"Brother Yao, hello, I'm Ruan Erniu from UCLA!" I have to say, this is a terrible opening statement. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Da Yao is an athlete with super high emotional intelligence, and he quickly resolved the embarrassment with an even worse answer: "Oh, Brother Niu, hello, I'm Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets!"

At this moment, Ruan Erniu and Yao Ming laughed at the same time.

After laughing, Yao Ming first congratulated: "Brother Niu, I want to send a belated congratulations here, congratulating you on becoming the first person from the Celestial Empire to win the John Wood Award." ”

"Brother Yao, just call me Erniu, you are the boss of the men's basketball team, if you have the opportunity to enter the national team in the future, I will rely on your care!" Ruan Erniu said.

"Okay, since you're so direct, I'm not going to talk nonsense. I'm willing to be your introducer! Erniu, you're really in a good time! If it had been a few years ago, I might not have been able to help!" Yao Ming said with emotion.

Ruan Erniu asked modestly, "Brother Yao, what do you say?"

"It's very simple, you have caught up with the Olympic Games in the imperial capital! Even Dazhi has gone back, and it is only natural to recruit you!" Yao Ming's words were quite meaningful.

How could Ruan Erniu, who also came out of the system, not understand that there are some things that can only be understood but cannot be spoken! However, in the face of the glorious task of winning glory for the country and showing the best of himself at home, everything can be compromised and discussed!

"So, you don't have to think about it, just focus on preparing for the NCAA. When you make it to the NBA draft this year, everything else will come naturally. Da Yao said.

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Da Yao and Er Niu also talked about a lot of topics, they were strangers in a foreign land, and the two Celestial Dynasty people who made milestone contributions in the field of basketball naturally had many topics in common.

Finally, Da Yao wished Erniu to lead UCLA to win the NCAA championship, and Erniu also expressed his hope that Yao Ming would win the NBA championship as soon as possible.

Since the agent's affairs can be suspended, the affairs of the national team are guaranteed again. That means that Ruan Erniu finally has no worries. He set his sights on his next opponent, the University of Pittsburgh basketball team, but before him, there was already one member of the UCLA team who had been studying the opponent for a long time.

"Hey, Kraft, did you notice, Coach Holland seems to be very serious about our opponents!" Westbrook asked casually.

"And rightfully so, the No. 3 seed in the West Side, eliminated Virginia State Commonwealth University, which eliminated Duke. No matter how you look at it, it's a strong opponent!" said Ruan Erniu, who looked at the information and studied the opponent.

However, it soon proved that Ruan Erniu's research was not in place.

Ben spent four years at the University of Pittsburgh before coaching us, and his coach, Jamie Dixon, was an assistant coach who had been with Ben for many years. Back then, Ben recommended him to be the head coach before he left Pittsburgh, so you know where Ben is now, right?" explains Aaron Afflalo.

Of course, I understand! The more old acquaintances are, the more they want to show their best side to each other after separation. To put it in layman's terms: no one can afford to lose that man!

"Move faster, defend, defend, defend!" Contain the opponent's offense, that's the key to victory!" Ben Holland kept shouting.

Ben is almost going crazy, and that's what Ben Holland's assistant coach said. Before the game even started, UCLA's coach was already in a state of excitement.

And, of course, with the wails of the Bruins!

On March 22, the HP Coliseum in San Jose, California, across the river is the Oracle Center where the Golden State Warriors are located.

The NCAA Western Conference semifinals were enough to grab the attention of NBA star players. Before the game began, Byron Davis and Stephen Jackson came to the stadium to cheer.

Byron Davis, in particular, came to UCLA's locker room to wish them the best of luck in winning the game.

Quite simply, the bearded man is also a member of the UCLA gang in the NBA, and the current boss of the Golden State Warriors encourages his juniors with his deeds and achievements.

The bearded man probably wouldn't have imagined that a month later, he would usher in the most brilliant chapter of his career - the Black Eight Miracle. And the German tank Novi driver, who just won the NBA regular season MVP, ended his 06-07 season in a "soft egg".

Back in the present tense, UCLA's match against Pittsburgh has officially begun.

The annual NCAA schedule has reached the Western Conference semifinals, and there are more and more media and cameras on and off the court, but it is not the players on the court who are the first to steal the spotlight, but the coaches on the sidelines. Coach Ben Holland opened his arms and kept calling for "defense", which became the hottest picture after the game began.

Both sides are obsessed with the defensive end, so the shooting percentages of both teams are in the diving area.

Ruan Erniu was the first to stand up, whether it was facing the opponent's power forward Levine Kendall, or the misplaced opponent of the main core of the interior line, center Aaron Gray, he showed a very high level of attack.

Both Kendall and Gray were deceived by his beautiful footwork, either being shot in the high post or being eaten in the low post. The weakness on the defensive end also made them lose themselves on the offensive end, and in the face of Ruan Erniu, who was obviously inferior to him in height, he was never able to play an efficient offense.

Erniu exploded on the inside, but UCLA's outside style was still not smooth, and Afflalo's hand felt that he had not returned, and he only shot 3 of 11 in the whole game, but Afflalo, as the core of the team's outside line, still reflected his basketball IQ in key battles, and he used breakthroughs again and again to cause killing. Although he scored less in the athletic battle, he still scored 17 points efficiently by making 10 of 10 free throws, making a contribution to the team.

Although, Pittsburgh fought back in the second half and at one point narrowed the score to single digits. However, there were also people on the UCLA side who stepped up, and Josh Ship, who had been compressed in the game, stepped up at critical moments, hit consecutive 3-pointers, and scored 16 points in the game, laying the foundation for UCLA's victory.

Pittsburgh's core center, Aaron Gray, has never been able to find his shooting percentage under the bag of Mata and Nguyen Erniu, and his 10 points and 6 rebounds are more like an ordinary role player.

What's even funnier is the guy directly opposite him, Lorenzo Mata, who has shot just 37% of his free throws this season, but has hit both of them at crucial moments.

Seeing this scene, the UCLA bench suddenly fell into a sea of joy, and Westbrook fell to the floor with laughter, banging on the floor while shouting "Oh!mygod!" (Seems to have fallen into some strange scene again)

And Mata's free throws are also a microcosm of UCLA in the whole game, with a free throw shooting rate of 23 of 26 and Ruan Erniu's overturning on the inside. At 55:69, UCLA successfully eliminated its opponent and advanced to the Western Conference finals.

After the game, Coach Ben Holland and Coach Jamie Dixon hugged each other affectionately.

Coach Holland told reporters: "It makes me very emotional. I have a lot of good friends over there. I hope we will never be forced to fight each other again. ”

Ruan Erniu bit Wei Shao's ear not far away: "Why is the winner always so compassionate?

Wei Shao squinted his eyes and didn't reply, with an expression that you knew too much.