NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

The end of the winning streak made the players and coaches of the Wizards sober up, especially Sanders, who was still imagining beautifully before the game. The best coach, but the facts immediately poured a basin of cold water on his head.

In the NBA, nothing is certain, and no team is the so-called soft persimmon!

So from a certain point of view, the end of the winning streak is not a bad thing. After the Wizards' undefeated golden body is destroyed, the entire team will be more down-to-earth, rather than like an upstart who got rich overnight Similarly, after winning a few games in a row, I put on airs and couldn't let go of my mentality.

Losing is just a reality check for players and coaches.

There are mixed opinions on the Internet about the Wizards' upset loss to the Bobcats, but the vast majority of fans believe that the Wizards took advantage of the momentum at the beginning of the season and won 6 games in a row. After losing this game, The momentum of the team will dissipate, and the true strength of the Wizards will be revealed by then.

The next opponent of the Curiosity Team is the Chicago Bulls, which is strong enough to serve as a sharpening stone this time.

Li Kaiming didn't have time to go online to see how the fans commented on him, because after the game, everyone in the Wizards rushed to the airport non-stop and took the team's special plane to Chicago. It was already one o'clock in the middle of the night when they arrived in Chicago. , After arriving at the team's residence, Li Kaiming plunged into the bed directly.

On the afternoon of November 11th, American Illinois, the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls.

The Wizards came here during the preseason, so Li Kaiming is quite familiar with the United Center. When he took the team bus to the United Center, through the window, Li Kaiming could vaguely see the Jordan statue standing at the entrance of the arena. Many fans are standing under the statue, using the front camera of their mobile phones to take photos with the statue.

When he came last time, Li Kaiming still remembered that Arenas was sitting next to him, looking enviously at the statue of Jordan and introducing himself. Now that time has passed, the relationship between him and Arenas has been completely broken. In the last row of the bus, far away from him, he did not look out the window, but wore a blindfold on his head, covered his eyes and rested with his head up, wondering if he was sleeping.

After thinking about it for a while, he stopped thinking about it. It was Arenas' own choice to develop to the present situation. All he can do is to give his best in the game and leave the rest to fate.

Today's game is a bit later than the previous game, at [-] pm. The Wizards came to the United Center relatively early. Because of the loss of the last game, Sanders deliberately arranged for the team to come early in order to let the players We found the state early.

The Bulls' Boozer still hasn't been allowed to play before the game, and it seems that he will miss at least half the season.

Even without Boozer, the Bulls are not easy to mess with. From coaches to players, no one in the Wizards thinks that if they win the Bulls in the preseason, the game will be stable.

To be able to win the preseason, the Bulls replaced the substitutes and water dispenser players early after they found that the score was stretched. They did not allow the starters to play for too long. It's not much different than the game.

The preseason is for training. Everyone knows that the Bulls did not show their true strength in the preseason.

In today’s pre-match interview session, a bearded white reporter asked Li Kaiming a question, “Li, in the last game you lost at home to the Charlotte Bobcats, the 12th in the Eastern Conference. Many ball critics and data experts think that Your aura has been broken, and from this match onwards, what you have shown is your true strength, what do you think?"

Li Kaiming shrugged and said, "How others see it is their business, and I don't know how to control my mind, so I can make others change their views on me."

"If you win this game, you can change the views of these people." The bearded reporter replied.

Li Kaiming sneered, "Come on man, before this I averaged 36 points per game, only the last game I scored less than 30 points, what happened? These guys completely negated my previous excellence with one poor performance Performance. I have nothing to say, but I didn’t play to change some people’s opinion of me. There are many species in this world, and I don’t need everyone to like me!”

The bearded coach asked with a smile, "Why don't you answer my question? Is it because you don't feel confident in this game?"

"Of course I have confidence, but the game hasn't started yet. Why should I swear that who will win this game? Those guys on the opposite side are not vegetarians. I can disrespect anyone on the court, but off the court, I feel I still need to be a little smarter, I really don’t need everyone to like me, but I don’t need everyone to hate me, especially if these guys don’t look up and look down, what good will it do me to offend them if they don’t check their mouths? Just because I want to take advantage of my tongue?"

When Li Kaiming said these words, he spoke very fast, and he finished speaking in one breath. The reporter who asked the question was speechless by him, and wanted to continue asking, but Li Kaiming directly answered another reporter's question.

The bearded reporter felt a little angry, and when he was about to go back to write the manuscript, he made up some bad things about Li Kaiming.

After the pre-match interview, Li Kaiming returned to the stadium. Players from both sides have already started the pre-match warm-up session here. When passing by the player tunnel, Li Kaiming signed autographs for several children as usual. This move attracted many fans. The degree of favorability for him has greatly increased.

There are quite a few stars who don't take fans seriously once they become famous. I don't know if signing and taking a group photo can make him lose a piece of meat.

Of course, such stars are still in the minority. 90.00% of NBA players know in their hearts that fans are their parents. Only by pleasing fans can they live comfortably. In addition, NBA officials have a better attitude towards fans. The community participates in activities to bring stars and fans closer.

After signing his name, Li Kaiming was about to return to the Wizards' half, but he didn't expect to meet the old senior Derek Rose who came over as soon as he turned his head.

Rose obviously came to look for him. He stared at Li Kaiming with a pair of bright eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Okay, boy, there are so many fans now, even the Bulls have your fans at home!"

While speaking, the fans next to Li Kaiming saw their home team's star approaching, and crowded over one after another, and handed various signature carriers in front of Rose. The number of fans was more than double that of Li Kaiming's previous meeting.

Li Kaiming stood beside him, watched Rose sign autographs for the fans, and joked with a smile, "My popularity is still much lower than that of your senior, and I have to keep working hard!"

Rose felt very comfortable when he heard Li Kaiming's humble words, but he said, "If only you could keep a low profile on the scoring list as you do in reality! After tonight's game, do you have time? It's hard for you Come to Chicago and have a meal together?"

Li Kaiming laughed, nodded and said, "The next match will be three days later, no problem."

The two agreed to call after the game, and then each returned to their own half to warm up.

This game was broadcast live in America, because Chicago is a city after all, and it is the home team of the basketball god Jordan, so the basketball atmosphere in Chicago is very good, and the fans here are also very supportive of the Bulls. High, basically the attendance rate of each game can exceed 80.00%. In addition, the Bulls also donate tickets to the families of the victims of the shooting incidents at every turn. With the number of shooting crimes in Chicago's top three in the United States, it forms a perfect closed loop.

The game has not yet started, but the attention to this game on the Internet has increased a lot, because many basketball analysts have said that this game will reflect the true strength of the Wizards.

In fact, it is very normal for these analysts to think this way. There are some teams at the beginning of the season. At the beginning of the season, they are in full condition. No matter who they are facing, they can eat a piece of meat. It is some teams with a strong lineup, and the record may not be good.

But as the season progressed, the former teams gradually disappeared from the top of the record list, and teams with good lineups gradually emerged. When the season ended, they could always be found at the end of the record list.

It was agreed that the team would rise, but unexpectedly, it would be a reverse rise, and it was moving forward on the road to the top pick.

So the vast majority of fans want to see, after being interrupted by the Bobcats, whether the current Washington Wizards can still show the previous state when they encounter a real strong team.

Therefore, in the eyes of most fans, this game has become a game to identify whether the Wizards can get rid of the bad team name.

Click on any online forum, and you can find a large number of fans discussing this game, and the gold content of the Wizards' previous winning streak.

"If you want me to say, it was obvious in the last game. The reason why the Wizards were able to play so well was because of Li Kaiming's super-level performance before. In the last game, Li Kaiming's level dropped, and the team immediately lost. A team that relies entirely on the performance of a single player has no system that can guarantee a stable win, so fundamentally speaking, the Wizards are a bad team, but they were lucky enough to select Li Kaiming this season..."

"Basically agree with your opinion, but I want to point out one point. You said that Li Kaiming's performance in the last game was not good. Is there such a possibility that his performance in the last game was his normal level? Those 6 games were just like what you said, his superb performance allowed the Wizards to play a record that was not theirs...”

"No matter what you say, the current Li Kaiming is the leading scorer in the league. This is a fact that you cannot deny."

"Brother, it's a bit early to open champagne to celebrate the scoring champion in 6 games..."

Similar discussions can be seen on every basketball-related website, so the game has not yet started, and the attention in America has already been full!