726. Like Jordan
On October 29, 2013, the NBA 2013-2014 season officially kicked off on this day.
After almost five months of rest adjustment in a summer, the league's new season officially started.
For many teams, the new season is a new beginning, and everyone hopes to get a good start for their team in the second half of 2013.
Especially those teams who play at home, for example, at 7 pm, the Cleveland Cavaliers who will be at the home speed loan center to face the San Antonio Spurs.
The two teams were the league's opponents in the finals last season, and it was obviously of great significance for the league to let these two teams play the opening game.
However, compared to the Cleveland Cavaliers, it is obvious that the San Antonios will feel more distressed. After all, they are not the winners of the finals last season, and before the game on the evening of October 29, the league will prepare a ceremony for the Cleveland Cavaliers to give the massive rings.
At that time, the players and coaches of the San Antonio Spurs, who are opponents of the Cleveland Cavaliers, can only stand on the sidelines and watch the Clevelanders walk forward with a smile and accept the rings that symbolize last year's championship.
But they could not avoid this and could not change it. This is of course an extreme torment for the entire San Antonio Spurs!
But they can't change it...
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the opening match between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs NBA 2013-2014 season will be officially started in more than half an hour. Before that, the staff had already set up a stage in the center of the basketball court.
At this time, DJ from the Quick Loan Center Arena invited David Stern, who was the president of the league. Everyone knows that in February next year, the Jew, who has served as president of the league for more than 20 years, will officially retire, so this ring awarding ceremony tonight will be the last time during his tenure.
So when David Stern slowly walked onto the stadium, the entire Quick Loan Center heard loud applause and cheers for it, and all the Cleveland fans stood up and applauded the old Jewish man.
David Stern also waved to everyone at this time. For him, the ring ceremony tonight was also of great significance.
He is very happy that when he is about to step down, another superstar appeared in China, which was originally regarded as a key development area by him, as the superstar after Yao Ming.
This did not waste the countless efforts he made to develop the Chinese market, and he was very pleased with it.
Since the competition will officially begin in half an hour, the ring ceremony will begin soon.
David Stern gave the Cleveland players who came to receive the championship ring one by one, and finally, as the core player of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Wu Dawei was the last person to appear in this ring ceremony. He walked to David Stern amid the hysterical cheers of all Cleveland fans.
"Congratulations, Wu, it seems that you are really not far from three consecutive championships!"
David Stern said to Wu Dawei like an old friend. At the same time, he held the ring with both hands and sent it to Wu Dawei.
At this time, Wu Dawei also had the brightest smile on his face, looking at the ring with the Cleveland Cavaliers logo in his hand. It suddenly reminded Wu Dawei of the hard work he put in last season.
The moment when Wu Dawei picked up the trophy, he got the ring at this time, he knew that these were all worth it!
And then, he will fight for his third personal championship ring as David Stern said.
"You are right. Mr. President!"
Wu Dawei took the ring with a big laugh. The two of them didn't talk for too long, but Wu Dawei still said to David Stern before the end of the game: "But David, I really hope that you will be the one who will give me the ring next year!"
"Time is always passing. Young people!"
The fall of the two of them made the ring-method ceremony tonight come to an end soon. David Stern finally said a few words to the Cleveland fans in the audience and then left the court.
After the ring method ceremony, the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs will officially kick off tonight.
No matter what happened in the finals last season, it was more than 4 months ago.
For both teams, they have to work hard for the present. Especially this is a brand new season, a season that everyone is eagerly looking forward to.
Therefore, the first game is particularly critical for both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs.
After all, this is the first game in the league in the new season, so of course both teams hope to get the best result to lay an advantage in the new season.
After all, the first game wins and the first game loses are two completely different levels, especially for a team like the Cleveland Cavaliers that just got the key ring last season.
Of course, their enthusiasm at the previous award ceremony was also completely stimulated by the San Antonio people at this time.
For the San Antonio Spurs, they naturally had a reason to win this game.
So obviously both sides hope that their side can make a good start in this game. Naturally, when the game starts, both sides will try their best.
In the first game of the new season, the starting lineup of both teams has not changed any changes compared to the finals of the previous season.
Both sides still used their lineup in the finals of last season, which also shows that both sides did not make much moves in the trading market this summer.
Because neither side has made much personnel adjustments, this is also good news for teams that are determined to win the championship.
After all, in this way, they will no longer have any problems with running-in. This is definitely great news for a team that is determined to compete for the championship.
Because in this way, they can save a lot of time for this. Without the worries of running-in, it is definitely a great thing for a championship team.
But this may not be the case for the San Antonios. After all, they were just four months ago and were educated hard in the finals by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
So if they haven't changed at this time, it's not easy for them to win a game at the Cleveland Cavaliers' home court.
Although this is not a finals game, both sides will definitely not pay as much attention as they do in the finals.
But this is the first game of the new season after all, and the Cleveland Cavaliers cannot just play it casually.
So at this time, it is not so beneficial for the San Antonios.
And when the game started, this was true. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who were at home, would definitely not show mercy to their opponents in the finals last season.
So they almost started the game and directly beat the San Antonios at 10:0, a score that caught the San Antonios off guard. They suddenly stunned these San Antonios...
The game quickly entered the time and rhythm of the Cleveland Cavaliers, which was definitely not good news for the San Antonio Spurs who played away.
But at the opponent's home court, and the Cleveland Cavaliers have just won their championship ring, everyone's mood must be very high at this moment.
So at this time, the San Antonio Spurs quickly fell into a disadvantage in such an opener. Of course, this situation is not something that the San Antonios are willing to see. Although this is a away game, they also hope to be able to make a good start for themselves in the 2013-2014 season.
However, when the Cleveland Cavaliers start 10:0, the situation for the San Antonio Spurs will become very difficult in this game.
After all, the opponent's strength is so strong that the league's two consecutive championships won. Even the San Antonio Spurs dare not say that they can finish the round in this game tonight when they are 10 points behind.
Even though the game has just begun, the situation is still very bad for the San Antonio Spurs players.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are already very strong. And they are now extremely excited, who have just won the championship ring.
So for the San Antonio Spurs, they knew that the game suddenly became very difficult. After all, although this game was not the finals, it was also the first battle of the new season. The San Antonio Spurs wanted to make a good start. It is not that the Clevelanders thought so!?
So at this time, when the Cleveland Cavaliers got a 10:0 start from the beginning, what they thought was how to continue to expand such a leading advantage in the next game.
Since the San Antonio Spurs grew older, they have been taking the team basketball route even more.
**Vic is no longer just trying to fuck Tim and Duncan and other core players. They hope to rely on the team to win one game after another. However, in this game tonight, it is obviously not an easy thing to do.
Because the Cleveland Cavaliers continued to expand their lead in the game well. After winning two consecutive championships, the mentality and state of the entire Cleveland Cavaliers were completely different.
So at this time, when the San Antonio Spurs became a backward and disadvantaged side at the beginning, their process in the game became extremely difficult.
Under the leadership of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, the Cleveland Cavaliers firmly controlled the leading advantage on the basketball court in this game.
As the core of the internal and external lines of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard both won brand new contracts this summer, and neither of them had any worries.
And more importantly, both of them have no physical injuries this year, which means that they can welcome this new season in the best state, both physically and psychologically.
And they also believe that they can play in a better form in the new season!
It is precisely because of this that the Cleveland Cavaliers have been playing in an even better shape in this game tonight.
And for this, the San Antonios were beaten to the point where they were completely irritated.
They were at a disadvantage since the beginning of the game, and they were also difficult to change in the game.
This situation continued from the beginning of the game to the last minute of the game. Although such a new season's opening match was highly concerned at the beginning, when the game really started, people found that the situation was completely different from what they imagined.
The game was not as intense as people thought. Instead, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, had an absolute lead from the beginning and continued to maintain it until the game was completely over!
When the game ended, the score was frozen at 98:112. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, beat the San Antonio Spurs as much as 14 points!
This is certainly a great thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
They won the game in the opening game of the new season, and this first victory was a good sign for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Especially for Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, the two performed well in this game.
Wu Dawei scored 33 points, 8 assists, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals and 4 blocks; as Wu Dawei's inside partner, Dwight Howard also performed well in this game, with 22 points, 17 rebounds and 3 blocks.
The two of them almost dominated the paint area of this game. And as the leader of the future league defender by Volkswagen, Kyrie Irving also performed 21 points, 4 steals and 4 assists in this game.
It is precisely because of the excellent performance of the Big Three that the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to get such a beautiful result in this game tonight.
A great victory at home was definitely a great victory for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
This set a good start for their new season, with 1 win or 0 losses, and the Cleveland Cavaliers topped the Eastern Conference rankings in the new season.
With only two games on the 29th, they quickly topped the list because another game was not over yet...
In fact, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they certainly hope that they can firmly occupy such a position in the next time of the new season.
However, there are other people who also have such hope in their hearts. On the evening of the 29th, it is not just the Cleveland Cavaliers have a game against the San Antonio Spurs, but the Miami Heat will also play at home on this day, but their opponent is the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Miamis also won a hearty victory in the new season, and Kobe Bryant, the core of the Los Angeles Lakers, did not play in this game.
Andrew Bynum, who joined the Miami Heat this summer, also missed the game due to injury.
However, the Miami people are not in a hurry. Their original lineup is enough to deal with the regular season. Bynum is just a weapon they use to prepare to deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs.
So even if he cannot play in full in the regular season, it doesn't matter.
For the Miami people, the only thing they care about is whether they can beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs and then win the O'Brien Cup.
This is their most concerned issue. After all, they have won the first place in the Eastern Conference regular season more than once. So they do not pay as much attention to this as the Cleveland Cavaliers.
You should know that in the past three seasons, although the Cleveland Cavaliers have entered the finals three times in a row, they have never been the top spot in the regular season.
This should also be considered a big and small regret.
So in this season, Wu Dawei's goal is not just to continue to win the championship, he also hopes to make up for things he has not been able to do in previous seasons.
These are also things he really wants to do.
For Wu Dawei and his Cleveland Cavaliers, he hopes this year will be a bumper year, because Wu Dawei's expectations for this year are very high.
Naturally, he would not expect any accidents, so from the first game, he would do his best to win every game.
He hopes to do the best, just like Wu Dawei's idol Michael Jordan once did! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!