Chapter 472: Intermission
This is truly new history for Sacramento, as it was the first time in their history that they had won the Grand Finals.
Although the Sacramento Kings' predecessor, the Rochester Royals, won the championship in the 1950-1951 season, the team was not a real Saskata team, and the league at the time was not a real NBA game.
Fans of Sausa City have always believed that only the Kings can represent Sausa before the Runners appear, and after the Runners appear, only this team can truly represent the glory of Sausa.
The Runners were naturally very happy with their first win, and more importantly, their owner, Francis Leonard, had promised that everyone in the team would receive a significant personal bonus if the team won the championship.
Fans always say how high the salary of the star is, but this is only the salary of some famous stars, a team is not all made up of stars, and no one wants to set up such a team, after all, the salary will be high and scary.
It may sound like a lot of role players and fringe players on a team who are paid less than a million dollars, but in North America, the tax rate on players can even reach 40%.
So sometimes the salaries these players get are not even enough for their own expenses.
It may sound inconceivable that an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars is not enough for their own expenses, but it is a common phenomenon among North American players, and many black players often earn their own money to support a large family.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that many black players are not highly educated and lack reasonable means to manage their finances.
Two of the Runners' players are on a salary of less than $1 million a year, and while owner Francis is unlikely to be more than they do, it can already give them a happy vacation.
But all this is only possible if the team can have the last laugh in the Grand Final.
Of course, judging from the current situation and the predictions of various media, the Runners have a 60% chance of winning the championship, and many experts predict that the Runners will finish this finals in six games.
The league's management did not overestimate the ratings expectations for the Finals, on the contrary, they greatly underestimated the attention of the East, especially the Republic of China, to the Finals, according to official data, the first Finals had more than 300 million viewers worldwide, which has almost surpassed the most popular football game in North America.
When it comes to the finals, some stakeholders in the league don't dare to have too big "small moves", although some people say they want to see the rise of local stars, but in comparison, the number of these people is still too small, and most of the stakeholders are happy to see the runners win the championship, so the league management did not dare to give any hints to the referee after entering the finals.
The referee committee also attaches great importance to the finals, and the referee committee of the finals will not even announce the referee on duty until 12 hours before the game, and the referee will carry out a rotation after each game, which is to eliminate the manipulation of some gambling groups as much as possible.
Now that the first game is over, both sides are generally satisfied with the referee's work, and although the Runners have lost backup point guard Francis Leonardo, it is still very good in terms of the game environment.
Losing the first game, the Heat made a comprehensive summary after the game, first of all, head coach Claeson apologized to the players for some mistakes in the game, and Wall also sincerely admitted his mistakes to his teammates and the coaching staff, although Wall performed well throughout the game, but I have to admit that he did have a mental imbalance in some stages of the game.
In response to the reason for the loss in the first game, the Heat conducted a closed practice session the following day, which was designed to combat the Runners' changing style of play.
Although everyone in the outside world does not know the outcome of the Heat's workout and what the process will be, judging from the statements of some Heat players in interviews later, it seems that the Heat have a plan for the Runners.
Wang Lei's side also conducted a training camp the day after the race, but the runners were very generous to give various media half an hour to shoot.
From the footage captured by reporters, it can be seen that the Runners' players seem to be relaxed, which is completely different from how they performed at certain times in the Western Conference Finals.
In an interview with local media in Sachs, Wang Lei said that he does not need to know how the opponent will arrange, all he has to do is to make all the preparations for the players, and he believes that his players are indeed ready at this time.
Wang Lei's statement gave Saskatchewan fans great confidence, and before that, some of them didn't even dare to imagine what would happen to their team to win the championship in the end, because they were afraid that it was just a dream of their own.
Before the start of the second game, the tickets for the Energy Balance Arena were hyped on the Internet, and even some fans on the Internet auctioned off two tickets located at the top of the Energy Balance Arena, and as soon as they were released, they were killed at a price of $6,000 each, which is unimaginable in the history of the entire league.
At the beginning of this season, many sponsors who originally gave up renewing their advertising and naming contracts with the Kings, which are now the Runners, now regret and want to kill the person in charge of making this decision at that time, and some merchants who saw the right time to fry "cold rice" are now happy and confused, and they would never have thought that their products would appear in the eyes of hundreds of millions of people around the world at the beginning of sponsorship.
The runners who reached the finals are completely different from the team that just changed its name at the beginning of the season, regardless of whether they win the championship in the end this season, I believe that the sponsors of the runners next season will definitely try to extend their naming or endorsement contracts, even if they pay some more money, it will not shake the determination of these businesses, because they know that the current runners represent unlimited business opportunities.