After the phone was called, the master readily agreed to help with this matter, but the time was too tight, and it was too late for international express delivery, so he could only ask a businessman friend in the United States to get together 16 pieces of jade Pixiu.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, the Kings entered the Golden One Center 2 hours early, ready to meet the Spurs challenge. It is worth mentioning that this game is the first time that the Kings have played against the Spurs in the regular season, and the time node happens to be the day before Christmas, which naturally attracted a lot of media attention.

At the beginning of the season, when the league arranged the schedule, the Spurs were not ranked in the Christmas war, and the Kings were naturally not considered by the league, but Zhang Feng led the Kings to emerge, and the Spurs also firmly held the fourth place in the West, and the game between the two teams was jokingly called the early Christmas war by the media, although the heat is not as good as the Warriors vs. Cavaliers finals preview, nor as good as the Rockets vs. Thunder MVP battle, but it is definitely more than the 76ers vs. Knicks, Lakers vs. Timberwolves, and Celtics vs. Wizards.

Many Spurs fans flew to Sacramento to watch the game, and tickets on Amazon were sold for up to $20,000 a ticket, but they were only photographed in less than 1 minute after they were put on the shelves.

Considering that TV stations such as TNT and ESPN have decided to broadcast the game on an ad hoc basis, both Kings and Spurs have decided to give small-scale pre-game interviews.

The Spurs sent Popovich, who looked reluctant but patiently answered questions from ESPN.

"Did you design defensive tactics for Zhang Feng in this game?"

This question is not good, Popovich replied yes, he would feel that the Spurs were destroyed, if he answered no, he would be too proud, but Popovich was no one, he replied without the slightest hesitation:

"When Spurs play against other teams, we make different adjustments depending on the situation."

It sounds a bit of a non-answer, but if you think about it, it can be understood that the Spurs will make tactical adjustments for any team, which is naturally aimed at Zhang Feng, but it can also be understood that whoever comes we will play the same.

There is obviously no news point in such an answer, and the ESPN reporter is not willing to ask:

"In the previous 2 preseasons, kawaii was out of action due to injury and failed to match Zhang Feng, and then he said that the next time he met the king, he would defend Zhang Feng 1V1, will this scene occur today?"

Going around and around, the reporter finally threw out the real question, the highlight of this game is on the confrontation between Zhang Feng and Kawaii.

"Really? Did kawaii say that? I'll have to ask him."

After saying that, Popovich waved his hand and left, such an obvious perfunctory excuse, the ESPN reporter was stunned.

On the King's side, David was interviewed by a TNT reporter, and the first question was whether the reporter would arrange for Zhang Feng to defend Kawaii. David didn't want Popovich to be so unscrupulous, he first praised the Spurs' offense, and then praised how good Kawaii was doing, and finally said that he would defend according to the situation.

The same question, different ways of asking, different answering strategies, but in the end it was the same answer, and the coaches of the two teams seemed to have reached a tacit agreement: I won't tell you.

Reporters who didn't dig up useful information from the coach looked at the players of both teams, but neither Mason, Justin, Dejounte Morrie, or Danny Green revealed useful information, and Zhang Feng and Kawaii were not accessible for the time being, so they could only write a plausible news headline:

"A King as Mysterious as a Christmas Gift VS Spurs".

At 6:50 p.m., the players of the two teams finished entering, and the TNT trio also began to broadcast the commentary live.

"I'll have to apply to stream more Kings games next season, or I can adjust my broadcast schedule......" O'Neal thought to himself.

"If they make it to the Western Conference Finals, you're going to get what you want," Barkley laughed.

"Don't make things happen at the beginning, with Zhang Feng's performance, the Kings can add 10 national live broadcasts if they don't play in the playoffs this season" Kenny hurriedly signaled O'Neal not to get angry.

"Kenny is right, let's make some predictions about this game," O'Neill pretended to ignore.

"The king's defeat is still to be predicted?" Barkley spread his hands in shock.

"Why do you say that? Have you watched the ball lately? It's clear that the Kings have finished their promotion, and they're now more than twice as good as they were out of season," O'Neal immediately retorted.

"It's very simple, because Kawaii is back, he can limit Zhang Feng very well, and once Zhang Feng is restricted, the king doesn't want to score, so the king's fiasco is a sure thing"

"I don't think Kawaii can lock up Zhang Feng, and the Spurs have a lot of injuries, there are still doubts about whether Gasol and Aldridge will play, not to mention that Randolph has averaged 20 points per game since December and has shot 60%, you think he is jealous? Who can put the Spurs inside? "O'Neill is full of confidence.

"Then you may have overlooked one thing," Barkley Thief laughed.

"What's the matter?" O'Neill was puzzled.

"You look at the rosters of both teams"

"Spurs start, Pau Gasol, Aldridge, Kawaii, Danny Green, Tony Parker, substitute Ginobili, I'll go, this is the strongest Spurs lineup, doesn't Gasol get injured?" O'Neill still didn't believe it.

"That's why Popovich didn't reveal before the game whether Kawaii would defend Zhang Feng alone, he has been keeping a mystery just to seize the opportunity, and from this point of view, he really wants to win today, so I said that the Kings will lose miserably, this is my reasoned analysis, not nonsense" Barkley looked like he knew everything.

"The Spurs have a strong lineup, but they can't win 100 percent, the Kings won the Cavaliers not long ago, and it's too early to conclude that you lost miserably" O'Neal dismissed.

"Then look at the King's roster," Barkley pointed with a smirk.

"Zhang Feng, Papayanis, Willy, Justin, ......, why didn't Carter, Hill, and Randolph play? What kind of plane is David Jorg working on? O'Neill was stunned.

"Mysterious, right? Didn't expect that, right? Zhang Feng is going to fight the Spurs five heroes alone tonight, why don't you talk about how many goals he can score, let's talk about how many goals he can defend! At this point, Barkley has won the battle.

O'Neill was silent for a while, and Kenny thought he wouldn't answer anymore, so he took over the topic and said, "Think about it differently, maybe we can see the full Zhang Feng tonight, and it is not necessary to score 60 points."

On the field, David was explaining to Zhang Feng, "What a coincidence, Randolph has acute gastritis, Hill can't speak with a sore throat, and Carter actually has too much water in his knees, you hurry up and send them to transport that jade Pixiu."

Although David didn't say it explicitly, Zhang Feng could hear that he thought he was going to lose tonight's game.

"Honestly, you haven't seen the real strength of our young squad, have you?" Zhang Feng asked rhetorically.

"Huh? How so? What other mysterious tactics I haven't seen? David was a little confused.

"Of course, I'll reveal it to you right away"