882. The Lakers Are Not Finished Yet

The lunch was generally pleasant. Paul was not a difficult person to get along with in private, at least he was much easier to get along with than Kobe.

Generally speaking, Sun Ce and Paul have no grudges. They also changed the maximum point difference in the playoffs from 58 to 59...

Kobe was very concerned about face. Every time he entertained guests, the ingredients, drinks, etc. were always good, but he didn’t drink much. It was just a few drinks because he had to play a game tomorrow.

And compared to Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian, Kobe himself needs to take care of his body more, and Nash only drank a little bit, did not touch the wine glass again, and only tasted a little bit of each food.

It was just the first meeting after the New Year. Kobe treated him to a meal. If he hadn't had some expectations for his retirement, Kobe would have called Sun Ce, and included Yi Jianlian, another spokesperson for the Chinese market, his old friend and teammate Nash, and his new teammate Paul. Just ask your good friend Gasol to have dinner together.

In the afternoon, Yi Jianlian, Kobe and Nash continued to play cards. Sun Ce, Gasol and Lily Collins watched the stage play video brought by Gasol. Sun Ce fell asleep while watching it, but Lily Collins kept introducing Sun Ce in a low voice. Those actors are so and so. Although they are not well-known in the eyes of the public, they are very famous among actors.

On the Zugoose side, they were playing games with Kobe’s two daughters.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the small party ended, and Sun Ce left Beverly Hills in a taxi with Zugoose and Lily Collins.

After sending Lily Collins to a villa in Manhattan Beach, Sun Ce, who came down first to help Lily Collins open the car door, was about to get in the car and leave. Lily Collins sent an invitation: "Are you free tonight? I'm going to go Buy some ingredients, I just got a recipe from Vanessa at noon, I want to try it.”

Sun Ce looked at Zu Ge, who nodded: "I'll help my sister cook together."

"It's an honor. I didn't expect you to know how to cook." Sun Ce opened the car door again, and Zu Ge got out of the car wrapped in a down jacket.

"I have lived alone in Los Angeles since I was 10 years old, and I have always learned something." Lily Collins took Zu Ge's hand and walked to the villa. "My childhood clothes are stored in this house, and many of them have never been worn. Lerina, please go change with me first, your beautiful clothes will get dirty easily in the kitchen."

Why does Zu Ge want to cook together?

I just want to take a look at Lily Collins' home. Compared with Sun Ce's simple villa and Kobe's old-fashioned decoration style villa, it is obvious that Lily Collins' home is more in line with Zugoose's aesthetic.

"This house..."

Sun Ce's mouth twitched and he followed the two girls into the yard.

Sun Ce heard from Vanessa in the afternoon that Lily Collins’ father is a legendary superstar who has won 7 Grammy Awards, 1 Oscar for Best Movie Song, and 1 Golden Globe Award for Best Movie Song. Mom is the secretary-general of the California Women’s Rights Association and the former president of the Beverly Hills Women’s Club…

Entering Lily Collins' home, the maid turned on the heater as early as they left Beverly Hills. After Lily Collins took the geese to the room where her middle school clothes were kept, she took the maid with her. Went to the supermarket.

Sun Ce sat and didn't know what to do. He turned on the TV and watched soap operas. After a while, Zu Ge came out with a change of clothes.

"Brother, does it look good?"

Sun Ce glanced at it: "It looks good."

"It's so perfunctory, then I'll change it to another one."

"..."

"Brother, where is this one?"

"Wow! It's so beautiful. Our Juanjuan is the most beautiful!"

"It's so fake! I'll change it into another one."

"..."

"How about this one?"

"It's less girly, but more mature. It's in contrast to Juanjuan's temperament, but it's also very beautiful!"

"Brother, it's really hard for you to make up such a sentence to describe it. If it doesn't suit you, then it's not suitable... Juanjuan will grow up one day!"

"..."

…

After one hour,

Sun Ce had no words to praise. He was speechless. This rich second-generation girl must have too many clothes! Zugou has replaced more than 30 sets! It's all new! And this chatty little sister is not tired either.

Finally, Lily Collins came back with the servant, and Sun Ce hurriedly went to help the servant get something. This was not out of politeness as a guest, but because he didn't want to comment on Zu Ge's changed clothes.

After putting the things in the kitchen, Lily Collins said to Zugoose, who was wearing one set and holding two sets of clothes that she was most satisfied with, and didn't know which one to choose: "Does Lerina have any clothes you like?"

"Yes, there are many, and I haven't tried many of them yet." Zu Ge was so confused.

"Then try it slowly, don't be in a hurry."

After hearing the conversation between the two, Sun Ce, who had just returned to the living room from the kitchen, almost fell to the ground.

There are a lot more?

Seeing how Sun Ce was about to collapse, Lily Collins couldn't have guessed it. She smiled and said, "Lerina, don't try it on yet. You pick out which clothes you like and I'll send them to your home."

"Really... No, these clothes of yours are so expensive, I just need to try them on." Zu Ge said that he didn't want to choose any more, so he just wore this one.

"No matter how expensive it is, I can't wear it anymore. It's a waste to leave it alone. It's best if you like it. It looks beautiful and has a good figure."

"You are not as beautiful as my sister. Sister, you were the best model of the year in 2008..."

"Lerina, you will be more beautiful than me when you grow up..."

Sun Ce looked at the two girls who started complimenting each other inexplicably. He didn't know what happened to reach this stage.

The world of women is difficult to understand!

…

Compared to cooking like an ancestral goose making poison, Lily Collins’ cooking skills are really good!

Zu Ge was so shocked that he vowed never to cook again in his life.

Cooking also requires talent.

After dinner, Lily Collins took the geese to pick out clothes.

Zu'e is very polite when he is polite, but when he is not polite, he is really rude, as if he wants to take away all the clothes from his middle school days.

Sun Ce enjoyed the meal here, but he felt a little embarrassed about it. He asked someone to attend a party as a female companion at noon, and invited someone to treat him to dinner in the evening. His unlucky sister also took so many benefits from others, and Sun Ce felt that he should repay her.

But how to repay?

Send a Gift? It seems too unfamiliar, although it is true that they are not very familiar, today is the first real contact with them.

Suddenly, Sun Ce thought of something and said to Lily Collins, who returned to the living room: "Lily, Taylor Swift will hold a concert in Memphis on the 12th. Are you free? I would like to invite you to go watch it together."

"I do have time. The movie I signed will only start shooting in April. I have been studying during this time. It would be good to go to a concert and relax, but do you have time?" Lily Collins responded.

"That day happened to be a rest day, and it was consecutive home games. The day before we played the Thunder at home, and tomorrow we played the Lakers. You can go to Memphis with us the day after tomorrow."

"Then it's agreed..."

…

…

Another night passed, and it was January 9th, the last game day of the five consecutive away games.

Early in the morning, Zu'e received a call from Lily Collins. Without letting Sun Ce wake her up, she excitedly took Sun Ce, who was about to have breakfast, to the restaurant with her. Lily Collins came early in the morning. .

While eating breakfast, listening to the conversation between the two, Lily Collins had already sent out the clothes she had chosen for Zugoose in the morning. It was estimated that they would arrive in a week. She even went to the Lakers to exchange them for a game ticket. The geese sit next to each other.

Sun Ce didn't know how to complain about the express delivery in the United States. The green train transportation was not that slow, it was just like a horse-drawn carriage pulling goods.

After breakfast, Sun Ce gave his credit card to Zu Ge, and Zu Ge went shopping with Lily Collins.

Although Lily-Collins said she didn't want Zu Ge to spend any money, Sun Ce couldn't always take advantage of others and forcibly gave the card to Zu Ge.

Sun Ce came to the Staples Center Arena with the team and began to prepare for the game.

It was a consecutive away game. The whole team had a rest yesterday, no training was scheduled, and there was not enough preparation time.

But the same goes for the Lakers. The No. 7 Lakers also played a game, and were killed by Duncan. Yesterday, Kobe's family invited guests to dinner. Obviously, the Lakers did not train yesterday.

Except for the fact that the away game is not convenient, everything else is pretty much the same.

Although the shortened season is not as cruel as the 1998-99 schedule, it will have a greater impact on the Lakers, whose core is mainly veterans, than the Grizzlies.

…

At 7:40 in the evening, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the stadium after warming up, and the two teams began to make final preparations.

Sun Ce looked at the opponent's ability evaluation.

"Kobe Bryant, ability evaluation is S, offense is S+, defense is A+..."

Seeing that the 33-and-a-half-year-old Kobe opposite him was still rated as S-level, Sun Ce didn't know where to start complaining.

The defense has dropped a lot compared to last season, but the offense is still stable, which means that the investment on the defensive end has been reduced and more energy has been focused on the offensive end, and it is still in the top five in the MVP rankings.

"Pau Gasol, 31 years old, ability rating...S? Averaged 18.5 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists per game? How come he is better than last year? Wait, it seems that my sister-in-law will still be the number one center in the Eastern Conference when she is 35 years old. It seems that at the age of 35, he is still a second team + All-Star starter..."

Sun Ce was surprised by Gasol's performance at the beginning of the season. He is a bit impressive this season, with both rebounds and assists reaching career highs! The overall performance is not inferior to Randolph! The key is efficiency. Gasol only averaged 34 minutes per game this season. Compared with Randolph, who averaged 32 minutes per game and scored 21.5 points and 9.5 rebounds, his scoring efficiency is somewhat worse. Rebounds cannot be compared together. , but Gasol still has a pass!

"Is this because without Bynum, Gasol's core position has been stabilized, and his characteristics have become more and more demonic as he gets older?"

Sun Ce feels that the Lakers are still difficult to deal with!

The S-level Kobe Bryant is paired with the A+-level Odom and S-level Gasol. The Lakers role players are not as good as last season. Artest is in poor condition after changing his name to Ci Shiping. Sun Ce saw from the scouting report that it was due to poor weight control. He has been losing weight recently, and his shooting dropped to freezing point. Sun Ce's ability evaluation also dropped to C level.

The combined effect of substitute insiders Brand and Murphy is not as good as Odom alone. Brand's ability evaluation is B level, and Murphy's B- level.

Odom mentioned that the starting offensive role is definitely not as good as Bynum's, and the Lakers' scoring will be affected.

But still very strong!

Originally, he thought the Lakers were going to be finished. He thought that even if the Lakers did not use Odom and Gasol to trade for Paul, which was rejected, if the Lakers used Bynum to trade for Howard in the future, it would basically be over.

Moreover, the dispute between Gasol and Bynum for the core position in the interior would damage the Lakers' interior strength, and Bynum's suicidal personality, who knows how he would suicidal after playing a second-team season, but now the Lakers have made a very correct decision, Bynum replaced Paul.

Sun Ce looked at Paul in a suit behind the opposite bench. When Paul returned and Sessions, who was at the B+ level, returned to the bench, the Lakers' strength would be enhanced.

Of course, when Paul just came back, the Lakers' strength might be affected. Even if Kobe could cooperate, it was hard to say how Paul would be when he just came back, after all, he came back during the season of the lockout season.

Sun Ce felt that it was not just the Spurs and the Mavericks that would be in trouble in the next two or three years. If Kobe and Paul could work together, Kobe would not be ruined. Gasol had the strength to be selected for the second team in 2015. With Odom, if these four played well, there would definitely be role players joining. Moreover, the Lakers had just signed a 25-year, 5 billion-dollar broadcasting agreement. The owner's assets were the poorest in the NBA, but he was willing to spend money! He would not be stingy with the luxury tax!

Before the start of the season, it seemed that the Knicks robbed the Lakers and exchanged the reimbursed Paul for Bynum, who was about to enter his prime, but Sun Ce felt that this saved the Lakers!

Maybe in the next three or four years, the Lakers will still be his rival in the West!

But this made Sun Ce feel very excited. He thought that Kobe last season should be Kobe at the peak of the team's strength. Now it seems... everything is still unknown!

...

At 7:58, the starting lineups of the two teams appeared.

The Grizzlies sent out Sun Ce, Nash, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. as the starting lineup.

On the Lakers side, Ramon Sessions, Kobe, Devin Ebanks, Odom, and Gasol Sr. were on the court.

The Gasol brothers finally faced off in the same position from the beginning of the game.

Moreover, today the younger brother bravely came to the center circle for the jump ball!

Looking at the starting lineup of the other side, Metta World Peace did not start today. Sun Ce probably couldn't stand it anymore because Mike Brown on the other side couldn't stand it.

At 8 o'clock, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. The Gasol brothers, who were both 215 cm tall, jumped at the same time... The elder brother was the elder brother after all, and he defeated the younger brother to win the jump ball, and the Lakers attacked first.

After receiving the jump ball, Sessions rushed to the front court quickly, which scared Sun Ce!

They were all S-level speeds, and the opponent's speed of advancing with the ball seemed to be slightly faster than his speed of advancing with the ball.

Fortunately, Sun Ce caught up with Sessions. Sessions did not fake when he changed direction. With his speed, he did not need fakes... and Sessions did not have the ability to fake and change direction. Sun Ce predicted Sessions' change of direction, and triggered the defensive bonus of level 4 of accelerated change of direction while moving, blocking Sessions who wanted to rush into the inside before Gasol retreated on the left side of the three-second zone.

Sun Ce was surprised by Sessions' speed. This guy was not so confident when he was in the Timberwolves and Cavaliers before, and he played better in a strong team! From the beginning of the season to now, he averaged 11.5 points and 6 assists per game, and he was more confident in his speed ability.

However, Sessions was even more surprised that his surprise attack was blocked by Sun Ce this time!

Since the season started not long ago, the opponent was not familiar with him, a wanderer who had been in a bad team for many years. As long as Gasol won the jump ball, he could basically catch the opponent off guard at the beginning, just like Sun Ce in his rookie year.

This time, the Grizzlies were obviously not prepared, but Sun Ce actually caught up!

Seeing Sun Ce's body size, which was more than a circle larger than his, Sessions felt that it was unfair!

And he couldn't get past this guy even when changing direction!

The strong shot was looking for a block. The guy on the opposite side was temporarily ranked first in the block list, and he was already the block king last season. Sessions could only protect the ball and exit the three-point line, passing the ball to Odom who ran over.

Not to mention Sessions, the person involved, other Lakers players were also surprised. They saw Sessions' quick raid, and they were all full of moves to the front court, but Sun Ce actually caught up!

Especially Kobe, he heard that after Sun Ce trained with him, he did a lot of strength training in Los Angeles, and his explosive power was greatly improved in the new season. He thought that Sun Ce's speed would definitely be affected.

This is Kobe's experience. When he gained weight to 105 kg, his flexibility and speed declined, and he was injured because of it. Later, he had to lose weight back to 98 kg, and in the past two years, it has been reduced to 93 kg.

Just watching the live broadcast or recording of the game, it is hard to tell whether Sun Ce's speed has been affected. First, he is not the one who defends the perimeter alone. Second, even if Sun Ce's speed has dropped a little, he is still the top in the league. It is not easy to see from the video.

Now Kobe saw with his own eyes that Sun Ce followed the sudden attack of Sessions, the fastest teammate he has ever played with, and his burst speed in defending against the change of direction breakthrough was also very fast... He also felt that it was unfair!

It was said that this guy has good static physical fitness and his dynamic physical fitness will limit the upper limit?

His bounce speed is getting better and better, and his explosive power is getting better and better. Now his lateral footwork and burst speed on the defensive end are also getting better and better!

Although the Lakers players were surprised, Kobe and others focused their attention after they got into position. Odom passed the ball to Gasol in the low post, and Gasol started to beat his brother again.

Last year, Gasol performed poorly against Randolph in the playoffs, and people thought he was going to fail, especially after the shutdown.

But the long shutdown gave Gasol a chance to rest, allowing him to play the second best season since joining the Lakers!

Under Gasol's leadership, the Lakers began to grind their positions, and the Grizzlies also started a positional warfare attack.

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