Chapter 733 58 is a Meme

Tang Tian and Walker attended the post-game press conference together.

"What do you think of Jordan's pre-game comments that he hopes Rozier can surpass Walker?"

The FOX reporter was still so eager to stir things up, rising to ask Stevens a question.

It was just different from before. Now they and the Pelicans were strategic partners, and they wouldn't mess with the Pelicans.

This question was clearly helping the Pelicans stir things up!

"The game has said it all."

Stevens' answer was also concise.

He neither overly offended Jordan, nor did he directly respond.

The question and answer complemented each other quite well.

"Tang, what do you think of Walker scoring 58 points? We've noticed your team always has many numbers related to 58."

The second ESPN reporter to stand up asked Tang Tian.

As soon as he asked, the audience burst into laughter.

It was obvious that the 58 meme was not only discussed by fans on social media, but had become widely known.

"A little pity."

Tang Tian glanced at the reporter, not picking up on the topic, or jumping into the pit.

Although the 58 meme sounded funny, he didn't need to make an enemy of Paul off the court. Speaking of which, Paul was still the president of the players' union.

"If our opponents were stronger, maybe Kemba would have needed to play in the fourth quarter, and then breaking his career record would have been basically certain."

Tang Tian's follow-up perfectly avoided the pit, and also answered the reporter's question well.

The ESPN reporter was a little disappointed and could only sit down sullenly.

He came with a mission, but failed to complete it.

The big win over the Hornets was just a microcosm of the Pelicans' November games.

They continued their hot streak from October in November, even though Davis, Rose, and Walker all missed games one after another.

But they won repeatedly, achieving a record of 17 wins and 0 losses before Thanksgiving!

In other words, they had not tasted defeat since the start of the season, achieving a 17-game winning streak!

Of course, what was even more conspicuous than the winning streak was their average point differential, averaging 28 points per game over their opponents!

Along with the reality of this data, as the season progressed, everyone's attention turned to the Pelicans.

The viewership of other teams' games, except for those few super teams, fell sharply compared to last season in other small cities.

Even teams like the Kings and Hornets had attendance rates that were about to fall below 50%.

Even the Thunder and Bucks, who were given high hopes as mid-level teams, had continued low attendance rates.

If ESPN's preseason prediction list gave them some hope, then that hope was completely shattered after 17 games.

The Pelicans' strength attracted all the "lights."

This was a season that looked like a foregone conclusion, one that could be labeled as the NBA's final chapter!

And now the only team that could give them hope was the Mavericks.

The Mavericks' performance this season really exceeded everyone's expectations.

Although they had experienced many dangerous moments in the games, they had managed to get through them all unscathed.

As of now, their record was the same as the Pelicans, 17 wins and 0 losses!

Thanksgiving was the first time the two sides would face off this season, and this match was particularly eye-catching.

Who was the king of the West, or even the league? This game would have the most direct answer.

With three days left before the Thanksgiving game, Stevens arranged a very high intensity of training for the team.

Now the "League Third Pelicans" had become a meme on social media, but everyone knew that it was just a meme.

Unlike the Mavericks' "unexpected" performance, the Pelicans playing like this was something that fans had long foreseen.

With this kind of lineup, winning games was to be expected. Losing games would be big news.

So Stevens attached great importance to the game three days later. In a head-to-head battle, if the Pelicans lost, they would be drowned by the fans' spittle alone.

The Pelicans' players, starting with Tang Tian, also trained very hard.

For them, the "brothers who train hard," this was also a game they had to "avenge" Butler for, just like they did against the Hornets before.

But different from playing the Hornets, the Mavericks were clearly stronger, and it would be difficult for them to balance Butler's performance and winning.

After training ended that day, the players were resting in the locker room.

Butler was also watching the Mavericks' recent game footage as usual.

Tang Tian came out after taking a shower and watched for a while, and was about to change his clothes when his phone made a sweet sound.

"Alipay received, 3 million US dollars."

Of course, it was in Chinese.

The teammates in the locker room looked at Tang Tian curiously.

Olsen had recently fallen in love with going over the wall to shop online. According to her, Chinese goods were all cheap and good, even if they needed to pay extra tariffs.

So she also got Tang Tian a phone and linked it to a bank card.

That was the sound of the bank card automatically transferring funds.

At the same time, a natural upgrade sound rang in Tang Tian's mind.

His 3 million US dollars of krypton value had arrived.

This was because Fegan had finally finalized the new contract with Coca-Cola, and the first year's endorsement fee had arrived.

Including the previous accumulated 48 million US dollars, his accumulated krypton value had reached a total of 51 million US dollars, which was enough to redeem another red skill!

It had been a long, long time since he had opened the system, and he was a little excited at this moment.

He first greeted everyone and went to the bathroom, and then opened the system.

But as soon as he opened it, he was stunned and couldn't help but laugh.

His target skill had been determined a long time ago.

Shuan Hua Hu Die Bu (Iverson): Increases dribbling stability and success rate of crossovers by 30%. Gains passive skill "Wu Chu Qi You." When breaking through from the right, the success rate of crossovers is further increased by 10%. Requires the exchange of Low Dribble (Kemba Walker). (These skills refer to Iverson's Crossover and Walker's low dribbling style.)

This was the best skill he could see, adding both ball control and crossover ability, as well as a passive skill.

Speaking of which, Iverson was also the best ball handler in NBA history.

And the reason he didn't know whether to laugh or cry was that this was an orange skill!

Because it had been too long since he had opened the system, he had forgotten about it himself! He thought it was a red skill!

This was really a big oolong.

It seemed that the low presence of the system would sometimes cause this kind of funny thing to happen.

But this was not a bad thing, after all, an orange skill only needed 30 million krypton value. After he exchanged it, he would still have 21 million left.

That way, the next time he wanted to exchange for a red skill, the difficulty would be much lower.

He could even foresee that by February of next year, he would be able to directly get a new red skill!

Thinking of this, he still felt very excited.

Because he already had Low Dribble before, he didn't need to use extra krypton value, and directly chose to exchange it.