Legendary star

Chapter 752
On December 2007, 12, the annual Christmas game is about to kick off. This year's Christmas game, there are a total of three matchups, namely the Pacers vs. the Lakers at home, the Suns vs. Spurs at home, and the Cavaliers vs. Celtics at home.

The Christmas game of this season has revealed David Stern's foresight everywhere. In the current East and West record rankings, the Lakers rank first in the West with a record of 22 wins and 6 losses, while the Spurs rank first in the West with a record of 20 wins and 8 losses. The record ranks second in the Western Conference, and behind the Spurs is the Suns with 18 wins and 9 losses.In the East, the Celtics ranked first in the league with a record of 23 wins and 5 losses. After the Celtics, the Pacers with 18 wins and 9 losses and the Cavaliers with 18 wins and 10 losses ranked the top three in the East and West. The three teams in the team all participated in this year's Christmas game, which is an unprecedented event in the entire history of the NBA.

This year's three Christmas games are all very interesting. The duel between the old rivals O'Neal and Tim Duncan, the young emperor LeBron James alone against the Big Three of the Green Army, led by Meng Xu After the Pacers beat the Celtics one after another, everyone wants to see how LeBron James, known as Meng Xu's successor, will perform against the Celtics' Big Three.

Of course, the most interesting thing is undoubtedly the game between the Pacers and the Lakers at home. A few seasons ago, the NBA had a saying about Dong Mengxu and Kobe Bryant. Meng Xu and Kobe are known as the two strongest players in the league. An outside player, but with the disintegration of the OK combination, Kobe's career has also begun to decline. Although Kobe has won the scoring title for two consecutive seasons and led the Lakers to the playoffs for many consecutive seasons, such performance is far from enough. I am far from sorry for the league's expectations of him. It is precisely because of this reason that Kobe, together with Meng Xu, Tim Duncan, and Shaq O'Neal, were called the four strongest stars in the league, and fell out of the top five all the way. Xu, on the other hand, stepped on the shoulders of all the superstars and climbed to the top of the league No.1.

However, with the joining of Pau Gasol, the Lakers have once again entered the ranks of the powerful. Last season, they reached the Western Conference Finals all the way. It goes a step further. After leading the Lakers to the No. [-] record in the Western Conference, Kobe also ranked first in the regular season MVP rankings, once again among the five strongest stars in the league. The title of Meng Xuxi Bryant once again appeared in some media reports.

Coupled with the fact that Meng Xu and Kobe are now the top two scorers, the game between the Pacers and the Lakers has naturally become the game that most media pay attention to.

"Meng, the winner tonight must be me, no, the final winner of this season will also be me." At eight o'clock in the evening, when all the players from both sides walked out of the player tunnel and started to warm up, Kobe left directly. Arriving at a place not far from Meng Xu, with a provocative tone, he challenged Meng Xu who was not far away.

"Kobe, as I said, as long as I'm here, none of you can get involved in the championship, and today's game is the same." Facing Kobe's provocation, Meng Xu acted like a normal person, without any emotional fluctuations , still with a firm and relaxed look.

"Then let us wait and see!" After hearing Meng Xu's response, Kobe took another deep look at Meng Xu, then clenched his fists and left without looking back.

"Kenny, can you predict the trend of this game tonight?" Before the game started, several live commentators from TNT began to predict the trend of this game on the sidelines. Barkley, who was the first to speak, did not ask Reggie Miller, but asked another commentator, Kenny Smith, because Barkley knew that asking Reggie Miller was useless. This guy must be determined. On the side of the walkers.

"This is really difficult to predict, Charles, we all know that as long as there is a Meng game, no one can predict the outcome of this game until the end of the game, but I'm sure, today's game will definitely be an incomparable match." Wonderful games, with Meng Xu and Kobe participating, have always been the fans' favorite games to watch." Kenny Smith didn't want to take the blame either. In the last game, Kenny Smith firmly supported The Celtics, after the end of the three quarters, looked at the gap of nearly 10 points between the two sides, and Kenny Smith boldly "predicted" that the Pacers were powerless, and there might even be a rout, but the final result But he slapped Kenny Smith in the face. Meng Xu scored 32 points in the fourth quarter and led the Pacers to reverse the Celtics.

"Haha, it seems that Charles obviously supports the Lakers." After Kenny Smith's voice fell, Reggie Miller directed the fire to Barkley with a smile on his face.

In fact, before the game started, Reggie Miller, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley were already studying the game. The final result of their research was that the Lakers had a slight advantage in the strength comparison between the two sides Excellent, but Meng Xu's super personal ability can make up for this gap between the two sides, so in their view, this night's game must be a hard fight, and both the Lakers and the Pacers have won it. Hope for the game.

While Reggie Miller was still arguing with Barkley habitually, Kwame Brown and Andrew Bynum, who represented both teams jumping the ball, had already walked into the center circle, and all the starting players of both sides also followed suit. stood at their respective positions.

"The Pacers' starting lineup is really high." After seeing the starting lineups of both sides, Kenny Smith also sighed with a smile.None of the five starting players of the Pacers is under two meters in height. -Prince is 2 meters tall, and Meng Xu, the shortest, is also 11 meters. Therefore, the Pacers' starting lineup is also known as the "Five of Death".

"The starting lineup of the Lakers is not short. Today's game is really tall." The starting lineup of the Lakers is also very outstanding in height, consisting of Andrew Bynum, Paul Gasol, Lamar The starting lineup composed of Odom is affectionately called the Lakers' top three by the fans. Therefore, except for the guard position, the Lakers do not suffer at all in terms of height compared to the Pacers.

(End of this chapter)