Chapter 43: Riccard's "Good Fortune"
After watching that movie with Catherine, the tense atmosphere of the game spread again. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Finally, the two have made some progress, but now as the game day is approaching, An Jie has to be unable to go out for several days. Rental houses, classrooms, gymnasiums, rental houses. In the past two days, An Jie's life has been in an infinite cycle between these three points, and the disappearance for several days in a row has also made Catherine a little puzzled by the big boy's mind.
Rickard's first draw made him feel like he was "lucky", and although the Whirlwind eventually won, he didn't want to play every round so exciting.
Thankfully, Riccard let out a sigh of relief when the name of the second opponent of the Whirlwinds' March Madness tournament surfaced.
St. Mary's University, compared to the scary names, this opponent Calder is still acceptable. Of course, the gutter capsizing happens in every round of the March Madness tournament, and Rickard doesn't want his Whirlwind team to get into the gutter as soon as they get out of the limelight.
Even if the opponent is not strong, the players still dare not relax, and anything can happen in a series that is a winner.
When the game began, the Whirlwind players were thankful that they had a good attitude and didn't take their opponents lightly. Because St. Mary's was undaunted by the Whirlwinds who defeated Stanford, they launched an onslaught from the first second.
However, after experiencing the training with Stanford University, the Whirlwind team seems to have a bit of the momentum of a strong team. Although the score was delayed in the first half, the players of the Cyclone team still controlled the rhythm of the court very well and played the basketball of the Cyclone team. Instead, it was St. Mary's University, and most of the time they were led by the nose by the whirlwinds.
But March Madness is where college players make a name for themselves, and Patty Mills, an Australian point guard from St. Mary's University, jumped at the chance to shine.
As a foreign player who came to the United States to play for the first time like Anjie, Mills did not fall behind in the face of the veteran Mike Taylor, but Taylor had some headaches with Mills' sharp attack.
However, Rickard only allowed Mills to shine for one half, and after redesigning his defensive strategy in the second half, Mills was uncomfortable with the Whirlwinds' overall defense, and St. Mary's University's onslaught finally stopped.
Ricard could figure out a way to contain Mills, but the head coach at St. Mary's couldn't necessarily think of a way to limit Anjie. After continuing the strong performance in the last game, Anjie's performance in this game is still stable. Whether offensively or defensively, Paul Philips always has a chance to praise Angel.
In the end, the Whirlwind team shattered the illusion of St. Mary's University popularizing the next round with their consistent play. Mills had 24 points and six assists in the game, but it wasn't enough for him to lead his team to victory.
63-75, the Iowa State University Whirlwind team cleanly took out the opponent and took another big step forward with the identity of dark horses.
Anjie had 16 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in the game. In this game, Kalkard did not rely too much on Anjie, but defeated the opponent with the help of the overall cooperation of the Whirlwind team.
Although this game was won, the impact was far from comparable to the victory in the previous game. After the game came to the round of 32, there were more exciting matchups. And the match between the Whirlwinds and St. Mary's University obviously didn't attract much attention. With a sparse number of reporters and a handful of reports, the Whirlwind team entered the Sweet 16 with a low-key attitude.
After reaching the Sweet 16, Iowa State University's celebration party for the Whirlwinds also arrived as scheduled. However, in the face of a group of school executives in suits and leather shoes, the members of the Whirlwind team couldn't play anything. The party turned into a very formal dinner, and the players sat at the table in a proper manner, not even daring to make a look too ugly.
The busy An Jie did not forget the restaurant that made him linger, and took out a night for An Jie to sit there. The bearded man obviously found that this kid and his daughter no longer quarreled as soon as they met, and the eyes of the two of them were full of ambiguity. Judging from the bearded man's life experience for so many years, something is going to happen!
"It's the top 16, I really didn't expect it. The bearded man said and sat down next to An Jie.
"It's a really fitting name, and the moment we qualified, our whole team was happy. An Jie recalled the feeling after the victory, even if the opponent was not strong, the joy was still wonderful.
"I think you're not just sweet for that. The bearded man meditated in his heart.
"Hey, do you know why I cook Chinese food?" Suddenly, the bearded man diverted the subject.
"yes, I've been curious since the first day I came here. The Chinese food you cook is very authentic, and people who have never lived in China will never be able to make it. An Jie also became interested in this topic.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, I haven't really lived in China, I've never even been there. ”
"What!?" An Jie was dumbfounded, how could this be?
"The reason why I cook Chinese food is because Catherine and her mother are from China. At this, the bearded man's eyes became a little glazed.
An Jie was so surprised that he couldn't speak this time, no wonder Catherine's face also had some Asian features, An Jie thought it was an illusion caused by his own psychological effect at first, but now it seems that things are really not simple.
Seeing that An Jie didn't respond, the bearded man continued to talk to himself. "I met Catherine and her mother in New York, on the stage of a bar, and the woman was completely attracted to me as soon as she started singing. When I was younger, I was a lot crazier than you, and I went to the bar every day to see her perform, and once at the instigation of a friend, I rushed to the stage and sang a song with her, after which we finally exchanged each other's phone numbers. ”
"The more I have been with her for a long time, the more reluctant I am to leave her, her Chinese food is delicious, and I happen to have some talent in cooking, so the two of us discussed opening a small Chinese restaurant in another place, and then we got married and had children...... So, I learned all my Chinese food from her. ”
"However, my family strongly objected to my marriage to this Chinese girl of unknown origin. They said that if I dared to marry that woman, they would cut off all contact with me. I knew that my family was just trying to scare me into giving up the relationship, and then I was supposed to find a good American girl to live in. But what they didn't expect was that I proposed to her the next day and never returned to New York since. The bearded man poured himself a glass of wine, and then asked An Jie to refill himself.
"We were very happy when we moved to Ames, our business was not good but we didn't have to worry about surviving, and it wasn't long before Catherine came into the world. But perhaps God punished me for abandoning my family, and when Catherine was only 6 years old, her mother died in a traffic accident. Unexpectedly, in this city that claims to be the safest in the United States, we would lose our loved ones due to traffic accidents. The bearded man found that he was a little out of shape, and immediately controlled his emotions and was ready to pick and choose the key points.
"So, Catherine is now my only relative, and my only treasure. You say, if any boy treats her badly in the future, can I spare him?"
"No, of course not!" An Jie replied resolutely, this bearded man has something to say.
Another Chinese, seeing his daughter, is going to repeat his old path. The bearded man drank the last bit of wine in his glass, and his mood suddenly relaxed a lot.
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Ricard has developed 15 different sets of tactics for 15 different teams in his playbook, and there are fewer opponents, and more and more targeted arrangements can be made. However, although he was ready, there were a few opponents he still didn't want to meet.
But there is an old Chinese saying that what you are afraid of comes, and Ricard's "good fortune" is back. After Stanford, the Whirlwinds once again ran into a team from the Pacific Ten League, which also defeated Stanford University to win the regular season championship. Yes, Rickard drew UCLA.
With 11 NCAA Championship titles, this achievement alone is enough to put all teams at bay.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest centers of all time, Bill Wharton, the greatest Trail Blazers all-time star, Reggie Miller, Pacers legend, bearded captain Byron Davis, and now Tever Ariza, who is on the scene with the Los Angeles Lakers...... The number of stars who graduated from UCLA is too many to count until the next morning.
And this year's UCLA lineup is even stronger, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Darren Collison, Cameroon Prince Bamot, UCLA's four King Kong led the team to kill all sides this year, and it seems that they are waiting for the finals with the University of Memphis led by Derrick Rose.
"Damn, I should have bought this lottery ticket, maybe I could go to an NBA team and become a shareholder in just one night. "Rickard really admired his luck and let him run into any strong team.
But after complaining, I still have to fight when I encounter it. If you are a human being, you will have shortcomings, and if you are a team, you will have loopholes. The Whirlwinds had no choice but to study and train.
UCLA, these four letters are like an insurmountable mountain, directly blocking the way of the whirlwind. A battle with a huge gap is about to be staged.