Chapter 426: Chapter 426: Butterfly and Hyacinth
Li Jiajia told Wade Dong that she was going to catch a flight, so he arrived at the airport at noon.
The flight was delayed by three hours...
"This airline is so unreliable."
Anyone who has picked up their girlfriend at the airport or train station will know that the wait is both sweet and torturous. Wade Dong sat in the car, playing Snake and cursing the airline.
He only got out of the car once the plane had landed, and entered the airport with a bouquet of roses.
"Wow! It's Wade Dong!"
As soon as Wade Dong appeared, he was recognised by fans.
He waved his hand and said gently but firmly, "I'm here to pick up my girlfriend, so no autographs or photos."
Wade Dong's aura was so powerful that the fans from M Country didn't dare to approach him.
Of course, there were still some die-hard fans shouting, "Brother Dong, I love you!"
"Brother Dong, I love you too..."
Just as Wade Dong was about to scold the fans, Li Jiajia appeared in front of him.
"Ahaha..."
Seeing Li Jiajia, he felt a sense of sweetness.
He handed the roses to Li Jiajia and looked her up and down, then frowned and said, "I've been holding this bouquet all day, but now that you're here, the roses seem to have lost their colour."
"Hehe..."
Li Jiajia took the flowers and hooked her arm through Wade Dong's, as if claiming her territory.
...
By the time they got home, it was already evening.
Li Jiajia noticed a butterfly in the garden and exclaimed, "Hey, there's a butterfly here."
"You literary types are always interested in these little birds and bees..."
Wade Dong rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll go and catch it for you."
Li Jiajia smiled and hugged Wade Dong, saying, "Never mind, it's not worth catching a butterfly."
Absence makes the heart grow fonder!
As Wade Dong and Li Jiajia lay together, he suddenly remembered the butterfly he had seen that evening.
The butterfly had searched the garden for a long time before finally settling on a hyacinth flower in the corner. Amidst the garden's beauty, the butterfly favoured the hyacinth.
The hyacinth wanted to speak.
But the butterfly came down again, and suddenly the hyacinth felt a surge of passion and excitement, mixed with joy, fear, madness, and excitement!
The hyacinth wanted to resist.
A single butterfly could neither threaten nor subdue the hyacinth, yet it was threatening and subduing it.
For some reason, the hyacinth's bud suddenly entangled the butterfly in the hazy darkness of the night.
...
The next day!
The day after!
Wade Dong was full of energy...
On the fourth day, when he went to the arena for training, he practised three-pointers and missed five shots in a row... Fortunately, only Li Jiajia was in the arena at the time.
He secretly exchanged a bottle of 'energy potion'.
The teammates gradually arrived at the arena to prepare for the finals.
Although the Pacers had won one away game against the Heat, the gap in strength was still significant. The Heat won the next two away games by a large margin.
The score was now 3:1, and if there were no surprises, the Suns would meet the Heat in the finals for the third consecutive year.
"Hello, sister-in-law!"
"Hello, sister-in-law!"
"Hello, sister-in-law!"
The Suns players were all happy to see Li Jiajia...
Gentry also came over with a thermos and said, "Brother Dong is here, let's watch the Heat's playoff game footage and study their tactics."
The Heat only needed to win one more game for the finals to begin, and time was running out.
However, Wade Dong hadn't been to the arena for three consecutive days... So Gentry had only been training the players, and the tactical analysis had been postponed.
Li Jiajia whispered to Wade Dong, "Daisy will be here soon, you guys go and study the tactics, I'll sit with Daisy somewhere."
"Okay, good~"
Wade Dong nodded.
...
They watched the game footage, skipping parts. The Heat's style was simple, relying on the strong individual abilities of their star players.
Even if one or two players underperformed, the others could still lead the team to victory. Moreover, the Heat's biggest advantage was similar to the Suns, as almost all their players were healthy.
The Suns focused their analysis on the two games the Heat had lost.
One game was a breakout performance by Rose!
The other game was a breakout performance by George!
After turning off the game footage, Gentry said, "The Bulls and Pacers have very efficient defences, and that's the key reason they were able to win a game."
Kerr said, "Rose and George's breakouts can be replicated, and if necessary, Brother Dong can break out every game! And we also have Durant, Curry, Thompson, McGrady, and Carter..."
"So..."
Gentry opened the thermos, took a sip of tea, and continued, "Defence is the key to beating the Heat."
"If..."
Gentry looked at Durant and Curry, then swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.
He wanted to put either Durant or Curry on the bench and start Tucker or Whiteside to increase the bench's offensive firepower and overwhelm the Heat.
But... In the game against the Spurs, they put four starters on the bench, and even then, those players didn't feel resentful.
If only one person was put on the bench, they would definitely be unhappy. Star players have their pride, and in the finals, no one would be willing to come off the bench.
They could only make constant adjustments to the lineup during the game.
If all else failed, they could just let Wade Dong play the whole game... After all, Wade Dong had never had any issues with his stamina.
...
Two days later, the Heat eliminated the Pacers 4:1 and met the Suns in the finals for the third consecutive year.
Finals, Game 1.
O'Neal and Barkley were on-site to provide commentary, and as soon as they sat down, the entire stadium booed them.
The last time O'Neal opened his big mouth, he offended the Phoenix fans by advising Wade Dong to follow Jordan's example and play baseball for two years.
Many big-name stars were also present at the game, including Kobe, Iverson, and Nash, as well as the world boxing champion, who had spent a night with Wade Dong. He wanted to greet Wade Dong to ease the tension, but when he saw Feng Yu Xiu sitting in the corner of the front row, he quickly retracted his hand and sat quietly in his chair.
Li Jiajia and Daisy sat together in the front row, not far from Feng Yu Xiu.
"Three-peat!"
"Three-peat!"
"Three-peat!"
Even before the game started, the fans were shouting with excitement.
In the 21st century, only the Lakers, led by the OK combination, had achieved a three-peat, and the Suns were now on the verge of this honour, so how could the fans not be excited?
Finally...
The lights in the arena dimmed, and the DJ's voice introduced the players.
This time, the order of introduction was a little different.
"The first player to be introduced is: two-time MVP, two-time FMVP, two-time DPOY, breaking numerous historical records, number 7 from Huaxia, the God of Basketball, Wade~~~Dong!!!"
The DJ introduced Wade Dong with all his might.
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