The receptionist raised his head and said in a tone full of pride, "Then the Crystal Boys, the best entertainers in the Republic of Korea! Huo Ran?Wen ??? ??? It is said that the last time they had a concert, a large number of young Americans rushed to participate, and some of them fainted with excitement. ”

"Hey!" Seeing that this person was about to continue, Lamar interrupted him with a stunned face: "We are not interested in hearing about the glorious history of these guys, and we don't know these people at all, can you take us back to the hotel now?"

A hint of dissatisfaction flashed across the man's face, and he looked at Van Gundy and said, "Sir, are you so rude?" No wonder you and your general manager would say such gaffe to reporters. ”

Lamar realized that all this was arranged by the Koreans in advance, in order to give them a dismount and embarrass them.

Van Gundy didn't care anymore, pretending to be helpless and shrugged his shoulders and said, "Although Lamar has a lot of problems, I don't think there's anything wrong with saying this. And if I didn't make a gaffe, everything will be settled tomorrow night. Then you'll know if Koreans deserve to play in the NBA. ”

The man smiled coldly: "Very good, I hope you can remember this sentence! If the Knicks lose, I hope you can kneel down in front of the camera and apologize to all the people of the Republic of Korea, especially Haseung-jin." ”

Van Gundy seemed to hear the funniest joke in the world, looked back at his players, and said funny: "Boys, did you hear that? He said we were going to lose the game!"

"Hahahaha!" Alan Houston changed from the gentleman of the past, and laughed out loud: "Lost the game? Do they think they are all Supermen?"

Billups tacitly agreed: "Maybe they really think they have rockets in their butts." ”

The two receptionists were teased by the two Knicks' generals, their faces became darker, and they were about to say something to save face but were interrupted by Lamar.

"We're not here to quarrel with you little people. As for the upcoming friendly against your national team, I can tell you very clearly now. If you can get more than 40 points on our hands, I'll eat that basketball on the spot. ”

This is not only the two reception staff, but even the Knicks players are a little surprised.

Although South Korea's basketball is not popular in the international arena at all, it is also an Asian powerhouse after all. It's not easy to keep their score below 40. If something goes wrong, the Knicks' entire team will lose face in South Korea.

But now that Lamar has already said it, it's too late to say anything to redeem at this time. It seems that the next friendly match is going to be played as a finals, but they can't work hard if they don't want to.

When the two reception staff on the Korean side heard Lamar's big words, they immediately showed excitement on their faces, nodded and said, "Okay! On behalf of the Korean basketball team, I agree to your challenge." ”

"Wait, you're representing Korean basketball, are you sure you have the qualifications?" Lamar sneered, "Even if you can, what if you lose?"

The reception staff in South Korea was stunned at first, and then they didn't know what to say. Indeed, as Lamar said, they are just small characters, how can they have the ability to agree to such a thing.

The two receptionists discussed it, and then hesitated for a long time before they had to take out their mobile phones and muttered to them. After the phone call, the two of them said sharply, "Then what do you want?"

Lamar watched the actions of the two, and also knew that the other party must have been instructed by the high-level, so he said without hesitation: "If you lose, let your chairman of the Republic of Korea Basketball Association wash Lao Tzu's shoes, and in front of everyone!"

"What? Isn't this a bit excessive?" the two of them couldn't help but flinch a little when they heard Lamar's offer. They wouldn't dare agree to such a thing!

After discussing it with my companion, I quickly called my boss again.

Lamar looked at him hiding to the side and nodding his head, probably being scolded a lot.

After a while the man came back and said to Lamar, "All right! ”

Lamar laughed, "Good! I hope his skills are good, you know, my basketball shoes are very expensive." ”

The two receptionists were so angry that they almost fainted.

The bet between Lamar, the boss of the Knicks team, and the president of the Korean Basketball Association made the Knicks players, who had felt very relaxed about this trip to South Korea, begin to feel a little pressure.

Keeping the opponent's South Korean national team within 40 points is not something that can be done with lip service. Although their strength is a big section compared with the South Korean national team, there are only six people on their side after all, and Wang Zhizhi still has a lot of problems with the team, and the opponent can be regarded as an Asian powerhouse after all.

Especially in the past few years, with the growth of a group of powerful players, the strength of Korean basketball has also improved greatly, and there is already a hint of threat to the Chinese team.

There's no pressure on the Knicks to win the game, but it's a bit challenging to accomplish Lamar's goals. In a word, if you want to really win this gamble, it is not difficult but difficult.

"Lamar, you were too impulsive just now!" Van Gundy couldn't help but complain when he got into the car, he definitely didn't want Lamar to lose.

If Lamar loses, although he won't really eat the basketball, he will lose face. You must know that Lamar is the signature of the Knicks, even if Lamar can afford to lose this face, the Knicks can't afford to lose it.

Lamar still looked indifferent, and said with a relaxed expression: "Do you think I can't win?"

"That's not what I meant!" Van Gundy was afraid to say what he really thought.

At this time, nothing can be said to discourage Lamar.

"I just don't think you need to be angry with those Koreans. We originally came to promote, and the relationship between the two sides was a little unhappy, and it will be even worse if you have a relationship like this now!"

"You don't like what they do, so just teach them a good lesson on the field. And what if you win? Do you really want their chairman to shine your shoes? Do you want to make the Knicks the enemy of the Koreans?"

"Why not!" Lamar took it for granted: "I'm willing to gamble and lose! Since they agreed, they must fulfill their promise." Again, if I lose, I'm going to swallow that basketball. ”

Van Gundy knows a lot about Lamar's unreasonable and childish behavior. Originally, he didn't want to say anything, but the impact of this incident was too great after all. If you don't handle it well, it's easy to turn a small thing into a big thing.

"But Lamar, the president of their basketball association represents the face of the country after all!"

"Face!" Lamar laughed and said to Billups behind him, "Chauncey, do you think they still have that thing?"

"Hehe!" Billups laughed, "They don't, but they think they have!"

Billups and Lamar didn't speak very loudly, but the two receptionists sitting at the front could hear it clearly. But at this time, they could only endure it, sitting in their seats with a black face and being silent.

There was a commotion in the car and there was silence.

Lamar looked out the window and saw a huge poster of a South Korean basketball player on almost every building they passed. It's clear that this is a means for the Koreans to demoralize them, but does this trick really work for Lamar and his brothers?

This answer is obvious, for this group of guys who are the second and third in the world, Jordan is standing aside, and their self-confidence is extremely bursting, all means are floating clouds, and they can't get into their eyes at all.

The two receptionists were smug at first, ready to use their national treasure demeanor to intimidate the arrogant Knicks players in their eyes. But when they saw the Knicks players looking calm and laughing, they knew that the strategy had failed.

Koreans have a good thing about it, that is, they will never give up until they achieve their goals. So as soon as the Knicks entered the hotel with their front feet, hundreds of protesters waving South Korea's Tai Chi flags immediately surrounded the hotel.

The crowd shouted loudly for Van Gundy and Darrell Morey to go out and apologize to all the South Koreans for their insult to South Korean basketball.

"They're really going to do everything! Van Gundy's face was getting colder and colder, and it was obvious that he had been annoyed by the South Koreans' successive things.

Lamar looked at the South Koreans below who were trying their best to show their indignation: "Isn't that interesting? Compared to the Bostonians and Los Angeles, they are far from what they do." ”

Van Gundy couldn't help but think back to the rock concert and the rotten vegetables of the Bostonians that the Knicks met in Los Angeles last season, and his body trembled involuntarily.

"What about tomorrow morning's training? I think the Koreans will find an excuse to stop us from going to the training gym. Van Gundy was still a little worried about it.

Originally, Van Gundy and Lamar had already discussed, and they were ready to use this trip to Asia to let Wang Zhizhi and Lamar and their five starters train together to speed up their integration into the team.

But now it seems that this plan is difficult to implement, but fortunately, Wang Zhizhi is very adaptable. This saves Van Gundy a lot of worry, but if they can't train normally for a long time, it will still have a big impact on their condition.