Denver, located in Colorado, USA, is located on the plains.
Denver International Airport is located in the center of Denver. The Bulls team flew into Denver at 7:30 pm local time on December 30th.
The Spring Festival of 2005 is coming soon, and downtown Denver is very lively.
But Chen Jie knew that the excitement was still far behind compared to Christmas.
In the United States, Christmas is definitely a more important holiday than New Year. You can tell by looking at the NBA schedule. On Christmas Eve, which is Christmas Eve, the NBA has no games. The games arranged by the NBA on Christmas Day are all heavyweight confrontations.
, such as this year's Lakers vs. Heat, but the NBA did not suspend the holiday for a day during the New Year, and the game was not as carefully selected as during Christmas.
When he first entered the league, Chen Jie was not eligible to participate in the Christmas Day game. In fact, Chen Jie's Bulls had no games in those days. Until the game against the Rockets on the night of the 29th, the Bulls had a full four days of rest.
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In the game against the Rockets, it was very difficult for the Bulls to win. After trailing by 19 points in the first half, they were almost massacred. If Chen Jie hadn't used his craziness to mobilize the enthusiasm of his teammates in the midfield, I'm afraid the Bulls would have lost the game.
He was about to suffer a disastrous defeat.
However, although it is difficult to win, this victory is of great significance.
First, Noccioni's performance completely conquered Skiles, and he was ready to let Noccioni replace Eddy Curry as the starter.[
As for Eddy Curry, Skiles is planning to trade him out during the winter trade period, but obviously this will take time. Now, in fact, the transaction has been opened, but the Bulls and even the entire league have not made any move yet. Negotiations are just bullshit.
Chen Jie has finally seen this.
In addition to Noccioni's gain, the Bulls also enhanced their confidence through victory in this game. Facing the remaining three away games in the Western Conference, their morale has been boosted.
This game also gave the Bulls some training to fight tough battles.
In the future, they won't just play with the wind and then panic as soon as they fall behind.
Chen Jie got off the plane and was led through the special passage by the staff. Although it was already night in Denver and the Bulls were playing away from home, there were still many Chinese fans at the airport to greet Chen Jie, facing compatriots who were shouting his name crazily.
, Chen Jie smiled and waved to them.
"Jie, you have so many fans!" Du Hong came over at this time and joked with Chen Jie.
Chen Jie smiled. Although football is still the number one sport in China, Chen Jie, who has traveled through time, knows that as the performance of the national football team becomes worse and worse, and the performance of the men's basketball team becomes more and more prominent, in China, basketball will slowly
It will surpass football and become the number one sport. The number of basketball fans in China will also surpass the number of football fans.
Having such a large support group is a blessing, but of course it is also a pressure.
But Chen Jie is not a person who is afraid of pressure, so now he is very happy.
Last night, after the game between the Rockets and the Bulls, at the press conference, another thing happened that made Chen Jie deeply feel that the power of the Chinese people is great.
That was on December 28th, local time in the United States, the NBA opened the 2005 All-Star voting.
It's a coincidence that the 2005 All-Star Game was held in Denver, where Chen Jie is currently playing today.
With his outstanding performance in the first half of the season, Chen Jie was shortlisted for the All-Star Game and the All-Star Rookie Game voting list. The only All-Star Game candidates with him on the Bulls were Chandler and Hinrich. However,
There are many people selected for the rookie game. First-year Duhongluer and Dengdu were selected. Nocchione was not selected because of his late performance. Second-year Hinrich was also selected. Maybe he will compete with Chen Jie by then.
become an opponent.
Originally, Chen Jie thought that it was a sure thing that he would become the starter in the rookie game, but he didn't expect that Chen Jie's All-Star voting as of today was actually ranked first among Eastern Conference guards.
You know, there are many good guards in the Eastern Conference. Wade Iverson and others are Chen Jie's competitors, but he didn't expect that Chen Jie would be ranked first. He didn't expect it in advance.[
Although it has only been three days, Chen Jie's votes have remained high and the growth rate has been huge. This makes Chen Jie feel that he may participate in the All-Star Game in his rookie season.
In the past, I only watched those superstars having fun together on TV. I didn't expect that I would be able to attend this big party this year. Chen Jie was still very excited.
In the Western Conference, Yao Ming is undoubtedly ranked first among centers.
At yesterday's press conference, a reporter asked Chen Jie what he thought of this phenomenon.
Of course Chen Jie also knew that this was actually due to the huge number of Chinese fans, but he did not say it directly, he just said that he was very happy.
Of course, the atmosphere was harmonious, and the reporters laughed loudly at Van Gundy and Chen Jie's jokes. The reporter did not ask the question, but Chen Jie knew that sooner or later, someone would ask him whether this was fair.
But no matter what, Chen Jie is just enjoying the voting process now.
He even plans to sign up for the skills challenge.
After getting on the bus, Chen Jie leaned on the seat and took a nap.
After yesterday's game, Chen Jie had a night's rest. Today he had a meal with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming at noon. He flew to Denver in the afternoon and didn't arrive until the evening. Chen Jie was still very tired.
Tonight, the Bulls did not arrange any training. The team took a bus from the airport to the hotel, then practiced in the morning the next day, prepared for the game in the afternoon, and played in the evening. The time was still very tight.
Of course, this kind of thing happens every day in nb, and Chen Jie is already used to it.
Facing Denver, Chen Jie only had one thought in his mind, and that was revenge, revenge!
This time, you must make Anthony bow at your feet!
Chen Jie has been thinking about this idea for more than a year, and now he finally has the opportunity to realize it, and Chen Jie can't wait.
After the bus arrived at the hotel, the rooms were arranged and the Bulls team dispersed.
The night before the game, no one dared to go to the nightclub to have fun, although this kind of thing actually happens to many stars.
The NB basketball team is different from many football clubs in the West in many things. In Europe, football clubs in those leagues will stay in a hotel the night before the game in order to keep the players in shape before the game. However, the NB team,
If it's a home game, there won't be this requirement. The night before the game, you can do whatever you want, stay at home, go drinking, whatever you want as long as you don't get discovered by the media. Of course, you have to be in good shape the next day.
As long as you are in good condition, you can fight your wife for 300 rounds the night before and no one will care about you.
And even if it's an away game, you have a lot of freedom when staying in a hotel before the game. The coach won't do ward rounds like a football team does, and it's not two people sharing a room. You can watch TV all night, and you can even call a girl.
There are many beauties who like to sleep with celebrities, commonly known as skinny girls. In fact, many of them sneak into the hotel the night before the game to seduce the stars when the team is playing away games.
Of course, this is all consensual and there is nothing to say.
As long as you don't care about your reputation as a philanderer, or whether that woman will sue you for sex in the future, you're free to do whatever you want!
Although Chen Jie is not a dedicated man, he doesn't like sleeping with these women either.
Although there are many women who want to sleep with him.
The night before the game, Chen Jie stayed in his room, talked on the phone with Li Ming'er, and then went to bed.
He attaches great importance to this game with Denver.
Of course he won't do anything that affects his condition before the game.
That night, the Denver Nuggets actually had one more game. Under the leadership of interim coach Michael Kopp, Anthony scored 38 points to lead the Nuggets to a home victory over the Jazz, which also stopped their decline.
This season, the Nuggets are actually not having an easy time! They are currently ranked tenth in the Western Conference and are likely to qualify for the playoffs. Coach Jeff Bzdelik was fired and Michael Kopp temporarily took over as coach, but their performance is still the same.
There was no improvement. Before this game, they had lost three games in a row.
Facing the Bulls, many media looked down on the Nuggets.
Perhaps, this is really a good opportunity for Chen Jie to take revenge! (To be continued...)
