Chapter 11: The Debut Exploded
There are nearly two months left before the start of the new season of the EBA League, and these two months are crucial for Sun Hao.
On the one hand, he has to use this time period to fully run in with his teammates.
On the other hand, he also needs to use consistent performances to determine the status of the team.
Although Raul made an exception to announce that he would start in advance, whether he can convince the public depends on his performance on the field.
Real Madrid's youth team has done these two things in the past two months, training and playing a series of warm-up matches.
Sun Hao's performance did not disappoint, and in two months, he has become the core of the team.
The smile on Raul's face never stopped.
Sun Hao can make his coaching career go smoothly!
The wind and water on the field rose, and Sun Hao was also very moist off the field.
With Fernández, a free tour guide, he visited all the attractions in Madrid.
As the capital of Spain, Madrid has a developed economy and many tourist attractions.
the Royal Palace of Madrid, the third largest royal palace in Europe after Versailles and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna;
the world-famous Cervantes Monument in Plaza de España;
The Bernabeu Stadium, home of Real Madrid football team......
There's also the Roman-style Las Ventas bullring, just two or three kilometers away from their arena.
For Sun Hao, a traveler, this is simply paradise.
Two months passed quickly, the youth team's preparations were over, and the door to the new EBA season officially opened.
Real Madrid's first match for youth was at home against Barcelona Youth.
This is definitely the most watched and gimmicky game in the EBA League.
Real Madrid and Barcelona, because of the history of Madrid and Catalonia (Catalonia has been conquered by Madrid several times in history, and there has been independence in history), no matter what project, no matter what level of league, as long as they meet, they are the focus of the battle.
The high-level event is known as the national derby.
Raul also took this game very seriously, and the pre-match training and tactical arrangements were meticulous to the extreme.
And he was confident this time.
Last year, because Barcelona had Pau Gasol, a super newcomer, Real Madrid was beaten enough.
However, after last season, Gasol completed three consecutive jumps to La Liga, and the strength of Barcelona's youth team plummeted.
In addition, he unexpectedly gained Sun Hao, and he was full of confidence.
"Barcelona's current core Marcelo Hurtas, a point guard from Brazil, 1.80m, you have to be careful of his breakthroughs."
After Raul finished arranging the tactics, he also pulled Sun Hao to tell him alone.
Hearing Hurtas's name, Sun Hao also had some impressions in his mind.
This person only played in the NBA at the age of 32 in history, and he is a representative of a late bloomer.
And he has been playing as a substitute in the Barcelona first team when he was at his peak, and his strength should not be very strong, let alone in the youth team.
However, Raul reminded that he was also 100% focused, after all, this was his first competitive match since arriving in Spain.
That night, the basketball hall, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people, was packed.
Football is the number one sport in Spain, but there are also many basketball fans in the area, and many of them are dragged with their families and the atmosphere is strong.
The two teams jumped the ball, and Barcelona got the opportunity to attack first.
As soon as Huertas came up, he played a block with the team's center, and then burst inside to score a layup with a rhythm difference.
Raul's reminder is correct, at least Hurtas has a good ball quotient.
Looking back, the Real Madrid team ran in the front court, Sun Hao dribbled the ball and glanced at Huertas far away from him, and shot directly outside the three-point line.
Like Velasquez's previous reaction, Sun Hao's style of play was too advanced, and Huertas didn't expect him to throw it like this at all, so he just stunned there and didn't move.
"Huh!"
With a crisp sound, Sun Hao threw it!
He scored the first goal for Real Madrid!
There was a sudden silence at the scene, followed by cheers of explosions.
I've never seen it like this before, but the feeling of throwing in three points at the beginning is very cool!
Barcelona's front line was destroyed by a wave of inside attacks, and without Gasol, their interior strength has declined visibly.
Real Madrid won the rebound and played a fast attack directly, Sun Hao was very fast, rushed to the front court after taking the ball, and directly strengthened Hultas.
He deliberately looked for a confrontation with this goal, and it depends on Hurtas's confrontation ability.
As soon as the two confronted each other, Huertas was obviously at a disadvantage, and was directly pushed out of the bottom line, reaching out and pulling Sun Hao without holding him.
The referee's whistle blows for a defensive foul on Hurtas.
Sun Hao still managed to score the ball after being fouled.
2+1!
The results of four years of professional hard training in his system are too buggy in the youth team!
The moment the ball was scored, the scene erupted in cheers again.
The youth team has a lot of personnel changes every year, not to mention an Asian face, and they don't pay attention at all.
But as soon as the game started, the Asian face brought them a series of surprises!
Sun Hao's penalty was also added, and he opened with a 6-0 attack wave alone!
Disastrous!
Although the intensity of the youth team is not as high as that of the senior team, they have really not seen this kind of strong opening in a long time.
Hurtas turned around and wanted to repeat the old trick to help the team increase the score, but Sun Hao was obviously wary this time and grabbed it directly in advance before blocking and dismantling.
The tackle was sudden, Hurtas was defenseless, and he lost control of the ball directly after the two fought physically.
"Smack!"
Sun Hao directly robbed Hurtas alive!
Basketball in the 90s, or European basketball, encouraged confrontation, and the scale of blowing penalties was very loose, and the referee completely ignored this level of confrontation.
Sun Hao played a fast break again, this time with 1 to 0 in the front court, he easily made a layup to add two more points.
He scored 8 points in a row in the opening game!
The head coach of the Barcelona team directly called a timeout!
This Asian, who came out of nowhere, dominated the game from the beginning.
Raul's smile at the moment is brighter than a chrysanthemum, this is the feeling he wants!
After the pause, the fans in the stands were already talking about the Asian face that suddenly appeared.
"His name is Sun Hao, and my son is friends with him."
In a corner of the stands, Fernandez's parents began to pass on Sun Hao's message.
Soon, many people in the stadium knew that the Asian face on the field was called Sun Hao.
After the pause, the Barcelona team scored a goal, and in the end, they directly wrapped up Sun Hao.
However, Sun Hao has the basketball IQ badge in his hand, the defensive reading is in place, and the pass between the breaks is given to the empty teammate under the basket, who easily scores the basket.
And in the next round, Sun Hao used his teammate's body as a cover, grabbed and broke Huertas a ball, forcing the latter to foul on the spot!
It's really unstoppable!
The head coach of the Barcelona team couldn't help but reach out and hold his head when he saw this scene.
Hurtas is clear about his abilities, has a good basketball IQ, and plays with the sophistication of ordinary young players.
But I didn't expect to meet Sun Hao, it looked like he couldn't play anymore!
And it's such a crucial game.
But Hurtas can't be blamed entirely for that.
He relied on the ball quotient to play, but Sun Hao also relied on it, and Sun Hao was obviously one level stronger than him under the badge bonus.
In other words, what he is good at, Sun Hao can do better than him.
And what he is not good at, Sun Hao is also better at than him!
He was completely suppressed.
In the next few rounds, Hurtas was afraid that Sun Hao did not hold the ball, and Barcelona's offensive focus also shifted from the outside to the inside.
However, European basketball follows the rules of FIBA, there is no defense on the inside for three seconds, and Barcelona has been very passive without Gasol on the inside.
On the other hand, on Real Madrid's side, Sun Hao threw two more three-pointers in succession on the outside, completely pulling out Barcelona's defense.
Completely opposite to last year, Real Madrid pressed Barcelona in turn.
After the first quarter, Sun Hao scored 14 points in a single quarter, plus 3 assists.
Under his leadership, the Real Madrid team played a single quarter with a score of 22-8, which directly hit the fans at the scene.
In the second half of this quarter, as soon as Sun Hao got the ball, they began to call Sun Hao's name together.
In other words, Sun Hao has captured the hearts of Real Madrid fans in just one session!
In the substitution transition section of the first and second quarters, Sun Hao went to rest.
Barcelona worked hard to chase the points during this time period, narrowing the gap to 8 points before the main team returned, which did not let the game lose suspense too early.
The tense nerves of the Barcelona coach have only eased a little.
If this kind of competition is a flower, he is afraid that he will have to resign and apologize when he goes back.
However, as soon as he relaxed a little, the short whistle sounded on the sidelines, and he saw Sun Hao reappearing.
His eyelids jumped unconsciously.
He called Hurtas up and kept telling him before going on the court, for fear that the latter would go up again and be tackled.
In the last five minutes of the second quarter, the main forces of both sides returned.
Hurtas held the ball and directed his teammates from beyond the three-point line, and he now has no desire to look at the frame.
Barcelona's tactical run on the weak side, Hurtas saw the opportunity and was ready to pass.
But at this moment, he felt a pressure hit him.
As soon as he turned around, he saw Sun Hao pounce again!
The goshawk pounces on the rabbit, and the flutter makes people desperate!
He wanted to dodge, but Sun Hao grabbed the time difference between him and his head, and his hands were already grasping the ball like pliers.
Two people, four hands, are engaged in the most direct confrontation of power on a ball.
Then, as in all previous rounds, Hurtas was completely at a disadvantage.
He felt his body lose control, and then the ball was snatched from Sun Hao's hand!
What a robbery!
The head coach of the Barcelona team has his eyes straight.
This is...... Foul! Foul!
He shouted with a wave of his sleeves.
However, the referee didn't blow the whistle, and he didn't touch his hand, so no foul counted.
Another defender of the Barcelona team reacted quickly, and posted it as soon as Sun Hao made a steal, so he didn't give Sun Hao another chance of 1.0 meters.
Sun Hao went to the front court with a fast attack on the defense, and it was still a hard shot after the confrontation.
The opposing guard was afraid of fouls and didn't dare to start, so Sun Hao easily squeezed him away and scored a layup.
Basketball is really a sport that eats the body, and his current body feels like EBA James.
Two points are easy to get.
"Congratulations to the host for successfully unlocking the 'Fast Break Terminator' badge."
At this moment, Sun Hao's mind once again sounded the prompt sound of the system.
Fast Breaker (Bronze): Slightly increases speed and finishing success rate during fast breakouts.
Under the fast attack one after another, in the face of Hurtas played a completely crushing performance, Sun Hao unlocked the badge again!
This is somewhat similar to the previous scenario when the basketball IQ was unlocked.
Sun Hao has played in China in the past two years, and he is much stronger than his opponent in the confrontation, and the one-stop fast break after the steal is the signature scoring method.
It also reached the tipping point of breaking through the bottleneck, and Hurtas fulfilled him.
When there was no badge, Sun Hao robbed Hurtas a little doubtful of life, and after having the badge, the latter was beaten and autistic.
All night he was like he was tied to a pole and whipped incessantly, unable to do anything but make an ahhhh
The Barcelona team was also in a situation of being beaten all night.
In the end, Real Madrid slaughtered Barcelona 78-46 in the opening game, giving a strong start to the new season.
Sun Hao only played three quarters, 11 of 12 shots, 4 of 5 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and almost cut 30 points, 5 boards, 6 steals and 3 assists with a 100% shooting rate, playing an absolutely explosive debut.
Although the statistics of the youth team are not so indicative, Sun Hao's performance is enough to make Madrid fans remember him.
You know, he's only 15 years old!
To be able to play like this is absolutely promising.
"I have a feeling that if you continue to play like this, you will really be like Pau Gasol, and you will play in the first team in a year."
After the match, Fernandez looked at Sun Hao with adoration.
For a young boy who has just stepped into professional basketball at the age of eleven or twelve, Sun Hao's performance tonight is enough to become his idol.
"You've got to do it too."
Sun Hao also did what an idol should do, reaching out and touching Fernandez's head for encouragement.