I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 683 Red Carpet
Everyone is very happy to get a good start in the playoffs.

But for Xu Xuan, the intensity of this game is just so-so.

Not that scary.

It is true that he was under pressure all the time in the first three quarters, but he didn't make any effort in the first three quarters.

When he exerted his strength, the game ended naturally.

For Xu Xuan, this game is more like a testing ground.

Test out the strength of your teammates.

Ok.

This is a very important thing.

During the regular season, Xu Xuan knew his teammates almost clearly, but it was still different in the playoffs.

Xu Xuan must know the strength of his teammates.

Such as Russell, such as Ingram, such as Yi Jianlian.
If you don't find out the strength of your teammates, it will be too difficult to continue down the road.

So Xu Xuan would rather play the rhythm of the first three quarters to test the strength of his teammates as much as possible, and let them get familiar with the rhythm of the playoffs as much as possible.

The Grizzlies are tough, but not as tough as you might think.

Otherwise, how could the Lakers win three games in the regular season?
It is always unreasonable to win. It is impossible to say that there is a huge gap in strength, but it always wins.

It can only show that the strength of the Lakers is indeed stronger than the current Grizzlies.

Think about it too.

Who is the main force of the Grizzlies now?
The outside line is Conley, and the inside line is Gasol Jr.

The others?
No!

Whether it is old Carter or Wayne Selden, they are just role players. From the perspective of vertical comparison, their strength is not even as good as Russell, Barnes, and Lu Wei.

It seems that the combination of Conley and Gasol Jr., one outside and one inside is very strong, coupled with the Grizzlies' usual defensive background, when facing ordinary teams, it is enough to rely on this move to break through.

But facing the Lakers, this search really doesn't work.

why.

First of all, their lineup is very scattered.

And there are not many points, and it is not strong.

Gasol Jr. was the league's number one center for a while.

Technique and footwork are all good players in the interior center, but how should I say it.

Gasol's dominance is not as strong as imagined.

Because he is not a strong offensive player, Gasol can also score, but his main role on the court is to support his teammates and defend.

Defense is Gasol's strongest point.

The combination of offense and defense is his label.

In good conscience, after this match, Yi Jianlian was suppressed by Gasol Jr., but so what?

Yi Jianlian's role in the Lakers is not offense, but defense and rebounding.

You little Gasol is great, you can't stop me from grabbing rebounds, right?

So, it seems that Gasol is 100% suppressed, but actually suppressed a loneliness. Because Yi Jianlian is not afraid of your suppression.

Therefore, the strength of Gasol's point is not as great as imagined.

The effect is naturally not as good as expected.

Let alone Conley.

Conley is the only playmaker for the Grizzlies right now.

The salary is as high as 1.5 million.

But when Conley faced people like Walker and Wall, he might still be able to compete, but when he faced Xu Xuan, he was really more than capable.

Can't attack and attack, can't defend.

Xu Xuan was completely blown away.

How to do it
Although the annual salary is higher than that of Xu Xuan, there is really a gap in this level of strength.
Mr. Conley's 1.5 million is too empty.

Gasol on the inside suppressed his loneliness, and Conley on the outside was blown away.

The two cores that the Grizzlies rely on for survival are all ineffective, so how can they win?
Take the head to win?
Defense?

The defense is good, Russell and the others were defended without a single point in the first three quarters.

But so what?

As long as Xu Xuan is still scoring, it is impossible for the Grizzlies to perfectly suppress the Lakers!

Therefore, Xu Xuan really didn't panic, even if he was suppressed before.

This is Xu Xuan's idea.

Facts have proved that his idea is completely correct.

The Grizzlies had an advantage for three quarters, but as soon as he exerted strength in the fourth quarter, he was gone.

Didn't receive much resistance at all.

Just one word: imaginary!

Now Xu Xuan feels that the Blazers did not make the playoffs. Anyway, Xu Xuan feels that if it is the Blazers, the pressure on the Lakers will definitely be greater than that of the Grizzlies.

Because no matter how the Grizzlies play, they only get a hundred points, which is not scary at all.

And the pioneers can really "kill people"!

However, no matter what, winning the first game is a good thing for the entire team, the fans, and the team's management.

At least their decision is not wrong, this Lakers still has the strength to move on.

The Lakers and Grizzlies are the final battle.

After the end, it means that the first round of this year's playoffs is all over.

Unlike previous years, there is an extra episode this year, which is the upcoming awards ceremony.

To be honest, Xu Xuan has never participated in this event. I heard that WWE superstar John Cena was invited to host this year.

Xu Xuan didn't even know what the officials thought.

Speaking of who is not convinced on the spot, just come to STF?

Thinking of that scene, Xu Xuan couldn't help but smile.

But from the perspective of Americans, basketball, rugby, and wrestling are all competitive sports.

are of the same type.

It's okay to invite him to preside over it.

That night, Xu Xuan and Lin Yun rushed to New York by plane.

At 8 o'clock the next night, Curry and James all arrived at the scene one by one.

Although the time is short, how should I put it, it is the first awards ceremony, and everyone will still give it face.

"You played beautifully, Xu." Curry hammered Xu Xuan's chest, "After watching your game, I'm afraid you didn't show half your strength?"

"What are you talking about." Xu Xuan pushed him away, nodded to James over there, and then looked at Curry: "You can't talk nonsense, the adaptation is not random, I tried my best in the last game. "

"Pull you down, I saw from beginning to end, you didn't even shed a drop of sweat." Curry looked at Xu Xuan with contempt.

It seems that he didn't expect this person to be so thick-skinned.

James smiled too, but said nothing.

Because the Warriors and the Lakers are the kind of teams that win relatively easily, and the Cavaliers almost lost the first game against the Pacers.

Compared with these two, James has virtually lost a lot of confidence.

Everyone walked into the venue while chatting.

It seems that the government attaches great importance to this event. The venue this time is very grand. Not only that, there is already a row of welcome guests outside, and even a red carpet that is not too long.

The sense of ceremony is good.

Everyone is dressed up today.

This guy Curry doesn't care about the order, in fact, there is no order. The first one walked into the red carpet, surrounded by reporters from all over the world, holding long guns and short cannons, making them look like some celebrities.

Of course, the stars are also stars, but they are different stars.

When Xu Xuan, Curry, James, Durant and others stepped onto the red carpet one after another, the whole scene was boiling, and a large number of fans gathered around and shouted.

This is a basketball event.

How should I put it, the influence of basketball is not small.

But in fact, in the world, compared with football, it is still a little bit worse. The most important thing is that this award in basketball is quite random.

But this year is different. The awards ceremony was held this year, and it is said that many big names in the industry were invited, and top stars such as Xu Xuan, Curry, and James also came to join in, which made this year's awards ceremony very lively.

With the red carpet, of course there are the interviews.

The person in charge of the interview was Barkley and O'Neill.

Seeing Xu Xuan's arrival, the two immediately regained their spirits, especially Barkley, seeing Xu Xuan walking too slowly, stepped forward and hugged Xu Xuan, making Xu Xuan dumbfounded.

Of course, there is an explanation on the scene.

On the domestic side, this time it was Ke Fan and Yang Yi who gave the commentary.

Seeing Xu Xuan being hugged and running by Barkley was also a pleasure: "Hahaha, what is Barkley doing, stealing people."

He directly robbed people.

"Barkley is Xu Xuan's die-hard fan, die-hard fan." Yang Yi sighed.

In terms of love for Xu Xuan, the Chinese must have the most fans, but in terms of die-hard fans, the whole world knows that Barkley is Xu Xuan's number one die-hard fan, commonly known as the "dog leg".

See it.

After carrying Xu Xuan over, Barkley helped Xu Xuan straighten his clothes in a "dogleg" way, just like a little wife.

Xu Xuan pushed him away dumbfounded, and greeted O'Neill, and the two sides immediately started interviewing.

"Xu, when we came here, we saw your fans shouting your name, how did we feel?" O'Neill asked.

Xu Xuan took the microphone and said with a smile: "I'm very happy. It's also my first time to participate in this kind of event. It went well. I saw a lot of fans coming."

"Will this new activity feel novel?" O'Neill asked again.

"It's pretty good. I think I'll like this model. It's a brand new model." Xu Xuan said.

"For the announcement of various awards in the future, do you have any predictions in your heart?" O'Neill said.

"Any other predictions? I think Xu MVP is stable."

Barkley said without shame, and finally got in.

"It's not that easy." Xu Xuan shook his head, "It's not that simple. MVP is a very important award, and I think it's very difficult for me to get it. Russell and James are both hopeful to win this award of."

Xu Xuan was still humble for a while, thinking again in his heart, if he doesn't get the MVP this time, he will suffer.

No kidding, if he can't get the MVP, he won't be able to complete this task.

No, it's not impossible, the main reason is that Xu Xuan wants to finish it before the finals. In that case, this regular season MVP must be won this time!

"By the way, Xu, I also want to ask you, do you think the Grizzlies are a strong team in the game just ended?" O'Neal said.

Obviously, O'Neal is in charge of field control today.

"Of course, the Grizzlies are a very strong team. We played against them in the regular season. Before this round of playoffs, we also did a lot of research on them. This is a strong team. We beat them. They are also very difficult." Xu Xuan said modestly.

"So in the next few games, will you make any targeted adjustments?" O'Neill asked again.

"It doesn't look like this at the moment, we will continue to play like yesterday's game." Xu Xuan said honestly.

Will the winner change?

Change the yarn!

"Xu, when Stephen walked by here just now, we asked him, and he said that you didn't hit the Grizzlies with five points. What do you have to say about that?"

"Fart!" Xu Xuan scolded with a smile: "Don't listen to his nonsense, we are the opponent who exhausted all our efforts to defeat."

"Also, I strongly suggest, don't give this person a seat later, just let him stand and listen." Xu Xuan is also bad.

"Hahaha, it's really humorous, Xu, then we won't keep you any longer, we'll talk tonight, I think LeBron has been waiting impatiently." O'Neal also teased that he played behind Xu Xuan James.

The order of appearance is not important this time. Whoever runs fast will be in front. Like Curry who runs the fastest, he is the first, Xu Xuan is the second, and James is the third.

After bidding farewell to O'Neill and Barkley, Xu Xuan walked into the venue.

In fact, there are already quite a lot of people inside. After all, not only big-name players like Xu Xuan are coming, but also many role players and spectators who bought tickets recently, but they don't need to walk the red carpet.

Xu Xuan came to sit in the first row, and his name was already placed on his seat.

Xu Xuan sat down and took a look. Curry was next to him, James was on the right, Irving and Love were on the right, and Durant and Klay were on the left of Curry.
There is nothing particular about the seats, most of them are acquaintances or people in the first team are together, but what is more interesting is that Xu Xuan's position is surrounded by Curry and James.

Xu Xuan didn't care, and just sat down. The organizer was very generous. Although there was no Lin Yun in the first row, the organizer specially reserved a seat for Lin Yun behind Xu Xuan's, so that the two of them could talk. .

This guy Curry obviously came in early, but he was gone.

Xu Xuan ignored him and turned around to chat with Lin Yun.

At this moment, Xu Xuan suddenly heard a rough and low voice from his ear: "Hello, Xu."

The voice was somewhat familiar, and Xu Xuan looked back subconsciously.

I saw tonight's host WWE superstar, John Cena, appeared behind him.

Xu Xuan quickly stood up from his seat and shook hands with him: "Hello, hello."

John Cena?

This is an old idol. Xu Xuan is also a person who likes to watch WWE, whether it is in the past or in this life.

Nothing else, it's really nice.

Even if you know they are acting, they still look good
At the very least, you really can't learn those movements.

It should be the first time Xu Xuan met him.

"Xu, I have long said that I want to have dinner with you, but I have never had a chance. How about it, do you have an appointment tonight?" John Cena looked very cheerful.

"Tonight, I guess we have an appointment." Xu Xuan smiled wryly.

It's really a date at night.

He could only imagine how busy he would be at night.

John Cena, this is really helpless.

"It's okay." John Cena didn't seem to care at all, and smiled freely: "I know you are a busy person, but you must attend the banquet tonight, right?"

(End of this chapter)