109. Shark
When they arrived at the airport, the Warriors players complained, and it was inevitable that today is December 23, and tomorrow December 24 is Christmas Eve, but they are going to cross the ocean to expedition to Miami on the east coast, which is really a bit fucked.
The importance of Christmas in the West is self-evident, and it is similar to the Chinese Spring Festival. Christmas Eve is similar to China's New Year's Eve. The NBA is still quite humane. The entire league holiday on Christmas Eve and no team will play. Then there will be several highlights on Christmas Day.
Most teams will have two to three days off, and many teams do not arrange games on the 23rd, but the Warriors are not included. Their December is a trip to hell, and there are still games to play tomorrow, and they are still playing the Heat, a strong team in the East.
The Heat now have the inside giant Shaq O'Neal and the new outside king Wade. As long as they stay healthy and are on the court at the same time, they will definitely be invincible in the NBA. Fortunately, O'Neal and Wade have both physical problems since last season, and the two are often absent, so the Heat's record has plummeted.
Unfortunately, not long ago, O'Neal and Wade were making a quit, but Sharks were just lazy. The so-called injury quit was just because he didn't want to play. This guy's current professional qualities are really doubtful. However, before the team fought with the Warriors, he announced that his injury had improved and he gave it. In fact, everyone understood that O'Neal wanted to teach Chamberlain a lesson.
Chamberlain's strong rise has greatly dissatisfied all the veteran insiders in the league. I have never seen such an arrogant newcomer. No wonder, it is okay to say for ordinary games. Chamberlain will be energetic whenever he meets those super insiders and develops his abilities in a blowout manner.
For example, Chamberlain's performance was very eye-catching when he fought Duncan, Little S, Yao Ming, and Howard, others would be depressed when facing superstars. His reputation became more and more exciting. His records were almost created in fighting these people, which made people sigh at his big heart.
However, so far, not no one can suppress Chamberlain. For example, Garnett, who tortured Chamberlain last month. Of course, all this is related to Chamberlain's psychological activities, but fans don't know that in the eyes of fans, Chamberlain's only black spot is Garnett, and his performance against Garnett is inferior.
O'Neal is also a person who caused a huge storm as soon as he entered the league. This guy looks honest, but his mind is not very open-minded. Speaking of which, he has a childish temper. In his heart, the first inside line in the league has always been his. Duncan and Garnett dare not play centers, which has always been his most proud point.
Chamberlain's appearance has provoked O'Neal's position. Although the outside world is now promoting Yao Ming as the league's number one center, in the NBA, there are not many teams that really take Yao Ming seriously. Most people recognize Yao Ming as a good insider, and it can even be said to be the top insider in the league, but he is definitely not the number one center.
But Chamberlain is different. Chamberlain showed his immediate combat power and age advantage, which allowed him to be the No. 1 center in the league. Whether those who know basketball or those who don’t know basketball, they have to admit that in time, Chamberlain will be the No. 1 center in the league.
O'Neal didn't want to see this. He planned to teach the rookie and tell everyone that the future of the league insider might be Chamberlain, but now it still belongs to him, Shark O'Neal.
In fact, O'Neal's actions have caused dissatisfaction in the Heat's uniform team. After all, he is just a player and an old man entering the evening of his career. The team does not allow him to do whatever he wants. If you say you are injured, you will be injured. If you say you are resting, you will be resting. What is the team? It's okay if you are resting. But if you say you are healthy, you will be healthy. What else does the team need to do for the medical team?
O'Neal disagreed with this. He dared to yell at Old Bass, "Give me the maximum salary." No matter how fierce Pat Riley is, can you compare to the king of the Purple Noble?
On the plane, Jackson and others complained that Barnes's wife was pregnant, so of course he wanted to spend Christmas Eve with his wife and children. As a result, the game on the 23rd night was the 24th, and it was the 24th day of sleep. It was Christmas. How to accompany his wife and children?
What's more, when I came to Miami, a man's paradise, how could these guys leave if they had fun?
Chamberlain was also depressed. It was not because he was coming to play the game, but about his scandal with Taylor Swift. Everyone knew that these crazy pictures on the Internet were all fake, but they were still spreading wildly. Now when the reporter met him, he asked him about his relationship with Taylor, which made him very upset.
This kind of thing is so strange. There are countless PS pictures on the Internet every day, including Obama and tycoon Soros, but those photos are not popular, but the photos of Chamberlain and Taylor Swift become popular.
There has been a trend online now, that is, everyone is taking photos of Chamberlain and Taylor Swift for PS, with all kinds of contents, and there are even Chamberlain riding Taylor Swift to dunk.
After getting off the plane, the Warriors players took a bus to the American Airlines Center. According to the rules, there was a locker room interview before the game. After the reporters flocked to the locker room, most of them squeezed directly to Chamberlain and handed the microphone in their hands to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain knew what these people wanted to ask, and he said with a gloomy face: "Miss Taylor Swift and I are innocent, we have no relationship. We are here to play in Miami today. If your interview has nothing to do with the game, please leave our locker room."
The reporters looked at each other, and some people turned their minds and shouted: "Mr. Z, if Miss Taylor comes to the American Airlines Center to cheer you on, what do you want to say to her the most?"
Chamberlain was furious and shouted, "I have already said it very clearly. Taylor Swift and I have nothing to do with each other. He will not come to cheer for me, and I will not attend her concert. Everything is like this, OK? I don't understand why you are paying attention to a non-existent scandal and not paying attention to my game. You must know that I got a triple-double on the court. Are you not curious about my game today?"
A reporter said: "Well, Mr. Z, then what is your goal today? By the way, does this goal have anything to do with Taylor Swift?"
Another reporter squeezed in front with difficulty and asked, "Mr. Z, if you have nothing to do with Miss Swift, why don't you attend her concert and why don't she come to your competition? Is there any conflict between you two?"
Chamberlain stopped talking, focused on playing with his phone and fucked him. I didn’t talk, let’s see what else you can do.
He underestimated the reporters and saw him playing with his mobile phone. Another reporter asked with a smile: "Mr. Z, are you chatting with Taylor Swift online now?"
Chamberlain still didn't say anything, and now he put away his phone and picked up a tablet to study O'Neal's game video this season. In fact, he understood why these reporters are so gossipy. Sports reporters are also humans. They are tired of dealing with data all day long. How could they miss this kind of entertainment gossip? Even if there is no selling point when reporting, it's good to be a topic before and after meals.
The game that started soon saved Chamberlain, and the players entered the court one by one, Chamberlain was at the end, and Davis was ahead of him. This was the order of appearances that Old Nelson chose, which made a decision for Chamberlain's core position.
As the Heat's appearance music "give-me-everything" sounded, players from both sides entered the court. After O'Neal appeared, he took a step toward the rhythmic step, and the atmosphere in the American Airlines Arena became warmer.
"Big Shark, devour the girls from California!"
"Crash them all into the Atlantic Ocean and let them die!"
"O'Neal is the number one center, the number one center in NBA history!"
Listening to the enthusiastic shouts of the fans, O'Neal was full of pride, but he did not respond to the fans. It was too familiar to him. He just walked slowly to the Warriors bench with his hands on his back. He deliberately did not look at Chamberlain and greeted Davis, Jackson and others: "How about spending Christmas? How about staying in Miami? We have hot beaches, hot sunshine, and enthusiastic beauties here."
Chamberlain did warm-up activities seriously, and this step must be missed. Winette asked him to move all his joints before each game to avoid injury.
O'Neal chatted with Jackson and others for a few words, and finally saw Chamberlain ignore him. He couldn't hold back and said to Chamberlain: "Rookie, this is my territory, a shark's hunting ground, do you know?"
Chamberlain asked back, "So what?"
After hearing this, O'Neal laughed and shouted, "So what? You asked the point, today you are going to be Mr. Shark's dinner?"
Chamberlain rolled his eyes and said impatiently: "Eat, you know how to eat. You have so much fat on you now. Haven't your wife told you that it's best to lose weight?"
Jackson and others held their arms and watched the jokes aside. Although Chamberlain was a rookie, he had been lingering on the street since he was a child and trash talk was awesome. Who had he lost to than a bickering? Moreover, Chamberlain had strong combat power as a backing. If the other party was angry with his trash talk and had to use violent means to solve the problem, he would definitely be happy to accompany him.
Chamberlain did not really want to stimulate O'Neal, the latter did not provoke him, and he was not a mad dog. After a few minutes of bickering, the coaches of the two teams began to arrange tactics and the game was about to begin.
The Warriors' starting lineup is Chamberlain + Harrington + Jackson + Davis + Ellis, with offense and defense.
The Heat's starting lineup is O'Neal + Haslem + Ricky Davis + Wade + Dorrell Wright.
At the beginning of the game, Chamberlain knew that O'Neal wanted to deal with him. He also had the same idea. He wanted to play all the inside players in the league and become the real number one inside player.
Therefore, when he was jumping the ball, Chamberlain cheered up. As soon as the ball flew to the highest point, he immediately jumped up like lightning and racquetted the ball. He originally thought O'Neal would compete with him, but the shark was just a symbolic foot pad and did not jump at all.
"You are so lazy." Chamberlain laughed.
Chapter completed!