Chapter 286: Kill them

Khomeinis received a call from Paris Mills after arriving in Los Angeles on the evening of the 20th. At that time, all of Los Angeles was immersed in the excitement of the Celtics about to collide with the Lakers. Journalists and fans were all online and on TV. Go crazy about posting news and discussing the game. But Khomeinis’s mind is not at all in this heavyweight collision of this season, because she is an agent’s assistant, in her eyes a game is a movie, she doesn’t care whether the movie looks good, he cares about the box office, The star and the capital behind the movie.
And Mills brought her an exciting news, that is, Hollywood's heavyweight agent company caa decided to cooperate with Khomeinis to prepare for the future entry into the sports world.
This made Khomeinis quite excited. After half a year of hard work in Los Angeles, all her efforts finally paid off. What kind of company is caa? Hollywood entertainment giants, such as Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidman are all signed artists under the caa banner. . In the past ten years, the total number of Oscars awarded to Hollywood artists under CAA has surpassed the sum of the following four brokerage companies.
It is such an aircraft carrier in the brokerage industry that has noticed Khomeinis, a newcomer who has sprung up in the sports brokerage world. She almost attracted the attention of most people in Los Angeles in the summer. Although she currently does not have any famous and capable player under her, it is clear that caa is very optimistic about this upstart in the agent industry.
Khomeinis, who received the news, danced happily in the hotel, and finally she took Leon and danced a waltz in the room. Leon is also very happy for Khomeinis. Leon has been a little guilty in the past, feeling that Khomeinis chose the sports economy industry in order to give up her real interest. Now it seems that Khomeinis has done quite well in this line, and may even have a very remarkable achievement one day.
Of course, apart from Khomeinis, Leon and a few other people, very few people know about this news, and there is no media coverage. The caa company is just beginning to extend their tentacles in the sports world, and Khomeinis is just one of their partners.
After being happy with Khomeinis, Leon will put his energy into tomorrow's game.
The holiday was not given to the players because Leon has absolute confidence in tomorrow’s game, but the Celtics really need a good rest. The continuous away games made the players quite tired, and both games were played to the last minute. , The consumption of players can be imagined.
Although he gave the players a vacation, Leon would not give himself a vacation. On the 21st, Leon kept himself in the room to watch the game video throughout the day. This year's Lakers are indeed quite strong. The addition of Karl Malone has an unexpectedly good effect. He perfectly makes up for the Lakers' shortcomings in the power forward position. And because of the nineteen years of training under Sloan, Malone, who has a strong tactical and learning ability, quickly integrated into Phil Jackson's triangle offense and became an important tactical node for the team. Mourners: Great God is a loyal dog
In contrast, Payton is more struggling. After a half of the season, he still couldn't integrate into the triangle offense. After all, the point guard is the least valued position in the triangle offense. This makes Payton, who has always been the core of the Sonics, Difficult to adapt.
But this did not prevent the Lakers from advancing all the way. They won a wave of ten-game winning streak before losing to the Portland Trail Blazers on the 13th. In the game against the Nuggets on the 19th, Kobe Bryant returned to the court after accepting the trial from the court, and the performance of the key ball to kill the Nuggets at the last moment was even more shocking. For a while, Leon and Kobe's court rush became a hot topic in the NBA.
When Leon finished watching the last video clip, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the team was going to the Staples Center to prepare in a while. But for how to deal with tonight's game, Leon has not yet a complete plan and strategy.
He had discussed with Carlisle before, and Carlisle came to the conclusion that "play and watch first, the regular season does not explain too much." Carlisle made sense in this point. The regular season is generally played while watching and training. The lineup learns its lessons and prepares for the possible future playoffs.
However, Leon still can't bear to appear on the field without any preparation. In any case, he must keep a hand in order to make a key command at a critical time.
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At seven o'clock in the evening, the Staples Center is full of stars. The home court of the Lakers has always been a star show. The old Lakers audience Jack Nicholson is naturally an old face. Others include Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, and Catherine. -Zeta Jones and other Hollywood superstars are here.
There is no doubt that this is a grand banquet. After all, this is the entertainment capital of Los Angeles. Sports here is only a way of entertainment. It will never be as fanatical as Boston, but it also has a unique passion.
Before the game started, Leon was asked what he thought of tonight’s game at the press conference. He used Shakespeare’s famous sentence,
to-be-or-not-to-be
(to-be-or-not-to-be) to describe it. It shows how important this game is in the hearts of Celtics players.
I have a face in the last days
In contrast, Jackson also said: "This is an important game. The Celtics are rising at an amazing speed, and the Lakers are by no means in decline, even in order to be able to compete with the powerful Celtics. , I will not allow the Lakers to fail." Jackson's words seem more humorous, but it can also be seen that he attaches great importance to the Celtics.
In the locker room, Leon gave a rare pre-match speech.
"Tonight, there are countless Hollywood superstars, countless celebrities in sports and literature and art. Some of them may be your idols or your dream lovers. But these are not important anymore. Now, they have only one identity. , The enemy and the enemy’s supporters! Don’t imagine that there will be your fans here, even if they do, they are just helpless grasses. You can only rely on yourself and your teammates. This is not the first time we have encountered this It will not be the last time, but tonight we are facing the Los Angeles Lakers. As long as you are in the Celtics, you should understand that there are countless possibilities in this world, and it is impossible for the Lakers to defeat the Celtics! Let's play and kill them!"
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When Leon was standing next to the bench on the sidelines of the Staples Center arena, he turned his head and looked at the Lakers bench, which was separated by a technical table, and could not see Phil Jackson. The Zen master, as usual, after the introduction to the venue, sat steadily on the bench to meditate ~ EbookFREE.me ~ waiting for the start of the game.
The starting lineups of both sides on the court, the Lakers O'Neal, Malone, Devin George, Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton, the Celtics are still their starting five tigers.
With the attention of the United States and the cheers of more than 20,000 spectators, the game began.
"Shaquille O'Neal won the ball for the Lakers and the game began. Gary Payton had the ball, the Lakers' first offense. They should start with O'Neal, Malone, pass the ball to O'Neal... Pierce steals the ball. Now... he interrupted the ball from O'Neal. The Celtics counterattacked... Arenas made a layup! The Celtics scored the first point of the game." The game is the veteran commentator Dick Stockton, his voice and tone have accompanied the NBA audience for nearly 20 years.
With the first ball in the opening game, the Celtics saw through the Lakers' passing intention and succeeded in stealing the ball and counterattack. But it does not seem to affect the mood of the Lakers fans, players and coaches.
"Hmph, see when you can sit on the bench." Leon thought to himself. The two coaches before the game appeared to be quite low-key, and did not fight in the media, but on the court, their fighting style is about to begin. (To be continued.)