The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 79 Battle of Cards
When Li Pu and Anta struggled for a while until they finally signed the contract, the NBA game was still going on.

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to the end of January.

In the last few days of December, the Thunder defeated the Mavericks, Nets and Eagles at home successively, achieving a wave of four consecutive victories.

Then started the year in 2011 and lost to the Spurs and Grizzlies in away games.

After winning consecutive victories against the Mavericks, Grizzlies, Rockets, Magic, Nuggets, Wizards, and Knicks, they won another seven-game winning streak.

It didn't lose a game until they met the Hornets in the away game.

But even so, the Thunder's record has reached 32 wins and 12 losses, ranking third in the West, the same record as the Lakers who are second in the West.

Even more coincidentally, on January 1th, the second day after Lip signed with Anta, the Thunder will come to Los Angeles to play against the defending champion Lakers.

This is a key card position battle, one equals two games, and the winner will exclusively enjoy the second title in the Western Conference.

As for No. 5 in the West, the Spurs are too stable, leading the two teams by [-] games, and they basically can't catch up before the All-Star Game.

Boarding the Staples Arena again, looking at the decoration that has been replaced with the Lakers logo, Li Pu's chest ignited a strong fighting spirit.

During this month, Li Pu's performance was still good and bad, but overall, it was still above the standard, and he was firmly seated in the team's third place.

Since the competition for the center position in the Western Conference is not fierce, the only female with the highest popularity, Zhao Riyue, also withdrew from the All-Star team due to being reimbursed for the season due to injury.

Therefore, in the ranking of the All-Star centers in the Western Conference, it is the duo of Li Pu and Bynum.

Li Pu has an absolute advantage in popularity, but according to media interviews with players and media reporters, it is Bynum who has the upper hand.

After all, Bynum entered the league earlier, has two championships, and played beside Kobe, so he is obviously more favored by the media.

Therefore, the best way for Li Pu to prove himself is to defeat Bynum in a head-to-head confrontation.

"Prince, come on!" At this moment, there was a sound of cheering from the stands not far away.

Li Pu looked around and found a group of Chinese-faced fans, wearing Li Pu's Thunder jersey, which was particularly eye-catching among the large crowd of Lakers fans in the audience.

That's right, Li Pu has fans now!

As Li Pu is playing better and better, his fans are getting more and more, and now it has even developed to the point that, when he goes to any away arena, there are more or less Chinese-faced fans to support Li Pu.

Li Pu waved at them, which immediately attracted louder cheers, and of course, also attracted more disgusted eyes from around.

Nonsense, where is this place?
This is the Staples Arena, you are so arrogant as a rookie here, do you have the strength?
At this moment, the appearance of a bald head immediately caused the entire arena to explode, and the cheers of the fans almost overwhelmed Li Pu's fans in an instant.

That's right, that man is here!
Wearing a golden training uniform, he walked into the arena with domineering steps, followed by two big men, one on the left and the other on the right like two bodyguards.

The one who can let Paul's sister-in-law Gasol and Andrew wash and blow Bynum as bodyguards is naturally the Lakers boss Kobe Bryant.

Seeing Kobe cheering from the audience, Li Pu curled his lips. There is no way to compare his popularity.

Today's Kobe is in full swing, and winning five championships last year has made him among the top ten in NBA history. It can be said that he is the absolute face of the league today, known as the world's 60 billion Komi people.

Can't be bothered, can't be bothered!
As we all know, Comey's fighting power is quite powerful!

Li Pu withdrew his gaze and began to focus on the warm-up training.

"Friends from the audience, hello everyone! Welcome to watch, we are bringing you the regular season broadcast of the American Professional Basketball League, and today we are bringing you the game, the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City at home. For Thunder's game, the guest commentator invited today is the familiar Zhang Weiping, Director Zhang..."

"Hello everyone……"

From the TV, came the familiar voices of Yu Jia and Director Zhang.

"I don't do anything every day, I just watch TV when I come back, and I don't do my homework!"

Just as Wang Xing and his father were watching the NBA game televised on the stage five, Wang Xing's mother's voice came from the kitchen.

Before Wang Xing had time to react, he saw his father standing up suddenly, picked up the watering can beside him, and started watering the flowers and plants on the balcony.

Almost a moment later, my mother appeared in the living room.

"No one listened to the calls to eat, hurry up and eat!" Mom glanced at Dad who was working, didn't say anything, but said to Wang Xing.

Seeing his mother's angry face, Wang Xing sighed in his heart.

Heaven and earth conscience!
I still remember the way my mother greeted me when I came home from the winter vacation. Only a week later, my mother’s kind face was gone forever, replaced by cold eyebrows and all kinds of disgust.

Although his mother was angry, Wang Xing still had to say to his mother: "Mom, let's have dinner at the coffee table, there happens to be Li Pu's competition!"

"Li Pu? Who is it?" My mother looked puzzled.

"We Chinese play in the NBA!" Dad paused with the watering can in his hand when he heard this, and quickly explained.

"Oh, the NBA! Then I know, it's the female Zhao Riyue, why did you change?" My mother usually doesn't watch football games, and at most occasionally accompany Wang Xing or her father to watch. For her, Knowing that a woman is a sign of the sun and the moon is already very good.

"He's a newcomer to the NBA, he's playing really well, and he's probably the next female Zhao Riyue!"

"What does that have to do with you?"

"Hey, isn't this to support people in our country!"

"Okay, okay, serve the food quickly!"

Hearing that his mother agreed, Wang Xing hurriedly said excitedly: "Okay, I'll go right away!"

When the dad on the side heard this, he quickly put the watering can on the ground and said, "I'm going too!"

"Wash your hands first!" Mom chased them to the kitchen, exhorting them as they walked.

At this time, Yu Jia's voice on the TV echoed in the empty living room.

"Thank you Director Zhang for your comments, and then I will introduce the starting lineups of the two teams tonight.

The Lakers continued their usual starting lineup: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum.

The Thunder's starting lineup has changed, namely: Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka and Li Pu.

The Thunder replaced the usual starter Jeff Green with second-year power forward Ibaka. Director Zhang, what do you think is the reason for the Thunder to do this? "

"I think the Thunder mainly consider the twin towers of the Lakers, which is amazing! Green is not tall enough, so Ibaka is used to match Gasol's height..."

(End of this chapter)