102. On the eve of the game

The fourth question is from TNT: As a superleader who led the dark horse team to the finals, do you think you have a chance to make the top three in the draft?

Li Wu said with a smile that the term super leader is a bit grand for him, and he is not clear about his draft pick prediction, and there are many very good players in the NCAA this year, so he does not have much confidence in whether he can make it to the top 3.

The last question is from a reporter from 2K, and this reporter asked a question that is even more speechless than the four reporters combined: It is rumored that you are going to the Phoenix Suns, but Bledsoe, the main point guard of the Suns, has made some unfriendly remarks about you, what do you think of these remarks?

Li Wu used a way to avoid the important and trivialize this question, after all, if he made some-for-tat remarks now, it would put Abby in an embarrassing situation, so Li Wu replied with a smile: "I've been busy with the game recently, and I don't care about social media, I think everyone knows that my social media has not been opened, so I don't know how to answer this question." ”

After saying that, Adam, the assistant coach of the defense, called off the press conference and took Li Wu out of the venue.

Li Wu thinks that his answer is quite decent, but in the eyes of others, it is not the case, because reporters can always interpret what you say from various angles.

For example, in the first question, some media wrote Li Wu's point of view as: The leader of the Lions is full of confidence! The reason: they have stepped on strong enemies all the way, and they have long been not afraid of challenges.

For example, the second question: Lions' starting point guard: Wisconsin didn't play to its strengths, so we kicked it out!

For example, the third question: Lee: Neither Wall nor Bradley is as good as me!

For example, the fourth question: Lee is not confident in his draft.

For example, the fifth question: Lee: I don't care what Bledsoe said.

News like this headline spread all over the streets and various social networks in the United States on the day of the NCAA finals, making Li Wu fall into an embarrassing whirlpool of public opinion, of course, there are also newspapers that say good things for him, such as the sports section of the New York Times and Fox Sports, but these two media giants still can't stop those tabloid news full of malice from spreading around, which undoubtedly caused Li Wu to attract a lot of attacks on the day of the game.

Otherwise, it will definitely affect his mood.

On April 6, when Li Wu came to the locker room, his teammates expressed concern for Li Wu, and said that everything written by the tabloids was shit and he didn't need to pay too much attention to it, and even Coach Smith came to confirm Li Wu's situation.

This made Li Wu cry and laugh a little: "Mr. Smith, please rest assured, I have not been influenced by these media, and I have already expected such a situation, after all, the media will naturally exaggerate for the sake of newspaper sales." ”

Coach Smith looked Li Wu up and down to make sure that he was not affected at all before nodding and saying: "That's good, we still have to rely on you to win today's game, your teammates seem to be more nervous, because the NBA is suspended today, so many powerful guys have come to watch the game, even if they are not there, they must be watching the live broadcast." It's a tough test for you young people, and obviously, for the lads at Duke. ”

The broadcast rights for this game belong to CBS, which is CBS. Narrators are TNT's O'Neill, Kenny Smith, and Columbia alumnus Murphy.

O'Neill's first sentence teased Kenny Smith, "Whew! Why didn't that Barkley guy come after only two days? ”

Kenny laughs, "Maybe he doesn't know the CBS executives, so this is a chance for me." ”

"Haha! That's right, Charles guy just likes to offend people when he talks. But when I woke up early this morning, I found that the Chinese boy in Colombia seemed to have offended people all over the world, and there were articles smearing him everywhere. ”

Kenny smiled and replied, "Shaq, I'm sure you've had times when you've been embarrassed like this. ”

O'Neill suddenly realized, "Yes! I remember when I was a rookie, I played an all-star statistic, and at that time, I seemed to offend people all over the world, and there were articles smearing me everywhere, I think it was because this kid from China was too good, right? You tell me? Kenny? ”

Kenny Smith laughed and said, "There's no doubt about it, he's scored 50+ points in three consecutive games, which is definitely a hard record to beat in the NCAA." ”

Obviously, O'Neill and Kenny were speaking for Li Wu, which made many people scratch their heads, but it was not surprising when you thought about it. CBS has a lot of business with China, and it is a company that attaches great importance to the Chinese market, and they have already won the NCAA finals broadcast rights, but they didn't expect that the NCAA finals broadcast rights they won could still face the Chinese market.

So CBS immediately sold the broadcast rights to the Chinese platform Penguin Sports, and then, Penguin Sports did a lot of pre-game publicity in China, so the ratings of this game in China are extremely high, in order to take care of the feelings of the Chinese audience, CBS replaced Barkley with Kenny, who has a softer commentary style, as for O'Neal, CBS is relieved, after all, O'Neal's attitude towards China is still relatively friendly.

So O'Neill and Kenny had a good word for Li Wu at the beginning.

As Coach Smith said, there were more big names than the semifinals today, and a lot of them were NBA superstars, like the four people sitting in the box next door to the commentary room.

LeBron James, Cameron Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul. Many people thought that James would fall out with Wade after returning to Cleveland, but in fact it was not, Wade still sent James his best wishes, and now they are still watching the NCAA finals together.

This year's Cleveland Cavaliers are undoubtedly the favorites to win the championship, because they not only waited for their king LeBron James, but also ushered in the former wolf king Lefou, plus Kyrie Irving, the current Cavaliers are no longer regulars in the lottery area, at this time, they have locked up a playoff spot.

This is just James' first year back with the Cavaliers.

So James is in high spirits, and he feels that he has a good chance of bringing home a trophy for Cleveland this year, because for now, there is no team in the West that can match him.

"Hey Cameron, I heard that Mr. Phil is interested in this Chinese defender, what do you think?" James, who was in a good mood, asked his friend Anthony.