Chapter 133: Kyrie Irving
Unconsciously, at halftime, the U.S. youth team was far ahead of the national youth team, and the 17-point difference was still a bit dazzling.
Although Coach Wang Huaiyu did not expect to win this game, but the situation on the field still made him quite dissatisfied, at halftime, Coach Wang Huaiyu held a tactical board in his hand and kept explaining and comparing to the players, and the players were also tightly around the coach.
On the other hand, the American youth team was much more relaxed, and laughter came from there from time to time.
The tall and strong eyes standing next to Coach Wang Huaiyu were also attracted by the American youth team at this moment, not for anything else, but Gao Dazhuang found that the coach of the American youth team, Paul Hewitt from George Mason University, did not arrange tactics for the players, but stood aside with a smile, and at this time standing among the players were several other young people, and none of them were wearing American team uniforms.
"That's?" Gao Dazhuang looked at the young players standing in the middle of the American youth team suspiciously, and always felt so familiar.
"Kyrie-Irving," Wang Zhelin, who was standing beside the tall and strong, suddenly whispered.
"Who?"
"Irving, this year's NBA No. 1 pick"
"Oh, it's him" After Wang Zhelin reminded him, Gao Dazhuang suddenly knew who this young man standing in the middle of the American youth team was talking eloquently.
Kyrie Andrew Irving, who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first pick in the first round of this year's NBA Draft, was this year's No. 1 pick.
Irving, who is 1.92 meters tall and plays as a guard on the court, averaged 17.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game in the NCAA last season.
One of the best ways to see Irving's strength is that at Duke University, a traditional basketball school, there are many outstanding players, but the 19-year-old Irving can sit firmly in the starting point guard position, making the original team's backcourt ace Nolan Smith a supporting role, and even putting Seth Curry (Warriors guard Stephen Curry's younger brother) on the bench.
Irving is capable of scoring 22 points per 40 minutes of play, and as a guard, he shoots 59 percent from two-point range, 46 percent from three-point range, and 90 percent from the free-throw line, which is invaluable for a point guard.
Coach K of the NCAA's famous veteran K commented on Irving after the game: "I coach him as an already very good basketball player, not a rookie, which means that even though he will make some mistakes, I will allow him to make mistakes and give him space to play freely." He's really good and he deserves that freedom to play with the feel of the pitch. We even changed the way we played for him. ”
Irving turned out to be a member of this American youth team, in a game between the American youth team and the international team last year, when the American youth team was seven points behind, Irving opened the curtain on the team's counterattack with a magical steal fast break, and finally the American youth team beat the international team, Irving scored 15 points and 5 assists in that game.
In June of the same year, Irving led the American youth team to win the Americas Basketball Championship with five wins.
At the same time, he was also selected for the U.S. national team, and he is a truly talented point guard.
"And which one is next to him?" The tall man turned his gaze to another player next to Irving.
"It turns out that the backcourt double star of the U.S. youth team, in addition to Irving, is another one, Austin Rivers from Duke University" Wang Zhelin is quite familiar with these potential new stars because he also wants to participate in the NBA draft.
"Austin Rivers, the second son of NBA Celtics head coach Doug Rivers, is also highly anticipated as the best shooting guard in the class of 2011 and one of the best high school students in the country, but he seems to have dropped out of the U.S. youth team due to injury and did not participate in this year's NBA draft," Wang continued.
"What about the others?" Tall and strong asked in a low voice.
"It should all be members of the original American youth team, that black player is Derrick Williams, who was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the second pick this year, and I don't know the others," Wang Zhelin replied.
"Good guy, the champion and the list are here, the American team is really strong" Gao Dazhuang couldn't help but smack his tongue after hearing it.
"Oh, by the way, where's my phone" Gao Dazhuang suddenly turned back to his seat to find his backpack, and took out his second-hand mobile phone from it.
"What, you're chasing stars?" Wang Zhelin suddenly scoffed at the tall and strong move.
Gao Dazhuang ignored Wang Zhelin's contempt and quickly entered the "Basketball Miracle" game interface in his mobile phone:
Character "Amazing" level 4
+10% Strength, +10% Speed, +10% Jump, +15% Hit, +10% Stamina
Copy Box (Han Chao), Copy Box (Qin Hansheng), Copy Box (PhilipChampion Hot Sauce), Copy Box (Blank)
The total number of points is 2408
Gao Dazhuang picked up his mobile phone and walked closer to the U.S. youth team, and pointed his mobile phone at Kyrie Andrew Irving, although the situation was a little weird, but everyone on the scene just regarded Gao Dazhuang as an ordinary star chaser, after all, the NBA champion is the common idol of all teenagers who love basketball.
"Drop", when the copy box in the game is against Owen, a set of numbers appeared in front of the tall and strong, 2268!
"More than 2000" Gao Dazhuang took a deep breath, this is the first time that Gao Dazhuang has encountered a player with an ability value of 2000, but the more this happens, the more it shows that Owen is outstanding.
The tall and strong did not hesitate too much, and immediately clicked to confirm, and suddenly a warm current flowed through the whole body, and a familiar feeling spread throughout the body.
"Match successfully, successfully copy the ability of the target character, the character is "amazing" level 4, and the game points are 140 points" A stiff machine sound sounded in the tall and strong brain.
For this year's champion show, as a professional player, Gao Dazhuang has of course specially learned about it.
As a point guard, Irving has the quality to command and control the team on the court, he is extremely fast, has an extraordinary ability to change direction on the dribble, which makes it impossible for opponents who defend him to completely limit him in one-on-one situations, and his breakthrough ability can cause chaos in the opponent's three-second zone and create passing opportunities.
Irving's left and right hands are capable of attacking, and he is one of the most effective offensive weapons with a three-point range, point guard vision, and a knack for fast breaks, whether it's shooting himself or choosing to pass to teammates at the right time.
Before the draft, Irving's NBA template was Chris Paul, and both were traditional point guards who played both offense and defense, and if there was any difference between Irving and Paul, it was that Irving's shooting ability was better.
So when he met Owen himself today, of course he would not let go of this opportunity and successfully copied the skills of Kyrie Andrew Owen.
"Hey, Da Zhuang" At this time, a voice pulled Gao Da Zhuang back from his distraction.
Gao Dazhuang looked back, only to see the team's head coach Wang Huaiyu looking at him with a tiger face, Gao Dazhuang hurriedly returned to the team, Coach Wang Huaiyu glared at Gao Dazhuang, did not say anything, and continued to make tactical arrangements.
"How? Did you get a shot? Wang Zhelin asked in a low voice on the side.
"Of course"
"I'll send me one later."
"Shoot it yourself"
……
"Toot" as the referee's whistle sounds, and the second half of the game begins.
The Chinese youth team, which was on the backward side, began to control the rhythm of the game, relying more on technical and tactical cooperation to deal with the American youth team.
The U.S. youth team is still playing with a wide open and closed style, and the head coach of the U.S. youth team, Paul Hewitt, has made extensive adjustments to the personnel to make every player familiar with the rhythm of the game.
Even so, the U.S. youth team is still expanding the score step by step.
"Oh" After Jermie Lamb broke through again and scored a dunk, Irving, Rivers, Williams and other seniors of the American youth team who were watching the game on the sidelines stood on the sidelines and cheered loudly.
72:45
With a 27-point gap, the game seemed to have lost its suspense as the third quarter drew to a close.
"Coach, let me go up again in the fourth quarter of the game" At this time, Gao Dazhuang suddenly appeared next to Coach Wang Huaiyu and whispered, although Gao Dazhuang at this time copied Owen's ability, he still needs to adapt, understand, and experience the game area.
"Huh?" Coach Wang Huaiyu looked at the tall and strong in surprise, and from his expression, he could see that the coach had actually given up the game, and in the eyes of Coach Wang Huaiyu, the next game against the European powerhouse Serbian youth team was the top priority.
"I just want to get familiar with the next game, after all, this is my first time playing an international competition, and I'm still a little nervous," Gao Dazhuang found a reason to prevaricate.
"Okay," Coach Wang Huaiyu nodded after thinking for a while.