Chapter Seventy-One: Westbrook? Who's that?
On January 14, 2008, one of the most watched matches will be played at the home of "Stanford University", which will be played by the favorite "Stanford University" against the other favorite "Los Angeles".
UCLA has star players Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook, as well as strong players Luke Richard Bamott, Darren Collison, and Alfred Abeya. They have won the Pacific Ten Conference championship two seasons in a row and reached the NCAA Final Four two seasons in a row, and are a team with exceptional experience and talent.
In the locker room of the home court of "Stanford University", Trent Johnson mobilized the players before the start of the game, and after arranging the tactics, he told Zhang Yu with a serious look: "Zhang, your opponent today is very strong in breaking through, we must limit Westbrook's breakthrough, he is the core of the Bruins' outside attack, snuff out his offensive flame, we will win half of the victory!" ”
Russell Westbrook is already a sophomore, in Trent Johnson's mouth, this guy is physically anti-sky, talented, explosive, shocking, and strong in attack, anyway, listening to what he means, this guy doesn't seem to be worse than himself, isn't this Nima long and ambitious to destroy his own prestige?
Zhang Yu perfunctorily listened to the coach's instructions, left ear in and out of right ear, and didn't put that Westbrook in his eyes, this person has never even heard of it, and he hasn't heard how the media reports this guy, if you want to say that Ross and Beasley I have heard it, how old is this Westbrook?
Zhang Yu's vision has also risen at this time, ordinary players can no longer enter his eyes, only players such as Ross and Beasley who are reported by the media all day long are the competitors in his heart.
Today's game is the first meeting between the two teams this season, both sides have an excellent outside line, and both have a strong inside line, which feels evenly matched in terms of staffing, and when the two meet, it will inevitably be a wonderful battle of Mars hitting the earth, so Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith appeared in the live broadcast room of this game again.
It's not been a week yet, and Barkley is still wearing women's clothes on the streets today. He also let go, so he simply put on a swimsuit and a coat from his wife, sat there shamelessly, rummaged his thick lips and said: "Today we continue to bet, the bet is the same as last time, but I haven't thought about betting on points or assists for the time being, let's wait for the game to start!" ”
"What's the point of betting on scores, betting on assists, always repeating?"
Kenny Smith said lightly, and Charles Barkley suddenly felt a bad feeling, could it be ......
"The first two times you made the bet, and today it was my turn. Stanford University and UCLA are a close contest, let's bet on who they will win the game today, old friend, for your pitiful sake, how about I let you choose first? ”
Kenny Smith smiled, and Charles Barkley's heart suddenly thought, "Does this guy know that I cheat?" No way, I made a secret plan with that little guy on the phone, how would he know? ”
Kenny Smith saw Charles Barkley's hesitant appearance, and stimulated on the side: "Sir Charles, this is your own bet, are you afraid?" ”
Barkley will have a hard time riding the tiger, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "Nonsense, I'm analyzing which side has the highest winning rate, I still bet on Stanford University to win, and the bet is the same as last time." As soon as the words came out, Barkley muttered to himself in his heart: "Little guy, don't let me down again, otherwise I will be 'Zhang Yu' all my life!" ”
After Zhang Yu came out, he found Xia Wei in the front row, who smiled and waved at him.
"Stanford University" home games, small money fans will come to watch the game every time. Although she is not actually interested in basketball in her heart, in order to get Zhang Yu's scalper ticket every time, she can watch it if she doesn't like it, and she can make a lot of money watching a game
Zhang Yu greeted Xia Wei, glanced at her a few more times, and did not find Ai Yue'er. I remember that he asked Xia Wei to transfer a ticket to the little girl yesterday, can't he spare time?
Feeling a little strange in his heart, Zhang Yu turned his attention back to the game. Looking at the opposing half, I found an ugly-looking guy in the crowd, Westbrook wearing the No. 0 jersey.
"Is this guy going straight to kill Mayo in the game against USC and letting the latter fall out of the lottery after a game?"
Zhang Yu looked at this guy who looked like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and he really didn't think he had any star appearance, could he freeze Mayo?
Speaking of this Mayo, it can be regarded as unlucky, just after playing with Zhang Yu was exploded, Westbrook was frozen in the next game, and the draft market fell to the lotto area.
Zhang's coach, Trent Johnson, believes that Westbrook is the most capable basket impact among the rookies in the class of '08, so he can't be underestimated. Trent Johnson's opinion made Zhang Yu sneer, and said in his heart, "Have you never seen my watch when I hit the basket with all my might, I don't believe that this ugly monster can be stronger than my impact?
Strategically defised, tactically valued!
No matter how much Zhang Yu didn't care about his opponent, he still maintained a relatively serious attitude in his actions.
At the beginning of the game, Zhang Yu still played his favorite scoring guard in this game, and it was Westbrook who was opposite him.
The starting lineup from UCLA is Alfred Abeya, who is 208cm tall and weighs 230 pounds. Power forward Kevin Love, 208cm tall and weighs 250 pounds. Small forward Luke Richard Bamot is 203cm tall and weighs 220 pounds. Shooting guard Russell Westbrook is 191cm tall and weighs 175 pounds. Point guard Darren Collison is 183cm tall and weighs 170 pounds.
Jumping ball, Robin López lost to Alfred, known as one of the two heroes of UCLA Cameroon, although the African jumping man is not as tall as Robin, but the racial talent bonus is too strict.
Although UCLA's point guard is Darren Collisson, it is Westbrook who really controls the ball on the court, it seems that he is a point guard in name only, and the actual controller of the ball is Westbrook, but he is not the real core of UCLA, the real core is Kevin Love, who they poached this summer.
In the summer of UCLA, I originally planned to use all my strength to go to China to bring Zhang Yu to Los Angeles, but unfortunately the sky did not follow people's wishes, and Zhang Yu chose "Stanford University" unexpectedly. So they quickly changed their goals, and finally poached this dominant interior player in the high school league, and finally didn't get anything like Duke and North Carolina.
Kevin Love is one of the best interior players on the college court this year, with solid pace, practical shooting, and flashy three-pointers, both in strength and potential, and above Brook Lopez of "Stanford University" in terms of strength and potential.
"Stanford University's" way to deal with Lefu is to "shrink the bag and clamp the defense", and the López brothers are fighting the white bears on the inside wheel!
Westbrook, who is already a sophomore, has risen to prominence this season as the team's second leader. You must know that last season he was only a substitute for the team, averaging just over 3 points per game per game, and he didn't even have an assist. However, after last season, he worked hard all summer, and this year he played a result that no one expected, and even completely froze the draft favorite Mayo in the last game.
Westbrook controlled the ball on the outside and couldn't find a chance to pass to Lefou, who was inside, and the big white bear was sandwiched between the two brothers like pies, with no space to catch the ball at all. After more than ten seconds, Westbrook decided to do it himself, opened up and prepared to try to break through Zhang Yu, and the Cameroon center in the team immediately pulled out to cover him.
Zhang Yu was prepared, and pushed away the opponent's center sideways, but there was already a shadow running past him......
"So fast?"
Although Zhang Yu didn't care too much about the other party in his heart, he didn't care about the defense, but he didn't expect the opponent's speed to be ridiculously fast, it seemed to be faster than Bayles in the last game. As soon as Zhang Yu turned to chase after him, Westbrook had already made a big stride into the penalty area, and scored the basketball with one hand before Robin Loe Pace could make up the defense.
"It seems that the next time I want to stay away, this kid's first step is really fast enough, I'm afraid it's really faster than my first step!"
Zhang Yu can afford to put it down, although it is only a breakthrough, but he has already seen that this guy who looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle does have the top explosiveness and speed, and a person who can go from the three-point line to the basket in three steps is not something that anyone can do.
He still made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, but it didn't matter, it was just the beginning.
PS: This is the last regular season game, and the March Madness schedule is about to begin. In addition, I opened a poll in the "Author Survey", and everyone can vote if they have time, and think that after the NCAA, the protagonist will go directly to the NBA? Or do you want to play the Olympics first?