118: The Los Angeles Story (30/40)
Turner held the ball on the court, and he borrowed the cover of the team's center Spencer Hawys to break through, circled around the middle distance, and then shot.
The basketball drew a slightly flat arc and finally fell into the net. Finally, Evan Turner scored, but he did not have any pleasure of victory at this time. Because the game had already reached the fourth quarter. Just now, it was the first two points he got in this game.
"Turner's goal came too late, and his goal could not save neither the 76ers nor himself."
Hubby Brown shook his head, the game was far from what he expected.
In Huby Brown's expectation, Turner said that he had to perform some performance in everything. However, there was no performance.
So far, Turner made only 1 of 7 shots, until he just scored the first 2 point. The 76ers have already scored 15 points behind the floor, which is very passive.
On the other hand, Link has scored 14 points, 5 assists and 7 rebounds so far. Just by judging the data, you can see how big the gap between Link and Turner is.
Turner was not happy at all after scoring the goal, and could only feel a deep sense of frustration. He lost too thoroughly and facelessly.
By the way, Link is sitting on the bench to rest now. The one who defended Turner just now was Link's substitute Sam Young. In other words, Turner's only goal was not the so-called embarrassment that Link got on his head, but that's it.
The showdown that was exaggerated before a game turned out to be one side in the end. The losing side naturally had no face.
In this game, Evan Turner told the world with practical actions that he was not wronged at all when he lost the rookie game. Losing to a undraft also hit Turner's confidence.
Link knew very well that this second-tier career has not been able to realize his talent. He can still survive in the NBA in the future, not to be so miserable that he can't find a job in the NBA. But in general, I'm still sorry for his second-tier identity.
A few minutes later, the electronic beep sounded. 102 to 91, the Grizzlies easily defeated the 8th place 76ers in the East at home, and still maintained a record of winning after Guy was injured.
After the game, Link and Turner's data were not afraid of big things, respectively, allowing fans to see a sharp contrast.
Link, without making much move in the fourth quarter, still scored 17 points, 6 assists and 9 rebounds, a data close to a triple-double. Link also had a low desire to attack today, and Iguodala's defense was indeed good. If Turner defended Link throughout the whole process, Link would definitely be easy to score 20 points.
However, even so, Link had already broken Turner into a scumbag. Comparing the data of the two people, it can be said that it was full of maliciousness.
After the game, Evan Turner left without looking back. If caught by reporters, he might suffer from embarrassing cancer.
Turner thought this would be his battle of honor, but he didn't know that this was even considered one of the stains of his career.
After the game, Randolph happily patted Link on the back, and his little brother won another key showdown. Those who are the eldest brother must be very happy.
Most importantly, Randolph did not forget what Link said before the game, "I will only belong to me tonight."
That's true, Link did it. This kid always does what he says.
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Link didn't go home late tonight because the post-match interviews and press conferences were a waste of too much time.
The concept of defeating the second place in the draft was hyped by the media, so the media had many problems after the game. Link was only glad that he was not in the East at this time, otherwise the media would not have been hyped up to the point where he met Wall many times.
After driving home, Link threw himself on the sofa tiredly, turned on his phone, and indeed received a lot of information.
The one who sent the most information was Jeff Austin. During the All-Star Game, he arranged many commercial activities for Link. As an annual basketball event, Link was only concerned about watching the football when he was a fan, but now he has become a professional player. Only then did he know that the All-Star Weekend is a huge show.
However, Link did not reject more commercial activities during the All-Star Game. After all, there was no need to play formal competitions during that period and no delay in training. It is understandable to participate in some commercial activities.
The second most sent messages was Link's parents. Some time ago, Link paid his father to open a gardening company. The decoration was just completed these two days, and the parents happily took many photos of the store for Link to show them.
There is another message from the Upshaw family, which is the report card of Upshaw's sister. Since Link said she wanted to sponsor her to go to college, she has been studying very hard. How to say it? In the past, Upshaw used to be a brother, and he had to treat other people's sister as his own sister.
The last text message came from Rachel, and she was at the Thunder home court in the photo. There was also a text attached below, "I really hope to watch you play on the spot again."
Link was about to reply to the text message, but Rachel sent another one, "I bought tickets to the All-Star Rookie Tournament."
"Great!" Link suddenly stood up from the sofa. Why did he feel nervous about meeting netizens? He and Rachel are not netizens either. They have met frequently before.
"Are you alone?"
"No, my classmates are there."
Seeing Rachel replying, Link suddenly felt a little disappointed. No, I’m disappointed with my classmates, you’re disappointed, bastard.
"Okay, I'll pick you up."
"No, let's go to the stadium to watch your game. Be prepared, Link. Not everyone has such an opportunity from the Development League to the All-Star."
Link held his cell phone and sat back. The All-Star Weekend may be more interesting than he thought.
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The Grizzlies only had Link to participate in the All-Star Game this year, and the others were too lazy to run back and forth. So in the end, Link was the only one who set off on the flight to Los Angeles.
Before Link left, Randoff called and said that he had prepared some good things for Link yesterday, and put them all in his bag, so that Link could check it out by himself.
Link opened his carry-on bag on the plane and saw it, he was speechless and almost sprayed out the juice he had just drunk.
Good guy, two boxes of sports protection
"Zach, what do you think I'm going to Los Angeles for?"
Although I was so complaining in my heart, Link still took out one of them and put it in his wallet. Cough cough, are you prepared for any trouble?
NBA players have always been more open to this kind of thing. As millionaires and professional players, the ones they don’t lack the least are women.
Most people think that the most famous old Yin stick in NBA history is Chamberlain, who was nicknamed "Zhang 20,000". However, Chamberlain also clarified that the thing he wrote in his autobiography was purely bragging, and it was just to create topics to make the autobiography better.
In fact, the first oldest yin stick in NBA was Johnson, the "magicist" behind his back. At that time, the "magicist" was located in Los Angeles, which was extremely prosperous and full of lights and wine. Therefore, it was more convenient for the "magicist" to operate.
It is said that the stands, toilets, elevators and even the office of Old Bass have left traces of the "Magician" fighting.
Perhaps, this is the additional attribute that comes with Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, life is far more than just basketball.
As soon as Link got off the plane, the league staff was welcomed. Since the rookie competition was the earliest event for each All-Star, the rookie training also began the earliest.
Although this kind of performance-based game win or lose is not important, and the players do not need to cooperate well. Basic training is still essential.
So, after a day off today, Link will participate in the rookie training the next afternoon.
However, there are also benefits of playing first. At least after the 18th, Link will be fine. The entire All-Star weekend after that, there will be no competition task for Link, so you can relax.
After staying in the hotel, the alliance staff will take Link to the place where they will train tomorrow, so they will recognize it. Otherwise, if they don’t even know where to train tomorrow, it would be embarrassing.
Link walked into Staples and the stadium was magnificent. Posters of various superstars highlighted the team's glorious history, and the championship pennants that can be seen everywhere reminded people that this is a veritable wealthy family.
After following the staff into the training hall, Link found that there was someone in the training hall. The man was stunned when he saw Link and walked straight forward.
This guy is no one else, he is another great superstar of the Lakers, the most shining star in Los Angeles, "Black Mamba" Kobe Bryant.
"You're here, boy." Kobe was sweating profusely, and he seemed to have been practicing for a lot of time.
Today, most teams in the league have been suspended, and only four teams have game tasks. As the host team, the Los Angeles Lakers naturally have no games. After all, the Staples Center has been used to prepare for the All-Stars, so naturally there is no way to arrange the regular season.
Logically speaking, this is a rare day off for players, especially for players like Kobe who are already quite old. However, it seems that Kobe, he does not plan to rest.
"Is it still practicing? Don't you plan to take a break on the All-Star weekend?" Kobe is a paranoid thing, well known all over the world. But when Link and Kobe got along a few times, he found that his paranoidness was more exaggerated than what they reported every day.
"Rest? That will make my body rust. Besides, I will be very busy in the next few days and have no time to train. If you have time now, hurry up. After the All-Star Game, all teams will start sprinting like crazy. Whoever really thinks that the All-Star weekend is a holiday is a real idiot?" Kobe smiled, then looked at Link, "Remember what I told you when I met last time? I said I had the chance to train together."
"Of course I remember, it would be a great honor if I could."
Chapter completed!