I'm not really a role player

Chapter 69 Georgia Dome (Please recommend tickets!)
In the East, the University of Texas beat the University of North Carolina by 32 points and entered the final four.

In the Midwest Division, the University of Florida Gators defeated the University of Oregon Ducks led by Aaron Brooks 85 to 77 to enter the final four.

In the Southern Division, the Ohio State University Buckeyes defeated Memphis University led by Chris Douglas Roberts and Joey Dorsey 92 to 76 to enter the final four.

In the end, in the West Division, as Li Ke wished, the UCLA Bruins narrowly beat the University of Kansas by 68 points with a score of 60 to 8 after two halves of shopping, and entered the final four.

After four games and eight into four, the matchup of the final four was formed——

University of Texas vs Ohio State University, UCLA vs University of Florida.

As soon as the semi-final matchup was released, it immediately swept the headlines of major media in the United States.

Sports Illustrated hit the big headline: Longhorn vs. Buckeyes, the battle between the Twin Stars!

The front page of sports news: The defending champion will fight UCLA, luxury inside vs luxury outside!

Today's USA Sports headlines: The Final Four is decided, the Gators strive to defend their title, the Bruins hit the 12th championship in team history, the Buckeyes enter the Final Four after 8 years, and the Longhorns win the first championship in the history of the Longhorns...

In the end, the venue of the final four and even the final was moved to Atlanta, where the former Golden Club was located.

The hosting venue was also in place in one step, and it was replaced by the Georgia Dome, which can accommodate 71000 people.

On March 3, US time, the day after defeating the University of North Carolina, the University of Texas arrived in Atlanta. Rick Barnes directly made the airport shuttle bus take a long detour and stopped outside the gate of the Georgia Dome.

At this time, the Georgia Dome was full of busy people.

Because most of the time, the Georgia Dome is used as a football stadium, which is the home of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

So before the semi-finals start, the NCAA has to make some renovations, lay the floor on the court, close the ceiling above the arena, and so on.

Overlooking the huge stadium, DJ Augustin muttered to himself: "Seriously, I've never played in such a big stadium."

Rick Barnes, who brought the team here, laughed and said nothing, but he got his way.

Just looking at this stadium, Li Ke felt agitated in his heart.

"In this stadium, it is not enough to play one game, at least two games must be played!"

"Just playing two games is not enough, at least, we have to win two games in this stadium!"

"I'm going to cut the nets from the Georgia Dome!"

"..."

The rhetoric just came out involuntarily, and the instigator Rick Barnes didn't say a word.

……

After checking into the hotel, Li Ke rushed to the training hall rented by the team without stopping for a moment.

This time, Xiao Du didn't follow behind, because he went to receive the award.

Just after the eight-to-four knockout rounds were all over, the John Wooden Award was announced, and the best coach was awarded to Billy Donovan, the head coach of the University of Florida Gators, who was later called the thief and Wan Ge by Thunder fans.

The Best Male Basketball Player Award naturally belongs to Xiao Du, and Xiao Du also made history again, becoming the first freshman to win the John Wooden Award.

The battle between him and Oden for the No. [-] spot became more and more intense.

The fact that there is no Xiao Du behind him does not mean that Li Ke has no other friends.

Dexter Pittman, whose weight loss career could not stop for a day, followed Li Ke's footsteps, trotting all the way on the streets of Atlanta, and quickly approached the training hall.

Along the way, the two also chatted about some interesting topics, such as:
"I heard you signed up for a yoga class in Windsor?"

"That's right, I thought that the teachers in the yoga class were the beautiful Indian beauties in the movies, but it turned out that the teacher in the class was an old woman in her 40s..."

"What about boxing? Haven't you tried it?"

"No, coach Todd Wright said that boxing is prone to injuries, although most of them are minor injuries, but there is still competition after all, isn't it?"

"Indeed, for special boxing training, it would be better to have it in the off-season, just practice occasionally."

"I also tried badminton and tennis, which seemed to be fun too."

"You can try swimming again, it is also a good exercise to make your body slim."

"Thank you, Sheldon, for your advice."

"They're all teammates, why do you say thank you..."

Deep in his heart, Li Ke added: Thank you, no need, just hand over your talent and skills to my brother...

When he arrived at the training hall, Li Ke continued to practice three-pointers.

Dexter Pittman, under the leadership of the team's strength and conditioning coach Todd Wright, is doing some cardio.

At noon, Li Ke still didn't go back to eat. He ordered takeaway, a huge piece of pizza, plus a fruit salad, and a glass of fruit and vegetable juice.

After lunch, in the afternoon, after practicing hard for more than an hour, he received a call.

"Hi, Russell, you're in Atlanta too? Then see you tonight. I'll introduce you to a friend..."

Russell Westbrook has also arrived. UCLA and Dezhou University are just behind the front foot, but this is also related to the NCAA schedule.

On March 3, the semi-finals will start at the Georgia Dome. At around one o'clock in the afternoon, the game between the University of Texas and Ohio State will be played first, and then at around five o'clock in the evening, the game between UCLA and the University of Florida will pick up the progress of the previous game.

Within one day, the final two teams will be determined.

So, for the four teams competing in the Final Four, they don't have much time left.

Although he received a call from Westbrook, Li Ke still didn't want to stop training.

But then, he got another call from team assistant Chris Price.

……

The Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta, where the University of Texas is staying.

It is a five-star hotel, and the Four Seasons Hotel has luxurious furnishings, a magnificent hotel lobby, and meticulously dressed waiters. The celebrities who come and go are all well-dressed.

Yang Wu had just rented a living room in the Four Seasons Hotel, and immediately started busy with the arrangement.

The young choreographer directs his subordinates' choreography, then turns his head away, expressing emotion to Director Zhang and Yu Jia beside him:
"The one-day rent of the Four Seasons Hotel is really expensive. By the way, these NCAA teams are quite rich, and the hotels they stay in are so poor."

"That's a frog in the bottom of your well. The NCAA doesn't make money. There is no profitable sport in this world. Think about it, those star players in the NBA have to earn millions of dollars every year. What a huge expense that is. The bosses in the big ball market still make a lot of money. Look at the NCAA. Players like Durant and Li Ke, they only use a full scholarship to survive tens of thousands of dollars a year..."

Yu Jia gave a lesson to the young director: "Where does the NCAA make money? Ticket revenue, broadcast fees, advertising operating revenue, and various merchandise sales revenue, that can go to sea..."

The young choreographer seemed to have done his homework, and immediately raised an objection: "But the NCAA official said that 90% of the income is given to the students?"

"You made money, would you tell it outside?"

"Should... not?"

The young director was a little unconfident, Yu Jia shook his head and said with emotion: Too young!

Then he turned his head and continued to chat with Director Zhang about the interview that will be held later.

Li Ke's training was interrupted, but he was not unhappy because of it. At this moment, he was very excited instead.

On the phone, Chris Price told Li Ke that China Central Channel [-] would do an exclusive interview with him.

That's Yang Wu!

The domestic reporter who came here before was only Wang Yiqiong, who was also a part-time reporter for the Pioneer News.

This time it was different. Director Zhang and Yu Jia were both present in Yangwu’s exclusive interview, and the cards immediately went up.

So, Li Ke hurried back to the hotel.

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