novelraw Chapter 41 Shaq, you don't want Kobe to look smug when he comes, do you?
Chapter 41 Shaq, you don't want Kobe to look smug when he comes, do you?
But one-on-one?
Shaquille O'Neal is least afraid of one-on-one situations!
If we're only talking about one-on-one destructive power, let alone the entire current league, no one in the entire history of the league can compare to Shaquille O'Neal. He truly could destroy the defense of any opponent!
For O'Neal, having an inside partner who is accurate with three-pointers, has a steady mid-range shot, and almost never stands in the paint was simply a gift tailor-made for him by God!
"Hmph, if they double-team me, you'll blow up their defense like you blow up Garnett!" O'Neal patted Lin Ze, feeling even more confident about the upcoming game.
At this point, O'Neal suddenly clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention in the locker room, and yelled, "Guys, look here!"
"We have to fill the void Kobe left. We can't afford to lose without him!" O'Neal roared, waving his arms. "Give it our all! Do our best! Win tonight's game!"
"You guys don't want to lose a lot of games, and then when Kobe comes back, he'll say something like, 'You can't do without me,' in that annoying tone and with that smug look on his face!"
"I definitely can't stand that guy's expression! So give it your all tonight!"
"Also, do you remember the humiliation of being swept last season? Do you remember the pain we felt watching them lift the championship trophy?"
"This year, we will sweep them aside! We will tear the people of San Antonio apart!"
"Just a shortened championship!" Seeing O'Neal finish speaking, Lin Ze immediately chimed in, "Not worth mentioning! If the season were complete, they definitely wouldn't have won the championship, they wouldn't be a match for us!"
"Great!" O'Neal shouted, "I'll turn an admiral into a private! As for you guys, just give it your all!"
"Give it your all!" the entire Lakers team shouted.
"So, we..." O'Neal stretched out his arm.
"Champions!" All the Lakers players waved and shouted together, expressing their determination.
After a shout, everyone returned to their positions. Lin Ze glanced at O'Neal and said, "Shaq, how did you become so shameless? I know those lines you just said very well."
"I've always been this shameless!" O'Neal chuckled. "From now on, if you come across any good words like that, tell me first, and I'll tell you about all the great places I've discovered!"
"It's a deal!" Lin Ze raised his fist and bumped it with O'Neal, and the two quickly reached a dirty deal.
Jackson then clapped his hands, drawing the excited players' attention to him: "I won't talk about last year's playoffs, since I wasn't there last year."
"I've analyzed the Spurs enough, so I won't go into details. Just play according to my plan and show our fighting spirit!"
"I'm here this year, and we can't afford to lose to them again! No matter if they're the Twin Towers or whatever, tonight, we'll utterly crush them!"
"Roar roar roar!"
After a shout, the Lakers players came out of the locker room and onto the court.
On Christmas Day, a day that feels like the American Lunar New Year, Staples Center was unsurprisingly packed with people and star-studded guests.
Stars from Hollywood, music, sports, and other industries gathered here.
Then, Lin Ze suddenly started waving his arms and greeting people.
Standing next to Lin Ze, O'Neal glanced at the pretty girl across from him, who was also waving and smiling broadly at Lin Ze, and said enviously, "You've only been in Los Angeles for less than half a year, how come you know more girls than me? And they're all prettier than the last? And you're rich! Can ordinary people afford front-row tickets for the Christmas Day game? I've been here for five years! Not a single girl I know has paid to come to the front row to watch my games!"
"Shaq, you'll be even more surprised when you see who that is," Rice said, leaning closer. "That's America's number one heartthrob!"
"Who? Julia Roberts?"
"That's Britney Spears, the fuck!" Rice exclaimed incredulously. "You don't even know her?"
"Impossible!" O'Neal waved his hand and said, "Britney couldn't possibly know Lin! She just looks like her! Lin, tell Glenn that you don't know Britney, tell him that's not Britney, tell him that she just looks like her."
"Shaq, don't you usually read entertainment news?" Lin Ze couldn't help but ask, "Never?"
"Have you two ever had a scandal?" O'Neal's eyes widened.
"Yes, I have." Lin Ze's answer made the fat man breathe a huge sigh of relief, as if his soul had been ripped out: "How could that be?"
"Lin beat up her ex-boyfriend, what was his name... Timberlake?" Rice was clearly quite interested in all kinds of entertainment news. Of course, it was also possible that after Kobe left the locker room, he no longer had to endure the pain of being sullen from both sides, and having finally been released, he became more talkative.
"I beat him up, and he even went to the police station. He almost got sued." Lin Ze shrugged. "It happened at the beginning of this year."
"I heard that Britney spent over a million dollars to hire a lawyer for Lin to help him get acquitted," Rice continued gossiping.
"That's not true." Lin Ze officially refuted the rumors: "Britney just threatened that scumbag a couple of times, and that scumbag was too scared to sue me."
"What exactly happened?" O'Neal was very curious about the gossip.
"You actually didn't know!" Lin Ze had just thought O'Neal was faking it: "That was in New York."
When did you play basketball in New York?
"You go every year, don't you ever go to New York for away games?" Lin Ze rolled his eyes and continued, "Then it's a classic scenario: I'm drinking in a bar, I see two people arguing, and out of a sense of justice..."
"You're only doing this because you saw a pretty girl!" O'Neal interjected again. "What if it were two men fighting?"
"Then I would definitely call the police and let professionals handle this kind of dispute," Lin Ze continued. "Then I saw the man hit the woman. When I went over, he cursed at me, so I punched him twice and broke his nose."
"Then he started yelling at the police station, saying he was going to kill me and make me pay the price."
"Then Britney got there even faster than my agent. I didn't even have time to call Oakley before she showed up. She even paid my bail."
"And then what? Hurry up, you know what I want to ask!" O'Neal looked like a pervert at this moment.
"Everyone go home." Lin Ze knew exactly what O'Neal wanted to ask, and said directly, "I went back to the hotel. As for Britney, I don't know, but the paparazzi took pictures of it, and the gossip news was all over the place. I even managed to sign a few endorsements by being Britney's boyfriend and made a fortune."