The University of Southern California, which is one of the best universities in Los Angeles and one of the best private universities in the whole world.

Because this school is located near Hollywood, this school is also the best film and television major school in the world, and now the School of Film and Television at the University of Southern California is the best film and television art school in the United States and the world, and Zhuang Fei's girlfriend Scarlett is also studying in the directing department of this college, and now, Scarlett is also about to graduate here.

Zhuang Fei didn't come to this place less before, after all, it is not far from Zhuang Fei's home, and it is also not far from the Lakers, but this time he came here to be a little special, because Zhuang Fei came here to attend Scarlett's graduation ceremony.

On June 11, 2005, after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New York Knicks at home, the Lakers will have a three-day break, after all, the third game between the Lakers and the New York Knicks will start on June 14, and during this period, Scarlett has completely completed her movie because of the credits. Sweet Life 3' was also released at school not long ago, and her first movie is also preparing to be released around the world in the summer, as a director who has just graduated, her first work can have such treatment I have to say that Zhuang Fei has 'sacrificed' a lot for this and gave away a lot of favors, but to see Scarlett happy, Zhuang Fei still feels that it is worth it.

And now, Scarlett is indeed very happy, at least he is very happy to go back to his alma mater with Zhuang Fei to attend the graduation ceremony.

In the United States, unlike in China, Chinese universities graduated. The principal or dean said a few words on the stage. Or some big-name schools find a few academicians to say a few words. After that, it's almost over, and then find a few outstanding students to pretend to go up and get a diploma or a degree certificate, it looks like it's all very formal, and in the United States, this is a very solemn thing, at least, relatives and friends need to be present.

Originally, Zhuang Fei didn't want to come to Scarlett's graduation ceremony today. Because there is no doubt that Scarlett's parents and relatives will come, Zhuang Fei definitely doesn't want to see these people now, this is the time when the Lakers and the New York Knicks are fiercely fighting, and Scarlett's family is all New York Knicks fans, and they are very die-hard, in this case, the two sides are a little awkward to meet.

If this matter had been put in the past, Zhuang Fei would have hid if he could, even if Scarlett begged him, he didn't want to come. Only now, Scarlett is pregnant. According to Zhuang Fei's parents' orders, now everything is big with Scarlett, and he has to do whatever Scarlett asks him to do, and there is no way now.

Scarlett is naturally very clear about Zhuang Fei's resistance, but there was nothing before, Zhuang Fei hid from her family, and now seeing that the two are already preparing to get married, if they are still hiding like this, they can't say it, so this time Scarlett also came with the mediation of the contradictions between the two parties.

It's just that Scarlett may be a little simple, or it's too beautiful, when such a big family appears at Scarlett's alma mater, it is obvious that Scarlett's family can look at Zhuang Fei's eyes on fire, and Zhuang Fei's side is a little lonely compared to Scarlett's family, after all, Zhuang Fei is here alone, and Scarlett's parents, brother, sister, and younger brother, these people's extremely unfriendly staring at Zhuang Fei also makes Zhuang Fei a little uncomfortable, which is why Zhuang Fei has been reluctant to contact them, If you don't like him, it's okay to say it, but if it's a family, it's a little difficult, after all, there's not even one to play a round, so it's not even easy to speak.

And even Scarlett, who wants to reconcile the conflict, is not a person who can be a mediator, after all, she followed Zhuang Fei at the age of fifteen under the opposition of the whole family, and gave up her career as an actor to learn to be a director under the opposition of the whole family, which made Zhuang Fei directly offend her mother-in-law, you know, Scarlett's mother is ready to let her youngest daughter become a big star, and now her youngest daughter is no longer an actor or director, which makes all her training and dedication go down the drain.

Offending Scarlett's mother is tantamount to offending all the women of the Scarlett family, not to mention all the men in their family.

In fact, such a contradiction is actually very easy to solve, after all, this is not an irreconcilable contradiction, the most critical reason why Zhuang Fei and them are so stiff is that they do not agree that Zhuang Fei and Scarlett are together, after all, the two have different nationalities, different races, and different ages, no matter how you look at it, there is no way to be together, and it is precisely because of this that they naturally will not have a good face for Zhuang Fei, even if this family is not a New York Knicks fan, they will not look down on Zhuang Fei, and even if Scarlett does not study directing, Scarlett got that her mother still had an opinion about Zhuang Fei.

Of course, no matter how embarrassing it is at this time, Zhuang Fei must also greet these people according to Scarlett's requirements, but even if Zhuang Fei lowers his body again, Scarlett's family is not very interested in Zhuang Fei, especially Scarlett's father Carsten, the first thing he said when he saw Zhuang Fei was.

"You want to marry my daughter and wait until the New York Knicks win the championship"

This guy who looked at Zhuang Fei with an unhappy face, did not have any intention of beating around the bush, of course they knew that Scarlett was pregnant now, and they also knew that Zhuang Fei and Scarlett were preparing to get married, but they had not agreed now, obviously even if Scarlett was pregnant, they were not willing to accept Zhuang Fei.

In the United States, it is not the same as China, although unwed mothers are not a very good group anywhere, but in the United States it is still much more lenient than in China, and the social environment does not have so much color on them, so for Scarlett's family, whether Scarlett is pregnant or not does not change anything, so Zhuang Fei did not think that he could buy a ticket if he got on the boat first.

It's just that this is a very special occasion, although Scarlett's father is very bad for Zhuang Fei, and Zhuang Fei has no way to argue with him on such an occasion, although Zhuang Fei doesn't look down on Scarlett's father.

Fortunately, Zhuang Fei still has some friends at the University of Southern California, after all, his circle of contacts in Hollywood is not narrow. For example, this graduation ceremony at the University of Southern California. George Lucas, one of the university's most famous alumni, was one of Zhuang Fei's friends. The father of Star Wars was one of the guests this year, but fortunately, the old man broke the siege.

"Zhuang, I didn't expect that there are actually people who hate you so much."

In the face of the ridicule of his 'old' friend, Zhuang Fei was also a little helpless, there are more people in the United States who don't like Zhuang Fei, but it has no effect to let Zhuang Fei put down his body and stammer, but he is ridiculed, there are not many such people in the United States. You must know that even the New York Knicks fans who are the most disagreeable with Zhuang Fei, as long as Zhuang Fei puts down his body and says that he will go to the New York Knicks to coach, these people who hate Zhuang Fei the most will soon become the people who support Zhuang Fei the most.

"Yes, so I know what to do now" Zhuang Fei finally said to the old man on the side with some embarrassment, and Zhuang Fei's look also made the old man laugh, when the two met at the Oscar dinner that year, since then, Zhuang Fei has always given him the feeling of being extremely confident, but he has never seen Zhuang Fei like this.

"Haha. For you, women shouldn't be important. You see how dashing James is now."

Lucas said that James is naturally the famous Hollywood marriage king James Cameron, and has been married five times now, many gambling companies in the United States have always had a gambling market that Cameron will marry several times in his life, and recently the genius director's love life seems to have gone wrong again, for them, feelings and women are too simple, after all, this is also related to their profession.

It's just that for Zhuang Fei, how can he have these people so chic, Scarlett is his only one, in this case, in the face of Lucas's ridicule Zhuang Fei can only smile bitterly.

Now Zhuang Fei's marriage problems have encountered difficulties on the side of Scarlett's family, but it is impossible for Zhuang Fei to escape, after ending Scarlett's graduation ceremony, Zhuang Fei temporarily got rid of the cold eyes of Scarlett's family, but next time Zhuang Fei should face them, this is still a big problem, but anyway, this time it is considered to have completed Scarlett's task, and this girl is also very satisfied with Zhuang Fei's not hiding from her family.

In Scarlett's opinion, it is not very important whether the result of the exchange is successful or not, the important thing is that both sides have communicated, as long as she has more contact in the future, such a problem will naturally be solved, and if Zhuang Fei knows what Scarlett thinks now, it is estimated that he will directly find a piece of tofu and kill him, he doesn't want to communicate with her family anymore.

Of course, accompanying Scarlett to the graduation ceremony, this is a must-do, but it is also an episode during the finals, and now the most important thing for Zhuang Fei is the third game of the finals with the New York Knicks, and after the end of Scarlett's graduation ceremony, Zhuang Fei devoted himself to the preparation in New York.

At this time, the people who are preparing for the game like Zhuang Fei are not only the Lakers, but also Phil Jackson and the New York Knicks.

Now the NBA Finals situation is actually obvious, now the whole world is blaming O'Neal, the whole world is looking down on the New York Knicks, at this time, even the fans of the New York Knicks and the media in New York are extremely low on this team, at least in the face of overwhelming criticism from the United States and the world, this team has chosen to remain silent whether it is the fans, the management or the media in this city.

Silence is sometimes the best way to deal with outside public opinion, but silence has no way to solve substantive problems, at least the silence of the New York Knicks has no way to solve O'Neal's problem.

"Shaq is like this now?"

On June 13, 2005, in the head coach's office of the New York Knicks, Phil Jackson looked at some materials and reports in his hand with a solemn face, and said lightly without raising his head, and at this time the assistant in front of him was a little nervous and spoke a little slurred.

"Recently, in recent times, after we came back to New York, Shaq, Shaq seemed to have a lot on his mind and was in a bit of a wrong state"

Although he knew that this was not what his boss wanted to hear, but he still needed to make these professional judgments as a professional, O'Neal did have a big problem at this time, even he didn't think about how the leading player of his team would become like this after coming back after a trip to Los Angeles. Now it seems that there is a complete loss of interest in the game. There's no thirst for the game anymore. Such a player is almost equivalent to the waste of a team, and now O'Neill is such a player.

Being able to make a domineering player become like this after two games, this Niu Yu Nix's assistant is also the initiator of thinking of this matter, and the Chinese is also a little cold in his heart, and that guy is really terrible.

"That's it" After getting his assistant's answer, the head coach of the New York Knicks also paused slightly, then raised his head and said this as usual, and then under his assistant's doubt. Phil Jackson also motioned for his assistant to leave.

It seems that O'Neal's current situation is not at all beyond his expectations. There is nothing surprising about it.

"It's really difficult" Finally, looking at the back of his assistant leaving, the head coach of the New York Knicks also sighed and muttered to himself.

Since leaving Los Angeles and returning to New York, he has only realized how much pressure he is facing now, and now the public opinion in the United States seems to be against O'Neal, but in fact it is also directed at him and his Lakers, it can be said that no media is alone to analyze and criticize him and the team and O'Neal.

In this case, the pressure on O'Neill is naturally the same as the pressure on his team and himself, and now under such pressure, O'Neill is almost crushed, and such a big shark may collapse in this series and even in the future.

You know, now this big shark is the biggest guarantee for him and his team. If O'Neill can't be used, what should he do to fight Zhuang Fei?

Of course. At this time, he no longer wants to beat Zhuang Fei, because such a requirement is indeed a little difficult, but he is not prepared to always be so crazy by Zhuang Fei, and then keep humiliating, in the first game, his team lost 28 points, and in the last game his team lost 30 points, and if this continues, will his team lose more and more, and then create a record for the largest point difference between the two teams in the history of the finals?

He didn't dare to imagine all this, for him personally, of course he didn't want such a thing to happen, and in terms of the current situation of the New York Knicks, this team is happening like this, O'Neal's downturn is not just his problem, at this time he can affect the mood of the whole team, when he thinks of this, the head coach of the New York Knicks is a little foggy, and he is also helpless.

"If I had better problem-solving skills and tactical literacy, I wouldn't have had this kind of thing, would it?" When I finally thought of this, the head coach of the New York Knicks was also a little self-blaming, his on-court ability and problem-solving ability were much worse than Zhuang Fei's, even with Popovich and Pat Riley, it was a piece worse than him, and it was still a big piece, which directly led to the fact that every time Zhuang Fei created a problem for him, he couldn't solve it in time, and finally became the key to losing.

"Now I can't sit still like I used to, I have to have my own way"

For Phil Jackson, at this time he needs to find a solution to O'Neal's problem, and at this time, Zhuang Fei also took the Los Angeles Lakers directly with the Los Angeles Lakers after adjusting the Los Angeles Lakers after finishing Scarlett's graduation ceremony, and then came to New York in the early morning of June 14, this game is basically a final game for the Lakers and New York, if the 2-0 lead will still make the opponent have some illusions, then 3-0 is basically determined.

Therefore, Zhuang Fei and the Lakers are now ready to determine the results of this series after the end of the third game, so they are naturally ready to pursue the victory of the third game with all their might, which is not a difficult thing to do for the current state of the Lakers and the state of the New York Knicks.

It's just that Zhuang Fei was a little surprised that at 7 o'clock in the evening on June 14, when the game began, a change in the New York Knicks game made Zhuang Fei a little surprised, even surprised.

"Coach, I'm not mistaken, right? O'Neill on the bench? Don't start? What do the New York Knicks want to do? What does Phil Jackson want to do? ”

When the game was ready to start, to the surprise of the fans in Madison Garden Square at this time, the main player of his team was sitting on the bench on the long side at this time, and when the TV camera swept to him, although the center forward bowed his head slightly, his face looked very calm, but as long as anyone with a heart could see a lot of pain and helplessness in his eyes.

O'Neal will be substituted in this game, which surprised Zhuang Fei, for Zhuang Fei and the Lakers, as long as there is no change in the New York Knicks, then there is no suspense about the result of this round of the series, for his old rival Phil Jackson, Zhuang Fei is very well understood, and his ability to change is actually extremely limited.

Only this time, the abnormal performance of this old opponent made Zhuang Fei a little impressed.

"Looks like this is your last stand"

When thinking of this, Zhuang Fei also looked at Phil Jackson on the side with a smile when Bavita threw the basketball into the air.

"Looks like this game is going to be fun" (To be continued......