Chapter 291: The First Round

"I just want to do what I want to do and what I can do. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Very succinct answer. As a basketball player, a freshman and with such a reputation, have you ever wanted to participate in the NBA Draft? ”

'I don't think I'm that strong and for the most part I don't have much more to do on the pitch than Aaron. Well, I can offset a maximum of two reparators on the court, and I can't sweep Mowgli, so I still have a lot to learn. ”

“... It seems that Yamada-san is very confident. Last question, does Yamada have a schedule to participate in the NBA draft? ”

“......”

Yamada Tadashi was silent for a while, and the scene fell silent for a while.

"Win two consecutive championships next year, or create a dynasty."

"Thank you very much, for your answer."

Yamada Zhong's answer is a little vague, but the confidence in the heart is fully revealed, on the premise of not winning this year's championship, he has already talked about next year's two consecutive championships, the next year's dynasty, compared to Rodney's somewhat empty self-confidence, his self-confidence is no longer simply self-confidence can be described, but, in the thought of his teammate is Tim. Duncan, Stephen. Jackson, Chauncey. Billups, Ben. After Wallace, the reporters present could not say anything to refute.

Although they couldn't make any powerful rebuttal for a while, the resentment in their hearts and the pride of the professional media people who had not yet retreated drove them back to do an interesting report.

Yes, interesting reports.

The next day, the remarks about Tadashi Yamada exploded throughout the United States and even the entire North American region! Compared to Rodney. Rogers' overconfident remarks have become a supporting role in the newspapers, and he only appears in the front page of the newspapers.

It's a pity that even if the reporters are so the hype, no matter how angry the tournament opponents are and how the outside world talks about it, it can't affect the basketball players of Wake Forest who have re-entered closed mode.

In a few days, ESPN news, the 93-94 NCAA Championship top 68 list has been released, due to this year's Wake Forest performance is particularly good he has become the top seed of all teams, no matter how arrogant the attitude of the Wake Forest players, their strength is indeed leveraged, in addition to their East Division, the other three divisions of the top seeds are Duke, Oregon, Central and West Virginia, Other notable ones may be KFC, which was killed by Wake Woods and almost went home early to fish.

A few days later, the first game of the tournament was played at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, home to Wake Forest, and their opponent was Villanova University. Williams, Kerry. Kittels, Tim. Thomas didn't help, after all, the other two positions of their bench lineup and the main lineup were really leaky, and it could be said that there were leaks everywhere.

Inside Tim. Thomas, in height at this time he and Tim. Duncan is quite similar, and the style of play is also slightly similar, both of them are physically strong, athletic, and first-class, compared to Duncan, who only has two volleys and is extremely skilled under the basket, the former has a pretty good perimeter basket, and long-range shooting is the only thing where Duncan is weaker than the former, as for other places... Although the two have a lot in common, they are too different in level! It's also '97 when Thomas was only the No. 7 pick and someone was the No. 7 pick. One enters the NBA to play the absolute core, and the other can only be the cornerstone of the team, which is really different.

Defender Alvin. Williams, at this time he has 194 centimeters of his position only 185 centimeters Chauncy is a height advantage, if only say that the offensive means Alvin is indeed stronger than Chauncy at this time, especially in the shooting of constant and stable Chauncy is indeed slightly inferior, but this is not the inevitable cause and effect of Chauncy being at a disadvantage, in this game the two at least in the overall field of play equal, make full use of cover, play the ball, and are willing to be the heart of the green leaf, so that Chaunxi in the body hardware is not dominant in the case of steady grasp of the general trend, That's the difference between playing with your brain and playing with your body.

Isaiah Thomas, who didn't play today, was watching the game at home, maybe it was the national live broadcast that Rodman skipped training to participate in, maybe it was the post-game press conference of Wake Forest a few days ago that was too outstanding, or maybe the league made way for the NCAA, someone didn't play today and was idle and bored, anyway, he did sit in front of the TV and watch it at this time, and as the game went on, the look on his face gradually changed, maybe this is the look of seeing the successor.

Then there's Villanova University's other outside double gun, Kerry. Kittels, as a member of the 96 golden generation, his basketball level is indeed not bad, his figure is thin and thin, but his arm span is amazing, the style of the ball is elegant but sharp, and the three-point cold is very, as the future No. 8 show, his strength is not weak, you must know that his position in the original history is still in front of Kobe, Peja, and Nash, of course, he does have most of the common problems of three-pointers in his personality, and he has excess self-confidence.

In the future, he once said in an interview with reporters: "The 96th session is the most outstanding one." ”

"At that time, considering there were college players, they didn't have the players on trial one-on-one. When I tried out for the Nets, Ed O'Banon had been there for a year (No. 9 rookie in the first round in 1995), and Kobe Bryant was in the Nets' tryout that day. So, we both played against O'Barnon. ”

"Another memorable tryout moment was when I went to Boston, and they had the No. 6 pick in the first round, and they invited me and Nash. I remember Dennis Johnson was trying out Nash at the time. ”

"But the '96 session was really great. If those guys had been in school that year, I'd be the champion. Hahahaha......"

Although his words were a bit excessive, he only said that he did have a hand in three-point shooting.

with its counterpoint Stephen. Jackson also sensed the strength of his opponent, and was somewhat suppressed in the opening stages, although the disadvantage only lasted less than 8 minutes. Because... Tim. Duncan started to press Thiem on the inside. Thomas has more than half of the rebounds on both sides gone into today's somewhat invincible Ben. In Wallace's hand, Rodney also exploded after winning the rebound!

Although Rodney's temperament is a bit soft, his scoring efficiency when playing downwind is quite good, especially when Villanova's small forward level is somewhat average. After ensuring the rebound, Rodney also shot more and more smoothly, so Villanova University had to apply for a timeout again and again, in a vain attempt to interrupt Rodney's increasingly hot hand, but unfortunately it had little effect, and the score of the two teams was gradually increasing.

Until the end of the first half, the score of the two teams came to 56:39!

In the second half, the rotation group led by Tadashi Yamada and Iverson suppressed Villanova University at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and they and Duncan and other main groups of Wake Forest stumbled in the offensive and defensive half, and the Villanova players who were somewhat physically exhausted could only continue to grit their teeth, but their efforts were dwarfed by the repeated attacks of Tadashi Yamada and Iverson. Williams, Kerry. Kittels made a step-back jumper from the three-point line to widen the gap to 6 points, and with only 7 seconds left in the game, the score of the two teams was fixed at 119:116!

Wake Forest advances in the first round!