plumnovel Chapter 239 A Low-key Trip to Los Angeles
Chapter 239 A Low-key Trip to Los Angeles
On Christmas Eve, the ten participating teams never dreamed that the No.11 team could steal the limelight.
The New York Knicks suddenly became the most discussed team of the moment.
Not only in the United States, but even in the distant Eurasian continent, the news of the Knicks temporarily reaching the top was mentioned on the evening sports news.
Because as a veteran team that existed since the founding of the NBA, the New York Knicks only won the regular season championship with 1970 wins in 60 when they won the championship for the first time.
In the 38 years since then, no matter at which point, no matter which famous or not famous star the team has, the New York Knicks have never reached this position.
So this Christmas Eve, when the New York Knicks topped the league record for the first time in 38 years.
Oh, though only temporarily.
But also surprising enough.
Because last season they were still a team with only 23 wins in the league, everyone is bullying, and no one will associate the Knicks with the league's first record in the regular season.
On the contrary, the reverse super god has him every year...
So you can see that, albeit only temporarily, the mood among Knicks fans has grown into a frenzy.
"Wow, as a Knicks fan for so many years, I never expected to see this day." As the most famous Knicks fan, Spike Lee naturally bears the brunt of the post on INS, and the accompanying picture is on the official NBA website The latest East rankings.
And Ewing also tweeted @左立, saying: "This is the best Christmas present, isn't it."
Even Scarlett Johansson, a well-known movie star in New York, posted her new Knicks jersey on the Internet. Although she didn't speak, the meaning is self-evident.
And other fans also followed up one after another, all kinds of exclamations instantly swiped the entire Internet on this Christmas Eve.
Generally speaking, the excited Knicks fans are short of shouting 'Ye Qingjie' in the street. Of course, there are also shouts of 'Ye Qinghui', and then a group of netizens will sigh, how old is the uncle, so trendy, Also play online.
As the other protagonist who made the Knicks temporarily reach the top, the mood of the Cleveland Cavaliers players is not so good, especially in the press conference after the game, not only to be asked why they were defeated by the Rockets, but also why they were defeated by the Rockets. Asked how he felt about being overtaken by the Knicks.
This is simply double torture!
As the absolute core of the Cavaliers, the little emperor James naturally received the most greetings. There is no way, who made him score 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists tonight, but he made 25 of 10 shots and 3 of 0 three-pointers. The score is really unsatisfactory, not to mention that it was his foul at the last moment that made the Cavaliers lose the chance to tie.
It is said that the Rockets led by Dayao are not only a hurdle that Warcraft cannot overcome, but also a good team against LeBron. In my memory, Yao played against James 11 times in his career, and Yao took the absolute initiative with 8 wins and 3 losses.
James averaged 37.8 minutes per game, 20.8 shots per game, and only 8.1 hits. Although he was able to score 22.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.5 blocks, his shooting percentage was only 38.9%. .
It has to be said that during Dayao's NBA period, James' style of play was very restrained by Dayao. Of course, it was also related to the configuration of the Rockets. Artest and Battier's third position, plus Yao on the inside, James It's really hard to play.
But the media didn't care about this, so James was annoyed by the question, and said directly: "It's just a game, we will win it back. Our goal this season is still the championship. I believe we will not lose to anyone in the regular season." team."
The implication is to compete for the regular season championship, and the Knicks are not their opponents!
The news is out!
The reporter left contentedly, and then the question was thrown back to the Knicks. As soon as Zuo Li came out of the arena, he was blocked by reporters. Their original intention was to let Zuo Li know what James said, and then they expected Zuo Li to Li can also go back to the past, but it's a pity...
Zuo Li directly said: "James is right, luck accounted for the majority of us reaching the top this time, and it was only during the season, it was nothing, I hope everyone will not be blinded by the temporary success, hold on to the waves, Our goal this season is still to make the playoffs!"
"But, LeBron said that you are not opponents?" The reporter did not give up.
"Indeed, the Cavaliers are very strong. They are the most favorable contenders for the championship, and our opponent is only ourselves." Zuo Li replied solemnly.
How could Zuo Li not know what the reporter was thinking, but unfortunately, in the locker room, the entire Knicks team had reached a consensus.
An hour earlier, after the Knicks had briefly celebrated in the locker room, D'Antoni was the first to deliver the message that we need to calm down.
And Zuo Li also stated the pros and cons. He is too aware of the magic level of this season, and the Knicks can reach the top because of the advantage of the schedule. After that, there will be many tough battles. There is no ability to maintain a season number one.
In the end, everyone reached an agreement that they will not continue to pursue the regular season or even the number one in the Eastern Conference this season, and it is enough to stabilize the top four.
So the reporter was decadent...
However, when the news came out, Zuo Li's modesty and calmness were unanimously recognized by the people.
These days, there are not many such humble people...
James: "???"
Can you lie down twice?
James had a blast, and he decided to go crazy for Christmas!
As for Zuo Li, he received a text message from Dolan just after saying goodbye to his teammates. Although D'Antoni, on behalf of the coaching staff and the team, did not need to celebrate this temporary summit, Dolan couldn't help it!
For so many years, it was the first time he was praised by fans. Looking at his social account, Dolan laughed so hard that he smoked his cigar backwards, so he specially sent a text message to Zuo Li, expressing his congratulations and asking if Zuo Li thought about it. Wanted Christmas present.
"Just say what you want!"
Zuo Li didn't take it seriously, Dolan really had that character, after he was happy, he was very generous, like a dude, but Zuo Li didn't lack anything, and he was also in a hurry, so he replied casually: "I I don’t lack anything, I really want to give it away, how about a Lamborghini?”
Then he ignored it, because he had to fly directly to Los Angeles tonight!
Trotted all the way home, tidied up briefly, picked up the dusty basketball from the corner of the apartment, Zuo immediately rushed to New York University, picked up Aomei there, drove his Q7 directly to Airport.
At one o'clock in the morning, the two got on the plane to Los Angeles...
...
In the early morning of December 12th, at 24 o'clock in Los Angeles, the first ray of sunshine had just ushered in, and the newsstands on the side of the road were also the first batch of rejuvenated businesses.
Uncle Tim has been selling newspapers at the gate of Staples for 22 years. Every morning at 6:2, he would sit at the gate of the newspaper, drink a cup of loose coffee for [-] dollars, welcome the first ray of sunshine in the morning, and watch the people on the street by the way. People come and go, as for how many copies to sell, it doesn't matter. He is guarding Staples, and he is never worried that the newspaper will not be sold.
But today, the first guest seems to have come very early...