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Chapter 394 Goodbye King
Every year, the Christmas War is a heavyweight duel, and the alliance increases the heat in order to create topics.

Generally, the two teams with the most championship appearance will face off, or the teams with grievances will meet.

As the defending champion, the Timberwolves cannot miss the Christmas game. The league arranged for their opponent to be the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers do not seem to be the opponents of the Timberwolves, at least in terms of overall strength, this is not a matchup of magnitude.

However, the young superstar LeBron James in the Cavaliers has added countless topics to this game.

Bai Jidong is the No.1 in the current league, and the duel may be the No.1 in the future of the league.

ESPN sent gold medal commentator Mike Breen and Mark Jackson, who is actively seeking work related to basketball after retiring.

Before the game started, Jackson chatted about the game: "I was fortunate enough to play against the two protagonists tonight in my player days. In my opinion, they are very similar and have their own characteristics."

"How do you say?" Brin pretended to listen carefully.

Jackson said: "The White Wolf officially became No.1 in the league last year. He is the number one in the league in many aspects. I think he is like a combination of Scott Pippen and Michael Jordan."

"As for LeBron, I really can't believe he is only 21 years old, because he is so strong, so impactful and explosive, full of talented organizational skills, unstoppable breakthrough with the ball, his draft template is "Magician", I think he is a contemporary magician with scoring ability at the level of a scoring champion." Based on the principle of blowing up as much as he can, Jackson blows up the two protagonists to the sky.

"Wow!" For a while, the old and spicy Brin didn't know how to respond to Jackson's bragging.

Fortunately, Jackson is a person in charge, so he has to support himself for his boasting.

He went on to say: "Tonight must be a matchup between sparks and the earth. From the perspective of book strength, Minnesota has an absolute advantage. Cleveland's chance of winning lies in LeBron's performance. Let's see if he can suppress the White Wolf."

In the Quicken Loans Center arena, the boos of the fans were earth-shattering.

Bai Jidong ran in with a look of enjoyment, and shouted to James in front of him, "Long time no see, my dear Majesty the King."

"Do you have to talk trash before the game starts?" James really didn't like Bai Jidong's habit of talking trash every now and then.

"You don't understand, the trash talk starts when it's 0-0." Bai Jidong looked at their exquisite home court: "The new arena is so beautiful, wouldn't it be embarrassing if they couldn't make it to the playoffs? "

"We will make the playoffs!" James said loudly as he declared.

"I really want to give you a microphone that can transmit your voice all over the world." Bai Jidong said.

"Even if my voice will spread throughout the universe, I dare to say that." Don't look at James' young age, but he is young and old.

Moreover, his appearance does not look young at all, this is a young man who looks like a middle-aged man.

Bai Jidong swallowed the trash talk about his good looks, and walked back to the venue, "Are you sure Penny won't fight?" "I'm sure," Christie said.

Hearing this, Wayne Simien patted Ukic on the back as a sign of encouragement.

Vashabek also said to Ukić: "Congratulations."

"Don't worry, you guys will start sooner or later." As Hardaway's first substitute, Hardaway doesn't start, and the people who replace him don't think of him except Ukic.

Although Christie has sufficient skills and experience, his body can no longer withstand the training of a starter.

Although Ukic is young and has many problems, but one thing is good, that is, he is young and vigorous.

As long as there is no problem with his physical fitness, he can play as long as he wants.

Bai Jidong stood beside him and said, "You replaced Penny, so do you know what you should do?"

"I know, I will cooperate with you like Penny." Ukic said.

"No, I want you to be yourself." Bai Jidong encouraged: "Release your energy to your heart's content, you should let loose when you are young."

"Excuse me, my boss told me that young people should be free. Does this mean to encourage me to let myself go and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun? If I do this, will I be cramp and stripped by Philip? Wait online, know soon Answer, very anxious!"

If the notebook is in hand, Ukic will definitely send this idea to Inu for comments from netizens.

Without Hardaway, the Timberwolves lacked an offensive starting point on the perimeter.

Although Penny is half useless, his abilities are still very useful.

His organization, height advantages, vision, and big and small advantages against any number one position are irreplaceable.

In order to make up for the vacancy left by him, Bai Weidong must take on some more tasks.

Before that, they want Ukic to find the feeling of starting.

This is the first start of his NBA career.

Obviously, Ukic was also nervous, and he gasped and exhaled hard, trying to relax his body.

Bai Jidong walked to the side and said to James: "LeBron, look at our Rocco, this is what young people should look like."

If it wasn't for the sake of him being a senior, James would have slapped him long ago.

What, how can anyone poke at other people's weaknesses all day long?
The kindness in James' eyes disappeared, replaced by a killing spirit that wished to crush Bai Jidong to ashes.

Bai Jidong nodded, "That's right, this is how the enemy feels, let's fight a Christmas battle that will leave the audience with endless aftertaste."

It is rare for Olowokandi to have no height advantage when jumping the ball, because his opponent is Zajunas Ilgauskas (referred to as Big Z).

Big Z jumped up and gave the ball to James, who slumped his shoulders and slammed into Bai Jidong's close defense, striding forward like a humanoid tank.

Bai Jidong was surprised by his progress, last year he didn't have such strength.

After reacting, Bai Jidong immediately entangled James, "It seems that you are ready?"

"What makes you think I'm not ready?" James asked back.

"It's my self-righteousness." Bai Jidong murmured, "I thought His Majesty the King in name only was still the tender kid from last year."

"It's so annoying to be underestimated by you." James held the ball in a high position, unhurriedly, saw the big Z's open space, and went straight to the basket.

Garnett's defense instantly enveloped him, and Big Z felt that there was a dark cloud over his head, but he had to make a move because the position was so good.

Facts have proved that it is not enough to have courage and determination to accomplish something, it is your wisdom and strength that determine the result.

Garnett brutally blocked Big Z's shot, and the ball was still in Big Z's hands.

The previous self-confidence has disappeared completely, and I dare not make any more moves.

Larry Hughes ran out of space on the outside and scored the ball with a big Z. Hughes missed a three-pointer with the ball. He was interfered by Battier.

Garnett grabs the rebound and passes it to Ukic.

Ukic's opponent is Eric Snow.

Like Bai Jidong and Garnett, Snow is a rookie in the class of 95, but he is a second-round pick.

If you want to gain a foothold in the NBA, you must have talents far beyond ordinary people.

But alas, he didn't.

He also knows that if he wants to make up for his innate shortcomings, he can only rely on his acquired efforts, as the saying goes, hard work can make up for one's weakness.

Eric Snow's NBA career didn't have a gorgeous offense, he didn't have the best dunks and accurate three-pointers, he just had a conscientious organization.

There are few second-round picks who have been in the league for so many years like Snow, and now he has gone from rookie to veteran, entering the twilight of his career.

In the Cavaliers, he can sit firmly in the starting lineup and be a helper to LeBron. In addition, he can go all out on the defensive end.

Ukic was surprised by Snow's defense, "Damn old man, did you fight like this right from the start?"

"This is the kind of game the audience wants to watch. If you can't get used to it, go down and replace it with someone else." Snow's trash talk followed closely.

"I can't get used to it? I'm afraid that you, a dead old man, will burp before the end of the session. I'm worried about you!" Ukic said stubbornly.

"Thank you for your concern. Please believe that I can maintain this intensity until the last second of the fourth quarter." Snow said lightly.

last second?Ukic couldn't imagine what it would be like if such a defense lasted until the last second.

Just when he decided to pass, Garnett's pick-and-roll emboldened him.

Garnett built a perfect cover for Ukic, and Ukic detoured, shrugged off Snow, and quickly drove to the basket.

Big Z's defense was already in place, and Ukic was having trouble making a shot, so he wanted to pass the ball. He saw Battier's position and hurriedly passed it out.

It's not a good pass because it's too rushed.

If Battier hadn't reacted quickly, the ball would have gone straight out of bounds.

After receiving the ball, Battier felt nothing, but the opportunity came out.

After adjusting his posture, Battier missed a three-pointer.

"Tonight's start was very flat." Jackson said: "But both teams have worked hard on the defensive end."

"I hope the Cavaliers can last until the end, but don't become an exhibition game for the Timberwolves in the middle of the game." The reason why Breen said this is because the Timberwolves have always lost the opponents in the focus of the game this season, causing the game to enter garbage. time.

James brought the ball over by himself, and Bai Jidong stepped forward to lead the defense, "King, why do you even do this kind of thing yourself?"

"It's none of your business." James slowly moved to the frontcourt, and suddenly stopped suddenly, about to be pulled up.

With a clap of his hands, Bai Jidong cut off James' ball.

Snow rushed over, picked up the ball and passed it to James.

"Your people are eager to protect the Lord." Bai Jidong joked.

James didn't dare to be careless, and called a pick-and-roll, causing Bai Jidong to hit the pick-and-roll and shoot another three-pointer.

James didn't feel it, and this three-pointer still ended in a strike.

"We are playing basketball, not three-pointers. Why do you have to shoot three-pointers?" Bai Jidong asked.

James ignored him. "Talking to you, you are meaningless."

Bai Jidong seemed to be going crazy.

(End of this chapter)