am i proud?

Chapter 282 Are you going to meet your parents?
On June 6, the NBA Finals "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" started at the "Staples Center" arena in Los Angeles.

At this time, the NBA Finals still adopted a 2-3-2 format, which was different from the first three rounds of the playoffs.

On the surface, this kind of competition system looks like the team with a better record has an extra home court, but in fact... if you don’t play well in the past, it’s not certain whether you can enjoy the bonus of having an extra home court!

所以在2013年1月的时候，NBA总裁大卫.斯特恩召开董事会对这一问题进行了投票，结果将总决赛改为2-2-1-1-1赛制的提议被全票通过。

从2013-2014赛季起，NBA总决赛开始采用2-2-1-1-1的新赛制，此后就一直沿用了这一赛制。

After the board of directors, Stern accepted an interview with reporters. He believed that the proposal to pass the finals system reform was "very simple" because the bosses understood that this measure could help balance the competition.

"Once the total score of the series is tied at 2-2, the team with the better record in Game 5 will play away, which is unfair to them!" Stern said, "In addition, the team with the better record will stay on the road for up to 8 days, which is also unfair to them!"

But at this time, the competition system has not been reformed, and the players of Carlisle and the Pacers are a little uncomfortable.

How important is the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain"?
For any team that wins the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain", the probability of winning the championship will increase significantly, and this probability may even exceed 80%!

But the Pacers players can only play this crucial game in the Clippers' home arena. Although they just won the G4 game, they don't have much confidence in the "Battle of Tianwangshan"... because Artest is back!

With Artest, the Clippers are the complete Clippers.

Wang Dalin led the team to win 3 out of 1 games, which is the limit of their strength... Without Artest, it would be too difficult for them to win the championship.

……

When the players were warming up, Artest suddenly pointed at the front row and said to Wang Dalin, "Hey, Darling, look... your two girlfriends are here!"

"What are you talking about? Where the hell did I get two girlfriends?" Wang Dalin couldn't help laughing and cursing, turning his head to look while talking.

I really don't know if I don't see it, I was shocked when I saw it... In the first row of seats, Jessica Alba and Zhang Zilin were sitting side by side, looking at him with a smile on their faces.

Wang Dalin hurried forward, smiled at Alba as a greeting, and then smiled at Zhang Zilin, "Why are you here suddenly? Why didn't you tell me?"

Zhang Zilin said with a smile: "School is already on holiday, of course I can go wherever I want! Aren't you playing in the finals, I just thought I shouldn't disturb you!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "Why are you interrupting me? By the way... who bought your ticket for the first row for you?"

Before Zhang Zilin returned to China last time, Wang Dalin gave her a card with 300 million soft sister coins... He mainly hoped that she would have as little part-time job as possible in the model team.

After all, the modeling industry can sometimes involve revealing clothes, such as lingerie shows or swimwear shows.

After all, Wang Dalin is a person with very traditional thinking. To put it bluntly, he is conservative... He doesn't want his girlfriend to always wear a three-point dress to show her face in front of others.

Giving her money is to let her perform at Beijing Film Academy with peace of mind, and she will talk about earning money after graduation.

So he was not surprised that Zhang Zilin could afford the ticket in the first row, he just wondered how she got the ticket.

After all, this is also the NBA Finals, and this is the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain". It is absolutely hard to get a ticket... Not to mention the tickets in the first row, it is difficult for ordinary people to get tickets in the back row.

Zhang Zilin smiled and said, "I roughly helped to buy it!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "So it was him... By the way, how did you and Jessica get together?"

Zhang Zilin showed a sly smile and said, "Why...you feel guilty when you see me getting together with your rumored girlfriend?"

Alba couldn't understand Chinese, but she saw Wang Dalin suddenly turned to look at herself, so she gave him a sweet smile.

Wang Dalin hurriedly said: "Zi Lin, Jessica and I have nothing to do, don't get me wrong!"

Zhang Zilin smiled and said: "Don't worry, didn't you tell me last time on the phone? I'm not such a narrow-minded girl, I believe you!"

Wang Dalin breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded and said, "Okay, it's time for me to warm up, so I won't accompany you guys!"

Zhang Zilin smiled and said, "Go quickly...I have something to tell you after your game is over."

Wang Dalin nodded in response, and said to Alba: "Jessica, my girlfriend's English is not very good, please help take care of her!"

Alba smiled and said, "No problem...we had a good chat before you came, so you can rest assured!"

Wang Dalin finally felt relieved, turned around and returned to the warm-up half.

As soon as he came back, Artest winked and said with a smile: "How is it? They didn't fight, did they?"

Wang Dalin said angrily: "Why are they fighting? Didn't you see that they were chatting happily?"

Artest said with a smile: "Just because they have a good chat doesn't mean they have a good relationship. Women are born actors, and they can act well in front of others! Oh, I almost forgot, your Jessica is a Hollywood actress... Your Chinese girlfriend also studied acting, right?"

Wang Dalin smiled bitterly: "Please don't add 'my' when you say Jessica, okay? Why is she mine?"

Artest laughed and said, "The scandal between the two of you is all over the place, who belongs to her if it's not yours?"

"Hey, Ron, I told you about this before!" Wang Dalin said sternly, "Jessica and I are only making scandals to gain popularity. We are not the kind of relationship you think at all!"

Artest laughed aloud: "Aside from Allen and Kobe, who else in the league can compare with you in popularity? Do you still need to swipe? Isn't it just to help Jessica? We are all men, I understand this kind of thing!"

Wang Dalin hurriedly said: "Hey, don't shout all over the world with your big mouth!"

Artest patted his chest and laughed: "Don't you understand me? You just have to be careful, I promise to keep my mouth shut!"

Wang Dalin thought in his heart that he believed in you, but he couldn't say anything more.

At this time, Wang Zhizhi came over and said, "Da Lin, Zi Lin came to Los Angeles suddenly and didn't tell you, mainly because she was afraid of delaying your training, so she first asked me to help buy a ticket after she arrived... You already know about this, right?"

Wang Dalin nodded and said, "She told me just now! Thank you, roughly!"

Wang Zhizhi showed a weird smile and said, "It might be too early to say thank you now, right?"

Wang Dalin was a little confused, so he asked, "Why is it early? Isn't it early?"

Wang Zhizhi suddenly laughed and said, "Elkin asked me to bring your parents here, but the arrangement was too hasty, so uncle and aunt took the plane tonight, and they won't arrive until after 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon!"

"Damn it! Isn't it?" Wang Dalin was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said, "I played in the NBA for four years, and my parents have never been to the United States...I mentioned this to them several times before, and they refused to come no matter what, how did you persuade them?"

"I told you, don't blame me for the crow's mouth?" Wang Zhizhi smiled wryly, "I said, 'Uncle, Auntie, if you two don't come to the scene to cheer for us, we will have no idea, if we lose, we will lose face', and they agreed!"

"It's that simple?" Wang Dalin was dumbfounded.

"It's that simple!" Wang Zhizhi nodded, "Otherwise, what else do you think I can say?"

"Isn't it? I've used this reason before? Didn't they come anyway?" Wang Dalin was still very surprised.

He was right, he did use similar reasons before, hoping that his parents could come to watch an NBA game, mainly because he hoped that he could perform well amidst the cheering and cheering of his parents... But his parents always said that the family was busy with business and couldn't leave, so they refused to come.

He couldn't imagine why they got on the plane right away as soon as Wang Zhizhi said this time...it doesn't make sense at all?

Wang Zhizhi blinked at him, and said with a smile: "Don't think so much, we have to count on you for tonight's game! Play well, and tomorrow I will go to the airport with you to pick up uncle and aunt!"

Wang Dalin was also right, it is useless to think so much now, the most important thing is to finish the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" tonight, so he nodded and said: "Okay, let's call tomorrow!"

……

In this game, Wang Dalin's offensive state can only be regarded as mediocre, and he only made 18 of 9 shots... Judging from his average field goal percentage in the regular season this season, it is indeed a little lower.

不过他加上三分和罚球还是砍下了29分14篮板11助攻2抢断2盖帽，表现并不算拉胯。

Korver and Richardson, the two outside shooters, don't feel as explosive as they did in G1 and G3, so it can only be said to be passable.

Mourning fought too hard in the first three games. In this game, he only played for about 10 minutes and scored 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block. His performance was so-so.

不过阿泰斯特的状态极为生猛……他全场18投11中，其中三分球5投2中，罚球7投6中，竟然砍下了30分7篮板5助攻4抢断1盖帽。

还有G3战里表现惊艳的王治致，他在这场比赛中的表现也不错，得到15分5篮板2助攻1盖帽，投篮命中率高达60%。

The Clippers' offensive efficiency was significantly higher than that of the Pacers, so they won this crucial "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" with a final score of 107:98.

The gap of 9 points is not very big, and the Clippers have home court advantage, so the Pacers did not show much frustration because of the loss of this game... Anyway, the rest of the games are their home courts, and the big deal is to go back and then play back.

Of course, if they lost another game, they would be hiccups.

……

After the game, Wang Dalin did not attend the press conference. Old Deng Levy brought Artest who performed well in this game...Of course, Wang Dalin is definitely qualified to attend the press conference, but he was eager to see Zhang Zilin, so he excused himself.

Zhang Zilin was already waiting for him in the parking lot, the two drove back home, Wang Dalin couldn't wait to hug her and kissed her on the small mouth.

"Hmm..." Zhang Zilin finally broke free and said coquettishly, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Wang Dalin said with a cheap smile: "It's been a long time since I saw you, I miss you!"

Zhang Zilin rolled his eyes at him, then smiled and said, "I told you before the game tonight... I have something to tell you, you sit down first!"

Wang Dalin sat on the sofa according to his words...Of course, he pulled Zhang Zilin into his arms.

"Tell me what you want!" Wang Dalin smiled slightly, and kissed her smooth face again.

Zhang Zilin twisted twice and scolded coquettishly: "Don't make trouble... talk about business!"

Wang Dalin finally stopped and said, "Okay, I won't make trouble, you tell me."

Zhang Zilin paused for a moment, then blushed and said, "I told my family about the two of us when I went back last time, so... my parents will come to Los Angeles, and they said they want to meet you in person!"

There was a "hum" in Wang Dalin's head, and he was stunned for a long time on the spot.

Seeing his dumbfounded look, Zhang Zilin couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hey, what's your expression? I heard that you're going to see my parents, are you so scared that you can't even speak?"

Wang Dalin hurriedly said: "No... I just... feel that this incident happened too suddenly, and I was a little surprised for a while!"

Zhang Zilin smiled and said: "You know... My family is basically from the army, starting from my grandfather, and my parents are also soldiers. Their way of speaking may be more direct, you have to be mentally prepared!"

Wang Dalin laughed and said, "Speak directly? They wouldn't say 'If you dare to bully my daughter, be careful that I will break your dog's leg'?"

Zhang Zilin laughed loudly and said, "How can you be so exaggerated? Have you watched too many TV dramas?"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "Then I have nothing to fear, as long as my uncle and aunt don't beat me!"

Zhang Zilin said angrily: "How could my parents beat you? Unless you really bullied me!"

Wang Dalin immediately kissed her on the mouth, and said vaguely: "I'm like this...does...does it count...bullying you?"

Zhang Zilin was so weak from his kiss, but she still pushed his face away with all her strength and said, "I haven't finished yet...what are you in a hurry for?"

Wang Dalin sneered and said, "Okay, you can continue."

Zhang Zilin smiled sweetly and said: "My parents' plane tonight will arrive at 1:[-] pm tomorrow, you have to accompany me to the airport to pick them up!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "What's so difficult? I'll go pick them up with you...Huh? No!"

He immediately hugged Zhang Zilin aside, looked at her pretty face and said, "Don't tell me... Uncle and aunt came with my parents, right?"

Zhang Zilin smiled and said, "That's right! You're so smart!"

Wang Dalin was shocked and said: "You mean that uncles and aunts met my parents when they were in China?"

Zhang Zilin smiled and said: "That's right! After I told my parents about us, they insisted that I tell them your home phone number...then they contacted your parents, and then my parents took me to Chongqing to meet your parents."

Wang Dalin hurriedly asked, "What did they say when they met?"

Zhang Zilin thought for a while, and said: "When they met, they were very polite to each other. Your parents even praised me for being beautiful. Then...my parents sent me out to buy hot pot ingredients. I don't know what they said afterwards."

Wang Dalin smiled wryly and said, "I just said how they came to Los Angeles by such a coincidence. It turns out that they didn't come to see me this time at all... If I'm not wrong, they came to urge the marriage, right?"

A blush rose on Zhang Zilin's face, and he asked softly: "If they are here to urge the marriage, will you marry me?"

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(End of this chapter)