Every Christmas, the NBA arranges several heavyweight games, known as the Christmas Wars.
Many classic battles have also occurred in the Christmas Wars over the years.
The Bulls in the Jordan era, the 76ers in the Iverson era, the Lakers led by the "OK" combination, and the Cavaliers led by the Little Emperor are all regulars in the Christmas war.
It can be seen from the games officially arranged by the NBA every year that the most important grudges and grudges in the Christmas war are gimmicks, not just strength.
There is no world without grudges!
David Stern, who is good at hype, hopes to use the Christmas holiday to make the NBA more topical.
This year's Christmas war, this little Jewish old man specially arranged a few more interesting games.
The first is the grudge showdown between the Cavaliers and the Magic.
Last season, the Cavaliers led by James were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals by the Magic led by Howard.
When the two sides meet for the first time this season, there will naturally be some different sparks.
The second is the contest between the Lakers and the Warriors.
At this stage, the Lakers have achieved a record of 22 wins and 5 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference.
The Warriors achieved a record of 15 wins and 13 losses, ranking eighth in the Western Conference.
This matchup can be regarded as an advance stage for the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Moreover, the showdown between the league's popular superstar Kobe Bryant and the league's popular rookie Sun Yi is also quite interesting.
It can be said that this Christmas war is no less than the grudge showdown between the Cavaliers and the Magic.
As for the other Christmas battles, they are basically just a handful, and the popularity cannot be compared with these two games.
As the Christmas war approaches, David Stern uses the resources at hand to vigorously promote and report on this year's Christmas war.
In order to pursue the popularity, some media reporters specifically approached Kobe and asked him what he thought of this Christmas war.
"I believe this game will be great. I am very interested in the No. 9 rookie of the Warriors. I heard that he is the same type of person as me. I am looking forward to playing against this guy."
Regarding Kobe's answer, media reporters did not find any gimmicks and could only dig out some bad news from Sun Yi.
But the media reporters were dumbfounded. The Warriors conducted closed training and could not interview Sun Yi at all, so they had no choice but to let it go.
At the same time, Sun Yi, who was in the midst of a public opinion storm, was practicing hard, trying hard to improve his strength before the Christmas war.
The progress was good. When training with Curry, he used 5x training bonus cards and 10x training bonus cards to gain a large number of training points. He finally accumulated 1 million training points on the eve of the Christmas game. .
"Ding! The system upgrade conditions have been met. Do you want to upgrade?"
"upgrade!"
Without any hesitation, Sun Yi made a decisive choice.
"Ding! The system has been successfully upgraded. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 non-attribute points and unlocking an additional badge equipment slot."
After the system's prompt voice ended, Sun Yi couldn't wait to open the personal properties panel to check.
"After upgrading, attributes such as speed can be increased."
Sun Yi felt happy when he saw the + sign appearing again behind the speed attribute.
By adding points this time, he will definitely give priority to improving his physical attributes to make up for his lack of talent.
Immediately, Sun Yi began to add points.
"Ding! Warm reminder, after each attribute exceeds 80 points, every 1 point increase will cost 2 points."
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Sun Yi was stunned when he heard the system prompt voice, and then showed an expression of "I knew this would happen."
After complaining about the system in his mind, he started to add points.
First, spend 1 point addition to increase the bounce attribute to 80 points.
Then, it took 8 points to increase the speed attribute by 4 points.
The remaining 1 extra point is spent on the rebounding attribute.
After adding points, Sun Yi checked his personal attribute panel.
Personal attributes:
Technical attributes; ball control: 72, passing: 70
Offensive attributes; three-pointers: 55, mid-range shots: 82, layups: 75, free throws: 90
Defensive attributes; rebounds: 73, steals: 70, blocks: 65, lateral speed: 80
Physical attributes; Speed: 86+1, Stamina: 92+2, Jump: 80+2, Strength: 81+1
"The training in the past few months is still effective. Various attributes have improved by 1 to 5 points. Only when there is progress can we be motivated to train."
After checking, Sun Yi turned off his personal attributes, and then spent the few remaining training points to enter the virtual dreamland for special training to adapt to the soaring speed.
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December 25, Los Angeles, Staples Center.
Tonight was a star-studded event. Celebrities and superstars from all walks of life came to the scene one after another to watch this highly anticipated Christmas battle.
Sitting in the audience in the front row on the left are dazzling handsome guys such as DiCaprio, David Beckham, and Jason Statham.
Sitting in the front row on the right are Scarlett, Jessica Alba, Taylor Swift, Megan Fox, Anne Hathaway and many other eye-catching beauties.
The exclusive area for Warriors relatives is also filled with beauties.
Lily Collins, Ayesha and the girlfriends of other teammates sat in the exclusive area for players' relatives behind the Warriors bench to cheer on the Warriors.
Amid the cheers of the fans, players from the Lakers and Warriors came to the court one after another.
After Sun Yi stepped onto the court, he went straight to the Warriors bench and went up to say hello to Lily Collins.
"Why didn't you bring your friends to play with you?" Sun Yi asked curiously.
"They are unable to come because of something unexpected, so Ayesha and I are here to cheer you on." Collins said with a blushing face.
"Merry Christmas, have fun tonight." Sun Yi said with a smile without thinking too much.
Collins was stunned when he saw Sun Yi's innocent smile. He came back to his senses and hurriedly replied: "Sun, I also wish you a Merry Christmas."
"If I can win this game, I will definitely be very happy." Sun Yi said jokingly.
"Work hard, you can do it, I believe you can do it."
"Then let me lend you some good words."
After a few simple greetings, Sun Yi said goodbye to Collins and went to the court to warm up.
During the warm-up activities, Kobe, as the owner of Staples, stepped forward to exchange a few words with the two rising stars Sun Yi and Curry.
"Sun, Stephen, welcome to Staples Arena." Nagging said enthusiastically.
"Kobe, nice to meet you." Sun Yi and Curry replied in unison.
"I heard that your training was so intense that even Ellis couldn't bear it and got injured. I'm very interested in it." Naochi said with interest.
"It's all rumors from the outside world. Ellis' injury has nothing to do with me. If the training intensity is indeed a bit intense." Sun Yi scratched his head and said.
"Oh, then I'd like to see it. Let's train together if we have time during the offseason." Kobe extended the invitation.
"Okay, if I have time, I will definitely come and train with you."
Sun Yi felt very happy, training with a superstar like Kobe, the training bonus would definitely be amazing, such a good opportunity would not be wasted.
After Sun Yi and others finished communicating, they left each other’s phone numbers and then returned to their respective warm-up half to continue their warm-up activities.
Not long after, the warm-up activities ended and the players from both sides returned to the bench one after another.
At the same time, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the big screen.
Warriors starting lineup: Curry, Ellis, Maggette, Sun Yi, Randolph.
Lakers starting lineup: Fisher, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Bynum.
The referee blew the whistle, signaling the starting players from both sides to come to the center circle and prepare for a jump ball.
Sun Yi stood up from the bench and followed his teammates to the court.
At this moment, the system prompt voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Ding! A random mission is triggered: compete with the Black Mamba!"
"Goal 1: Host hits 3 fadeaway jumpers in front of Kobe Bryant in the game against the Lakers; reward: white wristband +1, 5000 training points."
"Goal 2: In the game against the Lakers, the host's personal score is no lower than Kobe's; reward: green sneakers +1, 10,000 training points."
"Goal 3: The host gets 30+10 data in the game against the Lakers; reward: green knee pads +1, 10,000 training points."
After the system's prompt voice ended, Sun Yi smiled and walked quickly towards the center circle.
When ready, the referee blows the whistle and throws the ball into the air.
Bynum jumped up hard and beat Randolph to touch the basketball first, giving the Lakers the first offense.
Fisher dribbled forward, passed the ball to Kobe just after half court, and then ran towards the right corner.
After Kobe caught the ball, he saw that it was Monta Ellis who was guarding him. He jumped up and threw the basketball in his hand.
Xiao Gongju is limited by his physical condition, so the effect of jumping on him and interfering with him is minimal.
Swish!
Hollow into the net!
0:2!
There was warm applause and cheers from the auditorium, and the fans cheered for the home team!
The Warriors quickly sent a baseline pass, and Curry quickly ran towards the frontcourt after receiving the ball.
The Lakers players retreated quickly and returned to their own defensive zones.
Seeing this, the primary school student slowed down and dribbled the ball to the top of the arc to organize the attack.
Sun Yi quickly stepped forward and set an off-ball screen for Xiao Gongju, firmly blocking the pursuing Kobe.
After Ellis got rid of the defense, he received a pass from Curry and made a jump shot.
2:2!
"Hey, Sun Yi's off-ball screen quality is really high. You see, Ellis has no one to defend him. Sun Yi deserves a lot of credit for scoring this ball easily." Director Zhang praised without hesitation.
On the court, the Lakers played their signature triangle offense.
With Gasol, the top support master, the Lakers' triangle offense is very threatening.
Kobe received the pass and once again faced Ellis in singles.
Sun Yi quickly stepped forward to help defend against double-teaming.
If Naochi is allowed to play well, it will be difficult to limit his scoring.
When Caihua Snake saw Sun Yi coming up, he immediately passed the ball out.
Gasol in the mid-range area on the right received the pass and immediately took off to shoot.
Sun Yi rushed back quickly and rushed to interfere.
Gasol was a little surprised. He didn't expect Sun Yi to come back so quickly, which caused his shooting movements to be deformed.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Under the basket, Bynum roughly squeezed Randolph away, grabbed the offensive rebound, and scored in the second attack.
Randolph picked up the basketball on the ground, quickly exited the baseline, passed the ball forward and swung it hard.
Sun Yi, who had already started a fast break, received the pass and rushed into the penalty area. After physical contact with Artest who stepped forward to cover, he threw the ball towards the basket.
The basketball bounced off the rim and crashed into the net.
4:4!
After scoring, Sun Yi showed off his boots to the camera near the baseline, then quickly turned around and ran towards the backcourt.
The ball is transferred and the Lakers attack.
Kobe Bryant did not continue to ask for the ball this time and came to the right side of the three-point line to attract the defense.
In the low post area on the left, Bynum relied on Randolph to actively get the ball.
In this nationally televised game, every player will do their best to steal the show.
After seeing the little shark stuck in position, the old fish lobbed the ball into the inside.
Bynum received the pass, pushed away Randolph with his back, immediately turned towards the penalty area, came to the basket and rose up, dunking the ball into the basket with both hands.
After dunking, Bynum ran to the baseline to celebrate for the camera.
"Andrew, stop showing off and get back to defense!"
Gasol shouted to Bynum and quickly ran towards the frontcourt.
He felt that Bynum was too relaxed. Facing a run-and-gun team like the Warriors, if he didn't quickly return to defense after scoring a goal, he would be beaten back.
After hearing this, Little Shark was quite dissatisfied. He had to devote himself to defense before he had enough fun.
I wanted to be passive and slow down my work, but I remembered the Black Mamba's death glare and immediately turned around and ran to the backcourt.
On the other side, the Warriors got the opportunity to beat more than less.
Ellis broke into the penalty area to attract the defense and passed the ball out.
Sun Yi received the pass and rushed over quickly when he saw Najia. Thinking of his mission goal, he immediately shot a fadeaway jumper.
While running, Kobe had no time to take off, so he could only extend his hand to provide symbolic interference.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hits the net hollowly and hits the target steadily!
6:6!
After scoring the goal, Sun Yi celebrated with one finger pointing to the sky, and then quickly returned to defense.
"Interesting, are you provoking me?!"
Cauliflower Snake looked at Sun Yi's retreating back and whispered.
Immediately, he ran the baseline to catch the ball and stole Fisher's possession.
Seeing this situation, Lao Yu stopped, turned around and ran towards the front court.
"Hey! Now I can't even be a toolman anymore."
On the other side, Kobe dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, waved to Gasol, and made a tactical gesture.
Gasol quickly ran over to coordinate the pick-and-roll.
With the help of the cover, Kobe got his wish and faced Sun Yi.
"Rookie, I admire your courage. If you dare to challenge me, you will bear the price you deserve!"
Sun Yi was confused after hearing this. He didn't know when he provoked this black mamba.
On the other side, after Kobe finished his harsh words, he quickly changed his direction and broke through to the right.
Sun Yi reacted quickly and moved laterally to block the ball with small steps.
Seeing that he could not get rid of Sun Yi's defense, Kobe did not stop, blocked Sun Yi with his elbow, and then continued to accelerate towards the penalty area.
Sun Yi stuck closely to Kobe and straightened his arms to cover him in his defensive area.
Seeing that the situation was not good for him, Cauliflower Snake immediately stopped and made a fake shooting move. Seeing that Sun Yi did not pounce, he glanced at the rookie, then jumped up and shot a fadeaway jumper.
Sun Yi still didn't take off and stretched his arms to interfere.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Randolph got stuck and grabbed the backcourt rebound, and immediately found Curry and passed it.
After Curry caught the ball, he immediately rushed forward and launched a defensive counterattack.
Sun Yi quickly ran towards the bottom corner and took away part of the Lakers' defense, allowing Ellis to easily rush into the penalty area without any obstruction.
The primary school student had quick eyes and hands and immediately passed the ball, assisting Xiao Gongju for an easy layup.
"Hahaha, in the beginning the Warriors turned away and played very well. This game was great to watch." Barkley commented on the situation on the court with a smile.
During this period, Jazz was still a pure Kohei. As long as the Lakers lost, he was happier than anyone else.
Although he felt that the Warriors had little chance of winning, Barkley still hoped in his heart that the Warriors could defeat the Lakers in an upset.
