Chapter Twenty-Six: The ...... That Turned the Tide Nick Young
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The Los Angeles Lakers are home to Staples Arena, where the Lakers and Clippers rested for the NCAA game.
And the two college teams in California in the round of 64 are playing superstars here.
Of course, the NBA can choose to continue playing, but the number of viewers can only hehe, to choose to be the foil of the NCAA, those NBA presidents will not be so stupid.
The whole Staples Arena was full of people today, USC's home stadium is Los Angeles, so this can be regarded as USC's home stadium, but Stanford's home stadium is San Francisco, and it is also very close to Los Angeles, so to speak, both teams are at home, and from the atmosphere, there is no win or defeat.
The race hasn't even started yet, and countless media and journalists have already started interviewing them.
ESPN and TNT even sent teams to conduct interviews and live broadcasts.
Scouts from many teams in the NBA are following this game.
Since Sean decided to participate in this year's draft again, many teams have begun to pay attention to this year's sudden rise of Chinese rookie.
Although many previous evaluations have suggested that Sean deserves a first-round pick, this is largely due to the influence of Sean's Chinese-American status.
Houston has already made money because of the Chinese Yao, and at this time, if there is another Chinese, any team will choose to get it to their team, even if it is just as a mascot or as a substitute for a symbolic time.
What's more, the strength and potential of this point guard seem to be very good.
Sean did not make a big fuss, but accepted the interview in a low-key manner: "Stanford University is a world-famous university, and the Crimson team is also a respectable team, they play the best team basketball, they are our fierce rivals, and I hope we can give a very good game." ā
Routine and low-key words, although they make the media unhappy, are often necessary.
A true superstar will deal with media interviews.
Most of the time, telling the truth can be very hurtful.
And before the game started, the media looked at the audience to look for those familiar figures, yes, most Americans to vote in the audience, you will find a lot of very familiar movie and television stars, sports stars, and well-known alumni of the two schools, such as politicians and so on.
Even politicians wear their school uniforms at this time to cheer for their schools.
There is almost no doubt that this is acting, showing that they are close to the people, but everyone likes this kind of acting.
And these stars and celebrities add to the atmosphere of this game.
The game had just begun, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Staples Arena, our lads are in for a brutal knockout game tonight, trust me and they'll always remember the day."
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As soon as the game began, the atmosphere between the two teams was enthusiastic.
Both teams had a strong defensive intensity, with Gabe playing hard under the basket and being fouled, and the four men under the basket almost fought each other.
Sean walked up to separate the people and stopped Nick Young chattering.
Nick Young, who is brainless, was going to have a fight on the court at the beginning of the game, which is really worry-free.
After this episode, the referee's scale became stricter, and in the blink of an eye, both sides received three fouls, and Sean grabbed Nick Young at this time:
"Nick, strengthen the breakthrough, now the scale is very strict, try to beat the opposite center."
Stanford's main center forward is very good in defense, very fast, although the top defense Gabe is a little reluctant, but it has a great effect. Gabe's offensive ability under the basket is actually not strong, so Stanford still has the advantage overall.
Sean's hand feeling today is very average, in the face of the opponent's short point guard, Sean made one of three three-point shots from the outside, and the pit was not good, so in this game, Sean gave up the right to shoot.
After halftime, Sean dribbled the ball low and turned his back against the opposing point guard.
After slapping the ball once, Sean turned and broke through, Sean's height and speed were dominant, his body was stuck in position again, and the defender was thrown away at once.
After throwing away, Sean quickly attacked the basket, and Nick Young cut to the basket.
Sean entered the basket, attracted the big forward to defend and then passed to Nick Young, the inside center assisted in the defense, and Nick Young made a layup to make a foul.
It's a pity that the ball didn't go in.
Nick Young made one of two free throws.
This hit rate also made Sean speechless.
The Stamford Crimson team attacked, and the steady point guard did not choose to single Sean, Sean had an advantage in speed, strength, and height, and the defense was definitely above the level line, so the point guard passed steadily to the scoring guard, and the scoring guard broke through and passed to the big forward after entering the interior line.
The power forward is in the high post, and Nick Young switches defenses.
That's embarrassing.
Nick Young is tall and can play small forward, but facing the opposite power forward has a great disadvantage in height and weight, and the opponent hits a direct mid-range jumper.
The Trojans attack.
Sean passes the ball to Nick Young, then gives Nick Young a pick-and-roll screen, Nick Young passes to Sean, Sean moves to the left, attracts the defense and passes to Nick Young who runs out of space in the middle.
Nick Young landed a knife in his hand and hit the mid-range.
Nick Young's speed and height advantage is obvious, and it is easy to play the matchup advantage.
After the penalty scale was stricter, the scores of the two teams alternated and did not pull away too much, and in this, the advantage of the Trojans inside was slowly reflected.
Gabe is very good at rebounding under the basket, Sean is very aggressive in grabbing rebounds in this game, and the Trojans have significantly higher rebounds than the Crimson.
In this case, the difference between the two sides gradually widened.
In the last ten minutes of the second half, Stanford University suddenly picked up the pace and beat the Trojans 7-0, and it was useless for Sean to hold down the time.
At this time, Nick Young suddenly broke out and hit an unreasonable three-point shot from the outside.
Mid-range shooting fouls 2+1.
Forced layup 2+1 on the inside.
Nick Young suddenly exploded, scored 9 points in a row, opened the score at once, and knocked the opponent's interior line off the court, and the Trojans won.
The victory came a little suddenly, as Nick Young didn't know what pills to take and suddenly had a convulsion in the second half.
The game is over.
Nick Young was happy when he was interviewed:
"Yes, I'm happy with my performance, it's my best wish to help the team win, and as for whether I'm going to participate in the draft this year, I don't know, I still want to stay in college for a year."
"Yes, I'm the best guy, I don't know why the media has been ignoring me, I haven't won any accolades this year, it's like I've been forgotten, but I don't think I'm worse than any other top-10 player, I don't think I'm being respected."
"On this planet, I only think there's one player who can surpass me, and he's called Michael Jordan, as for the others, ......"
Nick Young was so unsmothered that he almost said something even more excessive.
Thankfully, Sean saw something bad and pulled Nick Young back into the team.