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Chapter 437 "Choice"

Indeed, delicious!

Durian, in a sense, is delicious or not, just like the sweet tofu nao and salty tofu nao before, it is completely two extremes.

People who like to eat don't like it, and those who don't like to eat are like O'Neill before, and they don't want to try it.

But the best way to overcome fear is to face it directly. O'Neill finally chose to try when he couldn't stand it, gave up but couldn't give up!

Then, like Columbus, he discovered the New World.

He couldn't resist picking up another piece and putting it in his mouth.

This time, he didn't pinch his nose or anything, but ate in a "savor" way.

Chew, and chew.

Then, he realized that this food is not very delicious, but it is too delicious!

Soft and sweet, mixed with a hint of fruity fragrance, like eating a thick layer of cream, but not greasy at all.

God, why did he think this shit looked like shit before?

And it's really strange to say that after he thought the durian was delicious, the original shit-like smell disappeared.

He ate a few more in a row.

Then, he lost even the desire to eat protein.

The heat of this thing seems to be a bit high.

Finally, he reluctantly put the unfinished durian back into the refrigerator, and then called his nutritionist.

After chatting with a nutritionist and gaining a better understanding of the fruit durian, his mood became very complicated.

Because he felt that the heat of this thing was a bit high, but in fact it was a bit too high.

According to his nutritionist, durian has 100 calories per 147 grams, ranking among the top three among all fruits.

Don’t say it’s for people who lose weight, it’s just for ordinary people. You can’t eat too much. If you eat too much, you will get fat easily.

After hanging up the phone, O'Neill stood there for a while.

This weight loss seems to have failed so far!

And the key is that he also likes to eat durian!

Finish the calf!

I lost my wife and lost my army!

Sun Hao didn't know what O'Neill went through.

But slowly, he also realized that something was wrong.

Originally, O'Neill's living room still smelled of durian, which meant that O'Neill was still smelling it every day.

But O'Neill's appetite is recovering little by little, and it may even look better than before.

Finally one day he couldn't bear to ask O'Neill.

After struggling for a while, O'Neill still had a showdown.

After Sun Hao heard that O'Neill likes to eat durian, he instantly experienced what it means to have mixed flavors.

This is him, overturned!

"Shaq, don't eat that thing, it's very high in calories."

In the end, he could only remind O'Neill like this.

"I try my best."

O'Neill's answer made Sun Hao's expression even more helpless.

It seems that in the days to come, what O'Neill has to do is not only to lose weight, but also how to quit durian!

And after experiencing the durian incident, Sun Hao felt that the method of using the smell of food to make O'Neill lose weight was completely unworkable.

He can even like the most hated durian, but who can guarantee that O'Neill won't like stinky tofu, houttuynia cordata, or even canned herring?

Thinking of this, Sun Hao really didn't know what to say when he looked at O'Neill again.

He felt that even Bill Russell might not necessarily make O'Neill lose weight.

This is likely, like dividing a number by zero, an unanswered question.

……

The season is still going on, and the Christmas game is approaching in a blink of an eye.

Like last year, this year's Christmas game has attracted much attention, because the two sides are the Lakers and Wizards.

Although O'Neal failed to lose weight, Walker's weight loss effect was obvious, which made him move a lot faster on the defensive end, and the Lakers' record has also steadily improved.

They are now 2 games ahead of the Spurs and firmly in the first place in the Western Conference.

In the East, the most outstanding performance this season is the Wizards.

As fans predicted, Carlisle made a huge difference for the Wizards.

The biggest change is offense.

The constipated positional warfare offense that relied heavily on Yao Mai last season is gone, replaced by a combination of internal and external, and a clear-cut strategy.

Carlisle has always been famous for his tactics. During his long period of coaching with the Mavericks in history, he was described by fans as "a clever woman can't cook without rice", referring to his empty tactical system, but no one who can implement the tactics in place.

Now that the Wizards have all kinds of "exquisite ingredients", he can naturally make a table of "full banquet".

The most direct evidence is the change in Hamilton's performance.

This may be one of the best off-ball scorers in NBA history. He averaged less than 10 points per game under Van Gundy last season and is close to being useless.

But so far this season, he has averaged 14.5 points per game, and his shooting percentage has reached 49.1%, setting a new career high!

Of course, in addition to offense, the Wizards still maintain an excellent defense. Their average points per game rank 27th in the league, only more than the Pistons, Pacers and Spurs.

With the integration of offense and defense, the Wizards give people the feeling that they have already shown their champion appearance.

Such a matchup between the two teams is definitely worth looking forward to.

There is about a week left before the Christmas game, and at this time, the Lakers are in big trouble.

O'Neill was injured again.

Or his big toe.

Although O'Neal himself doesn't want to admit it, the burden of weight on the big center's toes is obvious.

Yao Ming is like this in history, and so is O'Neal.

So when O'Neill keeps gaining weight and fails to lose weight, this is almost unavoidable, it just depends on the time.

The team doctor's suggestion was yet another surgery.

The good news is that because the injury is not too serious, if the operation goes well, O'Neal will be able to return in about a month.

After discussing with the coaching staff and O'Neal's team, O'Neal finally accepted the surgery proposal.

The operation went smoothly, and Sun Hao even went to the hospital to send a bouquet of flowers to Shark.

But the problem now is that in the next month, the Lakers will encounter very big challenges.

Anderson is difficult to start, and Mourning has not found his best form. Just like last season's playoffs, the Lakers' insiders will suddenly turn from an advantage to a disadvantage.

Jackson's headache is a trivial matter. If the Lakers' record fluctuates greatly during this period, it will be very difficult to catch up later.

After all, in the current West, the Spurs, Mavericks, and Suns are not much worse than the Lakers. In addition, under the new competition system, the first division must enter the top three. Like last season, there will definitely be a team that will fall to the lower half. of.

No one wants to be the second Suns team last year, and they will go through a life-or-death knockout in the first round.

So this month will be extremely critical.

However, the luck of the Lakers is really good. Except that it will be difficult to play against the Wizards in the Christmas game, their opponents in the three games before that were the Hornets, Trail Blazers and 76ers.

Among these three teams, the Trail Blazers are rebuilding, a standard bad team; although the 76ers and Hornets are competing for the playoffs, their strength is limited.

But if it's easy to fight, it's another matter after the actual fight.

In the first game against the Hornets, Jackson replaced O'Neal with Anderson in the starting lineup.

That is to say, in this game, rookie Deron Williams, who has performed relatively averagely so far this season, ushered in an explosion.

Especially after he and West broke through the basket after the pick-and-roll and hit a goal.

He scored 25 points and 11 assists in the game, playing the best game in the NBA.

Without O'Neal and without Malone, the Lakers' restricted area was left wide open, allowing opponents to come in and out.

Fortunately, Sun Hao turned on the scoring mode in the absence of O'Neal. After scoring 45 points again, he helped the Lakers win the game with his own efforts.

Playing the Trail Blazers in the second game will theoretically be easy.

But there are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys are kings, and Randolph turns into a monster in the penalty area of ​​the Lakers.

He scored 30+13 in the whole game, which made people see his potential as a black bear inside.

Well, it was Sun Hao again, who scored 40+ points for the second consecutive game, scored 43 points, and led the team to an offensive climax in the second half of the fourth quarter, helping the team win in the end.

After the game, the Los Angeles media described Sun Hao's performance as "the scoring show of the King of Los Angeles".

Then, it is to play the 76ers.

The Lakers finally lost the game. Although Sun Hao's personal show continued, he scored 40 points in the third consecutive game, but Iverson, the super scorer who also ushered in a scoring explosion this season, also scored 43 points. point.

In the game, he scored in the Lakers restricted area as easy as walking in the square.

The absence of O'Neal has had a great impact on the Lakers' inside line.

But there is not much time left for the Lakers to adjust, because another day is Christmas, and they will face the Wizards.

Fans who watched these three games suddenly felt confused about the future.

Iverson let the Lakers have nothing to do inside, and the Wizards are Madi plus Yao Ming!

One inside is chug-chug, the other is hitting, the inside of the Lakers is about to be blown into a sieve.

In fact, let alone the fans, even the Lakers players are under a lot of pressure.

The Christmas game was broadcast live across the United States, and they were the defending champions. If they lost to their potential opponent, the Wizards, in Los Angeles, the pressure of public opinion after the game can be imagined.

During the training session this day, that pressure was reflected in every training action of the players.

It can even be felt in some exchanges between the players. Some people think that if they can't win at all, they might as well give up and prepare for the next game.

After all, it is not a shame to lose to the Wizards without O'Neal.

If you try your best and still lose, it will be the biggest blow to the team's morale.

Jackson frowned as he watched from the sidelines.

If the team fights the Christmas game with this mental state, it will undoubtedly lose.

Halfway through the training session, he called a stop and asked everyone to go to the video room.

This move surprised the team members.

But in the video room, many people thought that Jackson was going to let them meditate again.

Sun Hao also thought so, and he actually felt the pressure from the team members, so it would be good to meditate and relax.

However, when he really got to the video room, he found that things were a little different from what he had imagined.

Jackson did not turn off the lights, draw the curtains and light cigarettes as in the past, but directly arranged for the players to watch movies.

That's right, watching a movie.

Jackson's approach is sometimes really unpredictable.

Then, Sun Hao has watched this movie.

It's not that Sun Hao watched countless movies in his previous life, but that this movie is too famous.

"Scent of a Woman".

The most classic part of this film is the tango dance that Sfalan Zhongxiao invited Donna to the famous tango dance song "Por.una.cabeza".

That segment is the segment that can give people goosebumps.

Including this time, he was still uncontrollably excited when he saw the two people dancing in the music.

Of course, the classic tango dance is not the whole of this movie. There are still many things to be conveyed by this classic movie that won three Oscars.

That is, after watching the movie, Jackson said something thought-provoking.

"Whether our life is good or bad, it should be wonderful in itself. For me, an old man, I am examining the value of life existence, and for you, examining is the value of your self-choice."

This passage sounded a bit jerky, and even Sun Hao didn't understand what Jackson said had anything to do with their current situation.

But Jackson apparently gave them time to think for themselves, and after watching the movie, he scheduled a half-hour meditation.

Sun Hao, the movie scene flashed back in his mind.

Gradually, what he focused on was not the classic tango dance, but the movie itself.

This is a journey about a blind retired military officer who wants to commit suicide, and a student who is faced with the "principle" choice.

This is really a movie about choices.

In a sense, that's what the Lakers need to do now.

It is to give up preparing for the next game as some players said in training, but to fight until the end even if you lose.

By the time Sun Hao woke up, most of the people's meditation had ended.

At this moment, Mourning got up and walked towards Phil Jackson.

"Phil, let me start."

It seems that this is his choice.

Although, he hasn't found his best form yet, and starting is not the most suitable choice.

You must know that the intensity of playing as a starter and playing as a substitute is completely different.

Phil Jackson didn't ask anything, just nodded with a smile.

He doesn't care much about the reasons why Mourning made this choice, what he cares about is what choice Mourning made.

Sun Hao walked up to Mourning at this time, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said something similar to what Ma Long said to him last season.

"Leave the scoring to me, and you are responsible for guarding the inside line."

Of course, that's not all he said.

"If you can't win with 40 points, then I'll take 50 points. If 50 points doesn't work, then I'll take 60 points."

Sun Hao's last words were resounding.

The players of the Lakers unconsciously looked at him.

Phil Jackson laughed even more.

Because he knows that his movie today is not in vain.

Sun Hao also made his choice.

(End of this chapter)