Time flies, and it's almost Christmas in the blink of an eye.

In the past month or so, the alliance landscape has undergone new changes.

In the West, the Timberwolves' record continues to decline and has fallen to fifth place in the West.

The Lakers also fell from the top of the Western Conference due to O'Neal's continued absence.

But it's not the Mavericks who climb to the top, it's the Kings.

The first few teams in November were in full swing, and the Kings stood quietly behind.

When it came to December, they had a wave of impact and directly rushed to the top.

Adelman's Princeton showed unprecedented strength against a joint defense.

This Kings team is having their best time.

In the East, the Nets continued their solid performance, but another team came out on top.

Boston Celtics.

They squeezed past the Pistons and Nets in a row to get to the top of the Eastern Conference.

In November, the Celtics were still going through the run-in, but after entering December, everyone found that the team was amazingly strong after the run-in.

And the man who made all that change was their head coach, Rick Carlisle.

After a failed season, Cardinal Auerbach, who had retired from the background, went to Portland and brought Carlisle, then assistant coach of the Trail Blazers, over.

Carlisle had an average career, but spent all of his time in Boston, where he won the 1986 NBA championship with the likes of Larry Bird.

He is also a meritorious player of the Green Shirts, and Auerbach personally invited him, and he could not refuse.

And the Celtics gave him enough respect and directly let him be the head coach.

In the preseason, he didn't coach because he had personal matters to deal with, and waited until the regular season to start taking over.

Since taking over at the end of October, his performance has not only not disappointed the management, but can even be said to have greatly exceeded it.

NBA coaches can be roughly divided into four categories, offensive, defensive, chicken soup, and all-round.

In this era, there are the most defensive coaches, and the least are all-rounders.

All-round coaches of the new century, Phil Jackson, Popovich, and Carlisle.

Don't think Carlisle doesn't have the top two for long.

As soon as Carlisle entered the Pistons, Carlisle turned the Pistons' record from 32 wins to 50 wins and won the best head coach.

After switching to the Pacers, he also let the green and yellow Pacers directly return to the first echelon in the East.

If it weren't for the "Palace of Auburn Hills" incident, he would have had a chance to win the championship in Indiana.

Of course, there is the most well-known Dallas 2011, the NBA's greatest championship.

In one sentence, whichever team he goes to, he can make that team take off.

That in itself speaks volumes.

To be more intuitive, in 2K, Carlisle is in the first gear with Popovich.

Now that history has changed, Carlisle was brought in to the Celtics, and it became the Celtics who took off.

Not only did he make the Celtics' offense and defense improve tremendously, but more importantly, Antoine Walker, the most disobedient of all, was obedient.

As a rookie coach, it's really unbelievable to be able to do this.

A quote from Walker in the interview may explain why.

"He's a real coach, there's no tactics he doesn't understand, and he's always able to figure out the best way to deal with it in the shortest possible time in the game."

Carlisle, purely by virtue of his strong individual ability, conquered the players.

While lamenting Carlisle's outstanding ability, I also have to feel Auerbach's insight.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jerry West was the man who changed the league in the new century, and in the last century, Auerbach was the leader.

That's the guy who makes Stern jealous sometimes.

The Celtics will also be the Mavericks' opponent in the Christmas game.

The Mavericks have not yet met the Kings, and several giants in the West have played all over the place, and now they are going to start fighting with the East.

The Mavericks coaching staff also took this game seriously.

In addition to being a strong matchup, this Christmas game is played at home.

On this kind of "New Year" day, the team naturally hopes that the fans can see a victory.

On the day of the game, Sun Hao trained more in the system the night before.

While he was asleep, he heard the sound of glass downstairs.

He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to take a look, where he found Cecilia on the ground, the glass bottle of water shattered.

The glass shattered to the ground, and the water spilled Cecilia's body, and her clothes were clinging to the flesh.

What's more, Cecilia's hand was cut quite widely.

He reacted quickly, turned upstairs and got a first aid kit, and came over to quickly help Cecilia bandage her.

Fortunately, the opening is not particularly long, otherwise if he has to get stitches, Sun Hao can only call the private doctor over.

Sun Hao helped Cecilia to sit on a stool, and then used a broom to clean up the glass shards.

"I'm sorry."

Cecilia was full of apologies.

Sun Hao hired her, but Sun Hao was allowed to work.

"It's nothing, be careful next time, if I'm not at home, you won't be able to handle it alone."

Cecilia is still very satisfied, very professional and eye-catching.

"You don't seem to have a good face?"

When Sun Hao spoke, he noticed that Cecilia's condition was not very good.

He remembered that Cecilia had done two jobs by herself, and it seemed that she had to add one more.

As for the question of money, he could actually consider adding a little more.

Cecilia glanced at him, her gaze unconsciously shifting, and then turned her head away.

Sun Hao lowered his head suspiciously, only to find that he had just gone downstairs in a hurry, only wearing big pants.

It is inevitable that men will have some physiological reactions when they come together in the morning, and they are still in the sky at this time.

The scene was slightly embarrassing, and Sun Hao walked upstairs quickly.

When he got dressed and his pants came down, he looked at Cecilia again, and he suddenly remembered something.

He had promised to visit Cecilia before, but he had forgotten about it because of Scarlett's presence.

It just so happened that after getting along for such a while, he went to find out about Cecilia's family situation and see if he needed his help or something.

and Cecilia reminded him of the previous matter, and made a new appointment after Christmas, and Sun Hao then went out.

He went to the airport first, and Scarlett would go to see the game in the evening, and Christmas would be with him.

It was also their first Christmas together.

Sun Hao had already prepared flowers and gifts yesterday, and took them out when he picked up Scarlett in the car.

It was a travel album that he had Gu Yi order at a great price.

They are all people who like to travel, but they don't have much time to go out because they are busy with work.

This album contains a lot of photos of well-known attractions, and they are all in high definition.

This is equivalent to letting Scarlett see the scenery in advance, and when she sees where she looks, they can go directly together in the offseason.

Scarlett liked this gift very much and kissed Sun Hao several times.

Feeling the coolness on his face, Sun Hao felt that it was not so difficult to fall in love?

Thinking about it, he grabbed the steering wheel of the Lamborghini he had just bought with one hand and left the airport with one foot on the accelerator.

The two went straight to the arena.

But on the way there, Sun Hao remembered something.

Christmas is to be spent in the villa at night, and if Cecilia and Scarlett collide together, it will be somewhat misleading.

"I have a dietitian who usually lives with me and is responsible for three meals a day."

Sun Hao simply said Cecilia in advance.

"It's okay, if he doesn't go back, he can eat with us in the evening."

Scarlett didn't pay much attention.

Sun Hao saw Scarlett's reaction and felt that he liked her more and more.

The American Airlines Center Arena was full that night.

Fans dragged their families to show the hot football market in Dallas.

Before the game, Nash's fan was still waiting for him to sign autographs at the entrance of the tunnel.

True love is undoubted.

The atmosphere before the game was relaxed and cheerful.

However, after the game started, the Mavericks found that tonight's opponent was particularly difficult.

Gasol's strategy was developed by Carlisle, and Walker's perfect all-around power forward was a perfect all-around power forward, coupled with Pierce's consistent output.

The Celtics' offense was unleashed by Carlisle.

And back on the defensive end, Carlisle used a combination defense that allowed Walker and Pierce to protect Gasol well.

Of course, this is not the most critical, the most important thing is Carlisle's tactics and on-the-spot command, which is really much richer than the old Nelson.

The first quarter was tied, the half-time difference was 2 points, and the third quarter was tied, and the two teams played until the last minute.

Sun Hao also felt for the first time what it means to be a master tactician.

Even coaches have geniuses.

No wonder even Walker was willing to listen to Carlisle.

At the last moment, Gasol continued to beat Lafrentz with his feet to win, and the latter was a little out of temper.

Just when everyone's eyes were drawn to Yao Ming, Gasol seemed to use this performance to tell everyone that he also has the ability to chase this year's best rookie.

In the final moments, Pierce's countdown hit the basket twice before falling into the net.

The Celtics beat the Mavericks 101-99.

Not every time luck will be on the Mavericks' side.

Pierce had 22 points, Walker had 23 points and Gasol had 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

The Celtics played like a big three.

After the game, the players returned to the locker room one after another.

Sun Hao and Nowitzki went to the press conference.

Losing the Christmas battle must have made people a little unhappy, but Sun Hao didn't care too much.

'No team wins all the time and this game is a reminder that the season is long and we can't take it lightly at any time.

Sun Hao's words are also on point.

With so many strong teams won in front, the Mavericks' mentality will change more or less.

In this kind of high-attention game, losing is not necessarily a bad thing.

'I think for the rest of the day, we need to forget about games like this and enjoy Christmas.'

He also turned the attention of the fans away at the end.

Of course, that's not exactly a polite remark.

When he returned to the locker room to greet his teammates, and by the way, he gave his teammates the small gifts prepared in advance, and Sun Hao then left first.

Scarlett is still waiting to spend Christmas with him.

Drive back to the villa and the lights inside are on.

Sun Hao led Scarlett into the door, and he called out Cecilia, but no one answered.

When he entered, he found that Christmas dinner was already ready on the table.

There was also a note pressed next to the turkey plate.

It says that she is going home for Christmas and asks him not to consume excessive food.

After Sun Hao read it, he felt that the salary would be increased later.

It's so intimate.

"Your dietitian, is it a woman?"

Scarlett was stunned for a moment.

She didn't seem to expect that the nutritionist Sun Hao said was a woman.

When Sun Hao mentioned it before, he didn't talk about gender.

Living together, she thought it was a man.

Sun Hao immediately realized that the two seemed to have an oolong during the day.

He also said that Scarlett didn't care so much.

But his brain reacts fast enough.

"Yes, my body fat content has fluctuated a bit a bit lately, and I need to adjust it, eat small meals and eat more often, and she lives in her own house most of the time."

Sun Hao explained.

Scarlett nodded and didn't ask again.

Sun Hao took a long breath when he saw this, and it seemed that he still had to rearrange a place for Cecilia to live.

After all, now that he and Scarlett have confirmed their relationship, the situation is different from when they were single before.

Scarlett's attention is quickly drawn to the magpie and the two cats.

Especially the lion cat, who has more relatives than Sanhua, rubs Scarlett's foot back and forth, and establishes his position in Scarlett's heart at once.

"Nice, pretty"

However, compared to magpies, the lion cat is clumsy.

After all, no matter how nice it is, it won't be able to speak.

Sun Hao kept his contempt for the magpie in his heart, but he didn't show it this time.

Anyway, these guys successfully diverted Scarlett's attention tonight, which can be regarded as a meritorious service.

After teasing the cat for a while, the two of them began to eat Christmas meals.

There are still many varieties of food for Christmas meals in the United States.

Turkey, trunk cake, almond pudding, gingerbread, polenta......

Cecilia had most of it ready.

And one of the interesting things is that under each ingredient, there is a standard number of calories, which is the most special thing about this meal.

Scarlett was laughing when she saw it.

It's just that the smile made Sun Hao feel a little cool behind him.

To be honest, he admired Cecilia the most and nothing else.

It's true.

The two of them chatted while eating.

When lovers first start, there are always endless topics to talk about.

After eating, they sat down on the sofa together to rest, and waited until 12 o'clock when the choir came to the door to send them blessings.

This Christmas, compared to last year, Sun Hao has really lived a lot more fulfilling.

After 12 o'clock, he was tired, Sun Hao asked Scarlett to sleep in the room and prepared to sleep on the sofa.

"You'll just sleep here."

But what Sun Hao didn't expect was that Scarlett asked Sun Hao to sleep with her!

Sun Hao wanted to refuse, but a word came out of his mouth.

"Okay."

This scene amused Scarlett.

However, the two of them slept separately, and Sun Hao really couldn't do anything.

It's just that he's feeling like the other day again.

I can't sleep.

Scarlett was sleeping next to her, and there was no way he could turn on the computer and go to the teacher to study.

Tossing and turning, he felt that he should have rejected Scarlett's offer just now and gone to sleep on the couch.

"Sun."

Just then, Scarlett opened her mouth and called out to him.