Chapter 19: Ups and Downs

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Beasley asks Wade for Shayk's phone number and begins to research his pickle plan.

It's the last day of October, and today the Heat will host the Sacramento Kings.

The difference in strength in this game was huge, and the Kings sent away their core player in the middle of last season, Mike Bibby, in exchange for a group of benches and blue-collar workers, officially bidding farewell to the Kings' peak era of Chris Webb, Brad Miller, Doug Christie, Peja Stojakovic and Bibby.

When Spencer Hawes and Mitch Moore, two soft interior players with a weak style of play, guarded the Kings' restricted area, the Sacramento fans had to shake their heads and sigh at the fact that the team had drifted into mediocrity.

In the offseason, Artest, another key player of the team, shouted like a madman and jumped out of his contract option and switched to playing for the team.

After losing the right to exercise the player option, Artest violently complained through the media about how he was blinded by the severity of the free market, believed that someone had deceived him, and went to the home of the Kings owner to theorize. Under the hysterical threat of Artest, trading Artest became the only way out for the two sides not to turn against each other in the future.

And the Houston Rockets were fortunate to benefit from this, successfully taking over Artest.

At the scene of the game, the Heat players appeared one after another.

The feeling of being back at home was different, with the DJ's passionate opening ceremony and the enthusiastic cheers of the fans.

It's easy to make players feel like they're guarding their home stadium as if they're guarding their family.

It didn't take long for the Heat to build up their lead.

Wade and Beasley's pick-and-roll tactics ruthlessly destroyed the Kings' defense, Kevin Martin was pressed by Wade throughout the game, and John Salmons, who was used to fill Artest's vacancy, couldn't stop Beasley, who moved quickly but suffered too much in strength.

Beasley had a good game, scoring 20 points in the first half, and he also grabbed rebounds in the front court many times and played a second offense.

The game went into garbage time early in the fourth quarter, with Spo coming off the bench.

In the end, the Heat defeated the Kings 103-77 at home to make it two wins in a row, and Beasley recorded his first career double-double - 28 points, 12 rebounds, and four assists, and he was also named the best player of the game.

After the game, he spoke to reporters on the sidelines.

"Michael, how does it feel to be voted the best player in the second game of your career?"

'I'm very excited, I was in good shape today, probably thanks to the home fans cheering for me, thank you!'

"Rumor has it that you and Wade spent a lot of money in a New York nightclub after their last game, is that true?"

"Of course not, we won the game, we went to have a drink to celebrate the victory, that's all!"

"And the last question, can you talk about what you expect from yourself?"

"Uh... If you want to be the best rookie, the first thing is to strive for the best rookie, and this is the competition I am facing at this stage. Secondly, I want to be an all-round player and then help the team in every way, play well every night and of course win! ā€

……

That night, the Heat flew to Charlotte with the joy of winning to visit the Bobcats on the road, a back-to-back schedule.

Before getting on the plane, Spo kept instructing: "Boys, this is your first back-to-back this season, get ready!" Compared to your first two opponents, the Bobcats are no less than strong, this is a playoff-caliber team, I hope you don't get too happy, each one will be out of shape when the time comes! ā€

Most of the players didn't think so, but they were really righted by Spo.

92-70, the Heat suffered a heavy defeat, ending a two-game winning streak.

The Heat felt cold in their hands, and the team's shooting rate was less than 35 percent.

The main general Wade hit 15 irons in 5 of 20, which is not a common performance in him.

Chalmers played even worse, he had seven turnovers in the whole game, and his concentration was very poor, and Spo on the sidelines directly started scolding, scolding him bloody.

Beasley saw the strength of "Elvis" Gerald Wallace in this game, and Wallace beat him up both offensively and defensively.

In the face of Wallace's defense, Beasley can only be said to be unable to move an inch. His running and jumping ability is not as strong as Wallace's, his height is not dominant, and his weight is much heavier, but he still can't stand Wallace, Wallace's core strength is too strong!

2-of-10 shooting, 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, this is Beasley's stat sheet today.

And his opponent slashed 36 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks!

When I took the bus back to the hotel, the atmosphere was still very relaxed, after all, it was just a regular season game, and it didn't matter if I lost.

Only Chalmers had a gloomy face, he was in a terrible mood, he played so badly on the field, and then he was scolded by the manager.

Beasley comforted him: "Mario, it's just a regular season, not yet!" ā€

I remember that not long ago, he was still comforting Beasley, but now the two have switched up, and Beasley has comforted him.

This is also because Beasley's mentality is much better than before, and he also knows his current level, so there will be no sense of gap.

Chalmers waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

"By the way, you can accompany me to buy a car when I go back to Miami tomorrow, Bruce has been busy with work recently, and I can't find anyone else to accompany me!" Beasley suddenly remembered this, he had wanted to buy a car for a long time, and he always felt bad about taking a taxi.

Chalmers had nothing else to do, and immediately agreed.

……

Miami is a tourist city with a lot of people and traffic jams.

Chalmers drove his Land Rover around a lot of 4S stores, and it took hours because it was so congested!

But the shop he took Beasley to was not satisfied with any of them, the ones he liked were too expensive, and the cheaper ones were not good enough. In the end, I picked up a Gallardo, a white one, and the follow-up cost was almost $450,000.

This car is more classic, and it is quite stylish to drive out.

There were no games for the next four days, but there were training sessions the next day and free time for the rest of the day.

On November 4, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama won the election, becoming the 44th president of the United States and the first black president in U.S. history.

Everyone was also talking about this when they were training, and many people were smiling and smiling, after all, most of the players were black, and they were naturally very happy to see their compatriots become presidents!

On this day, a big event also happened in the NBA.

Less than a week into the season, the Denver Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons have completed a shocking deal: Iverson and Billups swapped owners! To balance the trade amount, the Pistons also sent Antonio McDyce and Check Sambu.

The deal shocked the league, but Beasley was mentally prepared, knowing that Joe Dumas had made a mistake this time, Iverson was not a good fit for the Pistons, and Iverson was too old to let him go.

On the other hand, the Nuggets made money, and Billups even touched the floor of the West Finals with melons.

It's just that because of Beasley's existence, the trajectory of history has been changed, and the future is unknowable.

On the 5th, the Heat, who had been resting for four days, finally waited for the game - they will play at home against the Philadelphia 76ers.