New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 198 Awards Night

Winning the championship is naturally an indescribable joy for the young Bruins. Every one of them is excited with tears in their eyes. Flowers and ribbons are sprayed from all directions. This is the most enjoyable moment for the winners.

Suddenly, the lights dimmed, and the UCLA staff rushed to hand over the championship caps and custom-made championship jerseys that Zhang Yi and others had already prepared.

When the lights came back on, the Bruins players and all the staff were wearing bright yellow championship jerseys. The audience all stood up and cheered. Most of them were UCLA students and team sponsors. Rich businessmen, but on the winning night, everyone has the same identity, and that is the fans of the Bruins!
Everyone here is a witness to the brilliant season of the Bruins, the ten victories of the Avengers!For the first time ever, they won the division championship from the bottom one in the division last season with a perfect score!

Here followed an incredible winning streak, stepped on many strong teams and defending champions, and finally defeated the strongest opponent, the Memphis Tigers, to win the NCAA championship trophy that had been missed for nearly 50 years!
This season of the Bruins can no longer be described as a simple legend. Wacker's promise from the beginning, the big talk that everyone regarded as a lie, finally became a reality after more than 7 months...

Zhang Yi and others did not immediately accept the interview, but immediately enjoyed the championship award ceremony.Each of them has an excited smile on their face, this is the power of youth!For these college students, winning this trophy is tantamount to winning the O'Brien Cup in the NBA Finals!
The current chairman of the NCAA took the stage to speak, and he graciously praised the greatness of the Bruins. "The history they created is unprecedented now, and the future is likely to be unprecedented."

"Both Zhang Yi and Escariot are great leaders. They can stand up and support the team at all critical moments. The title of the Bruins Kings is well-deserved!"

"It's really surprising that the talents of college players can be brought into play to such an extent. Although the players of the Tigers have also shown tenacious combat effectiveness, the spirit and strength of the Bruins are the best team in the league this year. !"

In previous years, the awards for the championship team were all NCAA historical stars or celebrities, but this year, someone volunteered, and even the current chairman could not refuse this person's request.

This person is the legendary superstar Black Mamba Kobe Bryant who followed the Bruins for one season!Upon hearing the news, even Wacker laughed excitedly, because Kobe is one of the few remaining players he respects the most.

If it is to take over the championship from someone else, Wack may not feel much, but Kobe is different.I think when Wacker won the championship at the end of his career, Kobe was also there to send his blessings.At that time, he hoped to take over the championship trophy from the Black Mamba. At that time, he failed to achieve his wish, and now he can be regarded as a continuation of his dream at that time.

Zhang Yi also shed tears excitedly.Before today, he regarded winning the championship as a must, so he thought he wouldn't be very excited.But he forgot that he was just a 19-year-old kid after all, and at this moment he reached the greatest pinnacle of his past life.

No matter what will happen in the future, at least at this moment, Zhang Yi feels that he can fall in love with basketball, have a father who is willing to die for basketball, and Uncle Long who can endure half his life for basketball, and can treat basketball as a lifetime with this group. The team members who have the ambition and strive for it, he feels that everything he has paid is worth it!
When Kobe officially walked onto the court on crutches, he had already left the spotlight for a long time, but he still enjoyed unprecedented thunderous applause.

Polly Garden Arena missed Kobe, who was directly promoted to the NBA after graduating from high school, so this moment is also the first time he holds the NCAA championship trophy.

Kobe even made a joke. He has won high school championships, NBA championships, Olympic gold medals and World Basketball League trophies in his life. The only thing he has never touched is the NCAA trophy. Today, his dream finally came true !
His words made everyone laugh instantly, because the audience knew that if Kobe continued to study in college, then he would undoubtedly become a UCLA player, because he would not accept any city except Los Angeles!

Wacker hugged Kobe excitedly, and then lifted the championship trophy with Zhang Yi from the hands of the senior!The cheers of the people at the scene were almost hoarse, but the enthusiasm remained undiminished.

"Yi, you've done a great job, listen, don't stop here, I'm waiting for you in the basketball pantheon!" Zhang Yi was too excited to speak, so he nodded heavily.

Then all the Bruins gathered around and held the championship trophy to show the audience and fans who supported them for a year that they are the champions!Be the last winner!

"The next step is to present the John Wooden Award!" As soon as the NCAA chairman named the award presenter, everyone was surprised and surprised, because like Kobe, even the chairman could not refuse him who voluntarily came to the stage to present the award.

To hear the name of LeBron James and to see him around the excited Bruins crowd.The audience was instantly satisfied.

Because he paid as much attention to and supported the Bruins for a season as Kobe, and now he has become an integral part of this historical moment with him, everyone is only excited now.

This year's John Wooden Award is really difficult to select. Varanda of the Blue Devils, Sean of the Tigers, Zhang Yi and Escalio of the Bruins all have extraordinary performances.

Everyone also broke out two voices at this time. Escalo dominated the game in the first half. It was because of his distribution and organization that the Bruins did not fall behind.

In the second half, thanks to Zhang Yi's wonderful performance, the Bruins were able to win the final game without any suspense.And their strength is impeccable and powerful.

This can also be seen from the previous games. They have all led the team to victory with a single core, and they can also cooperate with each other to expand the territory of the Bruins.

Because both of them have the John Wooden Award, when James said Zhang Yi, there was still only blessings in the audience.But he didn't finish his sentence, because it was too difficult to choose, and Escalio also won this award!
This is the perfect ending, the Bruins win the championship!Zhang Yi and Escalo share the John Wooden Award!

Hearing this news, even Escalio, who was calm all the time, showed an uncontrollable smile.Basketball has more than just painful memories for him now.

When he and Zhang Yi raised the trophy together, Escalo finally understood the meaning of basketball to him!

(End of this chapter)