Chapter 18: The End and the Aftermath
When the final buzzer sounded, the Hornets' first regular season opener was also perfectly over, 101:92, the Hornets won the Mavericks away by 9 points. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the veteran driver cut a quasi-triple-double of 42 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and although the boxing champion Chandler cut a big double-double of 23 points and 17 rebounds, the Mavericks still lost.
Losing on their home turf, to a Hornets with a broken lineup, which is unacceptable to them, and the initiator of all this is just a Chu Yi who has just entered the league and has never played a game.
This rookie, who everyone looked down on and wanted to step on him, scored 31 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 blocks in the first game of his career.
In addition to not having too many steals and too many turnovers, Chu Yi's performance in this game was perfect, making Carlisle's bag tactics against him come to naught and completely fail, which is a great irony for a coach who wants to win the championship.
After playing such excellent data, Chu Yi still missed out on the MVP, because the team's boss Paul played a more rebellious 20+20, which is more bullish than the old driver's quasi-triple-double and the boxing king's big two-double.
Because Chu Yi attracted the Mavericks' defensive center of gravity, Paul played like a fish in water in this game, whether it was holding the ball alone or breaking through the ball, he did not encounter the situation of being trapped, giving him considerable space to play his strength, making himself one of the few players in the NBA who can score and assist 20+20.
Among them, there are some Hall of Fame-level players, such as Magic Johnson has 6 times 20+20, the league top, the current Bucks head coach Scott Skels 22+30, Nash 2 times 20+20, and Kidd, who just played against Paul, once 20+20, once 19+20.
After breaking his own record, Paul quickly calmed down after being excited, and his perennial leadership career made him have an extraordinary calmness, and he clearly knew that his 20+20, Chu Yi had made great contributions.
Back in the locker room, Paul immediately found Chu Yi: "Hey, Yi, you guy performed awesome today, as accurate as a precision-guided Patriot missile, if you continue like this, you can definitely become a top shooter in history like Miller."
Reggie Miller? I don't just want him to be a top scorer on the planet, the combination of all the historical players is what I'm looking for, I want my name to be engraved on the O'Brien Cup forever, and like Bill Russell, my name still dominates fear in the league in the years after retirement!
He won't say this to anyone, otherwise he will either be considered crazy, or he will be considered a mouthpiece, bragging13, and he will be scolded if he doesn't do it, why don't you go to heaven! That would be embarrassing.
"Paul, if it weren't for your pass, I wouldn't be so accurate, I deserve to be the No. 1 point guard in the league, the pass is in place and comfortable, I can't go in if I don't want to."
was not complacent, Chu Yi seemed very modest, attributed all the credit to Paul, and praised Paul by the way to please him.
patted Chu Yi's head, Paul didn't continue to reply to Chu Yi, but the bright smile on his face exposed his own heart, and it could be seen that Chu Yi's words made him very useful.
"Boss, Chu Yi, the coach asked you to attend the press conference." Thorton opened the door of the locker room, glanced at Chu Yi with a complicated face, and then informed head coach Williams of the arrangement.
He clearly understands in his heart that Chu Yi is really favored from today onwards, with Paul and Williams, he Thorton is afraid that he will never have a chance to touch the team's starting position from now on.
This made him unwilling, very unwilling, obviously there was an opportunity to squeeze out Brown as the starter, but a Chu Yi emerged, destroying everything.
However, this cruel reality is the alliance, the jungle eats the strong, the survival of the fittest, you are eaten, and no one will sympathize with you.
"Paul, you're the MVP today, so I don't have to go!" Although Chu Yi really wants to show himself in front of reporters, no matter what you say about reporters, those who are optimistic will still be optimistic about you, and those who smear you will still smear you.
I didn't see Kobe Bryant even if he was a superstar, and some people were still angry about his "rape case" back then, so Chu Yi didn't want to fight with reporters, it was purely a waste of saliva.
"No, Yi, you are the biggest contributor to the team's victory today, without you containing Marion, Stevenson and Terry, I would not have been able to play Kidd so easily, although, I don't want to admit it, but Kidd is indeed a little better than me now." Paul said very seriously, and the sincerity on his face made Chu Yi unable to say a reason for refusal.
"Well, Paul, I want to make those who underestimate me look good, I heard, Smith also lost a kiss to Barkley's ass."
"That's right, with me covering you, no one can look down on you, and to hell with those who look down on you!" Laughing, Paul said very domineeringly, with a bossy demeanor.
……
"Mr. Williams, in your first game as a coach of the Hornets, you defeated one of the top three in Texas with a reorganized roster, Mavericks, how are you feeling now, and how do you feel about this matter?" This is the local media in New Orleans, and the victory over the Mavericks has made them a little proud.
"Today, our players performed very well, especially the rookie we selected this year, Chu Yi, who was the hero of our victory, and he made the Mavericks' restrictions come to naught."
"But, Mr. Williams, the MVP of this game is Chris Paul, do you say that, do you mean that Paul is not in Chu Yi's contribution to the team's victory, or is Paul not as good as Chu Yi?" The media in Dallas is a bit of a wedge between the players and the coaches.
"No, Mr. reporter, I think the MVP of this game should be Chu Yi, his statistics are not as good as mine, but he suffered from the Mavericks head coach for a full 2 quarters, if he hadn't dragged the Mavericks' Marion, Stevenson and Terry, I don't think I would have cut this 20+20." How could a brain-type character like Paul fall into their discord and put all the credit on Chu Yi.
"Actually, what I think about this matter is very simple, I just want to prove myself, when I was selected with the 11th pick in the first round, all the media, all the NBA seniors were not optimistic about me, just like Yao Ming back then."
"However, if you are not optimistic, you are not God after all, you can't say no, on the contrary, the more you say no, the more I have to do it, I want to prove to all those who are not optimistic about me that a yellow guard can still dominate the NBA, and can still be great."
Maybe it was the anger that had been accumulated for several months that Chu Yi couldn't bear it, and it suddenly erupted like a torrent.
Papapa, Paul took the lead and applauded, and then, the media in the audience also applauded, and gradually merged into a torrent Whether they want it or not, Chu Yi's speech is indeed very inspiring, and they agree from the bottom of their hearts.
At the same time, these materials were enough for them to use, so the press conference came to an end, and they didn't pester Chu Yi and them anymore, and let them go back to the hotel to rest.
Since it was late at night after the game, and it was even early in the morning after attending the press conference, Chu Yi returned to the hotel, washed off a stinky sweat, and didn't want to do anything, just wanted to sleep.
However, when Chu Yi was about to fall asleep, his phone rang, which made him irritable, and he resisted the urge to smash the phone, and Chu Yi answered the phone.
"Chu Yi oppa? Congratulations, you've made your debut start. "Some broken Korean Chinese came from the other end of the phone.
", Yun'er, you can call, I'm very happy, you are the first friend to congratulate me, and, when did you learn Chinese? Not bad. As soon as Chu Yi heard Yun'er's voice, all the fire melted like ice and snow, and even his voice became gentle.
"I've always been, I just don't say much." In order to hide his intentions, Yuna did not tell him the truth, in fact, this Chinese is the result of his efforts in recent months.
Just when Chu Yi was training himself, Yun'er did not fall behind, found the Chinese teacher of SM Company, and taught Chinese by herself. Because, Kim Taeyeon told him that if she marries her husband, if she is really with Chu Yi in the future, she can't speak Chinese.
"Yuna, wait until the offseason, I... I'm going to look for you in South Korea, if, you... Can you give me a chance to pursue you? ”
A few months ago, Chu Yi and Yun'er could only communicate in Korean, at that time, Yun'er's Chinese was limited to Hello, Goodbye, and now, not proficient, but able to communicate, which is already intriguing.
In addition, the phone call after the draft, the invitation to South Korea, and today's congratulations made Chu Yi completely understand Yun'er's heart, it has always been Yun'er who took the initiative, this time, it's time for him to take the initiative, how can a big man always be accepted?
"......" There was a blind voice on the phone, and when she heard Chu Yi's sincere confession, Yun'er's heart almost jumped out, and she took off the phone at once, not wanting to lose her temper in front of Chu Yi.
"You can give it if you say it, how can Miss Ben be so easy to chase, you know, those who want to chase Miss Ben can be lined up from Dongguk University in South Korea to Incheon Airport!" calmed down a bit, Yun'er picked it up again, but the smile on the corner of her mouth and the tone of her voice were arrogant no matter how you looked at it.
"Because Young Master Ben is Chu Yi, there is no man who Young Master Ben can't do, and even the alliance can conquer you, a little girl?" Chu Yi, who was still worried about rejection, knew that this matter was basically done after hearing Yun'er's arrogant tone, and it was also a wave of narcissism.
"Who is Xiao Nizi, aren't you a month older than me? At the beginning of the month, at the end of the month, what is ripe? On the other end of Chu Yi's insight, Yun'er rolled her eyes, but her face was sweet.
There is nothing more than a beloved confessing to himself and making people happy, and Chu Yi no longer felt shy after saying the first confession of the confession, and made a phone porridge with Yun'er.
In the end, Yun'er reluctantly hung up the phone after telling Chu Yi to pay attention to her body and not to get hurt because she had a trip to rush.
After a phone call, Chu Yi found that the time had reached 2.3 o'clock, and suddenly felt a burst of sleepiness hit, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and fell asleep deeply.