The Bulls players began to rush toward Xu Yong. Noah was as happy as a 230-pound child and hugged Xu Yong and started yelling.
Xu Yong also raised his head and roared excitedly.
In such a fierce game, it's really great to be able to end the game in such a way!
And this is also the first time in his playoff career that he has contributed a buzzer beater. In such a crucial battle, it is so exciting!
Soon, Xu Yong was surrounded by Bulls players and media reporters.
A countdown kill, a black-eight miracle, Xu Yong made a mark in the history of the NBA tonight.
"This is the fourth black eight miracle in NBA history. There were three times before this. In 1993, the Nuggets defeated the SuperSonics 3-2. The format at that time was still a best-of-five game, and then in 1999 The Knicks beat the Heat eight times, which was the season when Jeff Van Gundy was dragged away with Mourning's thigh, also 3-2. In the end, it was the 2007 season that we are all very familiar with. Nelson led the Warriors to defeat the Warriors 4-2. Dallas Mavericks."
Zhang Weiping, who was awakened from his business, was crazily popularizing science in the commentary box.
"It is more difficult to achieve 4 wins in 7 games than 3 wins in 5 games, so this should be regarded as the second time in history." Yang Yi corrected on the side. He is also well versed in customizing data.
Zhang Weiping smiled and nodded. This is true. The longer the series, the more it can reflect the team's strength.
"Xu Yong's score seems to have reached 40 today?" Yang Yi reminded again with the statistics table.
"Hey, it's true! 41 points. Is this the first time Xiao Xu has scored 40+?" As he recovered from his nervousness, Zhang Weiping gradually relaxed and returned to his usual commentary state.
"Yes, his highest score in the regular season is 40 points, and in the playoffs it is 34 points." Yang Yi has already made statistics.
"This is potential. Hey, you see, generally only superstars can perform better in the playoffs than in the regular season. If our Xiao Xu continues to play like this, wow, it's incredible." Zhang Weiping said while shaking his head.
"Incredible." Yang Yi cooperated and started talking about cross talk.
Just as the two people in the commentary box were chatting happily, James looked at the Bulls celebrating in the distance on the court. He stood quietly for a long time, then took off his braces and looked up at the score with a complicated expression.
In the two rounds before the end of the game, he experienced ups and downs, and Xu Yong's final buzzer-beater was hit in front of him, a serious kill.
This whole process is very similar to his Cavaliers career, taking a weak team to a championship team, reaching the finals, suffering several defeats, and finally ending in the most painful way.
He really wants to be like Jordan and turn the Cavaliers into a nationally famous team like the Bulls.
But he is not as lucky as Jordan. God always closes the door for him at the most critical time.
He finally withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked towards the tunnel with his head lowered. He was really tired of living like this.
The carnival lasted about five or six minutes.
When the carnival was over, the two teams held a post-game handshake ceremony.
Most of the Cavaliers took their hats off to the Bulls tonight.
Although there is no such thing as honoring a defeat, they are convinced after losing in such a head-to-head contest tonight.
"Man, you played a great game, a great game." O'Neal kept praising him as he shook hands with Xu Yong.
In addition to 41 points tonight, Xu Yong also contributed 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. He is undoubtedly the MVP player of this game.
Moreover, O'Neal is more knowledgeable than anyone else. If he stays this season, he can probably guess that James will leave in the summer. In other words, the probability of him staying is not high, so he is a free agent at this time. What do you want to say? Just say whatever.
Xu Yong also reached out and patted O'Neal on the shoulder. To be honest, if Noah hadn't gained weight, O'Neal would still be able to beat the Bulls inside.
Lian Po is old, can he still make a living?
When the handshake ceremony ended, Xu Yong and the Bulls players extended their hands to the audience, and they were greeted with cheers from the sky.
To be honest, although you don't have to think about supporting your home team, and they have overturned the Cavaliers in the opening game, not many people really think that they can complete the black eight.
But now they really did it, it was a dreamlike experience.
After several more minutes, under the reluctant eyes of the fans, the players entered the tunnel one after another.
Xu Yong stayed to be interviewed by reporters.
"Xu, congratulations to you, it's an amazing game. What does it mean to you to be able to complete the miracle of Black Eight?"
"It means we have completed the Black Eight Miracle."
Xu Yong's answer stunned the reporter, and then Xu Yong laughed first.
He was in a good mood and started to play with dry humor.
"Just kidding, it's important for us, no one thought of us before the game, the Cavaliers picked us intentionally, and we proved ourselves, but like I said when I was drafted by this team, we Young but full of vitality, the future is worth looking forward to." Xu Yong continued.
The reporter also laughed along. People who truly have a sense of humor are very popular with the media.
"You and LeBron had some quarrels during the game. Can you tell us what you said between you?" the reporter then asked.
"Just regular trash talk."
"Can you restate that?"
"No, I won't. That's something on the court, just let it stay on the court." Xu Yong smiled and shook his head.
Although this kind of trash talk is very gimmick, when it comes to the field, it seems to be ungraceful.
"Have you considered playing against the Celtics? You know, before this game, they have already decided to play against you in the next round." Upon seeing this, the reporter did not ask further questions, but changed the subject. .
"No, we just want to enjoy this night now, Black Eight Miracle, man, you know the gold content."
After saying this, Xu Yong saw Zhang Weiping and others coming over, said hello and walked towards them.
On a night like this, he still wants to chat more with domestic fans.
…
"Judgement of Satan, Bull Black Eight"
"First 40+ points in career, countdown, Chicago no longer needs God"
"Zero-degree guillotine, sword king, best shot of the season"
After the Bulls' Game 8, although ESPN did not report it extensively, it could not stop TNT and other mainstream media from indiscriminately covering it.
The media is all about traffic. If we don’t cover such historic records and epic games like crazy, it would be a shame to call them media.
But at this time, James' team released a message: Because the injury worsened during the battle with the injury, James was considering undergoing thumb surgery in the summer.
This wave of news came out, causing many fans on social media to feel distressed.
He fought through injuries and still made a winning goal. James tried his best. Although the Cavaliers lost, James did not lose.
And there are voices on social media urging James to leave the Cavaliers.
"You've worked your butt off for this city, and you owe Cleveland nothing more."
"The Cavaliers lost because of their management. They failed to recruit strong teammates for James. Kobe has Gasol, but the Cavaliers only have James."
"It's time to let James go. Kobe is in a big city like Los Angeles. It was a mistake for James to be selected by the Cavaliers."
This wave of voices successfully changed the topic. After fans paid attention to James' injury and whether James would stay in the summer, their attention to Black Eight quickly dropped.
…
The next day, except for the game between the Hawks and Bucks in the East, all other games have ended.
The Suns successfully won the Nuggets 4-2, the Lakers eliminated the Thunder 4-2, and the Rockets also successfully avenged the Jazz 4-2. However, the Mavericks unexpectedly lost to the Spurs 2-4. Nowitzki's softness is completely Hammered to death.
In Oklahoma, Durant is holding back his anger.
He felt cold tonight, making only 5 of 23 shots and relying on free throws to score 26 points.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the Thunder had a chance to push the series to the seventh game, but Kobe killed them with a sword before the end.
It's really Kobe. Kobe scored 32 points for the Lakers tonight, and Fisher and Shannon Brown scored 11 points. Others like Gasol, Odom, and Bynum all scored in single digits. The perfect opportunity passed by.
Now he really wants to do what Wade said and blow up the Lakers locker room.
He could only take out social media and vent his emotions on it.
"What are you talking about? Kobe will not use injuries as an excuse to play, and it is a pure excuse. What kind of Iron Man can still play with a broken bone?"
"You just run away if you can't fight, right? Kobe will never be like you, it's really embarrassing!"
"Why don't you say Tim Duncan is in San Antonio, Kevin Durant is in Oklahoma City, especially your King?"
Durant is really crazy.
And at this time, teammates around him could feel his angry aura, and no one dared to get close.
Except Harden.
Because of the previous "No. 1 favor", the relationship between Harden and Durant improved very quickly.
But looking at it, Harden was suddenly stunned.
He immediately reached out and held down Durant's quick hand.
Durant was unhappy to be interrupted, and frowned when he saw it was Harden.
Harden immediately leaned down and whispered: "Account number."
Durant didn't react at first, but he was shocked after looking at his account number.
He forgot to change his number!
Now I’m using a large size!
Fortunately, Harden reminded him in time, and the last message with his name was not sent.
But the two items sent earlier can no longer be withdrawn.
Although he deleted it quickly, there are already screenshots taken by fans with fast hands.
Now the news that Durant is teasing James will probably spread soon.
"James, are you familiar with Oklahoma nightclubs?" Durant asked after putting the phone away and standing up.
"...It's okay." Harden motioned for Durant to speak down.
"Let's go, I'll pay for tonight's expenses." Durant said, already putting on his schoolbag and walking out.
I can’t watch social media today, so I have to find a place to vent.
Harden heard this and immediately followed with a smile.
…
Two days after the first-round series was almost over, the league announced the winners of the third batch of season awards.
Prior to this, the league had announced the best defensive player and best coach awards between the first round series. The two awards belonged to the Magic's Dwight Howard and the Thunder's Scott Brooks respectively.
Howard has won this award for the second consecutive year.
There is only one award in the third batch, and it is also the award that attracts the most attention: MVP.
There is a small detail here, which is related to the Warriors' black eight.
After Nowitzki was eliminated at that time, according to his own description in future interviews, he was extremely embarrassed at the time. He had let down his city and team, and just wanted to escape quickly and find a place where no one knew him. somewhere to go on vacation or do something else.
However, the league called him at that time and told him not to leave in a hurry, because there was still an MVP award that had not been awarded, and Nowitzki was one of the popular candidates.
At that time, Nowitzki responded directly: "Give it to others, I don't deserve it this year."
But this kind of honor cannot be given away. Afterwards, he was actually selected as MVP, and the league held a grand award ceremony for him.
Two weeks after the Mavericks were hacked, he wore formal attire and delivered the most uncomfortable and embarrassing acceptance speech of his life.
It was precisely because of that kind of thing that the league later changed the MVP selection time and moved it forward to almost the end of the first round.
In this way, even if a similar situation occurs again, the second "Nowitzki" will not be left waiting in vain.
Of course, this is actually more to allow the stars to have more personal time in the summer. After all, most of the candidates who can be candidates are famous stars.
Moreover, it is so rare to win the MVP but be eliminated in the first round. In the entire history of the NBA, Nowitzki is the only one who is also a scorpion.
Because let alone winning the MVP, Black Eight only happened three times in total, and the probability is comparable to winning the lottery.
Anyway, this year's MVP selection came earlier than in previous years.
Because the second round of the series has not yet started at this time, the selection results have also attracted much attention.
The final result came out without too many surprises. With the regular season average of 29.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block, 50.3% field goal percentage (career high), 33.3% three-point field goal percentage, and team alliance In the first place, James received more than 37% of the votes. In an almost overwhelming way, he defeated Durant (19%), Kobe (18.7%), and Howard (14%), and successfully won the MVP award.
He also became the 10th player to win back-to-back MVP awards after Bill Russell, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, "Magic" Johnson, Jordan, Duncan, and Nash.
There is no doubt that James and the Cavaliers are having a great season.
However, this honor also made him the second player in history to be eliminated in the first round after winning the MVP honor.
This list, which used to be dominated by Nowitzki alone, finally has a second person.
Speaking of which, the ancients were really awesome. As soon as the beginning of autumn passed, it felt cooler instantly? Especially obvious in the evening.
(End of chapter)
