Chapter 2: The First Race
"Defensively, defensively. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info "In the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Stadium, tens of thousands of spectators shouted wildly.
Looking at this familiar venue, listening to these heart-pounding shouts, Meng Xu gradually came to his senses, if it is Meng Xu's biggest dream to be able to compete on the NBA stage and Jordan on the same field, then representing the Wake Forest Devils Deacons in the NCAA is one of Meng Xu's greatest wishes since entering this academy. Since watching Jordan's first game in junior high school, Meng Xu has been obsessed with basketball, admired Jordan, and even chose to apply for the NCAA after graduating from high school, which is also Jordan's alma mater, the University of North Carolina, but finally came to Wake Forest Academy by mistake. Meng Xu also played a few minutes in the final garbage time, averaging 0 points, 0 boards, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, and 0 turnovers per game.
Meng Xu sat on the bench on the sidelines, looking at the crimson score on the scoreboard, 57:40, Meng Xu sighed softly, the 40-minute game has been played for more than 30 minutes, and Wake Forest is 17 points behind, and it has basically entered garbage time.
Today's game is Wake Forest vs. Duke University, and it is also the last game of the season for Wake Forest, after last year's greatest player in Wake Forest history, Tim Duncan graduated from college and entered the NBA Draft, Wake Forest's results this season have been all the way down, and they have fallen to the bottom of the ACC league.
"Meng, you replace Robert." Wake Forest's head coach Odom looked at the bench and hesitated for a long time, patted Meng Xu on the shoulder, and signaled that it was time for Meng Xu to play, "Why do I think this kid has become taller?" Coach Odom muttered to himself.
"Hmm." Finally it was his turn to play, just like the protagonist of countless novels, he was the knight who wanted to save the team, Meng Xu excitedly took off his jacket and revealed his No. 5 jersey. Walked briskly onto the court.
It's just that there was a real burst of boos accompanied by Meng Xu on the field, and in the case of falling behind by a big score, Wake Forest replaced all the main players and gave up resistance, and the old K coach of Duke University was obviously also very interested, replaced half of the main players, and sent a few substitutes to play.
"Well, if only Tim were still around." Coach Odom, who had some gray hair, looked at the tall man in the stands in the distance, and could not hide the loss in his heart. This year, the team has been in a difficult situation, first with a group of seniors led by Tim Duncan graduating and leaving, then the team suffered massive injuries, and even in the final games of the season, the team couldn't even make up 10 men.
"Is this booing me?" Meng Xu was a little confused, it's not my fault that the team is behind by a big score, it's not my fault that the main forces don't give their strength, heaven and earth conscience, I didn't play a minute in this game.
As the whistle blew and the game began, Wake Forest's backup guard Mark took possession of the ball and ran quickly to the court, raising his hand half a meter from the three-point line to score a 3-pointer.
It would be strange if he could score, Meng Xu, who played as a small forward, could only start to retreat after half the court, and the rebound was easily won by Elton Brand, Brand is the top hit this year, in order to let his disciples brush up more data, even if it is garbage time, the old K coach still left Brand on the court.
Soon Brand advanced to the half, perhaps because he felt that Meng Xu's height was about the same as Brand, Coach Odom shouted at the bench to call Meng Xu to defend Brand, looking at Brand, who weighed a lap larger than himself, Meng Xu had to go up hard.
Looking at Meng Xu, who was defending himself, Brand looked disdainful, stretched out his hand to ask for the ball, and was about to single Meng Xu, just at the moment when the basketball came, a black figure jumped out at an astonishing speed, and Meng Xu successfully broke the ball and killed the front court. The skill of the sixth sense is really against the sky, and as soon as the point guard basketball of Duke University left his hand, Meng Xu accurately judged the route of the pass and easily cut off the ball.
With Meng Xu's current speed of 80 plus the 10-point speed increase of the Sixth Sense skill, and the speed attribute of 90, not to mention the MCAA, even in the NBA, it is first-class, just when Meng Xu advanced below the free throw line, Duke's players have not even retreated from the middle circle.
"I'm going to dunk, I'm going to dunk." Meng Xu kept accelerating, feeling the whirring wind in his ears, Meng Xu shouted out uncontrollably.
"I really flew." When advancing to two meters within the free throw line, Meng Xu's body seemed to jump up as if he was out of his control, and in the face of the unguarded basket, Meng Xu smashed the basketball into it fiercely.
"Cool" Meng Xu waved his arms, this feeling was simply amazing. Enjoying the shouts and cheers of the fans in the audience, recalling the feeling of flying in the sky just now, Meng Xu understood at this moment why those professional players had happy and excited expressions after completing the dunk, because this feeling was so enjoyable.
"Door panel, you're so handsome with this steal, and of course the dunk is great." The teammates on the field hugged Meng Xu and patted Meng Xu's back excitedly.
"Will he be the next Tim?" Coach Odom on the bench was also very excited to see this dunk.
"Door panels? It's a terrible nickname. Looking at his teammates who had retreated, Meng Xu shook his head, in addition to this nickname, Meng Xu also had a nickname called Mr. 0.
"Boy, you've me off." Brand stared at Meng Xu and said viciously.
"yes, that's just the beginning." Meng Xu stepped forward and hugged Brand tightly, and put his right hand on Brand's waist by the way, ready to make a small move at any time, but after seeing the referee's affectionate eyes, he still gave up.
After Brand received the basketball, he turned his back to Meng Xu and raised the ball with both hands, "Boy, I heard your teammates call you the door board just now, it's really a unique name, let me teach you how to play today." ”
"He's going to turn around." At the moment when Brand's body moved, Meng Xu predicted his movement, and with a slight stab of his left hand, the basketball rolled towards the other end of the court.
"Fack" looked at Meng Xu's figure, and Brand was furious.
"Tim, what do you think of this game." A middle-aged man in the stands pointed to the field and said to the big man next to him.
"Wake Forest is too weak this year." The big man shook his head helplessly. "Brand is very strong, but this year's top pick is a big hit, and I'm looking forward to him entering the league."
"Hehe, Tim, I'm talking about your junior brother." Looking at Meng Xu who was running on the field, the middle-aged man said with a smile.
"You mean Meng? He should be his freshman this year, and the rest of the team calls him a goalkeeper, and he is said to be slow to move, lacking strength, and often out of position when defending. Duncan recalls going into the home team's locker room before the game to chat with the players and coaches. Today was the last game of the season for Wake Forest, and Duncan just returned to North Carolina to play on the road, so he returned to his alma mater and pulled Coach Popovich to watch the game.
"He's got a lot of minutes and he's had poor stats, but from the two rounds he defended against Brand, he wasn't slow to move and he was very well predicted, and the important thing is that he defended well, just a little bit less powerful." The middle-aged man's hands kept rubbing against his thighs.
Back on the court, Brand slapped the basketball, his strong back and huge buttocks kept squeezing Meng Xu back, the difference in strength between the two was too great, Meng Xu couldn't withstand Brand at all, Brand turned around and jumped high, and the basketball went into the net.
"Boy, your strength is too small, not even as good as a girl." Brand said defiantly with a look of contempt.
"This kid's strength is really great, hmph, I'll let you be arrogant for a while, and after I fill up my attribute points and learn more skills, see if I don't torture you to death." Meng Xu muttered, while sighing, it is impossible to rely on a skill to kill the Quartet on the court, and he still has to work harder.