Junior Basketball says

Chapter 118

Although any team hopes not to lose, but two consecutive away games against USC and UCLA is obviously a difficult test. Logically speaking, it is best to try to win USC and then try our best in the game against UCLA s Choice.

The coaching staff of Arizona State finally made such a decision. Evans said seriously in the last training session before leaving for Los Angeles: "In the game against USC, I hope everyone will show their ability." Give [-]% effort and try to win this game. Don’t think about what will happen next against UCLA. There won’t be another game until after this game. If I see anyone paddling on the court, then Get down here and watch how others beat me!"

I have to say that what Evans said is still level. He just asked the players to go all out in the game against USC, but many players, including Xu Hao and Harden, heard his implication.

They all feel a little helpless about this. If the team is stronger, can they expect to win both games together?Even so, they did not give up their pursuit of victory. Evans' words can also be understood from another angle: only by winning this game can they be eligible to look forward to the next victory. It is unnecessary to think about UCLA first.

With such a mentality, the whole team can be said to be against the same enemy, and they all hope to prove their strength by defeating USC.Evans is very satisfied with the team's mental outlook. Whether he can win or not is put aside. This attitude is quite correct. In the eyes of an old-school coach like him, players' attitude towards the game is more important than skills and talents .

After coming to USC, the Sun Devils began to prepare intensively for the next game.To some extent, the confrontation between these two teams can be said to be head-to-head, because their strengths are almost in the same position. USC has the backcourt combination of Hackett and Lewis, Arizona State University has Xu Hao and Harden; The collision of Erles is also very interesting.

So it is reasonable for the coaching staff to focus on the game against USC. Although Hayward and Ayers are likely to form a match with each other, Evans believes that his ace backcourt combination will crush the opponent. .

Time soon came to January 1th, and the game was scheduled for 15:7 that night.In fact, this game is far more interesting than the media imagined, at least the ticket sales prove this.As early as two days before the start of the game, the seats in the arena had been sold out, and fans who still wanted to enter the stadium to watch the game had no choice but to buy tickets from scalpers at high prices.

When Xu Hao and the others walked into USC's Galen Center, they were startled by the enthusiastic Los Angeles fans.The entire auditorium was almost covered by a mess of support signs and banners. Fans even painted Trojans logos on their faces, and songs written by the home team rang through the sky, making it as if this was a world-class game. , very unfriendly to the visiting team.

However, Xu Hao and the others were experienced in many battles. The boos and shouts on the sidelines were completely blocked automatically. They all started to warm up before the game as if nothing happened.Of course, Xu Hao also admired those fans who kept spitting wildly on the sidelines. Their mouths didn't stop for half an hour, and they didn't know where so many words were used as cannonballs.

After the warm-up, Evans made the final mobilization to the players in the locker room. He said loudly: "Children, I don't know if you have read the outside comments on this game. They think we are going to lose. Before The winning streak is just a cover, in their view, we are still not a strong enough team this season, can you bear such slander?"

Suddenly, the locker room seemed to explode, and everyone roared in unison: "We can't bear it!"

Evans nodded and said: "If you can't stand their words, then go on the court and tell everyone with your performance that you are a strong team! What is USC? Our goal this season is the national championship! "

Everyone responded with a bang, and walked out of the locker room with a murderous look. The whole team exuded a murderous look that blocked people from killing people and Buddhas from destroying Buddhas.When passing through the player tunnel, the USC staff looked at them and looked at each other, feeling heavy for no reason.

Naturally, the Sun Devils got booed all over the field again when they entered the arena, but now these were deaf ears to them. Each of them only had one belief in their hearts, and that was to ruthlessly kill those guys on the opposite side.

Neither side put up any strange lineups, and they are still their most commonly used starters.The Sun Devils are Xu Hao, Harden, Cooks, Hayward and Ayers, while the Trojans are Hackett, Lewis, DeRozan, Gibson and Wilkinson.

A whistle blew and the game officially started.Trojans center Wilkinson, a lanky inside man, was directly knocked to the side when he jumped the ball with Ayers. Ayers easily helped the Sun Devils get the first wave of the ball in the game.

He passed the ball to Xu Hao in mid-air. The latter did not stop the ball at all and threw the ball directly towards the opponent's half, where both Harden and Hayward's arrows had been activated and each reached the appropriate position.It was Harden who received the ball at the elbow. He didn't slow down at all. He grabbed the ball in his hand and took off with a tomahawk dunk, slamming the ball into the basket.

After landing, Harden completely disregarded that this was the opponent's home court, shouted at the audience, and beat his chest muscles hard.Naturally, he responded with louder boos and curses, but Harden didn't care about these noises at all.

Sticking out his tongue, he slowly ran backwards toward his own half, and even took the time to high-five Xu Hao.Harden was originally unhappy with the USC fans, but now Xu Hao helped him complete such a beautiful dunk, which directly gave his opponent a blow.Although this does not mean that the game can be won, it is still very satisfying to dampen the opponent's arrogance.

However, unlike him, Xu Hao is still expressionless. He is very clear about the consequences of doing such a thing at the opponent's home court, especially when the Trojans are still a strong team, they will not tolerate the opponent's provocation of.Therefore, the Sun Devils will face a strong counterattack from their opponents next, and whether they can withstand the pressure is the key factor in determining the outcome of the game.

Xu Hao stood at the top of the arc, facing the surging Trojans players. Now it's time to show his true skills!

(End of this chapter)