Chesapeake Energy Arena.
This is the home court of the Thunder.
It is also the venue for Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals.
After the battle in the Eastern Conference ended 4-2, the entire league focused its attention on the Western Conference. With the Thunder already having a match point against the Spurs, they now have to fight to win their own victory at home.
Unfortunately, the Thunder's desire for victory was only in the first half.
By the second half, the Thunder, which continued to fall behind, was struggling. From core players Kevin Durant to Russell Westbrook, they all showed obvious fatigue.
With 3 minutes left in the last quarter, the score was 99-93.
The Thunder are 6 points behind.
Pause time.
On the Thunder bench, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook sat together.
It's a long pause.
The two drank sports drinks while wiping sweat with a towel.
Kevin Durant gasped and looked up at the electronic scoreboard, "Russell, our performance was pretty good today. You scored 34 points and I scored 31 points... ..”
Russell Westbrook smiled helplessly, "So what if I score 40 points? If I can't win the game, all of this is of little value to me!"
Kevin Durant smiled bitterly.
"Do you think we can win today?"
Russell Westbrook hesitated for a moment before slowly replying, "Maybe!" His answer was not confident.
Seeing the appearance of his best brother, Kevin Durant suddenly asked in a low voice, "Russell, why do you think we have to stay here?"
"You and I have given enough to the team...but what have we got? I certainly think loyalty is necessary, but can we win the championship if we stay here?"
"Brother, I'm afraid that I won't be able to win a championship in my career... I don't want to be like Allen Iverson. He is a genius, but he is also the uncrowned king... He almost contributed to Philadelphia Throughout his career, he had nothing in the end..."
Kevin Durant's words made Russell Westbrook look surprised.
He turned around and looked at Kevin Durant, "Kevin, why do you think that? Brother, I know you really want to win the championship, but we still have time, don't we?"
"For me, if I can win the championship with you in this city, then I will have no regrets in my career... If I can't win the championship here, then this championship will mean nothing to me. significance......"
"I don't care if I can become the strongest person in history...I just know that if this city doesn't have us, it will never win a championship..."
Kevin Durant obviously does not agree with Russell Westbrook's remarks.
"I also hope to win the championship with you, but I think it's too difficult here... Russell, you are my best friend, and I love playing with you... .”
"But sometimes we should maybe be flexible? Have you seen LeBron? He moved from Cleveland to Miami. Although he got so much criticism, he won a championship...this The world has always been about winners and losers, so as long as you win championship after championship, who cares how you got it?"
"Whether it's a team or how we do it...the championship is the biggest criterion for measuring a player's historical status...I don't want to retire one day in the future and some guys point to my photo and say: Look, that guy once won the MVP, but so what? He didn't even win a championship, he was nothing..."
Kevin Durant spoke impassionedly.
After he finished speaking, Russell Westbrook only asked him, "Kevin, if we fail to enter the finals this year, do you want to leave here?"
Before Kevin Durant could answer, the referee's whistle sounded. Russell Westbrook had no time to listen to Kevin Durant's answer. A group of Thunder players walked onto the court again.
The Thunder's last long timeout was used up, and the next three minutes were also a critical moment in determining the outcome between them and the Spurs.
After 3 minutes, the game came to an end.
The score between the two sides was 104 to 99.
The 5-point difference made the Thunder officially lose the game.
The big score between the two sides was also 4 to 2.
The San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Finals.
After the game, when the audience left in despair, few noticed that Kevin Durant also walked toward the locker room alone with a disappointed look on his face.
Russell Westbrook looked at Kevin Durant's retreating figure and kept shaking his head.
"No...Kevin will not leave..."
"We still have a chance..."
News of the Spurs' promotion quickly spread throughout the league, and the promotion of the finals officially began. In order to get more ratings for the finals, the officials specially edited several clips, one of which was exclusively broadcast on the China official website.
In this clip, Zhao Feiyang's wonderful performance with the Heat is quite eye-catching, especially his key three-pointers, which became the highlight of the promotional video.
The intention of the league is also very obvious, which is to use Zhao Feiyang's popularity to attract more fans to watch the live broadcast of the NBA Finals.
Perhaps feeling that this was not enough, the officials also specifically contacted CCTV Sports and tried to cooperate with them to conduct an exclusive interview from the perspective of Zhao Feiyang to warm up for the finals and attract more Chinese fans. Watch.
"Exclusive interview?"
When Zhao Feiyang learned the news from his agent David Stock, he was still sleeping on the bed at home.
"That's right. Zhao, this time the reporter from China is here. I heard she is a lady... She was specially sent by your CCTV Sports. She will arrive later today... ..."
It is not uncommon for the other party to take the initiative to come to the door for an interview. Zhao Feiyang really cannot refuse. Considering that this is a cooperation between the official and China, in order for Chinese players to have a better image in the world, he specially cleaned up himself. I waited for the female reporter to come to interview me.
However, I waited and waited. I was promised to arrive in the afternoon, but no one showed up until the evening.
Just when Zhao Feiyang thought that the other party might not come tonight, around ten o'clock in the evening, the other party finally rang the doorbell of his apartment.
Ding dong.
"coming!"
Zhao Feiyang was dumbfounded as soon as he opened the door.
"why you?"
The girl in front of him was none other than Xia Yan, his classmate in college. Speaking of Xia Yan, it is not easy. She is not only the beauty of Zhao Feiyang's department, but also the school beauty of the entire school. She was one of the recognized goddesses who was kneeled down and greeted by thousands of people in the school back then.
In addition to being good-looking, Xia Yan also has a top-notch figure. She is 1.78 meters tall and has long, slender, white and slender legs. She is extremely beautiful when wearing high heels. Her turbulence can even reach the level of F. In the words of a group of men in the dormitory back then. To put it simply, “It’s so outrageous”!
What's more important is that Zhao Feiyang also had a crush on Xia Yan back then!
