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13. The Last Dark Horse

May 24th is definitely a wonderful night for Cleveland fans. The team they support once again completed a counterattack without being favored by the outside world!

To defeating the Boston Celtics to enter the Eastern Conference finals, it does not just mean that they defeated a difficult opponent for the Cleveland Cavaliers. You should know that before that, the Cleveland Cavaliers in the LeBron James era were repeatedly eliminated by the Celtics in the playoffs.

It can be said that the Boston Celtics have always been a big trouble in the hearts of Clevelanders in recent years, a nightmare that lasted for a long time. Even at this time last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Boston Celtics in the semi-finals of the East District. Now, it is still the semi-finals of the East District, but the winners and loses have changed positions.

After overcoming this hurdle, it is of great significance to the Cleveland Cavaliers!

The improvement of confidence in the Cleveland Cavaliers players' self-confidence after defeating an opponent that has not been defeated for a long time is also quite great. This is definitely only good but not bad for them to prepare for the next East Final with the Chicago Bulls.

Of course, the Clevelanders will not consider too much about the next Eastern Conference finals. Although the Eastern Conference division final will begin in just a few days after the semi-finals. At this time, the Clevelanders are still immersed in the joy of defeating the Boston Celtics and breaking into the next round of the game.

As usual, Wu Dawei still received many congratulatory messages and calls after the game, but he felt that he was a little accustomed to this, because the Cavaliers' winning rate in the playoffs has improved significantly than the regular season. More and more wins have brought more and more praise and praise to Wu Dawei and the Cavaliers.

It also began to slowly let Wu Dawei feel the joy brought by victory and the sense of accomplishment brought by advancement to the next round of the competition.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers flew back to Cleveland the next day, at Hopkins International Airport, countless Cleveland fans still came to the airport to pick them up. Welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to take advantage of the victory.

And such a scene is the sense of accomplishment brought by the promotion that Wu Dawei felt. So many people cheered for the work you did. Although they could be said to have no idea about themselves, they seemed to be closely related.

This feeling is very beautiful. At least in Wu Dawei's opinion, it is indeed like this. At this time, he could understand a little bit why every player in this league tried to climb to a higher mountain and win the championship trophy that would be decided in the hot summer of June!

That sense of accomplishment, that kind of high-profile feeling, is sometimes incomparable to money. Besides, does every player in this league have the attribute of lack of money?

Even though Wu Dawei spent the whole season with the Heat last season, he received a full salary of 700,000 from the Miami Heat. Of course, even if he performed completely as a superstar this season, his salary was still only 700,000 US dollars...

Thinking of this, Wu Dawei couldn't help but think of his upcoming contract and the slowly approaching offseason. Suddenly, he not only had expectations for the upcoming Eastern Conference finals, but also for this summer.

The Cavaliers returned to Cleveland and brought the glory to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers once again were enthusiasticly surrounded by Cleveland fans. The last time the Cavaliers entered the Eastern Conference Finals, which dated back to two years ago, and at that time, they were regular season champions and the favorites to win the championship promoted by the outside world.

Now, they are a dark horse to the outside world. Therefore, although the Cavaliers have repeatedly reached the Eastern Conference finals in recent years, they have a completely different feeling compared to this year.

The Clevelanders are grateful to every player in the Cavaliers today, because in this playoffs, they not only helped the Cleveland Cavaliers to cross their arch-rivals, the Miami Heat, but also defeated the Boston Celtics who had been in the heart for many years.

Perhaps the Clevelanders never thought that these knots could be realized so quickly this year, so when reality came quickly, their ecstasy was indescribable.

Wu Dawei has become a hero in Cleveland, and there is no doubt that as the core player of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei has become a signature figure in Cleveland.

Moreover, it is the most tangled heart for Clevelanders. Because everyone knows that Wu Dawei's contract will expire this summer. And if Wu Dawei performs better now, the more cities there will be to compete with the Cavaliers for Wu Dawei this summer.

Compared with big cities like Los Angeles and New York, the Cavaliers do not have any advantages. The league once conducted a survey, that is, 70% of the players in the league want to play in Los Angeles.

Because there is Hollywood there, beauties and higher exposure rates, it means that they can have more fame and money.

Compared with these places, the only advantage of the Cavaliers may be that Wu Dawei made a fortune here, when the team grew from a supporting player to a superstar. This is the only advantage that the Cleveland Cavaliers can say when they kept Wu Dawei.

However, such an advantage may not necessarily be useful, because Wu Dawei has only been in this city for a short year, and no one knows whether Wu Dawei has feelings for this city. What worries Cleveland fans are that Wu Dawei also has an agent with a close relationship with the Los Angeles Lakers, Bonnie Laurelin, who comes from the Los Angeles Lakers, and her father has a very good relationship with the Los Angeles Lakers owner Buss.

In addition, Kobe Bryant once said in the middle of the season that he welcomed Wu Dawei to Los Angeles. All of this made Cleveland fans feel a little worried.

However, these worries seem a bit too early now. After all, the pre-game has not ended yet, and the Cavaliers' journey continues, and Wu Dawei himself has always kept silent about what happened this summer.

After returning to Cleveland, Wu Dawei answered the most questions to reporters. Of course, he was his opinion on the next round of the game.

"View?" Wu Dawei shrugged and said, "Well... we have played against the Bulls four times this season. We are still familiar with them, so we are not afraid of them. We have made it to the Eastern Conference finals, and we will give it a try! No matter whether we win or lose, we have no regrets!"

What Wu Dawei said can also be said to be the Cavaliers' current thoughts. Even the team's boss Daniel Gilbert did not express much about the team's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals. Obviously, being able to defeat LeBron James in this playoffs is enough to make the team boss feel very satisfied. Now that he has even eliminated the Boston Celtics, it is even more surprising. Daniel Gilbert is already very satisfied with such a performance this season when so many people are not optimistic about it.

However, the Cavaliers say this does not mean that the Cleveland media will think so. Since they have entered the Eastern Conference finals, the media naturally hope that the Cavaliers can go further and directly enter this year's finals!

"The Cavaliers' performance in this year's playoffs is incredible. They played intriguing basketball and performed tenaciously! Beating the Miami Heat over the Boston Celtics and defeating two East District giants in the first round and semi-finals of the playoffs. It has proved that the Cleveland Cavaliers' strength this season is not as people thought at the beginning of the season. It can be said that the Cavaliers are a team that is as strong as the Bulls, Heat, and Celtics, and they stand on one level!"

"Compared with these teams, the only difference between the Cavaliers is that their annual salary this season has not exceeded 50 million, which is much lower than the other three East District strong teams. There is only one reason why the Cleveland Cavaliers still show corresponding strength when the total salary is far lower than these opponents, that is, the current star Wu Dawei of the Cleveland Cavaliers!"

"This superstar who averaged 26 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and nearly 3 blocks in the playoffs, has an annual salary of only $700,000 this season! Looking at the history of the league, there is no longer a player with such a good and cheap price! Wu Dawei made a big splash this season, but when the playoffs arrived, people found that his performance in the playoffs was much better than the regular season! Those who scored 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the playoffs, only the "triple double king" Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, and Elvin Johnson have done it, not to mention that Wu Dawei has 4 steals and 3 blocks as well!"

"So, I think when the Eastern Conference finals come, the Chicago people should be the ones who should be troubled. Because they have to think about it carefully, what should I do with Wu Dawei!"

Brian Windhorst, a reporter from the Cleveland Honesty Businessman, hurriedly posted this article the day after the Eastern Conference semi-finals to praise Wu Dawei's performance.

Although his boastfulness made many fans of other teams unhappy, everyone had to admit that this is indeed the case...

The Cavaliers have now passed two levels in the playoffs, which means the team will get two promotion bonuses from the league. In addition, the team's boss Daniel Gilbert also won a huge prize of 10 million US dollars before going to the Miami Heat in the first round, and also won a promotion bonus of 5 million US dollars in the second round.

Together, Wu Dawei can get about 4 million US dollars from it. Of course, it is impossible for every player to get so much of Wu Dawei's number. The bonus was distributed by the team's head coach Byron Scott based on his contribution to the team in the playoffs.

As the team's leading star and its highlight performance at critical moments, Wu Dawei got the money from it. This can definitely be regarded as a huge sum of money for Wu Dawei. Logically speaking, after young stars get their first money, they will always buy cars and houses first, and then eat, drink and bet.

But Wu Dawei didn't. First, he didn't have time, and second, the finals in the East District are about to begin. Of course, Wu Dawei originally had the idea of ​​going to buy a car, but he was dissuaded by Bonnie Raflin.

Because Raflin told Wu Dawei that after the end of this season, according to his current fame, someone will present these things with both hands.

Let's not mention the bonus matter. After the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland, they actually didn't have much time to celebrate happy because they spent too much time in the Eastern Conference semi-finals with the Boston Celtics. So, when they ended this round of series, the Eastern Conference finals would soon come.

When the Oklahoma City Thunder in the West defeated the Memphis Grizzlies and entered the West Division final with a total score of 4:3, the Cavaliers' first East Division final was slowly approaching.

At this time, the Cavaliers, who had just returned to Cleveland for only one day, immediately took the flight to another place. This time, they were heading to Chicago!

There, the Chicago Bulls were already waiting for the Cleveland Cavaliers to arrive.

Wu Dawei just finished a round of training, but a new round of challenges followed one after another. This really made the players feel a little miserable, but at the same time, it was also a good training.

When they arrived in Chicago, the Cavaliers were immediately surrounded by reporters at the airport. When the Memphis Grizzlies were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semi-finals, the only dark horse left in the playoffs this season.

So now, everyone wants to know where the only dark horse left can go!

Is it the Eastern Conference final or the final!? People are not sure about this because no one is sure that the Chicago Bulls, the regular season champion of the Eastern Conference this season, will definitely be able to eliminate the Cavaliers in the finals.

Because the Bulls are also a new team, in comparison, they don’t seem to have much advantage in the playoffs!

Could it be... the Cavaliers will really be in a bad mood!? (To be continued.)
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