Chapter 55: Volunteers Sending Warmth
After Bai Yanyu moved to Bai Xiaonian's house, the Bai family's mansion, which was originally a little deserted, also became hot, not only because Bai Yanyu lived at home, but also because the number of times Emma came to visit her home increased significantly.
During this time, Emma and Bai Yanyu quickly became good girlfriends who talked about everything, and the little white children's shoes, the common intersection of the two, naturally ended up being exposed.
The two women, plus Shangguanqin's unreliable mother, Bai Xiaonian, actually had an urge to die, but fortunately, soon the UCLA vs. the University of Tennessee's NCAA top 32 knockout tournament began, which gave Bai Xiaonian a short respite.
March 13, 2011
UCLA's Poly Arena was packed, and the school has been stopping at the round of 32 of the NCAA playoffs in recent years, much to the dissatisfaction of Brus fans, which of course does not mean that they do not support their team, but rather that they want to see their team go further in March Madness.
In the cheering crowd, there were a lot of photos and jerseys of Bai Xiaonian, and there was even a special area in the stands where Bai Xiaonian's personal fans were all there.
Bai Yanyu, who was forcibly pulled by Emma to cheer for Bai Xiaonian today, wondered why her cheap cousin was so popular in the United States, so she asked Emma beside her with some confusion:
"Emma, why are so many people holding pictures of Bai Xiaonian? Is he powerful? ”
"Huh? Anne, don't you know? Bai Xiaonian is the number one star in UCLA, even among his peers in the United States, he is the most powerful! ”
Emma proudly said to Bai Yanyu that the Annie in her mouth was Bai Yanyu's English name.
After hearing Emma's words, Bai Yanyu nodded in some surprise, and then she also learned from the fans at the scene to cheer for UCLA.
In the home team's locker room at the Poly Arena, Ben Holland is making the usual tactical arrangements for the game, holding the opponent information he has sorted out these days and frowning.
This season, the University of Tennessee's lineup is very strange, as the strongest player in their team, Reinaldo Woodridge obviously has a height of 213 cm, but he prefers to play the position of power forward, you must know that the height of their team's center Williams is only 211 cm, probably this kind of team with a big forward is taller than a center throughout history.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, Ben Holland broke the silence in the locker room and said:
"Gordon! Today you go to the center of the field. And Simmons, you go to play power forward, don't worry about the boy, I think if even you can't withstand Reinado's onslaught, then there's no second person on our team who can. ”
Of course, Ben Holland will not ignore the threat of the outside line because he is concerned about the inside contention on the court, and continues to arrange:
"Wood and Malcolm, you two have to control the pace of the game as soon as possible outside, the two guards opposite are rookies who have only entered the NCAA this season, and I believe you can do a good job."
As the players from both sides entered the Poly Arena, Kenan Dees began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides;
"The center of the Tennessee Volunteers is Bryan Williams, the big man from Ireland, the big forward is the bull Reinaldo Woodridge, the small forward Harris is a soft guy, I think our Taylor will give him a good taste of men, and their two guards are called Stiller and Cordova, and when I hear these two names, I dare to swear to God that they are definitely not very good, probably as their team name says, they are volunteers who come to send warmth to our elves."
Then Kenan Dees changed his impassioned tone and began to introduce the home team's starters...
The basketball was thrown into the air by the referee under the watchful eye, and the big forwards of the two teams, Gordon and Reinado, jumped almost at the same time, and this time Gordon was brutally taken off by the opponent without even touching the edge of the basketball.
Defend!!!
Bai Xiaonian saw that the basketball flew to the hands of the opposing player, and with a wave of his big hand, he organized the team, and everyone in the Brown Bears team did not have the slightest panic except for Gordon, and quickly withdrew their half court and waited for the opponent's attack.
In the face of Bai Xiaonian's defense, opposing point guard Corvado did not choose to pass, and the increasing frequency of dribbling indicated that the NCAA rookie point guard wanted to go it alone.
"Wood White, I heard you're the best point guard here, let me see how good you are!"
Bai Xiaonian ignored Córdoba's provocation, just prepared his defensive posture and quietly waited for the opponent to break through.
Seeing that Bai Xiaonian was not moved by his words, Corvado pursed his mouth with some regret, and then the left one tentatively took the right one and accelerated to break through.
It's a pity that our little white children's shoes didn't show mercy to this little rookie at all, a cover with his left hand and a slight tremble with his right hand, Córdoba's basketball was broken, and then Bai Xiaonian opened his long legs and rushed to the front court, and came to a one-arm buckle in his home stadium.
"Roar, roar, roar! Our elf is dunking again, look at his graceful figure..."
Bai Xiaonian's superfan Kenan Des immediately started his killing mode, and his exaggerated praise caused a burst of laughter from UCLA fans in the stands.
The University of Tennessee volunteers still held the ball after the serve, but after the frustration he just foiled, his dribbling became more cautious.
Looking at Córdoba in front of him, who was always reluctant to get closer to him within a step, Bai Xiaonian said:
"Friends! Do you look a little nervous? ”
"What? Are you kidding? Did Harris look at me nervously? ”
After hearing Bai Xiaonian's words, Corvado hurriedly denied it, and also turned his head and asked Harris, the good old man in his team, for comfort, but the honest man Harris nodded very upright and said:
"Corvado, you look really nervous, you see your face is white..."
“Shut UP! You idiot! ”
Before Harris could finish speaking, Corvado interrupted him directly, and in order to prove that he was not nervous, he had to cover it up with a more unrestrained dribble.
And this time, God favored his bravery, taking advantage of Bai Xiaonian's distraction, he broke through the UCLA defense, broke through the interior line, and hit a mid-range jumper.
"What a wonderful day!"
After a high-handed slap with the team's boss Reinado, Cordoba said proudly to Bai Xiaonian.
"Of course! But the beauty of this place belongs only to me. Bai Xiaonian replied with a smile and fearlessly.
"Ahhh Come on, Bai Xiaonian! Come on, Bai Xiaonian! ”
Bai Yanyu in the stands was also driven by the fiery atmosphere of the Poly Arena, and when he saw that his cousin was deflated on the field, he pulled Emma next to him and continued to cheer for Bai Xiaonian loudly.
"Wow Boss! You're so awesome, can you still live in harmony with two boats? Teach me how you do it. ”
Taking advantage of the opportunity to serve, Honeycut, who looked at the beauties in the stands, saw Bai Yanyu and Emma cheering for Bai Xiaonian at the same time, and couldn't help but scream.
"Foot on you paralyzed..."
The offense and defense reversed again, Bai Xiaonian walked through the half with the ball, although he had just lost two points because of his mistakes, but he was not worried at all, the game had just begun...