"Hey man, do you have any plans for Christmas?"

"Plans? Does the competition count? Francis, I think you're really laid-back as the president of the group, you know, this year we also have to participate in the Christmas game, the opponent is the Lakers, the league guys are really good, so they can change the schedule. ”

"Haha, of course I'm very laid-back, what I need to do is to let professional people do professional things, such as you, I think my vision is really good. Anyway, don't you plan to reunite with your family at Christmas? ”

"Man, we Orientals only celebrate the Spring Festival, Christmas is your business, besides, my family can't leave yet, my son is less than half a year old, not suitable for long-distance flights, and the Lakers I must win, the team needs that victory at Christmas to boost morale."

"I'm so happy to hear you say that, but you don't have to worry, I'll take care of your family to pick you up, and when you get to North America, you have to feel the atmosphere of our Christmas, right?"

After entering the middle of December, the Christmas atmosphere in Europe and the United States began to be strong, many businesses have played promotional means, and the major sports leagues in North America are also aiming at the Christmas holiday, a good time for the whole family to get together, during the Christmas period, the major professional leagues will launch a very hot and concerned game.

Originally, before the start of this season, the Runners, also known as the Kings, did not have to participate in the so-called "Christmas War", after all, they are a fish belly team, and the most famous Blair Bowman on the team is also a star, but with the start of the regular season The Runners have played surprisingly, and the league has begun to add the Runners to the "Christmas War" series.

Just entered December, a blizzard hit the Great Lakes region of North America, and the league announced that due to the influence of weather factors, some major changes were made to the next schedule, so the runners vs. Lakers, the top two matchups in the Western Conference regular season, became the most watched game in this "Christmas War".

As the Runners got better and better, they gradually became the favorite team in the league, and their own highly ornamental style of play attracted more fans to pay attention to the Runners and also to the NBA.

Previously, the NBA was at the bottom of the four major professional leagues in North America, but this season the NBA has shown signs of rising, at least in Asia because of the fact that they are definitely more popular than the other three sports, thanks in large part to the Runners, especially their head coach Wang Lei and point guard Turgon.

Francis, the owner of the Runners, did not expect that Wang Lei, whom he valued, would be so good, and in less than half a year, his own team had been reborn, and now whoever mentions the Runners has to say that they are a strong team.

Francis, who had a very face-saving face, didn't know how to thank Wang Lei, just now Christmas was coming, he wondered if to take Wang Lei's family over, Wang Lei has never been back since his son was born and went back, which made Francis very uncomfortable, in order to thank Wang Lei for his contribution to the team, Francis decided to take advantage of the Christmas holiday to pick up Wang Lei's family, and he has a private jet, which can smoothly pick up Wang Lei's son.

Of course, Francis also thought of Turgon, the young man who could treat him like a friend in the first place, and Francis also thought of inviting Francis's family to North America to participate in a Christmas war, and by the way, to see how popular his children are here.

The Runners have played thirty regular-season games heading into late December, and they have one game left before the Christmas game, against the Chicago Bulls, who play away from home.

In their previous 30 regular-season games, the Runners had a 25-5 record, which allowed them to rank first in the West and the league, beating the 24-5 Washington Wizards and the 24-6 Los Angeles Lakers.

At the beginning of the season, no one could have imagined that the current situation of the league would turn out to be like this, and the Dallas Mavericks, who won the championship last season, were expected to achieve great things for the dynasty, but unfortunately they were completely destroyed by a "friend's wife", and now only Bout Kerr is left to support the Mavericks.

In addition to the Mavericks, the Los Angeles Lakers, the most likely team to win the championship, now face the challenge of emerging powerhouses.

Last season, the bottom two teams in the league emerged, with the Wizards relying on brilliant super-rookie James Hart and the Runners even better, and their current style of play has changed the face of the league and given many teams in the league a new way of thinking.

In the past, only championship teams could get a high level of attention, which made the teams very defensive and tough, but this also caused the whole league to reduce the spectacle of the game, and now the Runners' style of play has brought them a huge amount of attention, and even the entire league has benefited from it, which has to make many teams think about it, and many teams now have to reconsider the two options of championship and ball market.

And some of the oriental attributes in the runner team have also given many teams a new idea, because of the huge market in the east, the runners' jersey sales have accumulated more than 30% of the jersey sales of all teams in the entire league in just a few months, which is a very amazing data, and this alone will exceed the income of many other teams.

In North America, a person who can earn money is a capable person, and a team that can earn money is a good team, and there is no doubt that the current Runners are on the right path.

If the Runners can make money from the huge market in the East, why can't we?

This is the idea of many team managers in the league now, they have begun to start how to develop the Oriental market, for the introduction of some Oriental players or coaches are also included in the plan, anyway, as long as there is money to be made, probably no one will care who the other party is, even if it is to come to the team as a vase to sell jerseys, it is also a very valuable vase.

On December 22, 2020, the Runners traveled to the United Center in Chicago to take on the Bulls, who are fourth in the East.

The Chicago Bulls are one of the traditional powerhouses in the East, and they have a long history of Eastern feuds with the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, which have produced annual Eastern Conference championships for many years.