Legendary star

Chapter 2 The First Game

"Defend, defend." In the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Stadium, tens of thousands of spectators were shouting frantically at the moment.

Looking at this familiar stadium and listening to these heart-pounding shouts, Meng Xu was too excited. If it is Meng Xu's biggest dream to be on the NBA stage and compete with Jordan, then Representing the Wake Forest Devil Deacons in the NCAA competition is one of Meng Xu's greatest wishes since he entered the academy.Ever since watching Jordan's first game in junior high school, Meng Xu has been obsessed with basketball and admired Jordan. He even chose to apply for the prestigious NCAA school after graduating from high school, which is Jordan's alma mater, North Carolina Lena University. , but finally came to Wake Forest College by mistake. Due to limited talent, although he impressed the head coach Odom with his hard work, he still couldn't get the chance to play, even before the winter vacation. In the last few games, the team fell into a situation where no one was available, and Meng Xu could only play a few minutes in the last garbage time, averaging 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, and 0 turnovers. In order to get more opportunities to play after the New Year, Meng Xu gave up the opportunity to go home for the Spring Festival, and spent the entire winter vacation alone on the training ground.

Meng Xu sat on the bench by the sidelines, looking at the red score on the scoreboard, 57:40, Meng Xu sighed softly, the 40-minute game has been played for more than 30 minutes, and Wake Forest is behind by 17 points , It has basically entered the garbage time. This game is the last game of Wake Forest this season. Wake Forest, which is already at the bottom of the ACC league, will definitely miss the next elite game.

Today's game is Wake Forest vs. Duke University, and this game is also the final battle of the acc league. Tim Duncan, the greatest player in the history of Wake Forest last season, participated in the NBA draft after graduating from college. Ke Forest's performance this season has been declining all the way, and he was at the bottom of the ACC league.

"Meng, you replace Robert." Wake Forest's head coach Lamar Odom looked at the bench and hesitated for a long time, then patted Meng Xu on the shoulder, indicating that it was time for Meng Xu to play: "After a holiday, this kid seems Grow taller?" Coach Odom looked at Meng Xu's back and muttered in his heart, for Meng Xu, Coach Odom basically didn't pay much attention to him, although he moved Coach Odom by relying on hard work and stalking , but Meng Xu is a dispensable role in Wake Forest. He can't even participate in the team's mock match. Constantly experiencing various injuries, Odom will not bring Meng Xu during the game.

"Well." Finally it was my turn to play, just like the protagonist of countless novels, he is the knight who wants to save the team, Meng Xu took off his jacket excitedly, revealing his No. 5 jersey, and walked quickly court.

It was just that there was a burst of boos accompanying Meng Xu on the field. With a big score behind, Wake Forest replaced all the main players and gave up resistance. Half of the main players were dispatched, and several substitutes were sent to the field, while the fans booed to express their dissatisfaction with this failed season.

"Oh, if only Tim was still here." Coach Odom, with some gray hair, looked at the tall man in the stands in the distance, and couldn't hide his inner disappointment.The team has been in a very difficult situation in the last two seasons. First, a group of senior players headed by Tim Duncan graduated and left, and then the team suffered large-scale injuries. Even in the last few games before the winter vacation, the team Can't even make up 7 people.

"Is this booing me?" Meng Xu was a little puzzled. It wasn't my fault that the team fell behind by a large score. It was the lack of strength of the main players, okay? I didn't play for a minute in this game.

With the sound of the whistle, the game restarted. Wake Forest's backup guard Mark took the ball and rushed to the frontcourt quickly. Raising his hand half a meter away from the 3-point line was a 3-pointer.

It would be strange if he could score. Meng Xu, who played small forward, had to retreat just after halftime, and the rebound was easily won by Elton Brand. Brand is the number one pick this year. Let his disciples collect more data, even if it is garbage time, the old coach K still keeps Brand on the field.

Soon Brand advanced to the half court, maybe because he felt that Meng Xu was about the same height as Brand, coach Odom shouted loudly from the bench to tell Meng Xu to defend Brand, seeing that he was heavier than himself With Brand in a circle, Meng Xu had no choice but to bite the bullet and push forward.

Looking at Meng Xu who was defending him in front of him, Brand looked disdainful, stretched out his hand for the ball, and was about to hit Meng Xu single-handedly. The moment the basketball passed, a black figure jumped out at an astonishing speed, and Meng Xu successfully broke the ball. The ball, hit the forward field.The skill of sixth sense is really against the sky. As soon as Duke University's point guard left the basketball, Meng Xu accurately judged the passing route and easily intercepted the ball.

With Meng Xu's current speed of 80 plus 10 points of speed added by the sixth sense skill, the speed attribute of 90, not to mention the NCAA, even in the NBA is top-notch, so when Meng Xu advances below the free throw line At the time, the Duke players hadn't even stepped back past the center circle.

"I want to dunk, I want to dunk." Meng Xu continued to accelerate, feeling the whistling wind in his ears, Meng Xu yelled out uncontrollably.

"I really flew up." When advancing two meters within the free throw line, Meng Xu's body jumped up as if he couldn't control himself. Facing the unguarded basket, Meng Xu slammed Throw the basketball in.

"Cool" Meng Xu waved his arms, this feeling is simply amazing.Enjoying the shouts and cheers of the fans, recalling the feeling of flying in the sky just now, Meng Xu now understands why those professional players always look happy and excited after dunking, because this feeling is too much. Enjoyed it.

"Door, your steal is really cool, and of course the dunk is also great." The teammates on the field surrounded Meng Xu and patted Meng Xu's back excitedly.

"Beautiful dunk." Coach Odom on the bench clapped his hands and was very excited to see this dunk.

"Door panel? This nickname is really ugly." Meng Xu shook his head looking at his teammates who had retreated. In addition to this nickname, Meng Xu also had another nickname called Mr. No. 0.

"Boy, you pissed me off." Brand stared at Meng Xu and said viciously.

"Really, this is just the beginning." Meng Xu stepped forward and pressed Brand tightly, and put his right hand on Brand's waist by the way, ready to make some small moves at any time, but after seeing the referee's affectionate eyes, Still gave up.

After receiving the basketball, Brand turned his back to Meng Xu and raised the ball with both hands, "Boy, just now I heard your teammates call you door board. It's really a unique name. Let me teach you how to play today." Bar."

"He's going to turn around." The moment Brand's body moved, Meng Xu predicted his next move, and with a light poke with his left hand, the basketball rolled towards the other end of the court.

"fuck" looking at Meng Xu's figure, Brand was furious.

"Tim, how do you feel after watching this game?" A middle-aged man in the stands pointed to the big man beside him.

"Wake Forest is too weak this year." The big man shook his head helplessly. "Brand is very strong, and he is the hottest No. [-] pick this year. I am looking forward to him entering the league."

"Tim, do you have a picture of that No. 5 player?" The middle-aged man said with a smile, watching Meng Xu galloping across the field.

"Are you talking about Meng? He should be a freshman this year. I haven't been teammates with him. I heard that other players on the team call him door board. It is said that his movement is slow and his strength is not enough. He often defends. Out of position." Duncan recalled the scene when he entered the home team's locker room and chatted with the players and coaches before the game.Today is Wake Forest's last game of the season, and Duncan just returned to North Carolina to play an away game, so he returned to his alma mater by the way, and took coach Popovich to watch the game.

"He played very little time and his statistics were poor, but judging from his defense against Brand in these two possessions, he is not slow to move, and his defensive anticipation is also very good. The important thing is his The defensive attitude is very good, but the strength is a bit weak, if you can sharpen it for a few seasons, you will have no problem entering the NBA." The middle-aged man kept rubbing his hands on his thighs.

Back on the court, Brand slapped the basketball, his strong back and huge buttocks kept pushing Meng Xu backwards, the difference in strength between the two was too great, Meng Xu couldn't stand Brand at all, Brand De turned around and jumped high, and the basketball hit the net.

"Boy, your strength is too weak, not even as good as a woman." Brand challenged with a look of contempt.

"This kid's strength is really great. Hmph, I'll let you be arrogant for a while. After I fill up my attribute points and learn more skills, see if I don't torture you to death." Meng Xu muttered Said, while lamenting, it is impossible to kill the Quartet on the court with just one skill, and I have to work harder.

(End of this chapter)