Chapter 23 The last game during the contract period

With Chen Cheng hitting the graduation ball, the system upgrade task was finally completed.

A pleasant voice sounded again.

"Congratulations on completing the task, Chen Cheng, you will continue to use the Star Card Experience Service in the next game. And, the system will provide you with an additional reward for upgrading the task completion: 10 card fragments, and now the ownership of the card fragments is 15/100."

The sound disappeared again, and Chen Cheng had no extra effort to celebrate.

This time, I was sleepy and hungry, and I had to have a big meal and then have a good night's sleep before I recovered.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already 2 pm. Fortunately, there was a reminder of the alarm clock for his mobile phone.

In another half an hour, it will be the team's training time.

I really want to go to bed, maybe I just got up tomorrow.

Kobe still missed the team training today.

The team's training focus today is offense and joint defense.

In 2001, in order to limit O'Neal's dominance, the league had to change the rules and release the defensive weapon of joint defense.

At the same time, a three-second defense rule was also formulated.

Even if O'Neal is missing the recent game due to injury, as long as a team faces the Lakers, joint defense has become their normal defensive tactic.

Joint defense tactics are not a big problem when O'Neal and Malone are on the court at the same time. After all, not every team can use two inside strength points like the Spurs and the Pistons to compete with the Lakers.

As long as O'Neal stays healthy, he will always be the strongest offensive point in the league, and there is no dispute.

But now, O'Neal is injured and Malone is injured.

The inside restraint power of people like Medvedek alone cannot be compared with when they were there.

So, at this time, the Lakers became a team that mainly attacks from outside.

Because of Chen Cheng's excellent performance on the defensive end in the last game, he was mentioned in this training class to replace Kobe in the starting lineup.

Rush, who has stable shooting ability, became the first offensive choice for the substitute lineup.

The Lakers' team training is completely different from the same style as Kobe and Kobe without Kobe.

Once Kobe is on the court, the intensity of this training match will rise sharply.

When he was away, everyone just completed the training content tacitly.

The Zen master was still sitting on the sidelines with a smile.

Ranbir was on the court with a whistle in his mouth and dispatched players on both sides of the offense and defense.

Because of the previous replica of Kobe's personal training, Chen Cheng really didn't want to shoot anymore, and he wanted to vomit when he saw the basket.

He decided to save his offensive desire for tonight's game.

Rush on the opposite side seemed extremely excited, especially when he made a three-pointer, he was very decisive and had a very high hit rate.

Especially when facing Chen Cheng, Rush took the initiative to ask for the ball, and even did not follow the tactical arrangements, he raised his hand and shot, and he really shot.

Of course, Chen Cheng knew why Rash was so desperate.

His outstanding performance greatly reduced Rush's playing time, which was equivalent to indirectly destroying people's jobs.

Secondly, he intercepted his column interview with the Los Angeles Times last night.

As Kobe said, maybe he would have to pay a large amount of newspaper money to various newsstands in the community today.

Who can feel comfortable with this matter? Can he not find some face to Chen Cheng?

But Chen Cheng really doesn't want to waste his energy on confrontation with Rush.

Give him some sunshine at this time, and he will only be even more "brilliant", and he will not be able to stop and have another conflict.

As long as you don’t lose your position under your feet, you can keep a symbolic guard against your hands so that he can be happy.

Rush became more and more excited as he fought, and his hands became smoother and smoother.

"Wow, today's basket is as wide as the ocean to me." Rush ran around the field proudly and shouted freely.

The Zen master nodded repeatedly when he saw it.

The evening game is still held at the Lakers' home court Staples Center.

More and more Chinese fans knew about Chen Cheng. They were wearing Chen Cheng's No. 6 jersey and poured into the stadium.

This game was the last game in Chen Cheng's short contract. After this game, Chen Cheng's contract expired immediately. From the moment he walked out of the court, he was no longer a member of the Lakers.

It is unknown whether the Lakers will renew his contract, whether another 10-day short contract, or a guaranteed contract.

However, some media have photographed the team's general manager Kupchek.

Other multiple media outlets have also released messages through various channels.

In addition to the Lakers, managers of many teams have expressed their interest in the Chinese high school student being unsuccessful.

Some media even revealed that some teams are willing to provide Chen Cheng with a multi-year contract of tens of millions.

Chen Cheng turned off his phone before the game.

He didn't want to be disturbed by these off-court factors, he just wanted to win this game safely and steadily.

Outside the court, espn reporters held today's sports page of the Los Angeles Times in their hands, reporting in an exaggerated tone towards the camera lens in front.

The interview content accounts for one-quarter of the newspaper's area.

You should know that in addition to the "Four Heavenly Kings", even the heroes of the championship, Fisher and George, have never received such treatment.

In addition to the conversation between Bill and Chen Cheng, the content also includes many praises about Chen Cheng, as well as his future expectations and the prospects for the Lakers' subsequent schedule.

In addition to Bill, there is also an intern reporter named Amy Young in the News Signature Office.

Two Chinese fans on the side were wearing Chen Cheng's jerseys, one of whom was holding a photo of Barkley's crying big head, and the other fan was holding a donkey's buttocks. They took two steps and asked Barkley to kiss the donkey's buttocks.

They stood behind the reporter and shouted loudly.

"Hey, Charles, are you ready to kiss the donkey's ass again? Chen Cheng's performance will surely convince you."

This move immediately attracted the support of Chinese fans around him.

They shouted in unison “Bakley, trash, trash.”

How could TNT let go of such off-site heat?

In this game, TNT directly sent out the "Three Musketeers", Elny Johnson and Kenny Smith and Barkley's commentary combination.

Espn even invited Bill Walton to be the commentator to comment on the game.

Such a situation can be considered as a live broadcast across the United States.

On the sports channel across the ocean, Jia Ge and Wei Ping's coaches commented on the commentary, broadcasting this game that is crucial to Chen Cheng in real time.

Because of Chen Cheng's excellent performance, he has already had a large number of fans in China, and of course, a large number of black fans.

Sohu.com, Miankong.com, and 2.5g.com are all on mobile phones, and the game is live.

This attention is no less than that of the former "Chinese home team" Houston Rockets.

When Chen Cheng arrived at the stadium, the other players had already hit their feet and went out to warm up.

There are only the voices of Kobe and team doctor Gary Witty in the entire treatment room.

"Listen to me, you have to rest in this game."

"Viti, Viti, listen to me, I have to play, you know, I have to prove to everyone that without Shaq, I can lead the team to win, and more than one game, not only do I have to win, I also have to win that damn MVP trophy. Just get a shot and get a closed treatment, and there will be nothing wrong, believe me."

(End of this chapter)
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