Chapter 7: Sworn Enemies

After the team's training, Shipp pulled Xu Yong and said that he would go to play wild ball after school.

The wild ball here is not the kind of nightclub play, and you don't have to leave the school gate, just the outdoor basketball court on campus.

Like domestic universities, universities in the United States are free to enter and exit after school, so in addition to the students of the school, there are many people from outside the school who come to the outdoor basketball court.

Some of those people are graduates, and for most people, playing NCAA is just a life experience, and only a few can make it a career;

Some are street ball players and players in lower leagues, and bombing the campus is not the talent of future domestic Internet celebrity players;

It's not even surprising that an NBA player comes in sometimes, after all, Tempe belongs to Phoenix, and Phoenix has an NBA team called the "Suns".

Xu Yong agreed, and made an appointment with them at four o'clock.

It is common for people from the school team to play outdoor field ball, and the general field ball is not stressful for them, it is more of an entertainment bureau, and by the way, it improves the relationship between teammates.

And when you don't usually compete, you can also test the results of training.

However, I just finished playing with the Foot Riders last night, and it seems that Shipp is Guo Allen in the finals, and they didn't play enough.

The time for the cultural class passed quickly, and when it was half past two in the afternoon, Xu Yong went to the training hall for the second practice.

Harden, who was shocked by Xu Yong in the morning, also followed him to the training gym.

They were accompanied by Cook Six, a freshman who entered the school with Xu Yong and Harden, and has become his loyal follower and pick-up boy since the last time he witnessed Xu Yong beat Shipp.

Of course, no one in this world is stupid, and Cook Six's is also rushing to learn Xu Yong's training method.

Not long after the training began, Harden noticed that Xu Yong's training content was a little different from what he had seen before.

After observing for a while, he also knew what was different.

Xu Yong didn't train too much in the gym, but devoted more time to three-point training.

Halfway through training, Cook Sykes was still training on the court, while Xu Yong and Harden were resting on the sidelines.

"You've adjusted your training focus?" Harden sat down and took a sip of water, then asked.

Xu Yong smiled and nodded, and Harden looked black, but very thin.

"The match with Griffin proved that my core strength is enough in the NCAA, but I didn't shoot a three-pointer last night." He went on to explain.

One thing that is easy to overlook is that strength training can have a noticeable impact on the feel of shooting.

This is why many players will shoot inconsistently after gaining weight and muscle, and may even lose their shooting ability.

This is also why Xu Yonghui decisively chooses to prioritize three-point training and reduce strength training to a level of intensity after realizing that he has enough strength.

You must know that he actually has the option to give up ball control training and directly increase three-point training.

Harden looked at Xu Yong for a long time, and then sighed: "Sometimes I really doubt that you are not our peers. ”

In the past, he thought that Xu Yong was precocious, but Xu Yong's planning for his career, including these corrections, could not be done without life experience.

Xu Yong smiled and waved his hand: "That's just your illusion, James, aren't you also doing well?" ”

Harden shook his head, he didn't have a clear career plan because of himself.

But just as he was about to speak, a man hurried into the training hall.

The two stopped to communicate and looked, and when they saw that it was Shipp who came in, their faces were anxious.

"Guys, someone's looking for trouble." Shipp shouted at Xu Yong and Harden.

Xu Yong and Harden both stood up in confusion when they heard this, and then followed Shipp out of the training gym.

On the way, Shipp told them about the situation.

The others went to the outdoor field a little earlier, ready to take advantage of the full game.

As a result, I didn't expect that there were a lot of people in the outdoor stadium today, and when I went, the whole stadium was gone, and there was only half of the court left.

They discussed with a group of people who were playing in the opposite half of the court whether to let go of the field or simply play together.

It's common on the pitch and it's basically all agreed upon.

After all, this is Arizona State University, and everyone at this school must know them, and those who are not from this school know that this is the territory of the Devils.

But today, the group of people was stunned and refused.

In the end, Ayers made a proposal, the matter on the court was solved with basketball, played half time, two wins in three games, 21 points in one game, and if the opposite side lost, they obediently gave up the court, and if they won, they won't play today.

Xu Yong nodded when he heard this, and in his own land, this kind of proposal had already given the other party enough face.

And Ailes has a calm personality, so he should see that the other party's strength is average.

But Shipp had just hurried to show that something unexpected had happened.

"A defender, I've never seen it before, he's too fast, and he basically hasn't missed a shot in the middle distance, the key physical fitness and coordination are too strong, and the combination of sudden shots can't be prevented at all." Shipp's this is no longer an emotion, but an exclamation.

Xu Yong and Harden looked at each other, then both shook their heads.

The outdoor field personnel are so complicated that they can't guess who the other party is based on this information alone.

"But Jeff helped us win the first game." Shipp continued.

While talking, they went to the outdoor field.

The scene on the pitch was spectacular, and the half was surrounded by people, some of whom even brought chairs or climbed directly onto the guardrails of the pitch.

It took them a while to squeeze in, and before they could get in, they heard a sigh from the people around them.

When they got inside, they learned more.

The first two of the three games have been played, and the devils lost the game just now, and it was a fiasco of more than ten points.

"I didn't expect it to be them." As soon as he walked next to his teammates, Xu Yong also heard Ayers gasping for breath and sighing.

He then looked to the other side, and saw that the three people who were drinking were all familiar.

It's just the same as when he first met Ayres, and he couldn't remember the other person's name all of a sudden.

"Chase Badinger, Jordan Hill, both from the University of Arizona, and that freshman from them, although I haven't seen them before, should be Jerry Bayless." Ayres was reminded by Ship, turned his head and saw Xu Yong and Harden coming, calmed his breath, and then introduced.

Xu Yong and Harden suddenly realized when they heard it, although Bayless they hadn't seen it before, they had all heard that the class of 2007 high school students ranked seventh, and his fame was greater than Harden, and now the media predicts that he is the top ten or even the top five in the 2008 NBA draft.

His words, Shipp's previous exclamation is not surprising.

Of course, Xu Yong will get more information, he also played domestic 2Konline in his last life, Baylor is nicknamed "Baylor Ye", and it is an artifact that suppresses the value of the dynasty's lineup.

And after knowing this, his expression became a little excited.

I thought it was an entertainment bureau, but I didn't expect it to become a quality bureau, and now the interrupted training can be directly used as a substitute for training!

"How did they come here?" Harden asked curiously.

"It's nothing more than to touch our bottom line, we are mortal enemies." Ayers smiled wryly.

The same state is a sworn enemy, and this is even more evident in the NCAA.

Because the NCAA is not a commercial league, and many fans are also students of the school, that kind of hostility is much stronger than that of the NBA.

In other words, reaching the tournament is the Devils' big goal for the season, but the small goal before that is to kill the University of Arizona Wildcats.

And the Devils have changed a lot this season, and the Wildcats have even more reason to do so.

Most of them didn't even happen to bump into each other today, but they heard that they had won the Kickers yesterday and came to "scout the enemy".

After all, this is 2007, and it is far from the era of the future when the game will be reported on the Internet and even have videos to watch.

"Did they change lineups?" Xu Yong keenly captured the details, Badinger and Hill are not freshmen, if they had been on Shipp before, they would definitely be able to recognize them.

Ayres nodded: "Bayless is very strong, but his teammates are not very good at the beginning. ”

Basketball is not a one-person sport, even if it is three against three, as long as there is an obvious weak point after the level is high, it will be killed.

Xu Yong nodded when he heard this, looked at Harden and Ayres and said, "The three of us will go on in the last game, let them know ......"

As he spoke, he turned his head again and looked at the three people opposite: "This is our home field." ”