The timeout called by the Celtics this time is actually good for our Lakers, after all, we are actually on the side with poor physical fitness, although after entering the state, we will feel that our body is full of infinite energy, but the body still has a limit, and excessive use of our body will always leave a lot of problems.

During the timeout, head coach Silver Fox Harris made some more detailed arrangements for the last three minutes of the game, and none of us wanted to lose such a back-to-back away game, especially when the fruits of victory were about to fall into our pockets, and we hoped to be able to eat it completely.

The Celtics must have increased the speed of the game in the final moments, but the Silver Fox Harris did not let us deliberately press the time, but told us that if we have the opportunity to counterattack at the first time, then we must seize the opportunity to launch a fast break at the first time, because the more we are at this critical moment, the more we have to let go of our hands to play, and it is not necessarily a wise choice to just keep that little lead, especially when we still have several powerful fast break initiation points and endpoints on the court.

Shaq and I glanced at each other, a rare smile on each other, it seems that the tacit understanding between me and Shaq has been initially generated, to be honest, Shaq character aside, in fact, he is indeed a good teammate to rely on, if the players of this Lakers team can establish enough tacit understanding with each other, then we must be able to beat any team in the league.

The only thing you may need to worry about is to pay attention to the invasion of injuries, and only by protecting our players' own bodies can we have the capital of revolution to attack the O'Brien Cup, which seems to be out of reach but is actually fully within reach.

If you don't put in 200% of your efforts, how do you know what kind of potential you can have, after understanding this, I smiled again, and my mind gradually relaxed.

After the timeout, I saw the Celtics change their lineup again, put their center on the court again, and it seems that the previous tactics didn't get the results they wanted, and another striker, who looks quite athletic, should be mainly for the defense of Eddie Jones or me.

It is estimated that the Celtics feel that my athleticism on the offensive end is really a bit powerful, and it is difficult for Antoine Walker to limit my breakthrough alone, so I replaced it with a center and a more athletic striker, so I suddenly feel that their player changes are aimed at me, thinking of this, the corners of my mouth unconsciously showed a wry smile, being able to be targeted, this feeling is actually quite amazing.

After coming on the court, the Celtics' offense increased the speed of attack, even if they didn't have such a good chance, it seems that they are starting to want to attack early, after all, time is running out, if they can't close the gap as soon as possible, then the chances for them will be smaller and smaller.

Antoine Walker showed his potential at this time, as Antoine Walker, who was also a draft pick of the 96 golden generation, was as high as No. 6, which was more than double my pick anyway, which also reflects that he does have quite strong practical ability and good potential.

When playing against me, Antoine Walker has a certain height and weight advantage, but he doesn't seem to be the kind of player who particularly likes to use back-to-back singles, but plays more often without the ball, probably because the Celtics' own tactical arrangement is more inclined to team offense, so it seems to ignore his offensive advantage.

But now when it comes time to score, the other points have been heavily defended, and they seem to have only one offensive point on the court, Antoine Walker, who can still have a bit of single-handedness, so they started to let Antoine Walker play alone against me.

With the previous experience of defending the glider Drexler and Iverson, in the face of Antoine Walker's singles, I actually have the bottom in my heart, he doesn't seem to be the kind of player who likes to rely on physical advantages, after receiving the ball, he made tentative steps and triple threats in front of me, I didn't have any reaction, because I knew that with his speed it was difficult to break through my defense directly, and he shouldn't pass the ball after pulling away, so he should only choose to shoot.

In fact, it seems that Antoine Walker's single moves are a bit similar to those of Melon Cameron Anthony, using tentative steps to find weaknesses in the opponent's defense, and then making a quick stop for a mid-range jumper.

Thinking of this, I raised my hand in front of his eyes, trying to interfere with his vision, and my body was also in a state of half-leaning forward, so that I could keep up with him in time when he chose to break through, and at the same time, if he completely broke through me, there was no way to completely let me lose his position in the first place.

Antoine Walker, on the other hand, seems to be doing what I want, his three threats and tentative steps are actually a façade, and the real purpose is to find an opportunity for my defensive center of gravity to deflect, and then he can shoot directly and decisively.

is really a skilled rookie, I have to say that the rookies of the 96 golden generation are really quite powerful, from Iverson to Marcus Camby to Antoine Walker, to Marbury, Ray Allen, and O'Neal Jr., and of course, Kobe.

This year's draft is extremely good in terms of combat power and potential, and they have already shown their strength in just one or two months after entering the league, and the 96 golden generation will be the mainstay of the league for many years to come, until the arrival of the 03 golden generation.

Of course, at least now it seems that it is still very early for the 03 golden generation to enter the league, but next year Tim Duncan will enter the league, and his interior twin towers composed of Admiral David Robinson will be able to instantly improve the Spurs' combat effectiveness by several notches, and under the leadership of Popovich, it will become one of the strongest opponents of our Lakers in the West for many years to come.

Kevin Garnett is a rookie in '95, and Dirk Nowitzki will also enter the league in '98, so the great power forwards of the new century will basically enter the league, and their teams are basically Western teams, which means that I will have a lot of opportunities to play against them in the future. 、

It's actually more difficult for Antoine Walker to single-handedly play me, because in fact, although his personal skills are not bad, but they are not up to the top skills, and his physical fitness is not as good as mine, but his weight and strength will be slightly better than mine, but under my excellent individual defense ability, it is difficult for him to score directly against me.

At this time, he shot directly after using the tentative step, and it is estimated that he also found that I am unlikely to eat his feints, so he will not find the right time to break through, so it is better to use his greatest advantage height to shoot directly.

And this shot is actually what I expected, but his tentative steps actually have a certain effect, at least I can't completely force him very tight, and he finally got a chance to shoot with his height.

And his chance to shoot still helped the Celtics get a very bleeding two points, I was not able to completely interfere with his shot, but in fact, his shot still has a bit of luck in it.

Because this ball was hit after hitting the board head-on, it means that his shooting strength has actually been affected by me, and it is only by relying on good luck that he can hit the board head-on, because under normal circumstances, no one will aim at the rebound position to shoot.

Shaq didn't hesitate to send the ball to me, he knew I should be quick to find a quick opportunity to attack, and Shaq rushed to the court as soon as he served.

Shaq rushed up at full strength, as his other nickname said, a big diesel engine, full of power and unstoppable feeling, at this time his speed was fully up, not inferior to ordinary forward players, and even those Celtics retreating players still ran behind Shaq.

Seeing Shaq so actively counterattacking quickly, I didn't hesitate to break through directly along the right bottom line, the most important reason why I chose to break through the right bottom line is that I don't want to block the space for Shaq to cut into the inside line, and when I broke through to the bottom line along the right side, Shaq also just rushed into the inside line.

My breakthrough itself has attracted two Celtic players to defend, one of whom is also the center of the Celtics, and it seems that one of the important reasons why he was sent on the court was to limit my breakthrough.

I broke along the right baseline and completely drew the attention of the Celtics center to the point where he had to come out of the box to block me, so that Shaq had a relatively good opportunity to cut inside.

When I threw the ball directly high, over the head of the Celtic center who rushed to defend me, and then fell directly into the hands of Shaq, who also had two Celtic players next to him, but when Shaq appeared under the penalty area, his huge body and unrivaled momentum directly startled these Celtics players who wanted to defend.

Originally, he wanted to move his body, but it was estimated that he was directly frightened and ran out of strength at this time, so he could only watch Shaq jump high, easily smash the ball into the basket with both hands, and after finishing, he didn't forget to pull it on top of the basket fiercely, so that the whole basket made a burst of sound.

You must know that Shaq had already dipped over a lot of baskets and even baskets when he was on the Magic team before, and the league had to strengthen the strength of the basket for this reason, on the one hand, the basket was separated from the originally linked rebound, so that the basket was combined with the basketball bracket at the back, so as to prevent the violent shaking of the basket from causing the rebound glass to be directly broken.

And the basketball bracket has also been reinforced many times, and finally it can barely resist the destruction of Shaq's monster, but I have to say that Shak's beast-like dunk action is indeed very ornamental and shocking.

Every time Shaq dunked, the Celtics home fans couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamations, and I heard this sound when I flew over the Celtics guards when they dunked, which was really interesting and made me feel an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

The thought of being able to pull off that amazing dunk in front of so many championship flags and retired jerseys in this North Shore Garden arena, and having a chance to win a valuable back-to-back away game here, fills me with an indescribable sense of pride, a sense of pride to be part of the Purple and Gold, and a sense of pride to be able to beat the Celtics.

The feeling became stronger and stronger, and the more I wanted to play, the biggest manifestation was to become more aggressive on the defensive end, even a little bit crazy.

At this time, the difference between our Lakers and the Celtics was still eight points, and they finally relied on the two points won by Antoine Walker and were easily snatched back by our Lakers at this time.

And the time of the game is passing minute by minute, and there is no intention of stopping.

I can already see a trace of confusion and hesitation in Antoine Walker's eyes, and this look of his is exactly what I want to see, at this time, when he is sick and wants to kill him, the more hesitation and confusion he has, the more I have to exert my strength against him.

When Antoine Walker received the ball, I pressed him straight on the spot, and he hadn't even been able to get out of the Celtics' half-court free throw line, and he naturally wouldn't have imagined that my press would come so quickly, so quickly, that he would be cut off by me when he was completely unexpected.

The moment I cut off his ball and crossed his body, I could clearly see the desperation in his eyes, which was the desperation that declared the game over, and I didn't stop at all, after cutting off the free throw in his hand, I jumped high and completed the extremely short steal with a gliding one-handed slam.

The Celtics fans on the sidelines were completely stunned by what they were looking for, and they fell into a long silence, but then in place of that silence was a chorus of boos that I knew were directed at their home team and their No. 6 rookie this year, Antoine Walker.

I don't know what Antoine Walker's mood was like at this time, I don't know what kind of mark this ball will leave in our matchup, and I don't know if he will think about the despair in his eyes when he recalls this ball in the future.

Either way, our Lakers team won the game with my steal and dunk on the spot, and the next minute passed quickly, because the Celtics had completely lost the power to resist under the repeated bombardment of me and Shaq, and as the last second of game time passed, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Our Lakers players hugged each other and celebrated this rare back-to-back away trip.

Compared to the previous two back-to-back defeats on the road, this win is very meaningful for us as a Lakers team, and it shows that we can play our best in back-to-back games on the road, and we will definitely show that quality again in future games.

After the game, Shaq and I were surrounded by a crowd of reporters, but I was a bit prepared for that, and when they asked all kinds of questions, I answered them relatively well.

After this period of competition, I have gradually come to understand a truth, as long as you are still playing in the league, then you must maintain a relatively good relationship with these media reporters, at least not too bad, because your personal image needs to be shaped through the media a lot of times.

And those fans don't really know what the NBA is like, they only learn about the players through the media, so I don't want to offend the media because of some small things, so I need to waste more energy dealing with these things.

I just want to play well during the game and have my own personal space after the game, which is very important for me and the least amount of interference from the media is the better, because I really don't really like to deal with these media and journalists.

So I quickly learned a set of perfunctory routines for media and journalists, and of course this is actually out of a helpless choice, if they don't ask some questions that are too intrusive on my personal privacy, I am still quite willing to answer their questions honestly and seriously.

After the post-game press session, I continued to shower in the same way as I did after the game against the Philadelphia 76ers, alternating between cold and hot water.

This can really speed up my physical recovery, and few NBA players seem to know this way to speed up my physical recovery in this era, in fact, I talked to Eddie Jones about this topic before the game, and he seemed quite interested in it, and kept asking me how it actually worked.

I don't know if Eddie Jones will use my method to recover in the HOU, but if he does try to do it after listening to my introduction, he will definitely find that it is a very good way to help the body get rid of the soreness of the previous game faster.

Of course, there is no way to recover from fatigue accumulation all at once, and in the long NBA season, there will always be a continuous accumulation of fatigue points, and the bodies of our players are actually very fragile under the overly dense schedule, so it is also worth investing energy to take care of our precious bodies after the game.

Naturally, the fatigue accumulated from these two days of competition could not be completely eliminated by just taking this hot and cold bath, so I decided to take Jessica and the others out to find a good place to have some supper, and also replenish the nutrients lost by my body.

According to the agreement, Jessica was still waiting for me at the entrance of the competition venue, and to be honest, I had been taking a shower for a little longer, and it didn't seem good to let her wait for me alone in the cold winter wind.

When I saw Jessica's figure, she also quickly rushed into my arms, I hugged her soft body tightly, and felt that the whole person became much more comfortable, and I was very happy to win two games in a row.

And the opponent in these two games is Iverson, the top pick, and the other is the No. 6 rookie Antoine Walker, through these two games, I should also prove that the No. 13 rookie is not false at all when facing them.

Although it was a small surprise to have Iverson score more than 50 points, I did manage to score a career-high 30-plus points and take away the victory from Philadelphia, so I didn't lose in that sense.

Iverson is very fast, but in fact, it is not that there is no way to defend him, and I will definitely find a way to get the video tape of yesterday's game in the future, and even carry it in my luggage like Michael Jordan's game video, and when I want to watch it between games, I will take it out and look at it, analyze and learn from Iverson's technical moves, and think about what I can improve on the defensive end.

In fact, if I just play the game by myself, I will ignore a lot of details in the game, and this point needs to be solved by watching the game video.

When you look for your own shortcomings in the game by watching the game video, you will find a lot of problems that you can't find in the game, and some of these problems are actually very obvious, and you don't even need someone to point them out to you, you will be very clear in your own heart.

And some of the more classic game footage is also very worth watching over and over again, and every time you watch them, you may be able to gain new insights and gains.

And the probability of this happening is still very huge, for example, when I watch Michael Jordan's game footage, I can get different things by watching the same game over and over again.

Because the focus is different every time you watch these tapes, Jordan's seemingly relaxed movements contain a lot of information that is completely impossible to understand just by watching them once.

For example, when Jordan is playing with his back to the singles, the details of choosing the position of the singles, the position of his teammates, and the feints of his body and the position of his eyes are very important.

It's only when I've experienced similar scenes and defenses to him in the game that I suddenly think of the scenes in those tapes, and I may have a feeling of suddenly becoming aware, as if I finally understood why Jordan made such shots in those tapes, and what techniques were used for these shots.

As I think deeper, my technical movements will gradually improve.

I took Jessica's hand and slowly walked out of the square of Boston's North Shore Garden Arena, which was quite lively at night, with many young couples walking together in pairs, enjoying the warmth that each other brought to each other.

A cold wind blew, and I hugged Jessica straight into my arms, and it may not be long before it starts to snow in these places, but I am looking forward to having a snowball fight with Jessica one day.

In my previous life, I lived in a relatively low latitude, so I really haven't seen a few snowy scenes in my short life in a few decades, and this year I will definitely see a lot of snowy scenes.

Los Angeles is expected to snow in the next few days, this game is over, and the day after tomorrow, our Lakers will be a guest in Detroit, the motor city, and the game against the Pistons will be the last game of this November.

Thinking about how time flies, a month has passed, and I have gradually adapted to the rhythm of the NBA game, of course, only a month has passed, maybe the rookie wall will come to my head one day, but until then I still have to enjoy my recent good game.

However, it's okay to say that time flies slowly, after all, there are still so many months to go through this long season, and I am really grateful to fate to have a beautiful girl like Jessica with me during this long season, she is really becoming more and more important to me.

Jessica snuggled in my arms, and we walked on the road like the most ordinary couple, but we were both slightly taller than the average person, so we still attracted a lot of eyes from around me from time to time, and I was used to these eyes, after all, I had to face tens of thousands of pairs of eyes during the game.

As I walked, I was discussing with Jessica where I was going to go for supper tonight, and my proposal was something rich in animal protein, like steak, and Jessica looked down and pondered for a moment, then told me that she remembered where we were going.

After more than 10 minutes, Jessica and I got out of the taxi, and a large seafood restaurant appeared in front of me, and Jessica told me that since I was in Boston, I might as well try the delicious Boston lobster named after the city.

In fact, Boston lobster is not unique to Boston, it is found everywhere in the United States, and it has become a very important part of Americans' seafood consumption.

When we were at Jessica's house before, Jessica and I used to cook a few Boston lobsters, which are relatively large enough to weigh about 500 grams to a kilogram, and they are delicious, have a high protein content, and most importantly, the amount of meat is also quite guaranteed, which is a good food source for human beings to provide high-quality protein.

Today we have the opportunity to taste what Boston's Boston lobster tastes like.

After walking into this seafood restaurant, we found that the business here is still quite good at this time, in fact, American restaurants generally do not have a particularly high attendance rate, because they have so many types of food to choose from, so when choosing a place to eat, there are generally not too many people.

And the more high-end the restaurant, the fewer people will be in it, in addition to the pursuit of the food itself delicious, people pay more attention to the dining environment.

The importance of the dining environment is sometimes even far above the food itself, of course, the quality of the food is also the most basic aspect of the restaurant, only with good food quality is the cornerstone of a good restaurant.

I really like the decoration style of this seafood restaurant, which belongs to the simple and atmospheric style, and the shop has a feeling of being in front of the sea, which makes people extremely comfortable and relaxed.

Looking at Jessica again, judging from her expression, she seemed quite satisfied with the dining environment here, after all, it was the place she chose to eat supper, and when I asked her how she knew about this place, she smiled mysteriously at me, and just said that it was a little secret.

I smiled and kissed Jessica on the cheek, then took her hand and walked to the private room.

Instead of dining in the lobby of this restaurant, we chose a quieter private room with a simpler but comfortable décor, and we sat in our seats, waiting for the delicious meal to arrive.

"Jessica, do you think we're going to the Boston Public Library, or the Kennedy Library, or both, tomorrow, because we won't have a chance to visit Boston again this season."

"If we have enough time, let's go to both libraries, and I heard that the Kennedy Library was designed and built by the famous Chinese architect I.M. Pei."

"Well, I've heard that the Boston Public Library and the Kennedy Library both contain some information about former American presidents, and if we can find this level of information, will we have a chance to find information about Sir Faustin?"

"We don't know when Sir Faustin first came to our plane, whether he has lived in this world since very old times, or whether he has just been shuttling back and forth at several important points in history, and he must have been doing different things in different capacities, it seems that it is difficult for us to track down things about him directly, and the last time we found him in the Free Library in Philadelphia was quite a coincidence."

"Yes, what you said is also very reasonable, after all, Sir Faustin is very likely to be from the future of humans, his IQ and cunning are definitely unimaginable to us, and now we don't know if he is in a group with those outer space humans who use artificial intelligence to contact us, or they used to be in a group, and then fell out for some reason, and now these alien humans also want to use us to find this Sir Faustin."

Jessica nodded silently when she heard me, then shook her head slightly, and it was clear that she didn't seem to fully agree with my idea.

"If they are really human beings from the future, with such powerful technology, they can travel between various nodes of time and space at will, why do they have to find Sir Faustin through our hands, this is difficult to establish no matter how you think about it."

"You're right, that's what I'm thinking, but the main thing now is that I can't think of a better explanation, so I can only make such a guess, after all, the artificial intelligence told me at that time that some things must rely on us to find the real truth, does this mean that these humans from the future are not actually omnipotent, and they will be bound by some invisible rules in this world."

"Will they be bound by some invisible rule in this world?"

Jessica repeated my words, as if she was caught in some kind of thought, and at this time, the signature Boston lobster we ordered had been served to the table, and I motioned for Jessica to eat first and then think about these more advanced questions.

Boston lobster meat is delicious and delicate, and the amount is full, one of us a nearly a kilogram of lobster are quickly eaten clean, after eating I still can't get enough of licking my lips with my tongue, I originally wanted to add another one, but then I thought about eating too much at night is easy to gain weight and is not conducive to sleep, so I forced myself to suppress the urge to order another lobster.

Look at Jessica, I didn't expect her appetite to be so good today, her big lobster is just a little smaller than me, at least seven or eight hundred grams, and she has eaten it clean at this time, haha, she looks like a cute kitten.

But I just like her cute appearance, like a clingy kitten, bringing people a feeling of warmth and happiness.

After eating Boston lobster, we chatted for a while, but the conversation went less to Sir Faustin and the humans from the future, but more about Boston and other cities in the United States.

These scenic spots and monuments come out of Jessica's mouth, it will give people a very strong urge to go to the field to see, it seems that Jessica really has the potential to be a tour guide, but think that she is an explorer family after all, her ancestors don't know when they can go back, maybe their bloodline naturally has such a kind of magic, can make the people around them also feel the real charm of those cultural relics that have survived from the long history.

After eating this Boston lobster supper, Jessica and I walked on the streets of Boston, enjoying the night view of the streets of Boston.

In fact, walking on the streets of the United States in the 90s, I did have a different feeling from walking on the streets of my hometown city in my previous life, which is not only a simple difference in the surrounding environment and architecture, but also a difference in mood, which may also have a certain relationship with the influence of the cultural connotation of the city itself.

At this time, I couldn't help but think that it would be nice to be able to walk hand in hand with Jessica all the time, and I didn't have to think about those annoying things, I just had to feel the oncoming breeze all the time.

However, as we walked down this street for a long time, and we walked far, I couldn't help but have some other feelings, and at this moment there seemed to be some snowflakes falling in the sky, and the snowflakes were flying, spinning in the air, and slowly falling on the top of Jessica's head, shoulders, and arms.

I raised my palm and caught the snowflakes that were slowly falling from the sky, the snowflakes were beautiful and cold, and they pulled the temperature out of my body, but it didn't make my body feel cold, but it made my body produce more heat, and a warm current spread through my blood all over my body.

Because the scale of the snowflakes falling is not large, Jessica and I did not look for cover, but felt that it was quite romantic and quite happy to walk among the winter snowflakes.

Finally we stopped, found a bench on the side of the road and sat down, the surface of the bench was cold, but it quickly became warm under my body temperature.

I had just finished a fierce NBA game, and the blood circulation speed in my body at this time was very fast, and the general cold could not invade my body at all, so I hugged Jessica tightly and slowly transferred the heat from my body to her.

We sat quietly in the chair, she leaned on my shoulder, and I put my arm around her waist, my eyes slightly closed, watching the little snowflakes flying in the sky fall into the world one by one.

For a moment, I suddenly felt that they were like spirits flying in the air, so spiritual, so moving, I was completely highly focused during the competition, but now I finally slowly relaxed, and I seemed to have entered a special meditative state again.

The snowflakes I saw seemed to have changed, they were no longer just small snowflakes, they had become alive, like white butterflies flapping their wings in the air.

They come from heaven to bring some different colors to the world and add some new gestures to the coming winter.

In a trance, I saw a figure with a golden light all over my body falling from the sky, and I couldn't tell if it was my hallucination or my dream, I just felt that her smile was so warm and charming.

She fluttered her wings and flew in front of me, stretched out her little white hand, as if to want me to follow her, I hesitated to stretch out my hand too, and now I felt that my whole body had become light, and there was a force that carried me to the sky.