After playing the Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers really took a full 8 days of rest before playing the Rockets.
So much so that Kupchak had to arrange for his team to come to Houston three days in advance to adapt to the atmosphere of the venue while avoiding the fatigue of traveling.
In fact, there is no saying that NBA teams adapt to the field, and it is not a football game.
Which of these away games doesn't happen two or three times a year, or even three or five times a year
Already familiar with it.
However, if you stay in Los Angeles, the players have to go home every night, and many players have to go out secretly to have fun, which is not so good for concentrating on preparing for the game.
Therefore, after Kupchak discussed it with Byron Scott, he flew to Houston on April 28.
Texas, where Houston is located, is located in the south of the United States.
Above it is Dallas, where the Mavericks are.
Above Dallas is Oklahoma City, where the Thunder are.
Houston is the largest city located on the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth largest city in the United States.
The first place is New York, then Los Angeles, the third is Chicago, and the fourth is Houston.
Houston is also the second largest port in the United States after New York. It has great advantages in petroleum, aviation, medical care, industry and finance.
It can be described in one sentence.
Houston is the most prosperous city in the entire southern United States.
But there's one downside.
Legend has it that Texas, where Houston is located, has strong folk customs. Out of ten people taking to the streets, at least five will have their dicks with them. It is common for them to take out their dicks when they disagree.
Thinking about Dayao staying in this city for seven or eight years, it was really hard on him.
But the thought that there are actually two Chinatowns in Houston, namely Chinatown, makes Shen Huan doubt this rumor again.
If it was really so dangerous, would the Chinese be willing to gather in large groups here
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Shen Huan.
When Shen Huan and the Lakers arrived in Texas, thousands of fans came to the airport to pick them up.
There were more than two thousand Chinese people here, and they came specifically to welcome Shen Huan.
Since Dayao returned to China, their status in Houston has dropped a lot. It wasn't until Shen Huan came out and became the pride of the Chinese people that they became proud again.
The remaining fans are half black and half Mexican.
Many of them are also fans of Shen Huan, and the rest are die-hard fans of the three Lakers veterans.
The Toyota Center Arena has a total of 18,500 seats, but for this time's playoff semi-finals, they have temporarily expanded it to 28,000 seats, which is crazier than the Thunder.
Among so many seats, only one-third of them are occupied by Houston Rockets fans, and the rest have been snapped up by Shen Huan fans and Lakers fans from all over the world.
The fans in front of them will definitely not be able to fill these seats.
More fans, or rich celebrities, have to wait until the day of the game to come.
I finally got on the bus under the cover of hundreds of security personnel. It turned out that it was only more than 30 kilometers away from the hotel where I was staying, but it took me a full 3 hours of walking to get there.
Wang Zhen's team, Ji Yinmei's team, and the Lakers' team members had already checked in and were out for a walk.
no way.
There were so many fans and cars swarming that the cars were unable to move at all for a long time.
The Houston police arrived very late. They were stuck in traffic for an hour before arriving, which made Kupchak very lucky.
Fortunately, we arrived three days in advance. If we had arrived one day in advance, would the players have to rest after all this trouble
However, the "nightmare" belonging to the Lakers has just begun.
Although it was only 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the Lakers arrived at the hotel, two stages had already been set up in front and behind the hotel, and two groups of rock singers had already started singing loudly.
That metal-style singing style can be clearly transmitted into the room even if it is more than 100 meters away.
The Lakers know exactly what kind of trick this is.
If you want to harass your opponent, this is relatively easy.
They immediately complained and asked the hotel to get rid of these singers immediately so as not to disturb the Lakers' rest.
The hotel is a Hilton Hotel, and the Hilton lady is a loyal fan of Shen Huan, so of course they will do their best.
But they could only call the police and take no other measures. One can only imagine what the outcome would be.
It took a long time for the police to arrive. After a long time of "negotiation", the rock singers obeyed and stopped, but they didn't even come down from the stage.
As soon as the police left, before the car had driven 100 meters, the roaring music started again.
Shen Huan was sitting in the coffee shop and couldn't help but feel funny when he heard such a voice, "They think they can disturb us like this?"
"That's not all!" Kobe rested lazily on the sofa. "At night, either setting off fireworks or playing gongs and drums will always make you sleep poorly."
"Fortunately, there are no other residents in our hotel, otherwise the police would come over to search for any prisoners." Iverson drank water and added slowly.
"How come we didn't encounter this situation last year?" Shen Huan asked in surprise.
"That's because you didn't come to Houston last year." Howard smiled, "They have always been so 'hospitable'."
"So this is ah."
Shen Huan nodded slightly, but then smiled: "It seems that I have to 'thank' the Houstonians for their 'enthusiasm'!"
After hearing Shen Huan's words, Byron Scott, who was silent next to him, felt relieved.
If others don’t know, doesn’t he still know
Shen Huan is not a good-tempered person at all on the court.
A good-tempered person can knock someone away, pick him up, and then tear down a chair to start a fight
Do not make jokes!
The reason why Shen Huan didn't get angry later was that no other person was willing to be Ed Davis and Plumlee.
No matter how unruly you are, unless you dare to bring someone on the field, one of them will only be knocked out by Shen Huan with one punch.
Now that Shen Huan is angered by the Houston Rockets' conspiracy, he will definitely show more strength on the court, beating the shit out of them and defeating them!
Under such circumstances, even if other Lakers players, especially young players, are disturbed by these small tricks, there is no problem.
Shen Huan alone can drive the Lakers to achieve the victory they expected!