After the three-party deal was completed, Battier packed his bags overnight and headed to Auckland to report.
"Shawn, welcome to the Warriors!"
Nelson specially organized a welcome ceremony for Shane Battier.
"It's a great honor to join the Warriors. I will advance and retreat with you in the coming days. I hope you will take care of me." Battier expressed his acceptance speech.
The other Warriors players smiled sincerely and applauded to welcome Battier.
Battier felt the goodwill conveyed by his new teammates, and his previously uneasy mood calmed down.
He did not expect that after hugging Dayao's thigh, he would hug the thigh of another Chinese supernova again.
Maybe this is fate!
After the induction ceremony, Battier followed the coaching team to go through a series of procedures in an effort to represent the Warriors in the Christmas Day game.
During the formalities, assistant coach Cole explained to Battier in advance his role in the team.
I learned that I was going to be on the bench, and the task was very simple, to defend with all my strength and catch and shoot.
Battier has no objection to this. He has passed his peak period and is now just a veteran. He doesn't care whether he is a starter or a substitute. He only wants to help the team win.
After Kerr learned of Battier's idea, he immediately reported it to the coaching staff and then assigned Battier specific tasks.
After completing the formalities for joining the team, Battier immediately threw himself into the Warriors' daily training, hoping to integrate into the team's offensive and defensive system as soon as possible.
When other Warriors players saw Battier's professionalism, their favorability doubled and they accepted this new teammate from the bottom of their hearts.
In the next few days, Battier relied on his superb golf intelligence to quickly integrate into the offensive and defensive system through intra-team competition, and was able to form a certain tacit understanding with some Warriors players.
Nelson was very happy to see Battier quickly integrate into the team. He knew that the deal was not a loss.
Just as the Warriors were getting better and preparing for the game, the much-anticipated Christmas Day game followed.
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As an IP carefully created by the NBA, the Christmas Game has become the most popular sports event among American people on Christmas Day.
Several heavyweight matches are selected as Christmas fights every year.
This year the NBA has arranged four highly exciting Christmas games.
First of all, the contest between the Knicks and the Thunder is regarded by many fans as a battle for the scoring title.
The next game between the Lakers and the Mavericks is regarded by fans as a preview of the Western Conference Finals.
The following matchup between the Bulls and Celtics was regarded by fans as a battle between the old and the new.
The final game is the game between the Warriors and the Heat.
The Warriors' twin stars face off against the Heat's Big Three.
The MVP battle between Sun Yi and James is the biggest highlight of this Christmas game.
Naturally, NBA Commissioner David Stern would not miss such a good opportunity.
A few days before the Christmas Day game between the Warriors and the Heat, they mobilized all their efforts to hype up the game.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Therefore, most fans around the world are focusing on this Christmas war.
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December 25, Oakland, Oracle Arena.
Tonight, the Christmas Day battle between the Warriors and Heat officially begins.
At this time, the Oracle Arena was already full, and the Christmas atmosphere was very strong. Fans wore Santa hats to watch the game.
On the field, the players from both teams finished their warm-up activities and returned to the bench one after another.
At the same time, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the big screen at the scene.
The Heat's starting lineup is: Chalmers, Wade, James, Bosh, Haslem.
The Warriors' starting lineup is: Curry, Tony Allen, Sun Yi, A Lian, and Chandler.
Not long after, the referee blew the whistle, signaling the starting players from both sides to come to the center circle to prepare for the jump ball game.
Sun Yi stood up from the bench, took off his training clothes, and led his teammates to the court.
At this moment, the system's prompt voice sounded in his mind.
"Ding! It has been detected that the host is about to face the Miami Heat, and a temporary mission is now issued: challenge the Heat's Big Three!"
"Goal 1: In the game against the Heat, the host's personal rebounds are no less than Bosh; Reward: Advanced Nutritional Solution +50, 20,000 training points."
"Goal 2: In the game against the Heat, the host's personal score is no less than Wade; reward: green sneakers +1, 20,000 training points."
"Goal 3: Host blocks James twice in the game against the Heat; reward: blue wristband +1, 50,000 training points."
After the system prompt ended, Sun Yi thought for a while.
The first goal is easy to accomplish, just ask his teammates to help him get into position and give him the defensive rebounds.
The second goal depends on Wade's performance tonight. Teacher Tony can give the big cheeks more strength.
As for the third goal, it can only rely on luck. After all, Lao Zhan is not so easy to be blocked.
After making a plan, Sun Yi quickly came to the middle circle and stood up.
After all the starting players came to the center circle and took their positions, the referee blew the whistle and threw the basketball high into the air.
Amid the cheers of the fans in the audience, this nationwide-focused war officially began!
In the jump ball session, Chandler easily defeated Haslem and moved the ball back to the backcourt, giving the Warriors the first opportunity to attack.
The Heat players retreated very quickly and returned to their own defensive areas, giving the Warriors no chance to sneak attack.
Curry quickly dribbled the ball forward, came outside the three-point line to organize the offense, and made tactical gestures.
Chandler immediately ran out, preparing to play a pick-and-roll.
Arab League quickly ran towards the right corner, emptying the Heat's penalty area.
When Bosh saw this, he immediately shrank towards the penalty area and did not follow him out.
After the pick-and-roll was ready, Curry bypassed the screen and broke into the three-point line, but encountered a delay in Haslem's change of defense.
At the same time, Chandler immediately followed up the ball after completing the screen.
Seeing this situation, Bosh immediately stepped forward to intercept, preventing the Warriors from cutting and cooperating.
Curry did not force his way to the basket, but observed the position of his teammates and passed the ball.
Ah Lian, who was standing in the right corner, received the pass and immediately took off to shoot.
Wade, who came quickly, rushed forward and stretched his arms to interfere.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Under the basket, Bosh, who grabbed the rebound, wanted to launch a defensive counterattack, but found that the Warriors retreated too quickly, found Wade and passed the ball.
After receiving the ball, Wade quickly dribbled toward the frontcourt.
Teacher Tony immediately stepped forward and used a dog-skin plaster defense to prevent Wade from easily increasing his speed.
Seeing that he couldn't easily get rid of the guy in front of him, the Flash immediately called a pick-and-roll.
Bosh quickly ran over and gave Wade an off-ball screen.
Teacher Tony successfully bypassed the pick and roll, but Wade was too fast and couldn't keep up.
Wade, who was sprinting with all his strength, broke into the front of the penalty area and saw that Chandler had retreated to the basket. At the same time, he did not see his teammates cutting towards the basket, so he could only make an emergency stop and shoot a mid-range jumper.
"when!"
The basketball hit the front of the basket and failed to score!
Chandler protected the backcourt rebound, found Curry immediately, and passed the ball quickly.
After receiving the ball, Curry quickly advanced toward the frontcourt and threw the ball forward just after half-court.
Sun Yi, who was on a fast break, received the pass, accelerated his breakthrough into the penalty area, came to the free throw line to attract the defense, and then passed the ball to the right.
Teacher Tony, who followed up from the right, received the pass comfortably, took the lead and rushed to the basket for an easy layup.
"Hahaha, it was still the Warriors who took the lead in scoring. It can be seen from the offensive and defensive rounds just now that the two teams are very well prepared for this game. I hope they can surprise us in the next game."
In the live commentary box, Barkley, who was the guest commentator, smiled and analyzed a wave, and then refocused his attention on the game.
