From sparring to superstar

Chapter 65 63. The dark horse that attracts the attention of the United States (thanks to Sun Starfish for the great reward)
Li Ao didn't take the words of the two of them at ease.

Maybe the two are interested in the so-called "purest" college basketball, and they usually watch the game, but he doesn't believe that in the minds of these two, a group of players who are mostly unprofessionals will be as powerful as they boast , It's all just a courtesy.

But seeing the excitement of his teammates, he didn't pour cold water on them.

People, need encouragement.

Some people always say that it is a good thing to have a friend who can throw cold water.

Li Ao hopes that the person who said this sentence will be surrounded by friends who throw cold water, and hope that all good things will be taken up by this person, and not left to others.

The Trojans were extremely excited, but the Sun Devils players on the opposite side were not so happy, very sour...

This is the home court of the Trojans. Naturally, the Lakers players will not run to the opposite side to encourage a wave. The mood of the local fans is much more important than the likes and dislikes of a dozen people on the opposite side.

But what Li Ao didn't expect was that what those two said to him was really 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 dared to praise him. If he is not that good, people will know about it, and I will be punished." Ridiculous."

"You will know after watching the game. His style of play is very mature, and his speed of improvement is very fast. Maybe he will be better than Rick after one or two years in college and enter the NBA."

"I think Rick can play for a few more years, don't worry so much."

Rick Fox: (`_)
I'm next to you, can you say these things behind my back?
However, when the logo man asked Kobe to study Li Ao's video, he also asked him to join him.

The civilian team Trojans, in the eyes of the fans, the relatively dazzling players are Granville, who averaged 9.7 assists per game and ranked first in the NCAA Division I assist list, the top pitcher White Mamba who averaged 19 points per game, or Perverse Shelby Jordan.

But in the eyes of professionals like Rick Fox, Li Ao, who has practiced for less than half a year, is the one with the most amazing performance.

Of the entire Trojans team, only Li Ao has a bright future as a professional player in his eyes.

He is already 30 years old. At this age, most professional players have already reached the stage of retiring. Fifty newcomers joined the NBA.

As one of the tactical core of the Lakers, he can understand the idea of ​​the team starting to find a replacement, and he even readily accepts 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 still good to be fat, and the words are nice.

...

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Trojans played against the Sun Devils at home.

The most dazzling star on the court tonight is still Eddie House.

16场比赛，场均27.5分5.5板4助攻1抢断，16场比赛3度拿下40+。

When the Sun Devils played against the Cardinals at home, they relied on Eddie House to soar points and hit double overtime. Eddie House scored 61 points in a single game, breaking the single-game scoring record of the Pac10 League. He led the team to an upset and defeated the Cardinals by two points.

10 three-pointers in a single game also set a single-game three-pointer record in the pac10 league, and his personal performance is the only one in the pac10 league.

But the strength of the Sun Devils with 8 wins and 8 losses is not enough for the Trojans.

Not enough good teammates limit Eddie House's ability to raise the ceiling as a super scorer in college basketball.

In tonight's game, we can see some gaps in talent. The last time Li Ao played against Eddie House, he had to rely on various small moves to limit Eddie House, who had already consumed a lot of energy. And still can't prevent it.

After Li Ao came off the bench tonight, Eddie House's hot start performance declined significantly.

Although Li Ao failed to guard Eddie House, at least it allowed Eddie House to return to normal performance.

At the end of the divisional civil war stage, the Sun Devils' winning strategy basically relied on Eddie House to drive the team. His scoring average also soared from 9 points per game after the first round of 23 games. 27.5 points.

Eddie House will not be able to compete against Li Ao, Richard Jefferson and other opponents with sufficient speed, good pursuit and defense awareness, and huge size advantage.

Although Eddie House can completely stretch the space and contain more than the No. 0 player of another school in Arizona, his teammates' 4-on-4 ability is several stops behind the Wildcats. .

On the contrary, Li Ao scored quite well tonight. He made 11 of 6 shots. He was fouled on a counter throw and made two free throws. 7+1 chance, the first penalty is iron.

打了27分钟的李敖拿到16分3板4助攻1抢断，得分正好是上次与太阳恶魔队交手时的两倍。

格兰维尔今晚拿到13分7助攻、白曼巴22分、布鲁森塔尔11分11板、特雷帕格尼尔13分、埃瓦尼斯科11分7板……

In the end, although Eddie House scored a game-high 24 points, the Trojans still beat the Sun Devils 92-78, winning 17 consecutive victories without bloodshed!

"Total victory!", "Total victory!", "Total victory!"

The same voice sounded again in the Memorial Stadium after a lapse of a week!

And roar more confidently and louder!

The onlookers watched Kobe Bryant's blood boil, and he wanted to go up to replace Eddie House to see if he could punch through the opponent with his own strength.

But then he thought about it, it would be nice to go to the opposite Trojans. It is his favorite style of play to punch through the opponent with his own strength, but team basketball is what he yearns for.

He sometimes regretted not going to Duke back then, and now he thinks about it again.

The teamwork there is no worse than that of the Trojans, right?
If he had chosen to go to college at the beginning, and now he is just a senior, he might be able to meet this "civilian dark horse" in Crazy Three.

It's a pity to think about it.

...

17 straight wins!

The Trojans once again attracted the attention of basketball fans across the country.

This time is different from the 'bear-killing fever' that relied on the Bruins last time. It is their hard work and performance that have won them attention.

Whether there will be a division-wide record this season depends on the final game between the Trojans and the Cardinals.

Under the official promotion of the NCAA, this game has become the most watched game in the civil war stage of this season, and the discussion among fans has even surpassed the heat of the previous war between the North Carolina Wolves and the Duke Blue Devils.

Who doesn't like 'dark horses'? Just like the other 10 teams in the pac8 league, even the Bruins have many fans who want to see the Cardinals get rid of the Trojans.

In the eyes of the Bruins fans, if everyone loses to the Trojans, it's not their fault. This team is too good this year.

As for things like a complete victory in the division, it's not that the Bruins have never done it before. They have all won the championship before.

For others, when they see a dark horse appear, they will think of themselves—since there are "dark horses" in the world, will I also become a dark horse one day?
For a moment, it seemed that the entire North American sports world hoped that the Trojans would win and continue to be black.

Some media ridiculed that the original game between the Cardinals and the Trojans was a preferential treatment given by the NCAA to the Cardinals, allowing them to have an easy finale in the division.

Unexpectedly, the role played by the Cardinals has now become the dark horse of the Trojans rushing towards greatness.

Such enthusiasm and such a scene were beyond Li Ao's imagination, and his mood was quite complicated.

When will the Huahuajia sports world have such a grand sports event?
It's not about getting back the right to host a large-scale event to show national strength, creating an illusory "sports tide for all", towns and villages repairing some face-saving projects, and finally the event is over, the newly built stadiums are abandoned, and the newly built basketball courts, football The field has become a place for aunts to dance square dances.

He once saw a saying——everyone is engaged in sports, what should we do to study?What about scientific research?
He used to think so too, but now he began to doubt it.

Human Eagle Sauce Sports is doing so well, and it has not affected learning and scientific research.

Those who can play professionally are those. For most people, sports is a hobby, a dream, and even a spiritual sustenance.

It doesn't mean that if you like sports and sports, you won't eat, study, or work.

A little melancholy, he didn't put his mind on it any more.

He is an ordinary person, so he can't make irresponsible remarks about those things.

He focused on the most critical and important thing now-the final game of the division.

He greatly underestimated how much the school attaches importance to sports. He played against the Sun Devils at home yesterday. According to regulations, this Monday, after the morning break, he should have class in the afternoon. away.

But the principal ordered that Monday and Tuesday be given to them to prepare for the battle.

The Trojans players are naturally happy with such an arrangement.

The preparations went well, and the Cardinals' tactics hadn't changed much over the years.

Mike Montgomery started from coaching the Montana Grizzlies in the 78-79 season and now coaching the Cardinals. He has been pursuing the concept of mature older players and teamwork priority throughout. He has won more than 20 games in more than 500 years Wins, 25 six games per season.

Against such an opponent, the Trojans have a very clear direction of preparation.

A No. 0 player asked the middle-aged Sao Nan: "What if the opponent explodes and plays unexpectedly?"

The middle-aged Sao Nan replied: "Instead of worrying about them breaking out, it's better to worry about our poor state."

A number 0: "It makes sense!"

On Tuesday afternoon, the Trojans, who had been preparing for the game 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 next door in the suburb of San Jose.

However, although it is said to be in two cities, Stanford University is only 20 miles or 32 kilometers away from the competition venue. If traffic jams are considered, the time it takes for the Bruins to go from UCLA to Pauley Arena may be longer than that of the Cardinals. It takes a lot of time for the school to go to the arena in the next city.

After staying in a hotel near the competition venue, Li Ao was pulled out by Vivienne and Liam who came to San Jose together to 'spot'.

In the final match where the goals were all victorious, the two naturally wanted to join in the fun.

A few minutes away, the three arrived at tomorrow's competition venue.

The San Jose Arena, the stadium used by Stanford University, is very special, and its appearance gives Li Ao the feeling of being an antique.

The three went to visit the competition venue and the museum.

From the documents in the Bogu Museum, Li Ao has some understanding of this arena.

This arena can be traced back to the colonial period with eagles. Its name comes from the San Jose, the largest merchant ship of King Philip V of Spain at the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. It is not so much a merchant ship as a dirty ship.

At that time, Spain was still called the Spanish Empire. The ship was filled with gold and jade plundered from the Americas. In 1708, the eagle sank the dirty ship full of stolen goods in the Caribbean, and it was regarded as the eagle to replace Spain. A symbol of status as a maritime colonial ruler.

In the middle of the 18th century, a group of merchants with eagles established a trade zone here - the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, which was the predecessor of the city. At the same time, eagles established modern football standards, and the world set off the first wave of football. Do business here Businessmen in the United States paid for the construction of a football field and named it the San Jose Arena.

But not long after, Ying Jiang became independent and drove away Dai Ying. The football field was also banned and turned into a boxing arena... After going around for more than 100 years, the head of state set off a basketball craze, and the San Jose Arena also became The first batch of large-scale basketball courts were built. After many years, the owner of this gymnasium became an eagle man. When it was rebuilt, it originally wanted to build a football field. A basketball court and an ice rink were built to become the present comprehensive gymnasium.

After reading the introduction, Li Ao sympathized with the man with the eagle, and sighed: "After all, there is a fly in the ointment."

Liam asked, "Leo, what are you talking about that we don't understand?"

"It's okay, I just sighed, this gymnasium was established earlier than your eagle sauce."

Vivian heard the words and said: "If you are interested, I will take you to visit the former site of the San Jose Arena after the season is over. That is the main building of this museum, and everything here is a replica."

"it is good……"

Li Ao is very interested in visiting various museums and exhibition halls, but in Yingjiang's house, the only things worth seeing are the cultural relics that Yingjiang robbed everywhere.

The museum of Eagle Sauce's native culture...you can take a look if you have time.

Back at the hotel in the evening, physiotherapist Jack and his girlfriend prepared a nutritious meal for Li Ao.

Li Ao asked curiously: "You can still make nutritious meals?"

"It's just the job of a physical therapist, it's not enough to support the family. I spent money to learn this last year."

Li Ao understood: "Life is not easy, but you can be versatile."

Nothing happened overnight, on the second day, February 2th, the last match day of the Pac17 League Division civil war stage arrived!

(End of this chapter)