NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 280 The first All-Star Game in the new century! Even old fox Stern has moments of forgetfulness!
In addition to the two shocking transactions of the Spurs, another transaction is the transaction between the Los Angeles Lakers and their current number one competitor in the Western Conference, the Trail Blazers.

It's true that the management heard O'Neal's trade request, but they didn't pay too much attention to such a guy who had been on the bench for four years. They just casually spread the word in the league that they wanted to trade O'Neal. After O'Neal's news, there was no follow-up.

And the trade market for O'Neal Jr. is obviously not very good. Half of the managers in the league don't know that the Trail Blazers have such a person. Even if the other half know about him, they are not very prepared to offer a price to get him.

Again, a young insider at the end of the bench is not worth haggling back and forth. The most suitable thing for O'Neal right now is to be included in the deal as a trade addition.

But not all managers in the league are ignorant!
For example, Jerry West of the Lakers!
When this old fox inspected Kobe as early as 4 years ago, he also observed the talented newcomers of that generation.

In addition to super rookies such as Iverson, Marbury, and Raheem who are sure to become talents as long as they are not blind, West's eyes are more focused on those high school students and non-lottery players. On the body.

He has had a deep memory of O'Neal since 96. Of course, it was just a deep impression at the time. Now that times have changed, West's memory is not that good!
Even if he hadn't heard by coincidence that the Trail Blazers were going to trade O'Neal, he would have forgotten about this guy.

After all, his impression of O'Neal four years ago was only that he had good talent and strong defensive ability, but he was far from thinking that this guy had any shocking top talent.

But now, this kid has been on the bench for three years in Portland, and his mentality must have been tempered. At this time, the price is at a low point.

After West thought for a while, he called the Trail Blazers.

If it were placed in the years before Lin Tian participated in the All-Star voting, 200 million votes would definitely easily become the All-Star vote king. But this year, 200 million votes has almost become the minimum number of votes for the All-Star starter.

Lower than this? That basically means you have no chance of being an All-Star starter!
The second-highest vote-getter in the Eastern Conference is Vince Carter, who won 270 million votes! It is worth mentioning that since the positions of Carter and Christie have been swinging back and forth, it has always been very unclear who is playing two and who is playing three. Even Lin Tian didn't know until he saw the All-Star voting. thing.

According to Bird, unless there are serious injuries or uncontrollable accidents, there is a high probability that the Pacers' lineup will not change this year! He is very satisfied with the team's current performance!
What's more, there are still more than two months before the trade deadline. The reason why this year's arms race has been brought forward is because of the two transactions of the Spurs.

As the main players' playing time and statistics dropped, the substitute players' statistics naturally improved!
The best performer among them is Rashard Lewis. After a year of adapting, this sophomore has played like a top high school student this season. In January, he averaged 1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.1 rebounds per game. The shooting percentage is as high as 3%!

In addition to these three transactions, another large transaction came from the Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers. The three teams revolved around draft picks, Larry Hughes and Tony Cuoco. A three-party transaction came into being.

After more than two months of fan voting, five players from each east and west became this season's All-Star starters!
Fans who had not voted for a year voted like crazy this year, unleashing their enthusiasm and successfully raising the total number of All-Star votes this season by another level!
This year's total number of All-Star votes and the number of All-Star voting champions have all gone up a notch compared to two years ago!
Well, of course, the main contributors to the votes are Lin Tian and the Chinese fans!

Except for these few transactions that may affect the league structure, the rest of the transactions are minor repairs that are not worth mentioning. As for the Pacers, of course they are sitting on the Diaoyutai and are not in a hurry.

Ok……

With the reduction in playing time, the average data of the main players has naturally declined inevitably.

After all, Reggie Miller and Gary Payton, the third and fourth guards in the Eastern Conference, only received 170 million and 160 million votes respectively, which is far inferior to Lin Tian and Iverson.

Of course, anyone who knows AC Green will know that having this insurance is the same as not having it.

Buying insurance for him to prevent him from getting hurt is the same as buying insurance for the Pacific Ocean to prevent it from drying up.

The absolute number one ironman in the NBA!

Carter was selected as an All-Star starter as a forward!
Carter became the starter as a forward, and the happiest person was of course Allen Iverson, who received 250 million votes! If Carter had signed up as a defender, then Iverson would have missed the chance to start again this year!

Not impossible, but almost certainly a waste of money!

NBA All-Star voting results for this season are announced!

And this position is basically the only starting position in the Eastern Conference that has any suspense.

The other Eastern Conference forward who started with Carter is of course also a Pacers player! Chris Webber received 230 million votes. As the second in charge of the Pacers, Webber, with his comprehensive skills and gorgeous playing style, is definitely worthy of being selected as an All-Star.

Since receiving a record-breaking 98 million votes in 400, Lin Tian has once again achieved great success this season. He received a total of 560 million All-Star votes! Looking at this number, Stern grinned from the corner of his mouth to the root of his cheek!
good! OK! Although there is no charge for All-Star voting, Stern is so happy to see Lin Tian alone receiving more than 560 million votes!

As for the center position, there is no suspense. Mourning received 210 million votes, while Ewing, who came in second, only received 90 votes, less than half of Mourning's!

Presumably, the Spurs chose to trade in advance in order to give the lineup enough time to adjust, so that the team would have more than half a season to adjust and adapt, and then prepare for the playoffs!

The data of others such as Carter, Ben, Christie, Miller, etc. have also declined to a greater or lesser extent due to the reduction in playing time.

The number one iron man in NBA history only missed 3 games in the second year of his career, leaving 13 seasons with full attendance!

It is also a very reasonable and traditional combination of two large and three small ones!
One thing that is very similar between the West and the East is: their five-man All-Star team is also almost no suspense!

So, after several back-and-forth conversations with the Trail Blazers, West got O'Neal Jr. from the Trail Blazers at the cost of two second-round picks!
Compared with the two transactions of the Spurs, almost no one paid attention to West's move. Everyone felt that this was West buying insurance for the team, in case the team's current starting power forward AC Green is injured, so someone can fill the team's fourth position.

In January, the Pacers finally got out of the bad situation at the end of December, and their momentum once again entered an unstoppable situation!
Throughout January, the Pacers won all 15 games!
All the players on the team have been in great condition throughout the month, and no one has lost their skills. Even Miller, who was in very bad form at the beginning of the season, has regained a bit of his peak feeling this month!
Throughout the month of games, the Pacers outscored their opponents by 17.1 points, undoubtedly the highest in the league! In one-third of the team's games, the game entered garbage time early, and the main players failed to get playing time in the fourth quarter of these games!

He actually thinks the same as Popovich.

The number of votes received by all players in the entire NBA has experienced a huge improvement this year!
For example, there are 200 people in the entire league who have exceeded 7 million votes!

林天这个月场均登场时间只有36.1分钟，场均拿下22.8分11.2次助攻5.1篮板和3.1次抢断！
Chris Webber's playing time dropped to 34.4 minutes, and his average data dropped to 19.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game!

This is the best evidence that the NBA has gained global attention!
Moreover, because All-Star votes always come with one vote, Lin Tian was able to get 560 million votes, and the votes of other people naturally followed closely behind, and the tide rose and all boats rose!

As a result, the starting five All-Stars in the Eastern Conference are: Alonzo Mourning, Chris Webber, Vince Carter, Lin Tian, ​​and Allen Iverson!

As for the Bulls, they cleared cap space and acquired future draft picks!
After this deal, the 76ers paired Iverson with an all-around forward. Kukoc was able to contribute 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists this season! His firepower and comprehensive abilities will definitely bring enough help to Iverson!
As for the Bulls, after acquiring No. 1 pick Brand and the potential 'Beast' Artest, the team's reconstruction is officially on the right track! Kukoc, a 'veteran from the former dynasty' and a veteran, is naturally the first to be eliminated by the team.

Buy the dip!

There is already a tendency to replace Mullin and become the second 3-point shooter on the Pacers bench!
Relying on the team's victory and 36 minutes of playing time, although Lin Tian's statistics are not as explosive as his own last month, and they are not as good as O'Neal who scored 30+14+3 again this month, Lin Tian is still For the second consecutive month, he won the league's Player of the Month!
In today's situation where the league only selects the best player of the month every month, Lin Tian, ​​who has won two consecutive awards, has already held two-thirds of the MVP trophies in his arms!
As January comes to an end, the league also announced an extremely important thing for this season.

The 76ers finally couldn't bear the fact that the team had no second reliable scoring point besides Iverson. They used Larry Hughes as the main body and exchanged the European king Tony Ku from the Chicago Bulls. Kochi!
The Warriors used the draft pick to acquire Hughes, a talented young forward.

As for the Warriors, they have also found themselves another potential outside player in the midst of years of rebuilding. They look forward to Hughes and Jamison leading the team to glory together!

This year, Lin Tian undoubtedly became the top vote-getter for the second consecutive All-Star Game!

Their record is the best in the league, and the personnel reserves at each position are very sufficient. They don't need to worry at all. Let's wait and see what the market is like!

His age is no longer suitable for rebuilding with young people. Send him to a playoff-level team, even if the Bulls still have some humanity.

He would definitely not miss such a good opportunity to buy at the bottom, especially since O'Neal Jr. is one of those types whose prices are extremely low, who can make a profit if they make a profit, and it doesn't matter if they don't make a profit. The cost is almost zero!

It is worth mentioning that he relied on the outburst of fans in the last few days before the voting deadline to barely defeat Grant Hill, who received 220 million votes, and successfully counterattacked and became the starter.

For example, the Western Conference vote leader is Shaquille O'Neal from the Lakers. This big man received 350 million votes, ranking second in the league. The second-ranked Western center center is David who only received 98 votes. ·Robinson, with more than three times the votes, made O'Neal the All-Star starter without any suspense!

Well, of course, it’s only been a few years since this guy was able to happily become an All-Star starter, and another All-Star voting fiend is about to join the NBA!
At the forward position, Garnett received 230 million votes and Duncan received 190 million votes. The two No. 21s became the starters on the Western Conference forward side by side. Scottie Pippen, who ranked third, was pitiful. Xixi only got 110 million votes, which is far away from Duncan.

At the guard position, Jason Kidd, the 'Son of the Sun', received 220 million votes, and Kobe Bryant, who became the All-Star starter for the second consecutive time, received 201 million votes!
Ranking third in the Western Conference backcourt is 'White Chocolate' Jason Williams, a unique guard from the Kings! But he only received 150 million votes, and the distance from Kobe was also very large, which did not put any pressure on Kobe!
In the end, the starters for the Western Conference are: Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Jason Kidd, and Kobe Bryant!
Judging from the voting results, the biggest winner of this All-Star voting is undoubtedly the official NBA! After last year's All-Star Game was canceled due to the lockout, this year they achieved great success in the All-Star voting results! No matter where these votes come from, the NBA is indeed successful and fast, attracting fans back!
The total number of votes for this year's All-Stars is more than double that of any previous one! From this point alone, we can see how much attention is being paid to this All-Star Game!
As for the big winners at the team level, there is no doubt that the Lakers and Pacers.

The Lakers' Kobe Bryant and O'Neal became the starters, and the Pacers even played three players side by side!

These two teams contributed half of the All-Star starters!
The next suspense is who the league's coaches will vote for as All-Star substitutes.

But before the final result came out, Stern decided to do some work first! He wants to raise the already extremely successful and highly watched All-Star Game to a higher level again!
As for how to create a bigger and more popular stunt?

Stern said: It’s so simple!

Wouldn’t it be enough to improve the reputation, gimmicks and class of the contestants in individual events?

In today's league, who has the most traffic and who has the most popularity? There is no doubt that there is only one answer!
He was also the first person Stern called!

"Hi Lin! Congratulations on becoming the first person in league history to receive more than 500 million All-Star votes!"

"Let's get to the point, Mr. President, you also called me two years ago to congratulate me on becoming the first person to get more than 400 million votes." Lin Tian and Stern were always unceremonious and said simply and directly : "What do you want to ask me to do?"

FUXX!

Stern cursed in his stomach, this Lin is really good at making people angry and unhappy!
I am the president! I am the KING of this alliance!

I didn’t say a word, so you asked me if I could ask you anything?
I, Stern, am said to be the most successful president in the history of the NBA. I don’t want to lose face?

Thinking of this, Stern rolled his eyes and said directly: "Lin, I'm going to invite your teammate Vince to participate in the slam dunk contest, but it's boring for him to go alone. The most important thing is that he's alone. As a second-year student, it would be a pity if you are too nervous and fail to perform well."

"As the boss of the team, help him. You also participate to give him some confidence."

"Okay."

"You don't need to answer me in a hurry. You can think about it carefully and then discuss it with Vince to see if he really needs you. And this time..." Stern said this and suddenly felt as if he had missed something. He dropped some important clues. After hesitating for a moment, he said in disbelief: "You agreed? You actually agreed?"

Stern knows better than anyone how lame his excuse for inviting Lin Tian to participate in the slam dunk contest is. He also knows that it is completely unconvincing. Even when he encounters those grumpy guys, he might even fight back directly.

"What do you mean, I can only serve as a foil for my little brother?" One sentence can completely make Stern feel like a deadlock.

But Stern really has no other reason available.

Fame, benefits, dunk king title, traffic, fans' love...

Lin Tian doesn't lack any of these things!

Especially since this guy had rejected Stern several times before, which made Stern feel that he was an insufferable boss. If he wanted to convince him, he could only try to play the emotional card.

But Stern never expected that Lin Tianhui would just agree.

"Are you serious?" Stern couldn't help but ask again.

"Of course! I will participate in this year's slam dunk contest, and even if there are places for the three-point contest, I also want to play." Lin Tian smiled and said that he was not joking!

Lin Tian had planned to participate in this year's dunk contest!
Before this year, Lin Tian had no interest in competing with Kobe Bryant, the most popular dunk king in history, nor did he have the heart to abuse Barry, who can fly even if he is a white man.

The past few slam dunk contests, to be honest, were really novices pecking each other!

It was so bad that the slam dunk contest was canceled in the 1998 All-Star Game.

Well, of course, the main reason is that Lin Tian knows very well that in those two years, even if he was a rookie, he would not be able to win.

They dunked badly, and Lin Tian couldn't dunk it himself! But now, Lin Tian is full of confidence!
Although his 'Chinese Leap' talent did not increase his take-off height, it greatly increased Lin Tian's sliding length! Coupled with the upgrade before the season, Lin Tian's own jumping ability has reached an S- level!
Although Lin Tian's absolute height after taking off is still not comparable to monsters like Carter and Francis, who said that the dunk contest has to be high? It’s not a high jump competition!
In short, Lin Tian is very confident about this competition!

At the same time, Lin Tian also has great ambitions for this NBA slam dunk contest, which will be ranked among the top three or even top two in the history of the NBA!
Killing Carter, Francis and McGrady in the dunk contest is no more impressive than killing Kobe, Barry, Dee Brown or Ray Allen?
It is also worth mentioning that another reason why Lin Tian agreed to Stern so simply was that he actually agreed to Stern two years ago, saying that if Stern stopped holding the slam dunk contest in 98, then He will participate in the next session.

Well...apparently, Stern forgot about this.

But I, the official Lin, always keep my word and never break my word!

Especially when there are benefits!
After all, Lin Tian is full of ambitions for the first All-Star Slam Dunk Contest in the new century in 2000!
He wants to leave his name in this top slam dunk contest in NBA history!

Kill Carter and make Carter the second Aaron Gordon!
Well, no, make Aaron Gordon the second Vince Carter!

Let Carter also become the uncrowned king!

I just don’t know, does anyone dare to give Carter a 9 points in the dunk contest?

Wade is still in his teens this year, and he doesn’t know that 9 points can bring Carter a lot of extra income, attention and honors.

But in short, Lin Tian is willing to participate, and the alliance has finally accumulated enough dunkers. This is definitely a good thing for the alliance!

So while the league is restarting the All-Star Game, it is also taking advantage of this opportunity to restart the Dunk Contest!

The first All-Star Game in the new century must be lively!

But of course, Lin Daguanren is not a benevolent gentleman. Since Stern forgot that he had promised him that he would participate in the slam dunk contest, he had to take advantage of the opportunity to squeeze him again!

"However, I have conditions!"

"Just mention it!" Stern became very happy now. Lin Tian participated in the dunk contest, which is a great thing! Stern is already imagining that night, fans all over the world will be roaring with gongs and drums, firecrackers will be blasting, red flags will be waving, and there will be huge crowds of people watching the slam dunk contest!

Just thinking about it makes me excited!
"It's also very simple. You know that training camp that Dolan and I organized, right?" Lin Tian smiled and said: "There will be a second season during this offseason. Come and make a guest appearance for me in two episodes. Be a guest! This is the first one. It’s not difficult to give us a speech at the beginning of the episode and present an award at the end.”

"Is it that simple?" Stern knew very well how popular Lin Tian's creation camp was! Wade, Arenas, Randolph, Hinrich...these young people who performed brilliantly in that Creation Camp are now famous all over the United States and have received very high attention!
Countless people have a filter for them and will pay extra attention to their high school or college games. The ratings and attention of the NCAA and high school leagues have also increased significantly.

In other words, these young people have not yet entered the NBA, but because of their outstanding performance in the Creation Camp, they have gained the first wave of fans in the United States and even the world!

Under this circumstance, the second season of this creation camp will inevitably have higher ratings, attention and more talents to join!

Stern even heard that because of the benefits this year, the NCAA is planning to send some players to participate in the Creation Camp to bring some extra attention to the league!
Therefore, although he has never attended various business activities in his own name, Stern would not refuse such an event to represent the alliance on a well-known national program and show off the alliance's style!
There are benefits for everyone! So Stern nodded directly without hesitation and reached an agreement with Lin Tian!

After hanging up the phone, Stern was immediately full of energy!
He is full of expectations for this year's All-Stars!
This time, we will definitely give the new century a good start! So Stern directly took away the work of his officials. He began to look up the player list himself. He wanted to make phone calls one by one to invite the players to participate in the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest!
After all, Lin Tian just agreed to participate in the three-point contest!
Hey, he is the first player in NBA history to participate in three-pointers, dunks and the main game at the same time in the same year!
With this heat, you can also stir-fry it!
An old fox like Stern will never miss any opportunity to gain popularity!
At the same time, Stern also called his assistant into the office and asked him to find the media to publicize the news that the league would invite Lin Tian to participate in two individual events at the same time!
Well, it starts with the alliance invitation, then Lin Tian may participate, Lin Tian may not participate, and finally it is confirmed that Lin Tian will participate.

Hehe, the main thing is to change one thing into one hundred and eighty looks, and continue to speculate for half a month!
Anyway, there are still almost two weeks until the All-Star Game. During these two weeks, Stern will not waste an hour. He will try his best to make this All-Star Game the most successful and influential in NBA history. once!
All the things I lost when I didn’t hold the All-Star Game last year, Stern, I want to get them all back this time!

Stern made phone calls one after another, and his first sentence in almost every call was: "Lin will also participate in the three-point/slam dunk contest. Do you want to come and kill him?"

Well, finally this extremely difficult guy agreed to participate in a single event. Then Stern wants to completely drain Lin Tian's remaining value and cannot waste this opportunity!

After all, Stern knew how annoying Lin Tian was, and how many people wanted to find a chance to kill Lin Tian!

It’s difficult on the court, but what about an uncontested individual event?
This is an extremely rare opportunity to kill Lin Tian!
Many players will not miss this opportunity!
As Stern's phone calls went out one by one, and league officials and media cooperated to promote each other, the list of players for the individual events also emerged bit by bit. The league used an extremely skillful and professional way to list the players for the individual events. The list and suspense are played in eighteen tricks, raising the fans' expectations to the highest level!
However, teasing is all about teasing. The league is not in a hurry to fully announce the list of participants for individual competitions. In the past few days, the promotional methods they used have always been words like possible, probably, maybe, intentional, honest, high probability, and almost certain.

The main thing is that you can’t get in!

Without raising the fans' expectations to the highest level, Stern and the league will never release the complete final list!

The league is doing its best to mobilize public opinion, but the NBA season will not stop here. NBA games are still going on!

February 2000, 2, Chinese time, is the most important day of the year in China: the first day of the Lunar New Year!

This is the first day of the Chinese Spring Festival, and it is also a big day for the whole of China to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, celebrate with the whole family, and go to the homes of relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings!

In the late 90s and early 21st century, the Chinese New Year was full of New Year flavor! The young people are looking forward to delicious food, lucky money and various fireworks. The adults have worked hard for a year and finally sit together and chat about home affairs.

What's more important is that the Spring Festival Gala at this time is also the real Spring Festival Gala. Uncle Heitu's sketch, Niu and Feng's cross talk, Aunt Zhao's sketch, and many singers and movie stars make rare appearances together.

The Spring Festival Gala at this time is really a good program and a good time for family fun!

The Chinese New Year at this time is a real Chinese New Year, and it is also the day that almost everyone in China is most looking forward to.

The NBA, whose goal is to completely expand the Chinese market, will certainly not miss this good day! On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, they arranged a matchup that Chinese fans are most looking forward to, most want to see, and least likely to miss!
The Indiana Pacers take on the Dallas Mavericks on the road!
At the same time, it’s also Lin Tian VS General!

This is the first Chinese showdown in the NBA! It’s also the first Chinese derby!
The NBA has arranged this game on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which shows that they have indeed put a lot of thought into pleasing the Chinese fans!
At this time, the NBA and China officials are still in the honeymoon period!

Generally speaking, this season, although he did not participate in the Mavericks' summer league, he fully participated in the Mavericks' training camp and preseason games. During the entire regular season, he did not go back to play in anything like the Universiade or National Games.

Overall this season, focus on honing your skills and playing well with the Mavericks! In addition, because of Lin Tian's reputation, although Nelson would not give him any special treatment or extra playing time, Nelson actually arranged for an assistant coach to teach him how to play and practice. His technical details!
He generally knew that the treatment he received was all because of Lin Tian's face, and he was unwilling to embarrass Lin Tian. He also devoted 120% of his energy and concentration to training and playing games throughout the season!
His efforts were certainly rewarded!
The 22-year-old is roughly in the stage of increasing his career. He is absorbing knowledge and skills like a sponge. He came a year later than Lin Tian remembers, and he only played 5 games in the first year before going back to participate in something. The rough comparison between domestic competition and not participating in the training camp at all in the second year is completely different!

Of course, this difference is not exaggerated to the extent that some fans say 'not losing to Nowitzki'. That is completely nonsense from fans who have never watched the game.

The gap in talent between him and Nowitzki is still very obvious!

This season, Nowitzki has grown into the team's No. 2 scorer, averaging 17.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and is rapidly moving towards the top power forward position in the league.

After roughly half a season of hard work, he has already established a firm foothold in the Mavericks. So far this season, he has played in 46 games. Although he has played all of them as a substitute, his average playing time has reached 21 minutes per game. The team has the seventh most playing time!

He averaged 6.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. At present, he has steadily entered the team's rotation and is Nowitzki's number one substitute!
Although he is completely incomparable to MVPs and team bosses like Lin Tian, ​​he has generally established a firm foothold in the Mavericks.

More importantly, for Chinese fans, they don’t really care about how much playing time they get or how many points they score with the Mavericks. What they really look forward to is that Lin Tianhe can compete in the NBA. !
The thought of two Chinese people standing on the court of the highest basketball league to face off makes all Chinese fans excited!
Well, actually it’s not just excitement, there’s also quarrels.

"Mom, you go to grandpa's house first. I want to watch NBA at home! It starts at 8:30 in the morning and ends at 11 o'clock. I will be there before lunch!"

"Have you rebelled? What can be more important than going to grandpa's house? This year is the first day of the Lunar New Year! If you dare to go to grandpa's house at 11 o'clock, your father will break your legs! Now get dressed and go out immediately ! Hurry up! Otherwise I will tell your dad, hey? Where is your dad? "

"Daughter-in-law, let's go later today. I also have to watch this game. If I don't watch it, I won't have a good life this year. Otherwise, you can go first!"

"Li Jianjun, you're rebelling, aren't you! When you go to your dad's house, you let me go first? I can't get through this day, I tell you! Just make me angry to death, you two!"

……

"Dad, my stomach hurts! The dumplings last night seem to be broken. Can I lie down at home today?"

"Honey, my stomach hurts too. The dumplings made last night must have gone bad. My son and I should lie down at home."

"You two think my cooking is terrible, don't you?"

……

"Son? Husband? Huh? Where is he? Where did he go early in the morning? Let me make a call."

"Daughter-in-law? Oh, my son and I couldn't sleep at 7 o'clock in the morning, so we came to dad's place first. You don't have to rush, just take your time. We will wait for you. It's okay."

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"Grandpa, I want to watch the NBA! Please!"

"What NBA! Watch the replay of the Spring Festival Gala!"

"But in the NBA today it's the Pacers vs. the Mavericks. In the American League, there are two of us Chinese!"

"Two Chinese people fighting American Japanese? Look! Which channel? Let's see!"

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"Where are you? Come quickly! Su Qun has started to say New Year greetings! If you don't come here, just wait and watch the second quarter!"

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"Daughter-in-law, you can cook today while we gentlemen watch a game!"

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"Dad, I didn't finish my homework during the winter vacation. I want to do it at home today!"

"Nonsense! When did you kid take the initiative to do your homework? Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Let me tell you, it's 8:15 now. If you go out quickly, we can still watch the game when we get to grandpa's house. If you don't Ink for a while, I can’t see the game, don’t blame me for whipping you!”

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Similar situations are constantly happening in various places throughout China. This New Year showdown really gives Chinese fans a feeling like the second game of the Spring Festival Gala!
Every household, men, women, old and young, invariably stood in front of their own TV sets. Some families who were not in good condition and did not have a TV set would go to their neighbors’ homes to watch the TV together. In some villages, people even put the TV sets in the square. , the whole village watched together!

"Hello, viewers, I wish you all a Happy New Year and may all your wishes come true! Then welcome everyone to watch the New Year special program brought to you by China Sports, the NBA regular season, the Indiana Pacers away game against the Dallas Mavericks!" Sun Zhengping appeared on the screen with a smile and said to Su Qun beside him: "Teacher Su, wish everyone a happy New Year too!"

"I wish everyone all the best in the new year!" Su Qun also said with a smile on his face, "But I think everyone is not very interested in the blessings from the two of us. So, let’s see how the people we are really interested in bring blessings to us!”

After Su Qun finished speaking, the TV camera immediately turned, and the somewhat reserved face appeared in front of the TV. Next to him was Yang Yi, the special reporter of Basketball Pioneer.

"Hello, audience friends, the one who is with me now is one of the protagonists tonight: Su Dao! Come on Da Dao, say hello to the fans who support you." After several years of training, Yang Yi has also He is an old man, and now he can conduct interviews with ease.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year to everyone." He smiled and was about to continue talking when a white guard with wild hair who looked like a hedgehog passed by the two of them and looked at him and suddenly smiled. A Chinese saying.

"Happy New Year!"

"Haha, it seems that Joe's popularity with the Mavericks is very good! Let me introduce to you, this person is the backup point guard of the Mavericks and one of his best friends in Dallas: Steve Nash! He is with the Mavericks He played a lot of time and passed a lot of beautiful balls!"

"Steve, want to talk?"

After hearing Yang Yi's last words in English, Nash immediately walked up to him with a smile, then put one hand as a fist and the other as a palm, and gave a Chinese greeting before saying: "Happy New Year!"

Then he scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I know this Chinese sentence."

(End of this chapter)