Ayatollah Khomeiniz received a call from Paris Mills after arriving in Los Angeles on the evening of the 20th, when the whole of Los Angeles was immersed in the excitement of the Celtics' upcoming collision with the Lakers, and reporters and fans were frantically posting news and discussing the game on the Internet and TV. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But Khomemenez's mind is not at all on this season's heavyweight collision, because she is an agent assistant, in her eyes a game is a movie, she doesn't care if the movie is good or not, he cares about the box office, stars and the capital behind the movie.

Mills brought her the exciting news that CAA, a heavyweight agency in Hollywood, had decided to work with Ayatollah Khomeenes in preparation for her future foray into sports.

This made Khomeenez quite excited, and after half a year of hard work in Los Angeles, the efforts of many parties finally paid off. What kind of company is CAA? Hollywood's entertainment giants, Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Nicole Kidman are all CAA's signed artists. Over the past decade, the total number of Oscars won by CAA's Hollywood artists has exceeded that of the next four agencies combined.

It was such an aircraft carrier in the world of agents that noticed that Ayatollah Khomeenes, a newcomer to the world of sports agents, attracted almost the attention of almost all people in Los Angeles in the summer. Although she does not have any famous and powerful players under her banner at present, it is clear that CAA is very optimistic about this upstart in the agent industry.

Knowing the news, Ayatollah Khomenes happily danced in the hotel, and finally she took Leon with her to dance a waltz in the room. Leon is also very happy for Ayatollah Khomeenez, who has always felt a little guilty in the past, feeling that Ayatollah Khomeenez chose the sports economy industry in order to give up his real interest. Now it seems that Khomeenes is doing quite well in this line of work, and may even have a very remarkable achievement one day.

Of course, very few people knew about this news except for Khomeinis, Leon and a few others, and there was no media coverage of it. CAA is just beginning to reach out in the world of sports, and Ayatollah Khomeenez is just one of their partners.

After rejoicing with Ayatollah Khomeenez, Leon will have to focus on tomorrow's game.

The time off is not because Leon has absolute confidence in tomorrow's game, but because the Celtic players do need a good rest, and the players are quite tired from consecutive away games, and both games have been played to the last moments, and the consumption of the players can be imagined.

Although the players were given a holiday, Leon would not give himself a holiday, and Leon locked himself in his room to watch the game video all day on the 21st. This year's Lakers are indeed quite strong, and the addition of Karl Malone has had an unexpected good effect, and he perfectly makes up for the shortcomings of the Lakers in the power forward position. And because of the nineteen years of training under Sloan, Malone, who has strong tactical literacy and learning ability, quickly integrated into Phil Jackson's triangle offense and became an important tactical node for the team.

In contrast, Payton struggled, and he still couldn't fit into the triangle offense for a short time through the season, after all, the point guard was the least valued position in the triangle offense, which made it difficult for Payton, who had been the core of the SuperSonics, to adapt.

That didn't stop the Lakers from riding high, though, and they were on a ten-game winning streak before losing to the Portland Trail Blazers on the 13th. In the game against the Nuggets on the 19th, Kobe Bryant rushed back to the court after the court trial, and his performance of beating the Nuggets with a key ball at the last moment was even more shocking. For a while, the court rush of Leon and Kobe became a hot topic in the NBA.

By the time Leon finished watching the last video clip, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and in a few moments the team was set off for the Staples Center to prepare. But Leon doesn't have a complete plan and strategy for how to deal with tonight's game.

He had previously discussed it with Carlisle, and Carlisle came to the conclusion that "let's play first, the regular season doesn't say much." Carlisle has a point, the regular season is generally about watching as you play, honing the roster and learning lessons to prepare for possible playoff encounters in the playoffs.

However, Leon still can't stand to show up in the field without any preparation, and no matter what, he has to keep his hand in order to make key commands at critical moments.

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At seven o'clock in the evening, the Staples Center was star-studded. The Lakers' home court has always been a star show, and the Lakers' longtime audience Jack Nicholson is naturally an old face, and other Hollywood superstars such as Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, Katherine Zeta-Jones and others have come here.

There is no doubt that this is a big party, after all, this is the entertainment capital of Los Angeles, and sports are just a way to entertain here, and it will never be as frenetic as Boston, but there is also a unique enthusiasm.

When Leon was asked at a press conference before the game what he thought of tonight's game, he used Shakespeare's famous phrase, "to-be-or-not-to-be" (to live or to be), which was enough to show how important this game was to the Celtic players.

In contrast, Jackson also said: "It's a big game, the Celtics are rising amazingly, and the Lakers are by no means in decline, even in order to be able to compete with the mighty Celtics, I won't allow the Lakers to fail." Jackson's words are more humorous, but it also shows the importance he attaches to the Celts.

In the locker room, Leon made a rare pre-match speech.

"Tonight, there are countless Hollywood superstars, countless celebrities in sports, literature and art, and some of them may be your idols or your dream lovers. But none of this matters anymore, now, they have only one identity, the enemy and the supporters of the enemy! Don't be under the illusion that you'll have fans here, and even if they do, they're just isolated grass, and the only ones you can rely on are yourself and your teammates. It's not the first time we've been in a situation like this, and it won't be the last, but tonight we're going to face the Los Angeles Lakers. As long as you are at the Celtics, you should understand that there are countless possibilities in this world, and only the Lakers are impossible to beat the Celtics! Let's play and kill them! ”

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As Leon stood at the bench on the sidelines of the Staples Center arena, he turned his head to look at the Lakers bench across the technical table and couldn't see Phil Jackson. As usual, after the entrance introduction, the Zen master sat down on the bench and sat in meditation, waiting for the game to begin.

The starting lineups of both sides on the court, Lakers O'Neal, Malone, Devin George, Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton, and the Celtics are still their starting five.

With the attention of the whole country and the cheers of more than 20,000 spectators at the scene, the game began.

"Shaquille O'Neal got the ball for the Lakers and the game started. Gary Payton controlled the ball, the Lakers' first offense, and they should start playing with O'Neal, Malone, passing the ball to O'Neal...... Pierce broke the ball...... He cut the ball off O'Neal's hand. Celtic counter-attack...... Arenas makes a layup! Celtic took the first point of the game. "Tonight's commentary on this game is veteran commentator Dick Stockton, whose voice and tone of voice have been with the NBA audience for nearly 20 years.

In the first ball of the opening game, the Celtics saw through the Lakers' passing intentions and successfully counterattacked. However, it seems that this has not affected the emotions of Lakers fans, players and coaches in the slightest.

"Hmph, let's see how long you can sit on the bench." Leon thought to himself. Both coaches were rather low-key before the game and didn't engage in any verbal fights in the media, but when it came to the court, their fighting style was about to begin. (To be continued.) )