roccoschili Chapter 164 All-Star Journey
Chapter 164 All-Star Journey
Chapter 164 All-Star Journey
As predicted, the Clippers firmly maintained their lead and finally defeated the Spurs 117-86, successfully ending the previous two-game losing streak. Su Yang scored 34 points and 15 assists and was elected the daily MVP.
After finishing the press conference, Su Yang received a call from Schwartz, informing him that his personal signature sneakers were ready for mass production. AJ wanted to hold an unboxing ceremony, so he needed to find time to fly over to participate, so he had to set a time first. .
Su Yang referred to the schedule and the location of AJ's headquarters, and decided to put the time on February 12th, which is the day before the All-Star Weekend. After participating, he flew directly to Dallas, and there were no other teams competing that day.
Schwartz also said that if he wants to name the signature sneakers on the spot, it is best to think of a few spares first.
Su Yang returned to the villa, chatted with Lu Rulan about naming, and asked if he had any suggestions.
Lu Rulan said that some innovations can be made. Don’t make all the first generation, second generation and third generation of other sneakers. It sounds like Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed” series New Year’s goods are as cheap as they are. Let the sneakers go out of the circle, not limited to basketball fans.
Hearing such a suggestion, Su Yang immediately recalled that AJ sneakers had become a fashion trend, and thought it made sense.
The two discussed and decided to make two versions. The European and American regions remain unchanged, and the Asia-Pacific region adds different exclusive patterns according to the color matching. Consumers prefer to buy one or the other, mainly to promote fashion concepts, and secondly to promote technologies such as shock absorption. .
The fashion concept mainly focuses on Chinese characters, and it is more to make domestic fans feel proud and recognized.
On the other hand, it is Su Yang's selfishness, hoping to take the opportunity to form cultural output, and what is less is more.
After the two decided on the final plan, Su Yang called Schwartz back and explained his thoughts in detail.
Schwartz didn't think it was going well, and when AJ got the news, his first reaction was a bit ridiculous.
But considering that the number of Su Yang fans is exploding, AJ is willing to give it a try. After all, multiple Chinese characters are not the key, and it does not affect the European and American regions, and it will not increase the cost. It is right to try it, and it will not lose anyway.
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On the evening of the [-]th, the Clippers played against the Jazz at home.
Perhaps it was because the disastrous defeat at the beginning of the season was too shameful. After the game started, Kirilenko and Boozer assisted each other and scored 4 points in a row. On the offensive end, the Jazz's defense was extremely fierce and active, which made the Clippers hit the iron one after another.
Su Yang took the lead in raising the intensity of the defense, and the two teams fell into an abnormally anxious state. It was tied 8-8 in more than six minutes, and there was a physical conflict just a little bit away. They did not return to normal rhythm until after the first official timeout.
The Clippers only led by three points in the first quarter, but in the few minutes when the bench lineup was connected, Davis and Russell Butler teamed up to make a super high shooting rate of 8 of 7 shots, which directly helped the Clippers expand their lead to [-] points .
The Jazz were forced to switch to the main force ahead of time, but unfortunately, except for Deron Williams, everyone else was restricted by the Clippers' strong defense. After halftime, the Clippers led by 22 points and were once again crushed.
Facing a huge deficit, the Jazz did not give up. Boozer and Kirilenko staged another scoring show. In the third quarter, the two teamed up to hit 11 of 7 shots from the field, successfully helping the Jazz to bite the score. Keep the hope of overtaking.
It's a pity that their hope only lasted for 5 minutes. Su Yang and Randolph made their debut early in the fourth quarter. The two teamed up with one inside and one outside to make a perfect shooting rate of 10 of 10 shots, plus two steals and a block. Take the Jazz away in one wave.
In the end, the Clippers defeated the Jazz 109-89 and easily won four consecutive victories.
In an interview after the game, Jerry Sloan said that Su Yang reminded him of his time against Jordan.
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Early the next morning, the Clippers arrived in Oakland by plane, ready to challenge the Warriors away.
Su Yang did not go to training early, but Curry was invited to participate in the podcast interview hosted by Ellis.
The opening topic was to congratulate Su Yang on the upcoming release of his signature sneakers. Su Yang broke the news that there would be some novel designs. At that time, they would give special versions to the two of them. Ellis promised to buy them as gifts for his nephews.
The second topic is about the outstanding performance of the rookies in the last two years, especially the 09 rookies.
Ellis said that even without Su Yang, Evans of the Kings, Griffin of the Grizzlies, Giannis of the Bucks, Harden of the Thunder, Holiday of the Pelicans, Raptors DeRozan, and Curry of his Warriors, all played All-Star-level data, which can be regarded as a severe slap in the face of those experts who thought that 09 would be a young year in the draft.
Su Yang used the topic to mention that the basketball game is about to usher in a new era, and this era was created by the 09 rookies. Several of the lottery rookies selected last year will become All-Stars and even MVPs in the future.
Ellis made a joke when he heard the words, saying that he was worried that Curry would take away his boss position, and asked Su Yang to pretend to be the general manager and choose one of the two to make a trade.
Regarding this kind of proposition, Su Yang changed the topic with a smile, emphasizing that the two play styles are very different.Ellis asked who played better, Su Yang simply threw the question to Curry, and Curry smiled and said that each had its own characteristics.
After finishing the recording of the podcast, the three of them ate lunch together and took a car to Oracle Arena together.Ellis proposed a shooting contest, and Su Yang readily agreed. The rule was one hundred three-pointers, and the shooting time was limited. Curry narrowly won.
At [-] o'clock in the evening, the game between the Clippers and the Warriors started.
Perhaps because the fiery feeling brought by the shooting game has not disappeared, Curry came up with a hollow three-pointer, and Su Yang responded immediately. The two of you were one and one, and the other players cooperated with each other tacitly. The first quarter reached a 38 tie.
In the transition of the second quarter, the Clippers were led by Davis on the right side, and the Warriors were led by Anthony Morrow. .
After Su Yang and Curry reappeared, the touch was also affected, and the Clippers led by five points at halftime.
Just when the Warriors fans thought they had a chance to win, Su Yang led the team to launch a strong defense in the third quarter, and also contributed 46% on the offensive end. He just scored a score of 18 to [-] in a single quarter, directly turning the game into no suspense.
The entire fourth quarter became garbage time, Su Yang didn't play for 1 minute, and the data stayed at 42 points.
After defeating the Warriors, the Clippers dispersed. Gordon flew directly to Dallas, accompanied by Van Gundy, who was elected as the head coach of the All-Star Western Conference, Su Yang flew to the AJ headquarters, and others started their vacation trip.
On the morning of NO.12, Su Yang and Jordan jointly attended the unboxing ceremony of the signature shoes.
According to Su Yang's requirements, the first batch of sneakers only had four colors of blue, green, black and red. After Su Yang introduced the various technological designs according to the manuscript, he gave the sneakers code names of the four colors, namely Fenglinshanhuo, and this codename will continue. go down.
The host was caught off guard on the spot, and Su Yang quoted "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to give an explanation, saying that it is as fast as the wind, Xu as the forest, guarding as the mountain, and invading as the fire, which represent different styles of competition and different personalities. nod.
The unboxing video quickly spread widely on social media. Regarding Su Yang’s ingenious naming, some people think it’s superfluous, or even a bit stupid.
Su Yang announced through Twitter that in the rookie challenge, he will change into different color sneakers for each game, showing four different styles of play.
(End of this chapter)