【Chapter 1216】 Christmas War (Subscription Requested!) )
On Christmas Eve, the Lakers did not play, and the players could spend Christmas at home with their families, Xiao Feng invited the families of the United Arab Emirates and Zhou Qi to come to the 'Dream Manor' to celebrate the holiday together, as for Shuhao, he was born in Los Angeles, and his family is here, so he can go home for the holidays. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
For the wandering UAE and others, although Christmas is not a special festival for Chinese people, it is also a happy thing to be able to see so many compatriots on such a day.
In a sense, the United Arab Emirates and Zhou Qi can also be regarded as employees of the listed 'Jinghu Group', so they have a share in all kinds of benefits.
However, the two of them were also high-spirited, and put the prizes and benefits they got back into the prize pool, and let other ordinary employees draw lotteries.
For two people with an annual income of millions of dollars, this little benefit and prize is nothing, the key is that everyone is happy to spend the holiday together!
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Christmas Day is the day after Christmas Eve, but the Lakers won't have time to rest as they host the Golden State Warriors this afternoon, the highlight of this year's Christmas game.
This year, the Golden State Warriors, led by the Big Three of Thompson, Curry and Durant, launched a strong attack on the Lakers' position as the No. 1 in the West, and are currently only two wins behind the Lakers, and it is not without a chance to catch up.
If there is no Lakers Zhuyu in front, the Warriors' 42-8 record is not bad, but the Lakers' overall tactical performance is even better!
The matchup between the two Western Conference powerhouses has attracted the attention of fans and media around the world, as the winner will likely have home-court advantage in the Western Conference playoffs, which will play a crucial role in the ownership of this season's championship.
More than 60 television stations, including the Huaxia National Television Sports Channel, will broadcast the Christmas battle live, and it is expected that the audience will not be less than 500 million.
In recent years, the strong rise of the Lakers has not only distressed the NBA league, but also made them earn more, which is really a bit contradictory!
It is precisely because of the huge Chinese market that even if the Lakers' monopoly on the championship is obvious, the NBA league has not suppressed it too much.
Kobe's retirement is planned, and Xiao Feng's departure from the NBA is not entirely the pressure of the league's officials, so the NBA league has not adopted any dishonorable means at this point.
The most the NBA league can do is to be a little stricter with the Lakers in some game decisions, a little more balanced, but not dare to do it blatantly.
Financial experts within the NBA league have analyzed that since Xiao Feng joined the Lakers and led the team to win three consecutive championships, the NBA league's TV broadcast expenses in Asia, especially in China, have increased by more than 100 million US dollars, and the increase in sponsorship contracts is countless!
In front of huge interests, even if the Lakers' long-term monopoly of the championship will make the audience lose its freshness, the NBA official still hopes that the Lakers can maintain a strong competitiveness for the championship.
In the past week, the NBA official has carried out extensive publicity for this Christmas war, and the PK between the Warriors' Big Three and the Lakers' five stars is still full of boo!
In contrast, the Warriors' Big Three are star-studded, but the Lakers' five starting stars, Jeremy Lin, UAE, Gasol, Towns and Zhou Qi, are not far behind, losing only six of their 50 games this season, continuing to maintain their excellent performance over the past three years.
You must know that because of Xiao Feng's retirement this season, the Lakers do not have any superstars on the team, but the Lakers rely on overall basketball to maintain the suppression of other teams in the league, which is really commendable.
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In order to take care of the players and spectators so that they can go home early and have dinner with their families, the Christmas game has been scheduled to 4 p.m. sharp, and the players can return home for dinner after three hours.
Even if the Warriors are far away in San Francisco, they can take a helicopter back to San Francisco in Staples as soon as possible, which is really convenient!
Although Xiao Feng rarely attends the scene, he will naturally not be absent from important games such as the Christmas War.
However, this time he was the only one who came to the scene to watch the game, and Xu Mengyao had to stay at home to take care of the 4 children.
Children are too young to be as obsessed with basketball as they are to be as obsessed with basketball as they are, and they don't quite understand the significance of the Christmas game.
For Xiao Feng, it is still too early to say which sport the children will like or what kind of work they like to do in the future.
In the future, if any child likes basketball, Xiao Feng will consciously cultivate his interest in basketball and put the Lakers in his hands in the future; If someone likes football, Newcastle United can also give it to him,......。
If none of their children like the sports industry in the future, these teams will probably have to be managed by professional managers.
With the family's wealth swelling to the level of 100 billion US dollars and still increasing, the future of the children is no longer something that Xiao Feng needs to worry about, he hopes that the children can grow up healthy and happy, maintain a good attitude, and be able to have their own hobbies and skills, which is enough!
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At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Feng entered the court on time, and after visiting the players in the locker room, he came to the stands.
The live broadcast director of ABC TV, which is responsible for providing broadcast signals to major television stations around the world, is very experienced, and quickly switched the camera to the area where Xiao Feng often sits.
When Xiao Feng's figure appeared on the big screen at the scene, the 20,000 fans in the stadium cheered in unison, and even the Hollywood superstars sitting in the front row gave a standing ovation.
Whether for the casual fans watching the game or the Hollywood superstar, Xiao Feng is one of the best players in the history of the Lakers, and his appearance naturally deserves these applause.
Listening to these applause, Xiao Feng was secretly proud in his heart, the team owner had done his job, which was unprecedented!
In addition to the enthusiastic response of the fans caused by Xiao Feng's arrival, the on-site director also successively aimed the camera at the Hollywood superstar who was in the stands, which also made the fans cheer.
Because of the Christmas war, many die-hard fans have appeared, including Xiao Lizi, Nicholson, Johnny Depp, etc., and even Pete brought his new girlfriend to watch the game, it is estimated that these people are enough for the entertainment reporters on the scene to have more news material tomorrow!
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At four o'clock, the Christmas war officially began, and the atmosphere gradually became enthusiastic, and the competition between the two sides was quite fierce.
On the Warriors' side, the addition of Durant has made the Warriors' offensive ability stronger, but the ball problem between the Big Three has plagued the team, which is a hidden concern for this super team.
In the face of ordinary opponents, the Big Three only need to play 6-7 to win easily, but when the opponent becomes the Lakers, the distribution of ball possession and playing time has undoubtedly become the key factor affecting the trend of the game!
In contrast, although the Lakers' five starting stars have some gaps with the Big Three in terms of fame and strength, this gap is not an irreparable chasm; In particular, the Lakers' overall basketball style of play can fully bring out the strength of all players, which allows them to not fall behind when facing the Warriors' Big Three.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers had a slight lead over the Warriors at 32-28, a score that doesn't say much, after all, the Lakers are playing at home.
In a basketball game, when the main lineup is inseparable, the second quarter of the bench is extremely crucial.
In fact, after Xiao Feng retired, the Lakers still maintained a strong competitiveness, in addition to the perfect cooperation of the starting five tigers, the deep bench strength is also one of the important reasons.
After all, today's Lakers don't need to pay superstars a huge salary of 20 million or even 30 million, so they can invite more powerful players to serve as substitutes under the salary cap.
For many powerful players who have been in the NBA for about 10 years, they would rather take one or two million less salaries and take a salary cut to come to the Lakers to win the championship, so the Lakers' bench strength is the strongest in the entire league.
By comparison, the Warriors spend more than $50 million on the Big Three, and the remaining 12 players are paid far less than the Lakers under the salary cap. If Warriors owners Guber and Rekab are willing to pay the luxury tax to recruit higher-caliber players, the financial pressure on them becomes considerable.
After all, compared to a super-rich man like Xiao Feng, the wealth of these two is just pediatrics!
While the Lakers are not aggressively overstepping the salary cap and using the luxury tax to engage in an arms race, the owners of the other 29 NBA teams are not going to act rashly, and the trend of superstar groups seems to have been curbed a little.
Sure enough, the Lakers' deep bench quickly pulled the score away, forcing the Warriors' Big Three to play.
This situation is naturally what the Lakers want to see, after all, it consumes too much physical strength of the opponent's main force, and when the bayonet is red in the fourth quarter, the advantage they have will become even greater!
At the beginning of the game, the rhythm of the court was firmly controlled by the Lakers, although the Warriors Big Three had a wonderful performance, the three of them combined to score 80 points, but the Lakers still defeated the Warriors 121-116.
The passionate attacking style of play of both sides won the unanimous approval of fans and professionals in front of the stadium and television sets as well as professionals who thought it was a wonderful game.
The Lakers' starting five Tigers scored in double digits, which is also a normal thing, although the five only scored 72 points, but the Lakers' bench had an excellent performance, firmly suppressing the Warriors' bench, they are the key to victory!
The results of this Christmas game show that the Warriors are still close to challenging the Lakers' supremacy in the West!
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The day after the Christmas game, the Lakers continue to face the Nuggets at home, which will also be the penultimate game of 2018.
In the past 2018, the Lakers have played 100 games, won more than 90%, and set a series of NBA records, which is a year to remember!
Although the Nuggets are the fifth-ranked strong team in the West, they are not yet able to shake the position of the Lakers in Staples, and the Lakers defeated the Nuggets almost bloodlessly and continued their momentum!
In this regard, the sports media around the world are asking all kinds of questions about which team can end the Lakers' invincible situation; And many media also associate Newcastle United's demeanor in European football with the Lakers, and the probability of Xiao Feng, the boss, appearing on the front page of the media in the past few days is quite high!
Whether the media touted or attacked, it would not have any impact on Xiao Feng's life, he still maintained his own pace, and he was extremely calm!
In the past few days, it is the children's holiday, Xiao Feng is the king of children at home every day, taking the children to play games, exercise, etc., and have a lot of fun!
In the past three years, Xiao Feng has spent most of his time on competitions and training, and there are not many opportunities to accompany the children, but this year he has more time, so he naturally wants to compensate the children.
With dad to play with every day, the children had a happy Christmas holiday!
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At noon on December 30, tourists traveling to and from Los Angeles Airport were pleasantly surprised to find Xiao Feng's 'Meng Yao' on the runway.
However, because the airport had already made arrangements, Xiao Feng's motorcade entered the airport directly through the green channel, and the reporters could only photograph this huge convoy from a distance.
In the high-magnification shot, the first to come down from the team were the tall Lakers players, who were going to travel with Xiao Feng, which means that the next destination of the 'Mengyao' will be New York.
For the sake of ratings and box office, although the Lakers and Knicks can't hold a Christmas game, the New Year's Eve game is still very interesting.
This trip to New York, the Lakers will start a half-month, 8 consecutive Eastern Conference away journeys, which is also the last long Eastern Conference trip this season.
In addition to the players of the Lakers, the reporters also saw many Chinese people in suits and leather shoes, and the reporters who paid attention to the financial news immediately reacted, these should be the senior executives of the 'Brilliant Tourism Group', who went to New York to participate in the ceremony of the public listing of 'Brilliant Tourism' on the NASDAQ.
Soon, the heart of the 'Meng Yao' is not only the sports media is paying attention, but also the financial media reporters have begun to hit the road, ready to wait for Xiao Feng at New York's JFK Airport, hoping to interview some blockbuster news.
When the news came back to China, many netizens and Xiao Feng's fans naturally cheered, after all, Xiao Feng's name will have the first company to be publicly listed in the United States, which makes them proud!
In the past, it was difficult for people to have an intuitive standard for judging the value of 'Jinghu Group', but when the company is publicly listed on the stock market, all the wealth will be quantified.
The first bell of the New Year on the NASDAQ in 2019 will be sounded by Xiao Feng, a Chinese person! (To be continued.) )