lakers championship

Chapter 25
On the afternoon of the 27th, Coach Johnny arrived at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) with the Sequoia team.

As soon as I entered the campus, I met a group of students wearing the jerseys of Westbrook, Love and others, talking and laughing, excitedly discussing the upcoming Pac-3 playoffs, as long as they win [-] playoff games , there will be a very high probability of being invited into the 'March Madness'. '

Throughout the history of the NCAA, UCLA has won a total of 11 championships, the most among American universities.

Their peak period was from 1964 to 1973.During that time, they won every NCAA championship except 1966.

Just looking at the number of championships, it will feel extremely exaggerated, but if you consider that during that period, the main stars who played for them were "Human Film Essence" Wilkins, "Sky Hook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and "Red Giant" Bill Walton These three top 50 superstars in NBA history are really nothing.

It's a pity that after the 70s, UCLA men's basketball declined rapidly, and only won one championship in 1995. Even though they produced many NBA stars later, they failed to reach the top again.

However, judging from the expressions of this group of students, they are full of confidence this year.

As for the reason, Tianyang probably knew a little bit about it.

In recent seasons, the UCLA basketball team has been jokingly called by the fans - 55-[-] against anyone. Under the game system of the playoffs, they do have a very good chance of advancing.

Within a few minutes, Tianyang and his group entered the venue of this competition - Polly Arena.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Coach Johnny called everyone together and said in a serious way: "Boys, today's task is a bit difficult, you have to show your energy."

"Okay, coach!"

After the words fell, Johnny changed the subject and continued mysteriously: "Today's game, there are two heavyweights who came to watch the game, the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers Kubchak, and their president Jim Bass... ..."

Before the words were finished, the Sequoia players looked at Tianyang, Roscoe, and Travis one after another.

All three have publicly announced that they will participate in this year's NBA draft. The importance of this competition is self-evident.

Rothko and Travis naturally understood, they nodded frequently, gearing up, looking eager to try.

Tianyang, on the other hand, is still calm. In his opinion, being selected for the NBA as a lottery is a long-term plan. In today's game, you can play as you want. You can't temporarily change the plan just because of the arrival of the two big names from the Lakers. NBA The Lakers are not the only team.

The reaction of the three, in Johnny's eyes, after the tactical arrangement was completed, he thought for a while and emphasized:

"Under the premise of guaranteeing the win, everyone try to help the three of them increase their statistics. Scoring opportunities, rebounds, etc. can all be conceded, no problem?".

Asking such a question seems to be encouraging the three to collect statistics, but in fact it is more asking the three not to play too selfishly, and the team's victory is the most important thing.

At 6:50 p.m., the match between the Stanford Sequoias and the UCLA Bruins officially began.

As soon as he walked out of the player tunnel, Tianyang felt the waves of sound coming from his face.

In an ordinary game, the entire Polley Arena was packed, and most of the audience was dressed in uniform. Those who didn't know it thought it was the NBA playoffs.

Tianyang walked and watched, but he didn't see Jiang Rulan on the sidelines, and the entire Poli Arena can accommodate about 1 people. Looking for someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so he can only shake his head and give up.

Due to the injury of Donian Pickens, Johnny announced that Tianyang will be the team's starting shooting guard from the beginning of this game.

As the entry prompt sounded, he twisted his neck and stepped onto the court, followed the coach's tactical arrangement, stood near the center line, and waited for the jump ball to start.

As soon as he bent down, a person rushed to his side and asked curiously, "Where did that guy Donian go?"

"His calf ligament is strained..." Tianyang thought that the other party was Donian's friend, so he hurriedly told the truth.

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the man shook his head, feeling a little helpless, and said to himself: "Why is my luck so bad, I finally waited for the big man to come, and the opponent is actually weaker than before, and the wonderful performance will be greatly reduced."

"Then you play their strongest point, and the small forward defense is left to you?" A person next to him interjected.

Tianyang understood, this guy was mocking him for being weak, and even weaker than Donian, so weak that the other party's wonderful performance was greatly compromised.

Just like an NBA player who wins a primary school student in a single-handed match, no one will praise an NBA player for being great.

But if a primary school student wins an NBA player, even if there is only one ball, he can blow it for a lifetime.

Faced with such ridicule, Tianyang remained calm in his heart, and his strength would be slapped in the face later.

He looked up, Isaac was written on this person's jersey, and the one who interrupted just now had Parker written on his jersey.

After reading the names of everyone on the Bruins team, the referee just signaled for a jump ball, and he quickly put away his thoughts.

I saw Sequoia center Grant and Bruins center Thomas jumping at the same time.The basketball was also touched by two people almost at the same time, under the pressure, it fell into Tianyang's hands in the blink of an eye.

I wanted to pass directly to my own point guard Marcus, but the opponent had already rushed to the three-point line in the frontcourt, and another pass would easily lead to mistakes. Tianyang pulled the ball behind his back and began to move forward.

But he didn't expect that Isaac, who was rushing to the frontcourt, suddenly turned around and grabbed the basketball in his hand like a vicious dog.

In desperation, Tianyang dribbled the ball behind his back again, but unfortunately his left hand was not very proficient, so he dribbled the ball over his right heel.The basketball rebounded and was easily picked up by the high-speed sprinting Isaac.

This scene made Jim Bass on the stand frowned, and he turned his head and whispered:
"What am I talking about? The scouts are just fooling me. In this level of competition, dribbling is like playing rocket technology. How dare you evaluate him as Kobe's successor?"

Kubchak smiled and said, "Jim, be patient, Banner is the most talented scout I've ever seen..."

Before the words were finished, Tianyang had chased and reached the paint area.

Isaac made a sudden stop, but Tianyang stopped in time and did not lose his defensive position.

Immediately afterwards, Isaac raised the basketball with both hands and bent over and squatted.

In Tianyang's view, this was a very obvious jump shot. Considering that the opponent was a little taller than him, he quickly jumped with his feet on the ground, trying to block the ball.

Unexpectedly, Isaac didn't take off, but just smiled contemptuously.

Fortunately, Tianyang's body was straight when he took off, and he didn't give the opponent a chance to draw an offensive foul.

But even so, as he landed, Isaac jumped up with both feet.

"I made a mistake, I must save it!"

With such belief, after Tianyang landed, he quickly took off again.

Isaac uses a two-stage shooting, but he is a little unskilled. He doesn't have a good grasp of the timing of the shot at the high point, and the ball is a bit slow.

Tianyang seized this opportunity and lightly poked the basketball in Isaac's hand with his finger.

With just such a light pass, the basketball directly deviated from its original direction and went straight out of bounds.

Polly Arena sighed, but then the fans began to cheer again, because Parker, who followed up, picked up the ball again.

Parker was right under the basket on the left side, a perfect shooting position, and he didn't hesitate to hit the board directly.

While the basketball was flying upwards, a black shadow appeared above his head, and then a "BANG!!!" sounded.

Taking a closer look, it turned out that Parker's rebound shot made Tianyang cap the rebound.

It's a pity that Isaac still got the basketball.

I wanted to shoot, but Sequoia center Grant and others already felt that Isaac rolled his eyes, jumped with the ball in one hand and rushed to the hoop.

Obviously, he wants to complete a one-handed dunk in the crowd.

Cheers sounded ahead of time at the Polly Arena. In the eyes of the fans, Tianyang, the only blocker under the basket, could not pose a threat at all.

After all, Isaac's take-off height is terrifying and his strength is like a bull.

"I made a mistake, I must save it!"

With such belief again, under the surprised eyes of the audience, Tianyang jumped up and faced Isaac.

With a "bang", Tianyang and Isaac both fell to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle, the game was suspended, and no penalty was made immediately.

Above the stands, Jim Bass nodded in admiration and said, "I take back what I said just now, just work hard, he is almost the same as Kobe!"

(End of this chapter)