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Chapter 94 Jordan watching the game

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March 2006, 3, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

The 2006 NCAA Washington Regional Semifinals took place at the home court of the NBA team Washington Wizards.

And George Mason University is also a team belonging to Washington DC, and the university is not far from the home court of the Wizards.

As a dark horse that made history and rushed to the top 16 in the country, the news has already shaken the small Washington DC. The local fans in Washington almost filled the Verizon Center Arena, which can accommodate 2 people.

The more in-depth the competition, the more attention it will receive, and it has reached the point where the elite 16 is already the focus of the whole people.

In fact, from three o'clock in the afternoon, the traffic around the arena has been extremely congested. Not only the parking spaces on the roadside, but also the surrounding parking lots are full. The parking fee of [-] or [-] dollars per hour still cannot stop more and more people from driving to the stadium. There are even many fans who have no tickets and can only watch the game on the big screen outside the stadium.

What matters is the atmosphere.

The game between the George Mason University Patriots and the University of Washington Huskies will be at 8 p.m.

The hottest games usually start in the evening.

The game received even more attention than the North Carolina-Wichita State game because of the presence of the local George Mason University Patriots.

Although it is not a home game, it is better than a home game.

George Mason University, which has only entered the NCAA national competition three times in the past 40 years, broke into the national top [-] this year unprecedentedly.

Tickets were pre-purchased as early as the first three days, and even scalpers in the front row sold for more than 1000 US dollars per game.

The students of George Mason University are already crazy. Most of them skip class at two or three o'clock in the afternoon and come to the scene outside the arena, where some activities will be held.

Sports events in the United States have a high degree of participation by the people, and some activities will be organized outside the arena, such as prize shooting and the like. The mascot of the team will even distribute T-shirts with the Patriots team logo immediately. Many fans will wait outside the arena for the arrival of the players.

A large number of Patriots fans gathered together. At least before 5 pm, only some technical personnel and staff were allowed in the arena, but this did not stop them from having a wave in advance, and they would think about it in advance Slogans like 'The Patriots will continue to do wonders' or 'Washington University is like a delicious donut'.

Large-scale sports events are a carnival for everyone, and fans also hope to create some sense of their own presence off the field.

Not only the fans, but even the atmosphere inside the arena is different. This game will attract many famous basketball players to come.

Just looking at the two in the commentary booth is enough to pay back the ticket price.

Celtics legendary historical point guard Bob Cousy, who is serving as a commentator on CBS, will serve as a guest commentator in his [-]s, while Lakers magician Irvin Johnson It will be a special guest to explain the game together.

There are two generations of magicians, one black and one white, and the legendary NBA superstars who have been separated by at least decades have a huge influence in the history of the NBA. It can be said that the commentary of these two people will completely ignite the momentum of the game.

By the time it was close to 6 p.m., a large number of George Mason University student groups had poured into the Verizon Center Arena. Because of Zhou Lin, a large number of Chinese fans also poured into the arena .

Of course, there will be a small number of students from the University of Washington Huskies team, but compared to the strong support team of George Mason University, which is almost at home, it is too inconspicuous. After all, the former is from Washington, which is not close. Zhou rushed over.

There were already a lot of cameras walking back and forth at the scene, and many fans posed in various poses when facing the camera, shouting to cheer for the Patriots.

The players on both sides started warming up an hour earlier, and by about eight o'clock, the whole team had already finished warming up.

Half an hour before the game, there will be some player interviews and interactive activities on the spot. At this moment, the star team who came to watch the game also arrived.

Little potato Nate Robinson, who was selected into the NBA last year, and Will Conroy, who joined the NBA as a free agent, also came to the scene as the former backcourt combination of the Huskies of the University of Washington to cheer for the home team. Also used to be on the NCAA battlefield.

There are also some stars of the local show business in Washington, DC.

The star sitting in the most prominent position in the front row is the famous Michael Jordan, and Gilbert Arenas, the leader of the Wizards who is in the limelight.

Arenas, wearing a bucket hat, has produced blowout statistics this season, averaging nearly 30 points per game and ranking fourth on the scoring list. The prestige of Agent 0 shocked the entire league.

They are also surrounded by Antawn Jamison and Sean Stevenson and other Wizards players.

When the spotlight hit Jordan many times, Jordan just waved and smiled.

Full of aura, the boss is indeed a boss!
Jordan enjoyed the cheers. He had come back for the second time in this venue and had played for two years. His popularity was still there at this time, and there was still the No. 23 jersey of the basketball god above the arena.

However, Zhou Lin knew that in a few months he would become the second largest shareholder of the new NBA Bobcats, and he would get the command of the specific basketball affairs from the first owner Robert Johnson, and then started the honey operation.

According to Zhou Lin's conjecture, Michael Jordan should have already started thinking about buying an NBA team at this moment, and even reached some unwritten private agreement with the owner of the Bobcats.

Coming to the home court of the Washington Wizards is not just as simple as watching the game, it should be to prepare for the 2006 draft pick.

He also watched the game between his alma mater UNC and Wichita State that ended earlier.

And among the two teams in the evening, there are at least three or four players who can enter the NBA level. Of course, Brandon Roy, who is super powerful, and Zhou Lin, a Chinese boy who was almost born out of nowhere, are probably Jordan's best players. The desired object of investigation.

The game is about to begin under the watchful eyes of the basketball gods.

Of course, Zhou Lin, who knows the history of the future, knows very well that Michael Jordan’s vision for the draft will be as good as his own. To close a door.

In fact, Jordan’s draft vision is not professional. Those scouts who specialize in data and game videos are far more discerning than him. It’s just that he is a bit authoritarian and probably only chooses players he thinks are good, not really good players. .

The No. [-] No. [-] pick and many first-round picks have been spoiled too much in his hands.

It can be said that the specifications of this game are not lost to NBA games at all, and even crazier than ordinary NBA games.

At 08:30, the American national anthem was played, and the game officially began.

(End of this chapter)