basketball kingdom

Chapter 186 Defeating the Clippers
The basketball seemed to have wings, and it quickly flew into Xu Tian's hands, then changed direction and flew towards George.

The audience in the Staples Center watched the ball in midair attentively, judging in advance whether George's quick shot would make it.

Half a second later, basketball gave the correct answer.

A hammer!
123-116, 35 seconds!
In order to defend George, Redick ran with all his strength, but the results were not ideal. More importantly, he couldn't hold his center of gravity and fell directly on the audience on the sidelines.

Coach Rivers still has two timeouts, and quickly called one of them.Even if the suspense is gone, he still has to do his part.

Xu Tiangao raised his left hand and high-fived George who was walking over.

With a bright smile on his face, George excitedly said to Xu Tian: "Xu, how is it? My key shots are no worse than yours!"

Xu Tian smiled lightly, and he firmly believed in the widely circulated saying that scoring can only make one person happy, but passing the ball can make two people happy.

Pause time passed quickly.

Kobe was not very satisfied with his offensive performance before the timeout. He stood silently at the top of the arc on the right side and continued to single-handedly defend Paul Pierce, the famous Celtics star who was in high spirits.

Pierce has scored 8 points in a row, his self-confidence is bursting, and Kobe is defending with the ball in singles.

Kobe's defensive actions strengthened, and the physical confrontation between the two reached a new level, and there was no longer any festive atmosphere.

Pierce was not afraid, squeezed and pushed to the free throw line, turned around and shot directly.

The basketball no longer favored Pierce, it went halfway in, and bounced out dramatically.

Tyson Chandler jumped high, and before Jordan could react, he gave the racket to Xu Tian at the top of the arc.

Xu Tian passed Paul, who wanted to steal, and dribbled the ball slowly across the half court.

With less than 24 seconds left, the players on both sides gave up offense and defense, and ended the last game of the Christmas battle with laughter.

The Lakers 123-116 Clippers won the Los Angeles Derby victory without any risk.

Kobe is the central figure, surrounded by Clippers players.He greeted the players who wanted to pay tribute one by one.

TNT's sideline reporters waited patiently for Bryant, ready to interview the superstar.

Xu Tian didn't have an interview task tonight. After giving two bracelets to the small audience on the sidelines, he walked through the player tunnel and walked back to the locker room in a low-key manner.

Shortly after the game between the Lakers and the Clippers, the NBA officially announced the results of the first-round voting for the 2016 All-Star Game. Kobe temporarily became the top voter with 71 tickets.

The magician knew that Kobe and Curry were in a hot state, and it would be difficult to win the starting lineup from them, so he cleverly put Xu Tian in the F position.Thanks to the change of position, Xu Tian ranked first among the forwards in the Western Conference with 62 votes, temporarily occupying the starting position.

George lost to Durant's 36 votes and Kawhi Leonard's 51 votes with 48 votes, and he is temporarily unable to squeeze into the starting list.

Satisfied, fans at the Staples Center drove out of the arena and started their journey home.

Lakers fans saw the results of the first round of voting, and posted several posts in a row, expressing their desire to vote George into the All-Star starter.

Fans who usually don’t pay attention to the Lakers were surprised to see that Xu Tian’s number of votes actually occupied the top spot in the Western Conference. technical features of the day.

Among the Rockets fans, there are many people who hate Xu Tian deeply, and they began to stretch the front line, trying to lower Xu Tian's reputation with the playoffs that have not yet come.

Naturally, the Lakers fans did not show weakness, ran to the bottom of the post, and started a war of words with the host who posted the post.

After Xu Tian changed into casual clothes and exchanged Merry Christmas with the team staff and teammates, he joined his family waiting for him and returned to his home in Palisades ahead of schedule.

George and Kobe were left by media reporters to talk about the latest games, season plans and the results of the first round of voting that were just announced.

The TNT reporter asked: "Paul, according to the results of the first round of voting, you are currently ranked fifth in the forward position. Unless there is a big miracle, it will be difficult to squeeze into the All-Star starter. What do you think about this?"

George had just finished the game and before he had time to watch the news, he asked, "Who are the four forwards in front?"

"Xu Tian, ​​Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis." The TNT reporter answered truthfully.

George rubbed his chin with his hand after listening, and didn't know how to answer for a short time.

Kobe saw George's embarrassment and asked the reporter, "Is there a big gap in the votes?"

"It's not small." The TNT reporter answered the question honestly.

George stabilized his emotions and said generously: "The number of tickets reflects the fans' choice. Being able to rank fifth as a striker is enough to show that the fans love me."

The TNT reporter asked: "Aren't you eager for the All-Star starting position?"

The reporter asked George, and he smiled and said: "Of course! Since you asked here, I will vote here. I hope that fans who like the Lakers and me can vote for me so that I can be in the All-Star game." Serve as starter."

George's words amused many reporters, making the press conference full of festive atmosphere.

Josh Smith and his family lived in a hotel in Beverly Hills. After watching the game between the Lakers and the Clippers, he sent a text message to Xu Tian excitedly.

Xu Tian did not open INS and Twitter, players want to contact him, only through the original phone or text message.Josh Smith didn't quite understand this point.

Josh Smith received Xu Tian's reply after 10 minutes, "Josh, you are welcome to join, and I hope you can compete for the starting power forward position."

The text message back from Xu Tian made Josh Smith very excited.The most important reason why he came to the Lakers was that Kobe and Xu Tian promised that he would have an important tactical position.

Scott left a message under Josh Smith's Christmas wishes posted on INS, expressing his holiday wishes and welcome to the Lakers.

George and Bryant were too popular to wrap up the interview late.

Kobe's wife, Vanessa, and her two daughters are standing in the tunnel, quietly waiting for her husband to arrive.

George greeted Kobe's wife tactfully, then parted ways with Kobe's family, went to the underground parking lot, and drove the luxury car to the newly bought mansion in Beverly Hills.

Kobe and his wife briefly kissed, and then each took a daughter, drove home in a private car, and celebrated Christmas in the last hour or so.

As soon as Paul returned home, he immediately held his son CP4 in his arms, and hugged and greeted his wife who came to greet him.

Little Jordan was alone, with no wife and children waiting for him at home, and no girlfriend who could spend Christmas with him. He opened a bottle of Wade brand red wine given by Wade, and watched the video replay of tonight's game while tasting the wine.

Griffin was not so sad, drove to the nightclub, and spent Christmas Eve with the chic and romantic people there.

(End of this chapter)