June 9th.
Thunder Cavaliers Finals, G4.
Although it was Cleveland's home stadium, League was on hand to prepare all the items needed for the award ceremony in advance.
At the same time, the management of Thunder Team, including the boss, also came to the scene. They couldn't wait to pick up the NBA Championship trophy.
This slightly humiliating preparation made the entire Cavaliers team fight with emotions.
It's a pity that I can't get angry.
Anger alone cannot make up for the gap in level.
This year's Cavaliers and Thunder are just like the future Heat and Nuggets, Mavericks and Celtics, with a huge gap in strength.
In the first two quarters, the two sides were quite back and forth, and Thunder only led Cavaliers by 6 points at halftime.
But when it came to Third Quarter, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Westbrook and Chen Xi went berserk one after another.
Westbrook Mid-range made 5 of 5 in a single quarter and scored 10 points in a row.
Chen Xi and Three-Pointer made 5 of 6 shots and scored 15 points in a row.
The two scored 25 points together in a single quarter.
With the help of Thunder, Third Quarter opened the score to 17 points in one fell swoop.
As a result, the game almost ended early.
Fourth Quarter After seven minutes, seeing a full 20-point difference, Tyronn Lue finally gritted his teeth and chose to retreat and give up the victory.
James looked calm, and he had already been mentally prepared. Before leaving the field, he found several people on the field, high-fived and touched their heads with Westbrook, Chen Xi, and Butler one by one to show friendship. Then, with a lonely figure on his back, he walked off the field and returned to the bench. Next, it was Thunder's time.
Oklahoma Thunder, after a long journey of Playoffs.
Finally at Cleveland, the last game of the season ended!
Westbrook scored 31 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists.
Chen Xi 30 points, 4 boards and 5 assists.
Butler 16 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
Thunder easily won 117 to 101.
With a big score of 4 to 0, Finals swept Cavaliers and won the NBA Championship trophy.
Chen Xi Westbrook and others walked onto the field and took the ball from Grant, the ball for this game.
Then they hugged each other tightly.
They have been waiting for this moment for too long. Westbrook has been waiting for a full 10 years. From the time he entered League in 2008, he has been longing for NBA Championship. Along the way, he has experienced too much, including fighting side by side, Teammates being separated, and brothers turning against each other.
Until this moment, I finally got what I wanted.
Butler is also a veteran who has been competing in League for 7 years, and this is the first time he has won NBA Championship. This means that his silent efforts in the past two seasons have finally paid off.
And Chen Xi also became famous at this moment.
This season, he was selected for All-Star, entered Playoffs, and finally got NBA Championship. Apart from the Lord of the Rings, Magic, and Demon Blade, who else can have such an opportunity? (Manu entered League in 2002, and Spurs 03 entered NBA Championship. Needless to say about the other two.)
Not just them, but also all the players and coaching staff of Thunder.
At this moment, everyone is enjoying this joy wantonly.
Leaving the arms of his brother, Westbrook shouted loudly at the camera that was approaching.
"OKC!!! We are champions!!!"
After the hearty carnival, everyone's mood gradually cooled down.
The staff has also prepared all relevant matters for the award ceremony.
With the host's announcement, the award ceremony officially began.
The players of Thunder put on their own hats, representing NBA Championship, gathered together and stood behind the host.
NBA League, the current president, Adam Silver, also walked out with a smile on his face, stood beside the host, and then took the microphone after the initial announcement.
"First of all, I would like to thank the members of the Cleveland Cavaliers team and the management. Thank them for coming here and giving us a wonderful round of games. They deserve respect."
"Then, I want to congratulate, Oklahoma Thunder team, they are the final winners, they are the biggest winners of this season! Congratulations to Klay·Bennett, congratulations to Sam·Presti, congratulations to Billy·Donovan and congratulations to all the players of Thunder Team."
"Finally, please allow me to announce the winner of NBA 2017-2018 season NBA Championship--Oklahoma Thunder!!!"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
Thunder all stood side by side, hugging each other, and behind them, they started beating with joy.
Then, Silver picked up the NBA Championship trophy in front of him, turned around and handed it to Bennett.
Bennett raised the trophy in his hand high. This trophy affirmed his efforts in moving the team from Seattle.
It will also make his worth rise.
Then Silver briefly exited to the side, leaving the venue to everyone Thunder.
Chen Xi was the first to step forward and kissed the trophy, which represents the highest honor for NBA players.
"I have mysophobia! I come first!!!!"
It still has a slightly playful style.
Then, Westbrook, Butler, Wade, Sabonis, followed this ritual-like kissing process one by one.
After celebrating again, the host stood up again and interviewed Bennett and Presti. Then it was the turn of Donovan and the players behind him.
"This is the best team. Behind me is a group of League's best players. I want to thank Sam for forming such a perfect lineup for me. I also want to thank them, Russell, Chris, Jimmy... Without their efforts to come back, there would be no success of the team today."
Donovan modestly puts all the credit on the team manager and the players.
After these two short questions and answers.
The host also handed the microphone back to Silver on the side again.
Then Silver introduced the presenters of Finals mvp, the Lord of the Rings, Beal·Russell.
The winner of Fmvp will be awarded by the old man himself.
"After voting, the winner of the Finals Most Valuable Player Award for the 2017-2018 season is--Russell·Westbrook!!!"
Silver announced the final fmvp winner.
Westbrook also performed outstandingly in Finals, averaging 28.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 10 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. Astonishingly, on the Finals stage, he continued to complete his super performance of averaging a triple-double per game. He truly deserves the fmvp title. (Two decimal points are rounded off)
Westbrook walked forward with a smile and took the trophy he had dreamed of from the hands of old man Russell.