May 14th, Sunday.
The highly anticipated Western Conference Finals of the NBA 16-17 season have finally arrived!
Fans who know a little bit about football know that this game actually directly determines the fate of the finals champion to a large extent.
Whoever wins the Western Conference Finals will get a head start in the Finals.
Neither the Golden State Warriors nor the Lakers can match the Cavaliers at this stage.
Unless there is a big problem with the Western Conference Finals champion, or the Cavaliers' two superstars explode, generally speaking, the ownership of the championship cannot be changed.
This time the Lakers finally got the upper hand. After two home games, they will go to Los Angeles to challenge the Golden State Warriors.
In fact, for the two teams, this home and away game really doesn't matter much.
Because Los Angeles and San Francisco are both in California, the two cities are only about 600 kilometers apart.
For such a distance, you can either fly or take a bus.
If you take a private plane, it only takes 2 hours to get off the airport bus and board the bus when you arrive at your destination.
After playing the game, you can even rush home directly without any jet lag or discomfort.
Of course, even if the flight is only a 2-hour flight, in order to reduce the travel time on the road, two teams usually choose to live in each other's city when they play consecutive away games.
However, the climate and environment are almost exactly the same, and the Golden State Warriors will not be able to say that they have to adapt to the environment here.
In fact, most places in the United States are fine, as long as you are not going to the home court of the Denver Nuggets.
Denver is located on a plateau, and the air pressure is not normal, so the impact will be greater.
The players from both teams were happy not to have to travel all the way, and the fans were even happier.
Away fans do not have any tasks to play the game. It is very easy and simple to drive to the opponent's city that day, watch the game and then drive home.
Or if you are afraid of trouble, just take a bus and you can arrive in about 5 hours.
However, there is one regret.
Even though the fans are full of enthusiasm and are willing to travel hundreds of kilometers to watch the game, the actual conditions do not allow it.
As early as May 7, the Western Conference Final Four ended, and the NBA Board of Governors had approved the Lakers' application for final ticket prices.
The cheapest tickets are priced at US$12,000, with tickets in the first five rows priced at US$100,000 each, and the 10 seats in the row behind the Lakers' seats cost US$1 million each, with no counter-offer.
This is only the price allowed by the farmer.
In fact, in private transactions, the price is much higher than this.
The Lakers will definitely not be able to get the money from scalping prices, but with 27,000 seats and a total of about 800 million U.S. dollars in ticket revenue, the Lakers still have a lot to eat and smile with joy!
It is said that the Lakers are crazy about money. They originally only had 19,000 seats, but they increased them to 27,000. There are still more than 2,000 standing tickets at the top of the last two rows!
But the madness is worth it.
Even if all kinds of expenses are removed, even if 25%-45% is turned over to the league, they can still make a net profit of 500 million US dollars from the tickets for this game!
Think about it!
Five hundred million US dollars, enough salary for several seasons
And there are at least four such games in total - the Western Conference Finals and the Finals.
With such a huge income as a base, they would not hesitate to pay a luxury tax of US$100 million for Shen Huan!
It's a pity that Shen Huan doesn't want to play in the NBA anymore, otherwise there will be no luxury tax of 200 million US dollars.
Outside the stadium for this game, there were still many fans asking for tickets, but more people could only gather outside the stadium, watching the temporarily installed large screen, cheering for their favorite team.
They don't have the money to go in and watch, but they are happy to be able to cheer for their team and their favorite fans in the place closest to them.
Forget about that.
There were still 20 minutes left before the start of the game. Shen Huan finished warming up and sat on a chair to rest.
The person behind him is a beautiful woman with a big mouth.
Shen Huan knew who she was just by looking at her for the first time.
That iconic big mouth, and a beautiful face that vaguely resembles that of an aunt, who else could it be if it wasn’t Emma Roberts
With a superstar like Julia Roberts as her aunt, Emma Roberts entered the film industry at a young age and had excellent resources.
It's a pity that her acting skills are still not up to par, and she is unwilling to seriously study her acting skills. Therefore, her popularity has become weaker and weaker in the past two years, and she has become a second-rate actress.
In this regard, she is not as good as the other Emma.
But looking at such a beautiful face is actually pleasing to the eye.
Emma Roberts is very warm and generous. Just now when Shen Huan was sitting here sorting her sneakers and socks, she had already greeted Shen Huan and chatted for a few words.
At this time, when Shen Huan was resting, she not only handed Shen Huan a bottle of water, but also started to find a topic to chat with.
Shen Huan didn't like to talk to strangers, but every spectator behind him paid a lot of money to come in just to chat with the star players, and everyone was laughing and joking.
Players must respond and cannot be indifferent. This is the tacit rule of the league.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be embarrassing if someone spent a lot of money to sit behind a player at a close distance but didn't get a response
Who else will buy such high-priced tickets in the future
Therefore, Shen Huan still chatted with her for a few words, but Emma Roberts did most of the talking.
Logically speaking, Shen Huan is still relatively cold, and seems a bit more formulaic than when he talks to Miley Cyrus, Elizabeth Olsen, and Scarlett Johansson.
But Emma Roberts doesn't care at all.
At this time, she was excited while chatting, and her excitement level continued to increase.
Why
Therefore, every time she talked to Shen Huan, her peripheral vision and her feelings made her aware that at least hundreds of cameras were pointed at her.
This means that at least hundreds of millions of fans watching the game in front of the TV and the Internet have seen themselves, and it is not the kind of flashing shot.
This kind of exposure alone was not in vain that her aunt spent a lot of favors to buy this ticket and specially arranged it behind Shen Huan.
After a game, how many people who don’t know themselves can see themselves and then search their own information to remember themselves as a person
Such an increase in popularity is definitely one of the keys to getting producers and directors to choose you to act in movies.
Chatting with Shen Huan for a game can achieve such a great effect. What if there is a more intimate contact with Shen Huan
Emma Roberts thought about this, and the smile on her lips became more and more beautiful.