The unstoppable Lin Yu was surrounded by his teammates on the bench at the moment the game ended. He walked to the center of the court to celebrate the victory of the game.
After a brief celebration, Lin Yu waved to the sidelines and immediately received the most enthusiastic cheers, screams and shouts from the audience.
"In this game, there is no doubt that China Lin is the biggest contributor to the Cleveland Cavaliers' victory. He is enjoying the cheers that deserve him!"
Amid the cheers, LeBron James also hugged Lin Yu and shouted: "You are great, Lin!"
Lin Yu could feel that James' hug and shout were sincere, because at this time, James was thinking more about winning the game, especially such an important Eastern Conference Finals.
After the Mavericks and Suns were eliminated from the Western Conference, the Cavaliers' prospects for winning the championship became clearer. As long as they got past the Celtics, their biggest opponent would be the Spurs.
But at the end of the regular season, the Spurs were not one of the favorites to compete for the championship, and even if they were, they were not one of the top three favorites to compete for the championship.
On the contrary, the Celtics, who are currently standing in front of the Cavaliers, have always been among the top three favorites to compete for the championship.
Some public opinion even believes that the Eastern Conference finals are the finals staged in advance, and whoever wins will win the championship.
In this case, James naturally attaches more importance to winning the game, and it no longer matters who performs better on the field.
Amid the cheers, Lin Yu wanted to look for the visiting team Celtics, but he could not find them. All the Celtics players quickly left the field as soon as the game ended.
Lin Yu felt very regretful not being able to see the expressions of the Celtics players and coaches after losing.
But soon he no longer felt regretful, because Doris Burke stopped him on the sidelines and he was about to be interviewed in front of fans across the United States.
Doris Burke's first question was very much to Lin Yu's liking: "Lin, do you feel surprised or surprised that you won this game so easily that has special meaning to you personally?
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In response, Lin Yu replied: "No, I don't feel surprised or surprised. I said a long time ago that I will beat the Celtics in the playoffs. Now I am just fulfilling my promise."
It’s just a promise.”
An answer that Doris Burke didn't expect at all. She looked at Lin Yu with some surprise, and then changed the second question she had originally prepared.
"So, Lin, what you are saying is that you and your team will win this Eastern Conference Finals series?"
"Yes, that's it."
"But the series has just ended with the first game."
Lin Yu shook his head: "I don't care which game the series ends in. I only know that I will definitely defeat the Celtics in the playoffs."
The post-match interview slightly deviated from the original plan. After asking this question, Doris Burke immediately pulled the question back and asked the question she had originally planned, a quite explosive question.
"So, Lin, after you led the Cavaliers to victory in the first Eastern Conference Finals with your best performance, what do you want to say to Danny Ainge?"
Doris Burke looked at Lin Yu expectantly, she wanted to hear some uninhibited and cruel words.
Lin Yu replied: "A loser is not worth my trouble."
An answer that didn't quite satisfy Doris Burke, and she immediately asked the fourth question: "Do you think Danny Ainge will regret trading you?"
Lin Yu shook his head: "Doris, this is the fourth question, so I won't answer this question. I can only tell you if you will regret it, you should ask Danny Angie himself."
He smiled, waved to Doris Burke, and walked toward the tunnel.
Returning to the locker room, after taking a shower, Lin Yu was interviewed again after the game. This time, a group of reporters gathered around him to ask questions. The questions asked were even more heated than those asked by Doris Burke.
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Lin Yu also answered them one by one. After entering the Eastern Conference Finals and his opponent became the Celtics, he suddenly became a little yin and yang, constantly sarcastic and sarcastic towards the Celtics.
"We won the game, and it was a wild victory. Of course I am excited now, but not that excited because it was an expected victory."
"I never thought the Celtics were our opponent. Why? Because their lineup has huge flaws."
"What flaws? I don't want to say, if I were their player, I would say, of course if I was really still their player, the so-called flaws would not exist."
"Going back to evaluate Danny Ainge's trade? There's nothing to evaluate. You should ask Danny Ainge this question, not me."
"Why? Because I am very satisfied with this deal. Because of this deal, I joined a team with stronger strength and a brighter future."
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Lin Yu's crazy yin and yang attitude and his interview performance naturally excited the reporters in North America, because this is a natural news breaking point.
Lin Yu's answer is that they don't even need to make any modifications, they can use it directly.
As a result, after the game, the front pages of major media outlets were all about Lin Yu.
espn “After a wild victory, China’s Lin Zhizhi said that there is no suspense in the series!”
Yahoo Sports “China Lin: The Celtics’ fatal flaw is the lack of me!”
USA Today “China Lin: Danny Ainge is a loser.”
Lin Yu's various answers quickly aroused heated discussions in North America. On the reddit forum, the most upvoted reply was
"It is said that Lin from China joined the Cavaliers only after he could not beat them. So next year, will the Cavaliers form a Big Six combination?"
A Lin Yu fan immediately replied: "You're still joining after you can't win? You can't stop your mouths with 10 three-pointers, 40 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in the Eastern Conference Finals?"
"It's not like you just join if you can't beat it. This is obviously going to Cleveland to help the poor with technology."
Some fans who are not Lin Yu fans replied: "So far in the playoffs, Lin Yu's performance should be the best in the Cavaliers, right?"
Or what is really answering the poster’s question: “The Big Six are impossible, ball possession is just a problem!”
"Will Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen join the Cavaliers with minimum salaries next year?"
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Comparing these funny replies and comments on the forum, Lin Yu's eccentric attitude also attracted counterattacks from the Celtics.
Kevin Garnett was the first to jump out.
"I don't want to say that our defeat in the last game was just an accident, but I want to tell China Lin, don't be too happy, the series has just begun!"
Regarding the Danny Ainge trade, Garnett also responded positively: "Whether a transaction is successful or not should depend on the final result. If the Celtics win, there will be no such problems."
The reporter immediately followed up: "But the Celtics lost, by a huge margin. The main player who defeated you was the old Celtics player from last season..."
Kevin Garnett's face darkened visibly, and he immediately explained: "The loss in the last game doesn't mean anything, it was just an accident!"
The reporter who interviewed Garnett looked through the interview transcript and found that Garnett's answers were reversed.
However, he did not remind Garnett, but continued to ask: "Accident, why do you think the last loss was an accident?"
Garnett gave the reason without thinking: "Chinese Lin is called Lin Crazy because his state is extremely unstable. In the last game, he entered a crazy state. All we can say is that our luck is too bad."
It doesn’t mean that our loss is deserved.”
"In the next game, I will stand up and stop China Lin from going crazy!"