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Chapter 37: Celebration in the Locker Room! System Reward Received
Return to the locker room.
The Lakers players roared and began to vent their excitement after winning the championship.
"Champion! Champion!"
"We are the strongest!"
The players roared loudly, took the championship trophy one by one, and kissed it madly.
When it was Jiang Chen's turn, he just hugged the trophy.
Looking at the various kiss marks on the trophy, he couldn't put his mouth on it, as he always felt that it was a bit unhygienic...
At this moment, champagne poured down from the sky, drenching Jiang Chen like a drowned chicken. His whole body was soaked and he exuded a strong smell of alcohol.
The Lakers players surrounded Jiang Chen, each holding a bottle of champagne, and surrounded Jiang Chen, pouring them all out.
This can be said to be the highest honor of celebration, and everyone expressed their gratitude to Jiang Chen in this way.
"Man! Your three-point shot is amazing!"
"To be honest, I thought you were just bragging in the post-match interview, but I didn't expect it to actually come true."
"This is all so surreal! You made 13 three-pointers. I've never seen such a crazy three-point performance."
Gasol roared excitedly, enjoying the joy of winning the championship.
"Brother, good job, you are the best three-point shooter in the world."
Farmar held up the champagne, drank and splashed, and was drunk.
Until now, he is very grateful that he passed the ball to Jiang Chen during garbage time in the fourth quarter of the last game, giving him his first chance to shoot a three-pointer!
It can be said that it was this pass that turned the wheel of fate and reversed the fate of the Lakers!
"Thanks!"
Jiang Chen said thank you and felt the enthusiasm of his teammates. At this moment, he felt like he was part of the group.
When he was the water dispenser manager before, few players in the team looked him in the eye and basically ignored him.
He rarely has the opportunity to interact with the team's main players such as Kobe and Gasol.
Most of the time he is the water dispenser manager, responsible for handing towels to his teammates and serving tea and water.
Now, when he makes a huge contribution to the team, everything is different.
All the players on the Lakers truly accepted and recognized him.
Jiang Chen was a little excited, his eyes were red, and tears rolled down.
After integrating the memories of this body, he had a clearer understanding of how he had spent this season in agony.
Cultural differences, language barriers and skin color differences have made it difficult for him to integrate into the team.
In addition, he was an undrafted draft pick and was not respected.
Countless roll of eyes, endless ridicule, and endless denials.
Those who have not experienced it personally will never be able to empathize with the hardships involved.
It is really difficult for a Chinese player to come to a foreign country and make a name for himself in the world's highest basketball hall.
But it's okay now.
He showed great strength through the two games. At least he has established a foothold in the NBA. He doesn't have to worry about his next job or live a wandering life.
The next step is for him to grow into a superstar of the league through the system and rule the league!
"Light one, man!"
At this time, Odom handed a cigar to Jiang Chen.
Smoking cigars is considered a "standard" way to celebrate after winning a championship, and is the exclusive form of celebration for all previous championship teams.
Jiang Chen learned to light the cigar in an imitative manner and took a deep puff. The spicy smell along with the smoke filled his nasal cavity and stimulated his nerves.
"Hahaha! You're inhaling too fast. You need to inhale slowly, one puff at a time."
Odom said this, took a puff, and slowly blew out smoke rings, his face full of enjoyment.
Jiang Chen nodded and began to try to enjoy this "Victory Cigar"!
At this moment, the system voice that had been silent for a long time suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Ding Dong! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission and helping the Lakers win the championship!"
"Rewards are now being distributed: 5,000 achievement points, 100 skill fusion fragments, and one [Kise Ryota Imitation] skill experience card (valid for 10 minutes). Please check your receipt, host."
Jiang Chen became excited instantly when he heard the voice.
In this way, the achievement points have accumulated to 8,000 points, and only 2,000 points are left before another lottery can be drawn!
The skill fusion fragments have also accumulated to 150 pieces.
The most important thing is the [Kise Ryouta Imitation] skill experience card, which will be one of his strongest killer moves in the upcoming Chinese Olympics!
08 Olympic Games, a century-long project!
This time, we must win glory for our country at home, and never let down the Chinese fans or bring shame to the Chinese people!!
The celebration in the locker room lasted for nearly half an hour before the players began to shower and change clothes.
Then, Kobe, Jiang Chen and Phil participated in the post-game interview.
Just walked into the interview room.
Nearly two hundred reporters looked over, their eyes filled with complicated emotions.
All reporters clearly remembered that in the post-match interview of the previous game, they heard Jiang Chen pretending a lot, and some even thought with disdain that Jiang Chen was just bragging.
But no one expected that Jiang Chen would actually achieve all the pretense in the seventh game.
Who can stand this?
The key point is that all reporters can't figure out how this Chinese rookie managed to make more than 10 three-pointers in two consecutive games!
Especially the Game 7 is the game with the highest level, the greatest defensive intensity and the most intense confrontation in the NBA. Even Kobe felt cold when he was defended at certain moments.
But this Chinese rookie was not affected at all, and he maintained an efficient, stable, and high-hit-rate performance throughout the game!
Even Larry Bird, the "king of bragging" in NBA history, has never been so exaggerated.
Maybe, as Jiang Chen himself said, shooting three-pointers is really easy for him...
"Jiang, you played another great game! And helped the Lakers win the championship. What is your biggest feeling about this Game 7?"
A reporter couldn't wait to ask.
"My biggest feeling is that the tiebreaker was pretty average. It was a bit intense, but not as hard as I imagined! I didn't feel the defensive intensity was too strong at all!"
Jiang Chen pretended to be thoughtful and said calmly.
???
The reporters were full of questions.
This... is a familiar tone of voice!
A tiebreaker is just average?
No defensive strength?
I wonder what the Celtics would think after hearing this?
As the team ranked first in defensive efficiency in the regular season, the Celtics' defense was undoubtedly suffocating, especially in this Game 7, when they played with unprecedented defensive intensity.
Even Kobe's shooting percentage in this game was just over 40%.
But for Jiang Chen...it really didn't seem to have any effect, after all, his shooting percentage was as high as 60%, and all of them were three-point shots...
"Jiang, because you played amazingly in the last two games, the Lakers won the championship. You should have been a candidate for the Finals MVP, but the Finals MVP was awarded to Kobe. Are you dissatisfied?"
A reporter asked directly.
Kobe's face changed immediately when he heard this. His stern face seemed to be covered with a layer of ice, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Jiang Chen also stared at the reporter with a half-smile, and couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Man, is that really a reasonable question to ask?
Aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by Kobe and I?