Chapter 69: The Georgetown All-Star Game
Lao Shuai is a quiet person, and after a day of noise, he sent all his rabbit cubs back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But there were a few people who didn't leave because of Mutombo's invitation.
As we all know, Uncle Mu is from Africa, and many people have never been there, in fact, I haven't been there either...... But there is no doubt that it is a place of lack of hope. In fact, there have been many great personalities from there, and in terms of sports, the most representative ones are Mutombo and Eto'o. And the first thing these two people do after they have money is very similar, they are both doing charity for their hometown, and this is for the rest of their lives.
Now Uncle Mu has been famous for a long time, and from time to time he organizes a charity game to donate to his hometown, and it just so happens that he returns to Georgetown this time, so many ready-made team members don't need to be a waste of money, Mutombo simply put this year's charity game to Georgetown University to be held, directly called the Georgetown All-Star Charity Game, this name makes Iverson and others feel powerless to complain.
Coach John Thompson was the referee and ...... At the same time, the coach of the two teams is competing for the old coach to be their own coach, and the old coach has no choice but to coach two teams at the same time, but it is also because this kind of game is actually to ask the coach to stop and change people or something.
Another point is more embarrassing, Coach John Thompson is very good at adjusting the inside, and other positions are a bit clumsy, only Eric Floyd and Alan Iverson can get their hands on the guards, and the forwards are even worse, no one is still playing, so I had to borrow a few students from this year's Georgetown students, but because this is a holiday, all the students who come are living in Washington, D.C., and most of them are the children of diplomatic ambassadors from various countries, so this game is also a sensation.
Of course, there is also the most sensational, the then President of the United States, Lao Ke, who also graduated from Georgetown. When he heard about the game, he asked to join in his name and said that the game could be played in the White House, but veteran coach John Thompson sensibly declined.
For a time, the eyes of various political dignitaries converged on Georgetown, who made it the cradle of diplomats and politicians.
Mutombo is very happy to do this, and the more people pay attention, it is undoubtedly a great support for philanthropy in Africa, but the others are a little restrained.
"Well, the one over there who shoots the same as throwing dynamite packets is a member of the Moroccan royal family."
"That's the strongest one, he's the son of the Dutch ambassador, he's just gone to school in Georgetown, he's the best of them all."
"And this, Italians, uh, love to behave."
Mutombo kept introducing several people, and Mo Xi and Iverson looked confused, this is a world war, almost every country, all races are included. However, what makes Lao Shuai a headache is that several of his current disciples in the alliance are all from the east. Well, there is no discrimination, in fact, the old coach also likes iron-blooded players, but it also depends on who the opponent is.
But fortunately, there are two super scoring champions in the league, Eric Floyd and Alan Iverson, the general trend of this game is estimated to be handed over to the two of them to be in charge, Floyd is okay, after all, he has a lot of experience, but Iverson, he was in prison because of a racial friction, and he is young and vigorous, in case of enthusiasm, it is not easy to do.
So the old coach thought about it and simply put Moxi Mutombo and Iverson on the first team, so that he could also suppress Iverson, just right, Mourning was on the other side, otherwise, at the end of the 90s, you let the Knicks and the Heat play on the first team? It's almost like the Soviet Union and the United States walking hand in hand.
Due to the intervention of many parties, Mutombo's whim idea was quickly implemented, and it only took a week to fully arrange, and there was even a national live broadcast.
However, before the game began, veteran coach John Thompson still called Mo Xi aside and chatted alone.
"Ink. You don't have too much playing time in this game, you have to keep it to less than 10 minutes. ”
Mo Xi was a little puzzled and asked, "Why?" It's not a professional competition, but I don't have to worry about getting injured in a competition like this, and I do want to do something for charity in Africa. Compared to several other people, in fact, Mo Xi can not do much, he has no endorsement, he still signed a two-year basic salary contract, economically speaking, in New York, where every inch of land is expensive, it would be good for him to support himself, fortunately, Mutombo also knew his current situation, and did not say anything, but Mo Xi felt a little uncomfortable, so he wanted to simply do what he could.
John Thompson explained: "No, I didn't mean that, I understand your thoughts, but this game has such a big impact now, in fact, it doesn't matter if you have more or less, I mainly consider that you have shaped your body into such a state this summer, which is something that many people can't imagine, you look at Mourning's reaction, even Mourning is so surprised, not to mention, what would happen if you showed up on the field, I think if you could, you better not be so noticeable, so, Your body will be your best weapon in the new season. ”
Mo Xi hesitated for a moment, nodded, but still said, "I understand, coach." But I think I can play a little bit longer, just enough to get used to it, but I'll be in control of it so that too many people don't notice me. ”
John Thompson nodded helplessly, like gathers like, people gather in groups, Georgetown is rich in paranoia in addition to being rich in centers.
The game was played in a stadium at Georgetown University and was divided into the Mutombo Friends and the President's Friends.
On Mutombo's side, center Mutombo, power forward Moxi, point guard Alan Iverson, the other two are Georgetown active forward Glen Eide, and the other two are the children of the Moroccan royal family.
On the President's side, center Alonzo Mourning, point guard Eric Floyd, the president serves as the point guard, and the sons of the two ambassadors are forwards.
Instead of using league or international rules, the two sides adopted NCAA rules, after all, the proposal was originally a Georgetown University All-Star Charity Game, and the fact that this is the arena of Georgetown University, and everyone has attended school here, is nostalgic for adopting this rule.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides jumped the ball, Mutombo pressed Mourning to point the ball, Iverson took the basketball, quickly passed the half court, and directly faced Floyd as soon as he came up.
Today, Floyd is forty years old, and when he was young, he was known for not being defensive, and he had little room to resist in the face of the young, strong and skilled Iverson. Floyd stood there, not reacting at all, Iverson had already changed direction twice in a row, and rushed directly at an accelerated speed.
The president has no one here to stop Iverson, as for Mourning on the inside, he just turned around after jumping the ball and saw Iverson's easy layup, after all, this is just a charity game, and Mourning doesn't care.
That's right, but when Mo Ning felt sorry for Shang Mo, in a trance, he felt as if he was back to the days of the battle with the Knicks, and the defensive intensity was directly increased by four levels, becoming the top category of the playoffs.
However, Mo Xi remembered the words of Coach John Thompson, this game was low-key and low-key, just stealing a frontcourt rebound from time to time, occasionally standing up to cover, passing the ball, making people feel that there was one less person on the court, but the other party was inexplicably more person.
Coach John Thompson is very satisfied, in fact, this level of competition does not show the level of his disciples at all, everyone is more performing, didn't you see Mr. President play for three minutes and then go out. But Mo Xi's performance surprised him.
Mo Xi plays very seriously, but not that serious, he is more like a blue-collar player, he has all the dirty work, but he is more like a screenwriter hidden behind the scenes, and the performance on the field is according to his ideas everywhere. Obviously, during this period of time in the Knicks, the concept of team basketball was well understood by Moxi, and often an inadvertent pass ball can give the team an excellent scoring opportunity.
Since Coach Thompson's first year as coach of Mo Xi, Mo Xi has shown a very high court IQ, he can always see the thoughts of his teammates and the key points on the court, and his vision is very broad, but unfortunately his physical fitness is not good enough, he can barely cope with it in college, and when he arrives in the league, he is really crushed. Fortunately, Mo Xi is still competitive, and he has developed a strong muscle in one summer.
However, the old coach still didn't let Mo Xi play for long, and replaced him in less than fifteen minutes, this charity game Mo Xi achieved extremely strange data, two boards, seven assists, three steals, no score, no shot, unless it was someone he knew or teammates, few people noticed that there was such a person on the field.
Ding Xiaowu quietly came to Mo Xi's side, the people present were too big, and the little girl was a little overwhelmed, so it was more comfortable to be by Mo Xi's side.
In the whispered conversation between the two, this huge charity match ended, and Mutombo's side killed the game with Iverson's final breakthrough throw.
In fact, in general, this charity game broadcast live in the United States is actually quite exciting, although there are not too many well-known stars, but there are political stars, which can be regarded as ensuring the ratings, and there are some people who understand the game, and the coaches of each team are curious about this game, because there is someone here, they seem to have seen it somewhere, but they can't remember.
Van Gundy, who was far away in New York, recognized his disciple at a glance, and he felt very angry, why did his disciple become so fat, if he hadn't lost weight during the training camp, he would have died.
Van Gundy had no idea that this was the culmination of someone's summer of training.