After the game against the Thunder, the Lakers had a full week of rest because the NBA All-Star Weekend was about to begin.
Different from previous years, this year's All-Star Game has nothing to do with the Lakers. Kobe is injured, Gasol is injured, Nash is injured, and Zhang Guan entered the NBA for too short a time, so no one from the Lakers participated in the All-Star Game. of the main race.
Not only that, no one from the Lakers was selected in the Rookie Challenge. In order to form F4, the Lakers had already traded away their 2013 draft picks, so all the rookies in the team were bought from other teams. Good rookies are reluctant to sell them, and the Lakers can't give them decent bargaining chips. The ones left behind are like Sacre, who waves the towel very vigorously, but is not good at playing. Of course, he will not be able to participate in the Rookie Challenge.
Saturday's shooting contest, skills challenge, three-point challenge and dunk contest still have nothing to do with the Lakers. Before Zhang Guan came, the Lakers were just a bunch of weaklings, with poor passing, inaccurate three-pointers, and no physical talent for dunking, so they couldn't participate in these challenges.
However, the Lakers did not have a holiday. The Lakers spent the entire week in training.
This All-Star weekend break is precious to the Lakers. With this week of training, Zhang Guan can at least gradually integrate into D'Antoni's tactical system and have a certain chemical reaction with the team. . At the same time, D'Antoni also took out the offensive tactics specially developed for Zhang Guan and gave them to the whole team to practice.
It can be said that after this week, Zhang Guan is no longer the player who simply relies on his own feelings to move, but has truly entered the Lakers' tactical system.
At the same time, the Lakers also received good news. Gasol's injury has almost recovered. After the doctor's evaluation, he can play in the next game. And Zhang Guan doesn't have to continue to fight alone. Now he at least has a reliable helper.
Historically, Gasol only paid in the next game, but now with the emergence of Zhang Guan, the Lakers have won three consecutive home games, allowing Gasol to see the hope of victory, and he did not wait any longer. , but decided to come back in the next game.
The Lakers' next opponent is the Houston Rockets. The Rockets now have a record of 36 wins and 17 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference, and their personnel are well-organized. From the main players to the substitutes, no one is injured.
After Howard experienced a very unhappy season with the Lakers, he switched to the Rockets. Although he played happily, his statistics did not improve at all; Harden's statistics were also the same as last season. But the Rockets' record is much better than before, which also shows that Howard's arrival still provides a lot of help to the Rockets.
In addition to the modern combination, Parsons continued his strong performance last season, Beverley successfully pushed Jeremy Lin to the substitute position, and Terrence Jones also occupied a starting position with his stable performance.
On the bench, Asik, Jeremy Lin, Garcia, Casspi, Motiejunas and Brooks are not star players, but they all have distinctive characteristics. If they are placed on a weak team, it is possible to become a starting player. of. So the Rockets are not weak on paper.
The game between the Lakers and Rockets has two major highlights for the audience. One is Howard's return to Staples Stadium.
The Lakers and Rockets have met twice this season, with each side winning one game. Both games were played at the Rockets' home court. The next two contests between the two teams will be moved to Los Angeles.
I won’t go into details about the feud between Howard and the Lakers. But one thing is for sure, Howard definitely wants to win this game.
The second highlight is Zhang Guan and Jeremy Lin. Since Yao Yao and Arab League left the NBA, there has been no matchup between Chinese in the NBA. Although Jeremy Lin is an American, he is also of Chinese descent, so this game also attracted a large number of Chinese audiences.
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The Rockets are facing a series of away games. Playing the Lakers is just the beginning. Then they will go to the home court of the Warriors and play back-to-back away games. Then they need to play the Suns, Kings and Clippers. It can be said that the Rockets These away games are not easy to play.
Perhaps in order to allow the players to avoid the fatigue of travel and save more energy, the stingy Rockets boss actually paid for an extra day's hotel accommodation, and the Rockets arrived in Los Angeles two days in advance.
Harden threw the bag to the bag-carrying boy Kannan, and he played with his mobile phone.
A bell rang, and Harden said to himself: "Someone @ me. Oh, it's Nick Young! By the way, isn't that kid injured... "
Harden couldn't help but think of Nick Young's girlfriend, who usually had a very large appearance, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Then he swiped the screen of his phone and saw the picture posted by Nick Young.
In the picture, Nick Young is in a nightclub, surrounded by beauties. The two closest to Nick Young are even more exaggerated, and their extra-wide hips exude the flavor of a mature woman.
Harden swallowed again, couldn't help but enlarge the picture, and admired it carefully, with envy on his face.
"That boy Nick Young didn't take good care of himself, but he went to a nightclub. By the way, this girl next to him is real!"
Harden felt that the beauties in the pictures appealed to his taste. He then looked at the pictures below, which were all about nightclubs and beauties. The caption of the picture is "The newest and most luxurious nightclub in Los Angeles, with the best girls here! LA-GF-CO!"
"The name of this nightclub is LA-GF&-CO. I hadn't heard of it the last time I came to Los Angeles. It should be newly opened. Nick Young has always had a very good taste. Since even he praised it, this nightclub This nightclub must be really good." Harden narrowed his eyes slightly, and his heart was even more excited.
"Mr. Lin!" A voice sounded, but a Chinese man had already walked closer.
"Jeremy, your fan!" Everyone looked at Jeremy Lin with no surprise on their expressions, as if they were used to it.
The Chinese man walked up to Jeremy Lin and said straight to the point: "Hello, Mr. Lin, my name is Stephen Zhou, and I am Mr. Zhang Guan's assistant. Mr. Zhang Guan would like to invite you to a dinner party tomorrow night. I wonder if you have any there is no time."
"Oh!" Everyone, including Jeremy Lin, suddenly realized.
After all, Jeremy Lin is of Chinese descent. When he came to Los Angeles, it was normal for Zhang Guan to treat him to dinner. When Dayao was still in Houston, he also invited Jeremy Lin to dinner.
Jeremy Lin was a little flattered. Everyone was Chinese, and Zhang Guan was the most successful athlete in the world. The key was that he was very rich, so Jeremy Lin nodded and agreed without hesitation.
Stephen Zhou continued: "In addition, Mr. Zhang Guan also particularly hopes to invite you to show your face."
"Haha, I won't go." Howard shook his head and continued, "I've been to Houston's Chinese food hundreds of times."
"Me too, I just had roast duck at Yao's restaurant before I came here." Brooks said with a smile.
Stephen Zhou smiled slightly. He glanced at Harden deliberately and then said: "After the dinner, Mr. Zhang is also going to invite you to relax at the newly opened LA-GF-CO..."
"LA-GF-CO!" Harden heard the name again.
"Zhang Guan is a billionaire after all. Even if he treats guests, he has to go to LA-GF-CO, which shows that this place is really good! And it's newly opened. There must be a lot of pretty girls in it... If you don't go, it's really What a pity!" Harden thought of this and immediately said: "Thank you very much Zhang for the invitation, I will definitely go!"
Harden finally couldn't resist the temptation of nightclubs.
"Harden looked completely uninterested just now. Why did he do a complete 180-degree turn when he heard about LA-GF-CO?" Howard stared at Harden in surprise.
"This guy Harden only goes to first-class nightclubs. I understand, this LA-GF-CO must be a very fun place, that's why Harden is so active! There are fun places, how can I be left out!" Thinking of this, Howard hugged Jeremy Lin and said, "Jeremy, I'll go with you!"
The two bosses of the Rockets both said they would go, and the other boys had no reason to refuse, and they all said they would go together.
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Nick Young's leg injury is still bandaged and he walks with a limp.
"Hey, Boss Zhang, I've done everything you asked me to do. I've already @Harden. He must have seen those photos." Nick Young said into the phone.
On the other end of the phone, Zhang Guan had received feedback from Stephen Zhou a few minutes ago.
"Nick, the Rockets have promised to go to the appointment. The next step is up to you! Tomorrow night, we must let them have a lot of fun and try to make sure everyone brings a girl back! Especially Harden and Howard, they must bring at least two ." Zhang Guan said.
"Boss Zhang, don't worry. No one is more familiar with nightclubs in Los Angeles than me! As long as I have money, I will definitely be able to find you, oh, no, the best girl for them!" Nick Young said. .
"You don't have to worry about money. At LA-GF-CO, all purchases are recorded in my account. In addition, I also left a sum of cash in the hotel. You can access it directly when the time comes." Zhang Guan's voice After a pause, he continued: "You have to be ready for what I told you before."
"Don't worry, I've remembered it all. Harden likes mature women with big butts, and I specially found several in the gym; Howard likes minors, and I also found a few girls who looked like they were fifteen or sixteen years old; and Parsons likes young models, but there is no other in Los Angeles. There are so many actors and young models... I also specially found two Asians for Lin, just like Mulan in Disney animation!" Nick Young said.
"Mulan from the Disney animation?" Zhang Guan grinned. He knew that the oriental beauties in European and American eyes were different from the oriental beauties in Chinese eyes. Europeans and Americans think that Oriental women with rosy eyes, cherry lips, and even a bit of a nose are beautiful, and Nick Young must have chosen them according to this standard. Jeremy Lin may not be able to appreciate a beauty who meets Nick Young's standards.
"Nick, Easterners and Westerners have different aesthetic concepts. I'll let Stephen Zhou help you later!" Zhang Guan said helplessly.
The first chapter has been delivered. Thank you again to Randy Alliance for the huge reward of 100,000 yuan!
(End of chapter)