Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 231

Chapter 231: “Christmas War”, you are playing with fire

December 23.

The New York Knicks have their last game before the “Christmas War.”

The opponent is the Memphis Grizzlies.

After completing the “Black Eight” in the playoffs last season, they ushered in a metamorphosis this season, but because there are too many easts and west, so much that they are magical, they are only ranked fifth in the West.

This season, the Grizzlies finished fourth in the regular season.

Currently in front of them are:

Spurs, Lakers, Thunder and Clippers!

Look at the team names and think about the players in these teams…

The fact that the Grizzlies are fifth doesn’t seem to be a bad thing!

What kind of “fairy bureau” is that?

There is no shame in being behind them!

What’s more, these teams will also feel soft bones when they meet the Grizzlies. After all, the name “Western Meat Grinder” is not called in vain, any team that meets the Grizzlies, even if it does not die, it has to peel its skin.

So far, the “fairy teams” that lost to the Grizzlies are the Spurs and Nets.

As for the Heat and Lakers who won them, the next game against other teams ended in defeat!

“I am invincible under the immortals, and one is exchanged above the immortals”…

It’s the perfect way to describe this Grizzlies!

The Knicks also felt a tooth for this team, D’Antoni thought for a long time, and felt that this was a hard battle, even if it was a hard battle…

He flipped through the Knicks’ record in December.

Since losing to the Clippers, they’ve had another winning streak, and with Christmas approaching, the Knicks haven’t lost yet.

In that case…

Then this bitter battle will not be fought!

Cook has been doing well lately, and this is another “Ohio brothers” civil war, with D’Antoni suspending Ray Allen in rotation to put Cook in the starting two.

When Cook heard D’Antoni’s arrangement, his whole face was filled with dismay.

No……

Happiness, did it come so suddenly?!

Until the start of the next day, he thought it was a dream.

After all, he hasn’t started since his rookie season.

The huge cheers at the scene made him sure that this was really…

Not a dream!

The excitement made him want to do it.

Only soon he found that he couldn’t seem to play this “high-end game”.

The Grizzlies’ starting lineup for the new season has changed, and they have relegated OJ Mayo, the “Jordan Bryant combination” who Chris Wallace sees as more talented than Li Wan, to the bench. – Mayo proved in three seasons that he is indeed “a combination of Jordan and Kobe”, but in the low end, the NBA level is a bit higher, and as opponents become more comfortable with his style of play, his efficiency on the offensive end is even lower.

The Grizzlies’ current roster actually has no shortage of ball handlers and scorers, whether it is Mike Conley or Rudy Gay, who have the ability to play with the ball.

Tony Allen officially entered the Grizzlies’ starting lineup…

The Grizzlies of the “Black and White” era ushered in their strongest roster.

Whether it’s facing Rudy Gay or Tony Allen, he can’t shoot so easily. Tony Allen, in particular, now has the “Kobe Terminator” on his head, and has been admitted by Kobe himself that “his defense is the most stressful to me”, which has become a nightmare for all outside players.

It wasn’t until Li Wan singled Mike Conley in a row that the defender in front of Cook became Mike Conley.

Otherwise, it is the brother who saves the brother!

Cook’s words were not just to Li Wan.

If it weren’t for Li Wan’s singles ability, the Grizzlies wouldn’t have changed their lineup.

But……

It was also Mike Conley who defended in front of Cook.

Only then did he hit the first three-pointer of the game!

One makes him less stressed, one makes him less stressed…

Really, it’s hard to choose!

However, if you ask Cook, Li Wan and Conley fell into the water at the same time, who do you save, he will definitely say the answer without hesitation:

Li Wan!

Then let Conley grab Li Wan’s leg and pull it up together…

What, you say Cook is hinting at Conley to let him also come and hug Li Wan’s thigh?

Don’t mess around!

I didn’t mean that~

Mike Conley had a beep dog look on his face.

He had just been given a continuous look by Li Wan.

The face is not dry!

Cook gave him another look!

This is special…

Is Lao Tzu filming n people chopping the theme?

No!

Conley felt that he was still a little more pressed.

They are so bad and the director shouts “duh”!

The manager on his side was reluctant to call a timeout.

Just put his hands in his pockets and watched from the sidelines, which confirmed the sentence:

That year I had my hands in my pockets and I didn’t know what it meant for my players to be abused.

On the defensive end, let these two archers target so much.

On the offensive end, Li Wan and Cook also stared at him, and it was not until the end of the first quarter that Conley scored his first 2 points of the game. Then it was almost the end of the first half before he scored the second goal of the half…

2 out of 8!

And it wasn’t just the half, in the second half, Mike Conley still lost himself in the targeted defense of Lee Wan and Cook.

To say that these two people also know him well enough!

Let the two of them join forces, Mike Conley twists his butt, and they know, quickly cover your nose, this is a loud and smelly “loud smelly fart”!

92 to 87.

The Grizzlies eventually won the game by five points.

But Conley, who won the game, was not happy, he only had 13 points and shot 33.3% from the field, one by Cook and Li Wan, respectively.

But that’s not the most important thing…

“Treat, treat! ”

Cook rushed towards Conley at the first moment of the game.

The night before the game, the three of them met for dinner. I heard that Cook was also in the starting lineup, and Conley proposed to gamble:

“Treat dinner tomorrow with the lowest shooting percentage! ”

Now the game is over, although Cook is not as high as Mike Conley, he only scored 11 points, but shot 40% from the field!

Li Wan’s shooting percentage is not to mention …

Even in the face of “Kobe Terminator” and Rudy Gay…

He also shot 50% from the field!

It’s lower than usual, but it’s much higher than Conley.

Conley was tempted to ask, “Cheap or not!” ”

Just for a meal, when two people are defending, so against him!

However, what made him even more humiliated was…

Cook shot a total of 10 times in this game, 3 of which were scored against him, which is equivalent to saying…

This 40% shooting percentage is basically fed by him!

What a thing!

Blue skinny shiitake mushrooms!

Fortunately, the game was won at least.

Mike Conley said: “This is the price they paid for me, hee-hee~”

The laughter was very flattering, he did it on purpose!

However, at this time, he found that Li Wan and Cook were also laughing:

Hee-hee!

“？？？ ”

Conley slowly cut out 3 question marks.

It was also the Grizzlies’ last game before Christmas, so the team had an early holiday, and many of the players stayed in New York, some of whom had families in New York.

Conley stayed, his wife and children were in Memphis, but he had to keep his promise.

When Conley settled at the bar with a 5-figure bill in the middle of the night, he also knew what Li Wan and Cook were laughing about!

These two bowmen!

“Anyway… I won the game! ”

Conley whispered to himself as he signed the bill.

When I left the bar, it was December 24th, Christmas Eve, and New York, as usual, was snowing heavily, but Mike Conley always felt that it was falling heavier than ever.

At the same time, an inexplicable bleak BGM appeared in his mind: snowflakes fluttering, the north wind Xiao Xiao …

In the morning, NIKE specially sent someone to send Li Wan “Christmas War Special Edition Signature Shoes”.

It is worth saying that Nike has always wanted Li Wan to have a “Christmas limited model”, but Li Wan refused, so up to now, Li Wan’s “signature shoes” have only three in total.

This year, Nike representatives also asked Li Wan’s opinion, and after getting the same answer as before, his answer surprised Li Wan: “Dude, we will design a Christmas War Special Edition signature shoe specially for you, but we will not mass-produce this pair of shoes, even if it is a limited edition, it is not going to be sold, the only pair in the world!” ”

Hearing this, Li Wan was stunned for a moment.

So far in the world…

Implication:

Big guy, we’re sending you money!

After all, there are countless examples of limited shoes selling hundreds of thousands of knives, and like Li Wan itself can also bring added value to shoes, a pair of the world’s only “Li Wan signature shoes”, selling six or seven hundred thousand knives, should not be a problem.

After Li Wan received the shoes, he took a special look, and he really had a heart, not just took the “Li Wan Three Generations of Signature Shoes” to change the leather, but specifically redesigned the entire shoe.

The “snowflake” decoration symbolizing Christmas, whether it is the number 25 representing Li Wan or the 19th pick in the first round, is a snowflake mark.

The whole shoe doesn’t look like much design at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that the small details are full of it.

In short, the two-word description is:

Pull the wind!

Taylor’s eyes lit up when he saw the shoes. Although I didn’t say anything, I actually said anything:

Want~

Li Wan then asked Taryn to call.

Early the next morning, Taylor, who had learned the “Gouqi” technique with Li Wan in the middle of the night, just got up and saw the same women’s shoes of the “Li Wan Christmas Limited Edition” on the table.

But if you look closely, you will find that the numbers formed by the snowflakes on this pair of shoes are not No. 25, No. 19, etc. related to Li Wan, but other numbers…

When Taylor saw the most obvious number, he immediately thought, isn’t this the number of Grammy trophies I have?

Looking at the other numbers, Taylor found his birthday and debut date…

But in addition to these numbers, she also had several numbers that she didn’t know what they meant, and immediately checked it on the Internet, only to find:

“Have I already posted so many songs? ”

“Oh, this is my album sales? ”

“This… It’s the number of days I’ve known Li Wan…”

……

When Taylor checked all the numbers, she immediately had a special feeling:

Isn’t this my “original shoe”!

Li Wan also woke up at this time, and Taylor happily shook the shoes on her hands, she liked them very much!

But she had a question:

Nike is too good for Li Wan, right?

If Li Wan and Taylor’s two pairs of shoes are sold together, the influence of the two of them in their respective fields will not be able to stop them with two million knives.

So rushing to send money …

Especially a big factory like Nike!

Li Wan told her: “When you are in a contract year, you can do whatever you want!” ”

Two million knives looks like a lot, but if you renew the contract price given by Li Wan next, these two million knives are nothing.

Even……

None of them count as money!

Anyway, no matter who it is, I don’t think that if Nix and Li Wan can’t negotiate the final price, it will be because of 2 million knives…

On December 25th, it officially arrived.

New York, which was already very lively, became more lively on this day, and there was a wave of popularity on the streets, and all religions were celebrating the arrival of Christmas in their own ways.

Add some gunfire accompaniment every now and then…

The “breath of freedom” that belongs to Ameriken fills the streets.

Madison Square can be described as “overcrowded” tonight.

Old Madison Square has long existed, and although it has been expanded twice, it can accommodate more than 18,000 fans, but it has been temporarily increased to 20,000 seats tonight.

So that the whole venue looks, “black pressing” a piece.

However, the crowding of the back row does not affect the “starlight” in the front row.

Another year of “competition”, Taylor Swift with the “same couple shoes” with Li Wan, to beat the “group” and become the focus of tonight.

Kylie Jenner also got close-ups several times because of this.

She’s sitting next to Taylor Swift tonight.

Since reaching the cooperation, the two have been going out together recently, frequently creating hot search news.

Build momentum for their products. ——Like tonight, the big red lips on the mouths of the two people, the manicurs on their hands, and some small decorations on their wrists are all new products launched by them this season.

When Li Wan appeared, he brought them another wave of shots. The live DJ played “Black Cat” very appropriately.

Looking at his relaxed appearance, the “Black Mamba” was angry…

Doesn’t this guy know what I said before the game?

Before the game began, Corbette emphasized: “This is a war!” We want revenge, and that’s the beginning…”

With just this sentence, the smell of gunsmoke of this game immediately became rich.

But now Kobe Bryant looked at Li Wan like this, as if…

This is him…

War of one man?

Muggles!

A well-known thing, Kobe is a careful eye, let him take revenge, understand everything!

He has already decided that when the game starts, he will give Li Wan a dismount!

Well……

“Ha, ha, ha, Lin, don’t you see me! ”

In the warm-up half of the Lakers, Nick Young hooked the ball into the basket with a hook from outside the three-point line, and immediately shouted at Jamilin next to him.

Jeremy Lin “uh” for a long time, suddenly noticed a strong line of sight, and hurriedly signaled to Nick Young to stop playing.

But Nick Yang, who was in the head, couldn’t understand his movements at all, but said: “You come one, Lin, you also come one, I’ll see if you can!” ”

Just after speaking, he shook coldly.

Why is it suddenly a little cold!

Isn’t the air conditioning in this arena turned on a little…

Nick Young turned his head to look for the outlet, and found that Kobe Bryant was looking at him with a look of “Come on, come again, I’ll see if you don’t have it!” ”

In just a second, “Yang Shaoxia” was honest…

He also understood why he felt cold.

After getting along with Kobe for so long, the nervous Nick Young gradually realized how paranoid and terrible his new boss Kobe is is!

However, he also has dreams, and he longs for Kobe’s approval!

Don’t forget, when he first came to the Lakers, Kobe Bryant was looking forward to him!

Now he…

Waiting for an opportunity to prove yourself!

Before the game started, Li Wan chatted with Yi Jianlian again, but because Kobe’s gunpowder smell was too strong, the chat between the two only lasted less than 10 seconds before it ended.

The UAE whispered in Chinese:

Wow, brother, Kobe Bryant’s character…

I want to say and stop, it seems that I haven’t finished speaking, but I have said everything!

Li Wan was a little surprised, because the UAE League itself is a diligent and self-disciplined player, it is said that he should be loved by Kobe, how can it be…

Spit on?

But thinking that Kobe Bryant tried in every possible way to set him up and let him “forced” to watch Los Angeles at 4 a.m. many times, Li Wan figured it out at once:

Kobe’s love seems to be even more painful!

“Toot! ”

The referee’s whistle aroused the excitement of all New Yorkers, and before the game started, the shouts of “Li Wan, Li Wan” on the scene had already burst into bursts.

Kylie Jenner looked at the devout New York fans in the audience and was also slightly stunned.

Although she knows that Li Wan is the “king of New York”, she knows very well how arrogant New Yorkers really are, and she doesn’t watch the ball very much, she really didn’t expect to see a different side of New Yorkers here…

On the pitch, Pau Gasol helped his team grab the first attack.

Kobe, who was holding his breath and wanted to give Li Wan a “dismount”, reminding him that this was a war, did not hesitate to ask for the ball, faced Artest, and leaned sideways to top it.

The “beast” thought he was going to hit him on the back, so he simply took another step back.

But at this time, Kobe suddenly turned forward, using his footsteps to directly form a dislocation, and the latter step left Artest behind.

Artest was not slow to react, but his body really couldn’t keep up with his thoughts.

He could only watch as Kobe squeezed past him.

“Phew! ”

Kobe Bryant, who rushed to the basket, slammed the ball into the basket with a one-handed “powerful slash”.

2-0！

All the New York fans were stunned.

“OMG, hit so hard in the first place? ”

Kenny Smith’s eyes widened, and he was tempted to ask: Kobe…

Did you take gunshots?

Is this “Christmas War” so fierce in the first place?

When the “Black Mamba” came down from the basket, he deliberately glanced at Li Wan, hoping to see the solemnity on this guy’s face. He believes the dunk will make him realize how much he values this game.

The result was…

“Kobe, you’re still old! ”

Li Wan’s face “just this”?

Looking at the powerful ball, the shoulder is still a long way from the basket, and the movement is not stretched enough.

Of course, Li Wan understands very well that Kobe Bryant’s ball is a one-handed grab, such a small hand, and “full bow”, the ball is easy to get out. It’s actually not easy to do this!

You can’t ask Kobe Bryant, the “dunk king”, by the standard of most “dunk kings”!

In addition, Kobe, who is about to be 33 years old, has also shown traces of the arrival of the “old man of the times”, and the whole momentum is obviously not as strong as 10 years!

If Kobe Bryant ten years ago, if nothing else, Tyson Chandler probably didn’t react, and he would have seen the “explosive head” wearing the Lakers’ No. 8 jersey flying past him…

Li Wan immediately looked for an opportunity to respond to Kobe’s dunk.

When Tyson Chandler stepped forward to help him block an opportunity to hit the basket, but Bynum did not intercept it at the first time, looking at the enough space in front of him, Li Wan knew that the opportunity…

Here it comes!

He immediately accelerated, changed direction in front of one body, dodged Kobe’s assistant defense interference, and hit the basket from the other side, while his legs slammed into force.

Bynum tried to jump up to intercept, but when he jumped up and landed again, he found that Li Wan actually …

Still floating in the air…

This is……

Bought a house on the basket?

Subconsciously shrugged his shoulders and hugged his head, Li Wan’s whole body in the air tensed, and he was about to pull into a “reverse bow”, and only then did the “Tomahawk dunk” smash the ball into the basket.

“Phew! ”

A sound that exploded even more than Kobe’s clasp just now made the quiet scene burst into heaven-shaking cheers.

Li Wan’s buckle cleans up the haze over Madison Square!

Kobe was stunned…

Just now Li Wan’s words were still in his ears:

Kobe, you are old!

He didn’t admit it at the time.

But now he has to admit that compared to Li Wan’s dunk, his dunk is really an “old man dunk”…

Kelly looked at the playback of the big screen and looked at Li Wan’s strong waist and abdomen, and couldn’t help but say to Taylor: “Sister, you must be very ‘sexual’, right?” ”

After speaking, she couldn’t help but clamp.

Li Wan’s button, she reacted!

Taylor is slightly shy, compared to ordinary Western girls, her personality is not so bold. Especially compared to the women of the Kardashian family, her personality is more oriental.

However, in the end, she didn’t hold back, and still let out a gentle “um”.

Of the hundred aspects that Taylor is most satisfied with Li Wan, this aspect ranks in the top three, and it is not necessarily only the third.

Kobe Bryant, who wanted to give a “dismount”, was “anti-general” by Li Wan, and the New York Knicks took advantage of this momentum to play a wave of ferocious openings, and at 5 minutes and 15 seconds, they were already 18-14, leading by 5 points.

Kobe Bryant started amazingly, but as the game deepened, it can be seen that tonight’s state is average, twice against a defender’s layup, actually did not score!

Just a defender…

Isn’t this the same as empty seats!

So……

Pass it on:

Kobe Bryant did not advance for two consecutive empty blues!

Paul Gasol stepped up at this time and faced Lewis, first with a hook and then a high position to close the gap to just one point.

Mike Brown quickly changed formations and put Rashid Wallace on the field.

The appearance of “Roaring Tianzun” made Paul Gasolton less calm.

Li Wan stood up at this time and contributed consecutive mid-range shots, one of which was still in the face of Kobe’s defense, and the top shot was scored.

After scoring the goal, Li Wan smiled. Didn’t say anything.

But success infuriated Kobe.

In this case, not saying anything is equivalent to saying something:

Kobe, you are old!

Yes!

This man must want to say this!

At the end of the first quarter, Kobe, eager to respond, finally made a deflected shot, and the Lakers fell to 7 points 29-36 to enter the second quarter.

Kenny Smith glanced at the statistics, Kobe Bryant made a total of 6 shots in the first quarter, but only hit 2 of them, shooting 33.3%!

Compared with him, Li Wan’s performance is much better, also 6 shots, but hit 4 shots, shooting 66.6%!

Exactly twice as much as Kobe…

“It’s hard for the Lakers to play now! ”

Kenny Smith is referenced in last season’s Finals.

The Lakers lost to the bench.

Although Nick Young and Yi Jianlian were brought in this season, Kenny Smith did not believe that this would change the huge gap between the two benches.

To say that the bench is strengthened, the New York Knicks are the real reinforcement!

Odom, Cook, Stevenson and others are all sitting on the bench!

But what he didn’t expect was…

During the bench rotation, the Lakers really chased the 7-point difference to 1 point.

Odom probably fought with his wife Khloe Kardashian at home on Christmas Eve last night, and went to a nightclub to bump hi, and tonight’s whole state is called a downturn.

There was even a catch off hand, such an outrageous mistake.

Cook instead made a 3-pointer.

But his firepower is obviously much inferior to the “Yang Shaoxia” on the opposite side.

In 2 and a half minutes, less than 3 minutes, Nick Young contributed 8 points, shooting 3 of 4 and 1 of 2 free throws… To say that this guy can also be regarded as the famous “nerve knife” of the “10th era”.

Cast away, that is also the role of “singles picturesque”.

Tonight, that’s probably the night.

Under his constant firepower, the 7-point difference quickly narrowed to 1.

Even D’Antoni was beaten by him to a timeout.

What Kobe Bryant didn’t do, Nick Young did!

He came down in a dignified manner.

New York Knicks?

Defending champions?

Scold~

That’s all!

By the way, he also glanced at Kobe.

He wanted to see what expression the latter had…

Expressionless…

Well!

Okay, not enough, right?

Then I will continue to work hard!

Nick Young’s heart is particularly swollen at the moment.

He suddenly thought of what he had always longed for:

Playing a performance that meets Kobe’s expectations…

Now it seems…

It’s tonight!

Phil Jackson is also very satisfied with Nick Young’s performance, the Knicks replaced the main player in this timeout, and he also put the main player on the court, but Ariza in the third position was removed by him, Kobe was pushed to the third position by him, and Nick Young continued to play as the second position!

This carelessness has become the main force, you say…

Can Nick Young perform well?

Maybe after this game, he will officially enter the Lakers’ starting list!

The game resumed, and Nick Young, who played with confidence, was faster than Kobe and asked for the ball for Delon.

Delong first glanced at the speechless Kobe, and then glanced at “Yang Shaoxia”, seeing that he insisted on asking for the ball, and wanted to remind him: Shao Nian, you are playing with fire! Troubled year!

Nick Young didn’t listen, faced Ray Allen for seven or eight seconds, and failed to shake out of the attacking space…

But he was not in a hurry and continued to dribble fancy.

Kobe couldn’t stand it anymore and clapped his hands at him for the ball.

Nick Young glanced at him, Kobe hurriedly raised his hand and made a “two-handed catch” gesture, and as a result, Nick Young he…

Voted for yourself!

Delong was once again dumbfounded.

“Ugh! ”

But tonight’s Nick Young is really good enough, this forced shot, actually entered!

Kobe’s dirty words, like a wall creeper crawling all over the wall, stuck to his mouth. But when the ball went in, he couldn’t scold a word.

The law of stadium constancy:

As long as the ball goes in, it’s a good goal!

So much so that Nick Young does not know that he has “died” once and continues to “play life” on the field.

Kobe Bryant gritted his teeth in anger, but helpless.

Because of his state tonight…

Really average!

At the end of the first half, Nick Young’s head was raised higher.

Nick Young, who played a total of 10 minutes in the second quarter, scored 10 points in the second quarter, and the efficiency of scoring one point in one minute was the highest in the entire team.

At the same time, 10 points in a single quarter is also the highest in the team.

Li Wan scored 14 points in the second quarter, but the Knicks led by only 4 points, and Nick Young’s play was a big hit!

ESPN’s live broadcast describes the second section of the “Christmas Wars”:

No one expected that this would be a “scoring war” between the same students in ’07!

The two sides must have thought of it…

But before the game started, everyone thought it was Kobe and Li Wan!

It turned out to be Nick Young and Li Wan.

Nick Young, who returned to the locker room, glanced at his own data, glanced at Kobe’s data, and read a serious sentence: Kobe Bryant didn’t play very well today!

No wonder back in the dressing room, no one paid attention, lying there alone with headphones listening to songs.

Nick Young had thoughts in his eyes, and after a little struggle, he walked towards Kobe.

Kobe was shaking his head slightly to the music, closing his eyes, and suddenly felt that someone was gently pulling him, and when he opened his eyes, it was the cautious Nick Young.

When he opened his eyes, he seemed to be scared of him.

The guy shrank back.

“What? Bryant pulled the headphones away and watched speechlessly as he ignored his request several times in the second quarter, but every time he had good luck and shot a Lakers rookie.

He had to take back his previous evaluation:

07th, there are really no normal people!

Nick Young didn’t know that Kobe was disgusting him, he thought Kobe was because he didn’t play well and had a tantrum! This is also in line with his impression of Kobe.

This guy is so paranoid!

Nick Young stretched out a finger, signaled himself to say only one word, and left:

“Boss, you slowly find the state, I will support it for you!” ”

Bryant:……

I’m special!

Seeing Nick Young nodding very seriously, the “Black Mamba” was completely speechless.

His silence, falling in Nick Young’s eyes, became something else:

Impressed!

Boss, I was touched!

Well……

I must keep going!

Approaching the end of the year, the probability of relatives suddenly coming to the family to shout for dinner has also increased…