The NBA Finals in the 09-10 season was a Hollywood drama.

The Lakers and Celtics are the most famous giants in NBA history, and in 07 the Celtics formed a triumvirate to take the lead in opening the era of giant unions, from a team struggling for the playoffs to a strong contender for the championship, and then the Lakers were not to be outdone, and traded to Paul Pierce in the middle of the season, completing the restructuring and upgrading of the entire team, and the triangle offense shined again in the NBA.

That season, the two teams met together in the finals as if they had agreed. In the first game of the Finals that year, Paul Pierce was unexpectedly injured, but he deserved to be the most resilient man in the NBA, and returned to the court after three minutes, and finally the Celtics defeated the Lakers 4-2 to win the championship.

Compared with the Lakers' ease, the aging Celtics are particularly difficult, the first round against the Heat, the second round against the Cavaliers, the Eastern Conference finals against the Magic, there is no bone good pit, and the fatigue of several veterans has almost reached the peak.

Before the game, the media was obviously more optimistic about the recuperated Lakers.

As a result, the Lakers immediately proved the correctness of the media's keen observation 2-1, but the next scene was absolutely unexpected.

The Celtics suddenly made a strong effort on the defensive end, and the Lakers lost two in a row, scoring only 89 and 86 points in the two games, which was far from the previous 100 points, and the form suddenly became favorable to the Celtics.

However, in the most critical sixth stop, that is, in the game where the Celtics already had a match point, less than seven minutes into the game, Kentrick Perkins, who was on the inside defense, grabbed a rebound and landed on the ground with a knee injury, which made the Celtics hurt their spirits. And as it turns out, not every NBA player is named Pierce, and Perkins can't get back on the court in the end.

The Celtics' defense suddenly lost an important link, even if the mentality of the main players was still the same, the benches inevitably fluctuated, and finally lost the Lakers by 22 points in this game!

The script suddenly became colorful.

In the seventh game, Pau Gasol proved his strength as a super power forward, waving his long arms to grab 18 rebounds in Perkins' absence, 9 of which were frontcourt rebounds! The Lakers grabbed 53 rebounds as a team, 23 of which were frontcourt rebounds, one to prove that the Lakers are very iron, and the other is to prove that the Lakers have taken many more shots than the Celtics.

In the end, the Lakers overtook the score in the epic fourth quarter and won the sixteenth championship trophy in team history with the cheers of the home fans.

One of these paths was forgotten by people, and people later only remembered that the Lakers, who won two consecutive championships, were very powerful and invincible, but they never thought that the Lakers were almost reversed by others.

Tang Wenlong watched the whole game, he was shocked by the suffocating defense of the Celtics, and he could smell their iron blood through the TV, almost rushing to the face with evil breath and pressure. He was even more shocked by Kobe, a man at the top of his game, who was still able to score an average of 28.6 points per game under such a defense, and many difficult goals that he had never imagined, and his talent and hard work made him extraordinary.

At this time, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was also in full swing, and as soon as the NBA Finals ended, the majority of fans who double-trained and double-scored the big ball shifted their attention to the hot African land.

In this case, on June 24, the NBA2010 draft received a lot less attention.

Tang Wenlong and Joe Thomas entered the theater of Madison Square Garden in the early morning, and many team management personnel had already arrived at the scene. And some of the team's superstars also came to the scene, such as Pacers star Danny Granger with the No. 10 pick, such as Warriors star Monta Ellis with the No. 6 pick, and the biggest name is the Thunder star Kevin Durant, who just won the first scoring title in his life, which has become the focus of media attention.

After greeting some "acquaintances", he entered the small green house under the arrangement of the staff.

Little Green House, as the name suggests, is the official invitation to enter the scene to participate in the draft, there are about fifteen people every year, all of whom are the favorites of the NBA Lotto draft, and it is a great privilege to be accompanied by relatives and friends. Of course, for Tang Wenlong, his relatives in the United States are his agent, Joe Thomas.

The rest of the people like Coach Jim, trainer Jack and others also came to the scene to cheer for Tang Wenlong and Wesley Johnson and others.

It is worth mentioning that Joe Thomas didn't know what tricks he used to sign Wesley Johnson and Andy Rustin to his name, and this newcomer who had just entered the NBA agent class suddenly had three outstanding potential stocks, and he was literally winning the "Rookie of the Year".

At seven o'clock in the morning, ESPN began to broadcast the prepared draft on time.

"Hey, Tang Wenlong." Gordon Hayward saw Tang Wenlong enter the arena and greeted him generously.

Tang Wenlong was still thinking about who could roar at the draft conference when he heard the roar that almost stopped his heart beating, and he suddenly turned his head in the direction of the sound.

Gordon Hayward has a smiling face in the distance, and next to him is a beautiful girl with a hot body.

Tang Wenlong glanced at him, and was a little impressed by this player who could speak Chinese, so he smiled and nodded, which was regarded as a greeting.

And Wesley Johnson, who was next to Tang Wenlong, didn't have such a good temper, this guy snorted coldly, and turned his head away, obviously not having a good impression of Gordon.

After walking a few steps, Tang Wenlong met another acquaintance, Greg Monroe of Georgetown University.

After the two met, there was no more tension in college, and after looking at each other, they suddenly smiled, and then opened their arms and hugged each other heavily.

It's a very strange feeling, the players who come here, a lot of the players who didn't like each other in college, but now they feel sorry for each other, and they feel like they come out of a league, as if they come from the same organization, and there is an indescribable sense of identity and intimacy between each other, which is something that some international players and players in the non-top ten leagues can't feel.

Greg Monroe whispered in Tang Wenlong's ear and said, "I wish you a good pick." ”

Tang Wenlong patted him on the shoulder and also blessed him: "You too, I wish you can go to the team you want to go to." ”

The two laughed, and the ESPN broadcast camera was suddenly fixed on these two people.

Many fans in China who follow Tang Wenlong watched the draft on some online platforms, and were surprised to see Tang Wenlong being able to greet many players they didn't know one by one, and couldn't help but have the idea of "it turns out that Tang Wenlong is very comfortable in the United States".

In fact, it is the same everywhere, and powerful people will always be recognized and accepted by people.

After some time, when Tang Wenlong and the others were waiting impatiently, the current president of the NBA, Mr. David Stern, wore his rather joyful eyes and smiled kindly on the stage of the theater.

"Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, welcome to beautiful Madison Square Garden for this year's NBA Draft."

Before the words were finished, the audience boos and applause rose together, startling Tang Wenlong, who didn't know why, he touched his head, not knowing what the situation was.

On stage, Stern's face remained unchanged, he saw this kind of scene every year, and he had long been accustomed to it.

After a bunch of no-nutritive nonsense, Stern introduced the rules of the draft and then officially announced the start of the draft.

A few minutes later, the staff handed a small note from the team's private room, which belonged to the Wizards' top brass with the top pick, Stern glanced at the note in the limelight, and then with a knowing smile on his face, he cleared his throat into the microphone and began to speak slowly. "In the 2010 NBA Draft, the first pick, the Washington Wizards selected"

The eyes of the whole world are focused on this nearly 70-year-old man at this moment, and the players in the small green house under the stage have a nervous look on their faces, even Tang Wenlong, who has always been calm, is inevitably a little dry at the moment, with sweat stains on his forehead, and his palms are clenched.

This suffocating scene spread to the audience in front of the TV, Fang Chuxia, He Dayan, Dolores "John" and "Wall"

There was a slight sigh from the sidelines, but there was a tidal wave of applause, whistles and cheers, and everyone blessed the Wizards' choice.

Tang Wenlong's body relaxed, he and Joe Thomas glanced at each other, and then he pretended to shrug his shoulders lightly and sighed. "It's okay, the Wizards just made the same choice nine years ago." Joe Thomas comforted Tang Wenlong like this.

Tang Wenlong smiled faintly and said, "John Wall is not weak, I am the manager of the Wizards, and I will choose this way." “

But an unconvincing light flashed in his eyes, which was still captured by Joe Thomas, Joe Thomas knew Tang Wenlong as he knew his wife, but he knew how arrogant the little guy he signed was, although he always looked extremely humble on the surface.

The spotlight was on John Wall, and the staff handed over baseball caps representing the Wizards.

The 19-year-old boy has a little dark skin, and after he stood up, he hugged his relatives one by one, and his crisp suit made him look handsome and chic, and he didn't know how many female fans in front of the TV were fascinated at this moment.

Soon, John Wall stood on the stage, and after shaking hands with Stern, he took the microphone and made an exciting declaration, expressing how he loves Washington, how he loves basketball, and how he works hard to perform in the NBA.

After John Wall went down, Stern stood back on the stage, at the podium, into the microphone, squinted, glanced at the note in his hand again, and began to announce the selection of the 76ers with the second pick.

In the team's private room, the 76ers general manager and head coach comforted each other, "No problem, no problem, our choice is absolutely right." "It's like the Bulls picking Michael, it's like the Cavaliers picking LeBron back then." Collins nodded, firmly.