Chapter 90: Before the Game (13,000 Pushes and Changes)

Lu Qiujian finished talking to Stella in the hallway, and finally persuaded her not to come to watch the game, and was about to go back to rest, but found that Coach Thompson's room was still lit up;

"Actually, their tactics are not perfect!", Lu Qiujian said aloud, and sat down next to him.

"Yes, the so-called Syracuse joint defense is just a variant of the 2-3 joint defense, as long as we have another big man with accurate shooting and a guard who is good at three-point shooting, it can be completely cracked!", Coach Thompson scratched his head, "but we can't stop their offense! And Oklahoma State University relied on the outside line to lead Syracuse University by more than 20 points in the first half of the 32-16 game, and in the second half Syracuse changed to human marking, the score was pulled back! What if they change formations?"

"We can't stop Anthony, and they can't stop me! When the time comes, it will be up to who has a higher shooting percentage!", Lu Qiujian said confidently, "Their two guards are too slow to keep up with me; although Warwick is fast and jumps high, it is easier for spring people like him to take feints, and he will not dare to move if I make two fouls!"

Lu Qiujian pointed to Syracuse University center Craig Fox on the screen and said, "Although they are tall inside, they are not outstanding in terms of offensive ability or rebounding ability! We can try to play Patrice! When defending, be careful not to let Anthony and Warwick easily rush to grab rebounds."

The two discussed for more than an hour, and then they had a rough idea of tomorrow's tactics, and did some targeted training in the venue adaptation training on the second day, and then quietly waited for the game to start.

After entering the quarterfinals, there was an additional press conference before the game, and Coach Thompson appeared in front of reporters with Patrice and Gardson;

"He's going to do his homework!", Thompson shrugged, Lu Qiujian didn't like this kind of occasion, so he was the only one to fight the lightning, "You know, Lu is not only a good player, but also a talented mathematician, the NCAA game has delayed his research time too much, and he is now revising a paper;

Well, this reason is very good and powerful, the reporters are depressed and don't know what to say, originally they prepared questions for Lu Qiujian, but now the protagonist is not in this scene and it becomes boring; several reporters asked Coach Thompson about his outlook for the game, and he coped with it in the official language, but Patrice was full of fighting spirit and said that he was very confident of winning the game.

The game was about to officially start, because Albany was not too far from Princeton, and the Princeton students came to make a special trip, and it almost became the home of the Tigers!

As soon as he entered the court, Lu Qiujian began to look around, "Black, Xiao Lu!", and suddenly a thick and deep man's voice came from behind.

"Wang Nima!oh, Brother Yao is good!", as soon as he turned around, he saw the familiar big man, greeting him with an honest emoji face, Lu Qiujian hurriedly walked over, "Why are you here today?"

"I'm playing a game nearby, I've heard about you for a long time, and this time I just had the opportunity to come and cheer you on!, fight well, I'll invite you to dinner if you win!", Yao Ming patted Lu Qiujian's shoulder and said.

"Okay, but can we not eat the magic capital food?", Lu Qiujian joked lightly, not showing a little nervousness before the competition.

"Do you want to go to which team in the draft?" or come to the rocket!", Yao Ming pouted enthusiastically, "When the time comes, the two of us will definitely be able to play well!"

I went to Boss Fu to do it, Lu Qiujian smiled, and looked at the reporters around him, "It's inconvenient to talk about this matter now, let's have a private chat after the game!"

"Yao! I'm sorry, can you let me say a few words to my junior brother!", at this time, a tall white man in a neat suit came over and stretched out his right hand to Lu Qiujian, "Hello, I'm Bill Bradley, your senior!

This guy was the main force that led the Tigers to the final four that year, and left a total score of 1253 points, an average of 29.83 points per game, a free throw shooting rate of 87.4% and many other Ivy League records, of course, the record of free throw shooting percentage has been broken by Lu Qiujian; after graduation, he won two championships with the Knicks, turned into politics after retiring, and lost to Gore in the presidential candidate competition in the first two years.

"Thank you! I will lead the team to victory in this game!", Lu Qiujian smiled after shaking hands.

Bradley wanted to say something, but at this time, Feng Hongqi, Li Xiao and other acquaintance reporters came over and asked loudly, "Xiao Lu, can you give us an interview after the game?"

"Wait until all the games are over!", Lu Qiujian responded loudly, he can not care much about the sports reporters in the United States, but the domestic reputation still has to be brushed up!

"I'm sorry, I'm going to prepare for the game!", seeing that there was a tendency for people to gather more and more, Lu Qiujian quickly apologized and walked into the court to start shooting practice.

Coach Thompson had something to say to Syracuse coach Jim Boham, who is also a legend who became the head coach of Syracuse University in 1976 at the age of 32 and has been coaching ever since.

In 1987, Syracuse reached the NCAA finals under his command and faced Indiana University under the command of legendary coach Bob Knight at the New Orleans Super Stadium, with 10 seconds to go. And the Syracuse team had possession, the Indiana team fouled, and the Syracuse got a 1+1 free throw opportunity. Syracuse's best player, Derrick Coleman, was at the free-throw line, and as long as he could hit both free throws, Indiana wouldn't have a chance. But he missed the first free throw, and the rebound was snatched by Indiana University. After a timeout, Indiana University won the championship with a three-point kill.

After the game, Knight said to him, "I know you're going back to this place!", coincidentally, the venue of this year's finals is New Orleans again, and with a talented player like Anthony, he is confident that he will make up for his regrets in New Orleans and lead Syracuse to win the championship, but will Lu Qiujian let him get his wish?

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