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Chapter 6 Opening against the University of Maryland Terrapins
Duke University, Cameron Arena.

The sound of basketball slapping came and went, and the Duke Blue Devils in blue were warming up.

On another field, players from the University of Maryland Terrapins are talking about a player on the opposite side.

Just now, they learned from head coach Mark Cuigen that the Blue Devils' starting center is not one of the expected Plumlee brothers or Ryan Kelly, but a newcomer-No. 13 "Xiao Chen".

Black guard Garden Sam: "Hey, guys, who knows who the big yellow guy on the opposite side is? Is he a freshman? I haven't seen him last season. Alex, that guy is taller than you."

Alex Len replied: "Xiao Chen, 7-foot-2, Asian like Yao. I have a friend at Duke, and they've been on Facebook. The Blue Devils have a new 'monster'."

"Ha, another giant from the East, you are all freshmen, Alex, don't blow yourself up." Garden Sam continued.

Ryan stroked his raised hairline and began to analyze carefully, "I admit that this guy is taller than me, but his height and flexibility may not be as good as mine. I will punish him with footsteps and speed. And look at his body shape, maybe his strength is not as good as mine."

"OK, OK, use your gymnastics skills to subdue him." Garden said while echoing.Yes, Ryan can gymnastics, he practiced gymnastics as a child, and switched to basketball after he was 10 years old.

With the referee blowing the whistle, the 2011-2012 season opener of the NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference began.

After Chen Xiao heard the whistle, he jumped up and easily moved the basketball to his own half.After nearly a month of hard training, he has fully adapted to his body.

The Blue Devils first launched the attack, and Rivers controlled the ball and dribbled through halftime steadily.

Since it was the first offense, Ryan didn't fight immediately, and Chen Xiao easily entered the familiar low post on the left side of the basket. In the past month, he has left a lot of sweat in the short corner area of ​​the low post.

After easily receiving the pass from Little Rivers, Chen Xiao decided not to forget his original intention and used a hook to complete his first offense in the NCAA game.

But it is possible to underestimate the opponent strategically, but not tactically.

After fully sensing the force behind him, Chen Xiao put down the ball and at the same time exerted force on his back to push Ryan away from the penalty area and took a step closer to the penalty area, then turned to the outside (away from the basket), straightened his arms, raised the ball with straight arms, and gently pushed the ball out with the strength of his fingers and wrists.

Under the impact of Chen Xiao's back, Ryan's chest almost collapsed, and he didn't have time to raise his hands, so he couldn't effectively interfere with the ball. He could only watch the ball pass over his head.

And Chen Xiao's hand feeling today is obviously good, and with the effect of the sky hook badge, even though the hook position is outside the penalty area this time, he still hit the basket steadily.

All the fans and spectators had just sat down and witnessed such an eye-catching hook.

Obviously, it wasn't a dunk.But among senior fans who know how to appreciate the beauty of basketball, especially those who prefer inside offense, such a high-arc hook, standing on one foot with straight arms and a slender figure, towering into the sky.

If you are an old fan, you may think that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hooked one ball after another into the Nets in the same way decades ago.

But the players on the field are not as leisurely as the fans. They can think of so many things, and their attention can only be in the moment.

"Hey, Alex, can you do it? I'll give you the next ball and give him another one." Although Garden was not forgiving, as a teammate, he still hoped that Alex would get back on the field.

The offense switched, and the ball came to Maryland.

Chen Xiao saw that the big guy Ryan was trying to get into the low position, and thought to himself: Mason Plumlee, who was "out of line" a month ago, thought the same way.

So he restrained his physical confrontation and let Ryan calmly get into position.

One second before the basketball slid through the air and was about to be passed to Ryan, Chen Xiao used his chest to exert force forward, and the force movement was very clean. Ryan never thought that Chen Xiao, who allowed himself to get to the low position easily, turned out to be a "big muscle bully". A surge of force made him lose his position.

Chen Xiao stretched out his long arm, picked off the ball in mid-air, and with a flick of his arm, the ball was already in the hands of Seth Curry who had just run across the midfield.Not only Seth Curry, but Rivers has also rushed to the opponent's basket.

It turned out that when Chen Xiao pretended to avoid it, the two of them, as the people farthest from dealing with the basket, had already met Chen Xiao's eyes and confirmed that they understood.

The offense ended with Chen Xiao assisting +1 and Seth Curry scoring.

In the opening game, Duke scored two consecutive offenses so that Terra Turtles coach Mark Cuigen couldn't sit still. He quickly walked to the sidelines and shouted at Ryan: "Alex, damn it, give me a hard time!"

As a freshman, the words of the coach are the imperial decree. Ryan dared not make a sound and could only nod.

Facing two direct confrontations, he has already realized that Chen Xiao's strength is not comparable to his current one. Although he visually judged that Chen Xiao's tonnage is not heavier than his, but the strength he actually experienced made him realize the reality that this boy is invincible.

The next ball made Ryan fully aware of the gap between him and Chen Xiao.

Relying on his strength advantage, Chen Xiao continued to get a position in the low short corner area on the right side of the basket. After receiving the pass from the defender, like hitting Mason Plumlee for the first time, he hit the back to shake the defender's center of gravity, then quickly turned to the inside and broke through.

Ryan, who was in a tense state, turned into a wooden stake after being destroyed by the center of gravity, which was easily wiped by Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao, who passed Ryan, remembered the joke he made with Seth Curry last time, so after wiping Ryan, he dribbled the ball to the basket with strides, stood still, collected the ball, tiptoed, and stuffed the ball into the basket with both hands.

This offense will be the talk of Duke Blue Devils fans for a week or a month.

"Hey, Tom, it's a shame you didn't see the last game. Chen, that's the new Eastern big for the Blue Devils, tiptoeing the ball into the hoop! Seriously, I promise God he never took a foot off the floor."

Conversations like these continued in the alumni circle of Duke students for some time after the game.

But fortunately, as the opening game of the Atlantic Coast League and the Duke Blue Devils, ESPN chose to broadcast the game live, and the Blue Devils fans who failed to grab the tickets for the opening game can also directly watch this moment through the TV network.

"Amazing!" Gerald Madkins, vice president of player personnel of the Hornets who came to watch the game today, couldn't help admiring.

(End of this chapter)