Lunch was generally pleasant, and Paul was not a difficult person to get along with in private, at least much better than Kobe.

Sun Ce and Paul didn't have any grudges overall, and they also changed the maximum point difference in the playoffs from 58 to 59,......

Kobe Bryant is very face-saving, every time he treats a guest, the ingredients, drinks and other aspects will not be bad, but he doesn't drink much, a few drinks is meaningful, and he has to play tomorrow.

And compared with Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian, Kobe Bryant needs to take care of his body more, while Nash only drank a little bit, didn't touch the wine glass again, and only tasted a little bit of everything.

It's just the first time they met after the New Year, Kobe Bryant had a meal, if he didn't have some expectations after retiring, Kobe Bryant would not have to call Sun Ce, and call Yi Jianlian, another spokesperson for the Chinese market, old friend and old teammate Nash, new teammate Paul and good partner Pau da Gasol to have dinner together.

In the afternoon, Yi Jianlian, Kobe, and Nash continued to play cards, Sun Ce, Da Gasol, and Lily Collins watched the stage play video brought by Da Gasol together, Sun Ce dozed off, and Lily Collins has been whispering to Sun Ce who those actors are, although they are not well-known in the eyes of the public, they are very famous among actors.

Zu Geese is playing games with Kobe's two daughters.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the small party ended, and Sun Ce took Zu Geese and Lily Collins to leave Beverly Hills in a taxi.

Sending Lily Collins to a villa in Manhattan Beach, Sun Ce, who came down first to help Lily Collins pull the car door, was about to get in the car and leave, Lily Collins sent out an invitation: "Are you free tonight?" I'm going to buy some ingredients, and I just got a recipe from Vanessa at noon that I want to try. ”

Sun Ce looked at the ancestral goose, and the ancestral goose nodded: "I'll help my sister cook together." ”

"It's an honor, I didn't expect you to be able to cook." Sun Ce opened the car door again, and Zu Ge got out of the car wrapped in a down jacket.

"I've lived alone in Los Angeles since I was 10 years old, and I always learn something," Lily Collins took Zu Gee's hand and walked towards the villa, "I kept my clothes in this house when I was a kid, and I didn't wear a lot of them, and I go with you to change clothes first, your beautiful clothes are too easy to get dirty in the kitchen." ”

Why do the ancestral geese want to cook together?

I just want to go into Lily Collins's home to have a look, compared to Sun Ce's simple villa, Kobe's old-fashioned decoration style villa, obviously Lily Collins's home is more in line with the aesthetics of Zu Goose.

"This house ......"

The corners of Sun Ce's mouth twitched, and he followed the two girls into the courtyard.

Sun Ce heard Vanessa say in the afternoon that Lily Collins and her father are legendary superstars who have won 7 Grammy Awards, 1 Academy Award for Best Film Song, and 1 Golden Globe Award for Best Film Song, and her mother is the secretary general of the California Women's Rights Association and the former president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club......

Entering Lily Collins' house, the maid turned on the heating on their way out of Beverly Hills, and after Lily Collins took Zu Goose to the room where her middle school clothes were kept, she took the maid to the supermarket.

Sun Ce sat and didn't know what to do, turned on the TV, watched a soap opera, and after a while, Zu Goose changed into a dress and came out.

"Brother, is it good-looking?"

Sun Ce glanced at it: "It's good-looking." ”

"It's perfunctory, then I'll change it."

“……”

"Brother, what about this one?"

"Wow! It's really beautiful, our family Juanjuan is the most beautiful! ”

"What a fake! I'll change it again. ”

“……”

"How's this one?"

"There is less girlishness, but more maturity, and there is a contrast with Juanjuan's temperament, but it is very good-looking!"

"Brother, it's really hard for you to be able to make up such a sentence to describe it, if it's not suitable, it's not suitable...... One day Juanjuan will grow up too! ”

“……”

……

An hour later, Sun Ce had no words to praise, he was speechless, this rich second-generation chick had too many clothes! The ancestral goose has changed more than 30 sets! It's all new! And my sister is not tired of this.

Finally, Lily Collins came back with the maid, and Sun Ce hurried to help the maid get something, not because he was polite as a guest, but because he didn't want to comment on Zu Ge's changed clothes.

After putting the things in the kitchen, Lily Collins said to the Zu Geese, who was wearing one set and two sets of clothes that she was happy with, and she didn't know which one to wear, "Does Lerena have a favorite outfit?" ”

"Yes, a lot, and a lot of them haven't been tried yet." The ancestral goose is so entangled.

"Then try slowly, don't rush."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Sun Ce, who had just returned to the living room from the kitchen, almost fell to the ground.

And many more?

Seeing Sun Ce's almost collapsed appearance, Lily Collins couldn't guess it, and said with a smile: "Let's not try it first, you can pick out which clothes you like, and I'll send them to your house." ”

"Really...... No, these clothes of yours are so expensive, I'll just try them on. Zu Goose said that he didn't plan to continue to pick, so he wore this one.

"No matter how expensive it is, I can't wear it, it's a waste to put it away, it's best if you like it, you look beautiful and have a good figure."

"How can you have a sister, you are beautiful, sister, you are the best model of the year in 08......"

"Lerina, you'll be prettier than me when you grow up......"

Sun Ce looked at the two girls who inexplicably began to praise each other, and didn't know what was going on, so they reached this stage.

The world of women is very difficult to understand!

……

Compared to the ancestral goose who cooks such as making poison, Lily Collins is really good at cooking!

Zu Goose was devastated and vowed not to cook for the rest of his life.

Cooking is also talented.

After dinner, Lily Collins took the goose to pick out clothes.

Zu Ge is very polite when he is polite, but when he is not polite, he is really not polite, and he has a posture of emptying all the clothes of his middle school days.

Sun Ce was eating happily here, and he was a little embarrassed to eat, asking others to be his female companion to attend a party at noon, and inviting others to dinner at night, his unlucky sister also took so many benefits from others, Sun Ce felt that he should repay it.

But how to reciprocate?

Giving a gift? It seems to be too raw, although it is indeed not very familiar, and today is the first real contact.

Suddenly, Sun Ce thought of something and said to Lily Collins, who was back in the living room: "Lily, No. 12 Taylor Swift is going to hold a concert in Memphis, are you free?" I'd like to invite you to come and see it. ”

"I do have time, my new movie will only start shooting in April, and I have been studying all this time, and it is good to go to the concert to relax, but do you have time?" Lily Collins replied.

"It was a day off, and it was back-to-back home games, the day before we played the Thunder at home, tomorrow we played the Lakers, and the day after tomorrow you can go to Memphis with us."

"Then it's agreed......"

……

……

Another night passed, and the time came on January 9th, and the last match day of the five consecutive visitors arrived.

Early in the morning, Zu Ge received a call from Lily Collins, and didn't let Sun Ce wake her up, so she excitedly took Sun Ce, who was just about to go to breakfast, to the restaurant, and Lily Collins came early in the morning.

While eating breakfast and listening to the conversation between the two, Lily Collins had already sent out the clothes chosen by Zu Ge in the morning, and it was estimated that she would arrive in a week, and she went to the Lakers to exchange for a ticket and sit next to Zu Gee.

Sun Ce didn't know how to complain about the express delivery in the United States, the green train transportation was not so slow, it was like a carriage pulling goods.

After breakfast, Sun Ce gave the credit card to Zu Ge, who went shopping with Lily Collins.

Although Lily Collins said that she didn't want Zu Ge to spend money, Sun Ce couldn't always take advantage of others and forcibly gave the card to Zu Gee.

Sun Ce came to the Staples Center with the team and began to prepare.

Consecutive away games, the whole team rested yesterday, no training was arranged, and there was not enough time to prepare.

But the Lakers are the same, the No. 7 Lakers also played, and was killed by Duncan, yesterday Kobe Bryant's family had dinner, obviously the Lakers did not practice yesterday.

Except for the fact that there is no geographical advantage in playing away, the rest is similar.

The shortened season, although not as brutal as the schedule of the 98-99 season, has a greater impact on the Lakers, whose core is mainly veterans, than the Grizzlies.

……

At 7:40 p.m., Sun Ce and his teammates entered the stadium after warming up, and the two teams began to make final preparations.

Sun Ce looked at the other party's ability evaluation.

"Kobe Bryant, Rating S, Offensive S+, Defensive A+......"

Looking at Kobe Bryant, who is 33 and a half years old on the other side, is still an S-level ability evaluation, Sun Ce doesn't know where to start complaining.

The defense has dropped a lot from last season, and the offense is still solid, that is, the investment on the defensive end has been reduced, and more energy has been put on the offensive end, and then it is still in the top five of the MVP list.

Pau Gasol, 31, competence evaluation...... S？ Averaged 18.5 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists per game? How can it be more powerful than last year? Wait, it seems that the sister-in-law will still be the first center in the East when she is 35 years old, and it seems that she will still be a second-team + All-Star starter at the age of 35......"

Sun Ce was surprised by Gasol's performance at the beginning of the season, which was a bit powerful this season, with career highs in rebounds and assists! The overall performance is not lost to Randolph! The key is efficiency, Da Gasol only played an average of 34 minutes per game this season, compared with Randolph, who played an average of 32 minutes per game and scored 21.5 points and 9.5 boards, the scoring efficiency is a little worse, and the rebounds cannot be compared together, but Da Gasol still has passes!

"After the absence of Bynum, the core position of Big Gasol is stable, showing his characteristics of getting older and more demonic?"

Sun Ce feels that the Lakers are still not easy to deal with!

Kobe Bryant, who is of S-level strength, is paired with the twin towers of A+-level Odom and S-level Gasol, and the Lakers role players are not as good as last season, Artest is not in good shape after changing his name to Ci Shiping, Sun Ce saw from the scouting report that it was caused by poor weight control, and he has been losing weight recently, and his shooting fell to the freezing point, and his ability evaluation Sun Ce also slipped to C-level.

Substitute interior Bland and Murphy combined are not as effective as Odom alone, Brand B-level ability evaluation, Murphy B-level.

Odom mentioned that the role of the starters on the offensive end is certainly not as good as Bynum's, and the Lakers' scoring is affected.

But still strong!

Originally, he thought that the Lakers were going to be finished, and he thought that even if the Lakers didn't use Odom and Da Gasol to replace Paul and was vetoed, if the Lakers traded Bynum for Howard in the future, it would basically be over.

And the battle between Big Gasol and Bynum for the core position of the interior will damage the Lakers' interior strength, and Bynum's character of death, God knows how he will die after playing a second-team season, but now the Lakers have made a fairly correct decision, Bynum replaced Paul.

Sun Ce looked at Paul in a suit behind the bench opposite, and when Paul returned, Sessions with B+ level strength returned to the bench, and the strength of the Lakers team will increase again.

Of course, when Paul just came back, maybe the strength of the Lakers would be affected, even if Kobe Bryant could cooperate, it was hard to say that Paul had just come back, after all, it was a comeback during the suspended season.

Sun Ce feels that not only the Spurs and Mavericks will be very troublesome in the next two or three years, if Kobe and Paul can cooperate together, Kobe Bryant should not be played invalid, Da Gasol has the strength to play until 2015 and can be selected for the second team, plus Odom, once these four play well, there will inevitably be role players to join, and the Lakers have just signed a 25-year 5 billion sky-high broadcast agreement, the owner's assets are the poorest in the NBA, but they are willing to spend money! No Luxury Tax will be spared!

Before the start of the season, it seemed that the Knicks robbed the Lakers and exchanged the reimbursed Paul for Bynum, who was about to enter his prime, but Sun Ce felt that this was saving the Lakers!

Maybe in the next three or four years, the Lakers will still be his grandson's fierce rival in the West!

However, this made Sun Ce feel very excited, he thought that Kobe Bryant last season should be the Kobe Bryant at the last peak of the team's strength, but now it seems that ...... Everything is still unknown!

……

At 7:58 a.m., both teams started the game.

The Grizzlies sent out the starting lineup of Son Ce, Nash, Paul George, Randolph and Gasol Jr.

On the Lakers' side, the starting lineup of Ramon Sessions, Kobe, Devin Ibanks, Odom, and Pau Gasol came on.

The Gasol brothers were finally in the same position from the start of the match.

Moreover, today my brother is very brave to come to the middle circle to jump the ball!

Looking at the starting lineup on the opposite side, Ci Shiping did not start today, and Sun Ce estimated that Mike Brown on the opposite side couldn't stand it.

At 8 o'clock, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, threw the ball into the air, and the Gasol brothers, both 215 cm tall, jumped at the same time...... The elder brother is the elder brother after all, and he defeated the younger brother to win the jump ball, and the Lakers attacked first.

After receiving the jump ball, Sessions quickly rushed to the front court, startling Sun Ce!

It's all S-level speed, and the opponent seems to be pushing a little faster with the ball than he seems to be advancing with the ball.

Fortunately, Sun Ce kept up with Sessions, and Sessions did not feint when he changed direction, and there was no need for feints at his speed...... And Sessions also does not have the ability to feint to change direction, Sun Ce predicted Sessions' change of direction, and the defensive end bonus of level 4 accelerated change of direction in the march was triggered, blocking Sessions who wanted to break into the interior line while Gasol Jr. had not retreated to the left side of the three-second zone.

Sun Ce's side was surprised by the speed of Sessions, this guy was not so confident when he was in the Timberwolves and Cavaliers before, and he played better in the strong team! Since the beginning of the season, he has averaged 11.5 points and 6 assists per game, and his ability in terms of speed is more confident.

However, Sessions was even more surprised that his surprise attack was actually blocked by Sun Ce!

Since the season has only just begun, the opponent is not familiar with him, a homeless man who has been in the bad team all year round, as long as the big Gasol jumper wins, he can basically start the game by surprise, just like Sun Ce in the rookie year.

This time, the Grizzlies were obviously not ready, but Sun Ce actually followed!

Looking at Sun Ce's body size, which was more than a lap older than himself, Sessions felt unreasonable!

And you can't get past this guy by changing direction!

Strong shooting is looking for a hat, and the guy opposite is temporarily at the top of the block list, and he was already the king of blocks last season. Sessions could only protect the ball from the three-point line and pass the ball to Odom as he ran.

Not to mention Sessions, the rest of the Lakers were also surprised, they saw Sessions make a quick raid, and they were full of actions to come to the frontcourt, but Sun Ce actually followed!

Especially Kobe, he heard that after Sun Ce trained with him, he did a lot of strength training in Los Angeles, and his explosiveness in the new season has been greatly improved, thinking that Sun Ce's speed will definitely be affected.

This was Bryant's experience, he gained 105 kilograms that year, which led to a decline in agility and speed, and he was injured as a result, and later had to lose weight back to 98 kilograms, and in the past two years he has lost 93 kilograms.

Just watching the live broadcast or video of the game, it is not easy to see whether Sun Ce's speed has been affected, first, he is not the one who has a single defense on the outside, and secondly, even if Sun Ce's speed has dropped a little, he is still the top in the league, and it is not easy to see it when watching the video.

Now Bryant has seen Sun Ce follow the surprise attack of Sessions, the fastest teammate he has ever partnered, and the anti-change breakthrough explosion speed is also extremely fast...... He also felt unreasonable!

If you say yes, this guy has good static physical fitness, and dynamic physical fitness will limit the upper limit?

The bullet speed and explosiveness are getting better and better, and now the lateral footsteps and explosive speed on the defensive end are getting better and better!

Although the Lakers players were surprised, after they fell into position, Kobe Bryant and others focused their attention, and Odom gave the ball to Big Gasol in the low post, and Big Gasol began to beat his younger brother again.

Last year's playoffs when Pau Gasol did not perform well against Randolph, and people thought he was going to fail, especially after such a long suspension.

But the long shutdown instead gave Pau Gasol a chance to rest and let him play his second-best season since joining the Lakers!

Under the leadership of Pau Gasol, the Lakers began to grind their positions, and the Grizzlies also began to attack in positional battles.