Chapter 17 Regular Season
After their victory against the USC Trojans, the Bruins are confident of the upcoming Pacific 10 Collegiate League Championship and the upcoming Round of 64. George's coaching ability is also beginning to gain the trust of the players. Liu Han's wonderful performance in the game left a deep impression on both sides of the game and the audience, and they all remembered this chic figure who turned back directly after shooting three points.
The Trojans, who lost the game, are also starting to regroup, and they will play the Bruins twice more in the upcoming Pacific 10 regular season, and they are looking forward to giving the Bruins a good look in future games.
The Bruins, who are back in school, have also begun to step up their training, and head coach Jim? Harrick returned to the team's daily training, where he still chose to completely ignore Liu Han's presence. The head coach's ignorance made Liu Han feel very uncomfortable in his heart, and he could only play in George, who was also ignored by the head coach. Proper training with the ball under the direction of Krent.
George vs. Jim? Harrick was utterly disappointed, and he felt that Jim's stubbornness would only make the Bruins get nothing this season.
Liu Han was unable to participate in the team's overall tactical training, but he still started to do a lot of training with the ball with the help of George, his physical condition and projection ability have reached a certain level, and now Liu Han needs the most is the feeling and control of the ball.
There was a strange scene in the Bruins' training hall, where the rest of the team was training while Liu Han and George were doing other training in the corner.
At the end of December 1994, the regular season of the Pacific 10 Collegiate League, to which the Bruins belonged, began. The Pacific 10 League, comprised of Washington State University, University of Washington, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, UCLA, University of Southern California, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, University of Oregon, and Oregon State University, is one of the top NCAA leagues in the NCAA, and they are the leagues with the highest number of NCAA titles. During the regular season, each school meets twice, home and away, with the top eight finishers competing in the Conference Championship Game, and after a brutal single-elimination round, the team that wins the league championship advances directly to the round of 64.
The high-flying Bruins suffered a blow in their opening game at Stanford University, losing 87-79 to last season's losers. To add insult to injury, the team's main center sprained his ankle during the game and had to rest for at least three weeks.
In the following regular season, the Bruins, who lacked the main center, lost to Stanford University and the University of Arizona by 10 points and 19 points one after another.
Before the game, George? Krent finds the team's head coach, Jim? Harrick, hoping that Jim can give Liu Han a limited time to play in the next game, but Jim, who is stubborn? Harrick rejected George's suggestion anyway.
In the game against the University of Arizona, in the Pauley Pavilion arena, the home of the UCLA Bruins, the Bruins finally relied on the team's number one star Obonno's free throws at the final moment to narrow the opponent's opponent. Harrick's pressure eased slightly.
Liu Han watched the whole game on the bench on the sidelines, and he has always been in a good state of mind, and he finally had an anxious feeling this time.
The Bruins went on to win back-to-back home and away games against the University of Washington and Arizona State University in the next four games, and the team finally looked a little bit off the right track.
After a month back in the country, Li Rui is finally back in the United States, and he will soon take over the Inglewood High School basketball team. Liu Han's gradual maturity performance made Li Rui very pleased, and he was also very angry that Liu Han couldn't play, but the team's head coach Jim? Harrick seems to be more discriminatory against Chinese.
The Bruins' record changed to five wins and three losses after eight games, but what no one expected was that the performance of the Bruins changed 180 degrees directly in the next five games, they lost four of the five games, including the home and away games by the USC (University of Southern California) double, the Bruins also won USC by a big score before the start of the regular season, but they did not expect to be beaten by their opponents in just a month later, which surprised the audience watching the game at home.
George? Krent has once again approached head coach Jim? Harrick.
"Jim, you can't do this anymore, I know you feel like I'm violating your authority, but you can't continue to ignore Han's existence, he's a talent to invest in, he's talented, he's positive enough to train, and he's got a good mentality and a lot of love for basketball, you can't continue to do this to him." George chose to talk to Jim straight to the point.
"Enough, George, you don't let my appreciation be your unscrupulous capital, I can put up with you for the first time, the second time, but definitely not the third time, just because of a yellow-skinned kid you betrayed me, he is a variable, his arrival has made my painstaking arrangements all in vain, the team doesn't need a soft egg who doesn't even dare to enter the three-point line." Jim? Harrick's words were also direct enough.
"Do you know what you're talking about, Jim? Harrick, you're racist, I misread you, Jim? Harrick, your ridiculous self-esteem and pathetic notions are going to ruin this season, hello to yourself. "Furious George thoroughly and Jim? Harrick broke up.
Liu Han also felt very helpless about the team's poor performance, he sat on the bench and thought about what he would do if he was on the field, but the head coach never let him play, so Liu Han could only vent his frustration in training. Liu Han, who has devoted himself to training, has made great progress, and he has mastered most of the dribbling techniques and back-to-back techniques, but unfortunately they have not been confirmed in the game.
The Bruins have a six-seven record in 13 games, which is completely different from their regular season performance last season, but thankfully the team's main center, George? Zidike has finally returned from injury, and the Bruins still have a chance as long as they can keep their eighth-place finish in the regular season.
After the return of the team's main center, the Bruins' performance finally changed, and they won 72-61 at home against Oregon State University, which beat them on the road, and beat the University of Oregon twice at home and away to finally confirm their place in the top eight.
Liu Han didn't get a minute to play in the whole regular season, so his existence has been kept secret so far, but the legend of the yellow marksman in the Bruins is circulating in the University of Southern California, and other opponents who pay attention to the performance of the Bruins only know that the Bruins have a yellow "mascot", this "mascot" watched all the regular season on the bench, and this position is the best position to watch the whole game.
Liu Han felt very disappointed about not being able to participate in the team's regular season, which he felt was a bit like his feeling in Shek Tsui Village, full of discriminatory glances and jokes.
"Boy, are you not playing again? I told you that the manager was a stupid X, and he didn't look at you from the beginning. Liu Han, who returned to LaBeouf's house, was "comforted" by LaBeouf very bluntly, but I have to say that LaBeouf saw it very accurately.
"I think you should talk to your stupid X coach and tell him you're not a softass, you're going to play, or you're going to kick his ass, haha, boy, don't think violence is wrong, sometimes the simplest is often the most effective." LaBeouf, as always, is instilling Liu Han with his own concept of "tough guy".
"Han, don't listen to my father, he's lying to you, if you beat your coach you, you'll be fired, then you'll have to follow LaBeouf to learn boxing." Safina, who happened to be at home, overheard the conversation between her father and Liu Han, and she directly exposed her father's lies. After watching the Bruins vs. the Trojans, Savannah's attitude towards Liu Han has changed, and she now thinks that Liu Han's "sillyness" is actually a little cute.
"Thank you, Mr. LaBeouf, but I've decided to keep playing basketball, even if I can't play, but I think if I keep practicing, I'll be qualified to play one day." Liu Han, who has gradually matured, slowly began to show his charm.
"You're right, Han, but I think you can go to John? Mr. Wooden has a chat, and maybe he can help you. "Safina is a little rebellious, but she has inherited the gift of her Jewish mother in all other ways, and she is quite intelligent.
"Hey, my lovely little Safina silly, you can't demolish your father like this, do you want to find me a little oriental white-faced son-in-law like your sister? Ha ha! Safina, who is now returning home on time, makes LaBeouf happy, so he jokes about his youngest daughter and Liu Han.
"Thank you, Safina, and maybe I can talk to Mr. Wooddon......"