Chapter 274: First Promotion

Author: The Withered Tiam

Chapter 274: First Promotion

Li Chengming really didn't expect Amy to agree. He was just talking casually.

As a result, this made him mutter in his heart. I don’t know what Amy’s mentality is now. Is he treating him as a simple friend or... a spare tire?

But even if you do all that kind of thing, even a foreign girl is unlikely to treat it as a pure friend.

As for the spare tire, Li Chengming was a little disgusted with this word, but now after nearly a year, many of Li Chengming's ideas and opinions have changed, but they are not as eager to prove themselves to someone.

Living your own life and doing your own work has nothing to do with others.

Now my impression of her has basically faded. It would be better to see Amy who has seen these few times - well, okay, this doesn't count.

If West hadn't come over there to say hello to him, Li Chengming really wanted to talk to Amy and test the other party's thoughts.

If you don’t want to make it clear as soon as possible, you don’t have to feel any pressure on yourself, just be a friend.

If he is interested, he would definitely not mind if he could develop it. After all, she is also single now.

And Li Chengming felt that he was somewhat responsible for this...

Amy's affairs were put aside. After greeting the other players of the Cavaliers except James and the coaches, all the Magic team members first thanked the home fans who supported them at the greeting of General Manager Smith, and then returned to the locker room through the player channel to celebrate first.

After all, it is just the second round, and it is only the Eastern Conference semi-finals. It is not yet time to celebrate and be able to play champagne.

After more than ten minutes of crazy in the locker room, Li Chengming, Van Gundy, Howard and other talents attended the post-match press conference together.

At this time, it is the home court of the Magic team, so naturally people who are not obsessed will not make trouble. Therefore, they are basically those media with good reputation or familiarity with the team, or they are domestic media, because everyone knows that they are for Li Chengming and basically will not say bad things about them.

In addition to sharing the joy of promotion, of course, let everyone evaluate each other, and then talk about the opponents ahead, the opponents behind, and the goals of this season.

After that, the team did not organize further celebrations, but Howard and the others discussed going to the nightclub to continue having fun.

Li Chengming naturally refused because of his date from Yao.

Then he had a midnight snack with Dayao and talked about the men's basketball team and the Olympics. Dayao politely rejected Li Chengming's invitation and returned to the hotel. Li Chengming took the bodyguard home by himself.

To his surprise, the McGiltons were also at their home today, and they also invited other neighbors and friends to organize an open-air barbecue by their father.

I heard that they watched that game together before, which was a team building for a group of fans.

"Lee, is that Amy Adams your girlfriend?"

When Li Chengming came back, it was actually almost over. Everyone was just waiting for him to come back to see him and say hello and prepare to go back.

However, Jon, the kid, came up and asked a question that Li Chengming could not answer. Li Chengming also noticed that the little Xiela next to him also raised her ears and turned her face, staring at this side, as if she was also paying attention to this issue.

Li Chengming went to look at his father again, but he just shrugged and said nothing.

Speaking of which, after staying abroad for a long time, it is really easy to be affected by some habits, including these small movements of body movements, because sometimes words are not enough to fully express one's meaning.

"Ahem, of course not, we are just ordinary friends."

"Then how did you meet?"

"Hey, it's time for you to sleep Jon. You'll have to go to school tomorrow. Have you forgotten what I said to you?" Mrs. McGilton stood up at the right time, otherwise if you continue to ask, you will be unable to get out of Taiwan.

Jon could only shruggle and go back honestly. Li Chengming bent down and said good night to Xiela. The girl came up and patted him, and then went back with her family.

"Huh!" Li's father let out a light breath at this time and smiled: "Okay, help me clean up my hands and then go take a shower."

Li Chengming's physical strength has also recovered a little, so he naturally did not refuse.

And there is actually another big thing tonight, that is, the announcement of the regular season honors this season is basically the last round.

In the order of announcements once a day, it is naturally the best team tonight.

Unlike the defensive lineup, the best lineup is divided into three levels, and there is also a distinction between positions. There is only one center, two forwards and defenders.

Such divisions are actually somewhat problematic. For example, in the 92-96 seasons, it was the peak period of the four centers. This result led to one of the four people who ranked among the top in the MVP list because of the same position.

However, this year, there is basically no doubt, because everyone knows the best center.

This is why some celebrities look down on Howard, the current number one center forward, because they think that this is the era when the center forward is withering, and he belongs to "there is no tiger in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings."

The center in the first round was naturally Howard, and the forward position was no problem. Garnett and James were selected, while Paul and Kobe were in the defenders. Except for James, they were both players of the teams with the second record in the East and West teams. However, as the scoring leader, James was a poor player in this round of the Magic's series, but his performance in the regular season is obvious to all. This was originally a regular season honor, so there was no doubt.

In the second team, center Sir Jr., forward Duncan and Nowitzki, and in the defenders, Nash and Deron Williams, all five of them were in the West, which was more or less unexpected and reasonable.

The situation where the West is strong and the East is weak, and the fierce competition in the West is something that anyone with discerning eyes can see, so many people say that if the Magic and the Celtics are also in the West this season, it is likely that a team with 60 wins will not be able to win.

This is actually not a big problem for the Magic, because their winning rate against the Eastern Conference is indeed higher than that of the Western Conference, and it doesn't feel easy to play against teams such as the Suns, Spurs, Lakers and even Jazz.

The Celtics are no different because their defensive foundation is so good that even the Western Conference teams featuring offense cannot break through their defense most of the time.

In terms of offense, there are three All-Stars. In fact, if they can perform normally, it will be enough to play games.

However, Ray Allen degenerated faster than expected, Garnett was not good at strong attacks, and there was no stable offensive point in the interior. If Rondo and others had not sometimes performed unexpectedly, the Celtics' offense might have been more urgent.

However, when it comes to the third lineup, it is more or less unexpected.

Needless to say, center Yao Da, Ginobili and McGrady on the back line don’t seem to be a big problem. However, in the forward position, in addition to Boozer, there is another one who is actually Li Chengming.

If Li Chengming hadn't performed very well in the second round of the playoffs that just ended and could compete for the team's first meritorious congress, I'm afraid the outside world would have a bigger negative parliament.

Originally everyone expected Pierce, and if there was only one player in the best team in the East, it seemed unreasonable.

But the Magic are the number one in the Eastern Conference. Li Chengming is actually slightly better than Pierce this season in terms of data and highlights. Especially in terms of opening low and closing high, he left a deep impression in the second half of the season.

Since entering the playoffs, the two are incomparable. The difficulty of the Celtics playing so hard has a lot to do with Pierce and Ray Allen's unstable performance. If they can be harder in the away game, the Celtics may advance now.

The performance in the playoffs seems to have also increased the persuasiveness of this list.

Li Chengming was selected into the best team in the rookie season. Even if it was just a third team, it was not as good as those rookies and the masters of the first team. In this era, it was definitely a remarkable result.

Especially, what is more noteworthy is his foreign identity.

Naturally, he is also the first Chinese player to achieve this achievement. Yao Dayan has nothing to do with the Best Team in his rookie season, and he has won the Best Rookie and was selected for the Best Third Team. In terms of personal honor, he has taken a big step towards Yao Dayan.

So the announcement of this news has become calmer than that of the United States. Because Li Chengming's performance is not good at criticizing, except for Boston fans who think he robbed Pierce's place, there is no big controversy, but this caused an uproar in China.

(End of this chapter)
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