I’m Really Playing Basketball

April 1, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia Dome.

As a Duke University player who has begun to be hailed as the strongest team in NCAA history, when he stepped into this arena, he felt the overwhelming blue atmosphere.

The Georgia Dome, which can accommodate more than 70,000 spectators, was one of the main venues of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. At this moment, it has been occupied by fans of Duke University.

"What is the face of the card, this is the face of the card!"

As the candidate team for the most powerful Boss in NCAA history, the Duke University players who are warming up on the court are very satisfied and proud.

They love the feeling of being surrounded by the whole world.

Before this game began, they felt that the center of the world was moving away from them.

Now, they feel the center of the world again, still on their bodies!

Although Marquette University is known as the Golden Eagle, in fact, the representative color of the team is actually blue.

And it's bluer than the blue of the Duke Blue Devils.

But in this game, Duke University is the home team. They wore blue. Marquette University had to give up their first home jersey with 'blue gold trim' and put on the first home jersey with 'golden blue trim'. Two home jerseys.

This jersey is rarely worn by Marquette University.

To be honest, for Chen Xiao, he would rather wear the visiting team's white jersey than the gold and blue jersey on his body.

"Xiaotai, do you think this jersey is too coquettish, too bright, and dazzles your eyes?"

Wade, who was shooting a three-pointer, glanced at Chen Xiao and was speechless.

Bright is a little brighter, and Sao is indeed a little bit more. The problem is, we black people don't have any opinions, but you, a yellow person, still have such a big opinion?

Can you imagine how black a black man would look in such bright clothes?

When the reporters on the sidelines were taking pictures, the golden clothes were shining, and his handsome black face and confident big cheeks were covered by the golden light!

Do you think we want to wear it?

"Little boy, not only can we not lose in this game, but we can't even lose in battle. If we don't take out the clothes we're wearing at the bottom of the suitcase, we won't be able to overwhelm anyone."

The team leader Caudell Henry pouted towards the sidelines after speaking.

Chen Xiao looked at the auditorium on the sidelines, the whole audience was blue!

It's not the blue to dark purple blue of Marquette University, it's the ocean blue, which belongs to Duke University.

It is not that there are other colors in the stands, the gold is too bright, even if there are not so many people, it is still very conspicuous.

if white...

Chen Xiao shook his head.

"We are so popular this season, I thought we had a lot of fans."

Chen Xiao felt a little regretful, he felt that he actually had some of Wade's crazy temperament.

"There must be more people who follow us than Duke University. However, tickets to the NCAA finals are so difficult to buy and so expensive. Duke University has been the top NCAA school for more than 20 years, and its fan base is too large. , and Duke University is the defending champion, Duke University fans want to witness the team's defending success live."

"One more thing you didn't say is that Georgia, where Atlanta is located, is close to North Carolina, but too far from Milwaukee."

"Little one, you won't be afraid, will you?"

"How can it be!"

Boss, do I look like the kind of person who gets scared?

I, Chen Xiao, am the most vicious 'beast' in history who is proficient in wolf king spirit and mamba spirit!

Being afraid of Chen Xiao is really not afraid.

Envious, Chen Xiao is really envious.

Look at those crowds on the sidelines, especially those celebrity crowds in the front row.

Most are supporting Duke University with the Duke University logo.

It would be great if they supported us, it must be great, right?

"Duke University is the No. 1 NCAA school, right?"

Chen Xiao asked curiously.

When he played against the No. 1 giant UCLA, UCLA did not give him such a feeling.

"The No. 1 giant is still UCLA. UCLA's background is too deep. Compared with UCLA, Duke University was actually a 'traditional underdog' that was worse than Boston University. It has not entered the national competition for 50 consecutive years. When Marquette University won the championship, Duke University was just so-so. Now, we at Marquette University can’t even see the taillights of Duke University.”

"Coach K changed everything!"

Coach K?

Chen Xiao was quite curious about the very 'refined' white coach standing there next to him.

As a beginner, Chen Xiao has a celebrity plot.

He was very curious about this head coach who even respected Marquette University players.

Suddenly Chen Xiao said 'I'm curious! ’ Staring at her with big sparkling eyes, Coach K smiled politely and gracefully at Chen Xiao after being taken aback for a moment.

"Is that what Mr. John said about the funny eyes?"

It was really fun!

He had never seen such bright and dark eyes.

The eyes are the windows to the soul, and this sentence is very appropriate in front of these eyes.

After the arrival of Coach K, Duke has been one of the most successful teams in the NCAA in the past 20 years.

This hasn't started yet, and these Duke fans on the sidelines are celebrating like they are celebrating a championship.

"There will be a lot of pressure on the Marquette players in this game. When I was 19 years old, I would have stage fright in the face of such a scene."

Wearing a handsome suit, Kobe with an unshaven face and a small afro, this outfit is quite cyberpunk. It feels like the suit on his body was won by him in a duel with someone just holding a revolver.

On the contrary, Kevin Garnett next to him has a neat face and an elegant smile. In addition, the silver suit on his body fits him very well, giving people a very personable feeling.

Sure enough, he is one of the most popular insiders in the NBA.

This image is really not a joke.

Don't brag, with Garnett's looks and temperament, as long as he doesn't speak, he is definitely the most handsome insider in the NBA.

As the second head of the Lakers, it is strange to watch the game this time without being with his teammates, but with Garnett.

But it's not surprising.

The relationship between Kobe and Garnett is very good.

Otherwise, with Kobe's personality, it is absolutely impossible to say something like 'I can still have stage fright at the age of 19'.

Because when he was 19 years old, he really had stage fright, and Garnett knew it too.

In the NBA All-Star Game 4 years ago, Kobe, who started for the first time in the All-Star Game at that time, was still a little brother in the NBA, but before the All-Star Game, Kobe performed very explosively, and the media crazily praised Kobe and Jordan. showdown.

You, a little brother who played in the All-Star for the first time, are also qualified to represent the West against Jordan?

Where do you put the faces of O'Neal, Malone, and David Robinson?

Everyone knows Kobe's character, how could he say something like "Our team has a lot of bosses, Jordan's opponent is not me, but them".

The final result, of course, was that Kobe was isolated by all the big shots in the West.

Not only was he isolated, but Kobe was completely ignored. No one spoke to Kobe.

Kobe is a confident teenager, and the cold and violent treatment of him by those western bosses even made him lose confidence. He felt that he was really not worthy of an All-Star, and he almost doubted his life.

It can be seen how severe the cold violence of those big guys was, and how much damage it did to Kobe at that time.

At this time, I have to say that fat man.

What a great opportunity this is. If this opportunity is handled well, the Lakers will still have a fart of internal strife, and they will not be true brothers and sisters, ruling the world.

When Kobe needed to be saved, it was Garnett who finally stood up...

Garnett stood up when Kobe was most helpless and confused.

Garnett put his arm around Kobe's shoulder and said: "Young man, stay with me, run with me, don't worry, I'll pass you the ball."

In Kobe's first All-Star Game, when he gradually lost confidence under the pressure of his teammates, he encountered a match against Jordan that was hyped by the media. It was hard to say that he was not stage fright in this environment.

Fortunately, Garnett finally helped him out. Halfway through the first quarter, Kobe, who received a second pass from Garnett and completed a dunk, even felt that it was one of the happiest moments in his life.

"At that moment, it was like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon!"

(Ps: It’s not what the fisherman said, but Kobe himself. If you are interested, you can take a look at this dunk. Kobe’s waist is bent into a bow shape, and his hands want to smash the basket.)

Therefore, Kobe and Garnett may not have so many friends in the NBA, but each other has each other in their friend lists.

It's amazing that two people who are not very good at making friends can finally become friends.

Closer to home, Kobe was a little worried that the environment of the game would be unfavorable to Chen Xiao and Marquette University.

Garnett also has such concerns.

Let’s just say that when the two teams played just now, Duke University was greeted by cheers, while Marquette University was greeted by a lot of mocking ‘haha laugh’ voices, accompanied by shouts It's something like 'precious beast' or 'fool'.

To be reasonable, the competition environment Chen Xiao is facing now is much worse than that of Kobe Bryant.

At least, Kobe is not a beginner.

"Judging from his CIC training, his mood is fairly stable."

Chen Xiao on the court didn't seem to be affected by the audience, which reassured Garnett a little.

On the court, Chen Xiao was indeed not affected by the audience.

Duke University is very strong, the fans of Duke University and the Blue Devils are very manic, but Chen Xiao is very curious now, very curious!

"I'm very curious!"'s eyes were extraordinarily bright tonight.

Because Chen Xiao is not sure how powerful his 90 mid-range shot is, an outstanding mid-range shot, in the NCAA!

In the open shots on the training ground, there is no way to verify how much better the 90 mid-range shot is than the 89 mid-range shot.

"After all, it is a big improvement, so it should be much stronger!"

Chen Xiao was looking forward to it and thinking curiously.

The warm-up of the two teams is over, the head coaches of the two teams have arranged the final tactics, and the starting players of the two teams, led by the leaders of the two teams, stand on the court.

The battle between Marquette University and Duke University is imminent.

Neither Marquette nor Duke changed their starters in this game.

Braxon, Wade, Ron Howard, Chen Xiao, Diana, Marquette University's "three eagles and two claws" starting combination is very stable.

Boozer, Dunleavy Jr., Dengtai Jones, Jay Williams, and Chris Duhon's "Five Greats" combination is also very stable.

Seeing the starting lineups of the two teams stand on the court, the scouts on the sidelines and the bigwigs in the NBA all concentrated their attention.

No way, the 10 players on the court are all players on the scouts' notebook.

NCAA hit now, Marquette's five starters have all been on the scout booklet.

At the same time, the five of them, like the Duke Five, have also entered the eyes of NBA bigwigs.

Don't talk about the Duke Five, just talk about the five starters from Marquette University, each of them has its own characteristics.

Not to mention Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard, Dina and Braxon are also very interesting players.

As a white man, Diana's explosive power and speed may not be so outstanding, his breakthrough ability is average, and his lethality is average, but the ball control improved by Chen Xiao is extremely secure, coupled with the white man's ball quotient and passing advantages, coupled with his Chen Xiao improved his defense, which is no longer a weakness, plus an excellent three-pointer and above-average mid-range shots...

Diener gives the impression that he is a perfect "dribble guard" template without any independent offensive ability. In fact, his template is indeed "Fisher".

Not to mention the first round, at least, Diener's draft prospect is very optimistic, there must be an NBA team willing to want such a player.

Compared with Dina, Braxon's draft prospects are much worse.

Knowing everything, playing four is too short, and playing three is too slow, which is really not popular in the current NBA.

But in terms of characteristics, Braxon is more distinctive than Dina, and there are few players like Braxon in the NBA.

"This game is likely to have a huge impact on the pattern of this year's NBA draft!"

"These ten people on the court are all likely to enter the first round of this year's draft!"

Although Chen Xiao and the others have not announced their participation in the draft, it is no secret that Wade and Ron Howard have long given up studying.

In the eyes of many people, after Wade and Ron Howard left, Chen Xiao and the others had no reason to stay.

The five people from Marquette University are likely to all participate in the draft this year, and the situation at Duke is similar.

In the middle circle, the players who jumped the ball in this game were Boozer and Braxon.

Boozer is 5 cm taller than Braxon, but compared to the disadvantages of bounce and speed, the 5 cm height advantage is really negligible.

snap!

Amid the boos of the fans, Blakeson defeated Boozer for Marquette University's first offensive opportunity of the game.

"If Boozer didn't jump the ball a few times, I think he might be able to move forward in the draft."

Many scouts are talking about Boozer's problems on the sidelines. Boozer has no problems whether it is technology or golf intelligence, but this physical talent...

"It's just the insider version of Wonder Boy!"

The scouts on the sidelines were discussing the players on the court, and the players on the court were concentrating on the game at this time.

The two teams faced each other for the first time this season, and they looked unfamiliar, but in fact, both teams were very familiar with each other's offense and defense.

Duke University players are not that tall, so this team's defense is also very aggressive.

The team's three players averaged more than 2.5 steals per game, just look at this data.

While Diener was still dribbling in the backcourt, Chris Duhon posted up.

And the other four Duke University players also scattered when Chris Duhon posted Marquette University!

"The audience is pressing!"

"This is Duke's all-court press against the best players in the league!"

"Duke University is giving Marquette University a blow!"

Of course, Chen Xiao knew about Duke University's crowd pressing.

Studied in tactics class at Marquette University.

However, when researching before, they were all seen on the video, and this was the first time Chen Xiao saw the live pressing tactics of the audience.

How could any team dare to press Marquette University before, did the old birthday star hang himself?

"The oppression is really great."

Although Chen Xiao was surprised by this tactic, she was more curious.

On the contrary, at this time, the CCTV reporters in the stands and the Chinese basketball circle were a little shivering.

The whole court is pressing, this term has recently made the Chinese basketball circle feel terrified.

Duke is famous for its full-court press, but from the start of the game, it went straight to Marquette's full-court press, seriously.

This is a bit condescending.

How can two teams with similar strengths press the whole court from the beginning?

"Duke University is very arrogant, some look down on Marquette University."

"Arrogance is arrogance, but Chris Duhon moves very quickly and cautiously. He is one of the few guards in the NCAA whose defense has reached the NBA level. Although Dina's ball handling is very good, he needs to find Opportunity to pass the ball, even if the team's offensive rhythm is interrupted by other Marquette University players, they have to respond..."

A scout on the sidelines had just finished speaking, and the sudden scene on the field made the audience exclaim!

"Travis Diener didn't call a screen and broke Chris Duhon's full-court press one-on-one!"

Not only broke Chris Duhon's full-court press one-on-one, but quickly!

Not to mention the audience and scouts on the sidelines, even the Duke players on the court and Coach K on the sidelines were surprised.

"Dina's ball-handling ability has reached the level of an NBA dribble guard?!"

Diana accidentally broke through Chris Duhon's press, and a hole appeared in an otherwise perfect pocket.

If the whole court is pressed and broken, then there will be air leaks everywhere.

After halftime, Dina did not look for Wade as usual, but directly dribbled the ball straight to the basket.

“Very smart choice!”

On the court, the Duke players who had an accidental hole could only make up for it, and then the vacancy was leaked directly.

From the corner of the eye, Dina, who had been on Chen Xiao's body for a long time, faced the supplementary defense, and pushed the ball very lightly to Chen Xiao's head.

Diana disrupted Duke University's defense. Although Chen Xiao and his teammates didn't have any assisting players on the passing route, the defenders in front of Chen Xiao never moved.

Jay Williams!

Jay Williams doesn't seem to be 1.9 meters tall, but he puts a lot of pressure on Chen Xiao's defense.

It should be said that it was the first time that Chen Xiao met a player who gave him such a great defensive pressure on the court.

"Boy, do you know why I didn't walk around you to prevent you from catching the ball?"

"Because, I want you to see what NBA-level defense is!"

"I will use my NBA-level defense to smash your so-called NBA elite mid-range shot!"

NBA-level defense?

Is this NBA-level defense?

A defense with no room to attack!

Sure enough, at the training ground, Brother Luo and Xiaotai just didn't go all out!

I don't know if my 90 mid-range shot can break the NBA-level defense?

Facing Jay Williams' threat, Chen Xiao's eyes became even brighter.

"Is this kid sick?!"

Tucao return to Tucao, Jay Williams's hands have not stopped.

Jay Williams' NBA-level defense is no bragging rights.

Not only is the pressure great and the fit is tight, but also the hands are always ready for the gun.

Chen Ling's physical instinct told him that as long as he lowered the ball a little and adjusted it a little, the basketball in his hand would leave him.

"If the magical boy shoots, I'm afraid he won't even have room to adjust!"

"Facing an NBA-level defense with no room for adjustment, this shot is too difficult!"

This shot is really difficult, and Chen Xiao also made a lot of mid-range shots in the game.

It's the first time I can't make a full shot with this kind of action.

Lean back, jump, shoot!

Jay Williams' defense was too tight, Chen Xiao didn't even have room to kick his legs!

"Wonder Boy's shot was awkwardly defended by me. This shot will definitely hit iron!"

So, after finishing the defense, Jay Williams was yelling 'Protect the rebound'!

Hearing Jay Williams' yell, the players from Duke University quickly surrounded the basket, protected the penalty area, and blocked the players from Marquette University.

Boozer, Dengtai Jones, and Dunleavy Jr. are all ready to grab rebounds.

Even the spectators were ready to cheer the defense loudly.

After a while.

There was a sound of brushing.

The audience is silent!

"Is this NBA-level defense?"

"Sure enough!"

"but……"

Hearing the sound, Jay Williams turned his head mechanically and looked at Chen Xiao who was sitting on the ground, his eyes still sparkling...

but?

"However, maybe you are too short and hit my wrist just now."

For a moment Jay Williams felt a tightness in his chest.

There is a feeling of being pierced by thousands of arrows.

He was actually despised by people for his height? !

Even Ron Howard, who rushed over to help Chen Xiao up, was stunned.

Chen, are you a devil? !

Such a naive expression and tone of voice can actually say such "vicious" words for basketball players? !

Beep beep!

A belated whistle.

The referee next to him raised his right hand a little later.

Two points are valid.

Hit, plus penalty!

At this moment, staring at Chen Xiao, Jay Williams, who has always been proud and arrogant, already exuded the black air of 'no one should enter'...

"Boy, you, it's over!"

This game, I want to ruin you!

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