After the conversation with Hill ended, before Edison could take a breath, the phone rang at the right time.
"Hi, honey, I've got off the plane, come and pick me up." Rachel is indeed a capable actor, and she turned her bright and crisp voice into a crisp and sweet one, with a hint of mischief mixed in with her resentment.
When Edison heard this, he almost slid under the chair. Fortunately, some physiological reactions caused him to get stuck on the edge of the table, otherwise it would have been too embarrassing.
"Okay, no problem, I'll be there right away. Wait, I have a little problem here. I can't pick you up directly at the airport. I parked the car at the McDonald's at Exit 2. You can come to me, okay?
Okay. I'll see you later." Edison suddenly remembered that he couldn't show his face in public now, and Rachel was now an influential actor, so it wouldn't be good for him to be with her like this.
So Edison came to the training ground and told Thibodeau that he needed to go for facial health care. You will be responsible for today's training.
Thibodeau is the best assistant coach, a legendary assistant coach who is a good wife. The most important thing about being a good wife is to be obedient, not talk back, be serious and overfulfill tasks, so Edison successfully skipped work.
Let me digress here. When I was in school, I once chatted with my classmates and discussed the woman I most wanted to marry in Jin Yong's works. At first, Little Dragon Girl, Huang Rong, Wang Yuyan, A'Zhu, etc. all came out, but only
One of the elder brothers said "The East is Undefeated", which made us feel a twinge of pain in our anus. Then everyone began to canvass votes for the female characters they supported, and began to argue with quotations from classics, but no one could convince anyone, and everyone was frozen.
There. Then someone suddenly said, "I think the best one is Hao Shuang'er." So everyone was silent for a moment and quickly reached a consensus, "It is true that Hao Shuang'er is the best." I don't know what you think of this.
question.
Okay, now back to the story.
Edison drove his Ford Taurus, which he had bought for 3 years, straight to Orlando International Airport.
Orlando is a small city, but has a smaller population, so there are fewer traffic jams. Edison arrived at the airport quickly and saw Rachel from a distance, wearing big sunglasses and a scarf that covered half of her face.
Rachel also recognized Edison's car and waved excitedly.
Because the United States also drives on the left, Rachel didn't notice anything strange about Edison's face after getting in the car. The two of them chatted excitedly. First, Edison asked about "Brokeback Mountain" where Rachel's part had been filmed.
"I heard that there is a passionate scene between you and Jack Harlan Gill in this play." Edison asked pretending not to care.
After hearing this, Rachel covered her mouth and giggled like a squirrel, "What's wrong, you're unhappy?"
When Edison heard this, he immediately felt helpless. How do you answer this? If you say "happy", it means SB. If you say "unhappy", it means SB.
So Edison turned his face and looked at Rachel with a complaining and affectionate look. This feeling and scene were so real, there was no sadness and hatred. Silence was better than sound at this time.
Rachel originally wanted to tease Edison again, but when Edison turned his head, he saw the bruise on his face, and immediately asked with concern, "What's wrong with your face? Why is it hurt? How did you get it?"
"Well, it's okay, don't ask anymore." Edison touched his face and answered Rachel in a very perfunctory manner.
Rachel felt that Edison was deliberately hiding something, so she pressed further, "How did it happen? If you don't tell me, I won't be happy."
"Hey, it's nothing. It's just that when I came here, there was a traffic accident in front of me. I braked hard and knocked on the steering wheel. It's okay. The skin injury was all due to my own carelessness." Edison suddenly decided to tell a lie.
He has told countless lies in his life, but he thinks this one is the most perfect...
"Impossible, you think I'm a fool. According to the situation you mentioned, the forehead is usually touched, not the cheekbones. And this is definitely not something that was touched just now. The skin that was touched just now is not like this.
.And what is this?" As she spoke, Rachel touched the cold compress bag placed on the windshield in front of Edison.
"What is this for? Don't tell me that you always carry this thing with you. Tell the truth, otherwise I wouldn't stay here. I would fly home right away to celebrate my birthday with my parents." Rachel was angry.
Now it is certain that Edison must have hidden something from her.
Women are like this. What they hate most is concealment and deception. For example, if you make a mistake and you hide it from them, then they will definitely make your life worse than death. If you admit your mistake openly and sincerely and tell them the truth,
That would be much better, they will make you die happily.
When Edison saw that Rachel's hair was messed up, he seemed to be really angry, so he sighed helplessly, "Actually, I wanted to hide it from you, but I didn't expect that I couldn't." Then he glanced at Rachel and said,
He smiled to himself.
Rachel looked at Edison seriously, her eyes motionless, very focused and attentive, and she felt a little sad.
"Last night, after I got home from get off work, I went out to buy something. I heard two guys chatting in front of me. I didn't pay much attention to what they said at first, but then one of them said, 'That bitch who played the school beauty in "Mean Girls" What a nice girl, she has a hot body, I like it. By the way, what’s the name of that bitch? I’ll go back and look for other movies she starred in.’ When they said that about you, I really couldn’t accept it, and then I rushed After passing... they were two people, and the result... is what you see now." As he spoke, Edison smiled bitterly, as if he was forcing a smile, then glanced at Rachel and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter, I don't care at all. It doesn’t look like it hurts.”
There is a saying, "I would rather believe that there are ghosts in the world than believe a man's broken mouth." I would like to encourage you all again.
In fact, this lie is not very clever. At least there is a fatal flaw in it. What happened last night is now the afternoon of the next day. Under normal circumstances, cold compresses are not used because the capillaries have stopped bleeding. But Rui
Qiu believed it, her previous shrewdness and Sherlock Holmes-like insight were gone, and she was not aware of the common-sense errors here. As for why Rachel accepted Edison's words so easily, in fact, we found two reasons after careful analysis.
a reason.
First: Before Edison, he told an even more absurd lie. Everyone has a second mind to relax. No matter what comes to you for the first time, you will be particularly concerned about it, and even care about it.
Deliberately looking for trouble and picking out loopholes. But when you come to you for the second time, you won't be so serious. First of all, you will feel that I beat him hard last time, and this time he will definitely be better than last time.
Secondly, the last time you rejected someone else's stuff, you will subconsciously feel a little indebted to them, so you won't be so harsh, and your standards will be lowered. As long as it is indeed better than the first time, you will easily feel satisfied.
For example, in the "Watergate incident" that we are now familiar with, the first plan put in front of Nixon was to rush directly into the building and seize information. However, it was quickly rejected, so a second plan was proposed to install bugs, and then
Everyone felt that it was much more reliable than the first plan, so they all agreed. In fact, if the second plan was directly mentioned, Nixon would definitely not agree.
Therefore, when doing things at work, many office experts will prepare two sets of plans. They will show the first set to the boss first, wait for him to scold him, and then take out the second set, which will satisfy the boss. And those fools
Those who are not good at it often just present the best plan they have racked their brains to come up with to their boss, and then after being beaten down by the boss, they can no longer think of a better plan, so it slowly becomes*
*It’s funny. This is actually similar to the way the Empress used to show things to the Emperor, deliberately leaving some mistakes and asking the Emperor to correct them...
The first reason can be said to be that Edison was cunning and used psychological warfare to pick up girls. The second reason is that it is much simpler. Women in love have negative IQs.
Women in love want to leave everything to men to handle, so they will be stupid intentionally or unintentionally. In fact, this is a sign of dependence. At this time, everything will be centered on her boyfriend. This is not really a reduction in IQ.
It's just that I can't control myself.
At this time, Rachel was stunned after hearing Edison's words. Tears flowed from her eyes, flowing down her cheeks like beads and falling on her clothes. Then suddenly her whole body burst into tears.
In Edison's arms.
Edison was driving, and Rachel's movements were so big that he almost lost control of the car, "Hey, calm down, sit back, I can't drive if you're like this."
Rachel was unmoved at all. While beating Edison's chest and abdomen, she choked and said, "I don't, why don't you tell me directly, why did you start lying to me, why are you so careless, they are two
Why do you care about them? What happened to those two people in the end, were they caught by the police?"
"No, after a ping-pong-pong fight, both of them ran away. I was useless." Edison stroked Rachel's hair with one hand and blamed himself.
"It's not your fault. Don't be so impulsive again. No other parts were injured." Rachel stood up, wiping her tears, and asked with concern while groping around Edison's body.
"No, everything else is fine. I just got hit on the face, which left scars. But I don't regret it. If I had to do it again, I would still rush up and beat him. This is not impulsive.
I can't accept others insulting you like this." As he said that, Edison looked at Rachel seriously.
Rachel looked at Edison's firm gaze, and subconsciously rushed over, and the two kissed each other. However, because Edison was driving, the two quickly separated. Of course, something can still happen between the two, and it will not affect the driving.
, but the reason why I wrote that two people separated so quickly is because I was afraid of being censored.
"Okay, let's talk about something else, something happy. By the way, you haven't answered my question yet, is there any passionate scene?" Edison knew very well the truth of "to cover up a lie, you need to make up ten new lies"
, in order to avoid cheating, I changed the topic.
"You are serious. Kissing is inevitable, but large-scale ones are not. If you don't believe me, just go and see it when the time comes." Rachel stopped sobbing and adjusted her breathing while answering Edison.
"That's what you said. You can just take a look at it when the time comes. It's useless to ask anything now. Whether it has happened or not has already happened." After finishing speaking, Edison made a face to Rachel. Rachel looked at his face.
The bruise was purple, and I put my hand on it distressedly, caressing it and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
"It's much better. You won't feel it if you don't touch it. By the way, how is the movie we shot together now? Last week I watched it and it was in the top ten. How about this week?" Edison changed the subject again.
"It's pretty good. This week's box office has reached 20 million. Now it's only behind "Saw" and is the second highest box office in North America." When talking about this topic, Rachel is particularly proud. After all, she also has her own efforts.
.
"That's really good."
The two of them arrived at the hotel without chatting for long. When Edison helped Rachel take her luggage to the room and was about to leave, Rachel suddenly spoke.
"Are you planning to leave now?" Rachel thought for a long time and finally plucked up the courage, but she did not dare to look directly into Edison's eyes, but looked at the ground.
After hearing this, Edison walked directly in front of her. Rachel's heart was beating very fast at this time, like a frightened deer...
Edison held up his face, kissed him, and then said, "Remember to go to the Water House Center to watch my game tomorrow. I will give you a special gift in the stadium. I have put the tickets on the table. You
Know the way."
After hearing Edison's words, Rachel felt both regretful and relieved, "I know how to get there, and I will definitely arrive on time."
After Edison closed the door, he rubbed the lower back that he had just pinched hard to control himself, and then secretly told himself, "It's not the time now, tomorrow", and then left the hotel and went home to rest.
The next day, November 17, Edison came to the training hall early in the morning to arrange training. The amount of training today was not large because he had to play the Jazz at home in the evening.
As a result, I didn’t train for long before I received a call from Stern.
"Paul, I have made this game live broadcast across the United States, but what are you going to do?"
"I plan to give my girlfriend a gift." Edison answered calmly.
"Paul, this matter alone does not seem to meet my expectations, nor is it enough for me to control the broadcast. After all, this is a national live broadcast."
"Mr. Stern, my team played very well, and the record is so good now. Even if it is broadcast live across the United States, it is normal. I have seen that some TV stations have started to broadcast our games. And I plan to send it to you when the time comes.
The gift for her is very fancy and will definitely satisfy you.”
"I hope so. I hope, as you said, what I hate most is others taking advantage of and fooling me."
Time flew by quickly, and it was night in the blink of an eye. Orlando fans began to pour into the Waterhouse Center Arena, and the usually quiet and deserted stadium began to become noisy. Rachel also wore sunglasses and a hat and entered the venue with the flow of people, and she did it
There is a position behind the referee's table and in the middle. This position can clearly see both ends of the field, which can be said to be the best position. Nicholson and Spike Lee are in Staples and Madison.
The exclusive location is also around here, so you can imagine how effective it is to watch football here.
"I don't want to say anything else. I must win today's game. Some of you may already know that my girlfriend is watching the game today, and today is her birthday. So... you should understand what I am saying now.
Thoughts, if I lose the game today, you can imagine what I will do."
Howard and others originally thought of coaxing and teasing Edison, but seeing the fierce way Edison pressed his tongue against his lower lip, they could only swallow their words.
"The Jazz are not strong. They lost Malone and Stockton, the league's strongest partners, the year before last. Now the team is completely in a rebuilding period. Kirilenko, who emerged last season, is a very good player who can
He is a near-perfect team player who can attack and defend, but it is a pity that he was injured and could not play. Now the Jazz's main scoring points are shooting guard Garabel, small forward Matt Halprin, power forward Boozer and
Center Okur. These four players have distinct characteristics, but they are easy to deal with. Josh, go and see Okur. This Turk always likes to shoot from outside the three-point line. Dwight, you should mark Boozer in this game.
This guy is very good. He can be said to be the core of the Jazz's offense now. He is the only one who has the ability to create opportunities. The others all play team offense."
Josh and Howard nodded to make it clear.
"We also have an advantage. They just played the Bobcats at home yesterday, and their physical fitness will not be very good today. So Steve, we must increase the speed today, everyone starts running, and I will use my speed to overwhelm him.
do you understand?"
"We lost the last game, and our 6-game winning streak ended. Many people thought that we would be beaten back to our original shape soon, and that we should lose in a row. But I don't believe it, I believe in your ability."….
After everyone cheered together again, they walked into the player tunnel one by one.
"Dear viewers, here is the home game between the Orlando Magic and the Utah Jazz brought to you by Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. The two teams' records before this season are undoubtedly 6 wins and 1 loss. The Magic has the upper hand, and the Jazz are tight.
It’s 2 wins and 6 losses, and now the game is about to begin.”
Howard and Okur stood in the center circle preparing to jump the ball.
"Look at the posture of the other Jazz players. I raised the ball so that the referee didn't even have to throw it. He just gave the ball to Howard. There is no way Okur can jump over Howard." Barkley began to spray the players.
"I think so. Look at Okur's fat figure. His butt is almost catching up with yours, Charles. It's impossible for him to jump high at this point." Kenny began to tease Barkley.
In fact, the explanations between the two of them are very interesting. Barkley's goal is the whole world. His mouth opens and closes, and there are very few people who are not scolded by him. Kenny Smith is much more restrained.
His target is only Barkley, and Barkley generally does not criticize other players except for sarcasm and sarcasm.
Sure enough, as everyone expected, Howard easily won the jump ball, and Nash began to advance.
Keith McLeod, the Jazz's starting point guard, started to defend Nash. This player has average physical fitness, average skills, and average basketball IQ. The only thing he can take advantage of is his high fighting spirit and fierce playing style. What did the coach ask him to do?
He just does whatever he wants, which is why Sloan put him in the starting lineup.
The strength of this Jazz is actually very poor, but when Nash and Josh were doing pick-and-rolls in the high post, they found that the high-post pick-and-roll that had been so smooth in the past was no longer effective. The Jazz switched defenses very quickly, giving the Magic no chance to misplace it.
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"It seems that playing a pick-and-roll in front of Sloan is really unreliable." Edison said to himself as he watched Nash's offense being blocked.
If you want to rank the current head coaches in the league, Sloan is definitely one of the top five. The only ones who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him are "Zen Master" Phil Jackson, "Mad Scientist" Nelson, iron coach Popovich, and Arsenal.
Delman and Larry Brown used to have the "magic fortune teller" Pat Riley, but unfortunately he is now a manager instead of a coach.
Each of these coaches has his own set of special tactics. Phil Jackson is the triangle offense, Nelson is the bombardment, Adelman is Princeton, and the master-student pair of Larry Brown and Popovich is a seamless defense.
and harsh play execution, while Sloan ran the pick-and-roll.
The pick-and-roll can be said to be the simplest and most basic screen coordination skill in basketball, but Sloan has raised the pick-and-roll to a tactical level. It can be said that no one in the world understands the pick-and-roll better than Sloan, so the Magic is in front of the Jazz.
Playing a pick-and-roll is no different from playing a big game in front of Guan Gong.
Because the Jazz usually focus on the pick-and-roll, the Jazz are also very good at defending the pick-and-roll. The point guard defends Nash very closely, and Boozer is also good at selecting positions. Suddenly, the Magic's originally smooth offense became jerky and clumsy.
After two consecutive attacks with no results, Edison couldn't sit still. It couldn't go on like this, so he immediately applied for a timeout.
"Steve, please adjust the focus of your offense. Don't go to Boozer's side. He is very good at guarding the pick-and-roll. When we play Okur's side, his speed is very slow. He can't match your speed at all."
, you and Dwight play pick-and-roll. Josh, if you want to attack, just attack Boozer directly. Although he is good at guarding pick-and-rolls, it depends on his anticipation and position selection. His single defense is very poor. Although he plays
He is very fierce and fights hard, but his physical fitness is extremely poor. Although he is strong and relatively powerful, he does not have the speed to move his feet, nor does he have enough jumping wingspan or height, so as long as you move when defending,
It’s very difficult to guard him. You can get the ball in the high post and directly break through and attack the basket with the ball, but he can’t stop you.”….
After the game started again, according to Edison's arrangement, the Magic played much easier. Although Okur's basketball IQ is also very high, his body limits him. He cannot follow Nash's flexible pace like Boozer, so
Howard had a great time today.
Fortunately, the Jazz's three perimeter players were very capable on defense and did not allow the Magic to flourish inside or outside and hit three-pointers.
So at the end of the first quarter, the Magic led 24-20 by 4 points.
After the start of the second quarter, Sloan strengthened his inside attack, allowing Boozer to attack more from the inside, intending to bully the Magic's two inexperienced inside defenders.
Boozer's offense is really powerful, his technique is delicate yet tough, and his body is strong yet flexible. His shooting range can extend to near the free throw line and is accurate enough, he breaks through resolutely, and his passes are in place. The most rare thing is that he can shoot left and right.
. Boozer is very capable with both left and right hands and has no obvious disadvantage, which allows him to attack on both sides of the court. Moreover, when attacking in the low post, he can turn inward or outward, making it difficult for the opponent to attack.
Determine the direction of his attack.
They also have the same combination of strength, skill and awareness, the same height and weight, similar body, hair and skills, which can't help but remind people of the postman who once wore the No. 32 jersey. Unfortunately, Boozer's physical fitness is a bit worse after all.
, he has Malone's gangsterism and toughness, but does not have Malone's domineering attitude. Boozer's back-up play is completely technical, relying on footwork and the skillful ball sense of his left and right hands to stun the opponent. There are few domineering back-turns like Malone's.
Cooperating with the iron elbow to bully opponents in the paint, this is one of the reasons why Boozer is not as lethal as Malone at the basket.
Howard also struggled to defend Boozer. Although Howard's physical talent is unquestionable, defense is more of an accumulation of experience. Only when your experience and talent reach a balance can you achieve the best results.
It's a pity that Howard is not experienced enough now. If he encounters a rough guy inside or an outside player who hits the basket, he can use his bounce to get it done. But he can't do it with a technical inside like Boozer, and he will be shaken.
Staggering around. In the same way, we see Yao Ming, Al Jefferson and other skilled players in the low post who can beat Howard to death.
After the start of the second quarter, Boozer relied on his comprehensive skills to help the Jazz open up the situation. He first made a mid-range shot, and then tricked Howard into jumping in the low post, and succeeded in a layup to tie the score.
But today was destined to be a day for Edison and Magic. Soon something happened on the field, which completely changed the trend of the game.
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First of all, I admit my mistake. It is true that the Water House Center and the Amway Center in the previous chapter were a bit messy. I'm sorry.
Second, don't always compare the current team with the 2004 Suns. The two teams are very different. If you have to compare, I think it is an enhanced version of the 2007 Hornets.
Thirdly, I feel that the time when I wrote this book is a little too miserable. There are wolves before and tigers behind. Please give me more recommendations to give me more confidence.
Finally, if everyone can help me, if the weekly recommendation can reach 550 by this time tomorrow, I will write a passionate scene.
