Chapter 12: The Trip to the Top 64
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At this time, the morale and confidence of Los Angeles were at an unprecedented high. Leonard and Harris, who have outstanding individual qualities, have been inspired by the time Lee Chang Gung came on in the first half, expanding the defensive area and holding on to the opposition's passes from beyond the three-point line. Mozart was particularly brave when he returned to the game, defending like an impregnable wall on the inside, and most notably, Mozart's violent temper seemed to be effectively restrained when defending ferociously.
Beethoven, Paul continued to play their outstanding three-point long shooting, rebounding skills, Paul's scoring situation is still not satisfactory, but after all, there is a start.
Los Angeles' offensive mercury is pervasive; Los Angeles' defense is impregnable, and there is no chance to take advantage of it! Such a Los Angeles, even if it is a hard pity for the Raptors, is not impossible, let alone just a small Corolla University team?
The two remaining timeouts of Universitaire Corolla were quickly exhausted shortly after the second half, and although Mozart was soon forced off for another foul, the game continued to move in Los Angeles' favor.
The referee blew the whistle and the game was over.
At 110:78, Los Angeles won.
Los Angeles wins! Los Angeles is ready to play in the NCAA! The Los Angeles team was jubilant. The team members shouted, jumped, and hugged each other. The cheers of victory continued!
Beethoven, the only member of the third grade, was secretly wiping his tears when he was hugging Li Changgeng and shouting!
Harris, who is usually cold and rarely smiles, seems to have forgotten to maintain his cold image at this time, grinning and laughing non-stop. Mozart was especially exaggerated, screamed strangely, grabbed Paul, Wang Gang, Tu Shuangquan with long arms, and shouted excitedly: "Haha, Los Angeles can participate in the NCAA!" Haha, Los Angeles can finally play in the NCAA! Wang Gang, Tu Shuangquan and others held Mozart's ape arm with all their might, blushing: "Big brother, can you use less force in your hands?" β
And Cheng Kunyong didn't seem to know what was going on, so he just said to Harris: "Hey, Harris, you laugh!" "Of course, he was shocked by a blow from Harris on the head, and then he was hugged again.
Leonard, Li Yifan and others are also hugging each other and shouting!
Only the teaching assistant who no one dared to hug was also smiling at this time.
"Los Angeles, Los Angeles!" The thunderous cheers of the gymnasium echoed in the gymnasium!
NCAA, Los Angeles is here! Raptors, Li Chang Geng Li Chang Geng is back!
"Let's go, go back and report the good news to Coach Megello!" Li Changgeng waved his arms and shouted, and a group of people behind him cheered happily!
Hospital.
Coach Meigello's hand holding the pennant of the "National Collegiate Basketball League J District Champion" trembled slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and it took a long time to raise his head and say to the surrounding Los Angeles: "Good job!" β
The crowd cheered again!
"Li Changgeng and the principal said, Yanshan Hotel tonight! But," Coach Mergello paused, his eyes on Los Angeles for a week, "No drinking!" β
"Haha......" There was a burst of laughter, a burst of joy!
There will be training tomorrow, and today's celebration banquet ended in a noisy manner, and the team members took the lead in going back in groups under the urging of Li Changgeng. Li Changgeng and the assistant coach were left to clean up the mess.
"Li Changgeng will send you back!" With the experience of the last time, this time Li Changgeng took the initiative quite boldly.
"I'll show you that." The teaching assistant replied with a smile.
On the silent night road, two figures rode slowly under the street lamp.
"Aren't you excited to finally make it to the NCAA?" The teaching assistant asked suddenly.
"Of course, NCAA, Li Changgeng has been looking forward to it for four years!" Li Changgeng said excitedly, "Thinking of being able to fight with masters from all over the country again, Li Changgeng is excited." β
"Then the Raptors are the ones you want to fight the most, right?"
"How do you know?" Li Changgeng asked in surprise.
"Yes or no?" The teaching assistant asked.
"Of course, the Raptors are recognized as the strongest team in the country! And ......"
"And you've ever lost to the Raptors, haven't you?"
"Yes, but, Li Changgeng lost that game convincingly!"
"Have you ever thought that if you play against the Raptors again, you might lose?"
"Los Angeles will win!"
Three days after the Los Angeles and Corolla University matches, the regional leagues played the remainder of the tournament in quick succession, and the Corolla team also qualified for the NCAA after defeating two opponents.
In ten days, the NCAA will officially begin.
In ten days, the NCAA that Li Chang Gung is fighting for will officially begin! In ten days, the Raptors will appear in front of Li Changgeng again!
"That guy really got in!" Heroin happily shook the "Los Angeles Sports" in his hand and shouted happily at Pierce over there.
"Of course!" Pierce said lightly, the movements in his hands did not stop, the basketball was still jumping up and down beside him, making movements beyond the imagination of ordinary people, but he could not get out of his control.
"Player and coach?" Pinore took the magazine from heroin's hand, looked at it, and said in surprise: "This is not an easy task!" β
"Los Angeles is still led by him!" Pierce doesn't seem surprised. Wiping the sweat from his head, he took the magazine that Pinault had received.
The magazine said that Li Changgeng only played for a few minutes in the first half. In the second half, when the overall situation was decided, the center forward who was sent off came on again. There is no particular report on Li Changgeng's performance. β
"It seems that the strength of this year's Los Angeles team is not trivial. Li Changgeng seems to have found a capable teammate. Gently closed the magazine in his hand and said lightly, "It seems that it shouldn't be a problem to meet the Los Angeles team in the finals." β
"Finals? Other teams won't let them win so easily, North Carolina, Floying, and the young ones are all old and strong teams, although they are not as good as the Los Angeles Raptors, but they are all strong teams! And Caterina who popped up last year is not an idle person. If Los Angeles wants to advance to the finals, I am afraid it will not be so easy! β
"Is that guy an idle person?" Pierce took the drink handed over by Gong Tianyi, and after drinking it all, he said indifferently, "It's time to train." β
"Isn't it, Captain, just a few minutes off?" Heroin screamed.
Pierce didn't seem to hear the heroin screams, grabbed the ball and walked towards the court alone.
"Let's go, that guy must be practicing hard now!" Patting heroin on the shoulder, Kumiko, the main power forward of the Raptors, whispered in his ear: "You won't be afraid of this training, right?" β
"Jokes? I'm stoic, King Kong isn't bad......" Heroin still boasted as the man next to him covered his ears and ran towards the court with the ball.
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The Los Angeles team at this time.
The Los Angeles team was practicing for a game, and Li Changgeng, as the coach, kept pointing loudly on the sidelines. Fortunately, Coach Meigello recruited two players from the first year, otherwise Coach Li Changgeng would not have been able to play a practice game in person. After a few days of training, Li Changgeng has gradually accumulated the consciousness of being a coach.
"Mozart's hand is raised a little higher, don't retreat!" Raising his hands on the sidelines, Li Changgeng shouted loudly.
"Paul, try to make a shot in that position." With his hands on his lips in the shape of trumpets, he shouted at Paul.
"Captain, good shot, next time you shoot faster......" clapping his hands and shouting Li Changgeng.
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It's been a few days since the game against Corolla University, and qualifying for the NCAA has given the team more fighting spirits than ever before. A week of hell training without a single player behind, non-stop practice and practice, Los Angeles's strength has grown rapidly, coupled with the experience accumulated in several games, the player's skills have also improved significantly compared to before. The future seems bright.
Only Li Changgeng's heart was uneasy: It's just that this is far from enough, the Raptors are far stronger than the current Los Angeles!
When the end time came, Li Changgeng blew the whistle of the assembly, "That's all for today's training." Everybody disbanded! β
"It's finally over!" Paul collapsed on the ground and moaned weakly, "Li Changgeng is so tired that he doesn't want to move." β
"Me too," Mozart collapsed beside Paul.
"Li Changgeng, how long will this kind of training last?" Captain Beethoven groaned, "I think I'm about to fall apart!" β
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The cries of bitterness continued.
Coach's instructions. Li Changgeng straightened up and said sonorously: "It's almost over, the past few days before the arrival of NCAA are very important, all the teams participating in NCAA are practicing hard, if you want to achieve good results in training, it is natural to train hard!" Li Changgeng raised his head as he spoke, and added with a weak heart to the small notebook in his hand, "Coach Meigello said!" -- Coach Meigello's training plan for Li Changgeng from the hospital bed.
Naturally, there was a lot of laughter below.
In the midst of the laughter, the teammates packed up their things and went back to their dormitories. Li Changgeng and Paul were left to clean the gymnasium.
"I'm done." Chu Cheng stretched his waist, "What Li Changgeng wants to do most now is to take a hot bath and sleep beautifully!" β
"Then you can go back!"
"Aren't you going back?"
"I'll practice a little longer."
"Then I'll go first." Paul packed up his things and waved goodbye to Li Changgeng.
In the empty gymnasium, only Li Changgeng was left. Holding the basketball in one hand, Li Changgeng looked up at the high basket frame, and from time to time his mind came to the Raptors seen in the videoβLi Changgeng has been watching the tape repeatedly every day these days.
In the face of the Raptors' impregnable defense, how can Los Angeles beat this team head-on? Although you can say to people very freely: "There is no shame in losing to the Raptors. "The game is either won or lost, and defeat is a common thing in the soldiers' dormitory." But how many moments did Li Changgeng really think about the moment when failure came? But the real moment of failure is whether Li Changgeng can really be so calm?
No! Li Changgeng couldn't do it. Li Changgeng really knew that Li Changgeng couldn't do it, and the current Li Changgeng was completely filled with the idea of winning, Li Changgeng wanted Li Changgeng to win, no matter how powerful the Raptors were!
For victory!
Pressing down the basketball in his hand, Li Changgeng rushed over to the center of the gymnasium, Li Changgeng had to keep tempering his skills, and Li Changgeng wanted to try his best to improve his level.
The foundation is the most important, Li Changgeng keeps dribbling, passing, layup, shooting all kinds of non-fancy exercises; An excellent point guard must not only have the ability to break through in singles and make the pass fast and smooth, shoot the ball by himself, open up space for his teammates, and create opportunities must also be one of the magic weapons of an excellent guard. The responsibility of the small forward is to score, the moment he catches the ball, he must find ways to shoot, and being able to score in all positions is a necessary condition for a small forward. The duty of the center and the power forward is to guard the basket and work hard, which is naturally indispensable than the body, and Li Changgeng will do another hundred push-ups!
Practice and practice, sweat poured out from all over Li Changgeng's body, and gradually merged into streams and flowed down. After doing the last push-up, Li Changgeng had weak hands and fell down, letting the sweat spread on the floor he had just mopped.
Panting and getting up from the ground, the sweat continued to spread to the ground, and the floor that had been mopped just now looked like it was going to be dragged again. Li Changgeng smiled bitterly and turned around and staggered towards the mop, and a slender jade hand picked up the mop on the ground - teaching assistant?!
"Why haven't you gone back yet?" The scorching gaze shot by the teaching assistant made Li Changgeng dare not look at each other, and Li Changgeng asked.
"What about you, isn't it the same? Except for weekends, Li Changgeng lives on campus. Raising his hand and looking at his watch, the assistant teacher said angrily, "It's been two hours since the training ended, and you haven't gone back, aren't the dormitory people worried?" β
"I just want to practice a little more." Sighing, Li Changgeng sat down on the spot and picked up a basketball next to him, "The NCAA is about to start, and I don't want to lose the game before I meet the Raptors!" β
"But it's not been a few days before the NCAA, and if you're training so hard now, it's just going to be a waste of energy."
"I don't want to, it's just that the opponent is too strong, if I don't work hard, the NCAA may be a dream!" Raising his head, the raptor in the video reappeared in his mind, "Li Changgeng really doesn't want to lose!" β
The assistant coach gently squatted down on Li Changgeng and looked at Li Changgeng: "I remember you said that you have seen the victory of the game!" It's common for the dormitory of the victorious soldiers, not this year, do you still have a chance next year! β
"I don't think I'm as free as I thought I was. I don't want to lose, I want to win! β
"No one said that the current Los Angeles team was going to lose."
"No one knows better than me the strength of Los Angeles now, the current Raptors," raised his head and glanced at the assistant coach, Li Changgeng lowered again, and said gloomily, "The chance of victory is not as good as it was back then-Li Changgeng has watched the video of this year's Raptors...... "Silence, long silence, astringent "In the days when I was a coach, I really understood how great it was for the Raptors to do that level. When it comes to the real fight, I'm afraid the Raptors will be more powerful than imagined. Thinking of this, Li Changgeng couldn't wait for the arrival of the NCAA with peace of mind. β
"Can't you just put aside the outcome of the game, is it really that important to you that much to win?" The teaching assistant's voice couldn't help but rise.
"I don't know, it's just that Li Changgeng really wants to win this game!" Li Changgeng whispered, like a child who had done something wrong, quibbled, "There is no player who doesn't want to win the game." β
"But the other team members are not as desperate as you!" The teaching assistant said slightly angrily, "Not this year, there will be a chance next year, do you have to get bruises all over your body?" β
Bowing his head and being silent, Li Changgeng seemed to be shocked by the anger of the assistant coach.
Li Changgeng only promised, and quickly picked up the mop on the ground and dragged away the sweat stains on the ground. Watching the back of the teaching assistant disappear at the door, Li Changgeng came back to his senses for a while.
After packing up his things, Li Changgeng hurriedly walked out of the gymnasium, and it was already the lights of the Wan dormitory outside. The classroom was full of students studying on their own. It turned out to be really late.
I hurriedly found my bicycle and drove quickly towards the dormitory.
The days are passing by in a hurry, and the NCAA is finally coming. The hard work is over, and the NCAA is finally about to begin.
At the same time, other teams participating in the NCAA have also completed their pre-tournament preparations and are ready to gather at the tournament venue - New York!
The University of North Carolina, Xijiang Farm, and Floying, who were in the semifinals last year, have all taken the lead in arriving at the competition venue and staying in the hotel arranged by the competition. Katarina, as heroin calls her "not an idle person" - last year lost to the Raptors and reached the quarterfinals, and then arrived in New York. Other participating teams are also arriving.
XX Hotel New York.
The door opened, "It's here!" The staff who greeted them at the airport were the first to get off the bus, "This is the hotel where all the participating teams will stay during the competition." The other teams that participated in the tournament had already arrived first. β
"Get out of the car!" Li Changgeng grabbed his luggage and got out of the car. The other team members also got off the bus one after another.
Looking up at the high-rise building in front of him, this should be one of the few hotels in New York, and the sponsors of this competition are really generous.
"Lead the way!" Calming down the excitement in his heart, Li Changgeng said lightly to the staff, "How many floors do you live in Los Angeles?" β
"Please follow me. The Los Angeles team lives on the seventh floor. The staff led the way before turning around, and the Los Angeles team players followed into the hotel. The teaching assistant carried a large bag and dragged a huge duffel bag to follow with difficulty. I really don't know why girls always have so many things. Li Changgeng frowned, reached out and took her luggage: "I'll come!" β
"I knew you wouldn't bear to let me drag such a big box by myself!" The teaching assistant smiled sweetly.
"What's in there, so heavy?"
"Girls' things, boys don't ask." Before Li Changgeng had time to refuse, the assistant teacher had already hung the big bag and small bag on Li Changgeng, clapped his hands, and walked into the hall with a smile, leaving Li Changgeng, the unjust big man, struggling to carry the big bag in the back!
The moment he walked into the hall, Li Changgeng suddenly felt the gaze from all directions, and almost instantly, everyone's eyes in the hall were focused on Li Changgeng alone, all because of a voice: "Li Changgeng, hurry up!" The assistant teacher in front shouted coquettishly.
Although Li Changgeng knew that the signboard of "NCAA Ball King Li Changgeng" was a bit weighty, when the whole hall turned their heads to Li Changgeng's side as if reflexively, Li Changgeng was still startled. In a hurry, the big bags on his body fell down with a bang. I slipped and almost fell. The embarrassed gesture made the whole hall laugh. And the assistant teacher who started it even laughed and bent over.
hurriedly grabbed the big bags and small bags on the ground, dragged the suitcase and rushed into the elevator as if he was running away.
Li Changgeng's NCAA king debut ended in laughter.
"Honestly, did you mean to make a fool of me!" With a tiger face, Li Changgeng asked.
"Not really." Very innocent staring wide-eyed. The assistant teacher twisted Xiaoman's waist and walked out first with a smile.
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Dragging large and small luggage, Li Changgeng came to the seventh floor. The staff will point out the rooms assigned to Los Angeles to everyone. Before Li Changgeng could be assigned, everyone had already rushed into each room with a strange scream, and even the cold Harris flashed into a room as if he had never stayed in a hotel.
"What's going on?" Li Changgeng asked the captain Beethoven in front of him suspiciously.
"Please give way." Beethoven smiled but didn't answer, and at the moment when Li Changgeng gave up space, he also flashed into the door next to Li Changgeng.
What's going on?
The staff explained: "The Los Angeles team declared 16 people, and the competition arranged six double rooms, but I didn't expect it to be ......"
Didn't think of anything? I didn't expect there to be a girl in Los Angeles!
Oh my God! Li Changgeng finally understood why these guys were in such a hurry to occupy their rooms. Damn!
Looking at the remaining room, the teaching assistant blushed, stomped his feet, and said coquettishly: "Li Changgeng doesn't care, see who dares to enter this girl's room!" As he spoke, he stepped in and slammed the door slammed slammed!
So what do I do? Crying on his face, Li Changgeng asked cautiously: "Can you, can you arrange another room?" β
"I'm sorry, all hotel rooms have been arranged." The staff was very embarrassed, "You better discuss it yourself!" β
Is this negotiable?
With a bitter face, Li Changgeng looked around the room, and everyone who was hiding at the door to watch the show slammed the door when Li Changgeng's gaze arrived.
Looking back, the staff member who was still beside him just now had disappeared, and when he looked down the aisle, he was running away and disappeared around the corner.