In fact, Kobe's invitation was very sincere. He said this on the phone:
"Hey, Sheldon, I know you Chinese don't have a Christmas tradition, so you shouldn't have a place to go on Christmas Eve, right? You can come to my house. Natalia and Jaina like you very much and look forward to seeing you again. In addition, I have prepared a turkey meal, and you can call the sun together..."
Although the invitation was sincere, Li Ke refused decisively.
Because he didn't hear his sister-in-law's name, and he always felt that Kobe's words meant that he was homeless, so he couldn't bear it.
Li Ke must tell Kobe with practical actions that he really has a place to go on Christmas Eve.
Long before Kobe, Aunt Horton called Li Ke's phone number and he would spend this Christmas Eve at Westbrook's house.
In addition, Li Ke's decision to win if he rejected Kobe, who was not drunk.
Let Kobe suppress his desire to fight until Christmas Eve.
At that time, facing Kobe's full of fighting spirit and fighting spirit, Li Ke is likely to be able to activate the "brave" traits.
The peak Du Lao Si fights the peak department second. Only such a Christmas battle is interesting!
In the Christmas game, as in previous years, players and coaches have a lot of slight remarks about Christmas Eve.
President Bathir complained twice before the game: "It was Christmas Eve, I just want to be with my family, but there is no way, I still have to make money."
There is also Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, who said a few sour words: "I regret the fans who have to stay at home to watch NBA games on Christmas."
Even the opponent of the Bobcats game Chat said: "Cancel the Thanksgiving war is a good start, and the Christmas war should be cancelled."
The head coach of the chattering Zen master Phil Jackson also criticized David Stern for not being polite to the players: "Christmas seems to not exist for the players at all. This is Christmas, a sacred festival, but the league wants the players to go to the court on this day to provide TV entertainment for people. This is really weird."
Then, the league sent a bunch of tickets...
In Li Ke's opinion, this group of complaining players and coaches are just showing how outstanding their Versailles literary literacy is.
Thinking about myself, Li Ke thinks that these players who go abroad are the worst.
Since the predecessor of this body, he has not celebrated the Spring Festival with his family for five consecutive years. He is about to see the sixth Spring Festival that he would not spend with his family.
What is it to play a game on Christmas Eve?
So, this group of players either pretend to show off: Look, I have me in this Christmas battle!
Or it’s just that it’s too pretentious and can’t be with your family on Christmas Eve? Can’t you buy a few tickets to take your family to the competition site?
It was a Christmas battle, a huge show and a Vanity Fair. Many players couldn’t beat it if they wanted to play!
Speaking of the special status of the Christmas battle, the American media is different from this group of players and coaches.
They questioned David Stern's arrangements for this year's Christmas battle, believing that some teams should not appear on Christmas Eve.
"The league has arranged three Christmas games this year, and the Rockets vs. Magic. No problem. I have wanted to see the match between Yao and Dwight for a long time. What the hell are the other two games? The Knicks vs. The Cavaliers? To be honest, I am a New York fan, but I really don't want to watch the Knicks game, it's too bad!"
Relying on the influence of Kobe's forced palace first, Yang Yi, Stephen A. Smith, has become a big star in the NBA media industry. Before Christmas, she sat peacefully in the ESPN studio and then spoke nonsense.
"Of course, considering the special status of the Madison Square Garden Arena, this set of duels is understandable, especially since the opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers, the little emperor cannot miss this important occasion on Christmas Eve. The real NBA emperor David Stern watches the game at the Madison Square Garden Arena every year..."
As expected, he was a big talk. In the second sentence, he began to allude to Lebang's godfather's theory.
The director on the scene hesitated for a while and did not intervene.
"The remaining matchup is the most outrageous. Charlotte Bobcats? The 9-15-loss team will have a match against the third-largest Western Conference with 17-10-loss? Don't tease me!"
"What's the highlight of this game? The showdown between Sheldon and Kobe Bryant? Please, Sheldon is just a rookie, a rookie with very unstable performance!"
"Look at what he has performed in the past half month. He has made 8 of 24 shots against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 6 of 24 shots against the Detroit Pistons, and 9 of 26 shots against the Atlanta Hawks. Since December, his shooting percentage is only 40.8%. Everyone is complaining about Kevin Durant's shooting percentage in November, but looking at Sheldon's shooting percentage of 40.8%, can he compete with Kobe? I'm very suspicious!"
"Of course, except for Sheldon's matchup with Kobe, the rest of the highlights of this game may be the Chinese derby between Sheldon and the Chinese Suns, who have no playing time at all."
The topic changed from the showdown between Xie Laoer and Ke Lao Da to the China Derby, and the next one was a more intense topic.
"It seems that David Stern is very concerned about the market across the ocean. He arranged two Chinese derbys in the opening game. The Halloween battle was mainly due to the Rockets and the Bobcats. Of course, the game was very exciting. Sheldon scored 47 points, which was still the highest score of this rookie."
"In the Christmas battle, he arranged a showdown between Yao and the Warcraft, as well as a Chinese derby between the Lakers and the Bobcats. The Chinese elements in the NBA league are too much in the new season."
"This is a bit of a waste of money. David Stern should know that it is impossible for those Chinese fans to cross the Pacific Ocean and come to the United States to buy tickets to watch the game. The majority of NBA revenue will always be provided by this group of fans on the North American continent!"
This passage, the director listened leisurely. Although it involved the opposition between different countries, in the United States, such topics are in line with political correctness. The United States is a country that causes trouble.
Mei Yang Yang's attack was just the beginning, and subsequent complaints from Lakers fans made this worse.
The actor Jack Nicholson angrily yelled: "I bought Christmas tickets early, but you guys told me to watch the Lakers play Bobcats? Exo    me?"
Some time ago, he angrily criticized Kobe for being forced to do so, but now he shouted Kobe's awesome Snoop Dog, and also shouted: "Refund the ticket!"
However, Denzel Washington, who is closely related to basketball, is very rational: "The Bobcats are pretty good. Facing weak teams, the Lakers can ensure victory. As fans, we will not have the risk of becoming bad because of failure."
Despite this, the storm of public opinion is getting bigger and bigger.
Because Kobe also spoke...
Faced with an interview with Kevin Ding, a reporter from Orange County Chronicle, Kobe said:
"Although I don't want to play on Christmas Eve, if the opponent is the Charlotte Bobcats, I'd rather... What many people don't know is that Sheldon and I played three times one-on-one, and the score was 2-1."
"Sheldon actually won once!"
Kevin Ding was surprised, but obviously, what surprised him even more was still behind him.
Kobe rolled his eyes and told the truth: "No, he won twice, I only won once."
Kevin Ding opened her mouth wide, and after he sent the interview, everyone was surprised.
Ujaskip Bayless in his program questioned: "Bryant and Sheldon won twice with one-on-one, Sheldon has won twice? I only have one question, what does Sheldon rely on to win? Lame ball control, a breakthrough that is so bad that it cannot be worse, or is his very unskilled back-to-body singles?"
As a guest, Bill Simmons just shook his head: "But Kobe is not a lie, he is a straight man."
David Stern smiled confidently in New York.
This smile seemed to be saying: How can you, mortals, know the way of heaven?
From the beginning, David Stern knew about the private showdown between Li Ke and Kobe. Of course, he only knew the one before the draft, but he was not very clear about the two times since then.
It was just that time before the draft, which was enough for a Christmas battle.
Think about it, Kobe defeated his Sheldon one-on-one before the draft, and this showdown alone was exciting and intense enough.
Not to mention, there is also the Chinese derby between Li Ke and the Great Sage. Fans on the other side of the ocean may have no special thoughts about Christmas.
But if you can see a Chinese derby on this day and then experience the Christmas atmosphere, Chinese fans will fall in love with the Christmas battle and Christmas.
By the way, David Stern is also considering whether to have a Spring Festival battle. The Rockets, Bobcats, Bucks and Lakers are fighting each other. No, the Cavaliers should be added, so the first four teams can only choose one of them...
...
Regarding the public opinion storm before the Christmas war, the Bobcat stayed out of the matter from beginning to end.
As the party being criticized and as the weak, they really have nothing to say.
Li Ke just trained silently and practiced hard, trying hard to improve himself before the Christmas battle.
There is still progress. With this period of high-intensity reversal and lateral movement training, Li Ke's flexibility has increased to level C.
Of course, if the "brave" trait is activated on Christmas Eve, the flexibility of C-level is not important.
However, Li Ke's eyes could not only be focused on that Christmas battle. He only knew that a C-level flexibility would improve greatly for him now.
Whether it is single defense or empty cut, it relies very much on the flexibility attribute.
If the single defense is also upgraded to S-level, then in the Christmas battle, even if the "brave" trait is not activated, relying solely on single defense and D-level back-attacks, it is not impossible to play against Kobe Hard Steel.
After all, that's not one-on-one. He still has a chance to find some teammates to cover, pick-and-roll and pass.
On December 22, the Bobcat set off from Charlotte.
On the plane, his teammates who were silent but excited about the upcoming Christmas battle began to ask Li Ke enthusiastically:
"Hey, Sheldon, talk about your one-on-one with Kobe?"
"Did you really beat Kobe twice?"
"Actually, my question is, why did Kobe be one-on-one with you?"
“…”
In response, Li Ke stretched out his hands and made a gesture of rejection.
"Hehehe, guys, am I holding a press conference on the plane? When did you become those annoying reporters?"
When his teammates laughed, Li Ke talked about his first showdown with Kobe.
"That was before the draft, I beat Kobe, but I only won one goal..."
"The interesting thing is that because of that one-on-one game, Kobe almost left the Lakers."
"Yes, he used the trade veto power to reject the deal. If it weren't for Kobe's trade veto power, what you're seeing now is Kobe Bryant wearing a red Bull jersey, and Sheldon Lee wearing a purple and gold jersey."
“…”
When Li Ke looked back and thought about the things that happened to him, he was not sure whether joining the Bobcat was a good choice for him.
Now, it seems that he thinks, there is a high probability... not!
The Bobcats have Gerald Wallace, but the Lakers will have Odom, Lorden and Ben Wallace. Obviously, the Lakers will have stronger combat power.
If he is in the Lakers, he wouldn't have to make unrealistic efforts for a slim victory in every game...
Boss Qiao seemed like a trap. The God's Back Beating had already trapped Li Ke. Now, it was already very difficult for him to escape.
No, Old Joe values ​​him too much. Sheldon Lee is one of the few non-selling products of Bobcats.
Speaking of transactions, Li Ke heard some rumors.
To this end, he contacted David Falke and prepared to meet in Los Angeles.
...
In Los Angeles, the Bobcats first fought with the Clippers at the Staples Center.
Last year, the Clippers were still ninth in the West, and it was also a strong team for the Bobcats, but at the beginning of the season, injuries were invaded.
Elton Brand's left Achilles tendon ruptured before the season and has not returned from injury yet.
There is also Chris Carman, whose minor injuries continue to recur, and his appearance is quite unstable. Although because Brand is away, his various statistics have hit career highs.
Alien Sam Kassel also missed 12 games due to injury to his left calf. Although he has returned at this time, he is a little reluctant to fight because he is now in a competitive team at the end of his career.
Faced with so many injuries, the leader of the Clippers this year has become Cory Mageti.
Mageti has a strong scoring ability, and is considered a representative of his strength over fame. However, this guy doesn't like passing balls, so he has no ability to lead the team at all.
The Clippers lost one game after another, and their record was worse than that of the current Bobcats.
From the beginning of this game, a showdown between Li Ke and Mageti. Li Ke's defense locked Mageti, and he made Mageti only make 7 of 19 shots, but at the same time, Li Ke himself only made a shooting percentage of 8 of 20 shots.
I got stuck 20 shots, but because of the poor feel, I didn't continue.
Boss Hua made three consecutive breakthroughs in the last moment, hit two layups and made a foul, scoring 6 points, and the Bobcats narrowly defeated the Clippers with 4 points.
After this game, Li Ke and David Falke met-
...
Chapter completed!