Chapter 237: Turning Los Angeles into a Library (Part )
Staples Center, after the Great Western Forum Center, has become one of the only two major venues in the NBA where the Los Angeles Lakers appear.
Compared to e-sports, which most fans can only talk about, basketball is a sport that is much more full of martial ethics.
There are strong confrontations and many physical collisions, and most of the athletes playing the game have to be labeled as giant babies.
It's common for accidents to happen.
In this "passionate" atmosphere, the NBA has formed a very strong home culture.
The home advantage is not like in the Glory Professional League, where you can pass the game by simply getting the priority to choose the map.
In order to deal with Fanhua, C9 contacted the Lakers officials, and after a discussion, they quietly mobilized local fans to set up a tight net.
The flourishing flowers these past few days have given me a good feel for what it means to be treated the same as the Celtics.
The first is the interference day and night in the past few days.
As early as C9's record dropped to fourth place and it was basically confirmed that they would play against Fanhua in the semi-finals, everyone in Fanhua felt the "enthusiasm" of the people of Los Angeles.
The hotel where they were staying was deliberately chosen to be in a relatively quiet location to ensure the players' rest.
But from that day on, the streets, which had been very quiet, began to welcome waves of speeding gangs.
They drove through the streets in groups on large-displacement motorcycles, playing loud music, accompanied by the cheers of countless young people.
If you don’t wear earplugs, you can’t expect to sleep well.
For example, in the past few days, all the players in Fanhua have been ranked on the US server, but in five or six out of ten games, their teammates are either AFK or playing around, and there are many people cursing in the public screen.
However, no matter how dissatisfied Fanhua was with these actions, it could not blame C9 for them.
These are all spontaneous actions of fans, we can't control them even if we want to...
So much so that, on the day of the competition, when everyone stepped into the venue, almost everyone had dark circles under their eyes like a panda.
And overwhelming anger.
But this is just the beginning.
The Staples Center has prepared an even more generous "gift" for them.
“Beat BMG!”
“Beat BMG!”
The uniform and rhythmic shouts echoed in Staples Center, shocking everyone.
People say that the collective swearing of football fans next door is scary, but the basketball fans are actually not much better.
Anyway, for e-sports players, these are shocking scenes that they have never seen before.
In other words, most of the flowers are veterans who have experienced many hardships and are very stable in their mentality.
Otherwise, just this scene alone could turn someone into a modern-day Xiahou Jie.
"Damn... The White Eagle guy really takes good care of us..." Zhang Jiale, who hadn't slept well for several days, had bloodshot eyes.
"Not only that, look over there!" Sun Zheping pointed to a stand.
Since this is the devil's home ground, we will definitely invite people to help.
Some of them are well-known figures who were originally invited by Tenghai to boost the popularity.
The other part is the connections that C9 used.
In the stands, all the wise men, young and old, gathered together.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Cobra Worthy, Shaquille O'Neal, Black Mamba Kobe Bryant, Anthony Davis...
The Lakers legends sat in a row, all dressed in suits and looking very impressive, attracting even more attention than the players on the court.
After them are people like Ben Simmons, who are not Lakers players themselves, but are heavy gamers, or those who want to take advantage of the popularity.
Further back, there are some famous people in White Eagle.
Although most of them are Hollywood stars or rappers,
But there were also some truly influential people who chose to come.
But think about it. Due to the special times of the event, and the identities of the two opponents,
This seemingly ordinary semi-final has, to some extent, been seen as a symbol of the confrontation between China and the United States.
After all, these days, there are really not many sports that both China and White Eagle are good at and capable of competing for the championship, and e-sports is definitely the hottest one.
The White Eagle Air Force, which attached great importance to this, mobilized some of their connections and expanded C9's reputation to a terrifying level.
Even after achieving this level, the Staples Center still has to disgust the fans before entering.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome our LCS Spring Split All-NBA First Team, the regular season MVP, the Finals MVP, the unshakable pillar of the top lane, IMPACT!!!!!!!"
"Oh oh oh!!!!!!!!!!!"
"And his opponent, BMG's top laner, Sea~ (tactical whisper)"
“Oh——————”
The Los Angeles players took advantage of the threat of the devil's home field to the extreme, and they wanted to crush the players completely before the game.
However, the fans sitting in the front row were a little uneasy to find that
Although they were indeed furious at the beginning because of these unconventional tactics, after experiencing so many baptisms, the people of Fanhua calmed down.
Even the leaders Zhang Jiale and Sun Zheping had a slight smile on their faces.
Maybe... I saw it wrongly, the fan thought anxiously.
However, everyone in Fanhua was indeed laughing. The more trouble C9 made, the happier they laughed.
"With so many tricks, one connected to another, how scared are they of us?" Sun Zheping complained.
"Whatever. They just showed their weakness by doing this. They can be more aggressive in the next game. They have already given up the direct confrontation and resorted to tricks anyway."
There was a hint of malicious murderous intent in Zhang Jiale's smile.
In the NBA, due to the team culture that has long been accustomed to, such tricks at home are commonplace for most teams.
However, for a complete layman like Fanhua, they have only one comment on these methods:
They have already lost.
C9 is no longer confident enough to compete with Fanhua for a spot in the finals based solely on in-game tactics and player performance.
The more off-the-board tactics they use, the more it shows how weak C9's true strength is.
E-sports is not the NBA. E-sports has noise-cancelling headphones, and off-field tricks cannot interfere with the game itself.
Even though he was in poor condition due to lack of sleep these days, Fanhua still had enough confidence to defeat C9 and advance to the next round.
"Although, they are really noisy!" Sitting down in the battle seat, Xiye looked around and couldn't help but complain.
I put on some noise-isolating headphones and it felt a little better.
"It's okay, they can just go a little crazier." Sun Zheping smiled.
At this moment, the camera was pointed at him.
At this moment, he suddenly recalled the Japanese top laner EVI who almost made them lose their minds in anger, and his signature move.
So, the next moment, he slowly raised one hand.
As the looks of all White Eagles fans gradually turned from confusion to anger, he gently shook his finger.
With this shake, the noise level suddenly reached a new level.
Dare to shake your finger at the Lakers' home court? Do you think you are Uncle Mu?
Kill C9 hard!
Listening to the shouts from the audience that even the noise-isolating headphones could not suppress, Sun Zheping became a little impatient: "It is indeed noisy."
"In that case, let's beat them up and turn this place into a library!"
Second update, stop here for today, because I have to gather at 8 o'clock tomorrow, and I also had a small meeting tonight.
MSi has entered its final stages. I feel like there is no need to write about the finals like the Spring Finals. We can start the next chapter.
There will be recommendations on the 13th, and updates will be released as usual at that time, so stay tuned.
来点月票。
(End of this chapter)