The Dallas Mavericks' game against the Thunder was surprising to fall behind by a large score in the first quarter.

Westbrook, the Thunder's leading point guard, didn't seem to have much desire to attack, and it seemed like this preseason game was just an ordinary in-team tactical exercise. It's just that the shooting rate of other players of the Thunder is too poor, and after getting open shots through tactics, they can't be efficiently converted into scoring.

Several new signings led by Oladipo did not have a high shooting percentage in this game, and this problem may continue to plague the Thunder team in the new season.

After the lack of Westbrook's offensive firepower, the offensive level of the Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks led by Chen Zhi is not at the same level at all, and the Puerto Rico mountains with a strong offensive desire shot 6 of 7 and scored 12 points, and Chen Zhi's efficient 15 points are tantamount to a fatal blow to the Thunder.

Chen Zhi never expected that a game that he was looking forward to would be played in the first quarter, looking at Wei Shao, who had no desire to attack who had been running and passing on the court, Chen Zhi couldn't help but think about whether it was time to stimulate Wei Shao's anger and make the game more passionate.

Considering that this was a preseason game after all, and there was still something to get rid of Westbrook after the game, Chen Zhi finally gave up verbal provocation.

Coach Donovan seemed to be missing the difference between the two sides in a single quarter, with a smile on his face, calm, and did not make the slightest adjustment, and seemed to be quite satisfied with the performance of the Thunder team.

The two teams that had been in a lot of fires in the playoffs last season actually presented a peaceful scene in this preseason game, and probably only Barria exuded a murderous aura on the court that was very different from other players.

I have to say that the preseason is really not interesting, the players themselves are not very interested, and it is no wonder that there are few spectators in the NBA preseason games over the years, and the attendance rate of a quarter of the court is already very good.

When the coaches of both sides replaced the team's fringe people on the field, the game scene and atmosphere were a little better than when they started, but their performance may not be relevant to the overall situation.

By this time, more than half of the preseason had been played, and in the minds of managers and managers like Carlisle, the number of training camp players who would stay or leave had been roughly determined, and the players who could not be selected by the team in the end would either play in the development league or other leagues.

The game ended quickly, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Thunder at home, and the hottest time in the entire arena was when Chen Zhi signed autographs for the audience at the entrance of the players' tunnel, which shows how boring this game is.

In the locker room, Chen Zhi looked at Barria and asked, "How do you feel?" Is there a feeling of revenge? ”

Barria, who won the game and played very well, didn't show much joy, "It feels like a punch on cotton, and I'm still looking forward to playing against the Thunder in the regular season." ”

The feeling that he had done his best and that his opponent did not respond was really uncomfortable for Barria.

Especially when the players greeted him after the game, Westbrook actually hugged him, as if there was no holiday between the two, which really made Barria feel like a heavy punch.

"By the way, you got Westbrook for an autograph after the game?" Barria asked suddenly.

Chen Zhi had already changed into civilian clothes and was about to leave, and when he heard this, he raised the autograph book in his hand and said with a smile: "Help my friends ask for autographs, and when you meet a big-name star in the future, you can ask for it." ”

"What? Asking for autographs from big-name football stars? Novitsky, who had just come out of the bathroom, looked at the autograph book in Chen Zhi's hand when he heard this, and joked: "Huh? Chen, I don't think I have left a signature on your signature book! Am I not a superstar? ”

Chen Zhi smiled and said, "Dirk, of course you are a superstar!" But there's a word to add before superstardom! ”

"I know what to say, superstar! Right! Nowitzki said and posed as he thought he was chic and handsome.

Chen Zhi shook his head: "Over-the-top superstar..."

When Novitsky heard this, he immediately said with a lonely face: "Okay! It seems that my popularity is not at the same level as Kobe, and I am still popular after retiring, and I am still in the active ranks, so I have already begun to pass the gas! ”

If you don't know Novitsky's character, Chen Zhi will see him like this, I'm afraid he will have to say comfort.

But now he didn't have the slightest idea of comforting Nowitzki, but made up for it: "Look at it!" If you are too angry, you will definitely not be able to escape it when you are old! ”

Nowitzki is the leader of the Dallas Mavericks locker room, but he is a completely different type of stern mentor than Kobe, more of a particularly easy friend, Matthews does a better job of motivating his teammates to train harder, but he uses all kinds of humorous and slightly sarcastic words to glue the Mavericks players together and make everyone get along more casually and naturally.

After returning to Highland Park, Chen Zhi was lying in bed and couldn't sleep for a while, his previous routine of going to bed at 10 o'clock and waking up at 4:30 in the morning has been gradually broken in recent times.

Most of the games were scheduled for the evening, and it was already past ten o'clock when I left the stadium after the game.

I was bored and swiped social software for a while, and as soon as I put down my phone, the phone rang.

Chen Zhi glanced at the phone number, and couldn't help but be very surprised, the phone showed that the caller address was Milwaukee, which is the city where the Bucks played against the Dallas Mavericks in the preseason.

Who in Milwaukee will have their own phone number? Chen Zhi couldn't help but be stunned.

Now this mobile phone number is handled by Zhou Jian in the United States, and in the entire United States, in addition to the management and players of the Mavericks, there are only Zhou Jian and Chu Hugo.

Zhou Jian rested in his own bedroom, and the rest could only be Chu Hugo.

But this phone number is obviously not Chu Hugo's, her mobile phone number has been noted in the address book, and the caller is an unfamiliar number.

In an instant, the figure of a girl appeared in Chen Zhi's mind.

It won't be her! How can it be! Chen Zhi immediately dismissed the idea, and then pressed the answer button.

"Hey! Guess who I am! Mr. Chen Zhi. A young female voice came from the other end of the phone, apparently deliberately making her pronunciation different from her usual to make it harder to guess.

"Merorry, it's you!" When Chen Zhi heard this voice, he immediately determined who was on the other end of the phone.

Merori had a hunch that Chen Zhi should finally guess that it was herself, but she still didn't expect Chen Zhi to be able to guess correctly at once, and couldn't help but be curious: "How do you know it's me!" ”

Without waiting for Chen Zhi to answer, Merorry immediately said, "Ha, it was Milwaukee who betrayed me, right?" Here you seem to know me only as a girl! ”

"How do you have my phone?" Chen Zhi couldn't help but ask curiously, acquiescing to Merorry's words.

"Someone else gave it!" Merori said dryly, "You'll never guess who gave me your number!" ”

"There are only a few people who have my phone number, and they are none other than teammates who are in the preseason together in Milwaukee!" Chen Zhi said with certainty that Merory does know a lot of players, and her autograph book is already full, and it is likely that there are Bucks players among them, especially Delong, a guy who played in New York, he was an All-Star before, and Merory must have signed him.

"Ha, you won't guess what I said!" Merori chuckled, and she felt very familiar with Chen Zhi.

Through Merorry's tone, Chen Zhi immediately felt that Merorry had an inexplicable sense of closeness when communicating with him.

You must know that the two have only met once before, and they haven't communicated much, and the closeness of Merorry's speech, Chen felt it at once, it was very abrupt, and it was not just as simple as being outgoing and willing to communicate.

Although Chen Zhi felt very incredible, there was only one answer left at present, "You got my phone from a lady surnamed Chu?" ”

"Haha, yes! I got your phone number from Sister Hugo! I was surprised, too! I didn't expect you to know each other! The joy in Merori's voice was palpable.

"You even know each other?!" Chen said incredulously.

"That's right! We've actually known each other for years! And I have a very close relationship with her, when I go to New York in the past two years, I basically go shopping with Sister Hugo! ”

"And what's going on? How do you know she knows me? Chen Zhi really didn't expect them to have this kind of relationship, and listening to the meaning of Merorrie's words, Chu Hugo and her are really very familiar.

"It's not that I know about her relationship with you, it's that she just found out that the two of us know each other! That's when I was asked! Just now! Merori said with a smile.

Obviously, this is also the reason why Merorrie called Chen Zhi at night.

"Did she see the group photo posted on your IG account!" When Chen Zhi heard this, he immediately deduced the reason.

Merorrie said with a smile, "She happened to see the photo I posted and called me very surprised, she thought we were in love, haha!" Isn't it interesting! ”

Chen Zhi sniffled when he heard this, Merorry is indeed a girl who is very in line with his aesthetics, and the photo taken with his arm on her shoulder does look intimate, no wonder Chu Hugo misunderstood.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhi found that Chu Hugo and Merorry were indeed familiar to a certain extent, otherwise when she thought she was in love with Merorry, she would definitely call her first to confirm with herself, but she didn't, but asked Merory directly.

"How did you meet her?" Chen Zhi couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Well, at the beginning, she was the target customer of my father's fund company, and when I was fighting for her, my father invited her to watch the New York team several times, saying that it was watching the game, but in fact, it was to talk about business, and I was a die-hard fan of the New York team, so I naturally followed it all the time! Later, we moved to Milwaukee, and the property here was purchased from her company, so let's put it this way, our family and Sister Hugo are mutual customers! But now she and I are personal friends and have nothing to do with business. ”

After listening to Merorry's words, Chen Zhi found that it was not surprising that the two of them became friends, there was no doubt that they were both rich second-generation Bai Fumei, and they were completely in the same circle, and there was a difference in age, so they would not form direct competition, and they naturally got along more harmoniously.

Merori continued: "She said that you are her brother, I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect her to send her phone number directly and let me verify it myself, it's such a coincidence, I knew that you and Sister Hugo had this relationship, and I would have entertained you in Milwaukee!" ”

After hanging up the phone with Merorry, Chen Zhi directly dialed Chu Hugo's phone, according to Merorry, Chu Hugo must not have slept now.

Sure enough, the phone rang as soon as it rang, and it was immediately connected.

"Yo, Chen Dao, are you done talking to your little girlfriend?" Chu Hugo answered the phone and said immediately.

Chen Zhi couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, "Sister Hugo, I've only met her once, she's not my girlfriend!" Originally, she wasn't even a friend, that is, she knew you, and then with this call, she was barely a friend. ”

"Are you sure?" On the other end of the phone, Chu Hugo smiled and said after a while.

"What's so uncertain about this!" Chen Zhi smiled, "What I said is the truth. ”

"Oh, you haven't seen that picture since you took it, have you?" Chu Hugo said inexplicably.

"I really haven't seen it, what's wrong?" Chen Zhi was stunned when he heard this, the photo was taken by Merorry himself with his mobile phone, he naturally didn't have it here, he didn't pay attention to Merorry's IG at present, and naturally he didn't see the photo.

"Then see for yourself!" Chu Hugo said again.

As he spoke, the mobile phone in Chen Zhi's hand vibrate, and Chu Hugo sent the photo over.

"You may not know that the expression of yours in the photo has the characteristics of all male animals when they find a female target, such as pupils that are unconsciously dilated than usual!" Chu Hugo's words are conclusive, like a master of love.

Chen Zhi looked at the photo when he heard this, and found that he did seem to have his eyes a little wider than usual! Although Merori is very beautiful and in line with her own aesthetics, she really doesn't have the feeling of love at first sight, doesn't it mean that when you fall in love at first sight, your heart beats very hard!

"Merorry doesn't have an official boyfriend yet, you have to seize the opportunity, the flowers can be broken and broken, don't wait for no flowers to break the branches!" Chu Hugo was full of encouragement for Chen Zhi to pursue Merorry.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Hugo put the phone aside, with a smile on his face, his little brother, who probably won't really know each other in his life, has finally grown up and is going to start talking about girlfriends, which is an important milestone in his life.

Although she is an older sister, when facing Chen Zhi's love, she is probably not much different from a mother's thoughts, and she will be very concerned about what kind of person the girlfriend he is looking for, whether she is beautiful or not, what her personality is, and whether the two are really suitable.

Chu Hugo knows Merorrie and her family very well, and obviously in Chu Hugo's opinion, Merorrie and Chen Zhi are very suitable.

As for what male animals see the traits of female animals, she, a witch, doesn't need to make a draft at all, as long as she can encourage Chen Dao.