Chapter 12 December

In December, the Lakers, advancing triumphantly, blinded those who doubted them before the season with their record of only one loss before Christmas Day.

Kobe, determined to win his first regular season MVP award, was "winning" like crazy.

Before Christmas, in the Lakers' games throughout December, Kobe, averaging nearly 12 three-point attempts per game, not only successfully regained the "romance" of his Black Mamba days, but also, diving deeper and deeper into the abyss, achieved "30+10+10" stats in eight consecutive games this month, becoming the second man after Su Feng to trample on Michael Jordan's "seven consecutive triple-doubles" myth.

In addition, at Su Feng's suggestion, Kobe also shot a short video in mid-December, specifically to teach young people how to draw fouls stylishly in basketball games.

Different from traditional foul-drawing, in Coach Kobe's view, modern foul-drawing requires stability, accuracy, ruthlessness, and skill in using minimal force to deflect great weight.

As everyone knows.

The top defensive forwards in the current NBA are all American powerhouses weighing over two hundred pounds.

So, if you don't know how to use skill and feints to deceive your opponent, you might end up "torn to pieces" by a left elbow or a hard knee.

Online, as soon as this video was released, a "Kobe Imitation Show" swept across American social networks.

Clearly.

After more than half a month of exploration and practice.

Kobe has created a "one-point shot" style that doesn't belong to anyone.

Compared to Harden's breakthroughs in Su Feng's memory, Coach Kobe's breakthroughs not only look more "reckless," but Kobe also maximized the waist strength he and Vanessa had been cultivating for over a decade when seeking physical contact.

And as Kobe's main source of free throws this month...

Those various fancy fakes made countless young players feel the gap between them and Kobe in terms of skill and experience.

This month, the teams that suffered losses in games against the Lakers chose to remain silent.

Because after Su Feng very foresightedly had Kobe release this video on social media...

If you then look at Kobe's recent games...

You'll find that while referees are indeed more biased towards the Lakers on some fifty-fifty calls...

If those players hadn't been deceived by Kobe's basketball skills...

How would these fouls have happened?

Besides, even if these teams wanted to protest, they wouldn't dare.

Because, to say nothing else...

Just those arms that can always hang on Su Feng's waist in games against the Lakers...

Are you sure you really want the referees to enforce the rules "fairly, openly, and impartially"?

Over the years, how many "away game calls" have the Lakers received at their home games?

Are you saying that now that Kobe has paved a bloody path for the Lakers with his wisdom and body, you're not allowing it?

Then why don't we...

Jointly appeal to the league, take back those fifty-fifty calls, and then remove those arms that are always hanging on Su Feng's waist?

As of Christmas Day, Kobe's season average had risen to 27.4 points, 11.8 rebounds, 11.4 assists, and 1.8 steals.

And to help Kobe pad his stats, although Kobe's change in shot selection didn't have a big impact on the Lakers' overall offense, Su Feng's season average score dropped to 35.8 points, given that a team's total score is always fixed.

"I looked at the season's average score chart...

Kevin definitely can't catch up to you.

But are you sure these stats will get you the 'Phenomenon Award'?" Kobe asked with a worried look on Christmas Eve, after choosing to bring his children and wife to Su Feng's house for dinner.

Indeed.

According to Stern's "reputation system," as long as Kobe wins the regular season MVP, it's highly likely that Su Feng will receive the Phenomenon Award.

But if Su Feng's scoring stats continue to decline...

Stern might indeed choose to carry out the black box operation to the end, come what may, in order to maintain his "reputation system."

That is, while giving the regular season MVP to someone else amidst controversy, he also wouldn't give Su Feng the Phenomenon Award.

And based on Su Feng's understanding of Stern...

Even though it's only a small probability event...

As a cautious person who always believes that 99.99% is equal to 0, watching Kobe, who has learned to be considerate of him, Su Feng also realized that this is a season where he and Kobe will share both honor and disgrace.

"Well... next, I have to find an opportunity to have a big game or two." To ensure that he and Kobe are foolproof in the final selection, Su Feng knew that it was time for him to refresh the NBA's all-time missed shots list.

There was no other way.

Even though Su Feng's touch this season is obviously better than last season...

In the NBA, no matter how good a scorer is, he can't guarantee that he'll definitely score high every night.

So...

Even Su Feng...

To have a big game or two, he must take a lot of shots in the game.

After all...

If you don't shoot, where will the score come from?

"In my opinion, there's no time like the present.

In a little over ten hours, we have our Christmas game against the Celtics.

Why don't you try to score as much as possible in the Christmas game?" Kobe said to Su Feng, pointing to the eye-catching headline in the Los Angeles local newspaper on the dining table.

As a president who only wants to squeeze the remaining resources of the stars he has personally cultivated, Stern, like in countless seasons past, still hasn't chosen to let Su Feng and Kobe off the hook this Christmas.

According to the schedule, after a peaceful and warm Christmas Eve, the Lakers will sit at their home court, the Staples Center, at 4:00 PM on Christmas Day, to welcome their "Lake-Celtics War" against their arch-rivals, the Celtics.

This season, the Celtics' "forced growth" of Leonard in his rookie season has achieved initial results.

So far, Leonard, who can score an average of 22.4 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Celtics, not only resembles Su Feng in his second season in terms of stats,

But his frequent "cutout-style" steals in the new season have also made the Celtics' fans vaguely see the shadow of the early Su Feng.

"Let him shoot! Just let him shoot! Don't hinder his growth, he is our Su Feng!"

"Larry Bird is not Larry Brown, believe me, this kid will definitely become the key figure for us to dominate the league in the future!"

And interestingly...

This season, in addition to the Green Army's management giving Leonard unprecedented patience in his cultivation, the Green Army's fans, like Real Madrid fans treating Gago, have also poured care on Leonard that would make Ray Allen cry and make Marbury unable to resist cursing.

It's just a pity.

Because Tim Duncan, who has played hundreds of "fated battles" with Su Feng, injured his groin in a game at the beginning of the season, and will be confirmed to miss this year's Christmas game.

So this undoubtedly makes this year's Christmas game less interesting.

However...

Even though he knows that Duncan is likely really "injured" this time, Su Feng is still skeptical in his heart...

That the Celtics are just using "injury" as an excuse to give the aging Duncan a special vacation.

This season, the Celtics definitely can't compete with the Hawks, Nets, and Heat, which are younger teams, in the Eastern Conference standings.

But their fourth place in the East is very stable after Rose's injury ended his season...

So no matter how you look at it...

Su Feng feels that the Celtics are biding their time.

Fans who often watch basketball should know.

When you excitedly click on the live broadcast, the most desperate thing is never that the team you support is already far behind.

But that you suddenly find that your favorite star...

Is not playing!

Therefore, in order to take care of the ratings of broadcasters and the viewing experience of fans, unlike the world of football, which has begun to popularize rotation, the NBA has always explicitly prohibited behaviors such as resting players.

But at this moment...

Given that Duncan is 'injured'...

You can't drag him out of bed to play, can you?

And at the dinner table, watching Kobe constantly encouraging him...

Because concern and worry from Kobe are as rare as Jurassic dinosaurs, after pondering for a while, Su Feng walked to Britney's side and told her this and that, and that and this.

And Britney, who is always considerate of Su Feng, smiled and told Su Feng this and that, and that and this.

"Done!

It's tomorrow night!

I'll go buy a 'birthday cake' first thing tomorrow morning!"

Back at the table, after completing all the preparations for the "birthday night," Su Feng, who plans to break the passing button tonight, said to Kobe.

And looking at Su Feng, whose "family status" is indeed a little bit low...

Kobe thought disdainfully in his heart:

With you like this, you're embarrassed to tell others that you're the God of Basketball?

Useless!

"Honey, which dress do you want me to wear when we get home later, after the kids are asleep?" After dinner, as they were preparing to go home, Vanessa suddenly hugged Kobe's arm and said with a smile.

Kobe: "..."

"Uh, honey, you know, we have a Christmas game to play tomorrow, so..." After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Kobe said to Vanessa.

"So, you want me to wear a Celtics jersey, right? I knew it, your hobby is really unique." Vanessa giggled.

Kobe: "..."

……

December 25th.

Considering that it's too inhumane to not let the stars go home and have dinner with their families on holidays, the NBA's Christmas games have always started early.

See!

In order to make this group of workers work harder, the NBA is so humane, democratic, and free!

Away team players: Ptooey! It takes several hours just to fly, even if we start early, can we go home and have dinner with our families?

NBA (instantly becomes a capitalist): What's wrong with working overtime during the holidays? Do you think you're contributing to me? You're clearly working for your own future!

In short...

In any case, apart from a few young guys who haven't played in Christmas games, most veterans hate this damn Christmas game the most.

Therefore, when Su Feng proposed his desire to celebrate his "birthday" on the 25th...

The Lakers players, who just wanted to finish the game as soon as possible, didn't even ask for "birthday gifts" and fully demonstrated the positive subjective initiative of "workers being able to slack off when they can."

Shoot!

All for you to shoot!

As long as you, Su Feng, want to shoot, we have no objection even if you shoot a hundred times!

However, during the pre-game warm-up...

Su Feng was stumped.

Because he always had to throw in a three-pointer in the player tunnel before entering the court...

But today, he missed more than a dozen in a row!

"Why do I feel a little stiff?" After moving his body, Su Feng wondered, looking at his big hands.

His on-the-spot condition seemed a little off.

But as a player who relies on his own strength even when missing shots, Su Feng was not afraid.

And at this moment, Abby Hornacek, who has become the famous mascot of the Lakers' home court, was being interviewed by the on-site host, showing off her long legs that made old Hornacek want to rush to Los Angeles immediately and make her put on her long underwear, while saying, "I feel that Su might get 60 points tonight, or even 70 points, or maybe 80 points!

Because he hasn't scored high for a long time recently.

I believe he will definitely bounce back strongly!"

And Barkley, who was also doing pre-game previews on TNT, complained, "Su seems to have gotten tired of Christmas games in the last two years.

To be honest, I don't have high hopes for the Lakers in this game.

Because Su's performance in Christmas games in recent years is like Hakeem Olajuwon, who played with Charles Barkley back then."

O'Neal, who had also suffered from Christmas games, nodded and said, "I think you're right, Charles.

Maybe for fans, Christmas games are their holiday.

But for these old guys...

It's undoubtedly a kind of mental and physical torture."

On the sidelines, because Su Feng's condition was very poor during the warm-up, Kobe said with a worried look before the player introduction ceremony, "Don't raise your single-game missed shots record to 40 in this game.

Because if that happens, even I can't save you."

Hearing this, Su Feng sighed helplessly.

There was no other way.

On-the-spot condition is just like that...

Invisible and intangible.

But it exists realistically.

Never mind.

I'll just shoot a few times from the outside to start.

If I really don't have a good touch, then I'll just carry the explosive pack and rush to the inside!

Anyway, he, Su Feng, is determined to miss those shots tonight!

Staples Center.

Under the gaze of nearly 20,000 fans in the arena who were eating popcorn and drinking cola, after the player introduction ceremony, the big screen had already shown the starting lineups of the Lakers and Celtics tonight.

Celtics: Perkins, Bass, Leonard, Ginobili, Parker.

Lakers: Gasol, Su Feng, Green, Kobe, Rondo.

In the jump ball, this time, Gasol was very competitive and jumped the ball into Rondo's hands.

Rondo dribbled the ball across half court.

The Lakers set up the classic triangle offense formation.

Leonard, who is responsible for guarding Su Feng tonight, was unusually excited.

Although from his expression, you couldn't tell that he had any expression changes at all.

But as soon as he made physical contact with his successor, Su Feng immediately felt what it meant to be a promising junior.

And in front of the TV, Andrew Wiggins, the "nation's number one high school student," who is already preparing to enter the draft, was staring at the screen intently...

While imagining the scene of him facing Uncle Su Feng on the court in the future.

Uncle Su Feng!

Do you still remember the Canadian Boy who was by your side on the night you created your legend?

On the court.

Su Feng, who doesn't have superpowers, of course couldn't feel the burning gaze of "Crown Prince" Wiggins from thousands of miles away...

On the wing, after receiving the ball, and feeling the suffocating defense of the young Leonard, Su Feng, after extending his left hand that was tightly gripping the ball outward, immediately moved to the right, then stepped back, and shot his first attempt tonight from the 45-degree angle on the right wing!

Judging from the trajectory...

Su Feng clearly missed this shot.

But on the sidelines, Abby, as the "president of the Los Angeles Su Feng Fan Club," had already made the three-point gesture in advance!

Bang!

Swish!

What a bank shot three-pointer!

On the court, Su Feng, who suddenly remembered Coach Zhang's saying that "a three-pointer shot from the side is okay if it's a little off, because it might hit the backboard and go in," couldn't help but laugh.

0 to 3!

As the saying goes, everything is hard at the beginning.

At this moment, Su Feng probably didn't even notice...

That after very luckily making this three-pointer for the Lakers at the beginning, his originally tense muscles had completely relaxed at this moment.

I don't understand, just ask.

Do players like Su Feng also get nervous?

The answer is...

As long as he's human, he'll get nervous.

Because before the start of this Christmas game, he wanted to have a big game right away...

So Su Feng's change in mentality also quietly affected his body.

Back on the other end, the Celtics attacked.

Parker signaled his teammates to clear the way for Leonard.

Because Su Feng's starting position is power forward, it's a bit of a pity that the player responsible for guarding Leonard is the "unknown" Danny Green.

At the high post, after a light dribble, Leonard also pulled up for a three-pointer.

Compared to the Leonard in Su Feng's memory, this Leonard's shooting form clearly still needs to be reinforced.

Because under Green's interference, his rhythm when shooting was visibly disrupted.

Clang——!

This ball went wide of the rim.

Under the basket, Gasol turned around to screen for Su Feng at the first opportunity.

And after bravely diving to pick up this rebound, Su Feng immediately accelerated, dribbling the ball to convert through half court.

On the sidelines, it's still Abby.

Wearing a Lakers No. 23 jersey, she seemed to be in sync with Su Feng on the court...

As soon as Su Feng dribbled the ball across half court, she took the lead in making the three-point gesture!

And coincidentally...

Facing Leonard, after dribbling the ball and pulling open the space to the right, Su Feng really threw the ball towards the basket unreasonably!

On TNT, Barkley and O'Neal were shocked!

Because they never expected...

That after the start of this night, Su Feng's desire to miss shots would be so strong!

"It seems that Su threw this ball a little too hard..."

And as the basketball flew towards the basket, Barkley's amazing speed of speech just caught up with the flying basketball...

The next second, that golden-haired mascot standing on the Lakers' sidelines used her cheers to lead the Lakers fans in the arena to shout "Phenomenon, Phenomenon"!

Bang!

Swish!

Another bank shot three-pointer!

On CCTV, Coach Zhang, who had to stay up until the early hours of the morning to commentate on this Christmas game, said drowsily, "Wow... Su Feng's luck is good today!"

On the court, after Su Feng scored 6 points in a row to start the game, Kobe wanted to encourage him when celebrating with him.

But remembering that because of his wave of toxic milk in August, Leicester City was still lingering in the relegation zone...

After high-fiving with Su Feng, he ultimately restrained the urge to encourage Su Feng.

Steady!

Feng, give it your all tonight!

To be fair.

It's outrageous that this generation of Leicester City could be milked into relegation by Kobe.

But reality is sometimes so outrageous!

On the court, the Celtics attacked, Parker's layup was blocked, and Su Feng, who once again returned to grab the rebound, dribbled the ball all the way to the Celtics' half!

Leonard retreated very quickly.

Under his interference, Su Feng, who broke into the inside, glided in the air for a long distance before looking back at the moon and pulling the ball towards the backboard.

However, Leonard's long arm pulled Su Feng's arm at the last moment.

Leonard definitely didn't do this on purpose.

Because the slightly green him at this moment really wanted to block Su Feng.

But Su Feng's gliding ability and hang time exceeded his imagination!

34 years and 8 months old.

This man can still fly!

Bang!

Bip!

Swish!

Staples Center, the ball went in and the whistle sounded, it was a century-level reverse layup that turned into an and-one!

There was no controversy.

And there could be no controversy.

Because the referee for tonight's game is Bavetta, who never blows the whistle unless Su Feng bleeds!

"It seems that some people who claim to know Su very well actually know nothing about Su at all!"

In the TNT studio, watching Barkley and O'Neal, who had begun to look at each other in dismay, Stackhouse's loud voice finally rang out after a long silence!

"Hey, how about making a bet, Jerry, I bet a hundred dollars that Su can score 60 points tonight!" Kenny Smith said.

Hearing this, Stackhouse observed Su Feng's eyes through the studio's big screen, and then said, "I bet five thousand dollars that Su can score 80 points tonight!"

Good lord!

Are you blatantly giving away money?

Looking at Stackhouse, Barkley and O'Neal quickly accepted the bet.

Because if it's said that Su Feng can score 60 points in a game, even Michael Jordan, who likes to gamble the most, wouldn't dare to bet.

Then betting that he can get 80 points...

Jerry, are you too confident in Su?

This game has just started!

Let alone how many quarters the Celtics can survive under the premise that Su Feng's desire to attack is so strong...

Even if he plays the whole game, the probability of him getting 80 points is only a very small probability event.

Staples Center.

Su Feng made the free throw.

0 to 9.

It was the Celtics' turn to attack.

And at this moment, on the sidelines, no one noticed that Abby Hornacek had taken out a piece of paper from the countless cheering pieces of paper she had prepared for Su Feng in advance, a piece of paper that she had prepared for many years and that wrote the achievements she believed Su Feng would definitely be able to achieve before retiring...

And placed it behind the piece of paper with the English word "Phenomenon" written on it.

In fact, Abby does this on many Lakers' home game nights.

Because in her opinion.

One day, Su Feng will definitely be able to do it.

But this night...

That increasingly strong sixth sense was reminding her all the time.

Maybe...

Surpassing Wilt Chamberlain is today!

Yes, that's right.

The piece of paper Abby took out.

Is the piece of paper with the number "100" written in Arabic numerals.

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