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Chapter 383: International Superstar
American Airlines Center, inside the Lakers locker room.

Black went straight to Tianyang, "The reporters are waiting for you to attend the press conference, are you ready?"

"Then let's go." Tianyang stood up and took two steps, then stopped suddenly, "Just me?"

"Otherwise?" Blake shrugged, "Reporters can't ask other people questions..."

All the generals of the Lakers laughed out loud when they heard the words. Tianyang scored 82 points and accomplished such a great achievement. Whoever attended the press conference with him must be left alone.

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After a 3-minute journey, Tianyang and Black quickly walked to the press conference site. The venue was very grand, and a larger venue than before was specially provided, which was completely treated as a big event.

As far as the eye can see, there are about fifty reporters, but upon closer inspection, many of them are not sports media.

Black reminded: "These reporters were originally here for those who caused trouble. Although the limelight is completely overshadowed now, you should be careful when they ask questions later."

Tianyang nodded, walked to the middle of the desk, sat down straight, and shouted: "Let's start, Maggio, you ask first."

This is the privilege of being a team reporter for the Lakers. Maggio stood up with a smile on his face, "I heard from Hart that you want to get high scores on a temporary basis. Why?"

The real reason is not suitable for directly speaking, Tianyang thought for a while, "Randall invited me to go fishing in Baiyan Lake, which made me deeply feel the hospitality of Dallas citizens, so I decided to present a wonderful performance."

After the words fell, the local media expressed embarrassment.

It's a "painful" meal, and they say thank you, it's like having your teeth knocked out and swallowing it in your stomach.

TMZ reporter Alyssa raised her hand to ask for questions, and Tianyang waved her hand in response.

"During the game, there were many people gathering outside the stadium. They asked you to apologize, and they also asked the NBA to impose a fine and suspension on you. What do you think of this?"

Alyssa threw a 'blockbuster', and the reporters and onlookers on the scene started talking about it. Those people at the rally were too stupid. Everyone had been tacitly aware of this matter, but bringing it up now really spoiled the atmosphere.

"They have the courage to express their opinions and use practical actions to maintain the collective image. This is an behavior worthy of encouragement. The whole thing is just a miscommunication. I will pay attention to my wording in the future." Tianyang spread his hands casually, as if he didn't care at all.

Such an answer is very beautiful. I neither think that I have done something wrong, nor blame the people who participated in the rally. The image of both sides has not been damaged, and everyone is happy.

After Maggio and Alisa, CBS, Dallas Morning News, Fox Sports and other media asked questions one after another, asking questions from various aspects such as Tianyang’s shot selection, the feeling of scoring 82 points, the help of teammates and coaches, and related this game to Tianyang. The details are buttoned cleanly.

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The entire press conference lasted half an hour longer than before. By the time it was over, the other Lakers players had already returned to the hotel, and only Black was with Tianyang.

On the way back to the hotel, Tianyang kept checking Twitter. There were nearly 82 comments about his scoring 9 points.

What concept is 9?
It is equivalent to the amount of discussion within half an hour after the episode "In the Name of the People" is finished.

In other words, all people pay attention!
Black also revealed that Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, SB Nation and other famous sports media have temporarily decided to work overtime to write articles, and there will be carpet bombing reports tomorrow morning.

The most intuitive and quickest benefit of these reports should be the number of votes for the All-Stars.

In mid-January, the All-Star voting was coming to an end. Last year, Tianyang lost to Curry in the West and ranked second. This year, let alone the first place in the West, it may even surpass LeBron to win the vote.

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On the morning of the 14th, the entire Lakers team set off for Memphis. On the plane, everything Black said was fulfilled.

The bleachers published a 82-word article combining pictures and texts, explaining in detail the whole process of SkyOcean’s scoring 82 points; and Fox Sports’ official website, starting from the first round, analyzed how SkyOcean scored 82 points one by one ;Sports Illustrated is the most ruthless, and directly launched a special issue of Tianyang, starting from his NCAA introduction until he completed the feat of [-] points.

Interestingly, the number of subscriptions to Sports Illustrated's special issue reached 60 in less than an hour, accounting for one-fifth of its total subscribers, and continued to grow at a high speed.

In addition to these three media that have already made reports, ESPN, TNT, and ABC announced at the same time that they will invest in the shooting of Tianyang's 82-point documentary, and will invite famous celebrities such as Kobe, O'Neal, and Magician to appear on the scene.

At the same time, the number of SkyOcean searches on Google has risen rapidly, the No. 17 Lakers jersey has been sold out in an instant, the shipment of Adidas sneakers has also increased significantly, and even the Twitter followers of teammates have also increased significantly.

The most interesting thing is that the Grizzlies, which had a dismal home attendance, sold out the tickets for the home match against the Lakers in an instant, and many fans deliberately paid high prices to buy them from the scalpers.

When the plane landed in Memphis and the Lakers walked out of the airport, a large group of local basketball fans shouted Tianyang's name. After Tianyang boarded the car, some of them even followed Tianyang all the way to the hotel.

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At 15:7 p.m. on the [-]th, the FedEx Arena was full, and EPSN reporters interviewed SkyOcean under the eyes of everyone looking forward to it.

There is only one question, and that is whether you will try to get a high score again.

Achieving a high score requires the cooperation of multiple conditions. Naturally, Tianyang did not dare to confirm in advance, and could only express his best efforts.

With just such a sentence, the fans at the scene were also extremely excited, making the Grizzlies complain as if they were playing an away game.

After the game started, the Grizzlies' acting coach Xiao *** arranged for the players to use the tactics of "close to the outside and double-team inside" to target Tianyang, but Tianyang did not insist on scoring, but used assists to help the Lakers lead the Grizzlies by one quarter 15 marks.

Little *** had nothing to do with this, so he could only let the players shoot three-pointers, and Tianyang took the opportunity to score points.

The offense can't be opened, the defense can't stop, the Grizzlies are not the opponents of the Lakers at all, after the third quarter, they are 22 points behind, but Xiao *** is very witty and puts the third team, Tianyang is also embarrassed to play again , but the Lakers team insisted on letting him score 40 points, so he had to obey!

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Grizzlies 123 to 104, and Tianyang had 40 consecutive 7+ games.

This record is also rare, but the media and fans are still immersed in the shock of SkyOcean's 82 points, and have never paid attention to it.

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At 16 o'clock in the morning on the 12th, the entire Lakers team arrived in New York.

Just checked into the hotel, the official NBA Twitter update announced that the 2018 NBA All-Star voting has ended.

Ten media outlets including ESPN also released their final vote winner predictions, among which 5 supported Tianyang and 5 supported LeBron, showing a tie. This result also met the expectations of the fans.

Originally, Tianyang was far behind LeBron, even ranked behind Curry, but the Lakers won a wave of 26 consecutive victories, plus 40+ points in a row, especially scoring 82 points during the double voting period, which made Tianyang's votes explode growth!
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On the 17th, the Lakers easily defeated the Knicks. On the 19th, the Lakers beat the Bulls bloody. Tianyang scored 45 points and 41 points in two games respectively, increasing the consecutive 40+ scoring record to 9 games and successfully tying Kobe.

On the morning of the 20th, the NBA officially announced the final votes for the All-Stars. Tianyang received 2 fan votes, narrowly beating LeBron with 639 votes, and successfully won the vote.

At the same time, Tianyang was also elected as the captain of the Western Conference. He will form a team from the All-Star players to fight against another team formed by LeBron.
Just when Tianyang was preparing to celebrate, Aaron sent a text message, saying that sports car manufacturers such as Ferrari and Porsche wanted to ask him to speak for him, and several international airlines also asked him to shoot advertisements.

Tianyang really didn't expect that in half a month, he would grow into an international superstar. The decision to go on the Chicken Feather Show was too correct!
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