Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 88 Superdome

Louisiana is a state in the southern United States, located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.It is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Texas to the west, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

The state is named in honor of King Louis XIV of France, the state flower is the southern magnolia, the state tree is the cypress, and the state bird is the famous pelican.

That's right, the pelicans!
The New Orleans Pelicans were named after the state bird.

The stadium used in the NCAA Final Four is the Superdome in New Orleans.However, this arena is not the home of the Pelicans. The Pelicans' home arena is another arena called the Smoothie Center.

But in New Orleans, the largest stadium is the Superdome. It is not only one of the largest dome buildings in the world, but also has a long history and is closely related to basketball. It has hosted five classic basketball games.

The Superdome, also known as the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, is the one with the oil leak, the one that turned right three kilometers out of the house and changed the engine.

Despite decades of age, the Mercedes-Benz Arena remains a sports mecca that outlasts comparable domes like Astro, Huhill, Silver and Georgia.More importantly, it is the only real dome stadium left in the United States.

People often like to refer to the Mercedes-Benz Arena as the Superdome. It is a landmark sports building in New Orleans. Although the Superdome is mainly used for football games, it has also witnessed a piece of NBA and NCAA history.

The Jazz were home to the last four seasons of their New Orleans era before moving to Utah in 1979-80, and saw the flamboyant performances of Pete Maravich in his prime.

On February 1977, 2, the Knicks vs. the New Orleans Jazz. This was the most glorious moment of Maravich's playing for the New Orleans Jazz and even the entire NBA career. Facing the Knicks, he scored 25 points and broke Jerry Weiss. Special previously held the record, once became the highest scoring guard in NBA history.

He made 43 of 26 shots, but as a perfectionist, Maravich was not satisfied with his performance.

"I could have scored more points." "I missed a lot of easy scoring opportunities," he said after the game.

The NCAA held the final four games here. This is not the first time this year. On March 1982, 3, the NCAA finals between the University of North Carolina and Georgetown University were held here.

Jordan, Ewing, James Worthy, Sam Perkins and Stripe Floyd were all involved.

Of course, as we all know, Jordan made a decisive shot in the last 17 seconds to complete the lore, and then Fred Brown of Georgetown University passed the ball to Floyd and was also successfully stolen by Worthy.

That year, Jordan and Ewing were both freshmen.

Just like Lu Yu this year.

Lu Yu was sitting in the locker room. The locker room of the arena was luxurious and unremarkable. There was a special lounge, massage room, and bath room where you could take a sauna. Where is the arena? It's a corrupt clubhouse.

There is also a large color TV hanging on the wall in the locker room. From the locker room, you can see the crazy pictures of the fans in the game venue. When the picture on the TV changes, a group of players wearing blue jerseys walked into the stadium from the player tunnel.

And the player who was wearing the No. 31 jersey at the back had smiling eyes, like Bruce Wayne in the movie.

"Duke University is playing, it's our turn!" Mark Foyo clapped his hands and shouted loudly.

"Let's beat their blue devil down!" Blake Stepp jumped up excitedly.

Kathy Green and Dan Dickau calmly tightened their shoelaces.

And Lu Yu stood up and stretched, his eyes narrowed slightly, "Batman? Let me see your strength in college!"

I don't know if the pick-and-roll tactics that Stockton taught in the past two days are easy to use or not.

At this time, Jessica just ran out of the magazine, holding a thick stack of documents, Snoopy passed by and asked, "Hey, Jessica, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"Go to the game."

Jessica only gave Snoopy a back.

Snoopy looked at the big color TV in the office in surprise. Didn't Jessica know that the company made money and bought such a big TV?
Lu Ji Chinese Restaurant, a customer came to the restaurant to prepare for dinner, but found a closed sign hanging on the door of the restaurant. Through the glass of the restaurant, the customer found that the tall boss was sitting on a stool and watching TV intently. matches broadcasted in.

"The Princess Diaries" crew at Gonzaga University.

"Director, all of Gonzaga's students went to the game today. We can't even catch a scene. Why don't we take a day off?"

Scarlett Johansson dragged Anne Hathaway to the crew hotel room and turned on the TV.

Far away in the country on the other side of the ocean, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng and Yi Jianlian squatted in the dormitory, watching the game broadcast by CCTV attentively.

On the TV, I remembered the peculiar voice of the commentator Sun Yiping.

"CCTV, CCTV, is now broadcasting the final four games of the American College Basketball League, the game between Gonzaga University and Duke University. This is also the first time that CCTV broadcasts the NCAA league game."

"Today we are still inviting our old friend Zhang Weiping Zhang to explain the game with me. Hello, Zhang, this time we can come to New Orleans to explain the NCAA game live. This is the first time in history. ."

"That's right, it's really a blessing for us to be able to explain this game."

"Who is it?" Sun Yiping asked knowingly.

"Of course it's a Chinese player who made a name for himself at Gonzaga University. Lu Yu and Lu Yu took Gonzaga University to the final four with their own strength, and currently ranks first in the NCAA league scoring list and second in assists. We Chinese raised our eyebrows in front of the Americans, and let the Americans know that we also have such good backcourt players in China." Zhang Weiping said with a smile.

"Yeah, Lu Yu's performance is really amazing." Sun Yiping opened the information in his hand and said, "I still remember that last year, Director Zhang and I explained a match between Gonzaga University and the National Youth Team. In the game, Lu Yu scored 22 points, 9 assists and 7 steals in that game. We also said at that time that Lu Yu's defense made the national youth team realize their own shortcomings."

In the dormitory, Wang Shipeng coughed awkwardly, because in that game, he contributed at least four of the seven steals.

He still remembered that after that game, he said to himself in his heart, "One day, I will definitely, definitely be able to catch up with Lu Yu."

That's why he kept training with Zhu Fangyu, because he knew that Lu Yu couldn't wait for him there.

He looked at No. 10 Lu Yu walking out of the player tunnel on the TV, and a faint sadness rose in his heart. When Lu Yu waited for his position, maybe he would never be able to catch up.

"Two teams came in, let's enjoy the game together."

Following Sun Yiping's words, Wang Shipeng, Lu Chaoyang, Snoopy, Jessica, as well as Scarlett Johansson and Anne Hathaway in the crew, all kept their eyes on the TV.

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