It's late December, and the regular season has been going on for almost two months.

Most of the teams have also played almost 30 games.

Although the playoff pattern of the East and West has not yet been decided, the pattern of the East and West Lotto has been decided for the most part, and the pre-season coach Elvin Gentry wanted to make a big move, but he played a two-month game, with a record of 9 wins and 18 losses, and the Clippers are still at the bottom of the West.

However, although the record is bad, there is no problem with Elvin Gentry's position, because after more than a month of games, the Clippers' lineup is obviously problematic, there is no strong point on the inside and outside, and there is a lack of real All-Stars, and it is understandable that the record is sparse.

Against the Grizzlies, the Clippers also continued to lose.

After the Grizzlies defeated the Clippers 107-86 at home, they directly won a wave of 9 consecutive wins, and they are only 1 game away from 10 consecutive wins.

Ten wins in a row is a sign, and for the Grizzlies, they have never had a winning streak of more than 10 games this season, and a winning streak of more than 10 games proves that a team has the quality to compete for a championship in this ongoing season, although the Grizzlies don't need such proof.

As for Qiao Hai, if he wins ten in a row, he has a chance to get another dynasty point from the system, because last season, he got one dynasty point because he reached the milestone of 10+ consecutive wins in two consecutive seasons.

This season, three consecutive seasons with 10+ wins should also get a bit of dynasty points.

Therefore, ten consecutive victories are just around the corner, and Qiao Hai also attaches great importance to it.

However, after the Clippers game, the time also came on Christmas Eve.

Christmas, the Spring Festival in the West, is the most important holiday of the year for Westerners. The night before Christmas is the so-called Christmas Eve, which is equivalent to the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Spring Festival.

Qiao Hai has spent two Christmases in North America, and the first two Christmas, he spent with the Stanrefour family, and this Christmas is finally a little different.

This time, Qiao Hai pulled Han Xue and Roughly, three fellow villagers from the Celestial Empire, together to prepare to visit Maddie.

Christmas, you can't go empty-handed, so, before going to Maddie's house, the three of them have been wandering on the street for a long time, and there are strangers in a hurry everywhere around them, in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, Qiao Hai and the three of them are also a little anxious, one of them picked a gift, and went straight to Maddie's house.

Maddie still lives in the mansion next to the Lionsgate Bridge, and Qiao Hai has brought the team to it once, and this time he is naturally familiar with the road.

When the car drove to the door, Qiao Hai honked the horn twice, and then the automatic door at the door opened.

The car drove in, found a place to park, and Maddie's girlfriend Clelinda had already opened the door of the main mansion and was waiting for Joe Hai and them.

"Merry Christmas, Clelinda."

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Qiao Hai, and ...... Wang"

Finally, Clelinda looked at Han Xue: "Is this your girlfriend?" Mr. Joe? ”

Qiao Hai smiled and shook his head: "No, it's just a friend." ”

Clelinda said seriously: "Then I should be about to become a girlfriend." ”

Qiao Hai shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything more, Han Xue also said hello seriously, and then, the group of three entered the door under the welcome of Clelinda.

"Hi Tracy, Merry Christmas!"

When Qiao Hai entered the door, Maddie was already standing in front of the sofa, Qiao Hai shouted Merry Christmas, and Maddie also replied:

"Merry Christmas! Top dog! ”

Soon, there was talk and laughter in the living room.

"Tracy, how's your injury going?"

Qiao Hai's main concern is naturally Maddie's injury.

Maddie smiled and jumped twice: "Look, as you can see, boss, it's almost good." ”

Qiao Hai nodded, indeed, Maddie can now walk on the ground, which is obviously a lot better than the last time he took the team to visit Maddie, last time, Maddie was still unable to move independently, still in a wheelchair, and couldn't move his upper body.

"Okay, okay, have you been to the doctor?"

"After seeing it, Dr. Chan said that in a month at most, Tracy will be able to make a comeback." Clelinda said with a smile.

Qiao Hai nodded again: "Then it is estimated that you will be able to come back in mid-January, but Tracy, fully recover from the injury and then come back, you know, the team actually doesn't need you very much......"

Qiao Hai told the truth, and Maddie smiled bitterly.

The current Grizzlies, Maddie is indeed a bit dispensable, anyway, without Maddie, the Grizzlies are also the first in the league, with Maddie, no matter how good the Grizzlies' record is, there will not be much difference from now.

During the chat, there was a smell from the kitchen.

"What's burning in the kitchen?"

Qiao Hai smelled the smell and couldn't help but ask.

Who knew that the self-cooked Han Xue had already gone to the kitchen: "I know, big turkey!" There is also steak and curry! ”

It turned out that in the kitchen, Maddie's mother, Mrs. Melanis, and grandmother, Mrs. Roberta, were preparing dinner, and when they learned that Qiao Hai and Han Xue would probably come, they also specially prepared a large turkey.

It is customary to eat turkey at Christmas, just like eating dumplings and dumplings during the Spring Festival.

Qiao Hai was not too concerned about the busyness of Maddie's mother and grandmother because of their arrival, and went to the kitchen to say thank you.

Soon, though, dinner was served.

Stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes, broth sauce, cranberry butter, vegetables and raisin pudding for dessert, and finally, there is a special delicacy that American Christmas likes to prepare - cooked polenta, topped with a layer of cream, and some fruit ingredients, sweet and delicious, Han Xue especially likes this polenta.

At the end of the Christmas Eve dinner, it's time to give gifts.

Before Qiao Hai's gift was made, Maddie first took out a box-like gift box and handed it to Qiao Hai: "Boss, this is my gift to you." ”

Qiao Hai showed a smile: "What? ”

"You can take it apart and take it apart."

Qiao Hai opened it, three times and two times, and then, the gift box was opened by Qiao Hai, revealing a watch box with an English letter written on it - "TISSOT".

When I opened it again, it was a Tissot gold watch.

"Oh no, it's too precious!"

Qiao Hai immediately blurted out.

Maddie waved his hand and pointed to the watch in Qiao Hai's hand: "No, boss, it's nothing, this Christmas, I have one for all my teammates, everyone has it, tomorrow's Christmas game, I will go to the away game with the team, and then give it to them one by one, yours will be given to you now." ”

Qiao Hai shrugged: "Okay." ”

Christmas team bosses give gifts to players and coaches, which was not much at this time in 2000, but it has almost become a habit in the future.

For example, in Paul's first season with the Rockets, he prepared a bowling ball for each teammate, because in addition to basketball, Paul's favorite thing is bowling.

There is also the tyrant John Wall, in Christmas 2013, his gift to each teammate was $100,000 in cash each, but the most he gave was a watch, and the most tyrant was John Wall, who prepared a customized Rolex watch for each teammate on Christmas in one of the years......

Yao Ming has given watches, Kobe Bryant has also sent watches, and has also worked with LeBron James to send magic headphones to their All-Star teammates, Harden has sent game consoles, and Porzingis has sent boots.

Of course, the most ingenious and intimate is Duncan.

In 2014, Duncan gave Kyle Anderson, a rookie just drafted by the Spurs, an inflatable neck pillow, a pair of eye patches and a bottle of sleeping pills, which should have cost only about $20, but it was quite sweet, because Anderson often lost sleep when he was playing on a team charter flight.

Qiao Hai looked at the Tissot gold watch that Maddie gave him, and reluctantly took out the gift he had prepared, the red scarf, four!