34. Interview invitation
"Allah, my man, I still haven't figured out if he's going to dribble or not, because he hasn't broken through a single guy in the whole game." Martin said to his partner with a smile after the game.
"He's the MVP of the game, and we're going to remember to ask him that question when we interview him," Allah laughed. ”
Li Wu got 24 points, 4 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks in this game, except for not grabbing a rebound, he filled all the data blanks, although Maodore broke out in the second half of the game because of Wesley's downfall, but because of the previous sluggish performance, he only scored 15 points in the whole game, which made Li Wu naturally become the MVP of this game.
So he was interviewed by a CBSSN reporter.
"First of all, I want to congratulate you, Lee, how do you feel about playing a game that dominates both ends of the floor?" During the sideline interview, the reporter handed the microphone to Li Wu after questioning.
"First of all, I have to thank Coach Smith for his proper tactical set-up that fueled my firepower and I got a lot of open shots, and secondly, I want to thank my teammates for their efforts on the offensive end that allowed me to finish a lot of scoring opportunities, and it was their efforts on the defensive end that allowed me to be in the right position and sit in the right place."
As a Columbia University scholarship winner, Li Wu's emotional intelligence is beyond doubt, not to mention that he has been in Vanity Fair for three years when he was boxing in his last life. This was said very smoothly.
"Thank you for your answer, and I have another question for your future opponents, will you dribble or not? I didn't see you on the ball the whole game, but you used your dribbling ability to shake off your opponent a few times for a jumper. "Remember to ask questions with humor.
Li Wu laughed a few times and said, "I really want to tell you the truth, but in a competitive sports competition, sometimes the secret is the key to winning or losing, sorry." ”
After that, Li Wu and his teammates left the stadium and drove overnight to the small town of Hanover, New Hampshire, because tomorrow night, they will be away from home against another Ivy League team: Dartmouth College Big Green.
Dartmouth College is a small but elite prestigious university, with a student-to-faculty ratio of about 1:7, this school has only 7,000 undergraduates plus graduate schools (including PhDs), but there are more than 1,000 professors, high entry barriers, advocating small class teaching, and his style is unique in the Ivy League.
Because of this, their basketball team is even more talented, and its strength has not been ideal in the Ivy League, such a fish belly team gave Coach Smith a good opportunity to practice, and he decided to transfer Li Wu to the starting No. 1 position, Maodore to play the No. 2 position, and the other starting lineups remain unchanged.
Because of the development of in addition to the dribble after the emergency stop jump shooting technology, Li Wu in this game after holding the ball immediately killed the Quartet, at the end of the first half has scored 18 points, 3 steals, 3 assists, 2 blocks, these three assists are as for his long pass after the steal, in the organization of the offense, Li Wu did not send an assist, he got the ball immediately chose to block or dribble emergency stop jump shot, to later, when the opponent began to wrap himself, he chose to pass to the next Maodor, and then by Maodor or sudden or pass or throw.
As soon as Li Wu was trapped, he was destined to form an empty position, and Maodore was able to grasp this flaw most of the time to pass the ball to the empty players, so he brushed 11 assists in this game, reaching a career high, and also scored 23 points, although it was less than the 27 points scored by Li Wu in the whole game, but it was a double-double statistic, which made him like to partner with Li Wu.
"That's right! That's what I want to say! That's how you should fight! Lee holds the ball and then blocks and dismantles or dribbles and then makes a stop-and-go jump shot, in the Ivy, no one can prevent you from these two moves! So they'll definitely choose the bag clip! As long as you play the ball in the bag, you pass the ball to Maodore to deal with, and as long as you keep playing this way, I dare say that in the next games, there is no one in the Ivy League who is no match for us! On the bus back to New York, Coach Smith said excitedly to Li Wu and Maodore. 、
"Coach, I agree with you, and I think I'll get a double-double in a lot of games." Maodore said with a smile.
Li Wu also agreed.
Abby, who chose to charter a bus back to New York with the Columbia Lions, was sitting next to Li Wu at this time, and she whispered to Li Wu: "It seems that your martial arts have helped you dribble a lot." ”
"Yes, but it only strengthened my ability to control the ball, in fact, the speed of my ball after starting still can't keep up with my speed, that's why I'm used to dribbling and stopping jump shots, because opponents will subconsciously turn to be ready to chase after seeing my one-step starting speed, in fact, they don't know that if I continue to hold the ball, I can't get rid of their pursuit at all, unless it's a bulky guy like Ossetkovsky and Voss." Li Wu replied.
"Hey, you're pretty good now, in my opinion, the Ivy doesn't have any opponents for you anymore, and even after March Madness, unless you meet those particularly powerful guys, they won't be able to deal with your move, of course, I also hope that you can improve your dribbling ability as soon as possible, otherwise you will be a role player at most after entering the NBA." Abby said with a smile.
"Thank you for your encouragement, Abby, it's really exciting." As a Chinese scholar, Li Wu's English is very localized, and his polite words are very authentic.
"Hey, I suddenly remembered something, it's Valentine's Day." Abby suddenly smiled playfully at Li Wu and said.
"Oh yes, I hope this game didn't delay your Valentine's Day, and if your boyfriend is in New York or Los Angeles, please let me send him my sincerest apologies, because it's probably past 12 o'clock if you return to New York or fly from New York to Los Angeles." Li Wu said sincerely.
"Naive boy, if I had a boyfriend now, I wouldn't go to Hanover to watch your match against Dallmouth College, because it seems to me that this game is a doomed outcome if it doesn't work. I mean, tonight, if you're not on Valentine's Day, I'd like to give you an interview after we get back to New York. Abby said with a smile.
"Of course, I don't have a girlfriend, so I don't need to spend Valentine's Day." Li Wu readily agreed.
"Oh, really? That's really nice. I can plan my interview. Abby laughed slyly.