unfinished glory

Chapter 7 Training and Competition

On the second day after talking with the old coach K, the coaching staff began to make targeted plans for Li Chongxiao, and the treatment was almost as good as Luol Deng, Redick and Sheldon Williams, these well-known talented players up.

Both Borman and Du Hong didn't feel anything, they helped Li Chongxiao as always; Pagliuca was very envious, but only envious.

Some players, on the other hand, began to secretly reject him.Patrick Davidson is a player who is about to crush his teeth.

Luol Deng didn't think anything of it. He was a star player with his own confidence and bearing.

Sheldon Williams was rather sour, and even yelled for Li Chongxiao to invite guests a few times.

Only Redick didn't seem very happy, but this man is more manly, and he never showed it in front of the old coach K.

A lot of questions means a lot of practice, and at the same time, the old coach K clearly said whether he will be allowed to play for a while.

His current level is enough to play as a substitute, and he can't help the team very well, and the premature contact with too fierce confrontation is afraid of hitting his self-confidence.

Li Chongxiao wasn't that worried about his self-confidence, but he didn't have the idea of ​​looking for abuse either.

His basketball ability is currently in a stage of rapid growth, and there are still many things to make up for.

At the same time, through intra-team competitions, he can continue to grow and become familiar with the game, so he is not in a hurry.

In this way, in the first game, he sat on the bench and felt the atmosphere of the home court.The Blue Devils also got off to a 67-56 start, with Luol Deng scoring 21 points and Redick 19.

After a few days of rest, followed by four road games, the Blue Devils went [-]-[-] before heading back home.

It continued until December 12 after Christmas, and it was a contest with teams outside the league.In these ten games, the Blue Devils had nine wins and one loss, losing only to the Purdue Boilermakers.

In the Harmony game, Li Chongxiao played twice, against the Helmsman of the University of Portland, scoring 2 points and 2 assist in 1 minutes; against the Wildcats of Davidson College, scoring 3 points, 3 assist and 1 rebound in 1 minutes.

After New Year's Day, on January 1, the team officially started the game against the Atlantic Coast League, and won a wave of 3 consecutive victories, which lasted until February 2.

Two of them were non-league games, and Li Chongxiao played in both, the Fairfield University Stags and the Georgetown University Hoyas.

At the end of the home game against the Stags, he got a fast break opportunity, inserted at a 45° angle, received a pass from his teammate, and made a stunning alley-oop dunk, which aroused the cheers of the audience. He started to have some fans.

Then came the intra-league competitions on February 2th and February 8th, in which Li Chongxiao played both.The time he played was always at the end of the game when the team led by a big score.

However, he can make a contribution by playing, which makes him very satisfied. He knows that he can't become a fat man in one go.Now I can not only feel the atmosphere of the official competition, but also verify what I have learned, making progress every time.

On March 3, the last game of the regular season came in a blink of an eye. The Duke University Blue Devils played against the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.

As usual, the stadium was full of spectators. The game between the two sides had reached the last 10 minutes. The score was 55:50, with Duke leading.

It was North Carolina who was attacking on the court. Felton controlled the ball and made a pick-and-roll with Sean May at the top of the arc, throwing off the defensive Duhon.

Sheldon Williams switched over to defend, Sean May took advantage of the opportunity to cover Rashad McCants, and Luol Deng, who was defending him, took a slow shot and drew a foul.This is Luol Deng's fourth personal foul.North Carolina's possession of the ball.

Luol Deng is the biggest contributor to Duke's lead today. He has scored 26 points after playing 20 minutes.Who will replace him is a big question.

This season, he and Redick are the core of the Blue Devils and the biggest guarantee for the team's victory.At the same time, Luol Deng not only played well on the offensive end, but also was very tough on the defensive end, often defending the opponent's arrow figures.

In today's game, he was defending the opponent's inside scoring leader Rashad McCants.

Who can stand up on the bench at this time?The old coach K was very hesitant.Although the Duke Blue Devils have already determined to win the regular season championship, winning or losing this game does not have much impact.

However, Duke and North Carolina are old enemies, and they definitely did not surrender, let alone lead.

So who's going to guard Rashard McCants?Andy Borman is a little short and thin, and Shaverick Randolph is relatively inflexible, so that leaves Melchioni.But Melchioni can defend ordinary players well, but he can't do anything against the opponent's star players.

Or, Li Chongxiao?The height and wingspan are all qualified, and the defense is also good, but he is thin and weak, and has little competition experience.

Old coach K is not a person who dare not take risks, he pointed at Li Chongxiao: "Daye, go!"

Li Chongxiao was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses.He didn't expect that at such a critical moment, the coach would let him play, and then he became excited.

"Go up and tell Chris not to rush and be steady. Luol Deng is not here, our ability to break through has declined, and we need to play more tactics, we want success rate." Old Coach K pulled Li Chongxiao over and whispered in his ear.

Then patted him on the shoulder: "Give me No. 32 (Rashad McCants) who stalks them to death, be tough."

Li Chongxiao nodded, took a deep breath, and ran onto the field. He pulled Du Hong over, passed on the coach's instructions, and then stuck to McCants tightly.

The ball was sent to Felton, who took the ball and dribbled twice at the top of the arc, but he didn't have a good chance to face Duhon's defense.

He motioned for McCants to come out and catch the ball.McCants received the ball at a 45-degree angle to the right of the three-point line, facing Li Chongxiao's defense.

Li Chongxiao stepped on the three-point line, about half a step away from McCants.He can see clearly off the court that this player's offensive ability is extremely good, he is omnipotent in breakthrough three-point jump shots, and he also has the stunt of singles with his back to the basket. It is very difficult to defend and he must be careful.

McCants looked at the yellow man in front of him with disdain.As the internal scoring leader, he averaged 20 points per game this season.

The opponent's core player, Luol Deng, defended himself, and also lost three fouls. The rookie in front of him didn't want anything he wanted.Looking at the slightly thin guy in front of him, he made up his mind and began to dribble.

Li Chongxiao fixed his eyes on the opponent, and slowly adjusted his center of gravity and position according to the rhythm of the opponent's dribbling.McCants slowly pressed forward, and Li Chongxiao took two steps back following the opponent's advance, keeping a distance of more than half a step, so that the opponent could not rush up and shoot.

McCants sneered inwardly, and started back hitting two steps inside the three-point line. With just one impact, he knew that the opponent couldn't defend him.

He pressed Li Chongxiao to the ground line, two steps away from the reasonable collision zone, and turned over for a jumper.

When the opponent changed his offensive strategy, Li Chongxiao knew that his defense would probably fail this time.The opponent's strength was stronger than his own, and his chest felt tight when he hit it.

He gritted his teeth and stood in front, and when the opponent got near the baseline, he knew that the opponent was going to shoot, because if he walked further in, it would be easy for Sheldon Williams behind him to defend.

Sure enough, the opponent turned over and fell back, he gritted his teeth and jumped up, but the opponent leaned against him, resisting him, unable to fully take off, and the opponent's arms were really long.

Since he couldn't cover it, Li Chongxiao became ruthless and directly slapped the opponent's arm hard, stopping the attack with a foul.

(End of this chapter)