The UCLA Bruins defeated the University of Arizona Wildcats by 24 points, 100-76, in the Pacific 10 Collegiate League Championship Finals, allowing the Bruins to advance directly to the NCAA Round of 64. In order to prepare for the upcoming "March Madness", the Bruins who returned to school began to train intensively, and Liu Han also began to conduct a lot of simulation training matches with his teammates, which was a measure taken by George in response to Liu Han's lack of experience.

Safina has had a new assignment since her father LaBeouf started to drive, she needs to drive to UCLA after the end of each day to pick up Liu Han, who is tired and can barely walk after training.

Safina drove a second-hand Ford given to her by her father to pick up Liu Han every day to the strange laughter of Liu Han's teammates.

"Wow, Han, your beautiful driver is here, you are so happy, if I have such a beautiful driver, I will definitely not be able to get out of bed every day, hahaha." Obonor's lewd laugh didn't match his size.

"Mr. Muscle, I can let you in if you want, but you'll have to think about whether you can withstand a boxing champion's heavy uppercut." Liu Han's embarrassment is always resolved by Safina's sweet and threatening words.

Obonor had met LaBeouf, and he knew that Safina's father was a boxing coach.

"Han, we have to go, but we have to go to the hospital today, my sister's child is about to be born."

When Liu Han and Safina arrived at the hospital, Li Rui and LaBeouf's family were already waiting outside the operating room, Li Rui was anxiously waiting for the birth of his child, while LaBeouf was even more nervous. LaBeouf has always hoped that he can have a son to inherit his boxing career, but unfortunately his two daughters have inherited their mother's beauty and intelligence, but their athletic talent can be described as mediocre, LaBeouf also tried to pin his hope on Liu Han, but it seems that Liu Han's body and mind have been invested in basketball, LaBeouf feels that his hope is in the grandson who is about to be born.

Nasha, who has a good physique, gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, Li Rui looked at the two pairs of little hands in the sterile room and felt that he was more motivated, and he wanted to fight for himself and his children.

Li Rui has been officially teaching Inglewood High School for more than three months, and the players at Inglewood High School were still a little resistant to Li Rui at the beginning, but after three months of contact, they have basically accepted the yellow head coach.

Li Rui did not go well when he first took over the high school team, his skin color and outstanding appearance made these children who grew up in slums and single-parent families think that Li Rui is not a basketball coach at all, and in their opinion, Li Rui is more like a movie star than a basketball coach. In high schools in the United States, black people who play sports generally come from families with a difficult life. Among the players of the Inglewood High School basketball team, the one who was most resistant to the arrival of Li Rui at the beginning was the team's captain Paul? Pierce.

Paul? Pierce grew up in a single-parent family, and when he first entered high school, Paul was less than 1.8 meters tall. Pierce didn't get much attention, but with his gritty personality, he managed to squeeze out the rest of the main players and become the team's top scorer and defensive core after hard work, so Paul is grateful to his former head coach. Paul, a senior in high school this year? Pierce was already thinking about which university he should accept the offer.

Li Rui knew that his arrival would not be too welcoming to Inglewood's players, so he made an appointment with the players on the first day he saw them.

"Hello, boys, my name is Li Rui, you can call me Li or Rui, that's fine. I know that my arrival should not be too popular with you, in my motherland, there is such a saying: walk far enough, in order to know the power of horses, and get along long enough, in order to know people's hearts (the road knows horsepower, and the days see people's hearts). You should be wondering what this yellow-skinned guy is capable of being your head coach, so let's get along for three months, and after three months, if you think I'm not good enough to be your head coach, then I'll leave on my own, what do you think? ”

"I think so, Mr. Li, but I don't think you should have a bad influence on us when you leave." Paul, the boss of the team? Pierce was not optimistic about Li Rui in the first place.

Li Rui started his career as a coach of the high school basketball team in a difficult situation, he did not make much changes to the team's tactics and training at the beginning, and after quietly observing the team's training for a week, Li Rui gathered the players together.

"Boys, I've watched your week of training and before I can make an assessment of your game, I've got to explain my basketball philosophy to you. In my opinion, basketball, his ultimate goal is to find a way to get this orange ball into a basket with five people defending, and after getting into the opponent's basket, prevent the opponent from getting into his own basket, so I will not always ask you to play according to a certain tactic, I will only arrange your position according to the situation on the court. There is such a saying in my motherland, water has no fixed shape, and war does not have a fixed situation, I hope that these words circulated in my motherland do not bore you, I just want to tell you, don't be blinded by the current situation in front of you, you can imagine the future, basketball is only in sports will have a threat, the future may not be clear to anyone, but I believe that the future development trend of basketball is those who play the basic movements of basketball to the extreme can succeed. The talents of each of you determine the lower limit of what you can achieve in the future, and your desire to succeed determines the upper limit of what you can achieve. As you pursue success beyond your desire to breathe, I believe that a legendary path is under your feet. Li Rui's words made most of the players present fall into deep thought, maybe these young people play basketball for different purposes, but almost everyone insists on training every day because of their love for the sport.

"Then my first training session is about to start, I hope you all bring a change of clothes today, our first class of the day is not here, let's go to the beach."

The Inglewood High School players who arrived at the famous Venice Beach in Los Angeles looked at their head coach with some blankness.

"Now, follow me to the sea, and if I don't say stop, I hope everyone won't stop." After Li Rui finished speaking, he went straight to the sea.

The group of young people felt a little embarrassed when they saw the head coach's strange behavior, but they still followed Li Rui's instructions and began to walk towards the sea together.

The strange behavior of a group of young people in basketball uniforms aroused the curiosity of the surrounding tourists.

Li Rui has not stopped since entering the sea, and his players have followed their head coach.

When the sea water slowly began to flood the chests of most of the players, Li Rui still kept moving forward, which was why some players began to hesitate a little.

When the sea water reached Li Rui's neck, Li Rui stopped, and the waves waved, making most of the players unstable.

"Now, poof, does anyone else want to succeed? Keep moving forward if you want. The churning sea water made it difficult for Li Rui to speak.

After Li Rui finished speaking, he turned around and continued to walk into the sea, most of the young players had stopped, but Paul? Pierce continued to follow Li Rui.

Li Rui, who had been holding his breath underwater for about a minute, surfaced with difficulty. Pierce said, "Now, do you still want to succeed?" ”

"Think, I want to succeed, I want to be a legend."

"Very well, Paul, you are well on your way to success."

When Li Rui stood on the beach with all the players who were soaked in the sea, some tourists around him had already called the police, saying that there were people who committed mass suicide here.

After some explanations, Li Rui, who cleared up the misunderstanding, said to the players; "The purpose just now is to let you see your cowardice clearly, cowardice is not limited to the body, mental cowardice is more terrible, so I want you to remember today, when you want to give up and think about it, is there something more difficult than not breathing?"

"This is the first purpose of coming here today, the second purpose is to let you feel the use of sand, you should all know how laborious it is to run on soft sand, but after long-term training on sand, it can effectively increase your ankle flexibility, which can make you less prone to injury in the future, a body that is not easy to get injured I think you should all want it, right? So I hope that in the future, if you have the conditions, you can come to the sand every day for a morning run, and if you don't have the conditions, I will give you some yoga movements that can increase your flexibility. ”

Li Rui's novel way of teaching made these young players gradually accept him, and Paul? Pierce began to be impressed by Li Rui, and he began to accept Li Rui's guidance and arrangement.

Since then, the Inglewood High School basketball team has had a tradition of having their first practice session every year on the beach.