That night, Supersonics fans sang joyfully, as if their team had already clinched the trophy.
"I'm so happy, because I know my team is about to win the championship!" an elderly fan told reporters excitedly, "because we have Frye!"
Clay Bennett, the owner of the Supersonics, also came forward for an interview.
"You can see the soul of Northwest basketball in Frye," Bennett said, "He was born for this."
After that night, Seattle began to ramp up its marketing efforts for Fei.
Unlike the secluded Milwaukee, a metropolis like Seattle, once set on elevating someone, the power and resources they can mobilize belong to another level.
The Celtics, leaving the playoffs with a record of complete defeats on the road, have made themselves a shamed team.
Even if they managed two consecutive home wins to take the championship, the twelve straight losses away were enough to turn them into the most questioned champions in history.