Chapter 287

On December 25, the League arranged three Christmas battles, two in the East and one in the West.

Christmas War has always been a stage for star players. Only teams or players who are highly praised by the league are eligible to participate. One of the most popular is Celtic, they participate because of the team's gimmicks, stern has always hoped that the green army will rise again, but Walker and pierce twins are not competitive.

The Wizards led by Michael Jordan did not participate in the Christmas War. Jordan's popularity this season is so low that even if he calls out to retire, the fans will not feel much emotion.

In the summer, the Wizards introduced Stackhouse and Larry Hughes, as well as excellent veterans. After a period of media hype, the Wizards still had a bad record, ranking outside the playoffs.

In the eastern guard selection, Jordan is only ranked fourth behind Tracy McGrady, Kidd and Iverson. In all positions, even the pistons blue collar Ben Wallace is more popular than Jordan.

In the first two games in the Eastern Conference, the Nets beat Celtics 117-81. Kidd led the team to score in double, green Wang Zhizhi came on the bench for 11 minutes and got 6 points and 1 rebound.

Magic 104-99 beat the pistons, Tracy McGrady cut 46 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, out of the limelight.

Then, the Lakers vs. suns game started at Staples Center.

Guo Xu was the first Suns to appear. Before the game, the Laker owner Jerry bass gave Guo Xu the championship ring of last season. The two hugged and the fans cheered together.

The Los Angeles fans didn't resent Guo Xu's first match against his old club. They just missed him a little. Many people felt that the Lakers would not have won three consecutive titles without Guo Xu in the previous two years.

This is today's most gimmicky game, which is the proposal of David Stern. The president thinks that Sacramento king didn't cause much trouble to the Lakers last season, and the stars are easy to be injured. It's better to replace it with "the three big Lakers civil war.".

The president's crow mouth skill is deep, King's point guard Bibby just came back, Webber was injured again. Injury has prevented Webber from climbing to the top of the NBA. If you just look at the data, he can compete in the regular season MVP for several seasons, and then look at the attendance rate.

Several TV stations broadcast the game live, including Los Angeles sports station, CCTV5, TNT, etc.

TNT's ratings have improved a lot this season. They found retired stars Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley to explain. The effect was surprisingly good. The style of their talk show was deeply loved by the audience.

Sometimes, they do sketches.

Before Yao Ming played for the Rockets for the first time, Buckley and Smith bet that if Yao Ming could score 19 points in a game, he would kiss Smith's buttocks. As a result, Yao Ming soon made Buckley's dream come true and scored 20 points from 9-for-9 in the absence of O'Neal.

After that, Smith found a donkey to replace him. There was a sign on the donkey's neck that said "Kenny.". Buckley is a man of integrity. He really kisses the ass in the studio.

Before the start of the competition, "big mouth" Barkley commented on Guo xulai.

"Now there are so many people on the Internet talking about Jason Guo's historical status. My God, this child is only 21 years old. He recently led the Suns to six straight wins, but I'd like to say it's just the regular season and his basketball career is just beginning. It's so exciting that people like me who have retired for several years can be called history

Smith said with a smile: "if he takes the Suns to win the championship, he will surpass you. You only played in the finals once in the suns."

"I hope he can lead the Suns to the championship. He is a great player and his nickname is much cooler than I used to be." Barkley touched his stomach and wondered if he would have had a better career if he had eaten less?

"I think the Lakers will try to win today. Buss and Kupchak want the home team to win. If ok team loses to Jason, fans will be even more dissatisfied with the decision of the management not to leave Jason," Smith said

At this time, old buss is not so regretful, Guo Xu's commercial value is high, Kobe is not bad. He felt that Guo Xu may not be able to lead the Lakers better than Kobe.

Coach Phil - Jackson but depressed for a long time, he can not continue to quietly in the field 13, he and Kobe communication difficulties, no Guo Xu in the dressing room to do peacemaking, OK combination also has contradictions.

These things let Jackson feel headache, now also can't trade Kobe, he valued Kidd, Guo Xu led the team to play good results, must be the team non-sale goods.

After the warm-up, the two sides started the game, and the Suns played small ball tactics. The five were Guo Xu, Qiao Johnson, kirisek, Marion and stadamel.

The five: Fisher, Kobe, fox, samaki walker, Shaquille O'Neal.

A look at the lineup, we feel that O'Neal is going to break out, Shaq has lost two full laps and can't carry people in the low position. The Laker defense also has to undergo a major test, they are not good against Guo Xu, Fisher one-on-one certainly can not.

O'Neal won the jump and the game began.Kobe catches the ball to Joe Johnson on the right. The Suns are man to man defense, and they don't take joint defense as usual. The Lakers have a lot of three-point shooters.

At the sight of Guo Xu, Kobe became selfless and dropped the ball from the right to Shaquille O'Neal.

Kobe will pay attention to the news at home. Many basketball experts think that the only way for the Lakers is to play with Kobe and O'Neal, saying that he can win more easily by playing like Guo Xu.

Kobe also occasionally listen to some opinions, this season he increased three-point shooting, shooting rate is good, 38%, a career high. People say Guo Xu's offensive efficiency is high, and Kobe wants to prove that he can shoot three points.

After receiving the ball, O'Neal headed for Shaquille, turned to the middle, bent his knees, lowered his gravity, and lifted the ball with both hands, which made him shake up.

Shaquille O'Neal stepped forward to smash Shaquille forward, shot a close-up one handed shot and caused a foul. Shaquille's center of gravity was not stable on the ground.

Compared with O'Neill, Shaquille is too thin, and their strength is not the same level.

The referee whistled 2 + 1, O'Neill also hit the penalty, good form today, 0-3.

At this time, there were funny gags on the field. When O'Neill free throw, Guo Xu stepped forward and gave him a slap, which won the warm applause of the home fans.

Barkley said with a smile: "Jason is totally different from the other players when they play their old club. The other players are holding their strength and playing well. This is what he comes back to play."

Smith said with a smile: "home to visit relatives, Los Angeles fans like him, but the Lakers really can't renew his contract, if you give him a top salary contract, the team's annual salary will be more than 70 million."

Buckley was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "it seems that 70 million yuan is not very high. The Knicks are nearly 100 million yuan. Of course, the rules are doomed to be unable to renew the contract. There is no way to do this."

Suns attack, Shawn to the three-point line outside the screen to block Fisher. Guo Xu moves to the right, stops the jump shot three points, O'Neill does not change defense to come out.

Fisher's pursuit and defense is also slow, Guo Xu throws very easily, the ball hollow into the net! Three to three.

In the face of other teams when O'Neal hate to pick and roll, in the face of Guo Xu, he did not change defense, just center. He developed a bad habit in the first two years, often three quarters off work, how can defense get up actively?

Facing this kind of defensive intensity, Guo Xu is doomed to break out.

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