Chapter 1 Another Silent Night...

It was that time of year again for Christmas Eve...

Before their Christmas showdown with the Warriors, Su Feng and Kobe took time out to watch "Leap High 2," starring Jay Chou, which premiered on Christmas Eve.

Unlike "Leap High," which had a "clichéd" plot and focused on inspiration, "Leap High 2" was positioned as a comedy from the start, so it featured a large number of "sci-fi" scenes.

For example, the "1080-degree tomahawk dunk under the basket" that the villain O'Neal used to "abuse" Jay Chou at the beginning of the film.

Then, there were the "Tai Chi Three-Pointer" and "Ultra Instinct" that Su Feng and Kobe later taught Jay Chou.

If...

The "1080-degree tomahawk dunk under the basket" was ridiculous enough in Su Feng's eyes, then the two techniques he and Kobe taught Jay Chou were pure cheat codes.

In addition, the plot of this movie was also "unfettered."

In the first half of the movie, the male lead, played by Jay Chou, was a carefree, streetball-loving young man.

But one day, when Jay Chou went to cheer on his older brother, played by Wu Zun, an accident happened.

Because years ago, Jay Chou's older brother had conquered all of New York with his superb ball skills, he had become a target of envy from the "dark basketball world."

However, Jay Chou's older brother, who was more skilled, eventually defeated the villains sent by the "dark basketball world" at the "World's Number One Basketball Tournament" held in Rucker Park.

Moreover, Jay Chou's older brother, who was wholeheartedly good, even tried to reform these thugs who enjoyed shattering other people's basketball dreams after the game.

However, these villains who were defeated by Jay Chou's older brother not only did not repent, but also relied on drugs provided by an American technology company in the following years, turning into real "demons."

Three years later, the "demons" came to seek revenge, agreeing with Jay Chou's older brother that the losing side in the game would have their legs broken by the other side and would never be able to touch basketball again.

As a result, in order to reform these demons, Jay Chou's older brother, who was even more of a Tang Sanzang (Tang Monk) in the plot setting, actually failed because he couldn't bear to use the family-inherited "Dragon Subduing Eighteen Dunks" on the day of the game.

Then, the "demons," who were not grateful for Jay Chou's older brother's sandbagging, crippled Jay Chou's older brother, whose physical fitness was described as superhuman in the drama.

And at the sidelines, because he saw his own brother being crippled with his own eyes, Jay Chou naturally wanted to stand up for his older brother.

It was a pity that Jay Chou, whose strength was far inferior to his older brother and whose physical fitness was only that of an ordinary person, was humiliated by the "demons" and even considered giving up basketball.

At the critical moment, fortunately, the female lead, played by Yui Aragaki, accompanied Jay Chou through this dark time.

In addition, one day, when he went to the hospital to see his crippled older brother, Jay Chou learned from him that there were two reclusive masters of the basketball world living in an abandoned repair shop in distant Los Angeles.

Therefore, Jay Chou, who had gradually regained his love for basketball with the help of the female lead, packed his bags and headed west, preparing to challenge the "demons" again after completing his studies and save the world ruled by the "dark basketball world."

During his studies, by chance, Jay Chou also met Westbrook, nicknamed "Flying Turtle," and his friend Paul George, who worked as a blacksmith in Texas.

Because the three hit it off, on a dark and windy night, Westbrook and Paul George officially joined the protagonist group, preparing to help Jay Chou defeat the "demons" together.

After experiencing many hardships, in Los Angeles, Jay Chou also learned the legendary "Tai Chi Three-Pointer" and "Ultra Instinct," which were even more awesome than Jay Chou's older brother's "Dragon Subduing Eighteen Dunks," with the help of the two basketball masters Su Feng and Kobe.

But...

Before the final battle began, the originally confident Jay Chou encountered trouble again.

It turned out that during Jay Chou's studies, the "demons" had also been secretly sending people to track him.

Therefore, in order to avoid being killed by Jay Chou, before the final battle began, the "demon team's" two kings, "Golden Horn and Silver Horn," played by Duncan and Nowitzki, broke Jay Chou's right leg in the toilet in the same way that the villains in "Shaolin Soccer" broke the "Golden Right Foot" back then.

It was a pity that the villains did not expect that after the female lead blew a breath of "immortal air" on Jay Chou's right leg, Jay Chou actually played with an injury and defeated the "demon" team with his friends in the final battle.

And at the end, looking at Jay Chou's older brother being pushed out in a wheelchair, because he began to suffer from the backlash of the drug, the members of the "demon" team also repented and put down their "butcher knives" and became Buddhas on the spot.

Moreover, at the end of this movie, the director also gave a nod to "Initial D," which Jay Chou had filmed in the past.

Because just as the movie was about to end, the female lead hugged Jay Chou and said to Jay Chou, "I bought a very sexy swimsuit."

Honestly...

After patiently watching this movie in the cinema, which almost made him spit out ten liters of blood, Su Feng really felt that this was not something that ordinary earthlings could come up with.

But you know what...

Although the plot of "Leap High 2" was very ridiculous.

But...

It was quite popcorn-worthy.

"This director is so talented. Why didn't we have such a good script when we filmed 'Leap High' back then?" After watching this movie, Kobe, who couldn't wait to run to the training ground to practice thousands of more shots, said to Su Feng.

Su Feng: "..."

Alright!

People's preferences are indeed not the same.

Online, after watching "Leap High 2," some people thought that it was an out-and-out bad movie.

However, there were also people who thought that this movie was a classic in terms of plot and conception.

Especially the part in the play that satirized the "demon team's" drug use.

It almost caused countless swimming and track and field athletes in the United States to break down.

Because if you look at the medical records of these swimming and track and field athletes, you will find that they, who should have had superhuman physical fitness, were all suffering from "incurable diseases" and needed to rely on "drugs" for treatment for a long time.

Moreover, because this movie had a very strong comedic atmosphere...

Therefore, for comedies that like to use exaggerated means to satirize reality...

Many movie fans did not feel uncomfortable with the magical scenes in the play.

On the 25th, the day after Christmas Eve, even LeBron James and Stephen Curry expressed their regret for not being able to star in "Leap High 2" during their interviews before the Lakers' battle with the Warriors.

"Sure enough, reality is often more magical than movies!"

Staples Center, while warming up, Su Feng thought silently to himself.

Ahem, the box office success of "Leap High 2" is temporarily put aside.

On the 25th, at 3:00 PM local time in Los Angeles, the Christmas game between the Lakers and the Warriors officially began.

As in previous years, this year's Christmas game was also several hours earlier than usual.

In addition, because Oakland was not far from Los Angeles, the Warriors players who were playing as guests tonight were generally in good spirits.

After all, in the NBA, not every president was as devilish as Stern, who had to arrange Christmas games between teams from the East and West, forcing the team playing away to depart on the morning of the 25th.

On the court, after the warm-up, the starting lineups for the two teams tonight were shown on the big screen.

Warriors: Yao Ming, LeBron James, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry.

Lakers: Marc Gasol, Su Feng, Khris Middleton, Kobe Bryant, Rajon Rondo.

This summer, with Andrei Kirilenko and Steve Nash retiring one after another, Yi Jianlian going to Seattle, and Ray Allen returning to Boston, the Warriors' lineup seemed to have been weakened a lot on the surface.

But with the growth of Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry and others, the Warriors were instead leading the West all the way in the new season.

In fact, as early as last season, Coach Lue had said that the Warriors' lineup seemed large, but was actually bloated.

Especially in front of the Lakers' substitutes, who each had their own unique skills, in last season's Western Conference Finals, the Warriors were once forced to use an 8-man rotation.

At the center of the court, Marc Gasol and Yao Ming jumped for the ball to start the game.

Because he didn't want to wait until he couldn't play anymore before choosing to retire, Yao Ming had informed Su Feng before the start of the new season that he planned to officially retire at the end of this season.

However, Su Feng would not choose to slack off because Yao Ming planned to retire.

Moreover, after much persuasion, Yao Ming had even won a championship ring!

But what about him, Su Feng?

They were both...

Warriors possession.

LeBron James intended to conserve his energy tonight and wait until the second half of the game before making a move.

In this possession, after Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson ran a pick-and-roll, because the Lakers' defense was attracted by Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson immediately returned a three-pointer to the Lakers after receiving Stephen Curry's pass.

Guilt This season, Klay Thompson's touch was also red-hot.

Because of the star-studded nature of this Warriors team, Klay Thompson's average number of shots this season was even two or three less than in Su Feng's memory of the same period.

However, Klay Thompson, who had a better offensive environment, shot 48% from three-point range this season.

Honestly.

In this life, if LeBron James still wanted to reach 40,000 career points, then he would probably have to play two more seasons.

Because LeBron James, who was still at his peak, was only averaging 22.1 points per game this season.

In the game, to quote James' fans, often before LeBron James had finished his second item, his teammates had already pushed to the high ground and were approaching the crystal.

Without a doubt.

For LeBron James, who still had the idea of ​​at least stepping on Jordan's feet even if he couldn't surpass Su Feng and Kobe...

This was not a good thing.

But because his teammates were too strong, he couldn't get stats...

Who could LeBron James complain to?

It meant that when you don't have good teammates, you blame the team for not making reinforcements.

When you have good teammates, you blame the team for making too many reinforcements?

On the court, the Lakers were on offense.

Kobe Bryant shook off Jimmy Butler and shot a contested jumper that missed, Su Feng tipped the offensive rebound, outside, Khris Middleton made a three-pointer!

In this play, Yao Ming, who was being held back by Marc Gasol on the outside, couldn't screen for LeBron James, as a result, Su Feng, who was extremely accurate in predicting the landing point of Kobe Bryant's missed shot, took a step and blocked LeBron James behind him.

Warriors on offense.

Jimmy Butler held the ball and organized from the high post.

LeBron James successfully acted as a middleman to earn the difference, after the ball was transferred by him to the inside, Yao Ming dunked with one hand and scored.

On the Lakers' bench, watching Yao Ming, who even his old father Marc Gasol couldn't stop, Nikola Jokic, whose mouth was dry, always felt that the NBA's interior was unusually terrifying.

In this life, Nikola Jokic, who entered the NBA a year earlier, was "blessed."

Because in addition to Darko Milicic, Pau Gasol, Yao Ming and Tim Duncan were all still at the tail end of their peaks at this time.

On the court, it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

Still the familiar formula, still the familiar taste.

Kobe Bryant missed a shot, Su Feng tipped the board.

ESPN Sports, seeing this scene, Ben Wallace couldn't help but sigh: "This is the kind of coordination that Su and I often played on the court back then, but back then, I was the one responsible for grabbing the rebounds!"

In the restricted area, LeBron James, who had been blocked behind by Su Feng twice in a row when grabbing rebounds, became anxious, because based on the performance of the ten players on both teams so far in this game...

Wasn't he the worst one?

In recent years, many Su Feng haters often complained that Su Feng's rebounds were all picked up, but they forgot that Ben Wallace had also "picked up" a rebounding title with Su Feng's blocking help back in the Toronto era.

Outside, Khris Middleton got the ball and made another three-pointer while stepping on the line.

5 to 8.

In order to complete the shot before Klay Thompson could block it, Khris Middleton didn't have time to adjust this shot.

Coming back, Warriors on offense.

Because the transition offense didn't work, Jimmy Butler immediately stepped up to the high post and called a halt to Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, who were running on the outside.

Falling into position, the Warriors didn't need to rush.

Because they had Yao Ming.

Inside, Marc Gasol, who was brushed past by Yao Ming, had no choice but to actively call for a foul.

It was a pity that Yao Ming, who stepped to the free throw line, was not Shaquille O'Neal back then.

CCTV, Yu Jia commented on this: "Being forced to foul and then having the opponent make both free throws is equivalent to a turnover."

On the side, Zhang Zhidao laughed: "This is the most helpless thing about Yao Ming.

If you can't defend him, you can only foul him.

But if you dare to foul him, he dares to make the free throws for you to see."

Staples Center, the game had only been going on for less than 4 minutes in the first quarter, and Marc Gasol, who usually controlled his number of fouls very well, was replaced by Coach Lue because he had committed two fouls.

Although he would be 35 years old next year, Yao Ming, who had never had major repairs in this life, used his hard power to defend his throne as the number one center on this night.

In terms of defensive experience and low-post defense, Marc Gasol was definitely one of the best defensive centers in the NBA.

But, facing Yao Ming...

Even he, who had been regarded as Nikola Jokic's father by the Lakers fans, could only be like a cat, letting him be kneaded and sucked.

On the Lakers' bench, in order to ensure that the Lakers could always lure Yao Ming out when attacking, Coach Lue didn't hesitate to send up Nikola Jokic.

When attacking, because he knew that this fat dead man's three-pointer was even better than Marc Gasol's, Yao Ming's defense had been stepping up very far.

But coming back...

No, you don't think that just because you're fat, I won't hit you, do you?

I'm telling you to retreat while fighting!

I'm telling you to always stand on the outside, preventing me from helping my teammates!

I'm telling you to be fat!

Bang!

"Duang"!

Bang!

"Duang"!

Without a doubt, following his previous education by Darko Milicic in Miami, this was definitely the most unforgettable night for the young Nikola Jokic.

But watching Nikola Jokic being beaten violently by Yao Ming on the court, Ben Wallace laughed: "This is just like when we played against the Lakers back then.

Don't look at Nikola Jokic having no power to fight back in front of Yao Ming.

But look at the statistics, how long has this game been going on, Su has already grabbed 4 offensive rebounds for the Lakers!"

On the Warriors' bench, as the first quarter progressed, Jeff Van Gundy also discovered this problem.

Therefore, in the second half of the first quarter, Jeff Van Gundy had no choice but to bring up Tyson Chandler to strengthen the Warriors' defensive mobility.

"It would be great if Yao could be three years younger." On the sidelines, watching Yao Ming, who had consumed a lot of energy in the first quarter, Jeff Van Gundy said with emotion.

On the court, the score for the two teams in the first quarter was 34 to 36.

Although the Warriors' positional attack threat had decreased a lot after Yao Ming was forced to be replaced.

But because the Splash Brothers were constantly threatening the Lakers' outside...

Therefore, the Lakers didn't have a very good way to deal with the Warriors' offense either.

New York, the new president Adam Silver, who was paying attention to this game, felt that this Christmas game between the Lakers and the Warriors was just like gods fighting.

It was a pity that there were only 4 such games in the regular season.

In the second quarter, the Lakers brought up Steven Adams, Danny Green, Seth Curry, Eric Bledsoe, and Spencer Dinwiddie.

On the Warriors side, they retained Tyson Chandler and Jimmy Butler, and brought up Paul Pierce, Jason Terry, and Jordan Clarkson to go head-to-head with the Lakers.

The two teams' substitutes also brought a wonderful offensive battle to the fans in front of the TV in the first half of the second quarter.

In the second half of the second quarter, the two teams successively brought back their main players.

At this time, LeBron James, who had been holding back for one and a half quarters, also began to frequently launch attacks on the position guarded by the old Su Feng, taking advantage of the fact that the Splash Brothers were responsible for attracting attention on the outside.

On the court, facing LeBron James' sneak attack without martial ethics, Su Feng immediately played a set of low-post combination punches on offense.

In the case where the court space was wide enough, because this little LeBron James' "lion flick shot" had a certain hit rate, and Yao Ming was helping him set screens in this quarter, Su Feng really didn't have a very good way to deal with his breakthrough strong attack.

But, Su Feng was not feeling well...

LeBron James was not feeling well either.

Because in the process of going head-to-head with Su Feng, the person with the higher cost of shooting was him.

Even with the "Su Feng Rule", with LeBron James' strength, he was not as afraid of Su Feng's back-to-basket singles as other forwards.

But...

Su Feng's back-to-basket singles, was it something that you could resist just with strength?

In the restricted area, after getting the ball, he first turned to the inside, then brushed to the outside...

Just as LeBron James was being tricked up by Su Feng, Su Feng forcibly pulled the ball back, turned over in the opposite direction, and completed the shot!

Beautiful!

"Oh my god!

What else can I say?

I can only say that watching Su's games is like appreciating a work of art." TNT TV, Jerry Stackhouse said with emotion.

Staples Center, at the end of the first half, the score between the Lakers and the Warriors was 60 to 63.

And interestingly, during the mid-game break, Kyrie Irving also commented on Su Feng's performance on his personal social network: "Who said there is no 'Ultra Instinct' in real basketball?

Tonight, isn't the great basketball god using 'Ultra Instinct'?"

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ps: Today is a bit short, but... I promise to make it longer tomorrow! After all, I can't let the readers who are used to my length become uncomfortable before the end, can I?