58 to 72.
Although the Sooners came back hard in the second half, the Devils withstood the pressure and ultimately got off to a good start to the season.
Xu Yong contributed a team-high 18 points, plus 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. 4 of the 7 goals were dunks, showing his personal talent.
That is because the attention of this invitational tournament is limited, otherwise he would definitely appear on media websites and newspapers.
Of course, not getting attention from the outside world does not mean that it will not get attention from students in this school.
In fact, when they left the arena, there were many fans waiting for them to come out.
Harden and Xu Yong are naturally the center of attention.
Xu Yong saw that those Shanghai fans hadn't left yet, so he took the initiative to say hello.
When he was at the arena before, he had deliberately stayed to sign autographs and take photos with them.
After he finished chatting with them, he turned to face other fans, who were real "ball" fans.
It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening, and those still waiting here were mostly American female students who were "unclothed" and "broad-minded".
Xu Yong glanced at it with an appreciation of art.
The purpose of these people is very simple, just to take a photo and then leave a small note with a mobile phone number, and then make a gesture to contact them by phone.
In fact, it's not just the ones we see now. Usually there are many women on the team's cheerleading team who date them in various ways.
Basketball is not the number one sport in the United States, and it may not even be in the top three, but basketball players are the most worthy of investment.
Because in terms of average net worth, NBA players are the highest among all sports.
As long as they made the right bet and boarded the ship, even if they left an illegitimate child, they would be able to live and eat well in this life.
By the time Xu Yong and Harden left, they already had a lot of notes in their hands.
Not far away, he saw a trash can on the side of the road. Harden took out the notes and threw them in.
Xu Yong stuffed the notes into his pocket.
"Do you want to date them?" Harden asked curiously after seeing Xu Yong's behavior.
Of course, there was surprise in his eyes. Even if Xu Yong wanted it, he wouldn't be afraid of being squeezed out of this amount.
Xu Yong shook his head.
For a person who has had regrets for more than ten years and gets another chance, nothing is more important than making up for the regrets.
woman? It will only affect his practice.
"Then why didn't you?" Harden said and made a "throwing" motion.
"After all, they were there to support us, so it's not appropriate to throw it in front of us." Xu Yong explained.
Harden was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously scratched his head.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yong asked curiously when he saw his movements.
"I'm reminded of something I did in high school," Harden said with a smile.
"Is it also related to the note?"
"Yes." Harden nodded with a smile, his face full of memories, "When I was twelve years old, a girl wrote a note saying that he liked me. I threw it away on the spot. I thought it was over. , but I didn’t expect that girl to come to the court to find me.”
"Then?" Xu Yong was very curious.
"Then I hit her with the ball."
Xu Yong was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.
He really didn't expect that the legendary "nightclub boarding" would have such a past.
But considering that 11 or 12-year-old girls have not yet developed, it may not be in line with Harden's taste.
"I had just decided to play basketball, and I was almost asked to transfer schools because of this incident. I thought if I had thrown the note elsewhere, maybe the situation would have been different." Harden also said with a smile.
Xu Yong smiled and nodded, not because he thought what Harden said was right, but because he found common ground between the two of them.
At this time, they are only focused on basketball.
…
At 4:20 in the morning, the vibrating alarm on the bedside rang on time, and Xu Yong pressed the alarm immediately.
After he calmed down for a while, he sat up, put on his clothes and shoes in the dim light, and then went to the bathroom to close the door and wash up.
After washing up, he left the dormitory and went downstairs.
Tempe is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area and is adjacent to Phoenix to the west.
Phoenix is nicknamed "Phoenix City" because the temperature here is high all year round, especially in June, July, August and September, when the ground seems to be on fire.
But in November, there is no winter cold here, and it feels more cool.
It’s just that the sun rises slowly in winter, so the campus is still dark except for the street lights.
Moreover, Arizona State University is also characterized by its abundance of plants. Successive presidents have loved transplanting green plants, making the campus look like a botanical garden, and the surrounding area has a spooky feel like the backyard of "Liao Zhai".
Fortunately, he has long been accustomed to this place, or in other words, after almost three years, he has long been accustomed to getting up at this point.
After taking a deep breath and feeling the natural atmosphere around me, I started the first part of the training, a warm-up morning run.
Because of [Injury Immunity], he can ignore many potential risks.
For example, if an average person insists on getting up after four o'clock in the morning for more than two years, there is a high probability of sudden death;
Another example is running on hard surfaces for a long time, and your knees are likely to be worn out;
But fortunately, he is no longer an ordinary person.
It took him some time to realize this after he was reborn.
This sounds a bit incredible, but compared to rebirth and the [Krypton Gold System], this seems to be nothing.
After accepting it, he then began to explore how to use this to improve his own strength.
His talent itself is not bad, and can even be said to be outstanding among his peers.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have entered the Olympic training team at the age of 19, which was the strongest men's basketball team in 2008.
But that was not enough, especially after playing in the United States for a year and really getting exposed to the basketball level of American high school students.
His jumping and speed are his biggest advantages. In addition, as a player over two meters tall, his coordination and flexibility are also excellent.
But, that's all.
His core strength is insufficient, which means his first step when breaking through is not quick, especially when facing American forwards;
His shooting has always been his weakness. Even before he got sick in his last life, his outside shooting was below 30%;
And his various small technologies are basically still in their infancy.
So in general, if he had not been ill in his previous life, he would have had a great chance of entering the NBA through the draft between 2008 and 2010.
However, it is very difficult to go further and even become an All-Star player, because he plays the most competitive swingman in the NBA.
However, all this changed qualitatively after he was reborn and chose [Injury Immunity].
He can train himself to the maximum while ignoring the risk of injury.
There were cultural classes when I was a student. If you fail the cultural classes required by American schools, your basketball career will be suspended. There are many cases in history of this, such as Rodman, Garnett, Wade, Rose, etc.
Therefore, in order to ensure cultural classes, others can only practice twice a day at most.
But he can practice three times a day, which is why he gets up as early as four in the morning.
He couldn't train during class, nor could he ignore the muscle fatigue caused by training and the recovery time required, so he could only borrow time from the night.
This sounds easy, but it's actually extremely challenging.
Although there will be no injuries, the difficulties that need to be overcome are unimaginable.
When I was woken up by the alarm clock at around four in the morning, the first thought that came to my mind was definitely to give up, because that was simply torture.
After insisting on high-intensity training three times a day, even if you are not injured, your body will continue to use fatigue to prompt you to give up.
Even many times, many accidents encountered in life will interrupt your training plan, and the voice of giving up will fill your mind.
What is visible is the flowers and applause, but what is invisible is the sweat and persistence.
The reason that allowed him to persevere in the end was just what he thought when talking to Harden: For a person who has had regrets for more than ten years and got a chance again, what else can't he persevere?
