Chapter 321: Paper Tiger
The bright floor and harsh lights of Poly Arena will make anyone who has never played on a large court intimidating, and this is one of the places where Abdul-Jabbar, Wharton, Love, Westbrook, and all the great names have shown their talent and sweat on this court.
Even the geniuses of Oak Hill High School will feel sweaty palms when they stand here, numb calves, and fluttering soles of their feet.
Oak Hill High School didn't field the strongest roster tonight, and their core point guard Carson Bruno stayed in Virginia with an ankle injury and didn't travel to California with the team.
But the main center, Withers Ott, and the Florida guard Sean Matthes, are standing on the floor of the Poly Arena, and they are both high school players who are ranked among the best in the United States.
Of course, the biggest star of Oak Hill High School is LeBron James's youngest son, a member of McDonald's All-American High School First Team, Blake Maxime James.
He was the only player at Oak Hill High School who stood in the spotlight without the slightest timidity or fear, as he had long since gotten used to it. Ever since he was in elementary school, since the National Junior League, he's been in the media spotlight because of his father.
By the time he went to high school and gradually moved into adulthood, he received more attention because he not only had a great father, but also an amazing older brother.
However, Blake James looks down on and does not want to live under the "James halo", as can be seen from his jersey, the name is printed on the back of the red and black T-shirt.
If the players at Oak Hill High School are a little nervous, then the players at Wilson High School are going to be scared.
But to the surprise of many, Wilson High School, dressed in a white jersey, ran through the tunnel to enter the stadium led by an Asian-faced player. They rushed in, their heads held high, their faces solemn and serious.
Then, just before the game begins, everyone circles around the free throw circle and shouts "kill them!"
This startled the crowd close to the stadium, and also scared Hart, who couldn't believe that the person who had just said those words in the locker room and gathered everyone to cheer them on was Lu Yuan.
Not only did Hart not believe it, but his teammates, Luciano, Panson, Limberd, Noel and others were a little blind, everyone felt that this guy was not the same as usual, but even so, at this moment, if someone is willing to stand up, no matter what he says, everyone will follow suit.
Under extreme tension and tremendous pressure, people will blindly obey, and Lu Yuan's sudden encouragement undoubtedly gave them a guiding light in the darkness.
It's just that they don't know how long this light will shine.
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When the game officially started at 3 p.m., the Poly Arena immediately began to go crazy, no matter who the two sides were, UCLA fans are always fanatical, which is also one of the advantages of UCLA to attract talented players to study and play here.
Blake didn't expect that among the starting five at Wilson High School, Lu Yuan, the guy he met on the street court yesterday, could be seen. Blake wanted to go up and say hello to Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan completely ignored him, his expression was solemn, his eyes were sharp, and he was completely different from the guy who was a little stupid on the court yesterday.
Blake thought to himself, this kid must be fully engaged in the game and don't want to pay attention to the opponent, so wait until the game is over to find him.
The center of both sides jumped the ball in the center circle, and although Limberd was moved to the forward position, he still played the jump, but he faced the 6-foot-8, 200-pound center Withers Otter, who was like a skinny chicken in front of him, easily squeezed Limberd away in the jump ball, and then flicked the ball to his teammates.
The game got on, Oak Hill High School started to attack, and without a leading point guard, Steve Smith handed over the task of organizing to Blake James.
Blake's favorite player is Curry, but his style of play is more inherited from his father, strong, well-rounded, and unusually stable. The only downside is that he is still a little shorter, but he still has a chance to continue to grow taller.
In the first offense, the two sides were in a tentative period, although Oak Hill High School was much more famous than Wilson, but the players of Oak Hill High School did not dare to be careless, and Steve Smith's team never underestimated the enemy, which was the secret of their constant victory.
Blake passed the ball to Ott, who asked for the ball in the ribs, Ott took the ball, faced Marin Noel, who was also fat but a little shorter, Sigma turned to the basket, then tentatively walked, and then suddenly made an extremely flexible and rapid 360-degree turn, like a spinning ball, sticking to Noel and going around, and then to the empty basket, lightly layup.
An unusually easy score, Noel, who changed to a center forward, faced Ott, did not drop points in terms of size, and was not Ott's opponent at all in defense, he was simply cleaned up and had no reaction.
On the sidelines, Hart's sweat came down, and he was beating the drum in his heart, whether it was right or wrong to let Noel play center.
The first two minutes of Oak Hill High School were unusually relaxed, and their already somewhat nervous mood was half relaxed. Let's take a look at Wilson High School's offense, if the offense doesn't work, it proves that Wilson High School is indeed a paper tiger, as people rumor, a very weak team.
Panson's hands were a little shaky when he received the ball from the baseline, and his possession of the ball had always been steady, but it was impossible not to be nervous when he faced a strong team like Oak Hill for the first time and played in the Poly Arena at UCLA University.
He carefully controlled the ball through the half, and the first thing he did was to stop and find Lu Yuan, but the opponent quickly pressed up, and when he was nervous, he actually held the ball with both hands and died.
For a point guard, you must not hold the ball until you have to, and let yourself fall into a dead ball, so that the offensive rhythm is completely broken.
The player who defended Pan Sen immediately posted it, Pan Sen's physical confrontation ability was already poor, this post, he was immediately forced to be at a loss, and when he saw Lu Yuan who came to answer, he threw the ball towards him.
This pass is obviously unqualified, the target is too obvious, the speed is not fast enough, and the pass is not accurate enough, the player defending Lu Yuan saw through the passing intention at once, and touched the ball first, and was about to break the ball.
But Lu Yuan, who was on his side, squeezed his body, stuck in front of the defender, fished the ball back, and then dribbled with a back turn, so beautiful that he threw off the defender who grabbed the front.
There was no defender in front of Lu Yuan, his feet did not stop at all, and he went straight to the basket from outside the three-point line at an astonishing speed.
There was no change of direction, no change of speed, no feints, pure straight-line acceleration, the defense line of Oak Hill High School was pierced by an arrow, Lu Yuan directly entered the three-second zone, facing the defense of Ott, after jumping, he dodged in the air, and made a layup with his left hand.
Lu Yuan's offense was done in one go from beginning to end, without too fancy techniques, starting, accelerating, and layups, clean and clean, without dragging the mud.
The UCLA students at the scene all exclaimed, just now Ott turned around beautifully and scored a goal, and the audience did not have such a reaction, because Ott is quite famous in the United States, and the fans who came to watch the game will know a little bit and will not be too surprised.
But Wilson High School, the kid wearing the No. 18 jersey, can be seen from an attack that he is definitely not a simple player, but no one has ever heard of this Chinese player.
Lu Yuan quickly returned to the defense after scoring the goal, and his goal gave his teammates a reassurance, especially Pan Sen, if he had just made a pass mistake and was beaten into a fast attack by Oak Mountain, it would have been terrible.
"Relax, Panson, we can win. Lu Yuan said to Pan Sen as he ran back, Pan Sen nodded, he felt that Lu Yuan was very different today.
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"Talk to me about the kid. ”
In an office next to the small hall of the UCLA Humanities Building, Professor Lorett said to Luna, who was sitting on a stool, with a heavy complexion.
The symposium was over, and Lorrett was a little surprised by her student's unexpected performance, and as her mentor, he knew there must be something wrong with it.
In Lorret's impression, Luna has always been calm, rational, and takes the consequences seriously when she speaks and acts, and rarely emotionally behaves.
However, instead of asking him directly what was going on, Professor Rorett asked Luna to talk about the boy, Lu Yuan.
Luna told Professor Rorett about Lu Yuan's situation, and Professor Rorett thought for a moment and said, "From his symptoms, some of them tend to be borderline personality disorder. ”
"From the description of the symptoms, there are indeed similarities, but borderline personality disorder does not show amnesia, and there are manic conditions. ”
"Just because he's more stable in front of familiar environments and people doesn't mean he's not manic. And mania is not the key, but his self-identification, he considers himself his older brother, if not a split personality, then there is the possibility of a performative personality. ”
Luna thought for a moment and asked, "Is there a case for this?"
Rorett turned on his computer, found a folder, and said, "I had a similar case ten years ago. After the death of her sister, a little girl will think of herself as an older sister and play with her. When she was herself, she didn't remember the existence of her sister, but when she became a sister, she remembered herself, but thought she was a sister. ”
"Could it be that he had a brother who died?"
"Perhaps, since he knows the name, it is likely that there is. ”
At this moment, Luna's cell phone rings, and she receives a text message from Jensen to herself, "He's not awake yet." ”
Luna blurted out, "Oops. ”
Professor Lorett asks her what's wrong, and Luna tells the professor about Lu Yuan being hypnotized and waking up thinking he's her brother.
Lorett listened and replied: "Maybe you don't have to worry too much, judging from the case I handled, when she thinks she is her sister, her behavior is not particularly abnormal, and after a certain amount of external stimulation, she will suddenly wake up." If there is anything abnormal, one is the loss of some short-term memory, such as the person I just met yesterday, I may not remember it today, but my usual friends and parents will remember it; Still, just in case, you'd better go and meet him. ”
Professor Lorett said this, and Luna was a little relieved, and then got up, just in time to go to the Poly Gymnasium to see Lu Yuan and prevent anything from happening.
Before leaving, Professor Rorett said to Luna, "Are you, or are you still mindful of your father's business?" ”
Luna didn't answer, she lowered her head, and Lorrett patted her on the shoulder, watching her leave.
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