What Facundo Campazzo said when he received an ovation after the best night of his NBA career

Mauricio Codocea

04/29/2021 1:37 AM

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Updated 04/29/2021 1:45 AM

During the game, the recognition went to the great figure, the one who is fighting to be awarded as the best player in the world by being among the clear candidates for the

Most Valuable Player

(MVP) award of the NBA season: Nikola Jokic.

However, Facundo Campazzo's last quarter made the Denver Nuggets crowd

surrender at his feet.

And the televising was not alien to the consecrating performance of the Cordoba against New Orleans.

For this reason, he was chosen to receive the first questions from the press about the parquet, before the regular post-match attentions.

As soon as it was presented, the public that "filled" the Ball Arena, in which they were imposed

the expected restrictions in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and which logically offers

a reduced frame of spectators

, he dedicated

a thunderous ovation.

Applause and American-style shouts accompanied

a surprised Campazzo

, who with total sincerity asked his interlocutor: "Is everyone listening to me?"

Campazzo leaves the field, looking at the ground, almost shyly, while the stadium explodes when it recognizes him.

Photo EFE / Todd Pierson

Before the affirmative answer, the first thing he managed to say was:

"Sorry for my English"

, which aroused laughter and started another shower of palms and approving howls, as if to help him remove the shyness of a body still electrified by adrenaline of what had just happened, with

his first double-double and his maximum points (19 and 10 assists).

"It was a lot of fun," he

acknowledged about the game, giving another characteristic feature: his competitiveness.

He acknowledged

having had a good time

despite the fact that the team had more than a 10-point lead and

almost squandered everything

in the last few moments.

And he added: "

I'm living a dream every day

, playing with these guys, playing with these people who give us extra energy."

That last phrase, which

rockstar

, logically aroused

another outburst of support.

Consulted specifically by the game, by his scores and by his triples (he made 3 of 6 attempts), Campazzo assured with diplomacy and sincerity: "

I'm not afraid to shoot

. If they let me, I'll try to do it, I'll try to make the right decision to win. stats are all up to you guys. "

What Campazzo said after his magical night

Interview and ovation after beating the Pelicans

And he highlighted, at the same time that he explained why the team, at a very tough moment in the season such as running out of Jamal Murray, the starting point guard and figure alongside Nikola Jokic, continued to win (he has

7 successes in the last 8 presentations).

"I think

we also play for him every game

, that gives us extra energy. We try to play with everything for him too," reinforced the Cordovan, who at the end of the interview was again applauded and went to the locker room

under a shower of affection and waving to the four sides

of a Ball Arena that he himself had set ablaze with his game.