lakers championship

Chapter 31
February 2, Stanford University, Maples Arena.

At the end of the 7-day high-intensity closed training, Tianyang will lead the Sequoia team to face the Golden Bears of the University of California, Berkeley headed by Jaylen Brown.

The victories in the first two games attracted a large number of fans for the Sequoia team. Before the game started, there was a long queue outside the arena. Tianyang and others entered the field and passed by. All the fans in line applauded and cheered.

Sports culture is like this. As long as you can win, even the tourist city of Miami will be full of seats.

Of course, Houston is considered a special case. Even if the Rockets win consecutive victories, the number of seats at the Toyota Center is far less than that of other NBA teams.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the match between the two teams began, and the entire Maples Arena was filled almost instantly.

Accompanied by the introduction of the on-site DJ, the Golden Bears players walked out of the player channel one by one.

The moment he saw the opponent's team, Tianyang had only one thought in his mind: "It's really strong!"

The average height alone is at least 3 centimeters taller than the Sequoia team, and everyone's muscle lines are clearly visible.

In addition, the entire Golden Bears team seemed to be very confident, and was not deterred by the boos of the fans at all.As soon as I entered the court, I started to take the ball and shoot to find the touch, squatted on the ground to press my legs to stretch, carefully and patiently checked the shoelaces and bound feet for any sensation, and looked calm and well-trained.

Tianyang nodded slightly in approval, and then began to warm up step by step.

With the lessons learned from Doryan's injury last time, the other teammates did not dare to be careless and practiced with him.

Halfway through the practice, Shelfield, who was standing next to him, whispered: "Yesterday, I read ESPN news, saying that in addition to Jaylen Brown, their power forward Rooney, point guard Jabari, and shooting guard Tyron also have the strength to be selected for the NBA." .”

"It's no wonder they are ranked third. But it's okay. We have Roscoe and Travis, and you are on the bench. As long as you cooperate well enough and fight until the last minute, anyone can win."

Hearing Tianyang boasting about himself, Sheffield was overjoyed, "When I go up later, I will definitely redouble my physical confrontation to help you consume Jaylen Brown."

The two chatted for a while, and the game officially started.

The Sequoia team's starting lineup remains unchanged, with Tianyang and Marcus in the backcourt, Roscoe, Travis in the forward line, and Grant in the center.

After Tianyang stepped onto the court, he stared closely at Jaylen Brown, thinking about how to deal with it.

Surprisingly, Jaylen Brown went straight to Roscoe after playing, playing the small forward position, and facing Tianyang was a guy named Matthews.

In the jump ball session, Golden Bears center Brooks faced Grant, and with his 7-foot-1 height, he easily passed the ball to their point guard Jabari.

Bird advanced with the ball and crossed the ball to the right wing Jaylen Brown at the top of the arc. The latter made a three-threat attack and changed direction twice in a row. After shaking Rothko away, he immediately made a three-pointer.

Jaylen Brown took off really fast, and Roscoe had no time to stop it. Fortunately, the shot missed and Grant got the rebound.

Marcus received the pass and rushed to the frontcourt at high speed, Tianyang fell directly to the left wing and waited.

Going inside, Marcus attracted the Golden Bears Rooney and Jabari to double-team, then turned around and threw the ball to Tianyang.

As soon as he got the ball, before he had time to stabilize his figure, Matthews stood in front of Tianyang.

Tianyang took a rough look and found that the opponent was a relatively short player for the Golden Bears. He was about 193cm tall and had average armbands.

Determined to pay attention, Tianyang folded his legs and shot directly in a "Kobe style". Matthews flew to the cover, but Tianyang reached the highest point, and Matthews couldn't reach it before throwing the ball steadily.

With a sound of "swish", the basketball hit the net hollowly, and applause erupted in the Maples Arena.

The Golden Bears attacked again, Jabari dribbled the ball across the half, and still passed it to Jaylen Brown, who took the ball from the short corner on the left and hit Roscoe with his back.Rothko couldn't resist three consecutive strong tops. Jaylen Brown turned over and made a jumper and hit 2 points.

The Sequoia team attacked, Marcus controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and other players crossed to cover and run. However, the Golden Bears rotated very quickly and ran down one round, failing to present a good offensive opportunity.

If you don't have a good chance, you must fight.Marcus dribbled the ball under his crotch and went left to make a strong attack, but Jabari seemed to have installed GPS positioning on him. No matter how much he faked, Jabari could stop him.

In a blink of an eye, there was not much left in the 30-second attack time, so he had to force his shots.Unexpectedly, as soon as the basketball left his hand, it was touched by Jabari's fingers and flew directly to the right sideline.

At this time, there were only Tianyang and Matthews on the right sideline, and the two came over almost at the same time, but Tianyang had a better judgment on the basketball's landing point, and his height and wingspan were more dominant. He took off twice in a row and easily caught the ball hands.

After landing, Tianyang dribbled the ball with his right hand and went straight to the front court. Matthews accelerated and sprinted to bypass the front to block.

As soon as he crossed the center line, the opponent's defender Jabari caught up from the left and stretched out his hand to grab the ball. Tianyang was secretly glad that he had specially trained dribbling before, and then dribbled the ball behind his left hand to resolve the crisis in the same way.

After reaching the three-point line, Matthews stood in front of Tianyang again, and this time he learned to be smart and adopted a close defense method to prevent Tianyang from directly pulling up shots.

Tianyang was not in a hurry. He dribbled the ball and continued to walk inside. After entering the paint area, he took off in three steps and separated Matthews with his hands. He hit the board with a throw and hit 2 points.

There is no technical content, just relying on his height and arm length to be better than Matthews, take it hard!

The two teams played a few more rounds. Every time the Golden Bears attacked, Jaylen Brown scored like cutting melons and cutting vegetables, but looking back, Tianyang only ate Matthews, and the Sequoia team unexpectedly won the score. leading.

Although it was only 3 points, it was so rich in gold that Golden Bears coach Martin frowned and called out a timeout.

However, for this timeout, the Golden Bears did not discuss for too long. It only took about 30 seconds to complete the arrangement.

After returning from the timeout, Tianyang found that Matthews had already rested, and the man defending him became Tyron, the guy Shelfield mentioned earlier who had the ability to play in the NBA.

The opponent is about the same height as him, and the length of the arms is also very close, but the shoulders are wider than him, so the entire arm span is much longer than him, and the most important thing is that the arms are also much larger than him.

The Golden Bears came back from a timeout to attack for the first time. Jaylen Brown rushed to the inside, attracted double-teams and then split the ball to Tyron. Tianyang did not dare to neglect and directly defended himself.

The moment he touched Tyrone, Tianyang felt a powerful impact, forcing him to make an instant decision: fighting with his body is sure, but it will waste too much energy, and he can win better by fighting with his skills.

Determined to pay attention, Tianyang took a step back, leaving space, and deliberately showing weakness.Seeing this, Tyron immediately accelerated to break through to the inside.

Tilong made a sudden move, Tianyang retreated, made a sudden move, and retreated again, but always kept a distance that could interfere with shooting.

After breaking into the paint zone, Tyron finally realized that something was wrong, but he had no time to pass the ball, and the Sequoia team, who was familiar with the zone defense, skillfully double-teamed him.

Under the pressure of the crowd, Tyron made a mistake and lost the ball. Marcus rushed to grab the basketball and handed it to Roscoe.

I wanted to break fast, but the Golden Bears returned to defense very quickly, and Rose could only pass the ball to Tianyang at the top of the arc.

Facing Tiron's defense, Tianyang dribbled the ball to the right, and Tiron moved laterally to pursue the defense. However, when he was about to pull the ball and change to the left, he found that Tiron was a little out of sync with him.

It seems that the horizontal agility is poor, Tianyang subconsciously speeds up and pulls the ball to change direction.

Tiron was in a hurry and wanted to quickly take back his footsteps. In an instant, his crotch was empty. Tianyang seized the opportunity and passed the ball through his crotch!
Grant received the ball inside, turned around and dunked directly, and the opposing center Brooks didn't react at all.

The two teams fought for several more rounds, and Jaylen Brown was still unstoppable, but Tianyang also relied on various tricks to turn Tyron's game around, and the Sequoia team still took the lead.

In the 15th minute of the game, Tianyang tricked Tyron with a fake move and hit 3 points, extending the lead to 8 points. Golden Bears coach Martin called a timeout again.

This timeout, the Golden Bears have been negotiating until the end of the 75-second countdown.

However, after returning from the timeout, Jaylen Brown went straight to Tianyang.

It seems that after coach Martin failed to defend Tianyang with continuous substitutions, the third player, Jaylen Brown, the strongest player in the Golden Bears team, should focus on defending Tianyang.

I don't know if it was Coach Martin's arrangement, or Jaylen Brown volunteered.

The two made eye contact, and there was a fanatical fighting spirit on each other's faces.

The fans in the Maples Arena also seemed to feel something unusual, and stared with bated breath, waiting for the good show to come.

(End of this chapter)