Chapter 45: Coleman's Comeback

Rushed to Los Angeles without a word, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, because the snow was too big, the car drove slower and slower, and the Celtics did not choose to train after arriving in Los Angeles, they stayed directly in the hotel, this day's bus trip, although they have been resting, but still very tired, Jonny went directly back to his room to sleep. Chasing the reckless wasteland, you have to be quick.

As on the road before, Jonny still had a room on his own, and this time Celtic came in with 13 players, which is exactly one more. But apparently Jonny's trip to Los Angeles was not peaceful, Jonny slept for more than two hours, and at 7 p.m., a phone call came in.

"Jonny?" When I picked it up, I heard a sweet and greasy voice.

Jonny was stunned for a moment and replied, "Yes." ”

"I'm Julia Roberts, I heard you have a game in Los Angeles tomorrow?" This sweet and greasy voice turned out to be the big-mouthed beauty Julia Roberts. Jonny is a little confused, is there another beautiful woman who wants to invite him out to open a room?

"yes, we're in Los Angeles." Julia Roberts isn't Angelina Jolie, and Jonny isn't that defensive about her.

"Okay, no problem." With a snap, the phone hung up, and Jonny suddenly felt a little baffled, what's going on? After a phone call and asked if there was a game tomorrow, Jonny was a little confused.

But if Jonny knew what was happening in Julia Roberts' mansion in Los Angeles at this time, he would have understood.

In Julia Roberts's mansion, holding her little niece Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, who had just hung up the phone, first kissed her little niece, and then continued to say to her little niece in that sweet and greasy voice: "Okay, let's go watch Brother Jonny's game tomorrow!" ”

It turned out that it wasn't Julia Roberts who wanted to call Jonny, but Emma Roberts who wanted to watch Jonny's game

Jonny didn't know what was going on over there with Julia Roberts, but he didn't think about it and went back to sleep.

The next day's game came very quickly, at the Great Western Forum Arena, the Celtics faced the Lakers. The Green Army vs. the Purple and Gold Army is the main theme of the last era in the NBA, and the confrontation between Magic Johnson and Big Bird Larry Bird is still vivid, and there are also confrontations between the two sides in the 50s and 60s. It can be said that the two teams, the Lakers and the Celtics, are the real rivals in the league!

And counting in 1997, the Lakers and Celtics met 10 times in the Finals! However, in these ten finals encounters, the Green Army won 8 of them! And in the face of their old rivals, both the Lakers and the Celtics are nervous. At least fans on both sides are determined to win this game. As for the players on both sides, it doesn't matter.

The core players of both teams, Jonny Lee has just joined Celtics for a year; And the Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal has only been in the hotel for two years, and they are of course very clear about the grievances between the two teams, but there is still no heart-wrenching grievances, so before the game starts, the Great Western Forum Arena only heard the Los Angeles fans booing the Celtics.

And the players on both sides of Hukai are warming up with laughter and laughter. Jonny didn't pay attention to the constant boos coming from the sidelines. Instead, he paid special attention to Derek Coleman, who was obviously different from before, and the warm-up was much more serious, and Jonny felt that there was hope for this game. Looking at the laughing and smiling Shaq over there, Jonny felt that Derek Coleman today was much better than before.

Soon, the warm-up was over, and Rick Pitino announced the starting lineup for the game, with Derrick Coleman re-entering the starting lineup, while the all-star Celtics faced the Lakers, who were also all-in.

The Lakers' starting lineup for this game is: point guard Van Exel, shooting guard Eddie Jones, small forward former Celtics player Rick Fox, power forward Elden Campbell and center Shaquille O'Neal. And on the bench are Kobe Bryant and Derrick Fisher, two rookies in 96 who have played well this year, as well as Robert Horry and Joan Barry.

And with this seemingly rebellious lineup, the Lakers' goal this season is naturally to win the championship, and the pressure on Silver Fox Del Harris is great. However, for the current Celtics, Del Harris still doesn't pay much attention to it, after all, just looking at the lineup, the gap between the two teams is too big.

Jonny will face Eddie Jones against this match, who scored a record 68 points last season under Eddie Jones' defense! So, face Eddie Jones again. Jonny still has a certain psychological advantage. And on the Lakers' side, there is also a person who is eager to try, Elden Campbell is a blue-collar interior lineman, angry that he, like most players, has a dream of stardom.

This time against Decrick Coleman, a big colander who has become famous in the league, Elden Campbell also wanted to come up with a super stat and cut a double twenty big double. Especially, before this game, Shaq said that he wanted to rest, Elden Campbell was already very familiar with this situation, Shaq wanted to take a break every few games, and this game was obviously the game that Shaq wanted to rest.

And when that kind of game comes, it's time for the rest of the Lakers to play, and in this November's game, Eddie Jones had a chance to compete for the Player of the Month honor because Shaquille O'Neal had a lot of games off. The big sharks used the fact that the game had just started as an excuse and rested for a lot of games.

The two sides were all ready, standing in the middle circle, looking at the lazy big shark, and then at the old rival Kobe Bryant sitting on the bench, Jonny felt full of strength in his body, especially when he thought that he was going to get a real helper in this game, Jonny was even more excited! It's been almost 2 months since he played for Celtic, and Jonny hasn't played an easy game yet.

And in this match, Jonny felt that he could finally relax and finally play a hearty game.

Jump Ball! The lazy Big Sharks, although lazy, still won Big Ben with the jump ball, and the Lakers are currently attacking. As soon as the ball reached the front court of the Lakers, O'Neal stood still in a high position, and Del Harris knew what the big shark was thinking when he saw it, but the silver fox Harris was also helpless, and he couldn't control the big shark, so he could only let him go.

O'Neal stood in the high post and stole lazily, and the Lakers' first shot was finally driven by Fan Maniac for a three-pointer, but he missed and the rebound was taken by Big Ben.

As soon as they got the rebound, the Celtics started the fast break, according to Rick Pitino's arrangement before the game, the Celtics wanted to turn on the rhythm of the fast break and drag O'Neal to death with the fast break.

However, since O'Neal wanted to be lazy, he naturally didn't think about running wildly to defend, so the Celtics' first shot, without O'Neal's defense, turned into a wave of fast breaks, and Chauncey Billups threw a close-range layup.

Celtic saw the light of day, and O'Neal was really lazy enough in this game. (To be continued.) )xh118