NBA Christmas War, a game that pushed the commercialization of the tournament to its peak.

The Christmas War doesn't have to be pretty, but it has to be a gimmick.

And gimmicks are the specialty of Stern, the master of the whole work.

This year's two Christmas battles were arranged by Stern himself.

The most important game is undoubtedly the Los Angeles Lakers' away game against the Miami Heat.

The shark and the flying man have been facing each other for so long, and they can finally knock each other's heads off in the official game.

Although the Lakers' record this season is not comparable to the Heat, Jie is a gimmick, and Jie is an operation.

What does the NBA watch? Isn't that just a personal affair?

Put the two teams with the best records together, and the fans don't necessarily buy it.

But putting the two teams full of grievances together, fans will not miss it.

So in the first game of the Christmas game, Stern arranged for the Pacers and Pistons, the old enemies of last season's Eastern Conference Finals.

At the time, Stern just wanted to use the game as a dessert for the Lakers vs Heat.

While the Pistons and Pacers played a great game in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Pistons are the defending champions.

But let's be honest, before the start of the season, Stern didn't think the impact of these two teams could be compared to Kobe Bryant and Shaq.

But now, everything has turned around.

Because of the impact of the previous Auburn Hills palace incident, the focus of the game between the Pacers and the Pistons surpassed that of the Lakers VS Heat and became the real highlight of the Christmas war!

It stands to reason that he should be happy to be able to create such a gold-absorbing competition.

But at this time, seeing that the Christmas war was about to begin, Stern was very nervous.

Well, compared with the last time, the lineups of both sides in this game are only one less Ben. Wallace.

Although it is considered to be missing an important combat power, it ...... It's not like this fight can't be fought!

Scared, Stern was really scared.

He didn't want the Pacers and Pistons to fight again in a nationally streamed game.

Especially when Wayne and Rashid started to fight again before the game.

"Basketball doesn't lie, and I'll use basketball to solve problems."

Wallace once again brought out his classic mantra at his regular pre-match press conference.

"Basketball doesn't lie, so the last time the Pistons lost to us by that many points, it was a testament to the strength of both sides. Maybe Rashid forgot what happened last time, it's okay, I'm willing to let him remember. ”

In the face of Rashid's provocation, Wayne stiffened back, and he did not become a good child because of the 15-game ban.

Seeing Wayne and Rashid spraying each other in the air, although they didn't wave their elbows, the Pacers fans still cheered: Ye Qing is back!

This is the Pacers, this is the temperament of this team.

Fake Pacers: I'm afraid of losing before the game is played, and I lost two straight games in three days.

True Pacers: I feel like I can win the game before it is played, well, at least I haven't lost in momentum.

Temperament, Wayne is very good.

Stern felt more nervous, you belong to the "school year" and want to take the holidays.

Just ban you 70 games next time, so as not to cause trouble!

In order to ensure that the game could go smoothly, Stern specially instructed several referees on duty that day: "Pick up your Italian whistle and blow it hard!" Whenever their confrontation is a little fierce, just blow the game away! ”

Truth be told, Stern doesn't care if the game is good or not.

It doesn't matter if this is the final scene of this Christmas battle.

Safety first, safety first!

Stern was so hard that he felt like he wasn't organizing a basketball game, but a crowd fight......

In this way, the two sides made a noisy arrival on Christmas Day on the 25th.

This time last year, Tony treated Wayne to a slice of pizza.

And this time of the year, Tony can only watch Wayne's game at home while eating pizza.

In this match, the battlefield of the two sides changed from the Palace of Auburn Hills to the Bankers' Living Arena.

Although it was Christmas Eve, it was still crowded outside the arena before the game began.

Many of them didn't even buy tickets for the game, but they just wanted to gather here and build momentum for the big fight.

In the interview, the reporter found that many of the people who came to watch the game were not actually Hindu fans.

Some people have come here from thousands of miles to fight this great battle.

This made the reporters wonder: "If you have to run far to see the game, why not go to Miami?" The game over there is obviously more star-studded, and as a neutral fan, watching the game over there will be a better viewing experience, right? ”

However, the fans' answers made the reporter instantly speechless: "Miami? There wasn't much to watch in that game, you wouldn't think Kobe Bryant and Shaq could really do it, would you? The two of them are also fierce, and they really have to see the long-standing showdown, and they have to see Wayne and Rashid! ”

The reporter just wanted to say a good thing at this time, "You are not a basketball fan, you are a fighting fan!" Excuse me. ”

In China, Chinese fans finally saw the figure of Wayne, the Chinese god of war, again after more than a month.

Today's live broadcast has just begun, and the ratings have reached a new season high.

Since the last fight, Wayne has become a legendary figure at home.

After all, everyone has only heard the news that Yao Ming was bullied by others before, but this time it was the Chinese players who bullied others, can the Chinese fans not like it?

Long face!

So Wayne's comeback first game, no Chinese fan wants to miss it.

"Today's Christmas war can be said to be a very coincidence! Wayne just met the Pistons in the first game of his comeback, hahahaha, it's really exciting to look forward to the process of this game. ”

"I just hope that Xiao Wei can control his emotions this time and win against others in the way of basketball."

Zhengping and Wei Ping, as soon as you say a word, you almost didn't directly open the commentary table to talk about cross talk.

A small sixth-man came back after being banned, but this formation was like an old hooligan coming back.

From this point of view, there is nothing wrong with banning 20 games.

Wayne, a player with a super high ability to absorb money, is a loss if he is banned for a single game!

The atmosphere of the big battle outside the stadium is so strong, let alone inside the locker room.

"Today I must take revenge!" Ji Tai kept yelling in the locker room, as if who didn't know that he dared to run rampant because there was no big book on the other side.

"Mmmm, okay, okay, I know you're good, stop yelling." Carlisle was very relieved of Atay, after all, he was the least threatening person when the last time the fight really started.

And with a recent 15-game ban, Atai must have been in a lot of pain. If he is banned again, Artay's salary loss this season will be too great.

No matter how impulsive a person is, he won't have trouble with money.

Therefore, Ji Tai should only be the one who shouts the most fiercely and hides the farthest.

Don't worry, duck don't worry.

And just like that, after a 15-game suspension, Wayne finally stepped onto the court in a Pacers jersey.

Under the gaze of hundreds of millions of eyes around the world, the two sides are together again!

When Wayne came on, he took a sharp breath of the air in the court.

It's really been a long time!

And at this time, behind the commentary table, Mike. Brin has also spoken to the fans about the game.

"The biggest attraction of today's game is to see if the return of Ron and Wayne can pull the Pacers out of the mud.

As we all know, the Pacers' record during this period has been very poor. Even after Jermaine and Stephen returned, things didn't get any better.

But today, the Pacers have all the key pieces of the puzzle together. Whether they can return to the top of the east, let's wait and see. ”

Wayne stepped onto the pitch and exchanged glances with Rashid.

Seeing Wayne looking at him, Rashid put on a "Come try?" Try it and you'll die".

To put it bluntly, it is tough with a hint of nervousness, there is no wave on the surface, and there is a lot of panic in the heart.

Seeing that Wayne did not continue walking towards him, but began to interact with a female fan in the stands, Rashid breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was scared to death by Ben Tianzun, and I thought I was going to be beaten again...... No, I thought I was going to be banned again. ”

On the other hand, Wayne actually didn't bother to confront Rashid at all.

Today, he has an important guest, and he doesn't have time to spray with Tianzun, who is being chased and beaten by himself.

"Hello, glad you're here."

Wayne approached the stands and shook hands with Sava behind the Pacers' bench with a collagen-all face.

"Of course it will come, Merry Christmas, Wayne."

"Merry Christmas, huh...... I'm not happy, it depends on whether I can win this match. ”

"Absolutely, keep it up. Everyone is waiting for you to come back, including me! Without your games, the NBA is a lot less fun. ”

"Fun...... "Are you talking about the fun of basketball, or is it some weird fun......

After a few brief pleasantries, Sava sat down silently and looked at Wayne, who looked at the opposite half.

On the other side, Artai looked at Wayne's back with gloomy eyes.

It's like a big Shura field.

"Damn, this kid really asked someone out. Moreover, it is actually a little intimate. "I don't know why, Atai feels so unwilling!

Can someone like Wayne date a girl? It's unreasonable!

Oh, the little girl now, just when she sees a little handsome boy, she loses her most basic judgment.

It's hard to meet a truly good man like me!

"Hey, what are you muttering to yourself, why don't you warm up quickly?" At this point, Wayne turned around and called out to Atay.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming. Hehe, Wayne, if something happens today, you must hurry up and run to me, I can protect you, do you hear? Atai's face changed instantly, and he ran to practice the ball.

It's really after the people, and the people are in front of the Tai.

Twenty minutes later, the starters of both sides took their assigned positions and the game was about to begin.

On the Pistons' side, because the suspension period of the most severely beaten Daben has not yet passed, they can only use the 36-year-old veteran Elden. Campbell plays as the starting five.

Campbell had a career peak performance of 21 points in 27 minutes in the 1991 Finals, and was a typical representative of the regular season playing dead and playing the finals.

But at this time, Campbell, who has reached the end of his career, is just an ordinary blue-collar insider, and there is no real threat.

Therefore, Carlisle has already decided - Wayne will start today, and Xiao Ao will play the No. 5 position!

This also means that Wayne and Tianzun will meet from the first second of the game!

Looking at Wayne's smiling expression, Tianzun was really a little panicked.

Carlisle: That's on purpose!

I just said it casually before the game, why are you still serious?

You're going to kill me as soon as you come up!?

I can't do it, everyone is an old acquaintance.

The game officially began, and O'Neal Jr. won the first attack for the Pacers.

The cheers at the scene were deafening, and the full lineup that fans had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared on the pitch again.

As soon as he came up, Wayne set up cover for Atay, who took the opportunity to shake off the little prince and hit a mid-range pullup jumper.

Atay, who returned from a 15-game suspension, scored the first point of the Christmas game for the Pacers.

"The Pacers are in great shape, and Wee and Ron have been out of the game for a while, but they're getting into the groove pretty quickly!"

Single-handedly with Wayne every day, can the state be bad?

When the narrator praised Atai, Atai himself had already floated.

"We're going to win this time, no one can stop me, no one!"

After Artey's goal, there was a mocking meal, and Billups looked at the 91 and couldn't help but shake his head.

Horse Egg Big Ben is not looking at what you can get.

The Pistons quickly fought back, so why would they want to lose to the Pacers?

I haven't fought before, so I have to get back to the court from basketball.

Billups borrowed Wallace to cover the break, but just two steps away from a breakaway ball gave the ball to Hamilton.

Hamilton faced Miller and wanted to go straight to the top.

But at this time, he saw that Rashid was going to take a position in the low position!

"Rashid and Wei, they started a duel as soon as they came up!"

The on-site referees were so nervous, I guess the last time they were so nervous was the day their wives gave birth.

Stern in front of the TV clasped his hands tightly, these two guys had better not do anything today!

Rashid receives the ball and tries to get closer to the basket.

The last time the two sides faced off, Rashid was abused in a fight, but he remembers that he had the advantage in the low post.

Wayne seemed to have a hard time fending off his own onslaught.

Well, in Rashid's eyes, falling down in embarrassment after being removed from the stool is called dominance.

So, today Rashid repeated his old trick and prepared to break Wayne from the low post.

The first time Rashid leaned back, he deliberately saved some effort. It can be seen that the last time he was smashed to the bottom, it still left a psychological shadow on Tianzun.

The result of saving force can be known, Tianzun didn't even advance half a step this time.

"Didn't eat? You're trying hard. Wayne began to force Lai Lai in Tianzun's ear, and if he didn't let him fight, then everyone would come to be gentle.

Well, it's really elegant and fragrant.

"." Rashid is indeed a little angry, and since that's the case, don't blame me for bullying people!

So for the second time, Rashid leaned back with all his might.

And then......

"Bang!"

With a bang, Rashid himself almost dropped the ball because of the fierce confrontation!

"This ......" Tianzun couldn't help but glance back, it was Wayne who was defending himself, yes!

When did this kid be so able to carry it in the low position?

"Are you straining? Don't kid me, Rashid. "Wayne is extremely proud, I'm rounding up the strength of 110, am I kidding you?

Well? How do you feel like it wasn't so high when you rounded it up last time?

it!

Seeing that he couldn't get in, Rashid unleashed his trademark turn-over straight-arm shot.

But Wayne blocked it as soon as possible, even for Tianzun, who had a high shooting point, this ball was quite tightly guarded, and the shot was very big.

The basket made a crisp sound, and Tianzun's first shot on Wayne's head knocked out of the frame!

"Tough defense, Wei has been impeccable in this defense!"

Wayne quickly reflexively grabbed the rebound, then shook his head at Rashid.

"Basketball never lies, boy."

"You're the boy, your whole family is a boy, no big or small!" Tianzun was so angry that he scolded on the spot.

Of course, this time his roar was all silently cursed in his heart.

On the field, the roar of the roaring Tianzun was no longer audible.

It seems that being beaten up is still quite a long memory.