seen the news lately? The Suns actually gave that guy Devin a five-year, $5 million contract... Damn it! Are they crazy? That's money on average for a season. About 1.58 million...even if tax is deducted, it will still be 3000 million..."

"Is that guy worth so much money? He didn't score as high as me last season... I can't believe it. If it hadn't been for that bastard Angie, the Celtics would have given me that much money. Although I only needed 4 million for four years at the time, my performance last season was definitely worth 9000 million..."

"Wait! After this season, I will let the Cavaliers renew my contract at a price of at least 2000 million... I have this confidence! Mr. Gilbert will definitely send someone to drive the money. The car came to meet me..."

Thomas Jr. talked endlessly, but his teammate Rodney Hood did not get involved and just listened silently and remained quiet.

Thomas has a rather flamboyant personality. He currently doesn't have many friends in the team, and Rodney is one of his few friends.

So even though Rodney sometimes felt speechless at Thomas's words, he never spoke to refute him.

While chatting, the two came to the exit of the players' tunnel. Rodney patted Thomas and reminded him, "Isaiah, you're going out right now! Watch your image, the fans outside are waiting for you!"

When Thomas heard this, he quickly turned his head, and Rodney stood behind him wisely. The two of them walked out of the tunnel first, one behind the other.

The moment the two appeared in the arena, the live camera immediately gave them a close-up, and countless fans cheered loudly, giving the home team the warmest applause.

There were not many fans who liked Thomas. They shouted and screamed at him. Many female fans even stood up wearing Thomas's jacket and waved to him.

"Hey! Isaiah!"

Thomas was also very impressed by this scene. He waved to the female fans in response, and the smile on his face completely bloomed. From this moment to the official start of the game, it never stopped.

The Cavaliers players soon all appeared.

After they came out, the Timberwolves players also walked out one after another.

The Cavaliers fans also gave the visiting team due applause, but overall they were relatively restrained. Even when Zach LaVine, Derrick Rose and others came out, most fans did not show too much excitement. look.

Until Zhao Feiyang made his final appearance, when he entered the infield for the last time, the live camera was directly on him, not only keeping close-ups throughout the whole process, but also tracking and filming.

The originally quiet scene suddenly became agitated. Those fans who had remained calm before suddenly became excited. They stood up and cheered and screamed in the stands.

Most of them are Chinese fans or Asian fans, and there are also many local fans. These people have shown rare enthusiasm for Zhao Feiyang.

"Zhao Feiyang!"

"Zhao Feiyang!"

The fans shouted Zhao Feiyang's name in broken Mandarin, and Zhao Feiyang reached out to these supporters to fight back.

beep.

The sound of the start of the timer sounded, and after the players from both sides said hello, they finally left the starting players to prepare for the start of the game.

The Cavaliers' lineup is the same as before. Thomas still plays the one position, and the second position is given to Jr. Smith.Other positions remain unchanged.

For the Timberwolves, Zhao Feiyang was placed in the starting lineup after his return.

Originally, he planned to enter the substitute lineup and not to directly increase his intensity as soon as he came up. However, head coach Eric Stotts and his teammates were looking forward to his return, and even Zach LaVine took the initiative to give up. Zhao Feiyang was expected to play first in the starting position, but due to the enthusiasm of his teammates, Zhao Feiyang agreed.

So he and Rose continued to partner in the Timberwolves' backcourt.

The two sides stand in position.

The referee threw the ball high, and bang, Howard slapped the ball again on the Timberwolves side. The basketball fell into the hands of Andrew Wiggins, who handed the ball to Rose.

Rose advances with the ball.

After halftime, Zhao Feiyang had just established his position when Rose, who was organizing the offense at the top of the arc, motioned for him to go up and catch the ball.

Snapped.

Zhao Feiyang, who ran past, successfully received the pass.

After getting the ball, he was about to give it to others, but found that his teammates were all looking at him expectantly, and even many fans on the sidelines shouted the slogan "Shoot!"

Zhao Feiyang, who had not played for a long time, no longer hesitated when he saw this. He raised the basketball and suddenly opened it to Jr. Smith and threw a three-pointer.

Swish.

The basketball fell firmly into the basket.

Zhao Feiyang officially started his return debut with a precise three-pointer.