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Chapter 117 Howard works hard to avenge his previous shame (25)

In the evening, Lin Chuan fulfilled his promise and took everyone out for dinner in Los Angeles.

It was Durant who was looking for a restaurant, and he chose an expensive Western restaurant.

This restaurant specializes in French cuisine, which is very particular and has a lot of ritual.

As soon as he entered the door, Lin Chuan's high-price radar sounded.

Judging from the decoration and the attitude of the waiters, even though he hadn't received the menu yet, Lin Chuan could tell in an instant that the prices in this restaurant were not low.

When you open the menu, you will see that the dishes are divided into many categories.

There are also set meals.

Lin Chuan looked at everyone's hopeful eyes, gritted his teeth and ordered the most expensive set meal for everyone.

There were only about sixteen or seventeen people in the group, but they took more than twenty thousand knives from Lin Chuan.

The tip was more than two thousand!

Lin Chuan's heart was bleeding from eating so much.

He worked hard to earn some rice, but he spent a quarter of it on one meal.

After the game, Lin Chuan once again made headlines in major sports media with his explosive stats.

With O'Neal's witness, they scored higher points and had better statistics against the same opponent.

Even O'Neal couldn't help but ask for the jersey.

As a contemporary of Lin Chuan, 2011 NBA No. draft pick Kyrie Irving was shocked when he saw the push notification on his phone. After a moment, he couldn't help but sigh.

Although when he debuted, he was the most dazzling one of his time.

He attracted a lot of fans with his gorgeous dribbling and tricky layups.

But since last year's finals, all eyes on this class have been focused on just one person.

It’s Lin Chuan.

It started shining in the finals and ignited the entire network at the Olympics.

And then to this season's terrifyingly stable performance.

And he, Kyrie Irving, is just the No. 1 pick in the same class as Lin Chuan.

He couldn't even imagine such exaggerated statistics as Lin Chuan's.

A triple-double of 60+20+10 blocks.

Owen felt dizzy just thinking about it.

Can't this kind of data be obtained only in games?

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

Throwing away his phone, Irving encouraged himself and continued practicing dribbling.

At the same time, the person with the most complicated feelings is Kobe Bryant, who lives in the same city as Lin Chuan.

He looked through his phone and saw Lin Chuan putting up these kinds of numbers against a team from their city. He didn't know what to think.

During last year's finals, Kobe had already set his sights on Lin Chuan.

But that was restricted by the contract and he couldn't be recruited.

The Thunder will not let go of their big treasure and will not look at any asking price.

A second-round pick has become a non-saleable item.

In order to strengthen the lineup, the Lakers traded for Howard.

But no one expected that Howard would be so bad.

As the so-called "No. 1 center in the league", what kind of game is this!
His offensive means are almost non-existent, and his defense, although not bad, can only be said to be at the CBA level compared to Lin Chuan this season.

Kobe gets a headache when he thinks of Howard.

The team spent so much assets to trade for a blue-collar worker!
Kobe suddenly felt a headache when he thought about their game against the Thunder tomorrow.

It’s better to practice more, so that we can still have some chances when playing against the tired Thunder team tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Kobe rolled out of bed and started to put on his clothes.

"Kobe, where are you going?"

On the other side of the bed, Vanessa looked at Kobe strangely as he suddenly started changing his clothes and asked questions.

"Go to training. We have a game tomorrow. Find your touch."

Kobe didn't explain too much. He changed his clothes and drove to the training hall.

After opening the door, Kobe discovered that the lights were still on in the training hall.

"Bang!"

"Swish!" The sound of someone practicing basketball could be heard from the stadium.

who is it?

Kobe is a little weird.

It’s already this late, why are there still people practicing in the stadium?

With such doubts in mind, Kobe changed his clothes and walked to the entrance of the stadium.

The person who appeared under the basket and had been training was someone Kobe never expected.

Dwight Howard!

"Hey!"

Seeing it was Howard, Kobe was a little surprised and called him.

Howard stopped the mid-range shot, turned around and looked at the door, sweating all over.

The person who called him was Kobe.

"I didn't expect you to be training here."

Kobe stood at the door holding a basketball, his tone somewhat surprised.

Kobe knows Howard's temperament very well.

Because in his early years, he worked with another player with a similar style, Shaquille O'Neal.

Training is lax or even non-existent.

But it does not affect his ability to put on a stunning performance on the court.

And Howard is similar to O'Neal.

It's just like a weakened O'Neal in all aspects.

Players with less talent, less ability, and who train harder.

As a training fanatic, Kobe has always been indifferent to such players, which also led to him always having conflicts with this type of players.

It happened with O'Neal and also with Howard who just arrived.

But this time, I actually saw Howard in the training ground on the eve of the game. Has he changed his personality?
At this time of year, Howard should be having fun in some nightclub in Los Angeles!
Howard glanced at him, then looked away, picked up the basketball and continued practicing shooting.

"We have to play against the Thunder again tomorrow. I still remember the humiliation of the last game."

Kobe was stunned for a moment before he remembered the whole thing.

Howard said before the game that he would beat Lin Chuan, but in the end, he was beaten by Lin Chuan and his statistics were less than 15+10, which was a complete disgrace. After the game, he was also criticized by the local sports media in Los Angeles.

Even in subsequent games at home, Howard would be booed by die-hard fans whenever he had the ball.

Make him miserable.

It took quite a while of cursing before he finally stopped.

And now, facing the Thunder and Lin Chuan again, Howard wants revenge and wants to return the shame of last time!

He couldn't accept being beaten twice by the same person!
After all, three years ago, he was still a star player who could lead the team to the finals alone!

Howard has his own pride!
Kobe was also relieved to see Howard was so ambitious.

As long as you have determination, it means there is still hope!

Kobe walked up and threw the ball to Howard who had just shot a mid-range shot.

"I'll practice with you, Dwight."

Howard was a little surprised to see Kobe taking the initiative.

After all, the two have had many conflicts since they were on the same team.

The relationship within the team also reached a freezing point.

And this time he is going to be given special training.

Seeing Howard's reaction, Kobe frowned and said seriously,
"Don't think too much. We practiced for the next game. Our current record is terrible and has not met our Lakers' expectations at all."

"I don't want to lose again, Dwight."

Seeing Kobe say this, Howard also smiled.

Walk to the free throw line and pass the ball back to Kobe.

"Okay, okay, I'm training for the competition."

In the evening in Los Angeles, the two started training in the Lakers' training hall.

I don't know how long I trained.

The lights in the training hall were finally turned off.

Its mission today has finally come to an end.

(End of this chapter)