Chapter 157: Thunder
The Cavaliers' disgraced departure at the Union Center has given Orlando fans hope of beating the super-luxury team. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the 31st, when night fell, the Amway Arena was brightly lit.
Enthusiastic fans lined up in a long line, winding like a dragon, and entered the stadium in an orderly manner. The giant boom outside the stadium set up the live broadcast camera, and when the camera passed in front of the fans, they were hugely welcomed by the fans, who posed in front of the camera without timidity, some pointing to their No. 9 jerseys, and some shouting with their mouths wide open.
Li Dong followed the team and was already ready in the stadium, and they magically repaired for a day, which can be regarded as recuperation.
Oladipo, Nicola and other team bigwigs looked extremely solemn, and when everyone in the locker room prepared their own clothes, they felt a slight unusual atmosphere.
"The Thunder are obviously in a run-in period, we have a 60% chance of beating them, as long as we play seriously, play our cooperation, play our tactics, we can get the final victory." Coach Scott Skiles cheered his players on loud in the dressing room, and he didn't want the players to lose a beat or two as soon as they heard the name of the duo opposite.
Scott Skilles cleared his throat after talking for a while, and then began to announce the starters for the game.
He deliberately swept his gaze to Li Dong's body, and then spoke: "Evan, Tobias, Nicola, Victor, and...... Li Dong! ”
Li Dong looked at Skiles with burning eyes, and after hearing his name, he secretly yelled and cheered for himself.
"This game is still a live broadcast of ESPN, you should perform well, don't be hacked by others." Before going out, Oladipo secretly said to Li Dong, a little half-joking.
"Don't worry." Li Dong made an OK gesture.
At this time, in the TNT studio, Clark Kellogg and Kevin Harlan formed the commentary lineup for the game. Both of these are very good commentators, and their voices are very recognizable, especially Kevin Harlan, as the queen commentator of the famous NBA game company 2k games, his voice has left a deep shadow in the hearts of gamers.
"Mr. Clark, can you evaluate the summer operations of the two teams separately before the game starts? Because I've seen in a lot of media that there are a lot of opinions about the summer operation of both teams. Kevin Harlan said with a slight smile.
Clark was clearly prepared and said unhurriedly: "Of course, the two teams have taken very different approaches to summer operations. We all know that the two twin stars in the team, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the former averaged 25.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game last season, and the latter averaged 28.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game. And the latter picked off the talented Li Dong in the draft, and the young man's performance in the preseason has won the coach's description, and today's Magic's starting point guard is him. ”
"It's hard to say whether the winners are good or bad, but the two teams have done their best in the summer to meet the needs of their respective teams." After he finished, he added this sentence.
Kevin Harlan went on to ask: "Which team do you think has a better chance of winning this game?" ”
Clark Kellogg secretly scolded how to keep mentioning this kind of problem and would be slapped in the face if he didn't do it well, but he still showed a standard smile on his face, pondered for a moment and said, "It's still thunder." ”
"Can you explain why?" Kevin Harlan was a bit of a diking today, chasing Clarke......
Li Dong walked out of the players' tunnel, and before he stepped onto the court, he heard a noisy sound of "buzzing" in his ears, as if tens of thousands of people were talking in his ears at the same time.
"This ......" his face changed, and he quickly walked out of the passage.
Wow!
In the spectator seats, the spectators in the entire arena sat to watch the game.
Where had Li Dong seen so many people, and he was a little surprised and a little apprehensive.
"Some of them are our fans, some are Heat fans, and more of them are just people who come to watch the game, and it can also be understood as people who are looking for some fun after getting off work after a long day." Watson saw Li Dong looking around like a curious baby, so he secretly explained in his ear.
"There are so many, not that it's usually only more than fifty percent, but now it looks like it's more than seventy percent before I finish sitting." Li Dong told the truth.
"Bang!" He was hit on the back of the head by Watson, "What nonsense, if you play well, you will naturally see more people, not to mention that today is because of the second game of the season, and in the future, our attendance will also catch up with New York and Los Angeles!" ”
Li Dong blinked aggrievedly, feeling as if he hadn't said anything wrong.
While the two were talking, they walked onto the floor, and the staff brought baskets of basketballs, and then everyone wore magic coats and trousers to do some simple warm-up training in their own half.
"Hey, there are actually fans who wear No. 1, and there are quite a few!" During training, Watson came running over with a fart, this old fritter and Li Dong talked very well, and the two often whispered together secretly. Watson once patted his chest and told Li Dong that he wanted to teach Li Dong all his small movement skills.
Li Dong said I don't want it, he is a righteous and bright person......
Ten minutes later, the stadium was already full of people, and if you look at it, there are at least 18,000 people sitting in the Amway Arena, which can accommodate 20,000 people.
After receiving the referee's arrangement, the DJ on the scene reminded the players on the field to finish the warm-up according to the normal schedule.
So, it was time for the live DJ to introduce the players to the factory.
The away team is in front, the home team is in the back.
No matter how big-name a star is, when he walks on someone else's field, he will always be booed.
Next came the Magic's appearance ceremony, where seven of the 12 players were off the bench, and everyone received big and small applause and cheers.
The starting lineup has a bit of a change in the ceremony, with seven bench players lined up in two rows in front of the bench, leaving one aisle to pass through, which is also the most common appearance ceremony in the NBA.
"Now, let's welcome, a six-foot-seven-inch shooting guard from the University of Kansas, Lee Dong!"
When Li Dong's name was called, his heart thumped, and then he stood up from the bench, high-fived his teammates who stretched out his palms from the aisle, and shook through the aisle step by step.
Many yellow-skinned fans in the audience cheered vigorously, and after the two were added, the cheers were actually not small.
Then came Victor Oladipo, Nikola Ucevich, Tobias Harris and Evan Fornier. When Vucevic came out, the cheers of the crowd reached their peak, and all the fans either applauded or screamed and let out an earth-shattering high-decibel cheer, and Vucevic naturally waved his hands to interact with the crowd, and then clapped with his teammates on both sides of the tunnel and ran to the other side.
After the appearance ceremony, the people hooked their arms together and formed a circle, and Vucevic was in the middle of this circle, saying rap-like words to encourage everyone's morale.
Under such continuous cheers, it was a noisy mess, Li Dong was a little farther away, and he didn't hear Vucevic say anything at all, only a few syllables, probably thunder, overturned or something......
After this series of ceremonies is completed, the lighting of the scene is changed, the visibility is greatly improved, and it becomes normal lighting.
Several referees had already prepared the basketball, and then after seeing that the time was almost up, they motioned for everyone to hurry up and stand on the court.
The Thunder's players are naturally ready, and they are not their home court, so there is really not much need to interact with the audience, and the Magic players are not particularly outgoing, and after a while, they also stood on the court, Li Dong stood by Russell Westbrook's side with excitement.
"Hello, Russell."
A superstar of this level like Westbrook, Li Dong is still the first time to see a real person, at that time in high school, but there are a lot of fans who are obsessed with Wei Shao, Li Dong himself also has a pair of Westbrook sneakers, and now they are all at home in Xinxiang City, and they are also his favorite players.
Westbrook was slightly stunned, the first thing this year's No. 5 show said was to say hello to him?
He smiled with interest, it was the first time he had seen him after so many years in the NBA.
He immediately nodded in a friendly manner and responded, "Hello, little rookie." (To be continued.) )