unfinished glory

Chapter 156
In the second half of the game, Popovich put Li Chongxiao on the bench for more than 8 minutes amidst the surprise.As a result, the team was beaten by the Hornets 32:14, but fell behind by 3 points.

The teammate was beaten up by Li Chongxiao, and later because of the problem in the locker room, the result was not in good condition, which would seem a little powerless.

Seeing that the game was about to be lost, under Duncan's strong request, Popovich had no choice but to replace Li Chongxiao.

No matter how noisy he is on the court, Li Chongxiao's desire to win will not change.His playing not only helped the Spurs open up the offensive situation, but also locked Stojakovic, who had scored consecutive goals before.

In the third quarter, the Spurs turned the score over and entered the final battle with a 5-point lead.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Chongxiao suddenly changed his tactics after a continuous onslaught, focusing on passing the ball.

He scored 38 points. After attracting the Hornets' defense, he gave his teammates a lot of opportunities.

The teammates slowed down for a while, recovered, scored goals one after another, and quickly opened the score to more than 20 points.

The Hornets persisted until the end, with a 33-point difference, ending their trip to the playoffs.

Without saying anything, Li Chongxiao handed Popovich a watch in the locker room. He made 24 of 16 shots, 44 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks. These are his statistics.

After the Hornets were eliminated, the scene in the locker room, although no player dared to spread it, but everyone knew that Li Chongxiao would definitely leave the team after the end of the season.

And the media are all good people. From the abnormal performance of Li Chongxiao and Popovich in this game, they also interpreted the contradiction between the two.

At the press conference, no one cared that the Spurs won the game and took another step forward on the road to defending the title. Instead, they all asked Li Chongxiao why he played uncharacteristically in the first half, but he sat on the bench for more than 8 minutes in the second half.

"Huaxia is still in silence, but the media and fans in the United States are concerned about the internal gossip of the Spurs." Li Chongxiao thought silently, feeling very ironic.

Amid the worries of the Spurs press officer, he spoke:

"Today I just want to say one thing. I will set up a charitable foundation. The current main work is to assist the disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction that occurred in Sichuan Province. In the future, I will focus on the education of poor areas and poor people in China." He paused, then continued:

"The donation of 500 million US dollars I promised before will be placed in this foundation, and then I will donate another 500 million US dollars."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the media's questions and left the meeting.

……

The idea of ​​establishing a foundation is not a sudden idea.

After the earthquake, Li Chongxiao immediately announced a donation of 500 million US dollars. Soon, several well-known domestic institutions contacted his team, hoping that Li Chongxiao would put the money on their platform.

Li Chongxiao had no doubts about the familiar names of the organizations in front of him.Just before he was about to agree, Li Guoqiang called.

Li Guoqiang is well aware of the nasty things of certain institutions, he explained the twists and turns to Li Chongxiao, and then told him to donate to a university, no matter which institution he goes to, it is troublesome and annoying, it is better to be himself Start a foundation.

So Li Chongxiao handed over this matter to Li Guoqiang, and under the green light all the way, the process was quickly completed, called "Chongxiao Charity Foundation".

Not only Li Chongxiao's money was put in it, Duncan also put in the 500 million he promised.

Immediately after May 5, the first game of the Western Conference Finals, at the home court of the Lakers, before the start of the game, Yao Ming also put the $16 million he promised into the Chongxiao Foundation.

In this game, a grand mourning event was held at the Staples Center. Not only did all the Lakers wear black yarn on their sleeves, but even the cheering shirts distributed to the home fans were also equipped with black yarn.

Before the start of the game, the Lakers also called for a 3-minute silence, which shows the importance the Lakers attach to Yao Ming.

In order to keep Yao Ming, the team has made a lot of effort from top to bottom. Kobe is willing to make concessions in terms of ball and shot rights. The management flatters and praises. Yao Ming does not need to talk about it. The position of "Yao Restaurant" is ready. alright.

After Yao Ming announced the donation of 500 million US dollars, Kobe immediately announced that he would donate the same amount, and the Lakers quickly followed suit, also donating 500 million US dollars, and announced that before the end of the season, the team staff and players' jerseys With black yarn.

Under Yao Ming's suggestion, the money also fell into the Chongxiao Foundation.

……

In such an important game as the first Western Conference Finals game, Li Chongxiao didn't dare to mess around, and played relatively well.He and Kobe fought for the whole game, from the offensive end to the defensive end, and scored 31 points.

Kobe was not to be outdone, and got 34.The other two superstars, Duncan had 30 points and 18 rebounds, Yao Ming had 32 points and 16 rebounds.

These four superstars plus James in the East happened to be this year's first team; replacing James with Garnett happened to be this year's first defense.

Superstar fighting has always been the fans' favorite part.

This game set a record in the past five years, and the ratings were higher than the finals in previous seasons.

The two teams fought hard for overtime, and finally, relying on Yao Mingjue's two qualitative free throws, the Lakers finally won a difficult victory with 107:104.

In the second game, Li Chongxiao scored 43 points at home for the Lakers to help the Spurs win back.

Especially in the fourth quarter, when Popovich's tactics didn't work, he stood up and took over the game.One person made sudden shots and scored 19 points.

……

While returning to the Spurs' home game, the Dancing Sky Foundation received some other donations one after another.

The donations came from several Spurs teammates, as well as some of his friends in the league.James took out 200 million US dollars, Parker, Ginobili and Bowen were all 20, Yi Jianlian 30, Tang Zhengdong 10 and so on.

Durant received special training from Li Chongxiao in the summer, publicly supported his idol, and took out 50.

Then some team owners, such as Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley and Lakers owner Jerry Buss, also donated generously in order to make a good impression on Li Chongxiao.

The largest donation came from sponsors, and Under Armor paid 2000 million in a big way.

There are still many fans who are willing to donate, but Li Chongxiao refused. He said that this foundation will not have too many people, and there is no way to handle too many scattered donations. He only accepts donations from himself and his friends.

Even so, for a while, Li Chongxiao's foundation gathered a huge sum of nearly 8000 million US dollars.

Some "charity organizations" in the country took action upon hearing the news, and expressed their willingness to help Li Chongxiao distribute these donations through intermediaries.

Before Li Chongxiao, who knew the inside story, refused, Li Guoqiang quickly made a move.He said that he personally funded and asked someone to take care of the money, and promised to disclose it regularly, and every penny will be used where it should be used.

Then Li Guoqiang announced that he would donate 2000 million yuan, and his wife Wang Caixia also donated 500 million yuan to his son's charity fund.

(End of this chapter)