At halftime, David Stern smiled and handed the trophy of the best newcomer to Li Zhen in the center of the court.

For this new generation of super point guards who make headlines in major entertainment as an NBA player almost every day, David Stern likes it from the bottom of his heart. It's the player he's always dreamed of, and even deep down, Bruce Lee's importance is close to LeBron James' position: because he can reach a wider reach.

He's always had images in his head like this: LeBron James stabilizing the NBA's fundamentals in North America, and Bruce Lee opening up the entire Asian market: it's not just Chinese fans who flock to him right now. He has set off a new basketball trend in East Asian countries such as South Korea and Japan... Lee Jin's jerseys have been sold first in the NBA in both countries, and the Knicks have booked out games.

For David Stern, who has an extremely keen sense of business, this is not stingy with a delicious piece of cake.

However, this duel has always remained in his mind, and no written plan has been formed.

At present, the league still takes rendering 24VS23 as the mainstream, and then matches the collective competition between the 96 gold generation and the 03 super platinum generation.

These are the two main themes, or the main plot.

As for Bruce Lee, he is still a very small piece of the entire NBA map as a first-year.

Moreover, many league executives believe that Li Zhen's ceiling is not high, and his potential is not enough to support a large amount of resource tilt, so the league official does not strongly promote Knicks-related events.

In the NBA's official playoff promo video this year, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are the Kanban figures, and they have the most images. The rest are paired with Nowitzki, O'Neal, Iverson, Duncan... Waiting for a superstar, Li Zhen, as a rookie, is just a flash.

"If I had traveled back in time to the summer, I would never have believed I had actually won this trophy."

After a long cheer, Li Zhen began to speak: "At that time, I heard too many labels about 'parallel imports' and countless rumors that I couldn't adapt to the NBA. ”

"Those voices are still buzzing today."

"But I didn't listen."

"I stand by myself and never doubt."

"Now, I'm the Rookie of the Year."

"I went to the playoffs with the Knicks."

"I'm very happy."

"Thank you!"

Li Zhen recounted this past in a calm tone, he did not deliberately sensationalize, nor did he add an inspirational label to himself.

He just finished speaking so plainly and so freely, then bowed and walked to the players' tunnel.

This scene left a deep impression on the fans and the audience in front of the TV.

It's hard to describe the feeling, Bruce is not Michael Jordan, he didn't lift the trophy and make a big fuss, and he didn't play himself up and fight back strongly against those who belittle him. It's like he's telling half a story......"

Kenny Smith said on television: "This story gives me a lot of anticipation, and I have 100 percent reason to believe that Bruce's future will never stop there. ”

"But the Toronto Raptors are going to stop there tonight."

Charles Barkley said: "The third-place record in the East and the best coach accolades were particularly dazzling tonight, they made Bruce's trophy shine even brighter, and they saved the Knicks from the mud with a spirit of sacrifice. The sentiment of the Canadians is truly awe-inspiring. ”

Kenny shrugged, he didn't object to Sir Buckley's judgment.

After all, the Toronto Raptors' arrogance before the start of the series was so disgusting that no one would jump out to sympathize with them at this time.

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The second half of the game was still played with the attitude of preseason rookies pecking each other.

T.J. Ford finally found some presence in Nate Robinson, but that thin presence obviously couldn't support his pre-series arrogance. The Knicks didn't even plan to replace Nate Robinson, and the Raptors couldn't narrow the score anyway.

Isaiah Thomas began to stretch on the sidelines.

It's a boring and uninteresting game.

But the fans at the scene didn't have the slightest sense of disappointment watching a 'home video' in a movie theater.

Instead, they were extremely excited and turned Madison Garden into a carnival scene. From the third quarter onwards, these excited guys began to play the full court wave dance, unbridled to celebrate reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first time since 2000, and still in the form of a 4-0 sweep in the first round.

Such a celebration is not a shameful bully for the Raptors, who have not yet finished the game.

But they were powerless to resist, and without Chris Bosh, they could only lie flat and laugh at it.

Time trampled mercilessly on their dignity. Lee Jin did not participate in the final execution ceremony, and he left the court with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Because the Knicks already have a 21-point lead.

He didn't want to be covered in sticky drinks, squirted with white foaming champagne, or worshipped as gods by the agitated reporters.

"I'm not used to situations where crowd sentiment is too intense."

Li Zhen told the camera behind him.

Duan Ping asked Li Zhen very unexpectedly: "But, as the first hero of the team, you should be the protagonist of the celebration, aren't you happy?" ”

"Of course I'm happy. But I want to sweat a little more than celebrate. ”

Li Zhen walked into the power room in Madison Garden.

Duan Ping was unexpected.

Li Zhen didn't deliberately put on a show in front of the camera, he trained seriously for 2 hours, until he was exhausted and didn't even have the strength to speak. He completely isolated himself from the hustle and bustle, the excitement and the festivities outside.

Duan Ping was convinced.

He believes that this picture will definitely be on the most mainstream CCTV. Because Li Zhen practices the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation with practical actions: diligence, hard work, and excellence.

But in fact, Li Zhen thinks more about it in his heart... Hurry up to wake up the positive energy, and hurry up to irrigate the talent space with sweat. The next round of the playoffs is just around the corner, and it's too late to sweat a little more.

At night, Duan Ping drove Li Zhen's car to send him home.

Along the way, the radio in the car was playing the news of the Knicks' sweep to the promotion, and the excited DJ praised the best rookie Li Zhen in an excited tone.

This made Duan Ping fall into deep thought, and he looked at Li Zhen who was reclining in the passenger seat, unable to connect with the omnipotent city hero on the radio.

is even more out of line with the playboy in the entertainment news.

He is a hardworking, sunny teenager.

Why did those American media arrange the news so bottomlessly and eat his human blood steamed buns, causing the outside world to misunderstand him so deeply?

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The Knicks' sweep to eliminate the Toronto Raptors didn't make headlines on ESPN the following day, and none of them were the main subjects of non-New York media coverage. Because, Kobe Bryant actually got the first playoff triple-double of his career in last night's game, and the data of 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists made the Houston people swallow the bitter fruit at home, which is beyond everyone's understanding: When did Kobe Bryant pick up the pass button?

Interestingly, Bryant mentioned Bruce Lee again in an interview: "That's what happened to Kupchak trading our Rookie of the Year to New York, and I had to spend more time at the No. 1 spot." If Bruce was still around, I wouldn't have had to work so hard at all. ”

This kind of complaint is very meaningful.

However, it was obviously difficult for Li Zhen to see this scene on New York television.

When he woke up the next day, he only saw Isaiah Thomas talking and laughing at the press conference on TV: "...... It's actually a very untechnical series, and I even think we've just gone through a preseason-level drill. Have you ever seen a playoff game where you slaughtered each other by an average of 20.5 points per game? ”

"I'm very grateful to Sam Mitchell for winning the Coach of the Season award, and he deserves that reward for his regular season performance, after all, he took Toronto to third place in the East."

"I really appreciate TJ Ford. But I love Bruce from the bottom of my heart. If you had to make a comparison, all I could say would be that I wouldn't take a hamburger from a fast-food restaurant into a three-Michelin-starred hotel and gobble it up, and I would never give Bruce Lee a second glance when I owned him. ”

“… Well, the last word. I can now finally say that out loud to the Toronto fans. Thankfully, Thomas, I've got your wish, and the next thing we're going to do in Canada is a tourist visa instead of a work visa. ”

Thomas's triumph did not incur the disgust of the New York media, but was applauded by the host.

Now the overall atmosphere in New York State is a bit of irony in joy, and the joy is because the Knicks, the 10,000-year-old bad team, finally turned over and sang. The irony, of course, is the irony of the Toronto Raptors who were swaggering before the series began.

Just when Li Zhen was about to change the channel. Suddenly, he heard an argument in the next room.

Last night, because it was too late, he arranged Duan Ping and the two photographers in his luxury apartment, and Li Zhen did not have the shelves of big-name stars.

After a long while, after the quarrel stopped.

Li Zhencai walked over, and he asked Duan Ping, who was sitting there sulking, "What happened?" ”

Duan Ping was very depressed.

He said: "Our director in North America asked me to go to the Orlando training camp immediately to follow up on Yi Jianlian's itinerary, and he actually said that Yi Jianlian is the hope of the Chinese men's basketball team, and he thinks that we should put all our limited resources on him." ”

Moreover, he also said that the Knicks' elimination of the Raptors was a combination of luck and coincidence. Next, the super strong team Pistons will definitely eliminate the Knicks, a dark horse with insufficient color, without any suspense. Let me not waste time, I was angry and argued with him. ”

A day of getting along has made him form a strong affection for Li Zhen, and he has a strong protector emotion in his heart.

Now it is widely believed that Yi Jianlian will be selected in the third pick, except for Oden and Durant, he is the most promising. After all, there are already two Chinese players who have succeeded in the NBA. Yi Jianlian's physical fitness is so good, and she is young, she will definitely become a top power forward who surpasses Yao Shu. Therefore, the director of North America hopes that I will establish a good relationship with Yi as soon as possible, so that we can conduct interviews more smoothly in the future. ”

Forehead....

When Li Zhen heard this, he didn't know what to say.

It's their internal arrangement, after all. He didn't bother to comment, but said, "I can ask my cousin to take you to the airport." It's not too far from Orlando......"

"No!"

Before Li Zhen finished speaking, Duan Ping had already refused: "I have already rejected the North American director, and skipped him, and directly sent the video I made last night to the domestic production director." I believe that this video report will change everyone's established perception!! ”

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