doitstory Chapter 182 Christmas Battle
Chapter 182 Christmas Battle
Chapter 182 Christmas Battle
On Christmas Day, apart from playing games, the players are not idle at all, giving gifts and doing charity work. In fact, they are also very busy.
Two days ago, Chu Xiao contacted the cleaner who had brought water and biscuits to her in the detention room through the Beverly Police Department. She knew that her name was Susan, and she was a single mother who raised 5 children. He bought Christmas presents for the family that would make Susan and her children a merry Christmas.
Curry of the Warriors also went to the "Oakland's Covenant House" youth homeless shelter, brought Christmas surprises to 40 children-Curry's 5th generation of combat boots, and personally cooked a dinner for the children .His teammate Klay Thompson donated school supplies and Christmas presents to students at a number of Oakland community schools.Russell Westbrook of the Thunder teamed up with the Oklahoma Native Cities League to provide some basic necessities to underprivileged students.
In addition, there are various charitable activities, Christmas shopping donations, etc. staged in different places, and NBA players are playing light and heat in different places.The significance of their public welfare is not limited to the donated gifts themselves, but to use their influence and appeal to make more people pay attention to these groups and help more people in need.
There is nothing better than receiving a gift on this day than any other event.While there won't be a real Santa stuffing players' socks, players will be giving gifts to each other.
In order to prevent traffic jams, Chu Xiao and the others took the team bus to the Staples Center very early. There were tall Christmas trees everywhere along the way, and the lights on the Christmas trees were already lit in the afternoon. On the streets of Los Angeles There is a strong festive atmosphere everywhere.In this important festival in the West, people took to the streets to celebrate and cheer, and the closer you get to Staples, the more you find that a large number of people are wearing Lakers jerseys, including numbers 8 and 21, but 24 The number is the most, it is the king of Los Angeles - Kobe Bryant's exclusive jersey, they want to witness his crowning "Christmas scoring champion" tonight.
After entering the arena, there were lights and festoons everywhere, and festive smiles filled people's faces.
This time, Kobe did his physical therapy very early, and then went to warm up in advance. Afterwards, surrounded by the beautiful Lakers cheerleaders who turned into Christmas girls, he distributed gifts to the children who came to watch the game like Santa Claus.As a superstar and the king of Los Angeles, when Kobe gave gifts and blessings, there was a tsunami everywhere he went. This was the first climax before the game.
The second climax is the opening song and dance. This year's Christmas game, the Staples Center invited Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey to sing, and the sidelines are naturally full of stars. The unshakable old man Jack Nicholson Not to mention, the Beckhams, British actor Lily Collins, former California Governor Schwarzenegger, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, JAY-Z and Bea Ang Si and others are simply a dream lineup, but everyone has become a foil tonight.
All because of a visit from the Barcelona football team.
FC Barcelona, referred to as "Barcelona", is a football club located in Barcelona, Spain. It was founded on November 1899, 11 by the Swiss Juan Gamper.The team's home stadium is the Nou Camp Stadium, which can accommodate nearly 29 spectators. It is the largest football stadium in Europe and the second largest in the world.
巴塞罗那也是西班牙足球甲级联赛传统豪门之一，在西班牙国内共赢得26次西甲联赛冠军、30次国王杯（在国王杯历史上高居榜首）、13座西班牙超级杯、3座伊娃杯和2座西班牙联赛杯；在国际上，共赢得了5座欧冠奖杯、4座欧洲优胜者杯、3座国际城市博览会杯、5座欧洲超级杯和3座世俱杯。在IFFHS国际俱乐部排行榜中，巴萨在1997年、2009年、2011年、2012年均排名第一位。
In the summer of 2008, the team coach Frank Rijkaard left, and the former Camp Nou King Guardiola took office.In order to ease the contradictions in the locker room, Barcelona sent away the core of Ronaldinho and Deco in the second dream dynasty, and promoted Messi, who was only 21 years old, as the new core.
In the 2008-09 season, under the leadership of Guardiola, Barcelona won the league title, Champions League title and Copa del Rey title, and won the European Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and Club World Cup in the first half of the 2009-10 season. In 2009, he won the unprecedented title of "Six Crowns", which also marked the birth of the Barcelona Dream Dynasty and was the strongest team in the world at that time.
In 2011, Barcelona won all five other championship trophies, achieving the "Five Crowns".
At this time, Barcelona is standing on top of the world, with the strongest lineup and the most popular. Messi, Xavi, Puyol, Villa, Pique, Alves and others are sitting on the sidelines of Staples. It attracted most of the attention.
Many people lamented that the tickets for this game, which averaged more than 1000 US dollars per game, were worth the money!
The Barcelona team's visit to Los Angeles this time is to have a friendly match with the Los Angeles Galaxy, and at the same time visit the sick children's center here to carry out some public welfare activities, so it just happened to catch up with the Christmas game between the Lakers and the Knicks.
Messi also exchanged signed jerseys with Kobe, and attached blessings to each other on the jerseys.
At the same time, the two also took over a business cooperation together, that is, they shot an advertisement for Turkish Airlines together in 2013, and they will meet again on the creative shooting of the advertisement.
The fate between Kobe and Messi dates back to when Messi was 17 years old.Although Messi had shown excellent football talent at that time, he was far from being a superstar.In Barcelona at that time, the top star was Ronaldinho who was in full swing.
However, as the big brother, Ronaldinho has a lot of support for Messi, the younger brother who may threaten his status in the future.In a meeting with Kobe, Ronaldinho said convincingly: "I want to introduce you to this guy (Messi), he will become the greatest football player ever." Kobe at the time was somewhat unbelievable.After all, Ronaldinho was recognized as the strongest player at that time.However, Kobe has since remembered Messi's name.
Under Ronaldinho's recommendation, Messi and Kobe quickly became acquainted, and Kobe quickly accepted and recognized this talented junior.
When Chu Xiao joined the Lakers, he found that Kobe's locker room cabinet had Messi's autographed photo.From this, it is not difficult to imagine how much Kobe recognized Messi.
So this time the two met and talked happily, Kobe also introduced a friend to Messi like Ronaldinho did back then, "I want to introduce you to this guy, he will become the new king of Los Angeles after me, next time Greatest basketball player of all time."
"Chu Xiao, right? I remember you." Messi met Chu Xiao in the locker room and gave him a signed jersey.
After the Barcelona players left, the Lakers players discovered that there was a well-prepared gift in everyone's closet, with the words "Given by Kobe, Merry Christmas 2012!" written on it.
"What is it? What is it?" Chu Xiao happily opened it and found that it was a pair of monster headphones.
"Haha, after everyone has received Kobe's holiday cards and presents, it's time for mine." Warcraft Howard entered the venue with a large box, opened it and distributed an IPAD to everyone.
"Wow, how did you know that I want to buy an IPAD for my son recently, since you gave it to me, then I don't have to buy it, I just go back and give it to him." Artest walked up to Warcraft to express his gratitude.
"Haha, I wish everyone a happy holiday and a merry Christmas!" Warcraft replied uniformly.
Speaking of which, since World of Warcraft quarreled with Kobe and Chu Xiao, he has been silent for a long time. In addition to chatting with Du Hong and others when he usually comes to the locker room, he wears headphones to self-isolate, even on the field. How active, although they have basketball connections with Kobe and Chu Xiao, they didn't talk to each other.
This time, taking advantage of the opportunity to give each teammate an IPAD, Warcraft came to Chu Xiao and Kobe and said, "Hey, guys, I realized that I was a little self-willed before, and I shouldn't complain about ball possession and tactical low positions in front of the media. After this period of thinking, I think I have figured it out. I want to apologize to you and everyone. It is because I did not do well enough. Next, I will correct my attitude. I hope you can all see that I... ..."
"Howard, it's okay. I also did something wrong, but I shouldn't be so fierce to you." Kobe stopped him from continuing to apologize.
"Me too, me too. I think there is a misunderstanding between us, but it really doesn't matter if you think about it now." Chu Xiao also echoed.
"Then, you guys forgive me?" Warcraft asked with a smile.
"Of course, there is nothing between us." Kobe accepted his gift and said, "Maybe our lifestyles, training methods and attitudes towards the game are different, but I think our goal is the same, that is to win the championship , as long as you can help me win the championship, then next season you or Chu Xiao, whoever thinks of the boss, I will fully support, as long as you have that ability."
"No, Kobe, I'm not..." Warcraft also wanted to explain that he didn't want to seize power.
Bryant interrupted again, "Can we win together?" and held up his deformed finger.
Chu Xiao saw that two of the five fingers of Kobe's right hand were wrapped with bandages, and the severity of his finger deformation was close to disability. Kobe once said that he could not type smoothly on the computer, and it seemed that what he said was true.
In the last game against the Warriors, Kobe Bryant withdrew due to injury.
Roughly speaking, Kobe has suffered countless injuries in his career, and his fingers have been injured many times. In 2008, when playing against the Nets, the little finger of his right hand was injured by the opponent. After the game, he was diagnosed with a partial torn ligament. But for the championship, he refused surgery and insisted on playing. At that time, Chinese player Sun Yue was still on the team. He saw it with his own eyes. How Kobe overcame the pain to shoot; in January 2009, against the Cavaliers, his right ring finger was severely contused while defending James; in December 1, when he received a pass from teammate Farmar at the end of the first quarter, he injured his right index finger in the Timberwolves .After the injury, Kobe suffered unbearable pain and was immediately replaced.Kobe, who played with an injury in the second quarter, was in unbearable pain, and returned to the locker room for emergency treatment after half a quarter.According to X-rays, Bryant suffered an avulsion fracture of his right index finger, a small piece of broken bone that fell off the phalanx.At that time, the Lakers asked him to undergo surgery, but Kobe adopted conservative treatment in order to fight for the championship, and missed the best time for treatment. Kobe's finger was not only infected with tendinitis, but also had no possibility of complete recovery.
Facing the bruised palm, Chu Xiao held it gently with tears in his eyes. The monster was also very moved, and then held it.The three said in unison, "Let's win the championship together!"
"Champions of the Lakers!" "Champions of the Lakers!" Others followed suit, and the voices of champions echoed in the locker room.
A list of major and minor injuries in Kobe's career:
In the 1996-97 season, the left hip flexor strain, the injury in this part will directly affect his running and jumping, because Kobe is a player who jumps with his left foot, and worst, because he is in the early stage of his career. , The left waist injury will use other parts too much, which will put a greater load on his body.
In the 1997-98 season, he suffered a severe ankle sprain. This was Kobe's first All-Star season.
In the 1998-99 season, he suffered a fracture for the first time. There was a very slight fracture in the right leg bone, but the condition was not serious and did not affect the game.But after many years of fighting, the fatigue injury of the right tibia will interfere with him from time to time, which also paved the way for the leg injury at the end of his career.
In the 1999-00 season, he fractured the palm of his right hand. This was Kobe’s second fracture. When he played against the Wizards in the preseason, he fractured the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand, so he missed the first 15 games of the season. Due to O’Neal’s injury, he did not fully recover. Returning to the court in protective gear again increases the physical load.
In the 1999-00 season, in the second game of the 2000 Finals, his ankle was severely sprained. The team doctor diagnosed that he would have to rest for at least a week before he could recover. However, Kobe only failed to play in the third game against the Pacers. Played and finally won the first championship of his career.
In the 2000-01 season, the good and bad elbow bursitis once became Kobe's lingering "nightmare".
In December 2001, he was hit in the back against the Grizzlies on the road and left the "sequelae" of hip injury.
In December 2002, he was hit and dislocated his right shoulder in an away game against the Warriors, but he insisted on playing all 12 games of the season.
2005年1月13日至2月13日，因右脚踝严重扭伤整整休战了1个月。
In February 2008, in the game against the Nets, the little finger of his right hand was injured by the opponent. After the game, he was diagnosed with a partial torn ligament. Kobe refused surgical treatment but insisted on playing with the injury.
In 2008, when the Lakers played against the Jazz in the fourth game of the Western Conference semifinals, Kobe severely strained his back during a forced turn and jump shot, but he insisted on continuing to play, only using electronic physiotherapists after the game, and at the same time using hot compresses and other methods for maintenance treatment .
In January 2009, defending James during the Cavaliers battle caused a serious contusion of the ring finger of his right hand. According to his teammates, his ring finger was twisted to the left at 1 degrees.
In the 2009 Finals, when the Lakers played against the Magic in Game [-], Kobe’s index finger of his right shooting hand was severely dislocated. In addition to the dislocation, there was also a bone fracture in the palm of his hand, but Kobe used this “disabled” hand to win. The fourth championship in his life.
On February 2012, 2, in the All-Star Game, Kobe was hit on the nose by Wade, causing a fracture, and he had to wear a mask in the subsequent games.
……
He is such a person who can't get off the front line with minor injuries. He has survived all kinds of injuries in his career, but he will still not be able to withstand the time after all.
Because, he is 35 years old this year.
(End of this chapter)