"The big dog is spreading money again..."

Liu Xiu groaned in pain.

The vice president smiled and said: "Haha, the boss likes you to call him a big dog. He likes others to say he is rich, but Jess, you are the one who wants the most votes!"

"Ahem, this is another matter..."

Tonight, April 18, the Trail Blazers will kick off the regular season finale against the Lakers.

When Liu Xiu returned to Portland the afternoon before yesterday and asked John Nash for game tickets, he heard that Paul Allen was delivering tickets everywhere.

Tickets for the first three rows are not for sale. Except for season ticket holders, all other tickets are given away.

People from the state assembly came today, and Paul Allen came in person to deliver the last pile of votes.

The regular season ticket share is much higher than the playoffs. It was said that the Clippers made a net profit of US$12 million in one game the day before yesterday.

Although the Clippers' ticket pricing is too outrageous, they have a final game + 73 wins here, so there is room for ticket prices to increase. If you operate it well, you can probably earn 50% more than the Clippers.

If you do this, you will definitely not make as much money as the Clippers.

Although the money has nothing to do with him, it just makes him feel sore.

However, it gave scalpers a knowing blow. The premium for front-row tickets was much higher than that for tickets outside the third row. In the retirement game when Jordan decided not to come back, a ticket in the first row was sold to 25 by scalpers.

The knife worth ten thousand dollars was actually sold.

Scalpers sell one front row ticket for dozens, hundreds or even hundreds of other tickets.

I heard that Paul Allen also invited everyone from the Bulls' 72-win season to watch the game. Liu Xiu thought it was a great job.

But unfortunately, none of them were willing to come. The only one who must come was Phil Jackson, the head coach of the Bulls at that time.

If he wasn't coaching the Lakers, he probably wouldn't be willing to come.

Liu Xiu had just gotten up from a nap. After Liu Xiu and the vice president followed Paul Allen to receive the people from the state assembly, he came to the top stand. There were still a few hours before the game, but the square outside the arena was already crowded.

It's crowded.

In the past two days, basketball fans from all over the United States and even the world have flocked here. Most of them did not buy tickets, but local bars have basically purchased the broadcast rights. Many of them are Paul Allen's properties and were not originally intended for

The goal is to make money, but to give fans another channel to gather together to watch football. As a result, every bar can make a lot of money on game days.

Liu Xiu's aunt and Anne Hathaway also bought several bars in the past few years. During the financial crisis two years ago, the prices were very suitable.

In fact, during the subprime mortgage crisis, these bars were also profitable, but the owners of the bars went to follow the real estate speculation, the kind of crazy leverage, when the subprime mortgage crisis broke out, almost all of them went bankrupt, Paul Eyre

Lun and Liu Xiu both had cash to pay the full price, and almost all of them bought those bars at a 50% discount.

Liu Xiu couldn't help but admire it. It seemed like the big business owners were spreading money all the time, but the money was spreading more and more!

The news only reports on where the big dog invested and lost money, but they didn’t see how much attention and traffic his “Microsoft Tycoon” title brought to Microsoft when he was spending money outside.

In some businesses that lose money, there are actually ways to make money around them... The big dog doesn't care whether he makes money or not, but his team has been making money around his money-spreading operations.

Liu Xiu followed suit again and ate some meat.

Looking at the crowds of people in the square, he was in a good mood. He liked to see his fans cheering instead of being depressed after losing.

But if he wants to keep seeing it, he has to keep making progress and becoming stronger!

I went back to the lounge and had something to eat with Randolph and others, rested for a while, and started to warm up.

During the warm-up, Liu Xiu saw that his teammates were very excited, but they all patiently prepared for the warm-up with the help of training, knowing that there was no need to worry about the competitive status of his teammates tonight.

The preparations for the game are also very thorough. They have adjusted to the best condition to face the 73-win game!

…

At 7:40 pm, the Lakers players entered the Rose Garden Arena first.

"Los Angeles Lakers, 68 wins and 13 losses, averaging 105.8 points per game, limiting opponents to 98.3 points per game, shooting 47.9%, limiting opponents to 43.9% shooting, 44.1 rebounds per game, limiting opponents to 41.8 rebounds per game, and averaging 25.1

Assists, limiting opponents to 22.6 assists per game, 8.8 steals per game, limiting opponents to 7.9 steals per game, 5.1 blocks per game, limiting opponents to 4.9 blocks per game..."

Liu Xiu looked at the report of the opposite team, a super strong team with an advantage in all aspects!

Only three teams have performed like this this season, the other two being the Trail Blazers and the Spurs.

The Cavaliers' assists were a little worse, and the Bulls' blocks were a little worse.

After the All-Star break, the Lakers achieved a record of 25 wins and 4 losses, which is equal to the Cavaliers and second in the league.

However, when the Trail Blazers played against the other four teams in the top five in the league, they had the greatest advantage over the Lakers, winning the first three games!

But again, this opponent is the most difficult to defeat, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to defeat.

The opening game was okay, their ferocious offense caught the Lakers off guard.

But the second and third games were both narrow wins, especially the third match. It seemed that they were suppressed throughout the whole process, and it was a great win. However, after the game analysis, if there was a quarter where the Lakers were not suppressed, they would definitely be defeated by the gorgeous triangle.

The attack is impressive, but it's hard to say how it will end.

However, Liu Xiu would only talk about this idea in private discussions with the coaches. When talking about the third game with his teammates, he would describe it in one word - beat.

After Kobe was the last one to run out of the tunnel, the visiting team's spotlight went out and crazy cheers erupted!

The spotlight turned on, shining on Liu Xiu at the entrance of the players' tunnel.

Liu Xiu was full of camera sense. He glanced at the camera on the big screen and took the lead to run into the stadium. His teammates passed the spotlight one after another. The last one to run out was still the butcher. The fans at the scene gave him crazy cheers again.

At the end of the players' entrance ceremony, Liu Xiu and Kobe Bryant came to the center circle. They stood at the farthest positions of the center circle. They looked at each other for a while without saying anything, and then turned to walk to their respective benches.

Listening to the explosive cheers and screams at the scene, both of them felt very happy, but they both scolded each other in their hearts for being pretentious.

After returning to the bench, Liu Xiu looked around the scene. There were many local celebrities on the sidelines. In the middle position directly opposite the technical table, Paul Allen and his latest girlfriend came to the sidelines to watch the game. One of them seemed to be

A very famous model in the early 1990s. Although she looks young, she is definitely over 40 years old.

Liu Xiu sneered at the fact that the taste of big dogs had not changed from beginning to end.

He was very curious, is it true that teenage dog owners are also good at this?

Sure enough, a man will remain a boy until he dies.

In the second row behind Paul Allen was Liu Xiu's family, including his in-laws and his uncle's in-laws, who also came to form a crowd.

Originally he was a little embarrassed to ask for so many tickets, but the big dog gave away so many tickets in the first three rows, so it didn't matter.

His eldest son and daughter also came to the sidelines to watch the game this time. They did not sit in the box with his mother, so they chose the second row for safety reasons.

Liu Xiu waved to Anne Hathaway, Qing'er, and his eldest daughter who were jumping and screaming with joy, and then began the final pre-game communication with his starting teammates.

The preparation time for the game is over soon and the game is about to begin.

After Liu Xiu copied Ray Allen's full-blooded 'quick shooting' and Kobe Bryant's 'physical rush' and 'reasonableness', he started with Ray Allen, Hill, Randolph and Kwame Brown.

Standing a little behind the free throw line, Liu Xiu felt that he was really lucky this season. Although there was a wave of injuries in the middle of the season, the major teams at that time were also affected by physical strength and injuries. In addition, he

He worked hard and won 20 consecutive games, laying the foundation for the impact in the second half of the season.

After the All-Star Weekend, their injury situation improved. Except for Gasol, Dragic, and Korver who suffered injuries that required them to miss the game, everyone else is in excellent health.

Looking at Deron, Kobe, Ariza, David West, and Wang Zhizhi playing on the opposite side, Liu Xiu took a deep breath and spit it out heavily.

We must win this game tonight!

He didn't even say whether he was sorry for the efforts of his teammates. He felt that he was sorry for himself if he failed to achieve the goal.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game started.

Kwame Brown defeated Wang Zhizhi once to win the jump ball, and the Trail Blazers attacked first!

When Liu Xiu received the ball, he wanted to say something to Brother Da Zhi - why not let Ariza jump the ball?

Wang Zhizhi and David West's jump ball is half-measured, and they both lose 8 out of 10 games. They might as well let the small forwards jump.

Quickly advancing to the frontcourt, Liu Xiu chose singles for the first ball!

A little too excited, Liu Xiu retreated and threw the iron when he couldn't get rid of Ariza's defense.

But looking back, the Lakers created an opportunity for David West to play Randolph in isolation. David West's turnaround jumper was blocked by Kwame Brown who was covering up!

Very fast rotation and defense!

Liu Xiu, who was shrinking on the wing, grabbed the ball and failed to counterattack. However, after falling into position, the Trail Blazers still played a brisk and smooth offense. Randolph received the ball from the bottom line and passed it, and Kwame Brown received the ball under the basket.

He got up, faced Ariza who rushed in, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

Kwame Brown took the lead in both offense and defense at the start!

When the Lakers attack, the feeling from the last round is back again - the opponent's defense is extremely strong!

This was beyond the Lakers' expectations. They thought the Trail Blazers would attack.

Because in the first three games, the Trail Blazers had the advantage on the offensive end.

But the Trail Blazers have been playing defense since they played the Grizzlies. The game against the Cavaliers forced them to defend. King did not expect that their high-intensity defense throughout the game would actually become a

A key point in the Trail Blazers' progress.

In the early and mid-season of the season, although the Trail Blazers also emphasized defense, they were mainly developing their offensive system and the defensive end had to be adjusted along with the offense, so it was not particularly perfect.

But in the game against the Cavaliers, under the pressure from the opponent, Coach Bush temporarily thought of many defensive adjustments. The team's entire defense improved significantly after that game.
To be continued...