stadium ambition

Chapter 83

Spring goes to summer, and it is the end of April in a blink of an eye.

Su Yang led Muqiao High School all the way to the Southern California High School League Finals, fought against Harden's Adishia High School for 31 minutes, and finally won the championship by making a breakthrough and making Harden's thug foul.

After the game, Su Yang was free and turned to study. He scored an astonishing 2230 points in the SAT test in May. He was admitted to Stanford University solely on the basis of his academic ability and received a full scholarship at the same time.

Lu Rulan was also admitted to Stanford, and the two went out to celebrate and officially confirmed their relationship.

Among the various award selections, Su Yang was nominated for Naismith's Best High School Male Athlete of the Year, ESPN All-American, and Mr. California Basketball. He didn't get the last one, and he ranked second in each award.

Many fans felt that it was racial discrimination, and Su Yang was also a little upset, so he simply returned to China for two weeks.

He rushed to the United States again in early June, which coincided with the start of the Drew League. He formed a team with Westbrook, Harden, Love, Paul George, and several teammates from Kamucho High School. Great battle, easily won.

They advanced all the way, but Drew's league cycle was too long, and the team withdrew early after discussing it.

Throughout the summer, Su Yang immersed himself in training and occasionally watched NBA-related news, feeling progress every day.

Gradually, he found that the original training clothes were a bit short. When the school started at the end of August, the team's physical test showed that his barefoot height was 189 cm, which was a big jump, but compared to Westbrook's growth speed, it was quite slow. .

After joining the team, after more than three months of running-in, Su Yang, the Lopez brothers and others have established a good chemical reaction. In the first friendly match against Florida, the three-time champion Florida, they scored 28 points at halftime and won the whole game easily.

In the next two months, Su Yang led the team to defeat traditional strong teams such as Michigan, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, etc., causing Stanford University to arouse great repercussions across the United States, and many gaming companies marked them as the favorites to win the championship.

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After New Year's Day in 08, the regular season of the Pacific Big Ten started, and Stanford's first game was away against UCLA.

Su Yang started the game, blasting Darren Collison on both offense and defense, helping the team lead by [-] points in one quarter. After UCLA replaced Westbrook, it stabilized the situation, but it still couldn't prevent Su Yang from scoring the victory through the pick-and-roll.

This game attracted UCLA celebrities such as Reggie Miller to watch. He accepted an interview with FOX Sports after the game, praised Su Yang for having reached the level of an NBA qualified starting guard, and suggested that all teams be included in the inspection target.

After playing UCLA, Stanford took the opportunity to challenge Berkeley and also won.

They showed unparalleled dominance and defeated the University of Washington and Washington State University one after another.

Back at home, they continued to beat USC and other schools with great momentum. It was not a challenge until they met Arizona State University led by Harden, but they sealed the victory halfway through the fourth quarter.

After the entire regular season, Stanford advanced to the playoffs with a record of victory.

In addition to them, there are several teams in the Pacific Big Ten that have performed so well that the ratings are much higher than in previous years. Members of the management committee set the playoffs at the Staples Center, hoping to attract more fans.

Su Yang, Westbrook, Harden and others lived up to expectations. They played wonderful performances in the playoffs. They caused a lot of discussion through lore shots, ultra-long three-pointers, and controversial fouls, which stole a lot of attention from other leagues. ESPN temporarily broadcast live across the United States.

In the final, Su Yang led the team to fight against UCLA, won the championship without any surprises, and automatically advanced to the Crazy Three.

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After a week's rest, March Madness officially kicked off in 08. Stanford University played against Cornell University in the first round. Su Yang scored 43 points, sent out 10 assists, and only made one turnover.

The opponent in the second round was Marquette University. Wade rushed to Los Angeles to support his alma mater. Su Yang staged several European breakthrough throws in front of him. Points, steady win.

The opponent in the third round was the University of Tennessee. Su Yang locked up their ace player DJ Augustin through defense, which made an imaginary hard fight extremely simple. In addition, the Lopez brothers were overwhelmed inside, and the team advanced smoothly.

However, after three consecutive rounds of easy wins, Stanford finally ushered in a formidable opponent, the University of Memphis.

The duel between Su Yang and Ross was hyped up by the media, and it was dubbed as the No. [-] pick, historic duel, etc. Many gaming websites set up gambling games for this match, and the relevant betting amount once reached tens of millions of dollars.

In anticipation, the game officially started, and Su Yang and Ross exploded each other at the beginning.

The two teams came and went, and it was difficult to distinguish the high ground. The anxious situation lasted until the last eight seconds. Rose hit a goal first to help Memphis lead by two points, while Su Yang completed the double-team with a three-pointer on the center line with two seconds left in the game. Super far lore.

In an interview after the game, Rose praised Su Yang as a great opponent and hoped to enter the NBA to fight again.

After playing Memphis, Stanford ushered in UCLA in the semi-finals. The situation was almost the same as that of many previous matches. Su Yang silently destroyed UCLA's defense through the pick-and-roll with Lopez and won the victory without any surprise.

The fans were amazed by Su Yang and the changes Su Yang brought to Stanford, and the major media and commentators also spoke highly of him. However, in the championship predictions, nearly 92% of them predicted that they would lose because the opponent was the University of Kansas.

The University of Kansas has Darnell Arthur, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush, Sheron Collins, Cole Aldridge, Darnell Jackson, Russell Robinson, and Sasha Cowan. players.

But no one expected that after the game started, no one in Kansas could defend against Su Yang alone, and could only use double-teaming, but Su Yang seemed to have turned on the invincible mode, and he was not affected by the double-teaming. Eighteen points in a row.

Kansas has not changed its defensive strategy, and intends to hope that his physical strength will decline.

But he seemed to be tireless, and he played for 30 minutes without seeing a breath.

The Lopez brothers and others basically didn't need to make a shot, and put all their energy on defense, which made Kansas's scoring efficiency very low. At the end of the game with 2 minutes left, Su Yang scored 56 points, 5 points higher than the entire Kansas team.

In the end, Su Yang performed a dozen miracles and led the team to win the championship trophy.

After the championship parade, the Lopez brothers announced their candidacy, but Su Yang stayed in school because he was under 19 years old.

At the beginning of May, he returned to China to join the national team training camp. As a result, he trained too hard and injured his ankle and needed to recuperate. He wanted to play with the injury but was not allowed. Unfortunately, he was not selected for the final 12-man squad and had to accompany him throughout the process.

The Olympics ended at the end of August, and he rushed to the United States to continue his sophomore studies.

After losing the Lopez brothers, Stanford University's strength has declined sharply, and the team's record is much worse than last year. Fortunately, major draft websites still give him high praise. The comprehensive score of various abilities is as high as 103, only 2 points lower than Griffin.

Su Yang did not lower his standards, and once again led his team to the Crazy Three, losing to North Carolina by one point in the Final Four.

At the end of the game, he announced his participation in the 09 draft through a live interview, and received invitations from ten teams for trial training that night.

He decided to go to the Clippers to try out first, then the Kings and Grizzlies.

(End of this chapter)