From sparring to superstar

Chapter 29 28. 7 consecutive victories at the start!

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game started.

The Trojans are in full swing!
They really hate the Golden State Bears!Hate it more than any team that beat them in the qualifiers.

Originally, if they lost the quarrel before the game, their mentality would inevitably be affected, which might affect their performance.

But now, they're all on the edge.

A bear bitten by a husky has nothing to fear!
On the other hand, Gans became the one whose mentality exploded.

Bitten by a husky, the words kept echoing in his mind, causing him to beat his extra ego.

Granville, on the other hand, played steadily and was clearly superior.

Let’s not talk about whether Granville has the possibility of entering the NBA. In terms of talent alone, Granville is much better than Gans. He was beaten by the latter last year because he was only a freshman. Senior Gans.

In Li Ao's system, the comprehensive evaluation of the two has been equal.

This is another reason why Gans can't understand Granville.

The Trojans did not have an easy defeat. Although the Golden State Bears' strength plummeted, there were a bunch of talented high school students in the 98th and 99th classes. Their talents were there, and they bit the score in the first half. .

Gans' style of play is a bit tortoise-like. He pays attention to a high ball possession rate. The Golden State Bears' lineup is also built around him, with many pitchers and cutting players.

Tonight Sean Lampley cut in and performed very well, and he also did a very good pass inside and outside.

Their top outside shooter, Brian Withers, a freshman and No. 50 high school student in the United States, also did a good job of receiving shots. The 196 cm big man has a speed of 88. The Trojans can keep up with the back line I am not tall enough, and I am not tall enough to keep up with the speed.

In the second half, the Trojans began to work hard, starting from the defensive end.

Playing against a strong team, Li Ao's playing time was reduced, and he was initially regarded as Shelby Jordan's backup.

But tonight Withers scored 11 points at halftime and already scored two three-pointers. Henry Bibby decisively sacrificed Li Ao to defend the pitcher.

The front line sent Shelby Jordan to block Lampley, and there was Charles at the basket.

The outside pitcher was chased by Li Ao, the cutting forward was blocked by Shelby Jordan, and the Golden State Bears' offensive was choked.

The defense of the Trojans was also rougher than Gans had imagined. When the perimeter felt good at the beginning, the Golden State Bears didn't feel it deeply.

When the outside shot is stifled and more points are needed in the middle and short distances, the sense of oppression comes!
In the second half of the second half, the Trojans seized the opportunity to play a wave of 14 to 9, scoring 78 to 70, establishing a clear lead and defending to the end.

In the end, relying on Granville's 15 points and 15 assists, the Trojans narrowly beat the Golden State Bears 84-77, winning a 7-game winning streak!

This time, even Henry Bibby followed the rest of the coaching staff into the field to celebrate with the players when the final whistle blew.

There is no other reason, breaking the team history record!
A long time ago, when Henry Bibby was in college, the Trojans won 6 consecutive victories, and it was the Bruins, the team he led, that ended the 6-game winning streak.

Now, he led the Trojans to create team history, the best start record!
A few years ago, when the Bruins changed their head coach, he also went for an interview, but was rejected. Coming to the Trojans was purely second-best at first.

Being in his position, looking for his job, and hatred.

Those white-eyed wolves, would they have won the 7 consecutive championships without him, Henry Bibby?

With 7 consecutive victories, Henry Bibby's ambitions began to swell.

Perhaps, their results this year will be better than the Bruins?

He can't wait to overwhelm the Bruins!
...

After playing against the Golden State Bears, a not weak team, for 23 minutes, Li Ao determined that it was right for him not to gain weight and to develop a single defense in an all-round way.

Judging from the first half, Henry Bibby didn't have a brain fever, and he should be used as Shelby Jordan's substitute to play against a strong team.

Later, when he couldn't guard Withers, he tried to make him guard the lineman.

Li Ao's focus is on the improvement of single defense, while the coaching staff values ​​that he has begun to integrate into team defense without knowing it.

Henry Bibby wanted to yell - there is no second wave in Amber!

In the summary meeting of the coaching staff after the game, Kevin Henderson mentioned that Li Ao also sighed: "Recalling the opening game, Leo's defense was completely separated from the team's defense, regardless of Kapono's defense. If he succeeds in chasing and defending, then this kid is completely holding back the team's defense.
But when it came time to play against the Sun Devils, this sense of separation was much smaller. When defending the opponent's pick-and-roll, he could already start to cooperate with his teammates.

Tonight he will already help his teammates fill in the zone defense! "

Henry Bibby immediately retorted: "Only him, it's still very early. He made up the leak tonight but missed his defensive target several times."

Xavier Johnson said with a smile: "It's already very good. Look at Sam. After playing for more than a year, the defensive end is still the same."

Henry Bibby continued to find fault: "He has a poor defensive understanding with his teammates, and he has no awareness of team defense at all."

Sam Hayes suddenly said: "Just give him some time. We can increase the proportion of team defense training and strengthen his tacit understanding with his teammates."

Kevin Henderson echoed: "Yes, he can often break out better in games than in training. He is a very good practical player."

Henry Bibby was impatient. He would rather see Shelby Jordan being praised than Li Ao being praised.

Everyone is against him, right?

Then train that kid to death!
Increase team defense drills?

add!
Work hard!
Let that kid practice from beginning to end!
...

Li Ao didn't know that his improvement on the defensive end had triggered "infighting" among the coaching staff.

For team defense, since there will be no evaluation values ​​on the panel, it seems that there are some basic skills for reference on the defensive end, but I have been learning how Shelby Jordan cooperates with his teammates in defense.

Because the comparison is Shelby Jordan, who has always looked down on his own team defense.

At noon the next day, the Trojans returned to Los Angeles, and they had dinner again at noon.

However, unlike the usual gatherings of the coaching staff, this time the number 36 of the men's team and the women's team were all called.

Li Ao asked Steve Brown in bewilderment: "Is the coach picking up money? So grand?"

Henry Bibby on the side had sharp ears and was very angry when he heard this.

Didn't call you for the last two meals?

Brown responded: "Christmas is coming soon. According to the usual practice, the head coach will invite everyone to get together."

"I feel like the coach is targeting me."

"Ah? Why? Didn't he ask you to come by yourself?"

"No, once the coach took me to a small restaurant for lunch, but this time it was such a luxurious restaurant."

Henry Bibby wants (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻!
He saw Li Ao being so 'elegant' last week, and changed to a high-end restaurant last week, obviously this guy didn't come by himself!
The bad manager actually nodded in approval!
As the months passed, Brown learned that he had been mistaken in the first place, fooled by the guy's looks.

But the head coach aimed at this handsome guy, and Brown felt that he did not make a mistake in his judgment.

Fire him!Substitution!Change manager!
Thinking about it this way, Henry Bibby still can't do this kind of thing.

The main reason is that it is not so easy to find a manager who loves basketball like Steve Brown and actively participates in various team affairs.

When the team manager does not get paid, it is purely voluntary labor.

Most of the people at the dinner party had a good time, except for someone who paid for it and kept slandering his favorite general.

No one drank alcohol at this dinner party. First, as the head coach of the university team, he led a group of students who were under the age of drinking to break the law.
Usually there is no training on the second day after returning from an away game, but this time it is different.

The day after tomorrow, Wednesday, live broadcast across the United States, the opponent is the University of Arizona Wildcats, the dominant team in the Pac10 League in recent years!

Although compared with the Bruins, the University of Arizona Wildcats are still far behind in terms of honor, but since they introduced the famous coach Root Olsen in the mid-80s, the Wildcats have called the wind and rain in the pac10 league in the past few years. .

In 16 years, he was second in the division 7 times and first in the division 6 times. In these years, the Bruins and Cardinals were younger brothers compared with the Wildcats in the civil war stage of the division.

The last game before Christmas, in the minds of the teams in the pac10 league, is their 'Little Christmas Game'.

With the established schedule, the teams in the pac10 league will enter the Christmas holiday after Wednesday's game.

In previous years, although the Trojans also cared about the 'Little Christmas War', the degree of attention was limited.

This time is different, they have won 7 consecutive victories!

The opponent is the Wildcats that all teams in the Pac10 League want to kill, and there is also a national live broadcast!
They have always been at the middle level of the competition area, and they want to make a big ticket!
And he has been winning all the time. If he loses in the last game before Christmas and enters the holiday with the loss, he will be depressed for as long as he wants to take the holiday.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a team preparation meeting was held. Half an hour later, the coaching staff asked the players to digest the content of the meeting by themselves, and the team training took place an hour later.

Seeing the active and enthusiastic discussions among the players, some went directly to an empty half court for small-scale cooperative training, the coaching staff was very satisfied.

Brown said excitedly: "It's different. We are completely different this year. We have never had such confidence before. I seem to see a real top team!"

Kevin Henderson responded: "Yeah, sure enough, winning is the best way to build up confidence. Speaking of which, I think I should thank Leo. In the opening game and the two games against the Sun Devils, he started It’s the key role. If we lose those two games, 5 wins and 2 losses is good, but it won’t make a qualitative change like it is now. In the past, our players were nervous when they met opponents like the Wildcats. Now they have no fear at all. Feel."

Xavier Johnson also echoed: "In addition to this, he also made us tougher. Our previous soft style of play, whenever the game came to a critical moment, it was easy to lose the chain, just like last year when we played against the Golden State Bears. The cutting team led by Gans went so far that the underpants were gone."

Henry Bibby was out of breath.

Praise him again!Praise him again!Kua Kua Kua all day long, you really think you are the leader of the Kua Kua Group!
But he still couldn't deny it, because after the kid joined, he brought too many changes to the team.

Personal strength aside, that kid is very special in leading the team.

It's not like the previous Ayuso who used passion and blood to drive his teammates; it's not like the white mamba who cares about his teammates and unites them like a patriarch.

But this kid has brought huge changes to the team. For example, he has also cultivated the shame of his teammates. He did things that he couldn't do without shame before, but now he does them very happily.

And the teammates have great confidence in this kid!
Just like in yesterday's game, after the kid went to the back line and formed a double defensive gate on the inside and outside with Shelby Jordan, his teammates all stood up.

Kevin Henderson changed the subject: "But you can't always praise him. You still need someone to point out his shortcomings. Sam has done a good job."

Henry Bibby was in a hurry, this is what he wanted to say!He actually snatched his words!

Also, Sam Hayes is doing well, but his head coach is not doing well?

It's all due to you, right? If I don't do it... I still have to do it. I finally got to my current position, and my salary has been raised. If I quit, I won't be taking advantage of others.

Ignoring this group of people, Henry Bibby looked around to see and listen to what the team members were doing during the independent preparation stage.

Suddenly, he saw the kid who was praised by his colleagues sitting alone in the corner, frowning!
It shouldn't be!
Everyone else is so positive, so excited, and so confident, why does this kid have such an expression?
Based on his understanding of this kid, the team won 7 consecutive victories, so they can fly to the sky without stinking farts?
Is this still the 'I'm a genius' non-stop rant?

Bai Mamba, who loves to be "nosy", also noticed Li Ao who was alone in the corner, and he walked over to ask what was going on.

Henry Bibby used the background wall skill, quietly came to the two of them, and eavesdropped strongly.

White Mamba out of Henry Bibby's confusion.

Li Ao frowned and replied: "This opponent is too strong, even if Terry has already entered the NBA, they still have many powerful people.

For example, Arenas, even though he is only a freshman and only ranks 99th among high school students, he is very strong. His pull-up mid-range shot may be the strongest in our division, and it may not be ranked in the entire NCAA. People are better than him.

Jefferson, don't I need to say more?He's like a faster, smarter Sam.

Woods, a 7-foot-1 big center, although he can't rebound and is too light, but his height and movement are very good. I heard that NBA teams are very interested in him.

Wharton, compared to his father, is a piece of rubbish, but his coping ability is extremely strong, I don't think he is worse than Streiter.

And this freshman, Gardner, ranked 18th among high school students in the United States, averaged 7 points and 12 assists in 5.7 games, even better than Brandon last year..."

Listening to Li Ao's analysis, one thing, Bai Mamba and Henry Bibby are very curious, when did this guy know so much about people from other teams?
But they only think that Li Ao has been in the NCAA for a long time and knows more about other teams.

After all, it is normal for a rookie who works so hard to also work hard in these areas. Fully understanding the opponent is also a very important part of playing the game.

Bai Mamba's expression became more serious the more he listened, and his brows gradually furrowed.

They seem to be overconfident, showing symptoms of underestimating the enemy!
(End of this chapter)