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Chapter 203 Signed Another Endorsement
On December 12, the Pistons flew non-stop to Washington, where they will challenge the Wizards back-to-back away games.

If the opponent was Jordan who was on the hook at the beginning of the month, maybe Wang Dalin would still have some headaches. After all, the strength of the peak Jordan is really not a joke.

There is no suspense about the process and result of the game. After all, when Jordan is not playing, he is just a very good 39-year-old veteran... No matter how good he is, he is already old!

本场比赛乔丹17投7中，外加罚球4投3中，得到17分4篮板1助攻2盖帽，表现当然还算不错，不过这个“不错”是以他39岁的高龄为评价标准的。

奇才队二当家杰里.斯塔克豪斯的表现比乔丹稍好一些，他全场14投6中，其中三分球4投1中，外加罚球12投11中，砍下24分3篮板1助攻1抢断……仅仅14投就砍下24分，不得不说这厮造犯规的能力确实挺强。

The best performer on the Pistons side is Wang Dalin, but compared to his unbelievable performance in the previous game, his state this time is obviously much mediocre.

王大林全场18投10中，其中三分球7投3中，罚球4投4中，砍下27分11篮板10助攻1抢断1盖帽……各大媒体并没有对他打出三双表现而大惊小怪，好像都有点见惯不怪了。

Don't brag or criticize, with Wang Dalin's current strength, it is nothing unusual to hit a triple-double.

活塞队其他球员的表现也不错，比如汉密尔顿砍下22分4篮板1助攻，大本也贡献了6分14篮板4盖帽，还有布泽尔、奥库和威廉姆斯三人得分上双……

In the end, the Pistons defeated the Wizards without bloodshed 102:78, and finally ended this trip to the Eastern Conference.

They returned to Detroit that night, and Wang Dalin felt all the cells in his body relax. He lay down on his big bed and had a good night's sleep.

On December 12, Carlisle did not arrange training as usual, because on the 27th they had to meet the challenge of the Western powerhouse Timberwolves at home.

The Timberwolves have played 29 games so far this season, with a record of 16 wins and 13 losses, and are currently ranked fifth in the West.

After last season, the teams in the league have gradually adapted to the new rules, especially the "legalization of zone defense"...so the Timberwolves really no longer have the advantage they had last season.

不过凯文.加内特的表现依旧恐怖，他在这29场比赛中场均可以得到21.7分13.1篮板5.9助攻1.5抢断1.4盖帽。

11月7日森林狼对雄鹿的比赛中，加内特全场17投9中，外加罚球11投10中，砍下28分24篮板6助攻1抢断1盖帽，并且全场只有1次失误。

11月9日森林狼对灰熊的比赛中，加内特全场20投11中，外加罚球15投12中，砍下34分22篮板6助攻1抢断1盖帽，又是全场只有1次失误。

In these two games, Garnett hit 20+20 and 30+20 large double-doubles one after another, which once made the major media evaluate him more than Tim Duncan.

In the past few years at the beginning of the 21st century, the "four major centers of the 90s" have aged one after another, leaving O'Neal alone to guard the glory of the center.

不过12月28日这晚加内特的表现明显有点拉胯，他在王大林的全力防守下全场20投仅8中，加上罚球5投4中，最终砍下了20分13篮板1抢断1盖帽，竟然连1次助攻都没有！

相比之下王大林的表现就高效多了，他全场17投9中，其中三分球8投4中，罚球8投7中，砍下了29分14篮板8助攻2抢断2盖帽，不论从哪个方面比较都完胜了加内特。

森林狼队中锋马克.杰克逊替补登场27分钟，10投5中外加罚球7投7中，高效砍下了17分5篮板2盖帽，让全场只得到9分6篮板的奥库相形见绌。

不过布泽尔打出了本赛季的最强表现，他替补登场24分钟就贡献出了12投9中的超高命中率，加上罚球5投4中，砍下了22分10篮板的两双。

In the end, the Pistons easily defeated the Timberwolves 106:82, continuing their winning streak.

On December 12th, the Pistons continued to sit at home, and this time they came to challenge the Trail Blazers...another western powerhouse!
The Trail Blazers have a better record than the Timberwolves this season. They are currently 17 wins and 11 losses, ranking fourth in the West.

Although the spiritual leader of the team, Scottie Pippen, is one year older than last season, although the "Roaring God" Rasheed Wallace is still not favored by referees, and even though Bunche Wellsby's performance last season has dropped significantly, Wang Dalin knows that the strength of this Trail Blazers team must not be underestimated.

Admittedly, Pippen's performance this season can be said to be the lowest since his rookie season, but he is still able to send 1.6 steals per game, and his 81.8 free throw percentage is also a career high.

而威尔斯本赛季不足30%的三分命中率确实比上赛季的38.4%差了老远，而且投篮命中率44.1%也比上赛季的46.9%有了明显下滑，可他依然能够场均贡献出15.2分5.3篮板3.3助攻1.6抢断，他在场上永远不知疲惫地积极拼抢。

目前这支开拓者队真正的老大其实是拉希德.华莱士，别看他场均18.1分8.7篮板2.1助攻0.9抢断1盖帽的数据好像不太起眼……嗯，作为一个球队大当家来说确实不太起眼！

But he can always stand up at critical moments, his roar and even technical offenders can always boost the morale of his teammates, and don't forget that he is one of the original four PFs, only gradually replaced by Nowitzki in the last year or two.

In the original time and space, if the Pistons didn't get him to join, they really couldn't become the championship team.

Without "Roaring God", the Pistons' defensive system would not be complete, and Ben would not be able to restrain O'Neal in the finals... Well, it is indeed restricted, at least O'Neal's data output and offensive efficiency have been discounted a lot!

However, the Pistons already have Wang Dalin in this life, so they really don't need "Roaring Tianzun" anymore!

于是在这场比赛中王大林只打了三节半，就15投8中轻松砍下了24分11篮板8助攻2抢断1盖帽，基本上打爆了只有19分6篮板进账的拉希德.华莱士……嗯，这一场王大林打的四号位！
The Pistons also easily defeated the Trail Blazers 102:85, raising their winning streak to 30 games.

After this game, the Pistons' 12 games in December finally came to an end. According to the schedule, their next game is an away game against the Eagles on January 13.

Another round of 4-day rest, Carlisle still did not arrange training... Due to this wave of 30 consecutive victories, the nerves of the players have been strained, and he really does not want to burden everyone anymore.

Since the 1971-1972 season, there have been several super teams in the league. Why can't they break the record of 33 consecutive victories?
If nothing else, just talk about the Bulls in the 1995-1996 season!

They have an invincible record of 72 wins and 10 losses. Is it really impossible to break the record of 33 consecutive victories?
In that season, the Bulls only had 18 consecutive victories at the longest, which was more than a star and a half away from 33 consecutive victories.

In the final analysis, it was because there were only 8 teams in the entire NBA league in the early years, and the overall competitive pressure was really low, so that Lakers team was able to hit an amazing record of 33 consecutive victories in one fell swoop.

Later, the NBA and the ABA merged, plus the Heat, Mavericks and other teams who joined later, now there are 29 teams in the NBA.

More teams naturally bring greater competitive pressure, so since the 90s, no team in the league has ever achieved such a long winning streak, let alone a 33-game winning streak, not even a 20-game winning streak!

Looking at it this way, under the leadership of the "OK combination" in the 1999-2000 season, the Lakers actually played 19 consecutive victories and 16 consecutive victories, which is really awesome!

Now the eyes of the entire league and even the major media in the United States have focused on the Pistons. First, they want to see if the Pistons can break the record of the Lakers' 33-game winning streak. Second, they want to see... Which team will end the Pistons' winning streak.

Of course the team that created the longest winning streak will be remembered in history, but the team that ended the winning streak of this super team... will also be recorded in history!

The attention of the major media during this period made the Pistons players a little restless even on vacation. They are likely to be surrounded by unexpected reporters while fishing by the Detroit River, and then forced to accept interviews.

So Carlisle took his wife to New York during this time. He was going to attend the piano recital of his friend Bruce Hornsby.

Many people may not know that Carlyle's piano skills are very high. He and the famous American pianist Bruce Hornsby have been friends for many years. They have performed on stage at the Grammy Award Ceremony many times.

Hornsby recalled to his old friend—

"He's the only NBA coach who plays the national anthem before a game!"

"I think he started playing the piano to chase girls, but later on he really fell in love with the piano, he is a good pianist."

"We once had a show in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and he came on stage and wanted to play a very complicated piece called 'Lights in the Harbor'! Yes, he went on stage and started playing it... That's when I knew, what a guts this guy is!"

Wang Dalin also took a trip to New York, but he was not as leisurely as Carlisle, because he came here for commercial endorsement negotiations.

If it's another brand, Schwartz's agent will help him handle it. He only needs to be present at the final signing. But this time the brand is a bit different, because the brand name is "Pepsi"!
Compared with another beverage giant "Coca-Cola", "Pepsi-Cola" obviously started a little later, but its development momentum in recent years has been much stronger than that of "Coca-Cola".

In the 2001 "Most Admired Company in America" ​​and "Most Admired Company in the World" survey results and rankings of various industries published by Fortune magazine in the United States, PepsiCo continued to be the "Most Admired Company in the World and in the United States" and ranked first in the beverage industry!
And among the top 500 companies in the world published by the magazine, PepsiCo ranked 63rd.

Not long ago, Wang Dalin saw the Pepsi commercials of Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Pink. When they sang "We Will Rock You" in the Colosseum, the hairs on Wang Dalin's back stood on end.

In 2002, Pepsi made far more commercials than this one. For example, Robert Carlos' bowing free kick commercial during the Korea-Japan World Cup is also quite interesting.

In addition, Pepsi also signed "F4", which is popular in Asia, and specially composed the commercial song "Longing for Infinity". The tune and lyrics are very good, but the singing skills of the four "F4" are a bit weak.

Of course, Wang Dalin is very interested in signing Pepsi, at least the Pepsi commercial is very interesting.

The contract and price Schwartz has basically negotiated with PepsiCo.

Referring to the previous endorsement prices of football stars such as Robert Carlos and David Beckham, PepsiCo offered Wang Dalin $2 million for two years. In addition to endorsement of "Pepsi-Cola", he also had another brand under PepsiCo, "Gatorade".

Wang Dalin's full endorsement of two brands is only 500 million US dollars per year. It seems that the price is not high, right?
Don't think that this price seems very low. After all, PepsiCo has dozens of spokespersons, and the sum of the endorsement fees of so many people is quite scary.

In fact, in order to sign the contract with Wang Dalin, PepsiCo paid Wahaha Company as high as 800 million US dollars in liquidated damages... Who made him endorse "Very Coke"?

Wang Dalin also readily signed his name on the contract, but he just agreed with the top executives of PepsiCo on the shooting time of the commercial... For PepsiCo, which can be called a visually blockbuster commercial, it is not allowed to shoot in the middle of the regular season, it can only be during the offseason.

The executives of PepsiCo didn't say anything, but said that in the summer of 2003, Wang Dalin, Beckham, Britney Spears, Beyoncé and others needed to shoot two to three commercials.

As for other promotional activities, there are many other promotional activities. For example, during the All-Star Weekend this season, Wang Dalin must attend the "Streetball Challenge" organized by PepsiCo...Of course, he is only an on-site commentator.

……

On January 1, the league announced the winners of the best players in the East and West in December. They are Chris Webber in the west and Wang Dalin in the east.

在刚刚过去的12月份，韦伯率领国王队打出了11胜3负的战绩，他自己也砍下了场均24.4分11.4篮板5.5助攻1.1抢断1.8盖帽的华丽数据。

Webber's performance this month is indeed the best in the West. Not only is the team record good, but his personal statistics are also impeccable. However, compared to the best player in the East, Wang Dalin, he is obviously much inferior.

Needless to say, the Pistons won 13 games this month. The key is that they have won the second 30 consecutive victories in history, and their winning streak continues until now.

王大林在12月场均可以砍下31.1分10.2篮板8.2助攻1.1抢断1.5盖帽，投篮命中率高达54.1%，三分命中率也有46.4%，罚球命中率86.4%。

With the game after game, the Pistons are no longer as strong as they were at the beginning of the season, and Wang Dalin's playing time has naturally increased slightly, so his personal data is better than in November...

　Thanks to "Dapeng Spreading Wings lan" and "Old Xu Bangbang" for their monthly tickets for encouragement!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)