Chapter 188 Christmas battle, can you slap me once
Lu Yu turned around and saw Charlize Theron, who was watering the flowers in the yard next door, looking at him with confusion.
"Who said scumbags can't spend the holidays alone?"
Lu Yu rolled his eyes at her.
"But I have seen more than one girlfriend of yours. Apart from the silly girl Anne, there is also that very pretty girl. Aren't you going to accompany them?"
The pretty one Charlize was talking about was Jessica.
"Is there a possibility that I have too many girlfriends and I don't know who to accompany?"
Lu Yu said with a smile.
"As expected..."
Charlize was about to continue.
Lu Yu interrupted directly: "If you want to accuse me of being a scumbag, you can wait until I'm free. If you want to invite me to dinner, do it now while I'm still hungry."
"Who wants to invite you to dinner..."
Charlize curled her lips unnaturally.
"Tonight is Christmas Eve, but you are watering the flowers in the garden. The most important thing is that your kettle is out of water. You didn't notice it, which means that your mind is not on watering the flowers at all. Until I came back, you didn't
Asking a series of questions means that you are most likely waiting for me, and the reason for waiting for me is simply because your mother, Mrs. Theron, urged you to ask me to have dinner."
The reason Lu Yu said made Charlize stunned, because Lu Yu said everything right.
Lu Yu continued: "If you want to invite me to dinner in the future, just say so. Don't go around and slander me."
"Huh, that's not slander, it's the truth!"
Lu Yu didn't expect that after solving those three, there would be another one waiting for him.
However, he would not be pretentious and think that Charlize was attracted to him. After all, his image in Charlize's heart had never been very good, and unlike Jessica, Anne and Scarlett, they had no idea about each other.
The thing is, Charlize knows everything about her scumbag.
The two of them chose an exquisite Western restaurant for dinner.
There are obviously many more couples eating here tonight, and the two of them are public figures, so they can only eat in the corner, as if they were thieves.
"Why don't you pack it up and take it home to eat?"
Lu Yu asked.
"Okay, shall we go to your house or mine?"
That's exactly what Charlize meant.
"Of course it's my house. There's someone else in your house, which kind of ruins the romantic atmosphere."
"Let's make an agreement first, we will only eat."
"Nonsense, if you don't eat, can I still eat you?"
"you dare!"
Of course Lu Yu didn't dare, he didn't want to make fun of his own life.
After returning home, the two sneaked in without waking Mrs. Theron next door, and watched the Christmas War on TV in the room while eating the packed dinner.
In fact, Stern was quite depressed about this year's Christmas game. He originally planned to schedule a Chinese derby for the Christmas game, but was opposed by other teams. The Christmas game is very important to many teams in the NBA.
Broadcasting, and secondly, ticket revenue is huge. According to last season's record, it makes sense to give the Mavericks a game, but giving the Bulls a game is completely nonsense.
In the end, David Stern had no choice but to let it go.
The Christmas game has too much traffic, which is very helpful for stars to increase their personal influence and for teams to increase their brand value.
Every year for the Christmas game, the league does a lot of publicity in advance, and the Christmas game has existed in the NBA for so many years that it has already become a game that basketball fans pay close attention to every year.
Moreover, for those superstars who have accumulated a lot of fans, they also need to appear in many important game occasions, so that they will never deteriorate.
Because the NBA is a business alliance, in the final analysis it is a business. Such a business requires constant innovation to achieve long-term and stable development.
Creating stars is what the NBA does every year. The establishment of new idols can continuously gather popularity for the NBA.
Just like the NBA president is preparing to support Lu Yu this year.
This is a healthy development move, which will also make the NBA full of competition. This competition not only exists on the court. It also exists outside the court, where the stars need to maintain their popularity.
Once you slack off in any way, things like the waves in the Yangtze River pushing ahead and the waves in front of you dying on the beach may happen to you.
Therefore, for stars who have achieved great achievements, in order to maintain their status in the hearts of fans, they need to attend various business activities, such as the annual summer trip to China.
There is also the ability to participate in some very important games, such as the playoffs, finals, All-Star Game or Christmas Day game.
It's a pity that the Bulls failed to make it to the stage of the Christmas game, which also caused the Christmas game's domestic attention to plummet.
In fact, Yao Ming did not play a Christmas game in his first year in the NBA. It was not until the second year that he used the gimmick of a Yao-Shark matchup to start that year's Christmas game.
"It's starting, it's starting, Lu Yu, are you ready for the red wine?"
"Come on, come on, let me say it first, no surprise attack with wine bottles is allowed this time."
"Can you please stop mentioning it? Didn't I apologize to you? You are a stingy man."
"It wasn't you who got hit. Of course you were brave."
"Don't you want to watch it yet?"
"look."
"Then let's pour some wine."
"I finally know why you came to my house for dinner and watching the game. Is it because you smashed all the red wine at your house?"
Lu Yu curled his lips and poured Charlize a glass of red wine.
The two of them then watched today's Christmas battle.
After the Bulls dynasty disintegrated, the Lakers, with O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, built their own dynasty amidst the ruins. Los Angeles also replaced Chicago and became the busiest city in the NBA on Christmas Eve every year.
This year's Christmas Day battle is between the two finals teams from last season.
The five games in which Iverson was bruised and led the 76ers to fight against the powerful Lakers were once considered to be the most shocking NBA finals in recent years. It was originally a great idea for Los Angeles and Philadelphia to join hands in presenting Christmas dinner, but unfortunately it was ok.
A combination of real or fake injuries makes it all stay on the design drawings.
The "Shark" took sick leave from the league on the pretext of the pain in his right big toe, and Kobe also strained his rib muscle in the previous game against the Bruins. But under pressure from David Stern,
In the end, Kobe reluctantly agreed to participate.
Due to injuries, Kobe's performance was greatly reduced, but the 76ers did not reap the benefits. The Lakers' role players who usually rarely showed up were greatly praised in front of the national television audience.
Even though Iverson scored 12 points in the first quarter, the 76ers controlled the situation for most of the game and led with an absolute advantage of 73:60 after more than three minutes in the fourth quarter.
, but the Lakers still have a way to turn defeat into victory.
In the final stage of the game, Kobe, who had previously made 2 of 14 shots, hit a jumper, kicking off the Lakers' 19:2 counterattack.
With 4 minutes and 17 seconds left before the end of the game, the team had overtaken 79:75 and finally won.
Although Kobe, who was injured, only scored 12 points, he contributed 11 rebounds and 9 assists; Lakers forward Walker scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Iverson tried his best to score 31 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, but he still couldn't make Philadelphia fans feel the warmth and joy of Christmas.
"Iverson...lost again?" Charlize may have drunk a little too much, and her words were a bit loud.
Lu Yu was fine and stayed awake.
"The Lakers are very strong. Do you really think that an ordinary team can win the game against them? Last time Brad and O'Neal were both sent off, and I still lost to Kobe."
"But Kobe was injured today!"
"Basketball is not just about competing with stars."
"Tch, you said it's awesome, why don't you fight?"
"Do you think they want to fight?"
The team owner likes the Christmas game, but many players don't.
Some stars are already a little tired of the Christmas game. Because NBA players face a long 82 regular season games, the intensity of the games during the period and the long flight to the away game have made many players physically and mentally exhausted.
If they do not need to play in the Christmas game, it will allow them to have more rest time. At the same time, since the season is ongoing, they will have very little time to spend with their families.
This also makes many stars hope to be with their families on Christmas Day and spend more time with them.
However, this is just wishful thinking of some players.
When the league arranges the Christmas Day matchup, it will focus on the personal influence of the stars, as well as the past origins and history of the two teams. This makes the game between the two teams on this day full of topicality and topicality.
It can heat up the Christmas war showdown and allow the alliance to benefit from it.
This also means that some stars and teams will appear in Christmas games all year round. This is a deliberate arrangement by the league.
Moreover, for the Christmas Day game, the league has some mandatory requirements for the top stars of both teams to attend.
Excuses like general load management are not acceptable reasons for absence by the league.
Therefore, with the alliance's special arrangements and the alliance's special requirements, you must participate in the Christmas War even if you are unwilling to participate.
The NBA league is like a company, the NBA team is like a middle manager, and NBA players are like employees of the company. They survive and make money under various rules and regulations. What they need to abide by are the rules set by the company.
If the company requires you to work overtime on holidays for certain purposes, you can only obey even if there is no overtime pay.
What you have to consider is that maybe the year-end bonus will be larger and your future career development will be better.
Charlize Theron didn't understand this. She was just an ordinary fan, and she was the kind of fan who knew very little. She wanted to argue with Lu Yu, but her drunkenness made her immediately rush to the bathroom.
Although Lu Yu felt that he was not drunk, he still felt dizzy after drinking so much wine.
He lay on the table and watched the game on TV, becoming more and more confused as he watched...
The next day, Lu Yu woke up with a scream.
He and Charlize looked at each other. In addition to embarrassment or embarrassment, they didn't know whether it was because the stove was out and it was too cold in the house or because they drank too much. The two of them actually slept together all night.
However, nothing really happened between the two of them. After all, they were both so drunk. What else could they have done? Apart from the fact that they had planned it for a long time, there was absolutely no excuse.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit strange and ambiguous.
Lu Yu wanted to sneak out, but heard Charlize's voice from behind: "Stop, where are you going?"
"I……"
Then, Lu Yu felt Charlize suddenly hugging him from behind: "I... have decided, can you screw me once..."
Feeling the mountains behind him, Lu Yu was no Liu Xiahui. Taking advantage of the sunshine, the temperature in the room suddenly rose.
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On December 26, the Bulls welcomed the Grizzlies at home.
CCTV broadcast the game. Compared with the domestic traffic of the Christmas Day game, the competition between Lu Yu and Pau Gasol for the Rookie of the Month attracted more attention from fans.
Pau Gasol said in an interview with reporters: "Lu Yu is an outstanding player. We have played against each other before. In the preseason, we lost to the Bulls. I think today will be our revenge."
war."
The game between the two strongest rookies in the Eastern and Western Conferences brought fans into the United Center to watch the game.
CCTV even posted the slogan "No. 3 vs. No. 2".
At the same time, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced——
"Voting for the 2001-2002 NBA All-Star Game has officially begun!"
