On December 25, at 7:30 pm, Orlando Arena.

Today, the NBA Christmas Battle finally arrived as scheduled under the expectations of fans, and this game will also be broadcast live across the United States.

Although the Lakers' strength this season is no longer comparable to last season, the Lakers' own money-making ability can still rank at the forefront of the league.

After all, being in Los Angeles, with Kobe's golden signboard, the Lakers just want to not attract popularity, which is extremely difficult.

At the same time, the entire Orlando Arena was also full in this game. Even before this game, the Magic's support rate for winning was already a terrifying 87.9%.

But for fans of each team, no matter what the process of the game will be, in the special game of the Christmas game, if the fans do not come to support the scene, they will never dare to say that they are a die-hard fan.

Of course, on this day, many hardcore fans are completely powerless about grabbing tickets.

After all, not everyone's economic income is very prosperous in the United States.

So for those who can't get tickets and are reluctant to buy tickets in the hands of scalpers, they can only sit at home and watch the game on the TV.

But even so, for this kind of competition in the United States, a group of good buddies sitting together, drinking and watching the competition, can definitely be regarded as a great thing.

So when Su Jiu came to the United States and truly witnessed the basketball culture in the United States, he realized it.

The decline of Chinese basketball is not only the limited level of players, but also has a lot to do with the overall environment of basketball.

When Chinese children are still young, parents only care about their academic performance, and all their free time is basically handled by various tutoring classes.

In addition to making up lessons, parents will also force their children to choose one of the pianos and violins that they think are more advanced.

Although they nominally want their children to receive higher education, they will not consider their children's mood at all.

They will only let the next generation make up for their regrets.

For children who like basketball, there are very few parents who can truly support their children to embark on the path of basketball.

Even if you can't say this idea is a mistake, after all, the difficulties in wanting to find a job through basketball are indeed some bumps.

However, for this, the United States has a very different education for children from childhood.

Playing basketball in the United States is not a waste of work, it seems to be a major way to make people jump over the dragon gate.

Even though most people can only live without strong gangsters in some low-level leagues, they have the right to pursue their dreams along the way.

Su Jiu often sighed helplessly about this. No matter what, he was also a Chinese, so of course he hoped that Chinese basketball can get better and better.

But Su Jiu also understood? What he saw was still too one-sided? After all, the family happiness index in the United States is far less popular than that in China.

Even in the eyes of most Chinese people, education in the United States is very free? Everyone is very relaxed in their work? But in fact, the environment and quality of life they live in are really not as good as China.

Especially when you get older, a contrast between China and the United States will be exposed in a visible posture.

Only then will Chinese people know what happiness is.

To put it in a sentence? Maybe our life is just plain and mediocre, but fortunately, our small family is warm enough and our everyone is strong enough!!

Before the game started? The players on both sides warmed up shooting in their respective halfs? Before the game, the players on both sides did not have much conversation.

After all, in last year's finals, the Lakers have always been upset about losing the finals.

Even the "old fish" Fisher openly stated in an interview that if it weren't for the conflict between Bynum and Kobe that some problems arose within the Lakers themselves? Then the Magic would not be the Lakers' opponent at all.

Although Fisher's remarks were blown away by some fans on the Internet at that time.

But at the same time, it also gives Lakers fans an excuse? An excuse to make assumptions.

However, no matter how the outside world views this matter, one thing is true? That is, since then, the two sides between the Lakers and the Magic have been formed.

At least in the encounter between the two sides meet again? The players on both sides rarely communicate before and after the game.

Only Kobe and Howard would have a few occasional conversations.

Regarding this conversation process? Although Su Jiu didn't know the content? Su Jiu guessed that it was probably Kobe who wanted to abduct Howard to the Lakers and join forces with him to compete for the championship.

But as Howard's life trajectory has changed, it is hard for Su Jiu to speculate whether Howard will go to the Lakers to join forces with Kobe in this life.

After all, when the butterfly effect quietly occurred, it was difficult for Su Jiu to infer the development paths of his previous life.

However, in this life Howard wants personal honors and personal honors, and the championship has a championship.

In this case, it may be difficult to join forces with Kobe if something outrageous happened.

Of course, Su Jiu is not very interested in this matter at the moment, because Su Jiu has put all his focus on the present, Su Jiu found that he seemed a little tired of NBA life.

At least in his personal training on weekdays, Su Jiu found that he was no longer as careful as last season.

It can be said that when Su Jiu just traveled here, Su Jiu was thinking that he must become the most legendary star in NBA history.

After all, with the system in mind, Su Jiu is fully confident that he will grow into a superstar in his personal career experience.

Even if he is not the first person in NBA history, he is definitely the card in the league at least.

However, as a season passed, Su Jiu wanted to be famous and rich. At this time, Su Jiu found that he could not escape a law of human nature, that is, he began to become lazy and negative.

Even in his personal contact with Yao Ming not long ago, Su Jiu also had the idea of ​​retiring.

That's right, I plan to retire with Yao Ming after the end of this season, even if this is just his second season in his career!!

Maybe this idea sounds a bit crazy because Su Jiu is currently in the rising period of his career.

Similarly, in the history of NBA, no rookie player planned to retire at such a young age without any injuries.

But when this idea began to appear in my heart, Su Jiu found that whenever he was free, he couldn't help but start thinking about this retirement in his heart.

Even the most terrifying time, Su Jiu had already figured out what he should do after retirement.

That is to return to China with the tens of millions of wealth in your hands, use the advantages of foresight to invest in something, and from then on, become a "rent collector" freely!!

After all, buying two buildings and then living by collecting rent has always been Su Jiu's final dream in his previous life.

So when conditions permit, Su Jiu really wants to try it out and try what it is like to be a rent collector...

However, Su Jiu also knew that his idea was really too negative.

Not to mention whether it is right or wrong to choose to give up playing in NBA at its peak and then return to China to invest in chic things.

At least I plan to enjoy life at such a young age, which sounds like a little salty!!

But these things will only be made in the future. For Su Jiu, he is now focusing on winning the championship this season.

Even since winning the championship last season, Su Jiu found that he was obviously a little inflated.

At this time, the NBA championship ring can no longer meet his personal needs. Su Jiu has already planned to compete for the three batches of honors in the All-Star Game MVP, regular season MVP, and finals MVP!!!

After all, three batches of such glory are really good...

Although the difficulty is a bit huge, and it is even a bit like daydreaming, there must be dreams.

Especially this season is likely to be a curtain call, Su Jiu can't find a reason to not fight.

As the game is about to begin, both sides announced the starting lineups of this game respectively:

Magic:

Sujiu, Carter, Lewis, Marion, and Howard.

Lakers:

Fisher, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, and Ben Wallace.

That's right, the Lakers signed Ben Wallace in the past to make up for the shortcomings of the inside center.

During the offseason this season, Ben Wallace was sent to the Suns in the deal between the Cavaliers and the Suns about O'Neal.

But the Suns directly chose to cut off Ben Wallace and didn't leave him until after the start of the game.

Because although Ben Wallace was strong at his peak, he could be regarded as a big nightmare for all inside players in the league, even if his height is limited.

But Wallace is already 36 years old this year, and under this circumstance, Wallace's athletic ability has dropped to a very considerable level.

As we all know, even Wallace at his peak, his lack of height is his biggest disadvantage.

At that time, the reason why Ben Wallace was able to play his own name in the era of a tough guy Lin's center was because of his strong physique and excellent fighting speed.

However, as we get older, these two advantages will disappear completely, so in this case, Wallace's defect of insufficient height will be infinitely magnified.

But the Lakers had no choice. At least, although Wallace's body is not as agile as when he was young, his defensive experience is still there.

So the Lakers can only sign Wallace temporarily for emergency response at this time. I hope Ben Wallace can perform well.

Otherwise, with the two center players, Thomas and Mbenga, it would be very difficult for the Lakers to enter the playoffs.

As for the Magic, since Iverson missed the game due to injury, Lewis has been mentioned to the starting position by Van Gundy.

And since Lewis was mentioned as the starting lineup, Van Gundy found that the team had become smoother on the offensive end.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, Iverson's ability to be out of the ball cannot be compared with Lewis.

Lewis' projection ability can greatly help Su Jiu and Howard open up space.

After the game began, the Lakers directly handed the ball to Kobe for singles at the beginning of the game, and Kobe played very firmly on the offensive end.

It is not difficult to see from Kobe's facial expression that Kobe obviously attaches great importance to this game.

Even though the overall strength of the two teams is a bit disparate, Kobe still wants to do his best to take away the victory in this Christmas game.

On the other hand, the Magic team seemed much more relaxed and calm compared to the Lakers.
To be continued...