Karl Malone had 25 points and 12 rebounds, which was decent overall, Stockton had 8 points and 5 assists, Starks had 16 points, Adam Keefe had 10 points and 8 boards, and Ostertag had 3 points and 0 boards, but his defense against Big Z was impressive.

On the Knicks' side, the best performer was Kevin Garnett, with 21 points and 18 rebounds, in addition to 5 assists, Alan Houston 13 points, Big Ben 4 points and 7 boards, and he made Malone very uncomfortable most of the time. Big Z has no form today, and his playing time is short, with only 5 points and 2 rebounds.

In the post-match press conference, Malone's elbow on Ben Wallace became the focus of reporters.

Malone said Ben Wallace defended very dirty and deserved to be hit by a flying elbow. The Knicks' players unanimously said that the Jazz are really dirty when they play, and Malone is doing more than a player should be.

In an interview, Li Wei naturally stood on Ben Wallace's side, accusing Ma Long's behavior of seriously violating sportsmanship and asking the league to punish him severely.

In response to the Jazz's criticism of the Knicks for playing dirty, Li Wei said that the current league plays like this, and the rules of the league are problematic, and in basketball games, the behavior of pushing people should be completely prohibited.

Again criticizing the rules of the league, Li Wei received a ticket as a matter of course. He didn't care about this little money, he just hoped that the alliance could speed up the reform process and become familiar to him in the 21st century sooner.

Night, Salt Lake City, Presidential Suite.

Xia Cuilan lay in front of Li Wei, working hard, Li Wei squinted, and felt like a dream.

To be honest, when he got Xia Cuirong, he was very uneasy, after all, she was the person he respected the most in his previous life. But once the magic box is opened, it is difficult to contain it, and now facing Xia Cuilan, there is less and less uneasiness in his heart, but there are more and more evil thoughts.

What's more, Xia Cuilan was too obedient in front of him, and she would do whatever she was told, which also made Li Wei always unable to control herself.

"Alright, Cuilan, take a break." Li Weidao.

"Oh." Xia Cuilan answered, leaning obediently beside Li Wei.

Li Wei looked at her quietly, and the more he looked at her, the more he felt that she looked like Xie Siqi. However, Xie Siqi will definitely not be as well-behaved as Xia Cuilan in front of him.

Sighing softly, Li Wei said, "You should study hard with Margaret, she is much more professional than you." ”

Xia Cuilan hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll learn from her when I go back." ”

Li Wei stretched out his hand and hugged her in his arms, and asked in a low voice, "Cuilan, do you think I'm a little too much?" ”

Xia Cuilan said: "No, you are very good, unlike Jianguo, who beats me every day." Actually, I think you should beat me up sometimes, or I'm afraid I'll be so happy that I forget my last name. ”

Li Wei shook his head. It seems that Xia Cuilan has been bullied by Xie Jianguo all these years, otherwise she would not be so obedient. He tried to comfort him, but another evil thought came to him.

He said two words in Xia Cuilan's ear, Xia Cuilan's whole face turned red, but she nodded.

The next day, the team traveled from Salt Lake City to Portland.

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the second largest city in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle. The climate is particularly suitable for growing roses, and there are many rose gardens in the city, so it is also known as the "City of Roses".

In a rose garden full of flowers, Li Wei put a rose on Xia Cuilan's head.

Xia Cuilan smiled happily, more beautiful than roses.

"Cuilan, how old are you?" Li Wei asked softly.

Xia Cuilan didn't speak, but stuffed an ID card into Li Wei's hand.

Sure enough, he was only in his twenties!

Li Wei sighed in his heart and quietly returned his ID card.

He thought that Margaret was young enough when she was a mother, but he didn't expect Xia Cuilan to be even younger!

The Chinese are indeed no worse than people from other countries in many aspects, and in the new century, there are countless Chinese who have broken various Guinness World Records!

Since the other party is only in his twenties, Li Wei's last knot is gone.

The difference of 20 years may be two generations, but if you are more than 10 years old, it is no problem to count it as one generation.

And in terms of mental age, he is actually much older than Xia Cuilan, a little girl!

"Cuilan, I think the title between the two of us is going to be changed, what do you like to call me, tell me?"

Xia Cuilan thought for a moment and said softly: "I call you brother, okay?" ”

"You call me brother?" Li Wei couldn't help laughing, "Cui Rong calls me her husband." ”

Xia Cuilan said: "I know, but it's not appropriate for me to call you brother-in-law now, and I can't call it either." ”

Li Wei laughed and said, "You idiot! ”

The two walked around again, but Li Wei still recognized this sister, because in his heart, Xia Cuilan and Xia Cuirong had obvious differences.

Xia Cuirong is the most sacred person in his heart, although this sacredness is slowly fading due to recent contact, but the relationship between the two is getting deeper and deeper.

If Xia Cuirong wanted to leave, he would definitely not allow it!

On Xia Cuilan's side, Li Wei's heart is more of a kind of family affection in his previous life, and there is no other feeling. Although the relationship between the two has come to this point because of yin and yang, his attitude towards Xia Cuilan is actually similar to that of Margaret - if you want to stay in my house and become a member of the family, I welcome it, but if you want to leave one day, I won't stop it!

Therefore, he recognized Xia Cuilan's younger sister, so that if one day, Xia Cuilan wanted to find a new life, he could continue to take care of her in the name of his brother.

"Old sister, let's go, accompany my brother tonight!"

"Hmm." Xia Cuilan nodded.

That night, in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel in Portland, Brother Wei and Sister Lan were busy.

The next day, Li Wei took the team to the Rose Garden Arena, the home of the Trail Blazers, for training, and in the evening, the game began.

After the All-Star break, the Portland Trail Blazers made a trade, using two first-round picks from '98, a second-round pick, and the main point guard Kenny Anderson, as well as two rotation players, to trade Damon Stoudemire, the best rookie of '95, and two other young men who may still have potential.

Damon Stoudemire's rookie contract expires in the summer, and the Raptors certainly can't keep him, Kenny Anderson is a point guard above the league average, and with three draft picks to give, that's the best bargaining chip the Raptors can get.

The Trail Blazers are also very happy, the flying squirrel Stoudemire can average 9 assists per game in the first season, and he scored 20 points in the second season, such an excellent and potential point guard is hard to find with a lantern!

As for Stoudemire wanting a big contract?

That's not a problem at all!

The Trail Blazers owner is the richest owner in the NBA right now, and as long as he can win the championship, he doesn't care about spending money!

The only one who wasn't happy was Kenny Anderson. As soon as he heard that he had been traded to Canada, Anderson immediately refused to report it.

The Raptors were embarrassed and had to put Anderson on the shelf again and ask which team would be willing to take over.

No one wants to do this kind of thing, but everyone wants to rob while it's hot!

Seeing that each team gave some unsuccessful garbage as a bargaining chip, the general manager of the Raptors burst into tears. Picking and choosing, he found that the best chip was actually Billups, a parallel trade scout that the Celtics had been peddling for a long time!

The Raptors don't want this locker room problem player, and they have ten rapes and ten fouls, but there is really no way, and the other chips are even worse, so they can only reach an agreement with the Celtics!