706: Who is the cover character?
The eyes of fans across the NBA were on the Grizzlies and Thunder at this time, as if these two teams were fighting in the Finals at this time.
If you can play the regular season to the Finals, the Thunder and Grizzlies can do it.
Now, the media all over Oklahoma City are busy. On the threshold of Link's three consecutive wins in a single season, they will spare no effort to support the Thunder.
"The Grizzlies are amazing, they're on another nine-game winning streak. But very unlucky, they met Thunder on the 10-game winning streak. Poor Memphis, they're doomed to a 10-game winning streak. ”
"The Grizzlies have 43 wins so far, what is that concept? Last season, the Milwaukee Bucks won just 38 games in a full season, and they made the playoffs. In other words, the Grizzlies have won more games in February than a playoff team has won in an entire season. However, their aura will eventually be extinguished in Oklahoma City. ”
"The Grizzlies are unstoppable, yes, they've been unstoppable all season, except in Oklahoma."
A group of Russian media outlets began to belittle the Grizzlies before the game, showing extremely strong confidence.
But if you look closely, it's not hard to see that the Russian media aren't that confident.
Because in all the articles in the Russian media outlets, they first acknowledge the strength of the grizzly bear, and then go for some painless belittling. This kind of thing, something that couldn't happen before.
By doing so, the media is undoubtedly leaving a way out for themselves. When the time comes, the Thunder loses, and they have a good stairs to go down.
That said, the Oklahoma City media also doesn't think the Thunder have a 100 percent win rate. Not even 50 percent.
Link couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the reports. If you want to be black, you can be black to the end, and you want to be black again, which is the most boring.
So that afternoon, when Link boarded the plane to Oklahoma City, he set an example for the media in Oklahoma.
"I said before that we have the quality to win three 10 consecutive games in a single season, but you don't believe it. When tomorrow night's game is over and we reach that record, everybody will come back and praise them. Damn, I don't need your damn praise, I just want to disappoint you bastards. ”
Although Link was smiling the whole time, what he said made the Oklahoma City media and fans tremble.
Everyone, heard the sound of the approaching disaster.
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Kevin. Durant has just finished negotiating an endorsement contract with NBA2K, and he will be the cover character again after the NBA2K13 of NBA2K15 games later this year.
But this time, the cover of the game is only Durant alone, not the three in 2K13. So, this is the first time in the true sense that Durant has become the main face of the NBA2K game.
Durant should have been very happy, because being able to be on the cover of an NBA2K game not only gets a lot of endorsement fees, but also proves that this player is quite popular among fans.
But now in the game against the Grizzlies, Durant can't be happier.
He's already won Link twice before, and it stands to reason that even if he loses this game, he still leads Link 2-1 on aggregate.
But the nightmare of being eliminated by Link in the Western Conference Finals last season made Durant unable to let go even if he had defeated the Grizzlies twice.
For him, 10 wins over the Grizzlies is not too much.
Durant is now so focused on the game that he doesn't have the heart to think about anything else. He wants to let Link fall into the abyss, and if the Thunder can beat the Grizzlies four times in the regular season this season, it will be the best!
This at least proves that the Grizzlies do not have the strength to compete with the Thunder. So even if they meet in the playoffs later, the Thunder have a good chance of winning.
Since 2012, Durant has thought it was time for him to lift the O'Brien Cup.
Who knows, he didn't make it over LeBron. James's mountain.
In 2013, Durant thought he was ready. Even LeBron. James couldn't stop him either, and he felt like it was time to take his career to the next level.
And then what? He was actually eliminated by Link, a team led by an undrafted pick.
For two years in a row, hopes have been dashed, and this is indeed a very huge blow to Durant. Especially last year, losing to one of the people he hates the most made Durant quite depressed all summer.
As soon as he thought of this, Durant clenched his fists.
Tomorrow's game, he won't let Link and the Grizzlies get away with it easily. Stopping the Grizzlies' 10-game winning streak doesn't get much more enjoyable than that.
So, Durant picked up his phone and sent a text message to Westbrook.
He hopes that tomorrow, his good buddies won't mess up the game again.
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Westbrook was surprised that Durant would ask him out on the big night, but he readily agreed.
The two met at a café next to the Chesapeake Energy Arena, and of course, the entire café was covered by Durant to make sure they weren't disturbed.
"Coming out for coffee at night? Do you want to stay up late tonight to watch a TV series? As soon as Westbrook walked into the café, he made a joke with Durant.
The big war is coming, and Durant has been very serious these days. But Westbrook still looks like hee-hee-ha.
"I just wanted to talk to you, Russell, I can't sleep much. Tomorrow night, business at this café will definitely be good. Durant said, turning his head to look through the window at the majestic gymnasium.
But on game days, merchants near the Chesapeake Energy Arena have their profits multiplied.
"Can't sleep? You won't be worried about tomorrow's game. Westbrook propped his chin and ordered a glass of juice on the menu.
"That's right, but I'm not worried, I'm excited. Being able to stop the grizzly bear at a critical moment is simply God's arrangement. Russell, tomorrow's game, be careful. Mike. Conley is not easy to mess with during this time, if you take it for granted, you will definitely be caught in the flaw. ”
No matter how stupid Westbrook is, he understands what Durant means. It translates to, "Russell, don't get your head hot tomorrow and behave well." ”
No wonder I even called myself out at night.
"Don't worry, Kevin, I'm not going to mess up the game. We're going to get the Memphis Grizzlies back like we did in the first two games. Link wants to make history, and we'll have to see if we say yes. ”
Hearing Westbrook's answer, Durant smiled for the first time in days.
If you want to win the game, you have to control Westbrook first. As long as Westbrook doesn't make waves, half the game will be won.
Durant is now so confident that he can even imagine himself receiving the worship of the fans at home tomorrow after the game.
When the time comes, he will definitely have to remember Link's expression after his defeat.
"Eh, look, NBA2K has just revealed the cover character for its latest game!"
Just then, Westbrook yelled at his phone.
Durant hasn't told his teammates about being on the cover of a 2K game, which is why Westbrook is so surprised.
Durant smiled, and he was ready to accept Westbrook's praise.
"Okay, Kevin, you didn't even tell me when you became the cover character. But...... How are there two cover characters this year? ”
"What did you say!?" At this moment, Durant, who was originally going to stink, widened his eyes and put his head next to Westbrook's mobile phone. He only knew that he was the cover character of this year, but he didn't know that it was actually two people who endorsed at the same time.
After taking a closer look, Durant was almost!
It turns out that Durant is just the cover character of the 2K15 regular version of the game. And this year, the NBA2K company also launched a deluxe edition. The Deluxe Edition of the game is more expensive and, of course, gets more virtual currency in-game.
As a result, the cover character of this higher-priced version is actually Link!
In order to stimulate the sales of this more expensive version, the cover character of the deluxe edition is generally more attractive than the regular version, and it stimulates people's desire to buy more. As a result, this person turned out to be Link!
This doesn't mean that 2K thinks Link's business value is higher than Durant's.
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Durant scolded, and countless small animals were galloping in his heart. Before the race even started, he felt as if he was already behind first.