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Chapter 148 The Christmas War is coming!Headache Stern!

The NBA's Christmas game is a grand performance for both Beacon and Huaxia.

Probably all fans have their own memories of the Christmas game in their minds.

Every year on Christmas Day, the NBA arranges and only arranges a few high-profile heavyweight games. These games are called Christmas games.

Since the 40s, the NBA has had the habit of Christmas games. This kind of business thinking seemed quite advanced at the time.

After the popularity of TV broadcasting, watching a wonderful live broadcast of NBA games on Christmas Eve has become a tradition of the Beacon people.

The NBA's selection criteria for the annual Christmas game lies in one theme-"kindness and hatred".

"Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes." With "grievances" and "disputes", there will be more things to look forward to in the game.

In the past Christmas game, the league hegemony Chicago Bulls was of course the VIP in the P.

They have fought fierce battles with the old rival Knicks and the Heat in the Christmas playoffs within a few years. The attendance rate and live broadcast ratings have made the team and the league full of happiness.

After Jordan retired, the three-peat Los Angeles Lakers held the Christmas party in their backyard.

After the soul-stirring finals in 2001, the "Lonely Hero" AI was loved and moved by countless people.

Ever since, Stern swiped his pen, and the protagonists of the 01 Christmas War continued to be played by the "OK" Lakers and the 76ers led by Iverson.

However, "Big Shark" asked for sick leave from the league in advance on the pretext of the injury of his right big toe. No one believed it.

Fatty's laziness and passive sabotage are notorious. If he really doesn't want to fight, the alliance will turn a blind eye.

But this time, something happened that gave Stern a headache.

Another star of the Christmas game, Kobe Bryant, also strained his rib muscle in the previous game with the Grizzlies and will miss the game due to injury.

Stern took a look, your "OK" group is not coming, I still have a woolen Christmas war?

I don't know what kind of method was used, whether it was coercion or promise of benefits, in the end, Kobe reluctantly agreed to participate under the pressure of David Stern.

In the final stage of the game, Kobe, who made 14 of 2 shots before, hit a jumper, which opened the prelude to the Lakers' 19:2 counterattack.

At 4 minutes and 17 seconds from the end of the game, the Lakers, who were behind by more than ten points in the fourth quarter, had overtaken by 79:75 and protected the fruits of victory.

Although Kobe Bryant, who was injured, only scored 12 points, he contributed 11 rebounds and 9 assists, giving Los Angeles fans a Christmas gift with a quasi-triple double.

A year later, in 2002, Stern once again put the playoff "grievance record" on the table of the Christmas game.

The controversial Western Conference Finals that shocked the world that year created the Avengers team that hated the Lakers the most in the league.

Under the banner of revenge, the suffocated king gritted his teeth and came aggressively, and defeated the Lakers under Peja's outstanding performance.

The Serb shot every shot from beyond the arc, the same way he shot the Lakers with the Mavericks nine years later...to add some consolation to Kings fans.

In 2003, "Yao Shark Showdown" became a "big meal" carefully cooked by Stern.

The young Dayao was almost evenly divided in the duel with the "Sharks" who ruled the league. Facing O'Neal who wanted to ravage him, Dayao showed his momentum and strengths.

两人在上半场都得到16分，虽然姚明下半场只得了两分，但18分8个篮板的数据对比22分和10个篮板的奥尼尔也不能说逊色多少。

It was also in subsequent confrontations that Dayao won the approval of O'Neill with his own strength, and the two also forged a friendship.

In addition to "grievances and enmities", similarly, the Christmas game can also be an open arena for popular stars to compete for popularity and market.

Everything is to attract attention and raise the attention of the entire league.

Unlike Zhang Bolong's previous life, where there were three or five matches at every turn, for this season's Christmas match, the league has only arranged two duels.

To be exact, there was only one game in the original schedule before the start of the game.

That's the Lakers versus the Heat.

The matchup between the Lakers and the Heat has been going on for three consecutive years.

The first year, 2004.

This is also the most exciting year for the two teams.

The "OK" combination that fell apart ushered in the first duel after the sharks traveled east.

In the end, although Kobe, who scored 42 points in the game, outperformed Wade, who scored 29 points, the Heat still took the victory in overtime.

After 2005 and this year, in fact, the focus of the game has gradually changed from Kobe VS O'Neal to Kobe VS Wade.

Especially this year, Wade, who just won the FMVP in the finals, is often compared with Kobe because he is on the same team as O'Neal.

There is even a voice saying that Kobe is not very good at all, and his championships are won by holding O'Neal's thigh.

"My grandma can win the championship with O'Neal."

what, you don't believe?
You see, both Wade and O'Neal won the championship in the third grade. What is Kobe Bryant?

Such words reached Kobe's ears, and the vengeful Black Mamba would not let go of any chance to show his fangs.

In the Christmas war with the Heat in the previous two years, Kobe scored 42 points and 37 points respectively, and his performance can be said to have completely overshadowed the young Wade.

And what will Kobe do this year?Will the newly evolved FMVP Wade fight back?

Even though the same material has been fried for three years, this time the Lake Heat showdown still attracts everyone's attention.

As for the other one, it was Stern who took pains to arrange it.

After Zhang Bolong transferred to the Warriors, he specially moved the original duel between the 76ers and the Warriors one day earlier, and arranged it for the Christmas game.

For this reason, for the first time in the season, the league changed the game schedule due to factors other than force majeure, and is willing to provide compensation for fans with time conflicts.

No wonder Stern set a precedent for Zhang Bolong. If a star with such popularity cannot participate in the Christmas game, it would be a loss to the league, fans, TV stations, advertisers, and all peripheral industries related to basketball.

Needless to say, Zhang Bolong, the new popular king and Chinese national idol, and Allen Iverson, the league's most popular, personal and heroic "answer",

The collision of these two will undoubtedly be a contest between Mars and Earth.

However, it seems that they are determined not to give face to the president of the league. The Philadelphia 76ers traded their "God" away just a few days before the Christmas game...

The Denver Nuggets "digged" to "real gold"!
On December 2006, 12, Iverson was sent to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Andre Miller, Joe Smith and two first-round picks.

"Philadelphia God" Iverson ended his ten-year career with the 76ers.

After all, Stern, who didn't stop him, almost bald his hair:
"If you want to trade you, wait until the Christmas war is over, okay?"

Unfortunately, the 76ers are not under the trusteeship of the league, and he has no right to stop the deal.

Things have come to this point, the Christmas war lacking some "star flavor" can only continue.

(End of this chapter)