The Whip of the God of Basketball

Khomeinis received a call from Paris Mills after arriving in Los Angeles on the night of the 20th. At that time, the whole of Los Angeles was immersed in the excitement that the Celtics were about to collide with the Lakers. Reporters and fans were all on the Internet and TV. Post messages and discuss the game like crazy. But Khomeinis's mind is not at all on this season's heavyweight clash, because she is an agent's assistant. In her eyes, a game is a movie. She doesn't care whether the movie is good or not. He cares about the box office and the movie. The stars and the capital behind the movie.

And Mills brought her exciting news, that is, Hollywood's heavyweight agency CAA decided to cooperate with Khomeinis to prepare for entering the sports world in the future.

This made Khomeinis very excited. After working hard in Los Angeles for half a year, her hard work finally paid off. What kind of company is CAA? Hollywood entertainment giants such as Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidman are all contracted artists under CAA . In the past ten years, the total number of Oscars won by Hollywood artists under CAA exceeds the sum of the following four agency companies.

It was such an aircraft carrier in the agent world that it noticed Khomeinis, a newcomer who suddenly emerged in the sports agent world. She attracted the attention of almost everyone in Los Angeles during the summer. Although she currently does not have any famous and powerful players under her banner, it is obvious that CAA is very optimistic about this upstart in the agent world.

After receiving the news, Khomeinis danced happily in the hotel, and finally she pulled Leon to dance a waltz in the room. Leon was also very happy for Khomeinis. Leon had always been a little guilty in the past, feeling that Khomeinis had given up her real interests and chose the sports economy industry for him. Now it seems that Khomeinis is doing quite well in this field and may even achieve great achievements one day.

Of course, except for Khomeinis, Leon and a few others, very few people knew about this news, and no media reported it. CAA has only just begun to extend its tentacles in the sports world, and Khomeinis is just one of their partners.

After rejoicing with Khomeinis, Leon will focus on tomorrow's game.

Giving the players a holiday is not because Leon has absolute confidence in tomorrow's game, but because the Celtics players really need a good rest. The continuous away games have made the players quite tired, and both games were played until the last minute. , the consumption on players can be imagined.

Although the players were given a holiday, Leon would not give himself a holiday. Leon locked himself in his room throughout the day on the 21st and watched the game video. This year's Lakers are indeed quite strong. The addition of Karl Malone has had an unexpectedly good effect. He perfectly makes up for the Lakers' long-standing shortcomings at the power forward position. And because he had trained under Sloan for 19 years, Malone, who has strong tactical literacy and learning ability, quickly integrated into Phil Jackson's triangle offense and became an important tactical node of the team.

In comparison, Payton is struggling. Halfway through the season, he still cannot integrate into the triangle offense. After all, the point guard is the least valued position in the triangle offense. This makes Payton, who has always been the core of the Sonics, unable to integrate into the triangle offense. Difficult to adapt.

However, this did not prevent the Lakers from advancing all the way. Before losing to the Portland Trail Blazers on the 13th, they achieved a wave of ten consecutive victories. In the game against the Nuggets on the 19th, Kobe Bryant rushed back to the court after the court hearing, and his key goal to defeat the Nuggets at the last moment was even more shocking. For a time, Leon and Kobe's court appearance became a hot topic in the NBA.

When Leon watched the last video clip, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the team would leave for Staples Center to prepare in a little while. But Leon doesn't yet have a complete plan and strategy for how to deal with tonight's game.

He had discussed it with Carlisle before, and Carlisle came to the conclusion that "play and see first, the regular season can't explain too much." What Carlisle said makes sense. The regular season is usually about watching and practicing while playing. The lineup learns lessons and prepares for possible future encounters in the playoffs.

However, Leon still couldn't bear to appear on the field without any preparation. No matter what, he had to save one hand in order to make key commands at critical moments.

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7 p.m., Staples Center, star-studded. The home court of the Lakers has always been a star show. Jack Nicholson, a long-time Lakers spectator, is naturally a familiar face. Others include Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, and Catherine -Zeta Jones and other Hollywood superstars have come here.

There is no doubt that this is a grand banquet. After all, this is Los Angeles, the entertainment capital, and sports are just a way of entertainment here. It will never be as crazy as Boston, but it also has a unique enthusiasm.

Before the game started, Leon was asked at the press conference what he thought of tonight's game. He used a famous line from Shakespeare, "To-be-or-not-to-be" (to be or not to be) to describe it, which is enough. You can see how important this game is in the hearts of Celtic players.

In comparison, Jackson also said: "This is an important game. The Celtics have risen at a surprising speed, and the Lakers are by no means in decline, even in order to compete with the powerful Celtics. , I will not allow the Lakers to fail." Jackson's words seemed more humorous, but it can also be seen that he attaches great importance to the Celtics.

In the locker room, Leon gave a rare pre-match speech.

"Tonight, there are countless Hollywood superstars, countless celebrities in sports, literature and art. Some of them may be your idols, or they may be your dream lovers. But these are not important. Now, they only have one identity. , enemies and supporters of enemies! Don’t imagine that there will be your fans here. Even if there are, they are just helpless grass. You can only rely on yourself and your teammates. This is not the first time we have encountered this. This situation will not be the last, but tonight we have to face the Los Angeles Lakers. As long as you are with the Celtics, you should understand that there are countless possibilities in this world, and it is impossible for the Lakers to defeat the Celtics! Let’s go out there and kill them!”

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When Leon stood next to the bench on the sidelines of the Staples Center, he turned his head and looked at the Lakers bench, which was a technical table away, and couldn't see Phil Jackson. As usual, after the entrance introduction, Zen Master sat quietly on the bench and meditated, waiting for the start of the game.

The starting lineups of both sides on the court are Lakers O'Neal, Malone, Devin George, Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton, while the Celtics are still their starting five.

With the attention of the United States and the cheers of more than 20,000 spectators at the scene, the game began.

"Shaquille O'Neal won the ball for the Lakers, and the game started. Gary Payton controlled the ball. The Lakers' first offense, they should start with O'Neal, Malone, pass to O'Neal... Pierce steals the ball Oh...he stole the ball from O'Neal. The Celtics counterattacked...Arenas made a one-stop layup! The Celtics scored the first point of the game." Commentary on this game tonight The game was played by veteran commentator Dick Stockton, whose voice and tone have accompanied NBA audiences for nearly 20 years.

On the first kick of the game, the Celtics saw through the Lakers' passing intention and successfully counterattacked by stealing the ball. But it seems that this has not affected the emotions of Lakers fans, players and coaches at all.

"Hmph, let's see how long you can sit on the bench." Leon thought to himself. Before the game, both coaches seemed very low-key and did not engage in any war of words in the media, but on the court, their battle was about to begin.