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"Chirp~ bang~"

At this moment, bursts of light flashed in the darkness of the opposite bay, and hundreds of fireworks broke through the sky in an instant, which was particularly conspicuous in the dark night.

After these fireworks sprayed into the air, some English words were formed soon.

"Happy.Birthday.Taylor.Swift" (Taylor Swift Happy Birthday)

The words paused in the air for a few seconds before sliding down, and they disappeared little by little while sliding down, which was very gorgeous.

And this is just the beginning.

Followed by another burst of fireworks.

Same lettering, just a different color.

One after another, everything in the bay seems to disappear, leaving only the gorgeous fireworks.

After Swift was stunned, he held his mouth with his hands, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

It's not just a fireworks show.

When she held her first solo concert a year ago, she and Tang Tian celebrated at the hotel after the end. At that time, the two chatted about many things, one of which was about her favorite novel "The Great Gatsby".

This book is very popular in the United States, and the content is very simple. It is about a soldier named Gatsby who met a beautiful woman named Daisy during the Civil War. Becoming the wife of the playboy Tom, Gatsby was unwilling to give up. He struggled from a poor soldier to a millionaire, and bought a luxury villa to sing and sing every night, just to see Daisy.

This love story does not have a happy ending. In the end, Gatsby died at the hands of others because of Daisy. Daisy also proved to be just a love fantasy and a woman not worthy of love.

However, each book has different perspectives and understandings. Swift likes this book not because of the story, but because the protagonist, Gatsby, fights for the woman he loves all his life and buys a villa to sing and sing every night just for one. field encounter.

It's a romance.

At that time, she said that she wanted that kind of romance. Although the fireworks were not as good as the stories in the novel, they were more real romance than that.

"Happy birthday." Tang Tian said with a smile at this time.

Swift turned to look at Tang Tian, ​​hugged him, and kissed him frantically.

Through the warm lips, Tang Tian could feel Swift's excited emotions.

At this time, many tourists came out of the yacht, looking at the fireworks all over the sky, they all showed a burst of amazement, and many took out their mobile phones and started taking pictures.

Tang Tian pulled Swift out of his arms after seeing it, and just held her hand.

The fireworks are gorgeous, but the romance remains.

After finishing Swift's birthday party, Tang Tian rushed back to Houston.

At this time, the Eastern Conference finals have come to an end.

The Celtics won three consecutive games, eliminated the Pistons with a total score of 4 to 2, and advanced to the finals.

Although there were many twists and turns in the process, the only two 60+ teams in the regular season still successfully joined the finals.

It is different from last year, because the strength of both sides is higher than other teams, and various top stars dominate the lineup, this year's finals have received unprecedented attention.

Garnett, Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Billups, Pierce, Ray Allen, these stars used to be the core of a team, and now they all appear in a series. That scene is really comparable to Mars hit the earth.

The league, ESPN, TNT, FOX, etc. all have a lot of publicity before the game.

This time it is not just China, because of the star effect, overseas attention to this finals has also reached an unprecedented state in history.

Because the Rockets have a better record, they have home court advantage in the Finals.

However, the competition system in 2008 is still 2-3-2 (the Rockets have the first 2 and the last 2 home games), which has very high requirements for their performance at the beginning. Once they lose one of the first 2 home games, then The next three games will be played in Boston, which will wipe out the Rockets' home court advantage given the Celtics' high home winning percentage this season.

Tang Tian also knew this, so when mobilizing before the game, he emphasized this point more than once. Winning the first two games was a task they had to complete.

Before the start of the series between the two sides, ESPN also conducted a championship survey as in previous years.

The results show that 70% of the fans believe that the Rockets can finally win in the finals and achieve the defending title.

Behind this survey, there are also some fans' opinions. The one that best reflects the fans' thoughts is that since the Rockets entered the playoffs, they have only played the sixth game against the Lakers, and their strength is obviously high. outperform other opponents.

On the other hand, their opponents, the Celtics, although they performed very well in the regular season, were the opposite of the Rockets throughout the playoffs. In the 3 rounds of the series, they played 2 rounds of tie-breaks, even in the end against the Pistons. In the first 3 games, the team also fell behind 1 to 2.

Aside from paper strength, the status of the two sides is not at the same level.

With the discussion of the fans, on June 6, US time, the first game of the finals kicked off at the Toyota Center.

Houston is empty, and the arena is full of seats.

"Defending Champion", "Beat Boston", "Rocket Dynasty"...

Slogans supporting the home team can be seen everywhere in the arena, as are the KT boards of Yao Ming, McGrady and Tang Tian.

Not only the fans, some of the meritorious players who won two consecutive championships, "Big Dream" Olajuwon, "Glider" Drexler, "Big Shot" Robert Horry, "Three-Point King" Vernon Maxwell all turn up.

It is worth mentioning that the commentators of this game are Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, the latter is also a major contributor to the Rockets' two consecutive championships.

Coupled with the Rockets' backup point guard, Sam Cassell, who is now playing for the Celtics, the core players of the two consecutive championships appeared on the scene in various ways.

This seems like a good sign.

The pre-match appearance ceremony was full of cheers. The Toyota Center has not been this excited for a long, long time, even after winning the championship last season.

You must know that if the Rockets successfully defend the title this year, it will be two consecutive championships. This is the first time since the Lakers' "OK Dynasty", and the Spurs next door have never done it.

The team owner Alexander also appeared on the scene, his face was full of joy.

Outside of Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago, no other city can claim back-to-back glory in the league, and now it looks like Houston has that possibility.

After he accepted it, he won 4 championships in a row, which means that the value of the Rockets has soared, and he will wake up laughing even if he falls asleep.

After the introduction of the starting lineup, the starting players of both sides appeared one after another.

Both sides are also playing with the main force.

The Rockets have a combination of Billups and Tracy McGrady on the perimeter, Battier and Millsap on the front line, and Yao Ming at the center.

On the Celtics side, Rondo and Ray Allen are on the perimeter, Pierce and Garnett are on the front line, and Kendrick Perkins is at center.