Chapter 29: The First Battle of USC (5)

Facing Ye Feng, who suddenly broke out, Mayo was completely down, and the only thing he could do was to use the cover of his teammates to make a hurried shot, and he no longer dared to face Ye Feng's defense. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info saw that Mayo consciously avoided himself to fight, Ye Feng shook his head, in his opinion, this means that Mayo has lost the heart of a strong man who never gives up, if he does not eliminate the demon in time, it may be difficult for this team to appear in the tournament in March next year.

However, Ye Feng did not keep his hand, the court is like a battlefield, and he can have some pity for the opponent in his heart, but in order to win the game, he must go all out, and there are countless things in the history of basketball that carelessly lose Jingzhou. In the 2002-03 playoffs, Maddy, who was the Magic's number one star at the time, led the team to a 3-1 lead over the Pistons, and he said in his post-game press conference: "I'm already thinking about the next round of opponents." As a result, the mentality of the team boss made the Magic finally won three games in a row by the Pistons, and Maddy's words became a laughing stock.

In fact, for Ye Feng, it is difficult for such a thing to happen to him. Since Ye Ning taught him to play basketball, he has always instilled in him a concept: the lion must also fight the rabbit with all his strength. You can despise your opponent strategically, but be sure to value your opponent tactically, otherwise being defeated by an enemy weaker than yourself will be the greatest shame. Ye Feng has always kept this in mind, so even if he gets a lot of rest time because his opponent is not strong enough, as long as he plays, he will definitely go all out to defeat his opponent.

As far as this game is concerned, Mayo is no longer worth his deliberate targeting, what Ye Feng has to do is to constantly attack, attack and attack again on the basis of cooperating with his teammates, and completely break down the opponent's defense. Seeing that Mayo had lost his original sharpness in his eyes, Lewis sighed helplessly, he believed that the coach also saw that Mayo's psychological state was very problematic, but he was the sharpest knife of the team, and he couldn't help but put him on the court, otherwise the team might lose even more ugly.

How could Floyd, the head coach of the Trojans, not see it? As long as he still has cards in his hand that can be played, he will never let Mayo stay on the court, even if he is already the arrow of the team's attack. For a guard who is limited to breakouts, shooting becomes crucial, but Mayo's heart is in turmoil. The most powerful thing about the shooter is on the inside, and only by being calm can you hit it with one hit, and Mayo obviously can't do that.

Watching his little brother hit the iron again and again, Lewis quietly focused his passing on Jefferson and Gibson, trying to use the inside's offensive ability to maneuver with UCLA. But he underestimated one man, Kevin Loew. In the previous warm-up games at UCLA, the backcourt combination of Ye Feng and Westbrook attracted too much attention, and almost all opponents thought that UCLA's advantage was their backcourt, but ignored the strongest barrier standing behind them.

Without the support of the top insiders, how can a defender run wild in the opponent's three-second zone? Loew, a big white man, is indeed the best center for the Bruins, his ability to play inside and out allows defenders to get enough space to pass and penetrate, and his ability to grab rebounds and limit cuts is well above average.

Gibson is indeed a good interior player, whether it is the next step down the frame after blocking or the second offense after grabbing the frontcourt rebound, he does a good job. But beware, he's limited to "good", while Loew is at least "excellent". When Loew catches the ball in the low post, his skilful inside footwork is able to trick Gibson almost every turn. At this time, Gibson's super athleticism became an obstacle for Gibson, and he received his fourth personal foul in the first half alone, and had to be pressed to the bench by the coach.

USC, which was suppressed both inside and outside, lost the capital to fight against UCLA at the beginning of the second half, and the point difference was quickly opened up after a wave of 8-0 small climax, and it could only rely on Mayo's ineffective shooting and Jefferson's low-post turnaround jumper to catch up. But UCLA didn't give them any chances, compared to the opponent's inefficient scoring methods, their offense seemed to be smooth under the scheduling of the backcourt duo, and even Bamot, who is the team's defensive engineer, also received the ball in a row in the transition attack, and UCLA's starting five were almost in full bloom.

Soon the difference was widened to 20 points, although there were still more than ten minutes before the end of the game, but with the mental state of USC, it was impossible to complete the overtake. However, Floyd did not take off the starting line-up, and although he did not feel that the team had any hope of winning, such a game was a good grind for the Trojans. And as members of the same Division I league, they will meet again in the second half of the regular season, when they will face UCLA on their home turf, so it would be good to familiarize themselves with the characteristics and tactical coordination of the opposing team now.

Holland didn't plan to kill them all either, as he made one of the main players one after another, bringing on a bench led by Darren Collison and Enrique to buy more rest time for the starters. With Mayo hitting an inconsequential buzzer-beating three-pointer, UCLA got the season off to a flying start with a 108-82 win over its arch-rival USC on its home court. The best performance in the whole game was naturally Ye Feng, who was pushed to the front of the stage by his teammates to attack Mayo, who scored a quasi-triple-double of 24 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, while Mayo only scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, which was a crushing without suspense.

Also becoming a thorn in the side of the USC is Loew, who turned the river and the sea on the inside, with a big double-double of 18 points and 20 rebounds, which made the USC interior line led by Gibson unable to raise his head. As for UCLA's captain Westbrook, he should be one of the most laid-back players in this game, because under his guidance, the team's firepower is tilted towards Ye Feng and Love, two freshmen, and he himself is happy and relaxed, although he only scored 12 points, he handed out an astonishing 22 assists, which is also a big miracle for a stunned young man like him.

After the game, in the face of the applause and cheers of the fans, Ye Feng and his teammates came to the middle line to bow to the fans who supported him, thanking them for coming to the scene to cheer for the team. Of course, Ye Feng saw the eye-catching Chinese slogan among the countless English slogans at a glance, needless to say that it was the masterpiece of Zhou Yaqi and her friends. And the slogan also painted Ye Feng's cartoon image, Ye Feng's eyes twitched and turned his gaze back, fortunately, his teammates didn't notice his abnormality, otherwise it would be inevitable to be ridiculed.

Just as Ye Feng was about to walk into the players' tunnel, someone stopped him behind him. Ye Feng looked back, the expression on his face became very strange, and it was Mayo who was beaten by himself in the game who stopped him. As a Chinese, Ye Feng could not speak ill of his opponent after the match, and he reluctantly stopped and said to Mayo: "Is there anything wrong with you?" If it's okay, I'll have to go back to the locker room and change. ”

Mayo didn't expect Ye Feng to stop, he hurriedly ran a few steps quickly, and said sincerely: "Ye, I didn't expect you to be stronger than the rumors, I always thought that I should be the strongest scoring guard in the NCAA this season, but now I realize that I am arrogant." I would like to ask if I can exchange jerseys with you? You are the first peer I sincerely admire, and I hope you can grant me this little request. ”

Ye Feng scratched his head, the first time he met an opponent who wanted to exchange jerseys with him, and he didn't know if the match was not in accordance with the regulations. Of course, Mayo, who is also a freshman, also proposed to the opponent to exchange jerseys for the first time, in fact, he also didn't know if it was possible, so Ye Feng looked at his head coach for help.

Holland had already noticed this, and when he saw Ye Feng's inquiring gaze, he instantly knew what was going on, as a hot new star in the league, Mayo has always been above the top, and this time he took the initiative to ask UCLA players to exchange jerseys, and he was also honored. He nodded at Ye Feng, signaling that he could agree to Mayo's request.

After getting the coach's affirmation, Ye Feng happily took off his No. 13 jersey and handed it to Mayo, and at the same time took his jersey from Mayo. Seeing Ye Feng so refreshing, Mayo couldn't help but smile, and he suddenly felt that Ye Feng, who was killing all sides on the court, was not so difficult to get along with off the court.

Looking at the UCLA No. 13 jersey in his hand, Mayo raised his head and said loudly: "Ye, there is at least one more battle between us, and I will definitely beat you next time, you wait and see!" I'm not going to back down any longer! ”

Before Ye Feng could speak, Bamot, who was passing by, sneered: "What's the use of that? No, you still can't beat the leaf? Although you are both freshmen, you are no match for Ye! ”

Bamot wanted to say something, but Ye Feng stretched out his hand to stop him, and instead solemnly said to Mayo: "You are indeed strong, but to me your advantage is nothing, this is largely because you have not learned how to make full use of your advantages, and this is the fundamental reason why you lost this game." I know you're talented, this is your first season in the NCAA, and I'm sure you'll get stronger through the game, and I'm really looking forward to our next matchup, and I hope you can come to the top and don't let my expectations come to naught." ”

Mayo glanced at Ye Feng deeply, nodded silently, and turned to walk towards his teammates. Looking at his departing figure, Bamot asked puzzledly, "Ye, isn't what I said just now the truth?" And it's the right of the winners, I don't understand why you don't let me continue. ”

Ye Feng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Richard, I have a reason to stop you. Maybe it's the winner's right to laugh at the loser, but for me basketball means joy and victory, never to hit others. I'm sorry if I offended you, but I'm really looking forward to the showdown with Mayo, and," an inexplicable flash of emotion flashed in his eyes, "to despise our opponents is to despise ourselves!" ”