Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

After Jordan left, the Lakers still had to train that day, and after the training, Li Shengli called Kobe to make an appointment... Although many individual actions of the players were restricted during the finals, Li Shengli and Kobe's current team No one would say anything about their status. At most, Phil Jackson would complain a few words to prevent the two of them from playing too late.

What can Jordan do with them?

As the former Bulls coach, Phil Jackson felt that he could figure it all out with his butt, and he must have organized the card game again. Jordan often did this kind of thing, and he never gave up this hobby even when the Bulls were playing in the Finals. , I can play until dawn and score 40 or 50 points in the game the next day.

Only this time...it's no longer the Bulls playing in the Finals, but the Lakers and Celtics.

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When the agreed time came, Li Shengli and Kobe set off together. Since this was in Boston, the meeting place was set at O'Neal's hometown. There was nothing else going on tonight, it was just Jordan borrowing O'Neal's place and calling everyone. Come over and play Texas Hold'em.

It's just that Li Shengli and O'Neal didn't participate. If there were only Kobe and Garnett, the manpower would be too small, so Jordan didn't just invite them tonight. This time, even Big Bird Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were invited. Here, there are a few unknown friends who must be friends brought by Jordan or others.

Johnson is here too?

Li Shengli thought about it... Damn it, no wonder when he and Kobe came out and Phil Jackson disagreed, this elder brother kept interceding. He knew that he was also involved in tonight's card game!

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"Shaq, aren't you going to play?" Li Shengli asked O'Neal, two big men sitting aside.

"No, I'm not interested in this. Only the championship can excite me now!" O'Neal said with a serious expression: "To be honest, I am at my peak now, and it is inevitable to go back. There will be a decline. If you don’t win the championship now, it will be more and more difficult in the future. You don’t even think about it. When my contract is over in a few years, I will be 32, and it will be even harder by then. So in the past few years, it has been me The best time ever!”

"That's the truth!" Li Shengli thought...

O'Neal has indeed reached his peak period, but he is suffering from not having a championship. As for not having a championship... this matter cannot be blamed on himself. To be honest, the championship that O'Neal competed with himself was actually the one last year, and this year is the second time. And whether they admit it or not, the Celtics' strength has reached its peak.

"It's surprising that you are really riding a horse. Shaq, you can think so far?!"

"Nonsense, I'm definitely too lazy to think about it. This is what Rogers said, the one sitting opposite Michael, my agent!" O'Neal licked his lips at Rogers in the direction of the gaming table and continued: "But... fortunately yours The personnel have changed a lot, and this season should be given to me. With your current lineup, I think you can win two games at most, and no more!"

Just two games?

No more?

When Li Shengli heard this, he immediately gave O'Neal a disgusted look and asked him to understand it. O'Neal said completely nonchalantly: "I don't have to say 4:2 to kill you. 4:3 is also okay, but no matter what, I say ...This championship including the FMVP is mine. This is God’s punishment for you teaming up with Kobe to steal my scoring title! How about it, Li, you won a lot of money in the playoffs last year, and I want to do it again this time. Don’t you want to make a bet?”

"No, you still want to gamble?" Li Shengli asked with his eyes widened: "Shaq, tell me the truth, are you deliberately looking for an excuse to supplement me because of the good economic situation recently? Brother, good brother, I am too I’m touched, come on, give me a hug!”

"Go away, damn, go away!" The two of them were making a lot of noise, and the people on the other side of the gambling table cast strange looks. This made O'Neill try his best to break away from Li Shengli's hug and cursed angrily. : "Fuck~~ Just tell me, are you betting or not? Just bet on who will win the championship. I will take it, and you have to agree to my request. In turn, you will take it, and I will do the same!"

"No more playing with money?"

"Don't play, you guy... no one wants to gamble with you, this is very dangerous!"

"Damn it, what the hell is it that you agree to a request? What do you think we are, like Aladdin's magic lamp, where you have to touch your butt to make a wish? And what can I ask you to do? Is it possible that I ask you to dance for me? I don't know. Isn’t it okay to go to the zoo to see elephants?”

"Look at the elephant? Damn, what kind of metaphor is this? Besides, why are you talking as if you have already won!" O'Neill added: "Although there is no money in our bet, if you want to win, you can ask me to give you money." Are you still making money from some of your valuable things?"

"This is...if, I mean if, if you win, you will also ask me to give you something valuable?"

"Don't worry about it. Anyway, our demands can't be too excessive and don't involve the competition!"

"No, something's wrong, Shaq, it's a scam!" Li Shengli looked at O'Neal's eyes and knew that the fat man was trying to do something weird again, "Okay, I have nothing to be afraid of, it's settled."

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Li Shengli and O'Neal disliked each other for a while, but the problem was that the people at the gambling table were having fun and went for a walk for a while, so Li Shengli and O'Neal had no choice but to find a place to sleep.

Fortunately, O'Neill's place has enough bedrooms and a big enough bed.

A big bed built to O'Neal's standards and a helicopter would be fine. Li Shengli and O'Neal slept until 3:30 in the morning before Kobe came over to wake them up.

"Li, wake up, it's over, we have to leave!"

"Well... are you done playing? What time is it now?" Li Shengli just got up, shaking his head and feeling a little confused.

"Three thirty in the morning!" Kobe grabbed Li Shengli and said, "It's time to go back. Don't let Phil find out that we haven't gone back all night. Johnson won't tell the truth. He and Jordan will sleep here tonight. , but we have to go back quickly!”

"Three thirty? Damn it, it's not even bright outside!" Li Shengli was also convinced that Jordan and his gang were too playful, so he got up and pushed O'Neal, who was sleeping like a dead pig next to him: "Hey , Shaq, get up, hey... you idiot, if you don't say anything, then we'll leave?"

"Let's go, leave him alone, everyone else is going to sleep, it's just the two of us!"

"Okay, wait while I wash my face!" Li Shengli ran to the bathroom and struggled for a while, and then hurried back with Kobe. It would definitely not be possible to go to the hotel now, because during the finals, you have to register for hotel entry and exit, Phil -Jackson was sure to get a lot of complaints every time he checked, so Kobe, who was past bedtime, suggested... He and Li Shengli went straight to the training ground, and in the daytime they said it was too late to train. As a model of hard work, he could still catch up on some sleep during the day. Beautiful.

As for the gambling game that just ended.

According to Kobe, compared with his achievements on the playing field, 'Gambler' Jordan's luck at the gambling table was terrible. He would have been lucky until 12 o'clock, but the problem was... there were only 8 people playing poker in total. Seven companies won money and one lost money. Jordan's face was ashen when he lost that night, otherwise he wouldn't have been at this point.

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At about four o'clock in the morning, Li Shengli and Kobe Bryant walked into the training ground. They didn't have to worry about the training ground being closed because it was staffed 24 hours a day.

With the finals just around the corner, almost all the news about the two teams, Hu and Kaili, was big news. However, Li Shengli and Kobe Bryant went to the training ground for training at 4 o'clock in the morning, and they were photographed by reporters squatting outside the training ground. .