NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time, the second time.

Chapter 289 Terrifying away popularity

Staples Center.

After the vigorous interview, the Knicks prepared to leave the arena.

But when they passed by the jersey shop, everyone stopped at the same time.

Because they found that although this is Staples, the home arena of the Los Angeles Lakers, the jersey shop has a wide range of Knicks products.

In addition to hats and dolls, there are also many players’ jerseys.

For most teams, it is simply a fantasy to see the away team’s jerseys in the away arena store.

Things are far from over here!

Because this place not only has Knicks-related merchandise for sale, but also has a lot of traffic. At first glance, it even has more fans than the Lakers fans next door.

There are all kinds of fans among them, not only visiting fans wearing Knicks jerseys, but also many Lakers fans wearing purple and gold jerseys.

This jaw-dropping and somewhat absurd scene made the Knicks players stop and watch for a while.

“Alan, you have more experience. Have you seen such a scene?”

Prince asked sincerely. As a sophomore and a guy who grew up in Detroit, the little prince didn’t understand the operating rules of the big ball market at all.

Houston shook his head like a rattle.

“This is simply a farce. If I hadn’t appeared here myself and you hadn’t told me about this, I would never have believed it.”

“My God~ This is the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As one of the best and most popular arenas in the league, how could the Lakers tolerate this situation?”

Nash waved his hand with a casual look and pointed to the store: “I don’t think anyone would have a problem with money, not even the Lakers!”

In the store.

The No. 9 Knicks jersey that the salesperson had just restocked was snapped up.

Everyone looked at Wang Song.

They tried to find the answer they wanted from the eyes of the Asian boy, but the other party helplessly spread his hands and gave the answer.

“Why? Wang, why are you still so popular in Los Angeles?”

“I must have burned my brain because of winning. The world suddenly became something I didn’t recognize.”

Kurt Thomas rubbed his head.

Just as the crowd of onlookers were about to pack up and leave, an emergency occurred.

“Hey, Wang! Look guys, it’s Wang!”

A teenager wearing a Knicks jersey suddenly exclaimed, disrupting their original plan.

With this shout, a bunch of fans who were still shopping in the store rushed out like crazy, blocking the way for the Knicks to leave.

The store was suddenly empty.

Only two fans who were still paying kept urging the clerk to check out as soon as possible, and their eyes were already impatient as they rushed out.

If Wang Song didn’t know the specific reasons for this situation before, then after being surrounded and seeing the faces of the fans clearly, Wang Song gradually understood why the Lakers’ stadium operation did this.

Wang Song glanced around and found that no less than 50% of the fans who surrounded him were Asian, and many of them greeted him directly in Mandarin.

The enthusiasm of Chinese fans helped Wang Song remember everything about California!

If California said that it was the Chinese base, no city in the United States would stand up to oppose it.

Although San Francisco is a little far from Los Angeles, it has not affected the enthusiasm of fans in California.

No one can resist money!

For Wang Song, all Chinese people with Yanhuang blood have a natural sense of national pride.

As the first Chinese player to reach the top of the NBA Finals, Wang Song’s appeal can be said to be unprecedented and unparalleled, directly reaching the top of Asian athletes.

Almost at the moment of knowing the Knicks’ promotion, countless Chinese fans and even Asian fans were looking for scalpers to buy tickets.

Chinese fans in the Bay Area just want to be able to come to the scene to support their compatriots!

With a huge fan base, Stern noticed this business opportunity, and the move of broadcasting NBA to CCTV was enough to reflect the shrewdness of this Jew.

Faced with such a potential business opportunity, he also led the Lakers executives to hold a meeting and temporarily added categories in the store.

Originally, this decision was opposed by many senior executives. As the league manager, Stern could only play a role in making suggestions.

The Lakers had to make the real decision.

But Jeanie Buss, the female president of the Lakers, made the final decision.

As a successful businessman, Jeanie Buss knew that everything could be compromised in the face of sufficient profits.

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“Steve, you are the strongest defender on the planet…”

“Kurt, you are so manly when you stand up for the king!”

“Prince, you are the strongest second-year show in the Knicks!”

The Knicks, who were surrounded, did not rush to leave. Instead, they asked the staff for some pens, signed autographs for the fans one by one, and took a group photo with the visiting fans before leaving.

Sitting on the bus back to the hotel, Nash and others were very happy.

When Kurt Thomason handed the pen to the team staff, his hands were shaking.

“Kurt, why are you so nervous when all the fans have left?”

Prince couldn’t help asking when he saw Kurt’s unusual behavior.

“How can I not be nervous? This is Los Santos, Los Angeles. After we beat the Lakers, we were not besieged by Los Angeles fans, but were warmly received by the away Knicks fans.”

Kurt shook his head absentmindedly: “Tayshawn, don’t you think this is crazy?”

As a role player in the Knicks, before this season, Kurt Thomas had no one to ask for his autograph on the road.

Even in Madison Square Garden, this “unknown” in the team hardly met his personal fans.

Now on the road, or in the most magnificent Staples in the United States, he can receive so much love from fans.

This makes “Dirty Kurt” moved!

June 13.

After two days of rest and adjustment, G4 came in such an atmosphere.

After two days of public opinion baptism and injury recovery, the Lakers, who lost at home, once again gained the upper hand.

The game started.

O’Neal, who was injured in the last game, returned to the starting lineup, but this time he did not choose to work so hard as the Lakers’ attacker.

The Zen Master once again adjusted the game strategy. In this game, they handed more of the burden to Kobe.

O’Neal played a supporting role!

Perhaps it was because he was too hard in the last game and had cramps. It would take time to adapt after returning from injury. It may also be that O’Neal was persuaded by the Zen Master in the past two days.

Take the initiative to give up!

D’Antoni doesn’t care what method the Zen Master uses. In his eyes, the Lakers have only one way to go.

Give up the victory.

(End of this chapter)