During the afternoon training session, Liu Xiu found that Kwame Brown was very frustrated. It was obvious that he was affected by the announcement of the All-Star starting lineup.

During the training break, Liu Xiu found Kwame Brown and said, "You were defeated by that No. 1 pick again. Are you frustrated?"

Kwame Brown nodded honestly: "It's only less than 100,000 votes. I'm so sorry."

If Duncan is regarded as a power forward, this may be the weakest year for Western Conference centers in NBA history.

Kwame Brown himself recognized this, so he felt even more frustrated. God knows if there will be such a good opportunity in the future.

The second place is the biggest loser. It’s not about people’s opinions, but the second place’s own mood.

Also, with Kwame Brown's current ability and performance, just like Kobe Bryant in the second year of his career, if he is not selected as a starter, it is completely impossible to be selected as an All-Star substitute. Even if there is no one at the center position, the coaches will choose him.

A power forward who can play center is the backup.

Liu Xiu said in surprise: "Kwame, you can actually calculate the difference in votes!"

"???"

Kwame Brown really wants to yell: Is this where your focus is?

Liu Xiu received a system prompt and successfully cured Kwame Brown. He was quite puzzled. How come these teammates were cured recently just because they had a disagreement?

This is not important, he is here to comfort the number one parallel importer!

Liu Xiu thought for a while and said: "Kwame, please keep this in mind as motivation, and defeat Duncan in a head-to-head duel in the future!"

"He's Tim Duncan! Why should I?"

Kwame Brown was so impressive that Liu Xiudu could only remain silent for a while and then replied: "That's right."

"Huh???" Kwame Brown's whole body felt bad.

"Ahem," Liu Xiu coughed twice, and then started thinking... and he said, "Duncan will turn 30 in two or three months, and you haven't turned 24 yet..."

Kwame Brown's eyes lit up: "Yes! He is almost old, but I am still young!"

"Uh huh huh..."

…

In the following training, Kwame Brown returned to a positive and energetic state, and Liu Xiu was very satisfied.

Although he thinks it is difficult to say who will retire first, Kwame Brown or Duncan, but it is true that Kwame Brown is 6 years younger than Duncan, and he is not talking nonsense...

On the next day, it was the last day of the month.

After finishing breakfast, Anne Hathaway was flipping through the newspaper and said: "Today's basketball-related news is all previewing our game against the Lakers tonight. The basketball content of my ESPN sports news just now is also..."

Liu Xiu remembered that since the game between the Trail Blazers and the Heat the day before yesterday, major basketball media had been promoting this game, and NBA officials seemed to be sparing no effort to build momentum for this game.

Who doesn't like to be in the limelight? Liu Xiu said with a smile: "I'm under a lot of pressure when they do this! It would be so embarrassing if I don't perform well..."

After breakfast, Liu Xiu left home a few minutes earlier than usual and came to the Rose Garden Arena. When he parked the car, he met the patrolling security personnel and exchanged greetings with him.

The security guy complained: "God, I hate it when the Lakers come to play games here."

Liu Xiu took a careful look at the security guard and responded: "Yes, you were also in charge of security yesterday afternoon, and you were forced to work overtime by Kobe Bryant?"

The security guy nodded and complained: "Yeah, every time the Lakers come to play a game, their 80-point man will come to practice extra. Yesterday, you and Allen were the last to leave on our team. We could have been 6

I got off work before 8 o'clock, but he delayed me until 8 o'clock..."

Liu Xiu was ashamed when he heard this. He remembered that the Lakers arrived in Portland yesterday morning and trained for two hours at 2pm. As a result, Kobe paid extra to practice until 8pm...Liu Xiu's eyes lit up when he thought of this. Will this lead to

A master becomes a blacksmith? I’m so looking forward to it!

…

After chatting with the security guy, Liu Xiu first went to John Nash to get today's game tickets. The whole family would come to watch the popular game. He left home 10 minutes early today just for this reason.

Because of the arrival of the Lakers, Portland is particularly noisy today.

But the Trail Blazers seemed to be outside the hustle and bustle, and their morning preparation training was not affected at all. Even Liu Xiu could only be filmed by the cameraman responsible for the documentary shooting, and the reporters accompanying the team were not allowed to conduct interviews, so he focused on preparing for the game.

Of course, Liu Xiu's refusal to accept interviews will not affect the fact that this game has become the most watched game since the NBA entered the middle of the season thanks to the promotion by the media and NBA officials.

The time came to 7:40 pm, and in the tunnel of the home and away teams in the Rose Garden Arena, the Trail Blazers and Lakers players were already getting ready to go.

The lights dimmed, and the first to enter were the away Lakers.

No need to go through the process, the fans at the scene were filled with boos! Starting from Odom, who was the first to appear, every starting player of the Lakers enjoyed the most manic boos from the Trail Blazers fans.

"Los Angeles Lakers, 25 wins and 18 losses, averaging 99.6 points per game, and conceding 95.9 points per game..."

"Kobe Bryant, 27 years old, 198 cm, 96 kg, SG/SF, ability evaluation 100, offense 100, defense 98, three-pointer 86 (?), mid-range shot 96, layup 99, speed 92, strength 91

, jumping 95, physical strength 100...averaging 38.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game...shooting rate 47.1%, three-point shooting rate 36.3%..."

Liu Xiu's mouth twitched when he saw Kobe's player detection report. After Iverson's physical strength dropped to 99 this season, he seemed to be the only one with full physical strength.

He averaged 28.9 shots per game. This is because the number of shots taken has decreased in the last 6 games. Otherwise, he averaged 29+ shots per game.

It seems impossible to expect a master to turn into a blacksmith just because he worked overtime the day before the game.

After the visiting team players finished playing, it was the home team's turn to play. The fans cheered wildly, driving away Liu Xiu's worries and anxiety.

Rose Bay Devil’s Home!

After the lights came on, amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, Liu Xiu and Kobe walked to the center circle in unison.

The two looked at each other, and Kobe, who was the guest, did not speak. In his world view, the one who spoke first at this time was the one who couldn't hold his breath, and was a bit shorter in terms of momentum.

However, he has a lot to say. He has been writing provocative trash talk in his free time recently. He is preparing for the pre-match confrontation of this game, and he can't hold it in anymore.

Just when he could no longer hold it in any longer, he finally saw the warden opposite him opening his mouth first. He felt extremely excited. This time, he gained the upper hand!

"Bean, can you squat down a little and talk? My neck hurts when I raise my head to talk to you."

"Hmm...Watt?"

At that moment, all the trash talk he had prepared during this period came to Kobe's mind. No matter which angle Liu Xiu provoked, he was confident that he could fight back.

But I didn’t expect Liu Xiu to hold it in for a long time before saying such a sentence!

This guy doesn't play by the rules! I'm so angry!

The more Kobe thought about it, the angrier he became, and he ignored Liu Xiu and walked away.

Rahim, who was waiting for Liu Xiu and Kobe to finish their confrontation to chat with his old friend, swallowed his saliva. He felt that Kobe was miserable...

At this time, Liu Xiu, who was a little confused by Kobe who walked away and provided healing value, turned to Rahim and said: "Is he menopausal? God, Kobe Bryant, who is usually so polite, is not polite.

You can be so rude... By the way, do men also go through menopause?"

Rahim covered his head. The warden's ability to heal people became more and more outstanding, and it had reached the level of natural healing!

Rahim thinks this may be related to the fact that we are currently in the middle of the season. Recently, many media have praised Liu Xiu for not being affected in the middle of the season and that he is what a superstar should be. However, in the view of Rahim, who is delicate and thoughtful, Liu Xiu has also been affected.

, it’s just that their warden himself didn’t realize it.

Wang Zhizhi was very used to seeing Kobe angrily throwing his hands and walking away again.

He stepped forward and said to Liu Xiu: "Long time no see, Warden, you can actually be compared with a Kobe like that and play a neck-and-neck game for a month. It's unbelievable."

"Is there any difference?" Liu Xiu glanced at Kobe, who was on the sidelines with his arms akimbo and no teammates dared to approach him, and responded: "Taking into account the team's performance, it's probably about the same... You're pretty good, too, compared to Kobe.

Together we scored 88 points.”

"..."

Just when Wang Zhizhi wanted to praise Liu Xiu for being so humble, he was confused by Liu Xiu's last words.

But he played very comfortably that day. He scored 8 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Many of the assists were just passing the ball to Kobe and then turned into assists...

"Wang Zhizhi, 28 years old, 214 cm, 114 kg, C/PF, ability evaluation 79... averaged 7.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.2 blocks per game... shot 47.2% from the field, 38.6% from three-point range, averaged three points per game

The number of hits is 1.2..."

While chatting with Wang Zhizhi, Liu Xiu looked at the opponent's player detection report.

Compared with last season, Wang Zhizhi's points and rebounds dropped a bit, but his assist performance was quite good. Liu Xiu watched several live broadcasts of Lakers games, and Wang Zhizhi's support performance when paired with Kobe was excellent.

After the greetings, Liu Xiu returned to the bench and opened the system screen again.

"Caron Butler... ability evaluation is 82... averaging 14.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game... shooting 42.6% from the field and 34.2% from the three-point range..."

"Lamar Odom... ability evaluation is 85(?)... averaging 14.2 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1 steal, and 1.3 blocks per game... shooting 48.1% from the field and 37.6% from the three-point range..."

"Deron Williams...ability rating is 77...averaging 9.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game...shooting 43% from the field and 39.5% from three-point range..."

Liu Xiu looked at the player detection reports of the opponent's five major players, and what he saw was very different from what he had learned during the previous preparations.

The biggest advantage of the Lakers is that they are in excellent health and have a very stable lineup. The Lakers are one of the few teams that have not made any transactions since the beginning of the new season. Counting them, there are only 4 teams that have not made any transactions.

trade.

Except for Wang Zhizhi, who missed 5 games due to injury, everyone else in the starting lineup was full attendance.
Chapter completed!