Chapter 126: The Playoffs Begin
Roy is ready and ready for his first playoff game.
As the No. 1 in the league, Chino Gang High School has access to all playoff home qualifications, and their opponent today is Dr. Olga Mohan High School of the league, who finished eighth in the regular season.
The awkward name of the high school suffered a 65-97 defeat to Chino Gang High School in the regular season, and in theory, Roy had no trouble winning the opponent, but for the sake of insurance, Roy still allocated his long-accumulated attribute points again the day before the game.
The enhanced Roy's overall ability has reached 60, and he is already capable of all role types, and he does not dare to slack off, and he has positioned himself as an "all-round scoring guard" against the League Dr. Olga Mohan High School.
As it turned out, Roy's caution was indeed superfluous, and the 1/4 finals were only half-time, and the suspense was completely lost, with a half-time score of 65:25 and a 40-point lead from Chino Gang High School.
It is impossible to describe the ferocity of this game, and the audience at Chinogang High School is completely watching the whole game in various jokes.
Roy played just 16 minutes and finished with 24 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, three interceptions and two blocks.
At the beginning of the second half, Roy took the initiative to slow down the pace of attack, and even he felt that it was too cruel to treat the away team like this, not to mention that he had been tossed by all kinds of "tasks" recently, so let Liangelo brush up the data.
Roy's kindness can make Su Dong anxious, he knows how many scouts and media have come to this game, so why not show a little more if there is such a good opportunity to perform?
There were indeed a lot of scouts who came to the scene.
Lewis, a scout for the Charlotte Bobcats, was one of them, and he came to inspect Roy on the behest of the team's owner, Jordan, and today is his third game.
From his personal feelings, he didn't take Roy seriously at first, thinking that it was just a business card for Boss Joe to explore the Asian market, but after he watched Roy's two games, he completely subverted his concept.
In his true thoughts, Roy's dominance is the next James, and watching his game is completely like a college student beating up a schoolboy.
After three games, Lewis's notebook was densely filled with comments about Roy, and in a word, he was very optimistic about Roy.
There are those who are optimistic about Roy, and naturally there are those who are optimistic about Roy.
Boston Celtics scout Henderson wasn't too cold about Roy, and this was his first game of scouting Roy, and he concluded that Roy's opponent was too weak.
Although it is a playoff-level game, the overall basketball level of California high schools is not ranked among the top few in the country, and even if a genius like Lonzo Ball has emerged in recent years, it still can't hide the mediocrity of California's overall basketball level.
Brushing data on mediocre opponents is not strong, don't forget that Anthony Bennett, the NBA's "most watery champion" back then, was also a big killer in high school, but everyone saw the ending later.
With Henderson's narrow views and contempt for Asian instincts, he gave the comment that he would not advise the Celtics to choose Roy.
In addition, there is a third type of person, a patriotic scout.
Los Angeles Lakers scout Brown falls into this category.
As a native of California, he knows Roy better than anyone else, but it is precisely because of this that his feelings for Roy are more complicated.
From the perspective of the scout's own work, he recognizes Roy's strength, but if he is a proud American basketball man, he doesn't want to give Roy too high a rating.
The reason is also very simple, Roy is the one who squeezed out Lonzo Ball, the pride of California, an unknown person from China, who openly bullied Lonzo Ball, the precious son of the California people, which many people can't swallow.
Brown couldn't swallow it, he was a loyal American basketball fan, the best in American basketball in the world, and it was not to be challenged, so this time he planned to fake the public and give it a personal touch. His scouting report suggested that the Lakers should choose Brandon Ingram, but it was better to choose the Australian turtle Ben Simmons than Roy.
By the end of the third quarter, Roy's stats had risen to 28 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, four steals and three blocks.
Taking advantage of the short break of 2 minutes, Su Dong ran down the stands, and he rushed straight to Roy.
"Roy, cheer up, there are a lot of scouts on the scene in today's game, Philadelphia 76, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, these team scouts who have the opportunity to draw the top pick are all here."
"Really? Why didn't you say it earlier? Hearing that a big scout arrived, Roy understood what that meant, "What do you mean I'm going to play hard in the fourth quarter?" ”
"As fierce as you can."
As fierce as you can? Roy listened.
While a few familiar scouts were still chatting, Roy exerted his strength.
He first showed off his outside attack skills, dribbling, pull-up jumpers, three-point pulls, and mastery of everything, so scouts wrote in their notebooks "proficient in outside offense, accurate shooting".
Then there was the defensive ability, and it was steals and blocks, and Roy played his long hand to the extreme, watching Roy's struggling defensive performance, the scouts added that "Roy's defense is also good, maybe he can be a good '3-and-D player'".
Of course, Roy's performance is not over yet, he still has a terrifying body and solid interior attack skills, back-to-back, breakthrough dunks, fancy layups, and there seems to be no technical moves that can stump Roy, and this time the scouts are in trouble.
"Hey, what do you think to say about Roy?" Minnesota Timberwolves scout Bradley was sitting next to Henderson and was curious to see what his peers had to say about Roy.
"How do you evaluate it? I think Roy is good, but that's about it. Henderson shrugged, his comment amounting to a piece of nonsense.
"If Roy's performance can only be counted as 'that's all,' then we can't find a star in an American high school, right?" Bradley is an objective and impartial scout, and he is a little puzzled by this attitude of his peers.
"What are you kidding, you know, it's just a high school game, do you see? The opponent will hardly be able to defend. When it comes to the NCAA, when it comes to the defense, when it comes to the bag, I bet Roy won't even score 10 points. "Henderson is unrelenting, and he doesn't have much affection for his peers.
"Okay, so who do you think Roy's template player is?"
"Template players? Then look for Shafrick Randolph (water cooler keeper who averaged 4.8 minutes per game in five appearances for the Celtics in the 2014-2015 season). Henderson replied angrily.
"Oh my god, you're not a scout." Bradley shook his head, he didn't say it, it was like the second half of the sentence that he had withheld.
"Whoever misses Roy this year will regret it."