Chapter 1 The Raptors Win the Championship

On the court, after celebrating boisterously for a good while, the Raptors team all changed into championship t-shirts prepared by the team's management.

On the front of this white t-shirt was a slightly silly, crown-wearing little dinosaur.

And on the back was a cartoon family portrait of this Raptors team.

At the time of the championship victory, many people focused their attention on the Raptors players.

However, TNT's Kenny Smith carefully noticed the little "Easter egg" left by the Raptors' management on this t-shirt.

That was:

In this cartoon family portrait, Michael Jordan's cartoon character looked sleepy, as if he would fall asleep in the next second.

And above Su Feng's cartoon character's head was a radiant glow.

In addition, in his cartoon character's hand, he was holding an inconspicuous toothbrush.

The soon-to-be-sleeping Jordan corresponded to his impending retirement.

And Su Feng, holding a toothbrush and preparing to get up, symbolized that after Jordan's retirement, the NBA would usher in an era dominated by Su Feng.

"Without a doubt, this is a great season. Let us congratulate the Raptors again!"

After explaining this little Easter egg to the fans, Smith, feeling emotional, felt a little choked up.

Because for Smith, who had fought in the NBA for 10 years, those familiar opponents from back then were just like this cartoon...

All were getting old.

At the Great Western Forum, although the Raptors won the championship tonight, more than 80% of the fans still stayed until the end.

In the NBA, in order to save face for the home team, it is impossible for an away victory to be too lively.

However, when Jordan and Su Feng, wearing championship t-shirts, embraced each other deeply, the Lakers fans still gave them applause.

And Kobe, who had already returned to the locker room, quietly returned to the player tunnel, silently holding his jersey in his mouth, watching Su Feng in the center of the court, who was about to lift the O'Brien Cup.

Recalling that Chinese teenager from five years ago, who was beaten up by him but told him he wanted to play in the NBA...

At that moment, even though his heart was filled with pain, Kobe couldn't help but smile.

Of course, Kobe wanted to see the Raptors lift the trophy with his own eyes, not because he had recovered from the pain of losing the Finals.

He just wanted to use this method to tell himself:

Remember this feeling of heartbreaking pain!

It is said that failure is the father of success, but in Kobe's view, tasting failure once or twice is enough.

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou...

As Chinese fans from all over the country sent congratulatory messages to the Raptors, tonight in Los Angeles...

Angels had their wings broken, and the "Grind King" ascended to the throne.

In the center of the court, Su Feng and Jordan jointly lifted the trophy symbolizing the highest honor of an NBA team.

The O'Brien Cup.

No one knows how many heroes and champions in the NBA's long history have fallen before this trophy.

No one knows how many supermen have died regretting not winning the O'Brien Cup upon retirement.

Nash, Carter, McGrady, Old Curry and others are fortunate.

Because in Su Feng's original timeline, they had never tasted the taste of a championship.

But now, please call them:

Champion Point Guard Steve Nash.

Champion Shooting Guard Vince Carter.

Champion Sixth Man Tracy McGrady.

Champion Dad Dell Curry.

Su Feng, so excited that his face was paralyzed, had countless things he wanted to complain about and even more things he wanted to say at the moment he lifted the O'Brien Cup.

When dreams become reality, even the always calm Su Feng couldn't believe what he was seeing.

And for the fans watching on TV, even ten thousand words were not as good as shouting one more time at this moment:

"Brother Feng is awesome!"

While everyone took the stage to give their acceptance speeches one after another, the most excited Jordan spoke for a full half hour.

Stern, who was anxious at the side, just wanted to kick him off the stage.

And just as Su Feng was about to give his acceptance speech, Mark, Stern's assistant, gave him a "wait a little longer" look.

Smart, sensible, and obedient, Su Feng immediately put down the microphone in his hand.

Because he knew that on this night, there was an even greater honor waiting for him.

As the fourth game between the Lakers and the Raptors entered its final stages, someone next to Stern had advised him that he could break tradition once for Jordan's sake, and try to find a way for Su Feng and Jordan to lift the FMVP trophy together.

Crowned World Footballer of the Year at the age of 20...

Before Ronaldo was injured and fell to the ground time and time again, almost everyone at the time believed that he would definitely surpass Pele and be crowned the King of Football in the future.

And on the Lakers side, Jackson also talked about his views on Su Feng at the press conference.

"He is very energetic, omnipresent on both offense and defense. I think among the league's new generation of perimeter stars, he is currently in the leading position."

After losing the Finals, the "Zen Master" was not in high spirits.

Because it was one thing to be black-eighted by Davis's 76ers back then, but now to be swept in the Finals...

Even thinking with his toes, the "Zen Master" could guess that people would say he was not as good as Davis.

Therefore, apart from bragging that the Raptors were far stronger than the Lakers and that this loss was not his fault, the "Zen Master" had no other way.

However, although this wave of praise from the "Zen Master" had elements of boasting, it was indeed as he said, after Jordan's retirement, the league's perimeter player No. 1 throne would be officially taken over by Su Feng.

After all, the league's perimeter players at this time were either old or young.

In Su Feng's previous life, the reason why the Four Great Shooting Guards were able to rise rapidly after Jordan's retirement was related to their excellent living space.

It has to be said that Su Feng was indeed the biggest winner of the 98/99 season.

From an All-Star player at the beginning of the season to a superstar who combined regular season MVP, Finals MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year, who would have believed that Su Feng completed all of the above in just a few months?

After the Finals, many people were lamenting that Su Feng's luck was extraordinary.

And for those who thought Su Feng was lucky, Carter expressed his strong dissatisfaction in an interview:

"Many people only saw the many honors that Su has won this season, but they don't know how hard Su trained during the lockout."

Reporters asked Carter how Su Feng usually trained.

Then Carter replied: "When you are still fast asleep, Su is already in the arena.

He is definitely the hardest working player I have ever seen."

On the side, McGrady, who was attending the press conference with Carter, never expected that his cousin would have a day of enlightenment.

However, McGrady didn't know that the reason why Carter had "EQ" was entirely due to the behind-the-scenes guidance of his old mother, Michelle.

Michelle knew very well that with Carter's character, it was inevitable that he would have some conflicts with Su Feng at ordinary times, so before coming to Los Angeles, Michelle told Carter to help Su Feng as much as possible when giving interviews.

And Carter's EQ was low, but he was equally unhappy with those who thought Su Feng had succeeded through luck.

Because in Carter's view, if Su Feng succeeded through luck, then what was he, Carter?

"Luck? Have you forgotten how you viewed this Raptors team at the beginning of the season?"

At the press conference, looking at this group of people who were wise after the event, Davis was not polite. He directly dug up the old accounts, stood on the high ground, and gave this group of people a wave of sanctions from the underworld.

"Have you forgotten how Su came to Toronto?

And in the eyes of some people, isn't Su unteachable?

So if you want to talk about luck, then Su's luck is really too good.

Because if he hadn't been kicked to Toronto, who knows if he would have achieved what he has today?"

After Davis's sarcastic remarks, many reporters at the scene lowered their heads in shame.

Because a few months ago, many of them were still ridiculing in their reports that Su Feng's career would start high and end low...

As a result, who could have imagined that Su Feng would not only not start high and end low, but would soar into the sky?

And next, at the press conference, Davis showed what it meant to hit people where it hurts.

"In my opinion, there is nothing to praise about Su's defense, after all, it's all luck!

Maybe, if you came up, you could also limit Kobe, Reggie, Ray, Tyril, and other players so well.

As for his offense?

That's even more luck, after all, the defenses of the Knicks, Pacers, Celtics, and Lakers are nothing great, and you could score so many goals if you came up.

Huh? Unteachable?

Of course Su is unteachable, because if he listened to the teachings of some people, who knows, he might already be starting his vacation career."

Under Davis's wave of underworld interviews, the reporters at the scene cried.

Enough!

Can you talk about something from the human world? We know we were wrong, okay?

However, how could Davis, who had been suppressed for a whole year, let go of this opportunity to vent his anger?

Immediately afterwards, he "criticized" Jordan, Carter, McGrady, Nash, and others all over again, and then said that even if a dog were tied to the Raptors' coaching bench, they could still win.

And now, the reporters were completely speechless.

In order to save the only remaining face, after interviewing Davis and interviewing Su Feng, this group of reporters all transformed into simps.

And originally, Su Feng, who had prepared in advance to face all kinds of tricky questions, never expected that the American reporters would be so sensible.

Even, in order to tell these people that the Raptors' victory was not his own credit alone, Su Feng took great pains to praise his teammates in various ways...

However, for this group of reporters whose faces had been slapped swollen by Davis, if they didn't praise Su Feng as the best in the world at this time, then when would they?

Stop being humble, Su Feng, you are the No. 1 in our hearts!

And it is worth mentioning that, on the same day that the Raptors won the 98/99 season NBA championship, on the same day that the entire Toronto was bathed in sunlight, people looked forward to the heroes returning in glory...

Philadelphia...

Many angry Philadelphia fans have already started burning jerseys to vent their anger.

Allen Iverson, who watched the Finals alone at home, had extremely complicated feelings at this moment.

And a certain "super coach" was even faintly feeling the upcoming tsunami.

With the Raptors reaching the highest peak of the NBA, the 76ers have now become the biggest joke in the NBA.

In Larry Brown's view, Su Feng and Davis, this master and disciple, were really too "vicious".

Because, you know, there is no such reason to beat people to death, right?

Cough...

Speaking of which, Larry Brown might not believe it, but Su Feng and Davis really didn't have the slightest intention of messing with him.

Because Davis's underworld interview was just to clarify Su Feng's name.

Who was he scolding? Was it just a mere Larry Brown?

What he was scolding even included those racists who believed that yellow people could not play in the NBA from the bottom of their hearts.

As for Su Feng?

Hey...

For Su Feng, who was already intoxicated in the post-victory bonanza, how could he have so much effort to care about Larry Brown?

On the plane returning to Toronto, looking at the prompt that popped up in his mind during the fourth quarter of the fourth game...

Su Feng felt that he was indeed the chosen one.

"Ding————!

Congratulations to the host for obtaining the hidden special skill: Jordan's fadeaway."

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