After Djokovic won the French Open (his 23rd Grand Slam title) two days earlier, becoming the undisputed first man in men's tennis, today, also Serbian basketball player Nikola Nikolai. Jokic, who led the Denver Nuggets to a 4-1 victory over the Miami Heat, won the first championship in team history and the Finals Most Valuable Player (FMVP).
On June 1, before the start of the finals, I posted in the headline predicting a 4-1 victory for the Nuggets, averaging 30 points per game and winning FMVP.
Tennis and basketball are very mainstream sports in the West, and the hardships behind them to stand at the top of these sports are by no means as easy as they show when they play on the court. Deyo plays domineering and tenacious, Mr. Yo plays dashing and flowing, and only non-Western athletes can play like this. The Western sports system cannot teach athletes with such characteristics.
If they had a better family register, they would not have gone so hard.
Deyo himself said: "Boos make him stronger." "This year's French Open semi-finals and finals, Deyo suffered boos. In the final, leading 4-3 in the third set, and at 40-30, Djokovic was warned by the referee for overtimed serve, and the spectators roared in the stands again. Djokovic didn't care, and directly sent the ACE ball to win the set. After scoring the serve, Djokovic raised his racket high, both in response to the booing crowd and in a show of his determination to win.
Jokic has been targeted several times in this year's playoff trip. In the third game of the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers, in order to help the Lakers who were trailing 0-2 win, the referee almost went straight to play and gave Mr. Joe 4 fouls early. The same is true of the finals, where the teacher is plagued by fouls in many games and sits on the sidelines at key times. However, as long as he appeared on the court, he was lively and unstoppable, and in the final moments, he turned the tide many times and led the Nuggets to the final championship.
It is precisely because they are targeted all the time, so they have a sense of home and country that Western players rarely have. When Djokovic wrote at the French Open that "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia, stop the violence," he should also be aware of the consequences of doing so. Yes, Western public opinion began to criticize him, the British "Daily Telegraph" accused Xiaode of "anti-Kosovo", French Sports Minister Castella angrily criticized Xiaode should not express "very radical and very political" views, and the Kosovo Olympic Committee called for the complete ban of Djokovic. With the so-called "political correctness" of Europe and the United States dominating absolutely, Djokovic can completely refrain from speaking out against the violence in Kosovo, so as not to be bombarded by the Western media camp. But out of love for his homeland Serbia, out of defense of conscience and true thoughts, Xiaode once again offended "mainstream Western values." Djokovic is the most typical "anti-Western sports superstar", not that he deliberately opposes Europe and the United States, on the contrary, Xiaode is just loyal to his heart, said some heartfelt words, and did some things within his scope, but unexpectedly because of the incompatibility of the three views, he repeatedly poked the lung tube of Western politicians. There are many athletes who are at odds with Western politics, but among the phenomenal stars in the current service, Xiaode should be regarded as an iconic one. Serbia does not belong to the Western camp, and Djokovic loves and defends his homeland in every way possible, which is the irreconcilable contradiction for many years. Whether it is the previous vaccine turmoil, or the current Kosovo controversy, and the foreseeable future, Djokovic will inevitably be smeared and vilified by Western politicians, which is Xiaode's personal misfortune, but it also proves his tenacity and greatness.
The other day, when asked by a reporter what is the difference between Jokic playing for his country and representing the Nuggets, Jokic explained, "It's definitely different, when you play for Serbia, you always get the mood running high and the adrenaline rushing because the whole country is cheering for you." Probably for every Serbian player, playing for their country is their dream. ”
Come on, Xiaode, in the late stage of your career, expect you to use more perfect performance to gag the mouths of the self-righteous politicians in the West.
Come on, Mr. Jo, you're at the pinnacle of your career, and expect you to dominate the NBA, respond to the dirtiest off-court attacks with the most dashing on-court performances.