等了五十三年，纽约队终于拿了第一

Today we'll talk about something that has many people very excited.

This thing is connected to basketball.

First, let's talk a bit about basketball.

Basketball is a kind of ball game.

Many people play together.

Everyone splits into two teams.

When you play, there's a basket up above.

You have to put the ball into the basket.

When the ball goes into the basket, your team gets a point.

In the end, the team with more points wins.

The team with fewer points loses.

This is basketball.

In America, basketball is one of the most popular sports.

Almost everyone watches it.

America has many basketball teams.

Every big city has its own team.

Today we're talking about one city's team.

This city is called New York.

New York is one of the biggest cities in America.

New York's team is just called the New York team.

New Yorkers especially love their own team.

They watch from childhood into old age.

A whole family watches together.

The father watches, the son watches too.

But in New Yorkers' hearts,

there has always been one very sad thing.

What is it?

We'll go slowly.

Basketball is played every year.

All the teams play through a whole year,

and in the end, only one team can take first place.

The team that takes first place

is that year's most formidable team.

Every team wants first place.

Of course the New York team wants it too.

But the New York team

hadn't taken first place for a very, very long time.

How long?

Fifty-three years.

You didn't hear wrong — fifty-three years.

The last time the New York team took first

was in 1973.

Back then,

many New Yorkers today hadn't even been born yet.

In these fifty-three years,

the New York team played every year.

But every year, they came up just short.

They simply couldn't get that first place.

New Yorkers waited year after year.

Their fathers waited.

Their grandfathers waited too.

Many old people, right up until they passed,

never got to see the New York team take first again.

So for New Yorkers,

taking first place had almost become a dream.

A dream waited on for fifty-three years.

But this year, this dream woke up.

This year, the New York team played better and better.

They won team after team.

In the end, they reached the final step.

Across from them was another very strong team.

The two teams played five games.

The New York team won four.

Just yesterday,

they won the last game.

The score was close: 94 to 90.

The New York team finally took first place!

First place, waited on for fifty-three years!

In that moment, all of New York went wild.

Many people on the streets cried and laughed at once.

Some old people said:

'In my whole life, I finally got to see it.'

For this first-place win,

on the New York team, one person was the most formidable.

He's called Brunson.

He's the leader of the team.

In the last game, he alone scored 45 points.

Across the whole series, he averaged nearly 30 points.

So everyone says

he was the best one this time.

He won a very big award.

By the way, there's one more thing that's especially interesting.

In an earlier game,

there was one where the New York team was far behind in the first half.

Behind by almost 30 points.

Everyone thought this game was a sure loss.

But the New York team didn't give up.

In the second half, they chased point by point.

In the end, they actually turned it around and won.

This is the biggest comeback

in basketball history.

Finally, let's think together.

A team waited fifty-three years.

Along the way there were countless disappointments.

But they never stopped playing.

This year, they finally got there.

Finally, I want to ask you.

In your heart, is there a dream

you've waited a very, very long time for?

Are you still working hard for it?