August 1, 2015, a sunny day.

Roy's alarm went off.

It was just after seven o'clock in the morning when Roy woke up uncharacteristically.

With dark circles under his eyes, he woke up uncharacteristically.

Roy had insomnia last night.

Cause of insomnia: A mind full of cranky thoughts.

How to attack, how to defend, how to grab rebounds.

How to play if you are ahead, and how to adjust if you are behind.

The official competition was a new and strange world for Roy.

Even though he is the younger brother of Jordan and Abdul-Jabbar, even if he has the ability of a professional basketball player after a night of adjustment, the tension is still attacking him.

It's a real game, and you need to decide the winner and the loser.

Losing one game would mean that all the hard work of the summer vacation would be in vain.

So...... You can't afford to lose......

You can't lose, Roy's mind is full of thoughts that he can't lose.

By the end, he had insomnia!

Counting sheep, reading books, listening to music, Roy exhausted all the methods at his disposal, and in the end he could only let the time tick.

Confused and groggy, Roy didn't know if he had fallen asleep or not, let alone how much time he had been asleep.

He dreamed of the game, the familiar court, the boiling audience, and standing in front of Roy was the "old enemy" Leng Yihan.

The score is tied with five seconds left, and Roy has to execute one last attack.

I saw Roy turn around with a wonderful dribble, past Su Xiaohe, and flash Wei Haochuan's block, facing Leng Yihan, Roy started to shoot......

"Ding Ling Ling Ling." The alarm went off.

Roy bounced up from the bed, the opening of the "Ronald McCup Summer 3-on-3 Basketball Game" is today!

The long-awaited day has finally arrived......

This year's "Uncle McNay Cup" was scheduled to be held at the basketball park.

Following the navigation of his phone, Roy finally found this place.

When I arrived, there was already a sea of people outside the basketball park.

Everywhere you look, you'll find smiling basketball enthusiasts in jerseys, tall, muscular game participants, and a variety of staff, reporters, and cheerleaders.

It was the first time Roy had seen such a big scene, and he was looking for the shadow of his teammates in the vast crowd.

A few seconds later, the phone rang.

Cheng Zixi's phone, they are waving to themselves from afar.

Like Roy, Cheng Zixuan was also nervous and excited all night long.

At the moment, he even spoke a little hoarse.

Relatively speaking, Lao Yang is a lot more relaxed, and his competition credo is to focus on participation.

The four of them arrived, and Wang Jie's whereabouts were still unknown.

Cheng Zixuan called him four times in the morning and did not respond, which made him anxious.

"Roy, you're here." Cheng Zixuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously, "Help me find Wang Jie, no one answered after several calls." ”

"You didn't reach him? But I only have a mobile phone number, alas. After looking at the time, Roy was also anxious.

In these years, everyone has a mobile phone, and almost all fixed phones have to be included in museums, so in the information society, sometimes it becomes difficult to find someone, and if you can't find a mobile phone, it means that you can't find someone.

Roy made three calls in a row, all of which were "the user you called did not answer".

In just a few words, Roy sweated directly when he listened.

No, could it be that Wang Jie temporarily abstained?

What can I do? After all, he is still my classmate, Cheng Zixi won't blame me for this, right?

"I can't find Wang Jie either, what should I do now? Can the game still be played? Roy fought hard for answers.

"The only fortunate thing now is that Wang Jie's participation card is with me, as long as the participation card is complete in the preliminaries, there are three people who can play, but it depends on the three of us, I am afraid that it will ......" Lao Yang spread his hands after speaking, expressing helplessness.

It's okay, it's okay, there's still time.

Roy secretly rejoiced.

"Otherwise, I'll let the other students send him a message now to see what his situation is, and let's not wait stupidly, let's go to the opening ceremony first."

Roy's proposal was not unreasonable, and Cheng Zixuan had to accept it even if he was in a hurry......

……

Compared to the hustle and bustle outside the court, the basketball park is even more bustling.

Around the rostrum in the middle, densely packed with people.

At the entrance, several columns of security guards are carefully checking each team's badges.

The opening ceremony is about to begin.

Cheng Zixuan was invited into the infield as the team's representative, while the others could only watch from afar.

This year, 400 teams participated in the "Ronald McCup Summer Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament" in Shanghai, with more than 2,000 people, which can be described as the most popular in recent years.

Through the small talk of a few "old fritters" around him, Roy got a general understanding of the situation.

This year's competition is very special.

First of all, all professional players, professional players, senior team players and youth team players registered in the Basketball Association are not allowed to participate in the game.

Secondly, in previous years, the competition was divided into two levels, "Adult Group" and "Student Group", but this year, in order to increase the spectacle and interaction, the two categories have been combined.

In other words, in the game, your opponent may be a student of your own age, or an adult who has been in amateur basketball for many years.

As a result, the game is full of uncertainties.

And it is the draw that determines the fate of each team.

You know, 400 teams, 2,000 players to play is definitely a big project.

In order to go smoothly in the competition, the organizers also took great pains to invite more than 100 workers to maintain order, not to mention, and specially designed a set of lottery software.

The "Preliminary Stage" and "Final Stage" competitions are arranged in an orderly manner.

In the budget stage, the 400 teams will be divided into eight groups A to H through a lottery, and the teams in the large groups will compete against each other in a single knockout match, and the winning teams will be drawn to compete against each other until the end, the top four teams in each group will qualify and enter the final stage.

The final stage is relatively simple, or use the lottery method, the 32 teams will be drawn out of the place, two by two, from the 1/16 finals, 1/8 finals, 1/4 finals to the semi-finals, finals, each round of the game will be decided by drawing lots, until the final champion is determined.

Having said so much, it is nothing more than one meaning, luck is also a kind of strength.

Roy sighed secretly in his heart.

Glancing at the many players on the scene, it seems that all of them are extraordinary and have good strength, and it seems that they can only pray that God will not draw a strong team.

Compared with the reserved Roy, Cheng Zixi has long been nervous.

Her little pink hands were clasped, her eyes were closed, and she kept praying for good luck for the team.

Luck, indeed, is important.

But there is also a kind of qi, which is also subtle.

Popularity.

It is not known who recognized Roy at the scene.

And immediately caused a commotion.

Roy, who was participating in the competition for the first time, unexpectedly became the focus of the scene.

He probably didn't know that he was now a big man in amateur basketball.

From the mouths of those contestants, we may be able to feel Roy's heat:

"Look, that's Roy, it's really Roy, he's coming."

"Did you watch yesterday's video? This is his third hype video. ”

"Hype? I don't think so, that shooting machine looks pretty normal. ”

"Are you stupid, you scored 180 goals in 3 minutes, one goal in a second, you can't shoot that score even if Jordan comes, I only scored more than 100 last time."

"What do you think he's hyping himself for?"

"For what? Of course, it's for the red, and if I draw his team, I'll have to give him some color in person. ”