Chapter 23: Winning the Jackpot

After Li Liang suffered the double blow of losing Warcraft and chess, he did not enter the [Almighty King] system when he slept at night.

He needs to rest and recover, otherwise the overuse of mental power will affect his physical health.

After a night's rest, on April 20th, Li Liang felt much better, and this time he was replaced to drive, all the way to Atlanta.

Unlike the quiet and romantic Memphis, Atlanta is distinctly more modern and sophisticated.

Memphis prides itself on jazz and FedEx, while Atlanta is home to some of America's most famous giants, such as Coca-Cola, Holiday Inn, and United Parcel.

It's undoubtedly a lot more noisy than Memphis.

Li Liang drove down the complex viaduct in Atlanta, off Highway 20, and directly to the Phillips Center on Atlanta's West Side.

Wei Dazhi booked a hotel near here, and after the four of them put their luggage, they ate something to fill their stomachs and went directly to the center to watch the game.

The game is played at 7 p.m. ET, and tonight's matchup is the Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks.

As a Celtics fan, Wei Dazhi was very excited before the game, he changed into Kevin Garnett's No. 5 jersey early, and took out his mobile phone to take a wonderful shot of the game.

But when the starters of both sides came on the stage, Wei Dazhi was dumbfounded, and Garnett didn't appear on the court at all!

Because the regular season is coming to an end, the Celtics, whose core players are older, choose to take a rotational break.

So none of the Big Three Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen were on it.

Even Rajon Rondo didn't play, with Rivers fielding a pure bench line-up of Bradley, Bass, Stiesma, Doolin and Pavlovich.

This is not to treat the Eagles as a person, let alone to see Wei Dazhi who traveled thousands of miles to Atlanta to watch the game.

Wei Dazhi, who didn't see the news in advance, was so grief-stricken that he almost rushed out of the audience, rushed to the Celtics bench, grabbed head coach Doug Rivers by the neck and asked him, "Pig's head!" You're not targeting me! ”

After seeing the policeman standing upside down on the sidelines, Wei Dazhi gave up this idea and sat down to watch the ball and take pictures.

Although Li Liang is not a Celtics fan, he can't see the Big Three of the Green Army on the field, and it is false to say that he is not disappointed.

Li Liangzhi also secretly made up his mind that if he entered the NBA in the future, he would never take turns off!

Of course, it's a bit too early for him to think so, and at his current level, it's hard to get into the NBA without a rotation.

Although there is no Big Three, the game still has to continue to watch, Li Liang calmed down and carefully watched the Celtic game.

The Celtics relied on defense to win the 2008 championship.

They have remained competitive in the East for several years, relying on tight collective defense.

It's a pity that Garnett, Pierce and other main players are not there, and the substitutes can only play part of their power.

Celtics guard Bradley left a deep impression on Li Liang, in the absence of the main force, he provoked the main beam at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the offense was frequently successful, and the defensive end was a continuous steal, which was very eye-catching on the court.

On the Hawks' side, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Hinrich and others are all powerful, and the Celtics, who are on rotation, can still maintain suppression.

At the end of the first half, the Hawks led by nine points heading into halftime.

Wei Dazhi has recovered from despair, is taking various pictures, and then uses his mobile phone to edit the post, ready to post it on the forum and pretend to be forced.

Zhu Shu and Bai Xiaoting's interest is more focused on selfies.

Compared with the FedEx Arena, the Phillips Center is a little more lively.

Li Liang wanted to buy something to eat, but at this time, a staff member walked up to Li Liang and asked for his seat number.

Li Liang told him the seat number, and the staff said: "You have been selected to participate in the halfcourt shooting lottery for a while, which will be held between the third and fourth quarters." Tell me your name. ”

"Bruce Lee." Li Liang replied truthfully, I didn't expect to be selected to participate in the event?

The NBA game is indeed not a simple game of ball, but a grand entertainment.

Before the game, there will be various people singing the national anthem, interspersed with many small games, small activities, sexy dances of the cheerleading team, and wonderful performances of the acrobatic team.

All in all, three hours will definitely dazzle people watching the NBA live for the first time, until they forget that they are watching a basketball game.

Li Liang was lucky to be drawn to participate in this event to win prizes by shooting.

This kind of event happens every game, and you can get a prize money for completing a half-time shot.

If tonight's winner doesn't succeed, then the prize money rolls over to the next one until someone wins.

Li Liang thought to himself, I don't know how much water is stored in Atlanta's prize pool.

The second half of the game started quickly, Wei Dazhi had no heart to watch the game, and he wished that the third quarter would end quickly, and Li Hao took the stage to shoot.

Finally, when the third quarter was about to end, the staff asked Li Liang to wait on the sidelines.

Wei Dazhi hurriedly took off his No. 5 jersey, handed it to Li Liang, and said, "Hurry up, put this jersey on!" ”

Li Liang threw the jersey back to Wei Dazhi: "You want me to die, wear the Celtics' jersey to the lottery in Atlanta!" ”

On the sidelines, the staff specially prepared an Eagles jersey for Li Lang, which was Josh Smith's No. 6.

"You're so tall, about the same as Josh." The staff sighed that Li Liang's jersey number and Smith were the same number.

Finally, the third quarter was over and the players were out.

Greeted by the host, cheerleaders, and mascot, Li Liang stood on the floor of Phillips Arena.

After a brief self-introduction, the host handed the ball to Li Liang, who stood on the halfway line and looked at the basket from a distance of 50 feet.

In the applause of the fans at the scene, Li Liang adjusted it, and then threw the ball to the basket with a chest push!

It's a pure test of the feeling in your hands, and a little luck!

Li Liang felt that his strength seemed to be a little bigger, and he didn't know if he could get in.

The ball flew out of a long arc, hit the white frame of the rebound, and then bounced into the basket!

"Oh! The ball is in! ”

Li Liang raised his arms and shouted! He really hit!

There was warm applause and cheers at the scene, and another lucky winner was born.

The host stepped forward to high-five Li Liang, and then told him that he had won a $60,000 prize for this throw.

60,000, it seems that the prize pool is not particularly large, but as a windfall, it is already very good.

With a huge check for $60,000 in his hand, the host interviewed Li Liang and asked him what he would do with the $60,000.

Li Liang said: "I came here with my friends today, and I will use the $60,000 with them, thanks to them, it has brought me good luck." Finally, I would like to say that my name is Bruce Lee, I am from China, a graduate of the University of Kentucky, an NCAA champion, and one day I will stand on the NBA court. Thank you, thank you. ”

After saying that, the short break between the third and fourth quarters had arrived, and Li Liang left the court with his check.

But his words still echoed over the stadium, and everyone was a little confused, who is this kid? Scored a midfield three-pointer and thought about getting into the NBA?

No one cared about Li Liang's words, everyone thought that this kid got 60,000 US dollars, probably crazy with joy.

"All great actions and thoughts have an insignificant beginning."