Chapter 332: A Special Christmas War
"Bang bang." During the halftime break between the Spurs and the Pacers' Christmas game, as soon as they walked into the locker room, Larry Bird and assistant coach Lester Connell began to sum up the experience and lessons of the first half, and at the same time let the players seize the time to rest.
"Meng, I should have come to you." Lester Connell, who was closest to the door of the locker room, opened the door, and was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Meng Xu.
"You're looking for me? It's really fresh. "Although the league does not stipulate that outsiders cannot enter the dressing rooms of the two teams at halftime, there is basically no one to disturb the players during the halftime period, unless there are special circumstances or very urgent matters.
"Avery , Shaun, Mario, how could it be you?" Meng Xu walked to the door of the locker room with some doubts, still thinking about who would come to him now, but when Meng Xu saw the familiar faces outside the door, Meng Xu was taken aback for a moment, and then hugged the three of them directly. Although Meng Xu has only been in the Spurs for two seasons, since Meng Xu entered the Spurs, as the youngest player of the Spurs, Sean Elliott, Mario Elie, Avery Johnson, these veterans have taken good care of Meng Xu, especially Avery Johnson and Mario Elie, the two of them have almost taught Meng Xu the accumulated game experience, all of which have been taught to Meng Xu, and also taught Meng Xu to learn various small actions in offense and defense, as well as how to avoid the opposing players from hacking themselves, which is jokingly called by the fans" The relationship between the "four people on the outside" is very good, both on and off the field.
"Why are you coming to me now? Is there something going on? After the hug, Meng Xu regained his composure a little, and asked the three of them, there must be something very important to come to him at this time.
"Well, yes, my jersey retirement ceremony is about to begin, and we are here to invite you to participate in my jersey retirement ceremony!" After Shaun Elliott finished speaking, he directly grabbed Meng Xu's arm, and it seemed that even if Meng Xu didn't agree, Sean Elliott would forcibly pull Meng Xu away.
Meng Xu glanced back at the locker room, and found that after Larry Bird nodded at him, Meng Xu followed them out of the locker room and walked towards the court. Meng Xu is also very puzzled now, why didn't the Spurs receive any news of the jersey retirement ceremony for Sean Elliott? And it was on the sidelines of today's game.
When Meng Xu followed them out of the players' tunnel, almost all the spectators in the entire Alamo Stadium stood up and gave their warmest applause to the veteran Sean Elliott who was about to retire his jersey, in the center of the Alamo Stadium, a huge portrait of Sean Elliott has been placed, and the only two championship trophies in the history of the Spurs are also listed on both sides of the portrait, the owner of the Spurs, Pete Holt, the general manager Horford, the bishop Popovich practice and those celebrities in the history of the Spurs, They were already waiting there, and on the big screen at the scene, the highlights of Sean Elliott's career were playing, and the group photo with the Spurs after winning the championship twice.
When Sean Elliott stepped onto the court, the Alamo Coliseum instantly became pitch black, leaving only the only light shining on Sean Elliott, and when Sean Elliott walked to the center of the court amid the cheers of the audience, Avery Johnson and Mario Eli behind him both looked envious. Retiring his jersey at Alamo Coliseum was a dream shared by Avery Johnson, Mario Eli and Sean Elliott, and of course it was Meng Xu's dream. Now Sean Elliott has fulfilled his dream, and he and Mario Elie must be out of play, both of them have not been with the Spurs for a long time, even if they have helped the Spurs win the championship, but it is impossible to get the glory of retiring the jersey, compared to Meng Xu and Mario Elie, Avery Johnson has a little more chance.
"Today is the greatest day in the history of the San Antonio Spurs, we all know that Sean gave almost all of his basketball talent to San Antonio, to the Spurs, Sean has played in San Antonio for 11 years, with Sean's selfless dedication and hard work, the Spurs have won two championship trophies, so to be able to preside over the ceremony of retiring Sean's jersey today is a supreme honor for me." Spurs owner Pete Holt made a cameo appearance as the host of today's jersey retirement ceremony, and after Pite Holt's opening speech, all the lights were focused on Sean Elliott.
"Thank you, thank you." Shaun Elliott, who was standing in the middle of the court, holding the microphone, choked up and couldn't speak, and after dozens of seconds of adjustment, Sean Elliott continued: "Thank you, thank you Pete, thank you Greg, for giving me the opportunity to play for this great team, thank you to my teammates who have played side by side with me, David, Tim, Avery, Mario, Meng, thank you, thank you Spurs fans, thank you to all the people in this city, thank you for creating such a great team." ”
Sean Elliott's speech is basically a thanks, from the fans, to the staff, to the teammates, everyone in the management has to thank once, and then briefly recalled some interesting things when he played for the Spurs, no more than 5 minutes before and after, Sean Elliott's speech ended, and then under the gaze of all the eyes of the audience, Sean Elliott's No. 32 jersey slowly rose and hung over the Alamo Coliseum.
After the retirement of Shaun Elliott's No. 32 jersey, Sean Elliott also became the fourth Spurs player to receive the glory of retiring jerseys after George Gwen, Johnny Moore, and James Hirat.
"Merry Christmas, Meng." After the jersey retirement ceremony, Sean Elliott hugged or shook hands with everyone on the scene to express his gratitude.
"It's a special Christmas fight."
Thank you for the monthly pass of the flying watermelon sauce, thank you.
Thank you for the monthly pass of No. 1 Qingxufeng, thank you.
Thanks for the monthly pass from ltber, thank you.
Thank you for the monthly pass 20170308200310519 by the book friend, thank you.
Thank you for Dawn and Dawn, Miss for the tip, thank you.
This chapter always feels meaningless.