Chapter Twenty-Six: Duncan

"Wake Forest defeated the University of Louisville 89-77 to advance to the quarterfinals"

"Tim Duncan was sick with the flu and scored 20 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks and 5 steals.

"Multiple lottery teams show love, the Warriors are obsessed, and the reserve champion Tim Duncan rejects the NBA draft again?"

"Carter interprets the aesthetics of violence, 4 shots in a game, and Duncan can't hide his shine tonight"

"Toronto general manager publicly shows that Evin Carter may be punished by the league"

"NCAA No. 1 three-point god shè, Szzebiak challenges Ray Allen from the air"

"Boston interested Wallis Zebiak, two big threes will leave the NCAA"

The NCAA tournament officially began, and Wake Forest was unexpectedly listed as the No. 1 seed team in the southern division, but what worried Zhuang Fei was that the team's boss Duncan suffered from the flu before the start of the first round of games, which also made Zhuang Fei frightened. He led the team to the University of Northeast Louisiana, the University of Texas and the University of Louisville, and was the first to enter the Southern Division finals.

The NCAA Championship has begun, and the already very hot Wake Forest has been hyped up even more again, and it is now late March, and the NBA's regular season is almost over, and many teams have confirmed that they will miss the playoffs, so at this time, there will be many scouts to scout NCAA players in every game, and as the hottest and strongest team in the NCAA, the game of Wake Forest is naturally the focus of all scouts, and now a lot of draft news is revolving around Wake Forest, The 1996 NBA Draft was indeed a golden generation, and now the three cores of Wake Forest alone are portrayed as potential rookies who can enter the lottery zone, and Duncan is the top pick, which also makes Zhuang Fei a little worried that these news will affect their form.

"Tim, are you feeling better?" Zhuang Fei asked worriedly in Zhuang Fei's coaching office at Wake Forest University.

"Much better," Duncan replied with a smile.

However, Zhuang Fei could feel something abnormal from his tone, and his nasal voice was still very heavy, Zhuang Fei shook his head and continued.

"Tim, you don't need to come to the team's training now, pay attention to your body, the team will need you in the future" Zhuang Fei really has no way to Duncan, Duncan is a somewhat quiet person, but it does not mean that he is silent, on the contrary, Duncan is sometimes very fond of jokes, and most importantly, this player is very assertive, as long as he endures the things, no one can stop them, which makes Zhuang Fei very difficult, it is the luck of the head coach to meet such a player, and it will also make the head coach very disappointed, Because you can't control a player like that. Such players don't need to be worried by the manager, just like some parents want their children not to be perfect, otherwise they lose the joy of parenthood.

After listening to Zhuang Fei's words, Duncan just smiled lightly and did not answer, Zhuang Fei could only smile bitterly, and Duncan once again rejected Zhuang Fei's suggestion.

"Tim, our next opponent has come out, it is the University of Kentucky, Kentucky's interior strength is very strong, I think you will be under a lot of pressure in the next game" Zhuang Fei was shocked when he got the list of players from the University of Kentucky, this is the first time he has seen a team with so many familiar names, which means that this team is very strong, and the name that Zhuang Fei can remember is naturally not an unknown person in the NBA.

"So, Tim, I need you to be a Duncan in the best shape in two days, and that's why I'm looking for you today, so Tim, you need to rest well and get rid of the flu" Zhuang Fei said sincerely again.

This time Duncan was not silent again, just paused for a moment, and then nodded slightly, it was the first time he saw Zhuang Fei pleading with him so sincerely.

"If there's nothing else, then I'll go out first" After Duncan left, Zhuang Fei stared at the University of Kentucky's roster again

"Tim, it's not like you to go back so early" Duncan ignored the surprise of Stephen Green and his teammates, packed his bags and left the training arena, ready to go back to the dorm.

"In my memory, this is the first time I've left early," Duncan said with a wry smile. Damn colds.

"The opponent is Kentucky, I hope to be able to challenge it a little, I feel that the NCAA players have become a lot weaker recently" Recalling Zhuang Fei's worry and concern just now, Duncan's heart warmed.

Duncan considers himself a very lucky person, of course, in addition to that incident, he is a very lucky person in less than 6 years of basketball career, he gave up swimming at the age of 15 to practice basketball with his brother-in-law, at the age of 16 he singled out Mourning at an event and finally the two tied the two, at the age of 18, he entered the NCAA prestigious Wake Forest University with a scholarship, won the All-American Defensive Player of the Year last year and reached the round of 16, and this year he has taken a step further. Being the first person in the NCAA is improving every year, and it's a big leap forward. This is unthinkable for the average player.

Duncan has always attributed these improvements to the fact that he met some very good Bole, the first was his brother-in-law who took him into the basketball hall, and his brother-in-law made him understand the charm of basketball, the second was to invite him to the former head coach of Wake Forest, Odom, who let him know the cruelty and fierceness of professional basketball, the third is the basketball coach Bill Rambo who really made him grow in college, Bill Rambo is the mentor of his basketball skills, and the fourth is the current head coach of the team, Zhuang Fei, who made him complete the sublimation, He could feel the difference Zhuang Fei had brought him. His confidence and temperament now is definitely not what he could have a year ago, and winning all the time will sublimate a player.

"This year is really a special year" Duncan recalled that once under Odom, the whole team was working hard for a league quarterfinals, but it was always a breath away, last year's round of 16 was actually very successful, but this year, under the leadership of Zhuang Fei, easily reached the top eight of Jīng, not only that, the team has not yet encountered a defeat, which also makes him full of respect and admiration for Zhuang Fei, this is a coach who can bring victory.

"Champion, I'm really about to get the championship, and more than half a year has passed in such a flash" Zhuang Fei said on the first day of training that the championship goal was really about to be achieved. Duncan's heart couldn't help but swell.

It's going to be a great season and a miracle season, and the excitement in my heart makes Duncan's pace quicken

Kentucky, are you ready? Duncan silently read a sentence at this time

On March 20, 1996, outside the Lawrence-Joel Veterans Memorial Stadium in Windsor City, Wake Forest University fans were already entering the stadium one after another.

"What is Kentucky, we have Tim and Vince"

"Carter must blow up Anthony Walker and let everyone know that he is the best small forward in the NCAA"

"There's no way Muhammad can stand in Duncan's footsteps, Duncan is the strongest"

"So, today we will definitely win"

The game was played at the home of Wake Forest, but there were also some Kentucky fans who came here, and they also heard the ridicule and banter of Wake Forest fans, they wanted to reason with Wake Forest fans, but when they saw the dense crowd outside the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, they finally chose to give up, at this time reason told them that silence was the best option, the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Stadium stadium stadium has been completely surrounded, but there are still countless fans running here.

This is the last time this season that the Laurence Joel Veterans Memorial Stadium will host a Wake Forest game, and if Wake Forest reaches the last four, they will go to the final venue for the final match.

Wake Forest fans will want to be able to go with the team to the end, and this game will be played all over the city.

"Robin, Chris, CJ, hurry up, I'm not going to be able to get into the arena when it's late, this is the first row ticket I managed to get," a middle-aged black man shouted from outside a van.

"Alright, Charles, now please shut up, Chris's poster is missing, I'm helping him find it now" A woman's scolding voice came from inside the van.

"Okay, Robin, please hurry," the middle-aged man said smugly, obviously afraid of guilt.

"Found it" Finally, after the middle-aged man waited impatiently for a few minutes, there was a sound like heaven for the middle-aged man in the car.

"Really, there are so many people, you have to come to the scene, isn't it the same on TV" The woman complained, there were indeed more people, and she was a little uncomfortable holding the child.

"Mom, I want Carter to sign my poster" The woman looked at the child in her arms and smiled helplessly, the family is a basketball fan, what a crime. The abominable Vic Forest, the abominable Carter, the abominable Duncan, and the abominable Chinese.

Zhuang Fei was shot again.

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