Chapter 244 Social Network Tragedy

The nascent social network suffered a tragedy.

Less than half an hour after the Lakers-Supersonics game, "Face Unbook" posted an announcement on its homepage:

"Due to the fact that our servers cannot handle such a massive amount of traffic, Face Unbook will have to suspend user access. We will do everything we can to restore normal service. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

Even more tragic than Face Unbook, a large number of fans wanted to upload Su Feng's game highlights as soon as possible after the game. At the same time, another group of people wanted to vent their excitement by watching Su Feng's previous highlight moments...

Therefore, after lagging for nearly 15 minutes, "You Tube" put a big question mark on its official homepage.

And about half an hour later, just as "You Tube" users thought they had received a notification that "You Tube" was back to normal...

To their surprise, what they received was "You Tube's" notice shifting the blame for this evening's server crash:

"We've been through the Super Bowl together, and we've also been through..."

"That's exactly what I was thinking, so Kobe, what do you think about me buying an English Premier League team?" Su Feng said with a smile.

Kobe: "..."

No!

I just told you to send your son to a more professional football youth training team.

How come you want to buy an English Premier League team?

Even if you are rich...

You can't spend money like that!

However...

After pondering for a while in his mind, Kobe thought...

Compared to his usual extravagant spending habits, Su Feng's willingness to invest money in a football club might not be a bad thing.

Because at least, if he doesn't want to play in the future, he can sell the team and get some money back.

"Oh, right, did you see the news today? Do you know how people are praising me?" At the dinner table, Su Feng suddenly perked up, looking at Kobe.

Upon hearing this...

Looking at the stack of newspapers that Su Feng had thrown in front of him...

What else could Kobe say?

Without a doubt.

This year in November, the "Feng" wind was blowing so hard that Kobe could barely breathe.

...

On the 30th, Su Feng and Kobe, who had just reached the milestone of 30,000 career points, continued their joyful journey of the 08/09 season.

That night, the Lakers, sitting in their home stadium at Staples Center, welcomed the unlucky Rockets.

In the new season, "Emperor Oden," who had returned from injury, had not been able to lead the Rockets to soar as the Houston fans had hoped.

And Beasley, another rising star recently selected by the team, had managed to forge an indissoluble bond with the local Houston police in less than a month due to speeding and drug use.

Therefore, the Rockets' management team now just wished they could tie themselves to the Rockets that were about to be launched in Houston.

What's the point of playing this game!

Let's just destroy everything, quickly!

I'm tired!

Facts have proven that when a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water can cause problems.

For the unlucky Rockets, the only thing they could count on now was Bargnani, whom they had selected in 2006.

However...

Even though Bargnani's performance could only be described as the "Houston Jordan" compared to the other high-ranking rookies the Rockets had selected in recent years...

The Rockets still couldn't fly high with just this handsome Italian guy.

In this game, Su Feng, who had achieved the milestone of 30,000 points, did not insist on individual offense.

Because, as he had said to Kobe before, if he really played like that for a season, even if he didn't tire himself to death, his teammates would eventually be exhausted by him.

Su Feng, whose shot attempts plummeted to 18 in the entire game, made 14 of them.

Including free throws and three-pointers, he scored a total of 34 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists for the Lakers in the first three quarters before returning to the bench to rest.

And Kobe, who had recently transformed into a passing maniac, had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists in this game.

As his body gradually returned to its peak condition, Coach Lu had decided to increase Kobe's playing time to about 33 minutes per game in December.

However, Kobe was still very dissatisfied with Coach Lu's conservative use of him...

Fortunately, Vanessa only needed three sentences to make Kobe compromise with reality.

Actually, 33 minutes of playing time was not a small amount for a core player.

Because after the concept of sustainable overfishing began to take root, the playing time of most NBA stars in the regular season would be controlled at around 33 to 35 minutes in the future.

In early December, the Lakers' winning streak continued.

And in the NBA's official November awards selection on December 1, Su Feng won the Western Conference Player of the Month award for the first month of the new season with his crazy performance in November.

In November, after creating the unprecedented and probably impossible "8 consecutive 60+ point games," Su Feng's average score in November reached an astonishing 57.7 points.

Although Su Feng's average score would definitely decline as the season progressed...

But currently on the scoring list...

Where could those James haters who had been madly criticizing James' scoring ability have imagined...

That they would actually be right...

Guessing that as long as Su Feng exerted himself, he would blow James' average score of around 33 points to smithereens?

An average of 55+ points per month...

No cap.

Now, even the ancient fans didn't dare to discuss Su Feng's stats in front of the Maple fans.

However, in mid-December, after the Lakers lost to the Mavericks and the Heat on the road, the Lakers fans who had previously started shouting "Lakers champions" felt that the team's recent playing style was really getting more and more reckless.

In these two games, although the Lakers scored more than 110 points...

But the Lakers' points conceded also reached an astonishing 125.5 points.

Ah, this...

Was this still the Lakers we remembered, who had made remarkable progress on the defensive end at the beginning of the season?

Van Gundy: Sorry, you've mistaken me. My real name is "Skywalker" Luke, and I'm a coach who extremely advocates offense.

And as for defense?

Heh...

In the regular season, just be reckless!

Although the Lakers didn't need to continue playing so open after helping Su Feng rack up points.

But...

He, Su Feng, had finished racking up points, didn't the other Lakers players who had sacrificed their stats for him before need to get their stats back?

Moreover, Kobe had finally returned to a normal person's playing time...

And Kobe was about to break his 20,000 career point mark...

Therefore, given the increasingly severe need to rack up stats within the team, Coach Lu and Van Gundy had to continue to adopt a strategy of full offense and zero defense in the games.

However, on December 23, after returning to their home court and defeating the Hornets, the Lakers were still leading the Western Conference with an excellent record of 24 wins and 4 losses before the arrival of this year's Christmas game.

The reason why the Lakers could still sit firmly at the top of the Western Conference while being reckless was related to the fact that the Western Conference weak teams were all vying to tank this season.

And another main reason was that the Lakers would only start their devilish schedule in January next year.

At that time...

In addition to facing several Eastern Conference powerhouses one after another, the Lakers would also usher in the second and third regular-season battles against the Mavericks at home and away.

...

On the 24th, the annual Christmas Eve.

At the mansion in Newport, Su Feng and his wife spent a happy and fulfilling day with Kobe's family.

However, when Su Feng was teaching Kobe's two older daughters how to play basketball...

Kobe was not happy.

Because at that time, Natalia and Delisha pointed at Kobe and said in unison: "Dad, we told you a long time ago that you don't understand basketball, but you didn't believe us!

Look how well Uncle Shu Fen is teaching us?"

Kobe: "..."

Heh!

Kobe, you have this day too?

On the open-air basketball court that came with Su Feng's mansion, Su Feng finally felt a little more balanced at this moment.

Because back then, that stinky brat Su Hao had stabbed him in the back like this more than once!

On the 25th, Christmas Day.

Since Su Feng had never experienced what a Christmas holiday was since he entered the NBA, Su Feng had never had any good feelings for this holiday.

In addition, because "Soaring," which Su Feng and Kobe had taken the time to star in before, would also be released today, Su Feng and Kobe were awakened by phone calls from Lionsgate Films staff early on Christmas morning...

There was no way around it.

Because the Lakers would be sitting at home to face the Philadelphia 76ers on the afternoon of the 25th, the premiere of "Soaring" could only be arranged on the morning of that day.

And regarding the box office of this movie, compared to Kobe, who firmly believed that the box office would be a big success, Su Feng believed that as long as this kind of movie could roughly recover its costs, that would be good enough.

After all...

No matter how inspirational a sports movie is, could it be as thrilling as a real game?

And at the premiere, Su Feng and Kobe, who were obviously not awake, also specially recorded a Chinese video for Chinese fans.

Because as early as when filming "Soaring," this movie was planned to be released simultaneously in China and the United States...

Therefore, in order to attract more Chinese audiences, there was also an Easter egg in the end credits of "Soaring" showing Jay Chou packing his bags and preparing to go to the United States to learn from a master.

According to Lionsgate Films' plan, as long as "Soaring" could recover its costs, Su Feng and Kobe would play the role of Jay Chou's mentors in "Soaring 2," personally teaching him basketball skills.

And Su Feng also felt that the setting of the sequel to "Soaring" was very interesting.

However...

No matter how interesting the movie was...

It couldn't stop Su Feng from having to sink Yao Ming on this Christmas Eve.

"Brother Feng, are you ready to be dominated by me?"

Look!

This was the blessing text message that his Yao Ming sent to Su Feng on Christmas Day!

Brotherhood?

Heh!

In the face of the championship, who would talk about brotherhood with you?

At 3 p.m. on the 25th.

Looking at Yao Ming, who stepped into the Staples Center with his left foot first this afternoon.

Su Feng had already arranged his "crimes" in advance.

"Marc, if you let Yao get more than 20 points tonight, then in the next season..." On the court, turning to look at Little Gasol, Su Feng said this and that.

However, Su Feng had only said half of his sentence...

When the straightforward Little Gasol turned around and prepared to leave with his baggage.

"Su, to be honest...

Even if you kill me, I can't stop Yao!"

Su Feng: "..."

No!

Marc!

Even if you can't stop him, you can't boost other people's morale and destroy your own prestige!

Su Feng was completely speechless at Little Gasol, who looked like an honest man.

But at the same time, Su Feng also had to admit...

That the current Little Yao did have the capital to be arrogant.

Webber, Iguodala, McGrady, Iverson.

These were the "Pippens" around the current Little Yao.

No need to say more.

No need for foreshadowing.

This year's Christmas game.

From the moment Stern had set the schedule...

It was destined to be recorded in history.

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ps: A 10,000-word chapter is here! Readers, is it long?

(Aside: My blood pressure, which was only cured by LGD yesterday, unexpectedly rose again today... My head hurts!)