NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 198 What is the Devil's Home?
The next day, Lin Chuan climbed out of bed.

To celebrate the two-game home win over the Spurs and to encourage himself, Lin Chuan and everyone else had dinner and drinks at a Mexican restaurant organized by Brooks yesterday and returned home very late.

This morning, as soon as he opened his eyes, he prepared to stretch his body to get his physical condition in better shape for the afternoon training.

Lin Chuan stood in front of the mirror, combed his hair neatly, and thought about the incident that happened yesterday.

I don’t know what happened to Durant and Scarlett.

Lin Chuan found it funny when he thought about this.

Durant played so hard and performed so well in this game. 30% of the reason was to prove that he deserved the MVP this season, and 30% was out of guilt for dragging the team down in the previous game.

And 40% of them were motivated by Scarlett's reward of watching the game live and having a date after the game!

However, this kid was so excited after the game that he actually forgot about others.

Let others wait for him silently in the stadium for an hour.

Durant stood up Scarlett!
It’s incredible to think about it.

Even to the point of being ridiculous.

At least it was a scene that Lin Chuan could never have imagined in his previous life.

I didn't expect that it would actually happen right in front of me in this life.

It's hilarious.

After cleaning up, Lin Chuan started to busy himself with his own things.

In the last two games, Lin Chuan once again played an extremely amazing performance.

He scored two consecutive buzzer beaters against the Spurs, who are ranked second in the Western Conference.

This also made him once again favored by many sponsors.

When he came back last night, he had already seen a lot of private messages on the social media background.

After one night, there were a lot more messages.

But for most of the brands, Lin Chuan found that he had never even heard of their names.

Out of caution, Lin Chuan simply pretended not to see it.

However, not every sponsor is so powerful.

Just now, Lin Chuan discovered that there was still a sponsor who kept sending him private messages.

The large number of unread messages made him feel a little annoyed.

“You really have perseverance…”

Lin Chuan simply opened the account to see what it was about.

It turned out to be a brand selling family planning products.

Lin Chuan's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, and several black lines appeared on his head.

He immediately switched to the private message interface, his fingers continuously tapping on the keyboard.

"No, buddy, this industry is a bit too far away, not to mention that I'm still single..."

At this point, Lin Chuan himself fell into silence, even a little speechless.

After a moment, Lin Chuan deleted all the text in the input box, edited another paragraph and sent it.

"Sorry, I just want to focus on the game for now. I'll talk about sponsorship matters during the off-season."

After sending the message, Lin Chuan threw his phone onto the sofa and rubbed his eyebrows.

In fact, it’s not just these sponsors.

There is still a lot of information about Lin Chuan's background.

For example, invitations to programs, cooperation with internet celebrities, verbal abuse from black fans, and so on.

Numerous and noisy private messages like these filled the backstage of Lin Chuan’s various social media accounts.

These are things he had never seen before last season when he had yet to make a name for himself.

Alas, once one becomes a little famous, troubles will keep coming to him.

It's really time to find an agent during the offseason.

Lin Chuan made up his mind.

Even if it is for my own contract issues, I have to find an agent.

Otherwise, all kinds of problems will come to you endlessly.

Not to mention the delay in his practice, he is a professional player, not a professional lawyer.

Even if you really think that some cooperation is better and are about to sign the contract, you will not be able to tell whether there will be any problems in the contract.

You know, a business contract can be as short as dozens of pages or as long as hundreds of pages.

If the other party was playing some word games, Lin Chuan would definitely not be able to tell with his ability.

This requires an agent to help him handle these things so that he can worry less.

After finishing his own chores, Lin Chuan began to pack his luggage.

Today is the first day after the game. They will have one last practice session in the afternoon and then rush to San Antonio to start their two-game road trip there.

"Ok, ready."

A man doesn't need too much stuff for a short trip. After Lin Chuan stuffed his spare clothes into his backpack, his luggage was considered packed.

Then he drove to the team's training hall.

"Based on past experience, I should be the first one to arrive again this time."

Lin Chuan parked the car in the parking lot and walked into the training hall with his luggage.

"Ok?"

Seeing that the locker room door was ajar, Lin Chuan scratched his head.

I didn't expect that someone would come earlier than him today.

You know, Lin Chuan always trains before lunch.

For the big black guys in the NBA, most of whom only come to the training hall to start training in the afternoon, players like Lin Chuan who start training two hours early can be considered very introverted players.

After all, not everyone is Kobe Bryant who can see the scene in Los Angeles at 4 a.m.

Impacted by the high salaries in the NBA, the nine-to-five basketball civil servants account for a larger proportion.

After changing his clothes and entering the basketball court, before he pushed open the door, Lin Chuan had already heard the sound of the basketball going into the hoop and hitting the wooden floor, bouncing, and the sound of basketball shoes rubbing against the floor.

When I pushed open the door, a tall and thin figure came into view.

It was Kevin Durant. His short-sleeved shirt was soaked with sweat and it looked like he had been training for a long time.

When he found out it was this guy, Lin Chuan widened his eyes slightly, and then he immediately understood something.

Lin Chuan was not surprised to see Durant come to training before him.

Lin Chuan jogged into the court, picked up the basketball Durant had just shot under the basket and passed it back.
"How long have you been here, buddy?"

"Not long, two hours."

Durant's calm words made Lin Chuan couldn't help but feel emotional.

"I rarely see you being so diligent."

Durant caught the basketball from Lin Chuan, made a steady three-point shot, and shook his finger.
"Men should be so self-disciplined."

Lin Chuan burst out laughing.
"So Scarlett..."

Before Lin Chuan finished speaking, Durant's face immediately turned red.

"Shut up, Scarlett! I'm a Sigma man, and I only focus on my career!"

Hearing Durant say this, Lin Chuan smiled silently.

Although Durant didn't say it explicitly, from his attitude, Lin Chuan also realized that this guy probably failed to win back Scarlett last night and was rejected by her. It wasn't a problem, as the two of them were not together in the first place.

This was a date that was finally meant to bring them closer, but he ended up standing her up.

It would be out of line if someone gave us another chance.

You have to know that this is Scarlett Johansson, not some small internet celebrity with only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of fans.

I guess this time, there is no chance for the two of them.

In this way, the relationship between the two has returned to the same state as in the previous life.

However, seeing that Durant came to training so early and was more focused on basketball, Lin Chuan felt that the deterioration of their relationship was a good thing.

"That's great!"

Thinking of this, Lin Chuan couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

Being able to adjust your mentality so quickly really makes you a real man.

However, to Durant, who had just suffered a setback in love, Lin Chuan's tone seemed more like a mockery of him.

Half an hour later, in the team's training match, during the blue team's offensive round, in the restricted area under the basket, Lin Chuan was knocked away by Durant in the air. He watched him dunk with both hands, feeling a little confused.

"Serve."

Durant said two cold words, turned around and ran back to visit.

Lin Chuan rubbed his chest. This time, Durant's shoulder hit his chest. To be honest, it was really painful.

However, he felt more confused in his heart.

This is the seventh goal Durant has scored against Lin Chuan.

What's wrong with this guy? It's just a training match, there's no need to play like this.

Or did he misunderstand what I said just now?
Because it was a training match and everyone was on the same team, there was no need to block anyone's shot. At the beginning, Lin Chuan did not use all his skills to deal with the opponent's attack.

However, after being hit by Durant a few times, even the most slow-witted people could react. This kid was training with some anger today. Not to mention Lin Chuan who was attacked head-on by him.

Seeing that Durant was getting more and more demanding, Lin Chuan also became a little angry.

Prepare to increase the defensive intensity to the maximum and teach Durant a lesson.

However, Durant's touch today was even more exaggerated than in yesterday's game.

After Lin Chuan increased his defensive strength and used his 100% inside defense and blocking skills without any concealment.

Durant scored in all of his next few attacks against Lin Chuan.

Wow, in 2k, all the balls are green and there is no way to defend against it.

Five minutes later, Brooks blew the whistle to announce the end of the training game.

Durant's blue team defeated Lin Chuan's white team by 13 points.

In this short half-hour training game, he scored 37 points.

He scored all 7 goals against Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan only got 19 points and 8 rebounds, and the game was over.

This also resulted in Lin Chuan being beaten seldom in this competition.

"They played well, especially Kevin, who continued his hot form from the last game. I hope he can keep it up on the road."

Afterwards, Brooks looked at Lin Chuan for a few times, his eyes full of surprise, as if it was a little incredible that he was beaten by Durant.

"Lin Chuan, did you play too late yesterday and are you not in good shape? Go to bed early today and get well, otherwise it will be difficult for us to play in the next game."

Lin Chuan nodded, he also heard the hidden meaning in Brooks' words.

But what could he say?

Durant, who was blessed with the broken-heart buff, suddenly became so powerful. What could he do!
"Everyone go pack up, the bus is waiting for you in the parking lot. We will be heading to San Antonio in an hour."

Brooks said a few simple words and then left the stadium in a hurry.

Lin Chuan returned to the locker room, took a shower, changed his clothes, and got on the bus with his luggage.

Next stop, San Antonio.

This is Lin Chuan's second time in this city this season.

The last time was during the regular season.

At that time, they defeated the Spurs by 13 points and defeated the Spurs three times in the regular season.

But the situation in the regular season is completely different from that in the playoffs.

Although the Spurs in the regular season were also tricky, the Thunder were able to easily beat this team with a lead of more than 10 points every time.

However, in the first two games, even though the Thunder were playing at home, facing the Spurs who had just finished a game seven, they were forced into critical moments in two consecutive games. Only with Lin Chuan's buzzer-beater were they able to take a big lead of 2:0.

If Lin Chuan had been a little soft-handed, they would probably have gone to the away game with a score of 0:2.

That would be a complete hellish start. The Thunder's road to defending the title has just begun and they have to pack up and get ready to end it.

Entering the AT&T Center, Lin Chuan always felt that this time here was different from the previous times.

Lin Chuan randomly found a wardrobe, but before he opened it, he heard a sharp explosion from Durant behind him.

Lin Chuan swore that this was definitely the loudest voice he had ever heard from Durant.

"wtf! What the hell is this!!!"

Lin Chuan only heard a thud and turned around, only to see Durant slamming the closet door shut.

"Hey! Calm down! What happened!"

There was such a big commotion in the locker room that the staff outside quickly ran in.

"Fuck! There's a snake in my closet!!! What the f*ck is going on!!!"

Durant roared, pointing at his closet.

At this time, Lin Chuan also heard some strange "rustling" sounds coming from the closet.

"Wait a moment, we'll handle it right away!"

The staff member immediately turned on the intercom to call security.

A minute later, several security guards rushed into the locker room, opened the door, and immediately caught the snake with professional tools.

The security guard sealed the bag containing the snake and took it out of the locker room. Before leaving, he said to everyone,

"We are lucky. This snake is a rattlesnake. If it had bitten us, the consequences would have been disastrous."

Hearing this, Durant's face turned green and he couldn't help feeling scared.

Fortunately, he closed the door quickly. If he had been slower, the snake might have bitten him.

By then, let alone playing in the competition, it will be considered good luck to be alive, not disabled, and able to take care of yourself for the rest of your life.

"Damn it, didn't the Spurs do any inspection? Such a weird thing could happen. How careless are they? Aren't they afraid of someone getting killed?"

After the security guard left, Durant, who was nearly attacked, immediately cursed out loud.

Then he kept cursing.

Everyone else thought it was an accident.

But only Lin Chuan knew that this was most likely not an accident, but rather something the Spurs did on purpose.

In his previous life, Lin Chuan knew that this team was constantly using tricks and tactical tactics.

Not only did he hit Nash, causing him to lose hope of advancing to the finals, but the air conditioning failed, causing James to cramp, and the locker room ceiling fell and caused water leaks.

And this venomous snake also happened once.

Now that it happens again, Lin Chuan is 99% sure that it must have been arranged by the Spurs in advance!
This is really something that can only be done at home. Even poisonous snakes can be released. Isn't this pure hell!

It seems that the Spurs' AT&T Center is the real devil's home court.

(End of this chapter)