Chapter 312: Prelude

When the final whistle blew, Chen Zhi stood up from the bench and applauded the five Mavericks who were coming off the court, who were naturally not the biggest contributors to the big win over the Clippers, but they completed the finishing work perfectly under the leadership of Barnes.

Probably at the end of the third quarter, it was already known that this game against the Clippers would be won, so this big win didn't make the Mavericks players very excited. Chen Zhi just walked to the sideline and high-fived each other, and bumped into Barnes's shoulder.

Chen didn't feel anything special about his actions, these are natural habits since he came to the Mavericks, and it seems that in a way, it can be regarded as the privilege of the team's new core, the first teammates to walk on the sidelines and walk off the court to celebrate.

This has created a unique team culture for the Mavericks, just as it must be Nowitzki, the team's spiritual leader, who shouts "Go, Maves" when he comes out in the tunnel whenever he plays.

Kendall Jenner watched Chen Zhi naturally do this, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but smile, when Chen Zhi was doing this, she felt that she could almost use the naked eye to see that Chen Zhi was exuding something called leadership temperament.

She knew that Chen Zhi would definitely not take the initiative to greet her, so she simply sat quietly on the chair after the game, watching Chen Zhi start to accept the sideline interview after the game after greeting her opponent, and did not take the initiative to walk to Chen Zhi's side like last time.

But even if she didn't, the cameraman's camera didn't ignore her, as the reporters apparently asked about her.

Kendall Jenner saw Chen Zhi turn his head to look at him, and replied with an elegant chuckle, as for how Chen Zhi answered the reporter, she couldn't hear it at all if it was too far away, and she suddenly found that she didn't have the kind of curiosity to come forward to listen, just sitting here and watching Chen Zhi being interviewed, it seemed to be enough.

After the interview finally ended, when Chen Zhi was about to return to the locker room, he found that Kendall Jenner was still sitting there, slightly surprised, although he had the intention to ignore her, but her eyes obviously found that he had noticed her, and Chen Zhi had to step forward.

"I didn't expect you to be a basketball fan, and when I came to Los Angeles twice, I found you there." Chen Zhi smiled and said humorously.

"No, I'm not really a fan, at most... It's a star chaser. The meaning of Kendall Jenner's words is self-evident, she is here to see Chen Zhi compete, and as for who the other nine people in the arena are, she doesn't care at all.

For Kendall Jenner's straightforwardness, Chen Zhi has begun to get used to it, and when he heard this, he just smiled and shook his head helplessly: "I want to go back to the locker room to rest first, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to take you over." ”

"I know it's inconvenient, so I'll go back to the hotel and wait for you first." Kendall said with a faint smile.

Hearing this coming out of Kendall's mouth, Chen Zhi really couldn't think about it, "Go back to the hotel and wait for me?" ”

As if feeling that his tone revealed a crooked thought, Chen Zhipao continued, "Isn't your home in Los Angeles, and you have to stay in this hotel today." ”

"Hehe, don't think crookedly, I'm not waiting for you in the room, but in the hotel restaurant, at this time you players usually have to eat something." Kendall Jenner rarely didn't seduce Chen.

Chen Dao, who was ready to hear Kendall's seductive remarks, was a little surprised to hear her answer so seriously, and couldn't help but nodded.

After saying goodbye to Kendall for a while, Chen Zhi returned to the locker room to rest for a while, then came to the Clippers locker room with his autograph book and knocked lightly on the closed door.

When the door of the Clippers locker room opened, Chen Zhi suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the Clippers locker room was extremely solemn, everyone was doing their own thing, but no one spoke quietly.

It can be said that it is Chen Zhi who sank the Clippers with his own hands, which led to the current atmosphere of the Clippers team, and now he runs to the door to ask for an autograph, which is really embarrassing.

Although the Mavericks and the Clippers are far from being harmonious, or even negative, they are mainly Jordan Jr., and Chen Zhi has not yet had the habit of killing one piece with a stick.

It's just that everyone in the Clippers team saw that it was Chen Zhi who appeared at the door, obviously the atmosphere was a little weird, they looked at Chen Zhi at the door one by one, and looked at each other for a moment, but no one spoke.

Bryce Johnson, a Clippers rookie who opened the door, didn't ask any questions after opening the door, and returned to his cupboard, forcibly fiddling back and forth with a few jerseys that obviously didn't need to be organized.

Chen Zhi had to ask in embarrassment, "Is Blake Griffin still there?" I'm here to apologize. ”

Although he came to ask for an autograph, in this case, Chen Zhi had to forcibly apologize, even though he had already seen that Griffin was not in the locker room.

Chris Paul was a little embarrassed when he saw that there was no one on the team, and responded: "He has gone to the hospital for further testing and left here first." ”

Although NBA teams have medical teams, most teams have a partnership with hospitals, and players still have to go to the hospital to treat injuries.

Paul's answer was not surprising, and it was good that someone answered, "You don't mind coming out to talk." He said this by looking Paul in the eye.

After Paul came out of the locker room, Chen handed over the autograph book without pretentiousness, and asked Paul to sign it as an ordinary fan.

Looking at the young man in front of him, who was in the limelight in the NBA and did not have a little arrogance and domineering when he asked for an autograph, Paul suddenly had a good impression of the unfamiliar Chen Zhi.

"It looks like this is your hobby, and you've collected a lot of autographs, and the Spurs are a rare one!" When I opened the autograph book, I saw that there were already a lot of signatures in it, and I couldn't help but laugh, "You really have two different attitudes towards the Clippers and the Spurs." ”

Chen Zhi couldn't help but smile when he heard this, Paul really deserved to be known as the top few guys in the Football Quotient League, and he had already discovered some clues just by taking a quick look.

Seeing the fact that Chen Zhi acquiesced, Paul couldn't help but smile and pout, obviously he understood that he couldn't force everyone to like the team he was on.

"Do you need anyone's signature but me, DeAndrew?" Paul asked, after signing.

"He doesn't need to." Little Jordan is obviously not a superstar in Chen Zhi's eyes.

Paul nodded when he heard this, obviously although Chen Zhi came to the Clippers to ask for an autograph, he still had some attitude towards Little Jordan, and he couldn't help laughing at himself, "You just don't have any opinion on me." ”

Chen Zhi couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "I naturally don't have any opinion of you, I'm in the Mavericks, and it's inevitable that I'll be affected by some team atmosphere." ”

"Well, I understand, just like Cousins doesn't let Thomas Jr. high-five me, that's the effect of the team atmosphere, haha." Paul was clearly self-deprecating.

Chen Zhi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, the core player of the Kings team, "cousin" Cousins, had a very big opinion of Paul, and when he was on the same team as Thomas Jr., he forcibly pulled Thomas Jr., who was about to communicate with Paul, and the GIF was widely circulated on the Internet, and Chen Zhi naturally knew it.

"Cousins is a very interesting guy, and I actually like him." To Paul's surprise, he continued, "But on the court, in addition to the body, the power of intelligence is also essential, as the Princeton system adage says, 'strong can take advantage of the weak, smart can take advantage of the strong' As long as you succeed in gaining an advantage for the team, it seems to me that faking a fall is not necessarily wrong." ”

"Wisdom itself can also be said to be part of power." Chen Zhi nodded when he heard this, although Paul was suspected of exculpating himself, but he did have some truth in what he said. Thinking of the picture of Paul walking in front of the innocent Cousins and suddenly faking to fall to the ground, and successfully getting the referee to give the eldest cousin a chicken rice, Chen Zhi couldn't help laughing, although he felt that Paul's words had a certain truth, but Chen Zhi still couldn't help complaining in his heart, "It's reasonable that Cousins hates you!" ”

"Which team will you play against in the next game, your Mavericks are so strong this year, I can't help but start worrying about your next opponent." Paul joked casually.

Chen replied, "I'm going to fly to Cleveland tomorrow." ”

Seeing that Paul was obviously stunned for a moment, Chen Zhi couldn't help but smile, the relationship between Paul and James, the NBA league is well known, Paul, Wade, James, and Anthony are known as the NBA Dust Four, and the best relationship with James may not be Wade, who has been on the same team for a few years, but Paul.

When James needed to play, his son was born, and Paul was with him outside the delivery room, and the two were each other's godfathers of each other's children, James was Paul's newlywed best man, and Paul's wife was James's wife's best friend, and the two were also connected through Lao Zhan's wife.

"If there is one in this league who can really challenge and beat James now, I think it is likely to be you, but the one who is most likely to guard you is probably James. As for your two teams, I'm obviously more bullish on the Cavaliers, who are already champions. ”

Paul didn't expect that the next opponent Chen Zhi would face was the team of his good friend James, in his opinion, if he faced the Cavaliers, I am afraid that it would be the Mavericks who would be in trouble, after all, the Cavaliers are the defending champions, and the most important thing is James!

Shortly after Paul returned to the locker room, another man walked out of the locker room and looked at Chen in surprise.

"I have admired the name for a long time, and I want an autograph!" After Chen Zhi saw the comer, he said with a smile.

Pierce was surprised when he heard Paul say that someone was looking for him outside, and even more surprised when he saw that this person was Chen.

Although he joined the Clippers, he didn't play in today's game, and as Coach Rivers said, the energy of the veteran should be reserved for the precious playoffs.

Now that Pierce is a full-fledged veteran, he is gradually fading out of the league, and maybe this is his last season and he will retire soon. Chen arrived at this popular star to ask him for an autograph, and the leather team was obviously very useful.

He was even happier when he saw that Chen Zhi asked him to leave his autograph on the page with the names of several Celtics players, after all, he has been the soul of the Celtics team for many years, and he has a strong sense of belonging to the Green Shirts, not just winning championships and FMVP with the Celtics.

After signing the autograph happily, Pierce casually asked the same question as Paul, and when he knew that Chen was going to face James in the next game, he pouted and nodded, "I've been fighting against James since I was younger, he's a tough guy on the court, but I've always been tougher in responding to him." ”

For Pierce's boastful boasting, he did not judge, he was also a small forward, Pierce was in the Green Shirts back then, and he did not fight against James, and he was indeed one of the biggest opponents in the East in the early stage of James's career.

But what Chen Zhi admires even more is the tenacious vitality of the leather team that does not die with 11 knives, in this world, there are so many people who still don't die, except for women, there is only Pierce!

Before he could return to the room when he returned to the hotel, Kendall Jenner blocked Chen's way in the middle of the road, "What, you want to go back to the room directly to avoid me?" ”

Chen Zhi looked at Kendall Jenner's expression, and had to go straight to the restaurant with her, anyway, he just had something to eat to fill his stomach, by this time, dinner had already been consumed, but whenever the game was over at midnight, he always had to eat a little to fill his stomach, the living habits of professional players are indeed different from ordinary people.

Kendall Jenner sat down at a window table, there was no food on the seat, only two glasses of red wine, Chen Zhi casually took some food in the self-service area, and pushed the wine glass in front of him aside, now he doesn't want to drink, especially the wine that Kendall Jenner has prepared a long time ago, for this woman, Chen Zhi really feels that he has to guard against it!

After eating a few bites of food, Chen Zhi couldn't help but look up at Kendall Jenner opposite, because she rarely kept silent.

Seeing that Kendall Jenner was just sitting opposite and looking at herself with a faint smile, holding a crystal clear glass in her slender white hand, the cup contained a bright red liquid like blood, behind her was the bright lights of Los Angeles outside the venue, coupled with her delicate and seductive appearance, it was as artistic as a living oil painting.

If you don't consider the Kardashian family behind her, just looking at the elegant her in this painting, Chen Zhi secretly said that he is really a little attractive to himself, but unfortunately in Chen Zhi's opinion, the name of Kardashian has ruined everything.

"Why don't you speak?" Chen Zhi couldn't help but ask, breaking the attraction she exuded in that tranquility.

She shook the wine glass in her hand and pouted, "When you really like someone, you won't feel the slightest embarrassment if you just sit quietly and don't speak." I'm just now understanding how it feels, it's really amazing. ”

Kendall Jenner's words made Chen Zhi stop chewing food.