242. Detroit Glory
After the awards, Dumas gave a championship speech, and then the Pistons had to change their clothes in the locker room and rush back to Detroit overnight, starting tomorrow, the week-long championship celebration will begin.
Of course, before leaving, the Champagne party was indispensable, the Pistons' locker room was stuffed with bottles of champagne, some of which were half a meter high.
But soon Warburn put life and death aside, and Campbell scooped up the biggest one and shook it as if he were holding Gatling and uncorked it. Hua Ben was holding the Russell Cup and giggling, but he was sprayed squarely, and it became wet for the first time, still from beginning to end.
"Nima!" Warburn was furious, and Billups and Prince picked up a bottle of champagne and shook it at him.
"Don't panic, captain, little brother is here." Mirisic let out a loud shout, and Campbell and Hunter tacitly aimed the bottle at the rookie in the black.
"At the time I thought I was being dried by a high-pressure faucet." Afterwards, Mirisic explained to Waben that he was attacked by Campbell and Hunter, and Mirisic, who had always prided himself as a pure man on the court, flinched and screamed to bully Pattin, who was several sizes younger than him.
Brown was experienced in not following up on the locker room, but locked it from the outside, nominally to deal with incoming reporters.
Enough trouble, Hua Ben and the others went to take a shower and change clothes with their bare butts.
Before leaving, the Pistons players arrived at the bus after passing through a wall of thousands of reporters, and tonight they were the darlings of the world media, and everyone, including the team's assistant coach, was surrounded by reporters, and a limelight like Waeben was naturally in the spotlight.
"What was it like to win the first title? Ben, who would you like to thank the most right now? ”
"What do you think of the opponents in the finals? What would you like to say about Bryant's relationship with Shaq? ”
"Congratulations on winning the championship, what kind of contract did Detroit give you to renew? Will you be leaving Detroit next season? ”
Wajben constantly smiled, or high-fived the reporters as he did with the fans, and responded to the reporters' questions in the simplest of words. Behind them, Rashid and Billups walked in a figure-eight step, their nostrils turned up and eager to aim at the sky, and they ignored the reporter one by one, and occasionally they were forced to ask in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "Please ask again during the interview time." ”
It's not Rashid that they're playing big names, in fact, NBA stars are like this, and they won't be interviewed by reporters in private, of course, unless the reporter has a good relationship with them. The 30 minutes after the NBA game are free time in the locker room, when players cannot avoid reporters, and the rest of the time is private time.
In this way, there were more reporters around Hua Ben, and the crowd was bustling, surrounding him. Countless voice recorders and microphones were stretched out in front of him, and everyone wanted to get a little bit of news from his mouth. Fortunately, Huaben's body is like a truck, it is a strong one, so that it will not be difficult to move an inch surrounded by the crowd.
"Mr. Wallace, Mr. Yao Ming asked us to convey to you his congratulations on your victory, do you have anything to say?" At this time, a female reporter asked loudly, and it was only with great difficulty that Hua Ben could hear what she was saying, and he looked back and saw a girl squeezed and staggered in the crowd, but she was still trying to straighten her arm and hand the microphone forward.
Seeing that Hua Ben noticed herself, the female reporter said a little nervously and a little excitedly: "Hello, Mr. Wallace, I am Wang Xuewei, a full-time reporter of the Asia-Pacific branch of Sports Weekly in Yanjing, and Yao Ming is a friend. ”
Hua Ben groaned for a moment, turned around and pointed at the female reporter as he walked, "Are you Yao Ming's friend?" Well, tomorrow you go to Detroit, and I'll give you fifteen minutes to do an interview. ”
Suddenly, hundreds of people around stared at the female reporter with jealousy and envy, and more reporters clamored for an exclusive interview.
Hua Ben made a helpless gesture and said loudly: "This interview was not decided by me, it was promised to Yao Ming, if you want an interview, please contact my agent team, they will make arrangements, I hope you cooperate." ”
People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, Hua Ben finally understood the meaning of this old saying at this time, he could barely walk, and he didn't know how many reporters gathered around him.
East and Du Dongqiang appeared in time, and the strength of the two people was not as great as Huaben, but they knew how to use their power. Moreover, they don't have as many worries as Huaben, and they can't make big moves in order to maintain their image. The two men directly opened their arms and violently pushed forward, shouting in the English they had just learned: "Please get out of the way, please get out of the way"
After getting on the bus, the phenomenon of siege finally disappeared, and Hua Ben's T-shirt was torn, which shows how crazy the reporters are. This is still a journalist, they have professionalism, if it were a fan, this would have been exhausted.
"Ben, you don't need to be so accommodating to them, the paparazzi have that temper, the better you talk, the more they will chase you." Rashid imparts experience to Huaben.
Hua Ben spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "It's all mixed rice, why bother?" ”
Joe. Dumas was counting the people, but how to count how to count how to lose one, and finally it was Patin who shouted: "What about Darko? What about the Daktronics? Where did he go? ”
The old man's face changed, and he said helplessly: "That kid is the most procrastinating in the bath, is he blocked in the locker room by European reporters?" Damn it, let's gather all your bodyguards, hurry up, and find someone. ”
In the end, Mirisic staggered out of the locker room under the escort of several big-shouldered bodyguards, followed by enthusiastic European fans, all of whom were strong and strong, no wonder Mirisic couldn't get out.
After getting into the car, the rookie reached out and grabbed Hua Ben's arm, crying and crying: "Captain, how can you leave me alone?" God, I almost got choked in the locker room by them! Are they journalists? Oh my God, it's a hooligan! Someone touched my ass, Captain, it's still a man! One of the Sun twives is still undressing me, Patin, that's your fellow countryman, isn't it? ”
Mirisic said as he lifted his T-shirt, revealing his muscular abdomen and a few bright red lip prints on his snow-white skin. It seems that the female reporters couldn't reach Mirisic's face, so they planted strawberries on his belly.
Paddin sneered and explained, "Be careful next time, the reporters from The Sun are crazy, and run faster when you see their signs." ”
It wasn't until he got into the car that Wabbon had a gap, he took out his mobile phone and called Bell and Alba respectively, telling them about his difficulties and not being able to stay in Los Angeles, and saying that he would be back after the celebration, and he would not run away from him.
Bell stomped his feet angrily and muttered in a low voice, 'Who is responsible for you, you don't take this opportunity to leave it alone, what a fool'.
Alba's mood was not quite right, there seemed to be something unspeakable, and he took the initiative to hang up the phone after saying a few words.
Along the way, Eva's mobile phone rang non-stop, full of invited reporters, which made Eva extremely helpless, and said: "It seems that I have to organize a brokerage team for you, Ben, you are really famous now, Adidas and Nike even called, Ruizhi even said that as long as you are willing to sign a contract with them, they will pay you for the breach of contract between Wende and Wende!" ”
Dumas also said: "You do need a team of agents, you will be very busy this summer, we have to find a time to negotiate the signing as soon as possible, do you need me to introduce you to a few good agents?" ”
Hua Ben thought that his side was the hottest place this summer, but in fact, he was wishful thinking, and after the finals, more people turned their attention to Los Angeles, and the big fight between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in the last game shocked the world.
The Washington Post, one of the nation's most famous newspapers, gave two pages of the NBA Finals, the first of which was a photo of Rashid and Mirisic celebrating the O'Brien Cup, with the headline "Team Defeats Superstar, Detroit Workers Knock Off Purple and Gold Dynasty." In the second version, the photo shows Kobe Bryant turning around and punching O'Neal, with the title "Brothers in the past are turning against each other today, is there still friendship in the world".
The brawl between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant had a huge impact on fans around the world, and many people expressed disbelief about it, and the fans of the OK group cried in despair, asking 'what's wrong with the world'. NFL columnist Madra even wrote, "The NBA suffered the biggest crisis after Jordan's retirement, and the fight between Kobe and O'Neal not only made Los Angeles miss the championship close at hand, but also made fans around the world realize that the league is not a band of brothers, it is full of power struggles." ”
For fans in Los Angeles, this season's Finals have been a nightmare, and if given the choice, they would rather be eliminated by the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals, at least when the team is still brother and sister. In the finals, the mutual accusations between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant have made them miserable, and the final fight directly shattered their belief in basketball.
Even more painful than the fans is Malone, this season, he came to Los Angeles with the infamy of being a traitor to the Jazz, just for a championship ring, but as a result, he suffered an unprecedented sweep that darkened his career. If he had chosen to retire with Stockton, Malone would have become a great story in sports history, and now, although Jazz fans have expressed their understanding of him and do not hate him, his status in Salt Lake City is not as good as Stockton's.
Now, Malone has finally resigned himself to his fate, and in yesterday's game, the 40-year-old power forward wore a dark gray short-sleeved shirt and sat down like an old monk on the bench, and Hua Ben estimated that he must be thinking about his fate. After the game, facing reporters, Malone said sadly: "I don't want to anger the basketball god, it seems that he didn't give me the opportunity to wear a ring." ”
It's a great irony, in the mouth of the Los Angeles media, Malone, who never used injury as an excuse, became the excuse for the Lakers to lose yesterday, they didn't talk about the contradiction between Kobe and O'Neal, but claimed that it was Malone's absence that caused the Lakers to collapse. Of course, the good thing is that these people put it mildly, saying that 'without a healthy Malone, the Lakers are like a rifle without a crosshair'.
On the way out of the Staples Center, Malone once again threw a grenade at the world of sports: "Next season, I don't think I'll be on the field of my beloved, it's a pity, but it's time to spend time with my family." ”
According to the report, Lakers players apologized to Malone in the locker room. You can dislike this dirty iron man, but you can't help but admire him, looking at the Lakers' playoffs, it is the old man Malone who has become the spiritual leader of the team.
Kobe Bryant is indifferent and ruthless, no matter how high or low the success rate is, he just blindly shoots; O'Neal can shoot 50% of his jumpers, but he can't make half of his free throws, and he's obsessed with competing for power with Kobe; Payton's performance in the Finals was like a blank slate, and Billups was more of a super guard than he was, and Fisher concluded: "Compared to others, only Carl [Malone] has never given up, and if he doesn't dislike it, I'm willing to give him the championship ring I used to get." ”
The Lakers who gathered F4 were defeated by the Pistons in the championship, which was a shock to the entire basketball world, and this series proved a truth, relying on the Premier League-style stacking stars cannot achieve in the NBA, basketball is a five-person sport, and stars can never win a team.
Before the Lakers, the Rockets had built a similar team that brought together three Hall of Famer Olajuwon, Ross Barkley, and Drexler, who also suffered a Waterloo in the Finals that season, but not as much of an impact as it did this year.
First of all, the Rockets' opponent that year was the strongest Bulls led by Jordan, and it seemed shameful to lose against Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman, three Hall of Fame players. Moreover, the rockets at that time were not swept away. The most important thing is that the Lakers now have four players who will definitely enter the Hall of Fame in the future, and their opponents are the little-known Pistons.
Of course, fans may not agree to this little-known evaluation, and Huaben has become one of the most dominant players in the NBA. Being elected MVP of the regular season, MVP of the finals, and best defensive player at the same time is a proof of absolute strength in itself.
After a brief break, the Pistons followed Dumas through the streets at 11:30 p.m., starting in the eastern suburbs of Detroit and crossing Chene and Jefferson streets to Hart Square in the heart of the city, where the Pistons will also have a victory rally with fans.
What does it mean to be buzzing? What is it called? What does it mean to sweat like rain? What does it mean to be famous?
All of this was revived at the victory parade on the 16th, where hundreds of thousands of Pistons fans gathered on both sides of the caravan, and the car was moving no faster than a snail crawling. Wearing Red Wings jerseys and baseball caps crooked on their heads, Wabbon and others stood in the car to receive cheers from the fans.
Detroit Red Wings Hockey Club is a NHL team of the National Hockey League, with its home stadium in the city of Detroit. Founded in 1926, the team is one of the six founding clubs of the NHL, and it is also the team with the most NHL titles, having won the Stanley Cup 11 times. If it weren't for the strong rise of the NBA in recent years, the Red Wings would have been much more famous than the Pistons in Detroit.
Around the caravan, the crowd was densely packed, and the fans who came to participate in the parade could not see the edge at a glance, and they were all black or blonde hair. According to the Detroit Police Department, more than 200,000 fans came to Detroit City on the 15th night alone, and these people came to participate in the fan celebration.
Brown, a veteran coach who has always shown a serious expression, wore the No. 7 shirt of the Red Wings and kept waving to the fans. Every time Huaben makes a move, it will trigger fans to follow, and feeling the sincere excitement of these people, Huaben finally understands why every player in the NBA is responsible for winning the championship, and the thrill of this honor is really refreshing.
On both sides of the convertible, fans kept yelling and asking the players, "Did you shoot now?" Huaben's unintentional sentence "Winning the championship is like **, now is the feeling of shooting" has become a buzzword in the mouths of Detroit fans.
Infected by the atmosphere of the fans, whenever there was a landslide and tsunami like "have you shot now", Hua Ben would wave his arms and shout "Shoot", which made Eva tremble, and she couldn't help but ask loudly: "Ben, have you counted how many times you have shot?" Beware of having too many illegitimate children, your account won't be able to support many children. ”
As Huaben's agent and chief life assistant, Eva had the privilege of standing on the first caravan. Eva, who has been mixed in Hollywood, is dressed in fashion and surname today, with black hair wavy over her shoulders, wearing a lace low-cut OL suit, smooth and soft skin is slightly exposed, slender legs are covered with crystal flesh-colored stockings, and there is an indescribable charm in the convex and backward curls.
In Detroit, Eva is also a celebrity — anyone who has anything to do with Huaben is, like Du Dongqiang and Easter, who also appear regularly in newspapers and television. As Eva waved her hand, fans chanted at her with a smile, and many teenagers held up her pictorials or held signs with words like 'love you'.
There was also a bearded middle-aged fan with glasses who kept following the car, constantly shouting something, but everywhere he went, there was a thunderous cheer, Hua Ben couldn't hear what he said, and after a while, Mirisic came up behind him and told Eva: "That man said that he must ask you to take over his TV, what is it called "Crazy Woman", who knows?" He said he guaranteed that you would be the hottest female star in the country. ”
Eva nodded helplessly and said, "I know, I've seen him." He said he could make me the hottest female star in the United States? Who is he? Is it Spielberg? Or rather James. Cameron? ”
At Hart Square, Detroit's mayor, Granholm, and some local celebrities have been waiting for a long time, and Bell, Detroit's most famous star in Hollywood, was also invited to the scene. In addition, there were about 20,000 or so fans blocking the huge square, and the Pistons flag flew all over the sky.
(To be continued)