Chapter 107: Ikai Anibogu in "Hell".
The California High School Basketball Championship adopts a three-game week-a-week format, alternating home-and-away single-round robin games, 35 regular season games, and the top eight teams enter the playoffs to chase each other, still a single-game tiebreaker, and all games are expected to end within 3 months.
With a first-ever 92-point win over Justin Sina High School, Roy and his Chino Gang High School arrived in San Francisco two days later, and today they will face Lowell High School.
This is another special team, first, it is another traditional strong team in the California Championship, last year's runner-up team, and second, it is also the high school that Cheng Zixuan and Cheng Zixi are studying.
Roy sent his itinerary to Cheng Zixi and his siblings early, and it is said that although Roy played away today, there were still many Chinese students who heard the news and came to cheer for him.
"You're almost as good as Kobe Bryant, but it's your last season before retiring, and you haven't even touched the floor of the NBA." Su Dong happily teased Roy.
He has been in a good mood these days, and after some time of hard work and Roy's excellent performance in the opener, two NCAA teams have sent him messages that if Roy can maintain such a strong performance, then they are willing to give Roy a full scholarship.
And in the first issue of the national high school MVP list, Roy was also on the list, which means that the mainstream sports media in the United States have also begun to notice Roy's existence.
It is smooth sailing here in the United States, but it is even more difficult in China, with several online media outlets making a special trip to Chinogang City to follow Roy's study and life, and a few mysterious bigwigs rushed to the United States overnight, and they will conduct an on-site inspection of Roy today.
'You've got to do well today, not only is it your first game as a boss, but there's a lot of people watching you.' On the way to San Francisco, Su Dong has not forgotten to take care of Roy, this is his debut as a single core, and it must be amazing.
Roy didn't want to perform well, he turned off his phone early, and on the team bus, he made his first leadership speech as a captain, which he undoubtedly learned from the "Kobe Bryant Training Package": "Hey bros, today we have to play against last year's runner-up team, but who will win the game in the end?" ”
"Chino Hills!" The crowd shouted in unison.
"Today we're playing away, and we're going to face the scariest Devils home in California, but who's going to win the game?"
"Chino Hills!"
"Today we have three fewer players, only 10 players, but who will win the game in the end?"
"Chino Hills!"
"Good, we're going to win!" Roy ended the cheer with a loud shout, he was so excited that he didn't realize that his "leadership" had quietly increased by 1 point because of this passionate morale boost......
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There's a reason why Lowell High School is known as the "home of the devils" because it was the only team to win all of its home games in last year's California Championship, and the home atmosphere is anything but ordinary.
Lowell High School students like to call their basketball arena "hell", not only because their team plays so well every time, but also because of the terrifying atmosphere they create on their home court.
Every time they play at home, there will always be some terrifying props and decorations on their home court, what ghost head masks, what high-power horns, what colorful light sticks, what disturbing big placards, etc.
However, their strongest weapon is still the fanatical fans at home, and it may be that the usual academic pressure is too high, and the students of Lowell High School are unusually fanatical when watching basketball games.
Many teams come here, not really because of poor strength to lose, but more or less frightened by the terrifying away atmosphere in front of them.
For all these outrageous moves at Lowell High School's home court, the referee's choice was to turn a blind eye. In Yankee's understanding, it's just a game for high school students, and as long as it's not too much, the referee won't interfere too much.
Last year, Chino High School was lucky not to be able to compete here, and this year they weren't so lucky.
As soon as Roy stepped on the floor of the Lowell High School basketball arena, he felt the unusual atmosphere here, the stands around him were already full, and almost all the fans were wearing the black home team uniform of Lowell High School, so that from a distance, it looked like a game was playing in a black abyss.
Roy and the Chino Gang High School players were greeted with a flood of boos, Lowell High School is one of the top 10 high schools in California, and its students are known for their academic excellence, but on the basketball court, they are not so urbane.
"Roy, today is your end, welcome to 'Hell'."
"What about Lonzo Bauer? Is his soft ball (Bauer's surname translated as "ball") scared to come? ”
"Defeat Chino Hills, the children of Los Angeles are born soft eggs!"
The atmosphere of the game was indeed unusual, and Roy looked at his teammates, who were more or less unnatural. The reason for this is not counting the three games that the Ball brothers missed last year, but this was their first tough game since the real loss of Lonzo Ball, and it was also the most famous "hell" arena in California.
Roy's eyes moved to the stands, a stadium with a capacity of five hundred people, and now there were at least six hundred people sitting and standing, and almost every fan had a prop in his hand to interfere with the game, and it seemed that the game was destined to be a fierce battle.
After scanning twice, Roy found the Cheng Zixi siblings in a remote corner, sitting in a group of Chinese students, very quiet. It can't be helped, after all, they are still students at Lowell High School, so they can't cheer Roy openly.
Roy was watching when a dark shadow approached silently.
"You're Roy?" Roy came back to his senses, and it was a tall, wooden-looking black guy who spoke to him.
"Hello, may I ask who you are?" In fact, Roy knows without asking, the black guy wears the black home team uniform unique to Lowell High School, and it is obvious that he is one of Roy's opponents today.
"Hello, I'm Ikai Anibogu from Lowell High School." Xiao Hei said and stretched out his broad right hand, he had expected Roy to say something when he heard his name, or at least a little surprised, but Roy only gave back his right hand.
Roy doesn't even know himself? Anibogu was a little unhappy, didn't he say in an interview that he was going to lead the team to the championship? The man who aspires to win the championship doesn't know the core player of last year's runner-up team, Ikai Anibogu?
Anibogu's emotions immediately reflected on his face, and his voice became serious, "Roy, why didn't Lonzo Ball come today?" Is he afraid to face me? ”
"Lonzo? He seems to be unwell. Roy's answer was absent-minded.
"Not feeling well? Are you underestimating our Lowell High School? Ani Bogula lowered his already long horse face, "There is a price to be paid for underestimating us, and I assure you that you will not be able to score any double-digit numbers today." ”
Anibogu dropped this cruel sentence and turned to leave, and after a few seconds, Roy reacted, he pulled Hopkins who was warming up and asked, "Who is Anibogu?" Is he powerful? ”
"Anibogu? You're talking about Ikai Anibogu? Hopkins' eyes widened, "Roy, don't you know him?" He's the Big Three of California High School Basketball on a par with Lonzo Ball and Josh Jackson. ”