Chapter 7: Born Out of Thin Air
At half past three in the afternoon, the game has already begun, after all, there are NBA games in the evening, and the NCAA games are not as important as the NBA games from a business point of view. Moreover, this is a three-time Laker.
In California, the UCLA Bruins are significantly more popular than the Stanford Crimson. Although both are super universities in North America, and Stanford's academic standards are even higher, UCLA is undoubtedly more than one level higher than basketball.
So, in the Angel Center arena, the voices cheering for UCLA were significantly louder than the Crimson team.
This made Zhou Zheng a little unhappy.
His upset began after an afternoon visit to the Lakers' locker room, when he rubbed shoulders with Kobe Bryant, who handed him a signed basketball ...... This is Kobe Bryant's courtesy, and he thinks that Zhou is the most personable of a group of Crimson players, and he is very personable. So he planned to send a signed basketball to Zhou Zheng.
However, Zhou Zheng's eyes widened, and he looked at Kobe Bryant: "What did you draw on my basketball?" This is a lucky ball that my sister gave me! ”
Zhou just yelled like this, and Kobe Bryant was embarrassed.
However, he is not a person who is good at dealing with awkwardness. So, he pursed his lips, pretended not to hear, and walked away.
"Hey......" Zhou Zheng chased after Kobe Bryant to stop, and he needed an explanation.
"Tiger, tiger, we're going to the field to train."
"Sani, look at this guy, he's so uneducated, I didn't agree to him signing my basketball. This is the lucky ball my sister gave me! ”
"Alright, alright, I'll wipe it off for you. Let's go to practice. ”
"Be sure to wipe it clean! I don't want my sister to twist my ears because of someone else's faux pas. ”
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Kobe Bryant sat in the locker room, listening to the argument coming from outside, his brow furrowed. He was embarrassed and depressed. It's the first time he's been rejected like this in his career, so it stands to reason that these Stanford kids shouldn't be my fans?
Why do you dislike my signature so much? Is it because of last year's incident?
Kobe Bryant was depressed, and his mood was messed up by this incident.
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The Bruins have been in the ascendancy since the start of the game, and their style of play is very typical of UCLA, as is the case with Mr. John Wooden. As soon as the halftime was 1-4, Jordan Farmar was at the top of the three-point arc, four people were waiting on the bottom line, and the four people below were basically in a straight line. The inside and outside lines change quickly as soon as they come into contact, skillfully and quickly.
The Crimson's system is not mature, and Sani has only been in charge for less than two seasons. And it must be admitted that the gap between the two sides on the inside is too big. UCLA's big man can easily steal the frontcourt rebound in the Crimson box, while Stanford's big man Rock Jamison is just too soft.
Zhou Zheng even saw a beautiful blonde girl holding a piece of cardboard in the UCLA fan area on the sidelines, which read: Jamison, you are softer than my breasts!
This made Zhou Zheng full of infinite curiosity, he kept staring at the blonde beauty's breasts, he wanted to know how soft it was, how could it be softer than Locke, how could it be?
In the ninth minute of the first half, Sani called a long timeout and had to make a change, and the Bruins had already led by 12 points at 33-21, having just made a lot of adjustments, but with little effect.
It turned out to be just a matter of rebounding on the inside. But now with Jordan Farmar and Jason Capono on the opposing linebacks at the same time, the problem of the outside line has also been greatly highlighted. Childis was dragged into a huge tug-of-war of attrition.
This is definitely not good news for Stanford.
So, after weighing it up and doing so, Sani decided to make a change. He called the secret weapon Zhou Zheng over: "Tiger, it's up to you now." I'm going to give you three minutes, and you're going to have to make the Bruins' defense take care of one or the other, you know? ”
"Okay." Zhou Zheng nodded hurriedly. At this moment, he was very excited in his heart, he was finally going to play, and he was carrying the most important mission at the most dangerous time. This gives him a feeling that 'Lao Tzu is the protagonist'.
Then, Sani assigned Zhou Zheng two singles tactics, and he hoped that Zhou Zheng would use his speed to tear apart UCLA's defensive system, let them take care of one or the other, and then completely free Childis.
However, Zhou Zheng frowned at this time, he felt that there could be another way to solve the game.
Although he couldn't put this solution into words, he had a vague impression in his head, at least in his own dream, that this tactic was very popular.
Over time, most of the things in the dream have been forgotten, and only a few vague shadows can be remembered. Fortunately, some very important things were written down in the book by Zhou Zheng.
Soon, the moratorium ended.
As Zhou was playing, the Crimson fan area was in a wail and frustrated...... Is garbage time declared so soon? Actually replaced the garbage player on the field in the first half??
This frustration turned into loss and then booed.
Looking at the Stanford area booing, the UCLA area didn't understand why, but... If the enemy opposes it, we will support it.
So, they let out even louder cheers.
Zhou Zheng didn't expect that his appearance would be welcomed by his opponents, has my personality charm made UCLA fans addicted?
So he happily raised his hands and waved them that way.
He doesn't wave, and the cheers will probably continue. But as soon as he waved his hands like this, the cheers immediately turned into boos.
Suddenly, the entire Crimson team had a very embarrassed feeling.
Tiger this guy is really ......!!!
"Listen, wait a minute, all of you will run with me, the big stupid bear center opposite won't be able to run at all, and we will form a five-to-four situation in the frontcourt." Zhou is pulling Rock Jamison and Josh Childdris aside.
"But that's not what Sani says on the board......" Rock Jamison questioned, the white man was a good baby.
"You just follow me, don't worry about those tactics."
Zhou Zheng glared at him angrily, too lazy to explain to them.
At this time, the referee blew the whistle, and Kate Vincent handed the basketball to Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng received the basketball and shouted...... Run!
Then he ran to the front court with the ball, Jordan Farmar originally planned to talk to Zhou Zheng about trash talk or something, but Zhou Zheng didn't give him a chance.
The head-on attack was like lightning, and before he could make a good defensive stance, this guy who suddenly appeared suddenly crossed his own defense, and he quickly turned around, and this guy wearing the No. 10 jersey had already run into the three-point line...... It's so fast!
When Zhou Zheng flashed into the three-point line, UCLA's power forward hurriedly stepped forward to delay and tried to intercept Zhou Zheng.
Seeing that Zhou Zheng couldn't stop the car and loaded it with a full arms, Sani on the sidelines couldn't help but cover his eyes...... She had already expected the next picture, Zhou Zheng, who couldn't stop the car, crashed directly into this stout black man, then overturned the car, fell on all fours, and then laughed, not only laughing at Tiger, but also laughing at herself.
However, after she reached out to cover her eyes, she did not hear the laughter of the audience.
Instead, three seconds later, the audience was heard exclaiming.
She quickly opened her eyes, only to find Josh Childis arrogantly hanging on the Bruins' basket.
What just happened?
Sani asked Rick, an agitated point guard next to him.
Zhou Zheng made a gorgeous pass, and he drilled the basketball under the idiot's crotch with a brilliant touch. Then, Josh Smith received a basketball dunk in the unguarded box......
Before he could finish speaking, Sani interrupted him: "Okay, needless to say, your words are too pale. ”
She had already looked up at the large screen above her, which was replaying the scene from the previous moment...... Zhou rushed towards UCLA's power forward like lightning, and everyone thought he would be torn apart, but just before he was about to crash into it, his body suddenly turned sideways, and the UCLA power forward hurriedly stepped forward to try to further increase the defense.
And at the moment when he took a step, Zhou Zheng, who was sideways, slammed the basketball to the ground, and the basketball drilled through his crotch with great precision, and Josh Childris on the other side just rushed to the penalty area, and he received the basketball and easily completed the one-handed dunk!
It's a brilliant assist.
And extremely precise and imaginative!
A name quickly popped into Sani's head...... Jason Williams.
The NBA Kings' leading point guard, he is also so gorgeous, and his passing is haunting. Some even say that he can make the thousandth and first pass that even God can't predict.
Also thinking about Sani is Shaq O'Neill, who is lying in the treatment room inside the Angel Center. He's enjoying the services of a physical therapist with Carl Malone, Gary Payton and Kobe Bryant.
There is a large television in the treatment room, which shows the UCLA vs. Stanford game.
"This little guy is very imaginative." Shaker O'Neal couldn't help but clap his thigh the moment the pass happened, and he said to Karl Malone on the side: "It's very similar to that guy from the Kings." ”
Carl Malone was a very serious guy, and he just nodded: "The body is too thin and small, and it is not as heavy as your leg." ”
Gary Payton on the side chuckled, and he was amused by the unsmiling Malone.
Kobe Bryant on the other side had a cold expression, he saw the scene just now, but he didn't have any extra mood swings, because he was still thinking about signing the ball an hour ago...... It's this guy who dislikes my signature. Damn it!
UCLA quickly launched a counterattack, Jordan Farmar tried to single Zhou Zheng to find the court, but the jumper missed the basket, was picked up by Kate Vincent, and then passed to Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng took the ball and quickly led the team to run wildly.
Watching Zhou Zheng run wildly, Sani who was doing it on the sidelines couldn't help but be very moved...... She loves the kind of players who work hard.
However, he soon sensed that something was wrong again...... That's not how I drew it on my tactical board; Tiger read wrong?
Just when she was thinking about whether to call a timeout to remind Zhou Zheng that he had misseen the tactic...... Swish!
A three-point shot made her stop thinking and swung her fist hard.
Zhou Zheng used his speed and quick run to the frontcourt, and then passed the basketball directly to Rock Jamison, who ran to the bottom corner and was unguarded, and he took the ball and threw it...... Swish!
Jamison is useless as an insider, but he has a beautiful three-point ability, and Zhou Zheng has seen him more than once at the three-point line.
"Hey, boy. Do you dare to stop and one-on-one with me? Zhou Zheng heard a very abrupt voice.
This is what Jordan Farmar said to himself with confidence.
Zhou Zheng is stupid, is this guy an idiot?
"Do you think I'm playing rock-paper-scissors with you? It's also one-on-one, how did you get into UCLA with this IQ? Does UCLA now recruit players without the SAT at all? ”
"You... You"
"I'm humiliating you." Zhou Zheng spoke for Jordan Famar.
As a result, Jordan Farmar became even more angry, and he couldn't help but speed up the pace of the offense. He's going for revenge!
Zhou Zheng was not afraid of his revenge, and when he dribbled past half the court, Zhou Zheng immediately withdrew: "Leon, this guy is handed over to you." ”
So, the pimple Bob Leon walked excitedly towards Jordan Farmar.
Looking at Leon Bob's terrifying muscles, Jordan Famalton, who originally wanted to bully Zhou Zheng's small arms and legs, swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Damn Asian, I'm going to teach you a lesson sooner or later." ”
As Jordan Famar's tempo picked up, it took a while for their team's center to get into the box, and by this time UCLA had finished the attack. Jason Capono catches the ball and jumpers from beyond the three-point line, but doesn't get in, even though he faces Zhou Zheng, who looks weak.
"This guy is so bad, he's been trying to get my balls."
Jason Capono quickly ran over to reason with the referee after missing the basketball.
He was still theorizing that Zhou Zheng had already run into the box with the ball past half court, and after he shook off Jordan Farmar with a jump, he jumped high and sent the basketball away...... Swish!
The basketball was caught.
That's it?
Zhou Zheng was a little stunned after landing, and he looked at his hands stupidly, it turned out that scoring was so simple.
Seeing Zhou Zheng pretending to be forced over there, Jordan Famar, who was following him, was quite uncomfortable, and was teased by this Asian kid who came out of nowhere one after another, how could he, a person who was about to participate in the draft, stand it?
At this time, Sydney Yang, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't hold back any longer, she just jumped up and shouted loudly: "Look, that's my brother." My brother scored, haha, he looks like a jumping elf, that's great, why don't you applaud......"
When Miss Yang tried to get the UCLA fans to applaud Zhou Zheng, Avril pulled her down and reminded her in a low voice: "shelly, keep it low, they are all Bruins fans." ”
"Huh!?" The smart Miss Yang Xueli quickly woke up, and quickly changed her face: "I'm sorry, I was wrong just now, that person is not my brother." ”
A bunch of Bruins fans rolled their eyes...... Hey, miss, are you taking us for idiots? You're all dark-haired, and you look so alike!
However, after all, the situation did not deteriorate further, and their actions against Yang Xueli stayed at the stage of rolling their eyes. After all, for a beautiful and lively girl, no one can bear to beat her.
"Speed A+, Ball Handling A, Passing Awareness A, Bounce C......" A scout on the sidelines who came to inspect Childis quickly set up a temporary file, and he wrote the comment after his name.
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