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Chapter 48 Christmas Reindeer?
After this game, the Los Angeles team saw a huge hope of winning the championship this year.
"We're going to win the championship this year!" After the game, Lakers' biggest fan, Oscar-winning actor Nicholson, gave a rare interview: "We haven't been this strong and aggressive in at least 15 years! This year, nobody can stop us!"
As for Lin Ze, after attending a brief post-match press conference, he quickly drove away from Staples Center.
Tonight is Christmas, and even a party fanatic like Shaquille O'Neal has to go home and spend a wonderful night with his family.
He drove all the way to a rather secluded side road, then parked his car and quickly jumped into a low-key black Toyota parked next to him. After Lin Ze got in, the car started...
An hour later, Lin Ze appeared at a villa in Beverly Hills.
As Lin Ze walked into the villa, he looked at Britney, who was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans and smiling at him, and couldn't help but say, "You've only released one album and you can afford a villa in Beverly Hills. Singing really makes money."
"I bought it with a loan." Britney's smile was quite innocent, befitting her actual age of 19.
Now, she is a total sweetheart.
But Lin Ze was quite unfamiliar with Britney.
All Lin Ze knows about Britney Spears is that bald-headed, manipulative woman who was manipulated by her father, betrayed by her mother and sister, smoked, drank, and even used drugs, and was mentally depressed and eccentric.
He had never even heard Britney's songs. Apart from knowing that Britney had a difficult life, his only impression of her was that she had a physical altercation with a security guard at the Vanban Amazon.
Lin Ze's thought at the time was, "What kind of washed-up old woman is trying to piggyback on the NBA's hottest stars?"
But now, the woman standing in front of Lin Ze is the energetic and smiling "Little Sweetie," a true American sweetheart and the dream girl of young people across America.
It's very moisturizing.
"Congratulations on winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist!" Lin Ze saw that two glasses of champagne had been poured on the table, picked up one and raised it.
"Nomination, it's just a nomination for now." Britney laughed, picked up another glass, and clinked it with Lin Ze's.
"Are you in a bad mood?" Lin Ze noticed that Britney seemed a little troubled.
That's obvious. If she were in a good mood, why would she choose to meet him in secret instead of going home to spend Christmas with her family?
"I don't get along with my family, I don't like my manager's arrangements, and there are always paparazzi watching me. My fans have high expectations of me, otherwise I wouldn't have had to meet you like this." After a pause, Britney continued, "But I'm very happy now, and I even prepared a Christmas present for you!"
As Britney spoke, she suddenly revealed the Christmas presents.
She wore red and white striped underwear and also casually put on a reindeer headdress.
"Are you going to dismantle the rest yourself?" Britney squinted at Lin Ze.
Lin Ze originally wanted to comfort Britney and tell her to take it easy and that she could talk to him if she had any problems.
But now Lin Ze only wants to open the remaining gifts, because she suddenly cosplayed as a Christmas reindeer.
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Lin Ze did not leave Britney's villa until the evening of the following day.
The Lakers' upcoming schedule is not easy, as they will have to endure the pain of not having Kobe for at least the next month, losing such a reliable scoring option.
Not to mention January, because Staples Center will be hosting a huge event, so the Lakers will have to play a rather long 7-game road trip!
This seven-game tour has now attracted more attention.
If the Lakers can perform well in this series of road games, they still have a chance to break the Bulls' 72-win record! After all, their record at this stage of the season is better than that of the Bulls back then!
Before that, the Lakers had also had a tough time in their home games.
Their first challenge was Garnett and the Timberwolves. After being disgusted by Lin Ze in the last game, Garnett was eager to get revenge and settle things with Lin Ze!
For the past few days, Garnett has done almost nothing but study Lin Ze, studying his game videos, hoping to find his weaknesses and a way to counter him.
Once the game started, Garnett and his teammates certainly did it!
He studied Lin Ze's cutting style and habits, and intercepted Lin Ze's running path and O'Neal's passing route, making it difficult for him to receive the ball easily.
Garnett reduced his help defense on the paint when Lin Ze attempted a three-pointer, leaving that task to his teammates. He focused on defending Lin Ze, denying him any open three-point opportunities.
The only thing that caused Garnett some trouble was Lin Ze's recently practiced fadeaway jump shot. Once he got the hang of it, there was really no way to defend it.
Fortunately, Garnett possesses top-tier defensive ability and size in the league, and he tried his best to disrupt Lin Ze's every shot and attempt. Coupled with his teammates' occasional double-teaming and help defense, Lin Ze played the worst game of his Lakers career that night.
He only made 6 of 19 shots throughout the game, including 0 of 3 three-pointers, scoring only 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. With such efficiency and no reliable scoring option like Kobe, the Lakers naturally had a very difficult time.
Fortunately, long before the game started, the entire Lakers team had anticipated that Lin Ze would be relentlessly targeted by Garnett tonight, so they made ample preparations.
You can target me, and I may not be able to do anything about it, but I can target you in return!
Garnett isn't exactly an offensive expert, and the Lakers once again exploited his over-reliance on high-post jump shots and his weakness in physical play when driving to the basket.
Lin Ze's first line of defense was responsible for pressing Garnett tightly to prevent him from getting a direct shot, while O'Neal was responsible for helping defend under the basket to prevent Garnett from making an easy layup.
With the help and containment from the rest of the Lakers, although Lin Ze played terribly that night, Garnett wasn't much better off.
他今晚20投只有5中，甚至比林泽还铁，只拿到16分11篮板6助攻。
When both teams' main scorers were shooting like this, the game naturally became a shooting frenzy. Almost all the players, including O'Neal, were in poor form tonight. After a back-and-forth of missed shots, the Lakers' winning streak came to an end once again.
They narrowly lost to the Timberwolves with a score of 80-83, suffering a disappointing defeat.
Despite the victory, Garnett was far from happy, especially considering he went 0-for-5 from the field and 0-for-2 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, scoring zero points – essentially a complete undercover agent.