Chapter 51 - The Tripartite Convergence
After Wade arrived, he led Li Yao and the four of them to the Miami Beach Hotel.
On the way, Wei Shao asked Li Yao more than once with his eyes what the situation was, but Li Yao smiled and didn't give him an answer, just hugged Margot Robbie and followed Wade all the way, angry Wei Shao's teeth itched.
In particular, while waiting for Wei Shao to come, Margot Robbie had already changed into formal clothes, but this small gesture made Li Yao feel very moved and satisfied.
The moment he entered the restaurant, Wei Shao couldn't help it, grabbed Li Yao, and asked anxiously, "Lee, what's the situation?" ”
"What's going on? It was Wade who invited the two of us to dinner. Li Yao shrugged indifferently, indicating that it was nothing.
"Don't make a fuss, Lee, we have nothing to do with Wade, why would someone invite us to dinner?" Although he and Li Yao are now famous, they are nothing compared to superstars like Wade, but now Wade took the initiative to invite them to dinner, and the charm is worth considering.
"Nothing special, it's just that my girlfriend and I happened to meet Wade when we were playing on the beach, and Wade learned that we were going to watch another semi-final together in the afternoon, and he happened to be going too, so we were together." Seeing Wei Shao's worried look, Li Yao really couldn't bear to tease him, so he told Wei Shao the reason.
"Hey, scare me, what did I think I was doing?" Wei Shao was also relieved after hearing Li Yao's explanation.
"What do you think you're going to do?" Li Yao looked at Wei Shao with a smile.
"No, Wade was my favorite player, and now all of a sudden he invited us, and we were about to enter the draft, so I had to think about it." Wei Shao told Li Yao his thoughts.
"What are you thinking, people are inviting me, you are just by the way, remember to invite me next time to give you the opportunity to meet Wade." When Li Yao heard Wei Shao's explanation, he was a little confused, as he thought before, the probability of the Heat signing him in the list was very low, but what he thought before was too simple. But of course, he wouldn't tell Wei Shao about these things openly, so he had to change the topic.
"Good. Good. Okay, thank you, I'll treat you well next time. Wei Shao was very unhappy with Li Yao's villainous appearance, but he was helpless, who let him himself really be incidental.
At the dinner table, Wade introduced his girlfriend Gabriel Union to Li Yao.
After Wade's introduction, everyone found out that Gabriel Union actually graduated from UCLA University, so he is still the senior sister of Wei Shao and Nina.
"Russell, Senior Sister went to watch you compete yesterday, but unfortunately, the final victory was taken away by Lee." Gabriel Union looked at Wei Shao and Li Yao with a smile on his face.
"Uh," Li Yao didn't know how to answer, he didn't expect Gabriel Union to be an alumnus of UCLA, he led a team to kill UCLA yesterday, and he was suddenly embarrassed to talk about it today.
"Senior sister, I'm sorry to disappoint you, we played very badly yesterday." Wei Shao also didn't expect to meet his senior sister, which was also very embarrassing.
"Alright, Union, don't tease these two little ones." Wade, who is Gabriel Union's boyfriend, of course knows that this is his girlfriend teasing the two young people in front of him, so he interrupts Gabriel Union's plan with a smile.
After lunchtime, Gabriel Union left with Margot Robbie and Nina, after all, Wade was going to take Wei Shao and Li Yao to play together in the afternoon, and he also had to watch today's semi-finals, and the three of them might as well go shopping together.
"Wow, finally liberated." Wade, who saw the three girls leave, suddenly shouted.
"Dwyan, not really." Li Yao was a little puzzled when he saw Wade's exaggerated movements.
"Boy, you're still young, if it weren't for you two little guys today, I wouldn't have had a chance to go out and play." Wade crossed his hands behind his head, whistled, and continued to walk forward with Li Yao and Wei Shao step by step.
Li Yao was sweating profusely when he heard Wade's explanation, could it be that the reason why Wade invited him to dinner today was to have a chance to go out to play?
Wei Shao was also stunned by Wade's words.
Li Yao suddenly remembered Wade's other synonym - the Wind and Dust Four, and couldn't help but look forward to where Wade would take them to play before the game started.
It turns out that Li Yao thinks too much, and in broad daylight, even if Wade wants to take Li Yao and the two to enjoy the scenery of certain places, it is a little unrealistic.
As he said, Wade took Wei Shao and Li Yao to take a good tour of some Miami features, and waited until the evening, before the game began, the three of them rushed to the Dolphin Arena.
Although Wei Shao and Li Yao both have tickets given by the team, how can Wade, as a symbol of Miami, not have a suitable place?
Under Wade's leadership, the three people dressed up in disguise sat in an inconspicuous position on the sidelines that did not affect the viewing effect at all.
The opening ceremony was the same as their game yesterday, maybe you can feel that feeling when you are there, but there is no fluctuation in the hearts of Wei Shao and Li Yao, who are spectators today.
"Who are you favoring in this game?" Wade asked as he ate a bucket of popcorn.
"I'm more bullish on the University of Kansas, even though they don't have the same team as the University of Memphis. Rose is such a dazzling star, but the lineup is even enough, and the distribution of various positions is relatively balanced, so that even if a certain point is limited by the opponent, there is no need to worry about affecting the overall situation of the game. Wei Shao was the first to speak, but after finishing speaking, he glared at Li Yao fiercely, after all, the reason why they lost the game yesterday was that Stanford University limited their UCLA's other core scoring point, although their UCLA is also known as the "four less", but the core scoring points are only two points, he and Lefu are blocked, and they are also caught in the trap of Stanford, and finally lose the game.
"Hey, Wei Shao, don't look at me like this, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers." Li Yao was suddenly stared at by Wei Shao, and he was a little uncomfortable.
"Since Russell is bullish on Kansas, what about that team, Lee?" Wade looked at the two of them with interest, and as for Li Yao's call for Russell. Westbrook called "Wei Shao", and Wade was also explained at the dinner table.
"Since Wei Shao is optimistic about the University of Kansas, then I am optimistic about the University of Memphis. Although the University of Memphis' roster is much worse than Kansas' balance, they have a very sharp backcourt twin, Derek. As the favorite of the top show, I believe he also wants to win the NCAA championship and even MOP to enter the NBA with such a perfect posture as the top show. And his backcourt partner Chris. Douglas. Roberts is Memphis' leading scorer who scores more than Rose, and their interior defensive center, Joey. Dorsey, who is strong on offense and defensively, is also capable of breaking the deadlock in the first place than the University of Kansas's balanced lineup, and when the two sides are at a stalemate, the University of Memphis is more likely to break the deadlock. Li Yao knows that this semi-final is a copy of the 08 NCAA finals in the previous life, although in the previous life, the final winner was the University of Kansas, but since the finals have become semifinals, the outcome may change because of the influence of his little butterfly.
"And what about you, Wade?" Li Yao and Wei Shao asked Wade questions at the same time.
"Huh? I'm more optimistic about Lee, after all, he told me today that they are the only ones who won the championship, so whether Memphis or Kansas won today, it wasn't all the same. Wade ate ate popcorn and pretended to think for a while before he said slowly.
Wei Shao glanced at Li Yao speechlessly, and Li Yao shrugged his shoulders, he did say such a thing.
Li Yao had heard of Wade's high emotional intelligence more than once in his previous life, and now he found out after contact, and his previous words are enough to reflect that the showdown between Kansas and Memphis is actually not important to the three of them, even Li Yao, who is closely related to the winner, is not afraid of any of their teams at all, and Derek. Rose's style of play is actually very similar to Wade, and I believe that if he is not there, Wade will be more optimistic about this top pick.
But Wade is now sitting next to Li Yao and Wei Shao, who are both in the top five point guards in the simulation order, if he says that he is optimistic about the University of Memphis, it will not make the two people on the side embarrassed, so of course Wade, who has high emotional intelligence, will not do this kind of thing.
While the three were still discussing, the semifinals had officially begun.
The cheers of the audience made the communication between the three of them particularly difficult, and the three of them simply stopped talking and quietly watched the game on the field.
After the opening, the University of Memphis was the first to be restricted by the University of Kansas, Kansas blossomed more on the offensive end, and the defensive end was also ironclad, while on the other hand, the University of Memphis, in addition to the backcourt double guns can score, it is almost impossible to find the third scoring point.
Seeing this situation, Wei Shao couldn't help but look at Li Yao proudly, thinking: It seems that I won this time.
However, in the second half, the situation changed, and Kansas' outside shooting rate plummeted, so he wanted to attack the inside, as the Kansas interior offensive point of Darrell. Arthur was replaced by Joey. Dorsey made three blocks in a row, while the University of Memphis made three blocks in a row. Led by Rose, the defensive counterattack was impressive, and in just three minutes, the situation was reversed, and the University of Memphis began to take the lead for the first time.
Seeing this, the head coach of the University of Kansas decisively called a timeout, hoping to save the situation.