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Chapter 701 Los Angeles Lakers VS Miami Heat

The Christmas game, this is an old tradition of the NBA, and it is also an old tradition that belongs exclusively to basketball. This evening, basically all of the West has a holiday, so it is necessary to have a fierce game, or even a "SHOW" .To put it bluntly, the four major leagues in North America are not purely competitive leagues. From the point of view of Yahoo Sports reporters, the four major leagues are the four major commercial sports leagues. If you want to enter the game, you must first prove that you can make money.

However, many people may not know that the "Christmas Game" is basically an iron-clad signboard of the NBA. Although NLF also has this gimmick, if Christmas is not a weekend that year, it is a pity that NLF will cancel the so-called "Christmas Game". war".The reason is that the NFL only has games on weekends, and the schedule is not as close as the NBA.Not to mention ice hockey and baseball. Basically, there is no such argument. It’s not that the president of their league doesn’t want to do it. It’s just that they want Americans to work on Christmas Day. It’s really not an ordinary workload.If it's not traditional, if you're not a strong executive, if you're not famous enough, sorry, no one will talk to you, the players union will "talk" to you first.For example, Christmas this year is not a weekend, so among the four major leagues in North America, only the NBA has games broadcast.

This is really a unique "big cake".

jealous?Jealousy is useless!Because the NBA has always had the tradition of the Christmas game from the beginning to the present. Since the official establishment of the NBA in 1947, except for the first year and 1998, the Christmas game has never been interrupted.Therefore, the history and background are far stronger than the other three major leagues, and it has basically formed a Christmas habit for American sports fans.

The United States is a country with a short history, so they attach great importance to tradition and history. The NBA Christmas game is close to 70 years. This weight is considered heavy in the history of the United States.Regarding the Christmas game, there are also many records. For example, the highest score in a single game of the Christmas game was scored by Bernard King, with a total of 60 points. Unfortunately, the team lost in the end and lost to the Nets by 6 points Team.Kobe’s highest single-game score in the previous Christmas game was 42 points. The time was against the Miami Heat in 2004. Well, it was the first year when O’Neal moved to Miami. "Shark" and "The Flash" teamed up and unfortunately lost.And tonight, the opponent is Miami again, but the opponent has changed from O'Neal + Wade to the "Big Three", and Kobe's side is not much different from 2.

There are too few helpers, and if Tang Qian is removed, it is not even as good as the first few years of solo flying.

Kobe Bryant succeeded in replacing Oscar Robertson in the Christmas game last year as the total scorer on December 12.At present, Kobe's "Total Christmas Score" is 25 points. If he can score more than 383 points tonight, he can increase his "Total Christmas Score" to 17+, which is definitely a very good milestone.

The original time and space?I'm sorry, Kobe didn't do it in the original time and space. Continuous injuries made him absent continuously. He finally came back in 2015, but he only scored 12 points, and his "Christmas total score" stayed at 395 points. , this is a bit of a pity.And tonight, coincidentally, is also the 16th Christmas game of Kobe's career, which is exactly the same as the original time and space.Tonight is Tang Qian's second Christmas game. In the first season, he only joined the NBA on February 2, so he missed that season's Christmas game.

In last year's Christmas game, the Lakers lost. Kobe scored a high score, but there was still no way to lead "F4" to win. The 5-game winning streak was terminated. I don't know if there will be any changes this season.Tang Qian performed well in the last Christmas game. He scored 0 points, 12 rebounds, 6 blocks and 1 assist without being the team's main center, which is satisfactory enough.

He has been righted up this season and has more playing time and opportunities, so fans have more expectations of him.

However, compared to the Heat with 6 consecutive victories, the current situation of the Lakers is not gratifying. They have just suffered a 17-game losing streak after the end of their 2-game winning streak, and their third position in the Western Conference is at risk.The fight in the Western Division is also brutal this year. Judging by this trend, it is very likely to surpass the 09-10 season. If there is no 50 wins, your ticket to the playoffs is not guaranteed.

The gap in the number of games, between the top eight, is not particularly large, especially starting from the third and fourth places, it is almost a difference of 1~2 games.If you accidentally lose a streak, you may fall from the upper division to the lower division, or even be kicked out of the playoffs.This is a cruel season, and for the Los Angeles Lakers, it can be described as frightening.

If they lose this game again, they will drop from third in the West to fourth in the West, and if they lose two more games, they will drop directly to sixth in the West.Compared with the first group, the second group and the third group in the east, there is a clear distinction, and the west area is like Shura hell.

Before the end of the regular season, no team dared to pat their chests and say that they must be stable.

Well, maybe, the Spurs have this capital. After all, it's been an unknown time since they didn't make the playoffs last time. They are an exception.

Since the "Christmas Game" is exclusive to the NBA's signature, the atmosphere is heightened and the hype is exaggerated, it must be done.

This day is also the only broadcast of all NBA games regardless of platform and media. Even the playoff finals do not have this treatment. On December 12th, all platform media that cooperate with the NBA, including ESPN, TNT, ABC, etc. , will be online at the same time, and broadcast in real time at the same time.So the NBA Christmas Game is the biggest regular-season stage besides the finals and playoffs. If you want to become famous, this place is a good entry point.

The Lakers VS Heat is naturally the "darling" in the Christmas game, the one that has attracted the most attention.

After all, there are too many gimmicks and highlights.

Looking at the official websites and columns of ESPN and TNT, as well as their Twitter accounts, a lot of data and "grievances" have been put on the table, allowing fans to talk and argue.

The groups that received the most attention were:
How many points will Kobe score tonight?Can he become the first player in NBA history to score more than 400 points in the Christmas game?
Can James complete a triple-double in the Christmas game again?To be the player second only to Oscar Robertson?
Can the Big Three successfully suppress Kobe?Can Kobe perform the miracle of a lonely hero?
Can the Chinese hot tonight surpass the single-game block king Jordan in the Christmas game?Can you continue the strong performance of 20+ rebounds?

This is all attention.

Then there is the pre-game press conference that the NBA must arrange in the Christmas game.

You must know that in normal times, this pre-match press conference is dispensable and not a system, but on December 12th, sorry, this has become a routine.Every team has to participate.Moreover, Stern made the "Christmas Game" bigger and bigger. In the past, he occasionally scrupled about NLF games. Basically, there were only 25 to 2 games a day. Since 3, Stern announced that the NBA Christmas Game will be all-weather. That is to say, starting from this year, live broadcasts of NBA games will be launched throughout the day.

Invisibly, this day was branded even more with the brand of NBA.

In the future, the NBA has completely won the big cake of the "Christmas Game". In the past, it would temporarily modify the game time because of conflicts with the NFL schedule.For example, the Christmas battle in 1999, such as the two years of 2004 and 2005, was directly scheduled for noon and afternoon.However, all this began to reverse in 2008. In 2015, the NFL originally planned to arrange the "Christmas Game" on "Christmas Day", but it was finally changed to Christmas Eve. For the first time, football avoided the edge of basketball.

You must know that in the past, this was something unimaginable.

There is no way, the president of the NFL is too stupid, he has been keeping the old traditions of the NFL unchanged, not to mention the Christmas game, even the signature Thanksgiving game has become a fading trend, gradually not as famous as the NBA's Christmas game.Why, because the NFL's Thanksgiving Day game is held in a fixed place every year, that is, Dallas, and basically does not give other cities the opportunity to hold it. This way, it will take a long time, and it is far less advantageous than the home and away games of the NBA. empathy.In addition, there are too few NFL games, and it is impossible to arrange them to be broadcast all day like the NBA, and the number of games cannot keep up.Therefore, since 2008, the NBA, the Christmas game that originally learned from the NFL Thanksgiving game, has had a trend of overtaking in an all-round way.

It is a kind of signal to insist on the broadcast time.

Here I can no longer sigh with emotion, Stern is the true god of the NBA, without him, the NBA would not have the current global status.

The Heat were the first to say:

They are not afraid of the Lakers at all, because their goal this season is to win three consecutive championships and become a new dynasty in NBA history.

Bosh also had some grievances with Tang Qian, so when the reporter asked him if he would compete with No. 29 of the Lakers, "Bo Yiban" replied:
Don't compare me to blue collar players!I'm an all-star insider!
Faced with this kind of words, the Lakers also made a partial official answer, D'Antoni said:

The Heat are strong, and we will do our best.

Kobe is not so polite, he has always been not very polite, said:

How many championships does Miami have? 2? 3?Sorry, I don't have a good memory, anyway, I don't have as many championship rings as myself, right?
This counterattack is really beautiful. With Kobe's "serious and serious" face, he immediately wrote off the court, for fear that he might miss something.

Tang Qian also opened his mouth and said:
It’s good that I’m a blue-collar player, but I’m also an All-Star insider. If Bosh is a big center, if he comes to the West, I will let him have a taste of being a substitute for me.Just like Dwight Howard.Besides, I am also averaging 10-11 points per game now, how many points per game does Bosh average?Do you still think you are in the age of 20+?Wake up, it’s the end of 2013 now, you only have the ability to average 16+ per game~ let alone rebounds and blocks, I’m afraid I’ll irritate him by saying it~
This effect is also what David Stern wants. As long as it is within a reasonable range, he will not refuse any comers. The more the better.Because the more there are, the stronger the hype will be, and the more it will arouse people's desire to watch the game. The Christmas game with the highest ratings in NBA history was achieved with the help of the "grievance card".After the separation, K vs. O, after a media "stirring", it finally surpassed Jordan's Christmas Eve ratings in the last year (here refers to the 1997-1998 season), soaring to 7.3!You must know that Jordan's last season's Christmas battle was only a 5.5 ratings.Since then, there has never been a year that has reached 7+ ratings. Therefore, the card of love and hatred has become a must-have magic weapon for the Christmas battle.

Upon hearing this, Bosh responded:
Tonight, he will let the Lakers No. 29 know what a real All-Star insider is, not a fake blue-collar All-Star.

As soon as this sentence came out, Bosh tantamount to invisibly offending a group of people, including Mutombo and Ben Wallace, a group of NBA celebrities who have retired, made a public statement or tweeted:

False blue-collar all-star?This kind of person just hasn't met his peak period, otherwise he must be taught to be a man!Hope to play well tonight and defend the majesty of the blue-collar All-Stars!
The game is scheduled for 7:6, and after 400:500, the Staples Center is already overcrowded. It is hard to find a ticket for the Christmas game. Basically, you don’t hold a season ticket. Ordinary people can't afford to buy it at a high price.Don’t think it’s an exaggeration. Usually, a regular game costs 80-130 US dollars on average, and the lowest ticket (if you can grab it) is about 10000-10000 US dollars. What about the Christmas game?Basically, it is doubled, whether it is the average fare or the lowest and highest, it is doubled. The most powerful can reach 7 US dollars, yes, it is [-] US dollars, which is close to [-] yuan!
Ordinary Americans spend 3 to 4 US dollars a year. If you spend so much money to watch games, unless you are rich, you are hardcore, or your brain is caught by the door.

But for some celebrities and celebrities who want to be on camera or go on camera, this little money is nothing.

It's worth it to get a few scenes in Starlight.

Well, and in Los Angeles, there has never been a shortage of so-called celebrities.

Although Tang Qian rejected "so-and-so", it doesn't mean that "so-and-so" won't come to watch the game by themselves. For them, this little money is a drop in the bucket.The poorest Karlie Kloss is also rich, at least much richer than ordinary people.

So they all agreed with each other and arrived at the scene.

Of course it's still the same, they didn't sit next to each other, but each sat in their own way, each watching their own.

Warming up before the game, James and others came over to greet each other. This is also the atmosphere created by the "03 Platinum Generation". The so-called enemy on the court is a friend off the court.And unlike the previous "courtesy", they really "play" like this.Tang Qian doesn't like this very much. He still likes the spirit of Kobe, Iverson, McGrady, and Jordan, and the old-school thinking. They are enemies on the court, and whether they are enemies off the court depends on their mood.

By no means must and necessary.

Tang Qian was in a good mood and clocked in for work, which made Tang Qian uncomfortable.

Kobe was also not very comfortable. He had always been very repulsed by this kind of "new thinking" and "new spirit", so James and others only said a few words before turning their heads and leaving, returning to their own half.

"Why, don't you like this feeling?" Kobe looked at Tang Qian and asked suddenly.

"Well, I don't like it very much, so you can be polite, but being good friends, huh, let's forget it." Tang Qian said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to be cruel at that time." Kobe also laughed when he heard the words, and said: " Yes, the opponent is the opponent, when I leave the NBA and leave the court, let's talk about friends."

"It's too early."

"Yeah, it's too early." Tang Qian said: "Now we and them, only win or lose, only win or lose, nothing else."

Kobe cast a standard fadeaway and said, "That's right."

"Tonight there is only winning and losing, only winning and losing."

brush~
The basketball accurately drilled into the net, like a throwing knife, cutting the atmosphere of Christmas Eve.

The 29th game of the Lakers regular season, the Christmas game, kicked off.

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