“Merry Christmas, Link!”

December 24, Christmas Eve.

Rachel raised the juice and clinked glasses with Link, and the young couple spent Christmas together for the first time in family units.

Tomorrow is the Christmas battle, so the Grizzlies should have gone to Cleveland to prepare for the battle today.

But because of the holiday, Joggel decided to let the players have a good holiday at home. He rushed to Cleveland early tomorrow morning.

Although it is a good thing to be able to celebrate the festival at home, it also means that the Grizzlies players will have very tight preparation time tomorrow. Basically, when they get off the plane, they have to go directly to the Quick Loan Stadium to prepare for the battle.

You can’t have both fish and bear’s paws.

But it's worth it to be exchanged for a chance to spend Christmas with your family.

The Grizzlies have Christmas games to play almost every year in recent seasons, and their attendance rate is even more diligent than that of the Los Angeles Lakers!

So it is a luxury for Grizzlies players to spend Christmas at home.

The players finally had this opportunity this year, and the players were eager to do so.

Link was also very happy, not only because he could spend a Christmas Eve peacefully, but also because this was the first time he had celebrated Christmas in a small family he had formed.

Although there are only Link and Rachel in this small family now, it is already lively enough.

"For, this is a Christmas gift for you." After drinking the juice, Link handed Rachel a small gift box.

Rachel happily took the gift apart and found that the things contained in the small gift box were not small at all.

Inside the gift box, hold a car key!

Rachel couldn't help but cover her mouth, very surprised.

"Link, did you really buy it?"

"Of course, there is still room for our garage anyway." Link smiled.

A few days ago when I was shopping, Rachel saw an advertisement for the latest Chevrolet Camaro, so she casually said that it was so beautiful.

Unexpectedly, Link not only remembered it in his heart, but also bought it back.

"Thank you, Link. I've prepared a surprise for you, well...but I don't know if you will like it."

"Tell me quickly. I've been waiting for this surprise for a long time. You shouldn't have told me in advance that there were surprises a few days ago."

"Yeah..." Rachel said, standing up and walking to Link's side, then putting her mouth to his ear.

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On the plane to Cleveland, the Grizzlies players seemed to be still feeling unsatisfied with last night's Christmas Eve.

Gasol kept showing off his greeting cards his daughter made for him, his face full of the smile of an old father.

Carter raised the razor from his daughter and felt tears falling out.

"Old Feiren" and his wife have long divorced, and their daughter has followed her mother more. Therefore, most of the time, Carter is in a state of "empty nest elderly".

Carter was very pleased to receive a gift from his only daughter this year.

After everyone discussed it, they all looked at Link who had not spoken.

"Link, the first time I celebrated Christmas with Rachel as a couple, yesterday must be unforgettable." Randolph was the first to take the lead in making a comeback. Although the "Big Black Bear" is also 35 years old now, you should never expect him to be serious in non-match time.

"Yes, yes, what gift did Rachel give you? It must be a very sweet gift!" Tony Allen cooperated with Randolph without hesitation.

If the Grizzlies were gone, they would definitely have less laughter.

Link scratched his head embarrassedly, recalling what Rachel whispered in his ear yesterday.

“My gifts…are special.”

"Oh? Could it be ***? Damn, I didn't expect that the 2k goddess has this habit."

"Can you have something normal in your mind, Zach?" Link gave Randolph a glance, then took a deep breath and smiled.

"I'm going to be a dad, guys!"

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While the Grizzlies players were still arguing whether Link's child should be called Lin Big Bear, LeBron James had already walked into the Speed ​​Loan Arena alone.

Time flies quickly, and before we know it, it is the third year that James has returned to Cleveland.

When he returned to Cleveland, James was full of ambitions. He hoped to bring a championship to his hometown, and more than one.

But now, two seasons have passed, and the Cleveland Cavaliers still have nothing except the Eastern Conference champion.

In five days, James will be 32 years old. He knows that his peak period has become a past tense.

From now on, his abilities will no longer grow wildly. Not to mention progress, he must spend a lot of effort to maintain his current state in the future.

He knew that there was not much time left for himself to win the championship.

This year, all Cavaliers are in good shape, and Irving and Love have also achieved their best form since the establishment of the Big Three.

There is no doubt that this is the most promising year for James to lead the Cavaliers to the championship.

If you can't do it this year... no, they have to do it!

James shook his head and began to warm up the shooting alone on the court.

It's been years since he won the Christmas battle? James himself doesn't remember it.

But this year, he is about to pay his respects to Cleveland on Christmas Eve.

No matter what, he will fight Link to the end today.

A few hours later, the Quick Loan Stadium began to become lively.

At the connection between the underground parking lot and the player passage, countless reporters squatted here to photograph the Grizzlies players entering the field.

For NBA players, this short paragraph is like walking on the red carpet. Everyone will show their brightest side when wearing casual clothes here.

But just under the camera of the reporters, Link ran into the player's passage as fast as an enclave.

Most of the time, players are eager to stay in front of the camera for a while when they walk through this period.

Link was fine, so he ran over directly, as if he was deliberately hiding from the camera!

"What's that guy doing? Are you in a hurry to go to the toilet?" The reporters who were filming were speechless. At present, there was only the explanation of using the toilet.

However, there is a reason why Link hurried back to the locker room.

The Christmas gifts he prepared for his teammates have been asked to be placed in the locker room in advance.

Lin was the first to run into the locker room to confirm whether everything had been arranged.

After a while, the rest of the Grizzlies also followed.

Randolph was the first to open the door. As soon as he walked into the locker room, he saw Link standing in the middle of the locker room with his waist on his back, so the "Big Black Bear" started to complain again.

"Link, what did you run away just now? I thought I had encountered something and ran with you for two steps! Damn it, I'm going to be the five embarrassing tomorrow."

Halfway through Korandov's words, he suddenly had no sound.

After that, more and more people flocked to the locker room. Their reactions were like Randolph, and they were all stupid!

At this moment, every player's locker was placed with a golden championship belt!

The belt also has the words "World Champion" written on it. Each belt has the corresponding owner's name engraved on it.

Its workmanship is so well-made that it looks like a gold belt for a real fighting event.

"Link, these are..."

"These are Christmas gifts I've given to you this year. I hope you all like it. It's really boring to award the championship ring all the time. Sometimes I have to change to some new tricks. I think the gold belt is good. Of course, I also hope that in half a year, we can stand on the real podium with this belt. So, today's finals preview, everyone will perform well!"

After Link finished speaking, he solemnly presented his belt to his teammates.

Seeing this family-like scene, Jogel and Snyder couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, this looks very childish, just like the championship dream that every little boy will have.

Professional wrestling and professional boxing are very popular sports in the United States, so many men fantasized about winning gold belts when they were young.

Today, Link let them realize this wish.

Men are sometimes so childish, and this seemingly childish scene has undoubtedly ignited the championship heart of everyone in the Grizzlies.

When Carter, who was 40 years old, took the gold belt from Link in one month, he smiled like a little boy.

When Link was photographed selecting gifts for his teammates, he was criticized by the media for not paying attention to the game and not respecting the Cavaliers enough.

But in fact, Link attaches more importance to this game than anyone else!

He believed that after the gift was given, his teammates could be more thrilling.

Finally, all the Grizzlies players wore their gold belts to join in the photo together.

Soon, this photo was posted on social media.
Chapter completed!