Harden's resurgence is crucial for the Devils, especially his style of military training, which was forced to go down the twin towers by the Cardinals at the back, and chose to shrink the center when he was blocked.

That avoided Lopez's re-training, but gave Harden more opportunities to shoot from the outside.

In the second half, it was the stage for Harden's solo performance.

Of course, his performance did not make the game lose suspense, because as the game continued, the physical fitness of the Devils players who invested too much on the defensive end began to decline, and the quality of defense naturally declined.

The two sides went back and forth to the decisive moment.

In the final minute, Xu Yong made a fatal steal against Gus, and Harden beat Robin Lopez to score a game-killing layup.

The score was finally fixed at 66-61, and the Devils completed the comeback, beating the Cardinals on the road, breaking the opponent's unbeaten golden body and also claiming a crucial victory.

At the end of the game, the Devils rushed to the field and began to celebrate wildly.

This victory means so much to them!

Surrounded by the crowd, Harden scored 18 points on four three-pointers in the second half for a total of 24 points and was the main contributor to the team's victory.

Harden was enjoying himself, and although he was having trouble breathing at the moment, the moment was too wonderful for him to describe in words.

……

After the game, the players returned to the hotel one after another.

Because of the long distance, they would fly back to Tempe the next morning.

The hotel is also a standard room, and Xu Yong and Harden still live together.

"Xu, thank you." When he returned to the hotel, Harden thanked Xu Yong from the bottom of his heart.

If it weren't for Xu Yong, he probably wouldn't have realized what his problem was until now.

If it weren't for Xu Yong, he might still have inertly chosen to give up when he encountered difficulties tonight.

But all that changed because of Xu Yong, and he really experienced the thrill of doing everything he could to win the game!

It's a feeling you've never ever experienced, and it's more intoxicating than the wines of Château Lafite.

"You have to thank yourself, James." Xu Yong replied with a smile.

What he said to Harden before was meaningful, but it was even more meaningful for Harden to experience it himself.

Because he has really experienced it, he is not forced to change, but to enjoy the pleasure of change, which will prompt him to continue to take the initiative to change.

"Anyway, I'm glad I met you here, Xu, my friend." Harden took the initiative to reach out and hug Xu Yong, and even the title changed.

"Me too." Xu Yong also hugged Harden.

Although Harden is quite different from him in personality, he is still a good person in nature.

Not to mention anything else, as long as he gets up so early every day, Harden is occasionally woken up and never loses his temper with him, this kind of person can deal with it.

……

Fast forward and January has passed, and the NCAA season has come to an end.

After two months of invitational tournaments and one month of regular season competitions, the strength of the colleges and universities has been fully revealed.

This is evident in the latest poll.

The team at the top of the standings, from the University of Kansas to the University of Memphis.

The most direct reason is that the University of Memphis did not taste defeat in March!

This includes invitational tournaments and regular season tournaments, and they will face big teams like UConn and Georgetown University.

The team's leading scorer, Chris Douglas Roberts, averaged 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 57.7% from the field and 41.3% from three-point range.

In addition to him, Derrick Rose, a first-year college player from the University of Memphis who is considered the top pick in the 2008 draft, also averaged 14.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.

In addition, Antonio Anderson and Joey Dorsey are all players with NBA prospects.

And more importantly, the team has 8 players who average more than 5 points per game, which is a team with outstanding core ability and top overall level.

Kansas slipped to second place after losing two games in the regular season, but they are still the strongest team overall this season.

There is only one reason, the talent they have piled up over several seasons has allowed them to have Mario Chanmos, Brandon Rush, Darryl Arthur, Darnell Jackson, Sheron Collins, Sasha Cowan, Cole Aldridge, a total of 7 NBA prospective players!

It's the equivalent of a World Series, where other teams only have a few strong points, but they're already a dream team.

In third place is North Carolina, which is in a similar situation to Kansas, with two losses, but with the likes of Tyler Hansbro, Wayne Ellington, Danny Green, and Ty Lawson, they are still the favorites to win the championship.

UCLA slipped to fourth place, losing back-to-back games to Washington State and USC, and the team, especially Westbrook on the backline, hasn't been in great form lately.

And in this list, Arizona State University jumped all the way up to No. 11!

After beating Stanford, they got better and better, finishing third in the pac10 league behind UCLA and Stanford.

Although there are a lot of first-year players in the squad, anyone can sense that they are becoming a team that is becoming more and more mature.

As long as they play normally in the next games, they will get a wild card spot and make it to the tournament.

Even as Xu Yong had thought, their goal could be to go further in the tournament.

Of course, now is not the time to "think about the next round of opponents", and playing the rest of the season is still their number one goal.

The survey list is updated weekly, and they can go from no-list to 11th, and of course they can fall out of the list again.

For a team like them with dark horse attributes, those in the organizing committee will instinctively have a harsh vision.

The Devils' next game will be against UCLA, where they have previously lost.

And this time they're going to travel to Los Angeles to challenge their opponents.

This is a crucial battle for both sides.

The Devils' performance is on the rise overall, and they need revenge on UCLA to complete the final justification.

UCLA has not been in good form lately, and they also need a game to get back into form and boost morale, and the Devils who have performed well are clearly the best target.

On the morning of the game, the players boarded a plane to Los Angeles.

On the plane, Harden appeared to be active because his home was in Los Angeles.

Sandek didn't want to put too much pressure on his players before the game, so he didn't have any training scheduled when he arrived in Los Angeles.

It was this arrangement that gave Harden time to go home.

But just before leaving, Harden invited Xu Yong to his home.

Since the last victory over Stanford and the use of friends to call Xu Yong, the relationship between Harden and Xu Yong has been heating up rapidly, and now it has reached the stage of "meeting parents".

However, in the United States, this kind of invitation to go home has moved away from the polite "brother" or "friend" of black people, and really regards Xu Yong as his friend.