Li Ao didn't take their words to heart.
Maybe they are interested in the so-called 'purest' college basketball and usually watch games, but he doesn't believe that in their minds, a group of players who mostly can't play professionally will be as good as they praise. , it’s all just polite.
But seeing the excitement of his teammates, he didn't throw cold water on them.
People need encouragement.
Some people always say that it is a good thing to have a friend who can pour cold water on you.
Li Ao hoped that the person who said this would be surrounded by friends who poured cold water on him. He hoped that all the good things would be taken up by this person and not left to others.
The Trojans were very excited, but the Sun Devil players on the opposite side were not so happy, they were sour...
This is the home court of the Trojans, so the Lakers players will naturally not run to the opposite side to encourage them. The mood of the local fans is much more important than the love and hate of a dozen people on the opposite side.
But what Li Ao didn't expect was that what those two people said to him was not purely polite.
Although they habitually hurt each other, the two have the same goal - the championship.
If the general direction is the same, there will be no problems on the court.
After O'Neal returned to the sidelines and sat down, he asked Kobe: "Is that Chinese boy really that good? I praised him bravely. If he is not so good, if others find out, I will be punished." Ridiculing.”
"You will know after watching the game. His playing style is very mature and he is improving very quickly. Maybe he will be better than Rick after playing in college for one or two years and entering the NBA."
"I think Rick can still play for a few more years, so there's no need to be so anxious."
Rick Fox: (｀_)
I'm right next to you, can you say these things behind my back?
But when the logo man asked Kobe to study Li Ao's videos, he also asked him to join him.
The Trojans, a civilian team, in the eyes of fans, the relatively dazzling players are Granville who averages 9.7 assists per game and tops the NCAA Division I assist list, the top pitcher White Mamba who averages 19 points per game, or The eccentric Shelby Jordan.
But in the eyes of professionals like Rick Fox, Li Ao, who had practiced for less than half a year, was the one who performed most amazingly.
In the entire Trojans team, only Li Ao has a clear future as a professional player in his eyes.
He is already 30 years old. At this age, most professional players have reached the stage of retiring. Some people are still in trouble for a while at the age of thirty-four or five. Among NBA players, there are only a handful of them, and every year There are forty or fifty new players joining the NBA.
As one of the core tactics of the Lakers, he can understand the team's idea of starting to look for a replacement, and he even readily accepted the matter of helping the team find his successor.
It's just that high school students are difficult to get along with, so don't step on him in front of him, okay?
It's better to be fat and talk nice.
…
The Trojans' home game against the Sun Devils begins at 7 p.m.
The most dazzling star on the court tonight is still Eddie House.
In 16 games, he averaged 27.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and scored 40+ points three times in 16 games.
When the Sun Devils played against the Cardinals at home, they relied on Eddie House to score wildly and went into double overtime. Eddie House scored 61 points in a single game, setting a new Pac10 league single-game scoring record. Led the team in an upset, defeating the Cardinals by two points.
The 10 three-pointers made in a single game also set a record for three-pointers made in a single game in the Pac10 League. His personal performance was the only one in the Pac10 League.
But the Sun Devils' 8-8 record was not enough for the Trojans.
Teammates who are not good enough limit the ability of Eddie House, a super scorer in college basketball, to raise his ceiling.
In tonight's game, we can see some talent gaps. Last time Li Ao played against Eddie House, he had to rely on various small moves to put some restrictions on Eddie House, who had already consumed a lot of energy. And still can't prevent it.
After Li Ao came on as a substitute tonight, Eddie House's hot start performance declined significantly.
Although Li Ao failed to guard Eddie House, he at least allowed Eddie House to return to normal performance.
At the end of the division civil war, the Sun Devils' winning strategy was basically to rely on Eddie House to drive the team. His scoring average also soared from 23 points per game after 9 games in the first round. 27.5 points.
When facing opponents such as Li Ao and Richard Jefferson who have sufficient speed, good pursuit awareness, and huge physical advantages, Eddie House will not be able to thrive.
Although Eddie House can completely open up the space and contain the No. 0 player from another school in Arizona, the 4-on-4 ability of his teammates is several levels worse than that of the Wildcats. .
On the contrary, Li Ao scored very well tonight, making 6 of 11 shots. He made two free throws after being fouled on a counter-attack throw, and made two free throws due to a tip-in that caused the opponent to foul. Unfortunately, once the opponent fouled 7 times, he got the result. 1+1 chance, the first penalty is ironclad.
Li Ao, who played 27 minutes, scored 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. His score was exactly twice that of the last time he played against the Sun Devils.
Granville scored 13 points and 7 assists tonight, White Mamba scored 22 points, Brusenthal had 11 points and 11 rebounds, Trey Pagnier had 13 points, Evanisco had 11 points and 7 rebounds...
In the end, although Eddie House scored a game-high 24 points, the Trojans still defeated the Sun Devils 92-78, winning their 17th consecutive victory without any blood!
"Total victory!", "Total victory!", "Total victory!"
The same cry sounded again at Memorial Stadium a week later!
And the roar is more confident and louder!
The onlookers, Kobe Bryant, were so excited that he wanted to go up and replace Eddie House to see if he could penetrate the opponent with his own strength.
But then he thought about it, it would be good to go to the opposite team, the Trojans. Going through the opponent with his own strength is his favorite style of play, but team basketball is what he yearns for.
He sometimes regrets not going to Duke, and now he has such thoughts.
The teamwork there is no worse than that of the Trojans, right?
If he had chosen to go to college, and he was now a senior, he might have met this 'civilian dark horse' in Crazy Three.
It's a pity when I think about it.
…
17 consecutive wins!
The Trojans once again captured the attention of basketball fans across the United States.
This time is different from the last time they relied on the Bruins' "Bear Killing Fever". They relied on their own efforts and results to win attention.
Whether there will be an undefeated division record this season depends on the division finale between the Trojans and Cardinals.
Under the official promotion of the NCAA, this game has become the most watched game in the civil war stage of the division this season. The discussion among fans has even exceeded the previous battle between the North Carolina Wolfpack and the Duke Blue Devils.
Who doesn't like a 'dark horse'? Just like the other 8 teams in the pac10 league, even the Bruins have many fans who want to see the Cardinals get killed by the Trojans.
In the eyes of Bruins fans, if everyone loses to the Trojans, they are not their cup. This team is too good this year.
As for the complete victory in the division, it's not like the Bruins have never done it before. They have accomplished it all before.
For others, when they see a dark horse appear, they think of themselves - since there are "dark horses" in the world, will I also become a dark horse one day?
For a time, it seemed as if the entire North American sports world wanted the Trojans to win and continue to be in trouble.
Some media ridiculed that the Cardinals' home game against the Trojans was originally a preferential treatment given by the NCAA to the Cardinals, allowing them to have an easy season finale.
Unexpectedly, the Cardinals now play the role of the Trojans, the dark horse, standing in the way of greatness.
Such heat and such a scene were beyond Li Ao's imagination, and he felt quite complicated.
When will our flower garden sports world have such a grand sporting event?
Instead of asking the higher authorities to get the right to host a large-scale event to demonstrate the country's strength and create an illusory "national sports wave", each town and village will build some cosmetic projects. In the end, after the event is over, the newly built venues will be abandoned, and the newly built basketball courts and football courts will be abandoned. The field has become a place where aunts dance square dances.
He once saw a saying - everyone is engaged in sports, what about studying? What about scientific research?
He once thought so, but now he began to doubt it.
Renyingjiang Sports is doing so well, but it has not affected learning and scientific research.
Only those people can play professionally. For most people, sports are a hobby, a dream, and even a spiritual sustenance.
It doesn’t mean that if you like sports or sports, you won’t eat, study, or work.
After feeling a little melancholy, he no longer focused on it.
He is a common man, so it is not his turn to make irresponsible remarks on those things.
He focused his attention on the most critical and important thing now - the final game of the division.
He greatly underestimated the importance the school attached to sports. Yesterday they played the Sun Devils at home. According to the regulations, today, Monday, after the morning break, classes should be held in the afternoon. Tomorrow, he would have to finish his morning classes and then leave in the afternoon. Away.
But the principal ordered that Monday and Tuesday be given to them to prepare for the game.
The Trojans players are naturally happy with this arrangement.
Preparations were going well, and the Cardinals' tactics hadn't changed much over the years.
Mike Montgomery has been pursuing the concept of mature older players and teamwork first since he coached the Montana Grizzlies in the 1978-79 season, and now he is coaching the Cardinals. Throughout, he has won more than 500 games in more than 20 years. To win, win twenty-five or six games every season.
With such an opponent, the Trojans' preparation direction is very clear.
A certain No. 0 player asked the middle-aged handsome man: "What if the opponent breaks out and performs unexpectedly?"
The middle-aged handsome man replied: "Instead of worrying about their outbreak, it is better to worry about our poor condition."
A certain number 0: "That makes sense!"
By Tuesday afternoon, the Trojans, who had been preparing for a day and a half, left Los Angeles and came to San Jose, the capital of Santa Clara County in the Southern Bay Area.
Although Stanford University is in Palo Alto, the gym they use is in the next suburb of San Jose.
However, although they are in two cities, Stanford University is only 20 miles or 32 kilometers away from the competition venue. If traffic jams are taken into account, it may take the Bruins to go from UCLA to Pauley Arena longer than the Cardinals. It takes a lot of time for the school to go to the arena in the next city.
After staying at a hotel near the competition venue, Li Ao was pulled out by Vivian and Liam, who came to San Jose together.
With the goal of a complete victory in the final battle, the two of them naturally wanted to join in the fun.
In a few minutes' journey, the three of them arrived at tomorrow's competition venue.
The San Jose Arena, the stadium used by Stanford University, is very special. Its appearance gives Li Ao the feeling of being an antique.
The three of them visited the competition venue and museum.
From the documents in the museum, Li Ao had some understanding of this arena.
This arena can be traced back to the Eagle Colonial Period, and its name comes from the San José, the largest merchant ship owned by King Philip V of Spain in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was more of a dirty ship than a merchant ship.
At that time, Spain was still called the Spanish Empire. This ship was filled with gold and jade plundered from the Americas. In 1708, the Eagle sank this dirty ship full of stolen goods in the Caribbean. It was regarded as the Eagle replacing Spain. A symbol of the status of maritime colonial rulers.
In the mid-18th century, a group of Eagle merchants established a trade zone here - the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, the predecessor of this city. During the same period, the Eagle established modern football standards and set off the first wave of football in the world. Doing business here The businessmen of San Jose funded the construction of a football stadium and named it the San Jose Arena.
But not long after, Yingjiang became independent, drove away Yingying, and the football field was banned and turned into a boxing arena... After more than a hundred years of going around, the head of state set off a basketball craze, and the San Jose Arena also It became one of the first large-scale basketball courts. After many years, the owner of this gymnasium became an eagle man again. When it was rebuilt, he originally wanted to build a football stadium, but during the reconstruction, no team was found who was willing to move in. In the end, Only basketball courts and ice hockey rinks could be built, which became the current comprehensive stadium.
After reading the introduction, Li Ao sympathized with the eagle leader and sighed: "After all, there is a fly in the ointment."
Liam asked: "Leo, what are you saying again that we don't understand?"
"It's okay, I just sighed. This gymnasium was built earlier than you, Ying-chan."
Vivian heard this and said: "If you are interested, I will take you to visit the old site of the San Jose Arena when the season is over. That is the main building of this museum. Everything here is a replica."
"good……"
Li Ao is very interested in visiting various museums and exhibition halls, but at Yingjiang's house, only the cultural relics that Yingjiang snatches back from everywhere are worth seeing.
The museum of Yingjiang's local culture...you can check it out if you have time.
Back at the hotel in the evening, physical therapist Jack and his girlfriend prepared a delicious nutritious meal for Li Ao.
Li Ao asked curiously: "You can actually make nutritious meals?"
"My job as a physical therapist is no longer enough to support my family. I spent money to learn this last year."
Li Ao understood: "Life is not easy, you have many talents."
Nothing happened all night, and on the next day, February 17th, the last match day of the civil war stage of the pac10 league arrived!
(End of chapter)
