Chapter 275: We Are the Champions
Larry Bird just stood straight on the sidelines, not moving.
The king of B in the player era, but this time suffered a heavy loss, and even B didn't have to pretend, the fourth game of the finals, and it was also the back battle of the Pacers, they still had no chance, Larry Bird couldn't turn the tide, and in the third quarter of the game, everything was over.
The remaining minutes of the third quarter went by in a flash, and the margin came to 22 points, another fiasco, four fiascos, and the Pacers lost too completely.
It was the last game, and Larry Bird hesitated for a moment, but still didn't make a substitution.
The main force continued to fight in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers seem to be fighting to the end, but the problem is, the Indiana fans in the stadium aren't buying it.
The Conceco Arena, which can accommodate 18,000 fans, was already booed at this time.
There were even radical fans who put up signs that said, "We can tolerate failure, but we can't tolerate such a complete failure!" ”
"This is our shame!"
"The fiasco in the finals is unacceptable!"
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There were also fans who shouted: "Class! ”
The finger is pointed at Larry Bird.
In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies came off the bench and played most of the game in the fourth quarter with the bench, and at the last moment, Qiao Hai replaced the main force and used the main force to play the last few minutes of the game.
When the timer beeped and the red light came on above the rebound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including the Pacers, for whom the game was finally over and they could recover from the string of heavy defeats.
And for the Grizzlies, the final timer beeps and the red light comes on, which means that from this moment on, they are the real champions!
So, there was a cheer in the stadium, and the grizzly bears celebrated wildly despite the boos of the audience!
The long-awaited Grizzlies bench players rushed into the court and pounced on the five starters on the court, even the Grizzlies coach, and everyone was extremely excited.
"It's over! It's over! The 1999-2000 NBA Finals are over! The Vancouver Grizzlies swept the Indiana Pacers 4-0 with an absolute advantage! Won the NBA crown this season! Right now! They're the kings of the NBA! It was also the first championship in the Vancouver Grizzlies' five-year franchise history! Amazing achievement! ”
The game was over, and the commentators were screaming wildly, and this was the moment when they showed their passion.
Everyone held back the whole game, the Grizzlies held back the excitement and excitement of the whole game, the Pacers fans at the scene held back the boos of the whole game, and the commentators held back the passion of the whole game, at this moment, all swayed.
The commentators frantically touted the Grizzlies, and Stephen Smith even gave the Grizzlies the title of the championship with the most passes.
However, I have to say that what Stephen Smith said is not very wrong, the Grizzlies are indeed too legendary.
Last year, the Grizzlies, who were still the penultimate in the West, rushed all the way to the top four in the West at the beginning of the season, and were considered the biggest dark horse in the regular season, but the dark horse color of the Grizzlies did not fade, but became more and more black.
Then, there was another wave of 24 consecutive wins, directly ranking first in the league.
Until the end of the regular season.
The dark horse is no longer a dark horse, but has proved its strength with its own performance.
The first round of the playoffs was 3:1 Kings, the second round and the Spurs played to tie-break, tie-break won, and then, swept the Lakers, swept the Pacers, swept two sweeps, and won the championship!
From the penultimate to the first, from the bad team that has only been in the army for five years to the championship, it only took one year for the Grizzlies! The Grizzlies' championship is indeed legendary.
On the field, the celebration continued.
Qiao Hai was hugged by Stan Lefu and rushed into the scattered streamers.
But soon, Qiao Hai got away from the celebration, because on the sidelines, a reporter stopped Qiao Hai and wanted to interview Qiao Hai.
If it was another reporter, such as a reporter from ESPN or Sports Illustrated, Qiao Hai could have found a reason to refuse the interview, but the problem was that it was Kevin Ding of Hoop Sports who was found to be interviewed, his own media, and his own reporter.
Qiao Hai naturally couldn't refuse.
"Congratulations, Joe, you really surprised everyone, although I already knew that you would go to Vancouver and one day win the championship, but seriously, I didn't expect to win the championship so soon, in the first season! It's too strong! ”
As an old friend, Kevending first congratulated Qiao Hai and praised him in various ways.
Qiao Hai smiled, waiting for Kevending's first question.
Similarly, as an old friend, Kevindin also knew very well that Qiao Hai didn't like to spend too much time on interviews, so he quickly asked the first question.
"Everybody's surprised by such a championship, after all, the Grizzlies were the bottom of the regular season last season, so Joe, are you surprised too?"
Qiao Hai nodded, in front of his own media reporters, he must be telling the truth, and he was indeed surprised.
"When I joined the Grizzlies, I knew that this was a team that was at the bottom of the regular season, and the team management also put a lot of requirements on me, such as that the team's offense in the new season must be gorgeous, etc., and I also set a goal for myself, the first season, the team is going to enter the playoffs, and I will not lead the team to the lotto, so, according to the above criteria, I have brought in reinforcements."
"Tracy has the potential to be a superstar, he's growing up fast, Sheriff, Mike and Chauncey they're all growing up fast, but these are all in my expectation, the only thing that surprised me was the team's adaptation to Princeton's tactics, run-and-gun tactics, and I didn't expect that it was such a lineup, with Princeton's offense and run-and-gun offense, we could play so well......"
Kevin Ding couldn't stop nodding, Qiao Hai said a lot in the face of his own media, if it wasn't for the lack of time, Kevin Ding would have asked a few more questions, and he would have been able to do an exclusive interview.
Running out of time, Kevinding asked two more questions, the second of which was: "Playing the whole playoffs, if you don't rank in the East and West and the promotion order, which team do you think is the real overall runner-up?" ”
This question is very sharp, and it can't be said to offend a vote of people, such as the Pacers' coach, players and fans, and then the Lakers' coaches, players and fans, because the answer in Qiao Hai's heart is: "Spurs, only the Spurs played with us in Game 7." ”
Indeed, if you think about it, only the Spurs and the Grizzlies played Game 7, and only the Spurs almost beat the Grizzlies!
Qiao Hai was even thinking, if Duncan was not injured in the playoffs in his previous life, would the Spurs in his previous life have a chance to win two consecutive championships? After all, this year's OK combination has not yet reached its peak, after all, this year's Spurs momentum is still ferocious, and David Robinson is still at the tail of his peak......
The last question, the routine question: "After winning the first championship in team history, where is the end of the Grizzlies?" Will the Grizzlies create a dynasty? ”
Although this question is a bit formulaic, Qiao Hai thought about it very seriously for a while before he answered: "Of course the dynasty is possible, but at the same time, we can't ignore it, this is a big era, the Lakers and Spurs also have the strength to win the championship, I can only say that I will work with the Grizzlies to try my best to win every championship, and building a dynasty is our ultimate goal." ”
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The Grizzlies returned to the locker room, and after a short break, everyone put on special championship T-shirts, special championship caps, and played again.
At this time, the Grizzlies fans who came from Vancouver and traveled to Indianapolis had occupied the Conseco Arena, and Raheem was the first to appear, and the audience cheered!
This was followed by Chauncy Billups, Brad Miller, Sean Marion, Rasian Nestrovich, ...... One by one, the Grizzlies' championship members, including several iron benches who have not been able to play, have played.
The last one to appear was Maddie.
But it was Qiao Hai who appeared in the finale.
When Qiao Hai came out, the atmosphere of the whole audience really came to the highest. The tide, cheers, and shouts are endless.
But all eyes were on the center of the field, where there was a golden-colored O'Brien Cup.
David Stern also appeared, and the host made a lengthy announcement: "...... Let's congratulate the Vancouver Grizzlies for becoming the NBA champions of the 1999-2000 season! ”
When the last "overall champion" blurted out, the background music of "We Are the Champions" sounded in the arena, and the cheers rang out again, and Grizzlies captain Raheem stood in the middle of everyone and lifted the O'Brien Cup!
At the same time, the whole world chanted.
ESPN's Stephen Smith: "The Vancouver Grizzlies became the NBA champions of the 1999-2000 season! ”
NBC McBlin: "Let's congratulate the Vancouver Grizzlies on winning the trophy!" ”
CCTV5 Zhang Weiping: "Congratulations to the grizzly bear!" Congratulations Qiao Hai, congratulations about !! ”
BBC TV presenter: "Congratulations to the Vancouver Grizzlies, now they are the kings of the world!" ”
Eurosport One: "......"
In the crowd, the O'Brien Cup was passed in everyone's hands, and Qiao Hai quickly touched the trophy, and he exhaled a long breath: "Whew, the second one!" ”
After a moment of celebration, the Conceco Arena fell silent again.
The Lord of the Rings, Bill Russell, is on the scene, and everyone knows that the next thing to be announced is the ownership of the Finals MVP.
David Stern took the microphone and hadn't yet begun to make an announcement.
But there have been a lot of media announcing the final results, NBC TV's McBrin announced: "There is no suspense about the FMVP winner of this Finals, it must be Tracy McGrady, in the four games of the Finals, he averaged 31.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, which is a well-deserved best of the game!" ”
Sure enough, in the next second, David Stern announced in a voice familiar to everyone: "The MVP of the 1999-2000 Finals was selected - Tracy McGrady, a swingman from the Vancouver Grizzlies!" ”
Bill Russell held the Finals MVP trophy with both hands, and the trophy, known as the Bill Russell Cup, was handed to Maddie through Bill Russell's hands,、。
Maddie won the cup, and the Conseco Arena was cheering again.
Next comes testimonial time.
Team owner John McCaw was pushed to the front and gave a winning speech.
At the end of his speech, John McCaw said: "The team's championship is inseparable from everyone's efforts, but what we need most is Qiao Hai!" He was the biggest contributor to our victory......"
John McCaw's speech lifted Qiao Hai to the sky, and the applause and cheers continued.
Then, Maddie also made a speech, in which she also thanked Qiao Hai: "I want to thank the boss...... Forehead...... That's Mr. Johi, without him there would be no Tracy McGrady, I want to say a story from behind, last season I was just a substitute, I could only play 20 minutes per game, but before the start of this season, the boss wanted to bring me in, but because of my cousin Vince, I turned down the offer at first. ”
But the boss didn't give up, he first convinced the Raptors management, and then called my agent...... Eventually, he called me, and to this day, I remember that call, and the boss said, "I'm going to be a superstar, I'm going to win the championship, and I'm going to win the Finals MVP trophy...... I was convinced...... What no one expected was that in just one season, the boss would help me do everything! ”
The cheers and applause grew fiercer.
Under the expectation of everyone, the microphone came to Qiao Hai's hands.
Qiao Hai smiled and cleared his throat: "First of all, it must be said that this O'Brien Cup comes from everyone's efforts, and naturally I also have my credit, but unlike Mr. John McCaw and Tracy said, my credit is actually very small......"
Qiao Hai modestly divided the credit, he didn't want to be praised to the sky, this championship, his credit is not small, but the role of others cannot be denied.
In this championship speech, Qiao Hai also set a goal at the end: "Tracy is just 21 years old, Sherif is 24 years old, Mike Bibby is 22 years old, Sean Marion is also 22 years old, Chauncy is 24 years old, Brad is 24 years old, and I am 25 years old......"
Qiao Hai finally talked about himself, and the audience laughed, indeed, Qiao Hai was also surprisingly young, and he was only 25 years old.
"We are a young team, we are not at the top yet, we have a great future ahead and I believe we have what it takes to build a dynasty! We will continue to work hard for this! ”
After that, the audience applauded!
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The Grizzlies simply celebrated one night in Indianapolis, and the next morning, they officially returned with the O'Brien Cup!
In Vancouver, Canada, a championship celebration is ready, just waiting for the protagonist to appear.
The plane landed, the airport, the Grizzlies boarded the team bus, the roof of the bus opened, and instantly turned into an open-top bus, the O'Brien Cup was put on the top floor, and all the players were rejuvenated and stood on the top floor of the bus.
From Vancouver International Airport to downtown Vancouver, the nearly 100-kilometer airport highway is full of fans who come to pick up the airport.
Fans drove their cars and honked their horns as they drove the Grizzlies bus all the way to the city.
Traffic restrictions have been implemented in downtown Vancouver, all cars are not allowed to enter, and in front of the Grizzlies and O'Brien Cup, there is an army of black fans!
When the grizzly bear bus appeared, the entire downtown area of Vancouver was boiling!
"We are champions!"
"We are champions!"
"We are champions!"
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