658. Finals Preview

"Boss, turn on the hot spot, I have no traffic."

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This careful slasher, I can't kill you! Liu Ren rolled his eyes and turned on the hotspot on his mobile phone and asked James next to him to connect.

Every fight with James is something that excites Liu Ren very much.

On February 4, when the All-Star starting list was announced, Liu Ren followed the Lakers to Cleveland, and the next day he will challenge the Cavaliers, who are the first in the East.

As soon as Liu Ren arrived at the hotel, James came.

James also won the All-Star ticket today, although it is only in the East, but he is also very happy! Immediately send a text message to Liu Ren, and when Liu Ren arrives in Cleveland, he will come to Liu Ren to play.

James only invited Liu Ren alone, and according to James, the East and West All-Star Ticket King is eligible to play together.

However, Liu Ren knows very well that this guy wants to rub traffic, Kobe Bryant is not very good at playing electronic products, and usually only brings an old man machine when he plays away, Vanessa is afraid that he will shake it with his prestige...... As for the rest of the Lakers, James is not so familiar with them, so naturally he can't pull his face to rub traffic with them, don't lose face!

Although there are hotels in the United States, there is a key problem, it is very expensive!

Especially in the five-star hotel where the Lakers live, the team does not include IFI fees, and you can go to the front desk to open it if you want to use it, more than a dozen dollars a day.

However, most telecommunications companies in the United States only pay a few tens of dollars per month for unlimited data packages, so no one opens a hotel IFI.

James came to Liu Ren for a casual chat because he hadn't seen him for too long, the relationship between the two was still good, in fact, in this era of information explosion, the top players in the league really rarely had a bad relationship.

After all, this is not the eighties and nineties, when the NBA just became popular, the media always wanted to use them to hype up and arrange some stories, especially the story of a star who couldn't get used to seeing another star, and then some stars played against each other two or three times a year, and there was no phone, and the people at that time were more subtle and couldn't confirm it, and over time they really became enemies.

But now, the players are more open, the communication is convenient, and the players don't meet each other much, except for playing games, they try to show each other their excellent side outside the field, as for the media arrangement, you can ask clearly with a phone call or even a text message, and then just send a tweet and Facebook to clarify, how can there be too many enemies.

Of course, Ray Allen left Garnett, Pierce, and Aldridge abandoned Lillard...... There will still be such enemies.

But for more NBA players, in addition to honor, there is also business, and it is not ten years ago, leaving a team to pursue better development and more money, unless it is those top players, the transfer of other players will not be scolded as much as before.

Although the relationship between Liu Ren and James is not intimate, it is definitely a divine friend, and they usually don't have much contact, but they appreciate each other after seeing each other.

Especially James, he basically decided that the one who ruled the league after him must be this lazy guy in front of him, and once again he went to Los Angeles to play the Clippers away, and came to Liu Ren's house to visit the door, the Lakers did not play in those days, and there was little training, but Liu Ren had to train for several hours every day when he was at home during the holidays, which gave James a great impression.

James knew Liu Ren's hobby, and since Cleveland really didn't have much fun, and there was a game tomorrow, he brought his Xbox and played 2K16 with Liu Ren.

The other players of the Lakers saw these two naïve guys actually playing games together, and immediately left bored, especially Whiteside, who only had 86 for himself and had an ability value that was two points lower than Gasol Jr. and Howard, and James would not modify the ability value, he himself was the highest ability value of 97, and there was no need to modify it at all......

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"Imperial Court Terrace, Imperial Court Terrace, welcome to watch the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers away from last season's runner-up Cleveland Cavaliers brought to you by Imperial Court Sports Channel 5, I am today's commentator Yu Jia, and today's commentator is Zhang Weiping and Zhang Guidance. Coach Zhang, could you please tell us what you think of today's game? "The bald Yu Jia has already dominated the position of the first basketball commentator on the court sports platform, no way, it's not how good he is, but how good he is, but how he can be a man, every time he meets his predecessors, he is very good at stuttering, plus some peers to set off......

"This is basically equivalent to a preview of this year's Finals, the Lakers still have a good chance of winning the championship this year, and it is difficult for any team in the league to have the strength to compete with the Lakers." Director Zhang is worthy of lake honey, a decisive wave of milk.

"But the Warriors are not losing to the Lakers this year, is it possible that the Warriors will continue to work miracles in the playoffs?"

"I don't think it's a big odds, the Lakers have lost a few more games this year than last season, and a big part of it is because of their rotation strategy, you see they played the Cavaliers this year, Whiteside is still resting, and they rarely have a full team together to play this year, basically they haven't fully shown their true strength......"

On Feb. 5, the Lakers' first game of a four-game road trip against the Cavaliers will begin.

As rivals in last season's Finals, the two teams continue to be the favorites to meet in the Finals this year, although the Warriors are the best in the league with a dazzling 46-5 record, which is not worse than last season's Lakers.

But both the media and fans believe that the Lakers will be stronger in the playoffs.

This is the pressure of the defending champions, because both the media and the fans have inexplicably high expectations for the defending champions, and they do not consider that every team starts from scratch in the new season.

Fans and the media have watched how to advocate for the defending champions, such as Zhang Weiping, who completely ignores the feelings of the Lakers players and is crazy about poisoned milk like Soraka......

That's why D'Antoni and Popovich have repeatedly shown weakness, they really don't want the fans and the media to affect their players, and if they underestimate their own players, that's fine, because it will definitely arouse the morale of their players.

But if it's a hype, it will inevitably make some players flutter in their hearts......

The game between the Lakers and Cavaliers began immediately, with players from both sides on the court.

The Lakers sent Clarkson, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Gasol today.

The Cavaliers sent Irving, Afralo, James, Love, and Mozgov.

The line-ups of both sides are similar to the first game between the two teams last season, with no changes to the line-ups on either side.