After the victory over the Lakers, the Rockets' next game is on December 18, when they will play the Clippers at Staples Arena. Due to the team's back-to-back road trips, head coach Jeff Van Gundy decided to take a day off to give his players a good rest.

The Houston Rockets are now the hottest and luckiest team in the league. They signed Hayes, an All-Star calibre, with just a base salary, albeit only for one year.

Their opponents, the Clippers, are the opposite.

If there is a "Weakest Team in the League" selection, the Los Angeles Clippers should receive 80% of the vote.

As we all know, Los Angeles has two NBA teams, the Lakers and the Clippers.

Both teams are not only in the same city, but also use the same stadium, and the carpet stickers are changed immediately after a match, and if the two teams play each other, the carpet of the home team will be changed. Moreover, the NBA league schedule does not arrange the home court of these two teams at the same time, and even the maintenance fee of the venue is calculated very well, and the tickets are sold separately. This is an example of how successful the NBA market is!

However, it was the league that succeeded, and by no means the Clippers.

Although they share the Staples Arena, the two teams have never been equal in status in the "City of Angels". The Lakers have made waves and have established several dynasties successively, and are the darlings of the local community; The Clippers arrived in Los Angeles later than the Lakers, and their achievements cannot be compared with the Lakers, so they are always called "stepmothers".

Even if the Lakers didn't make the playoffs in 2004, the Clippers were still the talk of the joke. Just before the start of the 2005-06 season, a TV host was still making fun of the Clippers when talking about the new season's dress rules: "The new rule is that players can't wear league-degrading clothing. The host said, "Take the Clippers' jerseys. ”

As a result, in the 2005-06 season, the Los Angeles Clippers, under the leadership of "Captain" Elton Brand, soared to the sky, with a 47-35 record in the regular season, which not only created the second best record in the team's history, but also broke into the Western Conference semifinals in one fell swoop, and finally lost to the Phoenix Suns 3:4.

The record surpasses that of the Lakers, does it mean that the status of the two teams can be changed?

Stop dreaming.

Although Brand has been a consistent 20-plus-10 player since entering the league, one of the players with the smallest variance in technical statistics is comparable to Tim Duncan; Although he is an all-round player who is both offensive and defensive, he is top-notch in both opposition and supplemental defense; Last season, Brand reached a career high, averaging 24.7 points, 10 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in the MVP-level performance. But compared with Kobe Bryant, his box office appeal is still very different, as far as Monkey King turning his head.

The truth is so cruel, unless Kobe Bryant and Brand swap clubs, people in Los Angeles just like the Lakers, and it has nothing to do with the record.

Last season, the Lakers played the Clippers away from home (scheduled), and a fan was frantically cheering for the Lakers in the court, and a Clippers fan couldn't stand it anymore, reminding him that this was the home court of the Clippers and their Clippers' turf, and was beaten to the hospital because the Lakers fans in the stadium were 95% at the time......

That's how tragic the Clippers are.

The Rockets had won so much that they didn't take the Clippers seriously at all, and they felt they could win by luck alone. Holidays, of course, make sense.

Hayes has been working on how to get stronger lately, and wants to practice a fresh and devouring offensive move.

However, he never found inspiration in training, except for making himself tougher and harder, he didn't know how to make himself stronger, his physical fitness, technique, shooting percentage, seemed to start stagnating.

Hayes hit a bottleneck. He felt that if he couldn't break through the bottleneck, maybe this life would be like this. Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. If he can't break through, he can only maintain his condition and try to be a good star.

Say he's a star, statistically yes. Desperately, Hayes was confident of getting 20 plus 10. But to say that he is now the core, it is not very qualified.

Hayes is not satisfied, he wants to be the best he can be.

Jeff Van Gundy advises Hayes to go out for a walk.

In a row of away games, physical strength is more important than anything else.

When Yao Ming was off the field, Hayes often played a cameo as a center forward and played with a substitute. In this way, the Rockets have preserved Yao Ming's physical strength very well, Yao Ming only plays about 30 minutes per game, and his playing time is basically added to Hayes, in the past 5 games, Hayes has played an average of more than 40 minutes.

In this case, Hayes had to reduce the amount of training. The schedule is too dense, and it is easy to get injured if you overdraw your physical strength, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Jeff Van Gundy worries that Hayes won't be able to do it soon, and it won't happen overnight to improve. Van Gundy is already happy with his current performance. How many people in the league can get close to 20+10 data? What's more, Hayes' defense is also very strong.

"Don't overthink it, Chuck. If you take another big leap in the short term, it will be strange. There will definitely be scientists who want to take you to dissect and study. Jeff Van Gundy laughs.

After listening to Jeff Van Gundy, Hayes was ready to relax as well.

Los Angeles is located in the southern part of California on the west coast of the United States, and is the largest city in California and the second largest city in the United States by population, after New York. Los Angeles is one of the world's centers for culture, science, technology, international trade, and higher education, as well as world-renowned institutions in a variety of professional and cultural fields. The city, and its immediate neighborhood, form the basis of Los Angeles' international reputation and global standing in popular entertainment such as film, television, and music. The world-famous Hollywood is located in the city.

To relax, Hayes immediately thought of visiting Hollywood. After asking around, no one wanted to go with him.

Jeff Van Gundy is going to visit a friend.

Many teammates said that they were too tired and wanted to take this opportunity to have a good rest in the hotel. The spirited Hyde, Alston and others are ready to go elsewhere for fun, and they are tired of Hollywood for a long time.

Hayes' younger brother Azubuuk is going to practice basketball with Weaver and Moon.

"You're crazy. Don't accompany me to Hollywood to practice on a good holiday? Too team-oriented, right? After being rejected by everyone, Hayes said to the trio.

"Chuck, as soon as my 10-day contract expires, I may be gone. If you don't practice, you can't do it. Weaver glanced at Moon and said firmly.

"I'm not going to lose to you." Moon also glanced at Weaver and chuckled.

"What about you? Why do you want to practice ball? Hayes asked Azubuke again.

Azubuuk smiled wryly: "I've been playing less and less lately, so I have to work hard." I'm sorry, Chuck. However, it's not bad for you to go to Hollywood by yourself, maybe somewhere you can meet a beautiful celebrity who adores you as a tour guide, and I will become a light bulb when I go. ”

Weaver and Moon will soon have a ten-day short contract, and although they have had the opportunity to play in these two games, they have played little time, and their performance can only be called mediocre. In order to stay, the two buckles will fight all day. Azubuike's playing time has been shortened recently, and he didn't know if the team had a trade plan to do so, and he thought he wasn't doing well and doubled down.

Seeing that they were so motivated, Hayes said no more and set out alone.

Universal Studios Hollywood is located in the northwest suburbs of downtown Los Angeles. It is a theme park affiliated with Universal Pictures Studios in the United States, and it is a gathering place for stars!

When you arrive in Los Angeles, you have to visit Hollywood, which was one of Hayes's dreams in his previous life.

Hayes had breakfast at McDonald's, a hamburger with a medium orange juice drink.

Hopping on a taxi, Hayes soon arrived at the gates of Universal Studios.

"Hollywood, I'm coming!" Hayes looked at the big sign at the door with a vulgar and happy mood, and silently read it in his heart excitedly, exactly like a hillbilly entering the city. Luckily, no teammates came with him. Otherwise, when you see his expression, you will definitely despise him. What's so exciting about this?

But Hayes was so excited that he bought a new camera for the trip.

It's good to be reborn, it's good to be rich, and so many things that can only be thought about in the previous life have come true. Hayes was so upset that he lined up to buy tickets. In the morning, there were already a lot of tourists, and the queue lasted for a full 5 minutes. However, this did not hinder his mood in the slightest.

Tickets for one day and two-day tickets, because Universal Studios is very large, most people should not be able to turn in one day, if you buy a two-day ticket, you can come in again the next day and continue to play, and the one-day ticket is cheaper, it is a psychological comfort for those tourists who haven't finished watching it for a day, anyway, it's not full price, and you won't suffer if you can't finish it, which is very human.

The ticket for the day was $50, and Hayes got the ticket, excited like a child, and walked in the door with his head held high. On weekends, the park is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and can only play for 8 hours. So he had to hurry.

Hayes went to the Walk of Fame first.

The so-called Avenue of Fame is to engrave the names of stars on the sidewalks on both sides of the road at regular intervals within a five-star line. Hayes saw Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford and many more......

The Avenue of Stars is also lined with shops, colorful movie advertisements, and crowded with tourists. It seems that it is no different from other commercial districts, but it is a bit surprising that the award style and environment are rendered by the media.

The most crowded place is the Chinese Grand Theater. The Grand Theatre is the most prosperous area of the Avenue of Stars, and there are handprints, footprints and signatures of stars on every floor in front of the door. There are wax museums, Guinness exhibition halls, etc. on the Avenue of Fame, but due to limited time, Hayes only entered the door and gave a general glance. He's going to spend most of his time at Universal Studios.

About a 10-minute drive from the Walk of Fame to Universal Studios, Hayes arrived at his destination at 11 o'clock.

What beautiful celebrities will Hayes meet along the way, will there really be female stars who worship him? Who will he meet? Scarlett Johansson? Jessica Alba? Sienna Miller?

After getting out of the car, Hayes didn't meet a single beauty.

He hadn't gone far when a thin, middle-aged white man with a baseball cap and a beard greeted him.

"Hey, excuse me, are you Chuck Hayes?" The middle-aged man asked with a smile.

"Hi. That one...... Are you a Lakers fan? Hayes asked rhetorically as he hung the camera around his neck for a moment.

"No, I like rockets." The middle-aged man said.

"Oh ho, then I'm Chuck Hayes. Nice to see you. Hayes smiled and shook hands with the middle-aged man.

"Haha, you're so interesting, my name is Peter Borg. I work here. Welcome to Hollywood! ”

"Thank you. I'm a first-time visitor, where can I find a tour guide? Hayes asked, looking around.

"You're here for the first time? I can be your tour guide, no one knows this place better than me, it's free. Hehe, you just need to sign a few more names for me when I leave. Peter Borg straightened his hat and Mao recommended himself.

Hayes was embarrassed to refuse the kindness of the fans. However, it's really boring to let an uncle who looked like he was over 40 last year be a tour guide.

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