618. The Christmas War Begins!

I'm sorry for being a little busy and writing a little less in the past two days, but it'll be fine after the end of the week.

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Liu Ren took three women to the banquet, one of whom was pregnant, and then two little loli...... Not only that, but Abby and Ajiali, who happened to live in Beverly Hills, were also invited, Abby was fine, glared at Liu Ren, and went to interview some players, and Ajiali immediately got into the women of Liu Ren's family.

Liu Ren felt a strong sense of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Since everyone brought their families, the players of the Warriors didn't dare to invite any Los Angeles celebrities, celebrities or some models or anything, unless they were single, and most of them were not single, so they could only bring their girlfriends or wives, of course, they were all monogamous, only Liu Ren with a bunch of girls.

"Eh, Zach, these are all boss women? I've long heard that the boss is a love saint, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful! Barnes asked, leaning over to Lavin.

If it's just a good girl, Barnes doesn't think it's any good, Klay Thompson and Kobe Bryant are both pickup girls, but they still have only one wife, and they never dare to have an affair with other women in front of their wives, but Liu Ren is coming directly with three or four!

"Sort of, they all live in the boss's house." It's hard to say because Liu Ren looks really serious, and he has never crossed the line with Monica or Big Lori in front of him, but such an ascetic beauty and a two-dimensional beauty are at home, and Ravan doesn't believe that it has nothing to do with Liu Ren.

"It's really good! Zach your girlfriend and so pretty, Los Angeles is so good! Barnes, who didn't find a female companion today, said enviously.

"By the way, Harris, where's your girlfriend? You won't be without a female companion today! Ravan asked, surprised.

Barnes nodded aggrievedly.

"Isn't it! You're a Warriors player, God saw the news that a bunch of Hollywood ladies went to Oakland to party with you, and you didn't get any of them? Or are you three seconds faster? Lavin asked quirkily, then teased with a word he learned from Liu Ren that most Americans don't understand.

"Those women are all here for Stephen and Clay and Andre, I'm just a small character in the team, how can those celebrities take a fancy to me." Barnes laughed to himself.

"It seems that it's better for our Lakers, and now even Robert is surrounded by a bunch of women every time, although he is as poor as me, and he doesn't even have the money to go to a more expensive hotel." LaVine was sympathetic to Barnes.

"yes, you're really great there, everybody has a chance to perform, everybody is popular." Barnes said from the bottom of his heart.

LaVine was a little surprised, and Barnes seemed to be looking forward to playing for the Lakers......

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On the other side, Bryant and Curry, Iguodala, Green, Gasol, Monroe, Whiteside, Ci Shiping, Durant, Westbrook...... A bunch of bigwig-level guys are starting to gamble.

Clarkson, Thackeray, Randall, Livingston...... These players, who were either young or of lower status, also got together to play small cards at the table, and LaVine and Barnes also got involved after discussing Liu Ren.

The women are all together or showing off their clothes and bags, or discussing life, or starting to gamble on small amounts of money like the men, and Vanessa and Curry's wife Ayesha, the two relationships and chicks are good around Monica to ask if the child is Liu Ren's, and then discuss parenting together......

Only Klay Thompson and Liu Ren began to fight each other again, and they didn't even go to play cards.

"Boss, see it! This is called inviting guests, you look at us, everything is ready, and we have invited a five-star chef from the hotel, and all kinds of fun, think about how you entertained me? Klay Thompson flaunted and despised at the same time.

"Oh, five-star chef, vote three points, are you saying that the dishes made by Xiao Ai and Mary are not delicious? I'll tell them. Liu Ren seemed to answer casually.

"Damn! You are so despicable! Klay Thompson's eyes widened.

If you go to Liu Ren's house and can't even eat Japanese food made by Big Lori and Chinese food made by chicks, you will be bored to death! And it is impossible for Klay Thompson not to accept Liu Ren's invitation, because being invited by Liu Ren is a very face-saving thing in the NBA, I heard that even Westbrook and Durant have never been invited, and now he is not recognized as a superstar, how can he give up this kind of face-raising thing?

Klay Thompson didn't continue to scare, but looked at Liu Ren with a faint look......

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Christmas Eve was still very happy, everyone dressed up for a huge Christmas tree together, watched talk shows together, ate and played together, but couldn't drink because there was still a Christmas war to fight tomorrow.

The hospitality of the Warriors is also very proper, there are enough rooms for people who come to play to stay overnight, and Liu Ren lives with Kobe, Monroe and others close to home.

Finally, Christmas came, and when the Lakers players arrived at the Staples Center, the arena also had a strong Christmas atmosphere.

Lakers' new president of team operations, Magic Johnson, put on Santa Claus clothes to give gifts to the players, this is probably the first time that the team's quasi-leader actually mingled with the team's players, the players are very excited, the magic is worthy of being a magician, and a small gesture has improved the team's cohesion.

Today is a carnival for basketball fans in Los Angeles, there will be two Christmas games to play in the Staples Center, especially the Lakers and Warriors game, the scalpers have sold tickets to a terrifying point, and a regular season ticket has been hyped to the scalpers as hot as last season's finals.

The first Christmas game starts at 3 p.m. New York time, and the first Christmas game starts at 12 p.m. Los Angeles time.

The Cavaliers and Knicks played a great game, Anthony and James are never short of highlights, and the strength of the two teams is not too different, and every meeting between them is seen as a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals this season.

However, the Cavaliers led by James were still better in the end, and in the first Christmas game of the year, James led the team to a 102-97 Mr. Knicks.

The Cavaliers' game against the Knicks was a great start to this year's Christmas game.

But the next game between the Hawks and the Raptors is not so good-looking, the two sides play similarly, the strength of the lineup is also about the same, they are too familiar with each other's offense, both teams are brisk overall offense, but because they are too familiar with each other, it has become an ugly game of grinding defense, which is simply a copy of the 05 Spurs playing the Pistons.

Just when the fans in front of the TV were about to fall asleep, the commentary lineup composed of two big fat men and a scheming man squeezed into the TV screen, and the fans instantly came to their senses, these three people appeared, wearing such clothes, which means that the game they are most looking forward to is coming!

Kenny Smith, a scheming man, looked helplessly at the No. 1 Lakers short-sleeved jersey on his body, if he hadn't been able to beat O'Neal and Barkley, the two dead fat men, he would definitely pull it off immediately, and then duel with the two fat men.

But Barkley and O'Neal's arms are thicker than Kenny Smith's thighs, Kenny Smith thought about it for a while and felt that wearing Liu Ren's jersey was not a big problem, what a big deal! And he also admires Liu Ren.

"Welcome to the best Christmas game ever, just today, the Boss's Lakers are about to end the Warriors' 29-game winning streak!" O'Neill exclaimed.

"Eh, the game hasn't started yet...... Kenny Smith couldn't take it anymore.

But without giving Kenny Smith a chance to finish speaking, Barkley directly interrupted: "Let's guess what position the boss will use to defeat the Warriors today?" ”

"The Lakers don't necessarily have to beat the Warriors, they lost the last game against ......the Warriors," Kenny Smith continued, weakly.

But Kenny Smith is destined to be unable to finish a whole sentence, and O'Neal is here again: "My Lake will definitely take revenge on the last one, and will beat the Warriors as the team with the longest winning streak in history, and will not give the Warriors a chance to surpass my Lake!" As for the Warriors' small arms and legs, I don't need to be on them, the boss can use the super offensive skills of this big mentor to smash them......"

Kenny Smith looked at the producer with a sad look on his face, but the producer was holding a sign that read: "Charles, Shaq, go on, don't stop!" ”

It turned out that because of Barkley and O'Neill's "nonsense", the ratings were rising.

Kenny Smith is desperate, the world is not fair, how can these two fat men be the most popular commentators......

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Today's game is very interesting, not only the Warriors' brutal record this year and the Lakers' brutal record last season, but also the Lakers and Warriors are basically certain to meet in the Western Conference Finals this year.

It's also important to note that the outcome of this game will be a matter of whether the Warriors can become only the second team in NBA history to win 30 in a row.

The NBA's all-time winning streak is the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, and the only time in NBA history that it has exceeded 30 consecutive wins, and if the Warriors beat the Lakers, even if they lose the next 31st game, even if the next record suddenly deteriorates, it will still be recorded in NBA history.

And the Lakers naturally don't want the Warriors to share the glory of the only more than 30-game winning streak in history, just as the Celtics are now desperately trying to trade draft picks to strengthen the roster in an attempt to return to the championship and snipe the Lakers, everyone just wants to share the glory, not share it with each other.

By 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles time, the game between the Hawks and Raptors was coming to an end, and the Lakers and Warriors had entered the stadium to begin pre-game preparations.

Lakers head coach D'Antoni and Warriors interim head coach Walton came to the technical desk to greet each other.

"Luke, I really didn't expect you to be even better than Cole, sure enough, Jenny didn't see the wrong person." D'Antoni said meaningfully.

"It turns out that Jenny is also optimistic about me as a coach? I thought no one was looking forward to me, you see I'm just an assistant coach now, and the head coach is temporary. Wharton looked like I didn't understand.

"Haha, I'm looking forward to our fight today, I want to see what you can do to beat your own system, I'm looking forward to it!" D'Antoni didn't continue with the slightly gunpowder topic either, but talked about the game.

"Haha, worthy of being the best coach, you've already gotten my stuff to you?" Wharton said with a smile, speaking of the Death Five, Wharton's biggest concern is to be learned by D'Antoni, but what does it matter? The only people who can play that style of play are the Warriors and Lakers with Green and Green.

It's Christmas, and the pre-game opening event is quite special, the Lakers invited the most famous country singer in the United States, Josh Turner, who has a perfect baritone, to sing the American national anthem before the game starts.

Finally, a series of pregame events are over, the Hawks and Raptors game is over, and the Christmas battle between the Lakers and Warriors is about to begin.

The Lakers' starters Clarkson, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Gasol.

Antetokounmpo and Whiteside were put on the second team to bolster the second team, and the Warriors were too strong to start and it was difficult to win without starting from the second team, as the first meeting with the Warriors this season has proven.

The Warriors started Curry, Klay Thompson, Barnes, Randle, Jason Thompson.

The starters of both teams took to the court, with Randle and Gasol jumping to the centre circle.

Gasol lost the jump ball, he was embarrassed! Whiteside was so good at starting the jump shot that he won at least eight times out of ten, but he was back in the starting line-up...... It's embarrassing.

However, Randle's physical talent really didn't have anyone, and he easily put the ball into Curry's hands.

Curry advanced to the front court and changed direction in a row past Clarkson to the free throw line, and when the Lakers' main defensive force Erie was on Curry, Barnes took advantage of Randle's block to get an open opportunity, and Curry turned back and passed the ball to Barnes.

Barnes was really a thief this year, and the ball fell into the Lakers' basket with a "bang".

This is really helpless, Kobe Bryant can't keep up with any of Curry, Klay Thompson, and Barnes, but Barnes is the weakest one, so Clarkson and Liu Ren defend Curry and Klay Thompson respectively, Kobe went to defend Barnes, but I didn't expect Kobe to be unable to keep up with a block.

However, the Lakers had expected this, and Green immediately picked up the ball and served quickly after Barnes hit it.

Liu Ren and Clarkson flew quickly, but Wharton seemed to be ready for a long time, after Barnes shot, except for Randle who stayed in the front court to rush for rebounds, the other four, including Barnes, who had just shot, all retreated directly and did not give the Lakers a chance to counterattack.

The Lakers still fell into a positional battle.

D'Antoni's eyes lit up, and he got another way to defend the Warriors.

The Lakers' fast offense after scoring was originally invented by D'Antoni, but it was learned by Walton and integrated into the Death Five small tactics, and then carried forward to the extreme, making the opponent feel difficult to entangle.

In fact, it's not that no team knows how to defend quickly, it's just that the five players of the Warriors are all fast to beep, and other teams always have centers, no matter how fast they are, they can't be as fast as the Warriors with the speed of a small forward, and the Warriors can easily form a 4-3 or 5-3 situation, so no one has thought of using this way to defend back.

But the Lakers are different! They can simulate the Warriors' most complete style of play!