Chapter 5: Challenges
He looked at Li Changgeng and said with a wry smile: "Li, I don't think you should cause trouble." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"I don't lose causing trouble, I just go to someone to talk to. You know, it's rare to meet a master who can be evenly matched, and it can also give me a boost. Li Changgeng said with a smile, "Although Luovak lost to me today, his strength is also good, and it would be great if there was someone more powerful than him." I'm already starting to get excited, Lucas, are those places far away? Why don't we go over now? ”
"It's ......," Lucas was speechless and smiled wryly, "forget it, it's too late today." ”
Lucas already regretted it a little, regretting that he brought Li Changgeng over today.
Thinking that he might follow Li Changgeng to other places in the future, Lucaston felt that his future was not bright, and his heart was full of worries. However, in addition to worrying, he found that he was a little excited, but also a little expectant, and he felt that he was being taken badly!
Next, Li Changgeng began his daily routine training, and Lucas was kicked out of the court by him, he still likes to practice alone.
The next day, Jordan and Li came to find Li Changgeng, and the three of them went out for a meal together, things on his side had been settled, and Xiaoli was also going back to China.
After dinner, Xiaoli told Li Changgeng that he could call him if there was anything, so she got into Jordan's car and rushed to the airport.
Looking at the car in the distance, Li Changgeng suddenly felt a little empty in his heart, as soon as Li left, he was really the only one left here!
"Alas, it's just one person, and after a long time, you get used to it." Li Changgeng shook his head, turned around and beckoned to hail a taxi.
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In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.
UCLA, in the basketball arena, twelve players of the Bruins are training.
"Redick, you have to be quick, cut in quickly after the pick-and-roll." Coach Meigelo shouted to the players on the field from the sidelines, "And Paul, run and run, the route must be reasonable, don't hesitate after receiving the ball, don't waste Lee's good assist." ”
The field is not an intra-team practice match, but only a half-court tactical training, and Li Changgeng is still in the same team with Redick, Harris, Johnson, and Paul.
In the past month, Li Changgeng has fully proved his ability, in training, he is always able to do a good job as a point guard, mobilize the enthusiasm of his teammates, and pass the right ball to his teammates at the right time and in the right place, unpretentious, but just right.
In addition, he also showed everyone his three-point ability, and he can always shoot when he has the opportunity, which can be called a cold-blooded killer.
For some reason, Coach Megello always put him on the bench, usually with Redick.
This made O'Neal a lot happier, and he often showed off in front of Li Changgeng, and that look was like saying again: "See, I'm the main point guard, and you're just a substitute." ”
In this regard, Li Changgeng also had some doubts, but at least there were no ups and downs in his mentality.
Li Changgeng had imagined many situations when he came to the United States, and he had already prepared for the worst, so he was able to maintain a normal heart.
What's more, he doesn't have the mood and energy to care about these things.
During this month, in addition to training with the team, Li Changgeng will also train at the marmalade stadium in the morning and evening. As time went on, his strength grew, and this improvement made him feel good and fulfilled.
In addition, during the month, he led the way under Lucas, and almost every few days he went to an unfamiliar stadium. Over the course of a month, he had picked eight courses, all of which he had won comfortably, with the exception of one that was a little dangerous.
In this process, Li Changgeng also encountered many masters, at least the strength of the bosses of these 8 courts is much stronger than that of Luoke.
Competing with masters and competing with people who are older, more experienced, and have better physical fitness than him is a hone for Li Changgeng in itself, and he has learned a lot from it.
One is in terms of strength, Li Changgeng found that by constantly picking up the scene and fighting with others, his strength improved much faster than before.
The other is the style of play, the people here generally have excellent physical fitness, the style of play is tough and tough, and they have played a lot, and Li Changgeng's style of play has also become a lot stronger, which also allows Li Changgeng to integrate into the team faster and quickly adapt to the style of play of the city team.
The improvement of his ability and gradual adaptation made Li Changgeng's mentality more and more peaceful, and he was too lazy to worry about O'Neill.
In fact, Li Changgeng knows very well that in order to gain a firm foothold in the team, to become the main force, and to gain the recognition of his teammates, the key is ability. And ability is such a thing, you can perform in training, but you can't prove it, you have to prove your ability, you have to be recognized, only in the game.
Therefore, Li Changgeng is not in a hurry, but he is looking forward to the arrival of the new NCAA season and stepping on the stage of NCAA!
The NCAA is divided into three phases, the first stage is the preseason, that is, the warm-up game, and the results of this stage are not counted in the final score, so the victory or defeat is not so important. & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; lt; strong& amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; gt; Latest Chapters & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; lt; /strong& amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; gt; The purpose is to run in the team, check the training effect, and inspect new players.
Preseason matches are played on a home-and-away basis with neither team from the same region.
Because they are not teams from the same division, the two sides will not meet in the regular season after playing in the preseason. However, if you play to the back, the two sides may still meet when they enter the round of 64. Therefore, this is not only the run-in and inspection team, but also the investigation and investigation between each other.
Especially for those seeded teams, this is a preview of the round of 64, and the two sides take the competition as seriously as the official stage.
The second stage is the regular season, where teams need to make a number of preparations before the regular season, such as analyzing the video and statistics of the preseason to improve and stabilize their team's style of play, and understand the situation of their opponents in the region......
The matches at this stage are all home and away, and the wins and losses of the matches will be counted in the overall score in the form of points, and will be counted at the end.
The top finishers in each district will advance directly to the third stage, which is the round of 64.
Therefore, the regular season is the official game, and when it comes to the critical time, the victory or defeat of a game may even affect whether it can enter the top 64. Therefore, the more the regular season goes to the back, the more intense it becomes, and the game will be more intense.
The third stage is the round of 64, also known as March Madness, because it is generally between March 1st and March 31st every year.
This is also the most exciting and intense stage of the NCAA, and countless people will be watching the NCAA throughout March. In the United States, all the events in this time period cannot be compared to the NCAA, and even the NBA is not as popular as the NCAA Crazy March.
The reason why it is so crazy is that the NCAA is all based on schools, which will not only attract the attention of countless students from various schools, but also attract the attention of countless alumni who graduated from this school.
On the other hand, because of the game itself, the round of 64 adopts a single-game elimination system, and one game is a life and death, so it is particularly tense and exciting.
Moreover, the NCAA participants are all college students, generally around the age of 20, unlike NBA players who are mentally mature, these young people are not fully mature, sometimes play more emotionally, and the results of the game are often unexpected.
For example, if the top seed in a district meets the No. 16 seed, it may cause a big upset, and the No. 16 seed will kill the top seed.
This probability, although small, is not impossible, and it is precisely because of the unpredictability and variability of this outcome that the game is particularly attractive.
From the preseason, to the regular season, to the round of 64, and finally to determine the championship, this is the NCAA!
With pre-season almost a month to go, the UCLA Bruins are already feeling the clock ticking, and the players have stepped up their training volume at the behest of Coach Mejero.
At the same time, the drills of various tactics, the cooperation between the players, and the division of labor in the team have begun to be clear.
For example, today, Coach Meigello means to practice the rotation lineup, that is, the lineup when one or several main players are at the end of the break, with one or two main players, with three or four substitutes, to form an independent lineup system.
In this lineup, Li Changgeng is the only point guard, and no matter how others change, his position will never be changed.
In this way, in the position of point guard, he almost shared all the playing time with O'Neal, O'Neal a little more, and Li Changgeng a little less.
And Green, who was also originally playing point guard, was dropped to a point guard.
This is also one of the reasons why Li Changgeng has always been relatively peaceful, although Coach Meigello did not directly let him play as a starter, but ensured his playing time, which shows that Coach Meigello still likes him very much, and this is enough.
On the court, Li Changgeng controlled the ball, quickly cut into the interior by blocking and dismantling, first turned around power forward Leonard, and then made a layup to attract Mozart to jump.
At this time, Redick was empty, and Li Changgeng passed the ball to Redick from behind, and Redick easily played the board in the face of the empty basket.
"Toot ......"
The whistle blew and the crowd stopped.
"Alright." Coach Mergelo clapped his hands and said: "I'm training here today, you have to master this style of play as soon as possible, and soon the pre-season will come, and then it will be time to test you." When he said this, Meigello's gaze fell on Li Changgeng.
Feeling the coach's gaze, Li Changgeng's heart moved, "Could it be that the coach is hinting at me that whether I can be promoted to a starter depends on my performance in the preseason?" Thinking of this possibility, Li Changgeng couldn't help but be excited, and nodded heavily at Coach Meigello.
At the end of the training, everyone dispersed.
After saying hello to Reddick and the others, Li Changgeng picked up his backpack and went back to the dormitory.
"Li, you're finally back, I'm dying of hunger." As soon as he entered the dormitory, Lucas greeted Li Changgeng and exclaimed exaggeratedly.
"Amico, can't you eat in the cafeteria if I don't come back? Wouldn't you even eat Chinese food without me? Li Changgeng looked at Lucas with a smile. This guy is addicted to eating Chinese food, and he waits for himself to come back every day to cook, and would rather wait hungry.
Seeing that Lucas had prepared the ingredients and cut the dishes, Li Changgeng smiled bitterly and began to cook......
After eating, at about seven o'clock, Li Changgeng called Lucas, changed into a jersey, put on a basketball on his back, and rushed to a court called Lucky Star.
This court is Li Changgeng's goal today, and it is the tenth court he wants to challenge.
Lucky Star is not far from uclA, ten minutes by bus, and when Li Changgeng and them arrived, the stadium was already very lively, at least fifty or sixty people. After all, there are two full stadiums in this stadium, and it is not too many to count twenty or thirty people per field.
However, to Li Changgeng's surprise, at this time, the people on the court were all gathered in one half, and they surrounded that half, and they didn't know what was going on.
"What?" Lucas muttered under his breath.
"Whatever it does, just go over and see." Li Changgeng was more direct, and squeezed over directly, and when he understood what was going on, he couldn't help but be stunned. Lucas also walked over, and when he saw the situation on the field, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Damn, I was preempted!" ”
Li Changgeng never expected to encounter this kind of thing, he was originally going to come to provoke the scene, but when he went to the place, he was already preempted.
A white guy who is more than 1.9 meters long, has a sturdy body, and looks like he is only ten years old, has arrived on the court and confronted the boss of this court.
"Hey, are you the boss of this stadium?" The white guy grinned, his long blond hair was flying, his appearance was also very handsome, very handsome, and he said to the opposite person in a magnetic voice, "I'm here to provoke a scene, let's fight." ”
On the other side, there is the boss of this luckystAr course, a tall black strong man with at least nearly two meters, his muscles look even stronger than the white guy, wearing a T-shirt, his neck and arms are full of tattoos, and where he stands, his momentum looks amazing.
It's a brute bull, and it definitely doesn't look like a good guy from any point of view.
"My name is Ariza." The bull urn said angrily, "What's your name?" ”
The white guy was not afraid of Ariza, and as soon as he twisted the ball in his hand, the ball spun on his fingertips, and he smiled confidently: "Beat me and I'll tell you." ”
"Hmph, I don't need to know your name. For losers, I don't know his name. Ariza was enraged, her face gloomy, and she pointed to a wall with more than two dozen jerseys hanging on it, "If you lose, you know what to do, right?" ”
More than 20 jerseys are left by the losers, so many losers, it is conceivable that the strength of this court must be good, and Ariza is definitely not a mediocre player.
"Hmm." The black guy nodded, his expression calm, not intimidated by the two dozen or so colorful jerseys on the wall.
"Okay, then let's start, one-on-one bullfighting, ten balls, three points count as two balls." Ariza said coldly, "You come first." ”
"Yes." The white guy nodded, kind of yes.
On the sidelines, fifty or sixty onlookers, both boys and girls, mostly young people, black and white. At this point, they all shouted loudly, booing the black guys, and cheering Ariza loudly encouraging and cheering.
These voices seem to be asserting sovereignty, telling the white guys that this is Ariza's home turf and that you're just an outsider.
This made Li Changgeng in a trance, as if he had returned to the time when he played away in China before, this atmosphere is really wonderful!
I'm afraid that Li Changgeng and a group of players in Hongcheng will feel that the sound of the away team sounds wonderful, and others will never think so.
"Hey, Muse, come on, take out that big black guy."
A crisp voice sounded, it was a girl, the voice was very good, Li Changgeng subconsciously turned his head to look, and then couldn't help but be stunned.
On the field, the white guy looked back at the girl and said depressedly, "Annie, you shouldn't call me by my name." ”
"Oh." The girl named Anne also reacted, and as soon as she called people, she knew the name of the muse, she tilted her head and thought about it, and smiled mischievously: "But Muse, how can I cheer you up if I don't call you by your name?" Do you call you long hair? ”
Uh......" The muse began to have a black line in his head, and he said, "Well, you might as well call me by my name." ”
Hearing the conversation between the two, Li Changgeng couldn't help laughing, and suddenly felt that the girl was really interesting, and couldn't help but look at it twice.
Sensing Li Changgeng's eyes, Anne looked at him and saw that it was an Oriental, so she couldn't help but look at it twice, but she didn't care too much.
It was Lucas, who was staring at Anne at this time, unable to take his eyes off it, and pulled Li Changgeng and said incoherently: "Li, I'm in love, I'm finally in love." ”
"I love your sister." Li Changgeng was speechless, "Do people know you?" You're in love, you're a nymphomaniac. "He didn't bother to take care of this guy, he stopped cooking as soon as he saw a beautiful woman, which was hopeless.
On the field, the bullfight has begun.
The white guy Muse attacked first, he held the ball and walked outside the three-point line, the ball was very sophisticated, very rhythmic, and the ball was very stable, so that Ariza could only hold his position and did not dare to act rashly.
After a few seconds, Muse dribbled faster, his shoulders swayed, and after a crotch dribble, he accelerated sharply and broke through from the left hand.
"So fast!"
In an instant, someone exclaimed.
The muse was very fast, kicking his legs on the ground, and without much movement, he just accelerated past Ariza.
However, Ariza was obviously not a vegetarian either, and the surprise in her eyes flashed, and she calmed down in an instant, turned around quickly, and fell closely behind the muse.
Muse also knew that he couldn't get rid of Ariza completely, so after stepping into the free throw line, he didn't jump up immediately to make a layup, but paused his steps, came to an emergency stop, blocked Ariza with his body, and then started quickly, taking advantage of Ariza being blocked, not so fast to come up, he scored an easy layup.
"One!" Muse smiled lightly.
Li Changgeng squinted his eyes and looked at the muse, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile, this muse is definitely a master, fast, clear-headed, and solid skills, although he can't see anything more, but these alone are enough to make Li Changgeng excited.
On the sidelines, many people were also surprised, but they didn't expect this first goal to be scored so easily.
But Anne, who obviously knew the strength of the muse, was not surprised, but cheered for the muse loudly happily, and the youthful and beautiful appearance made many people stunned.
This is the first ball, at most it is a temptation, Ariza took a deep breath, threw the ball to the muse with a solemn expression, and said coldly: "Come again!" ”
"Be careful." The muse smiled playfully, his shoulders swaying, and his feet clicked twice in front of him, looking like he was about to break through. Ariza also thought he was going to break through, so he stepped back a little bit, didn't go to the ball, just stared at the muse's heels.
Generally speaking, if the opponent is shaking, that is, shooting feints, instead of actually shooting, he will only lift the ball up, and his heel will not rise. But if the opponent really wants to shoot, then the heel will rise first, so you can judge whether the opponent wants to shoot real or fake by looking at this.
This time, however, Ariza miscalculated, and when the Muse saw him retreat a little, a smile on his face suddenly showed that he had succeeded in his plan, and he took a step back.
"Not good." Ariza's heart jumped, this ball muse was definitely going to shoot.
It's a pity that he stepped back a little earlier, and the muse stepped back again, and although Ariza tried his best to jump, he could only make a show and interfere as much as he could.
Muse's feet off the ground, his body stretched in the air, slightly leaning back, his movements were very ethereal and standard, and his wrists flicked in the air.
"Huh!"
The ball goes in.
This ball is not complicated to say, nor is it fancy, and many people only see that the muse's movements are beautiful and pleasing to the eye. But Li Changgeng couldn't help but squint his eyes, he had already seen from the ball of muse that Muse is not only fast, clear-minded, and solid in technique, but also has excellent physical fitness, changeable offensive skills, and is definitely very good at shooting.
There is one more person who can see this, and that is Ariza.
At this time, his brows were furrowed, his expression was unprecedentedly solemn, and the strength of the muse made him feel a huge pressure.