Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

America.

Soon, all the 16-to-8 games in the NCAA tournament ended, and all the top 8 teams (also called the Elite Eight) were announced.

The quarterfinals are the University of Kentucky, the University of Connecticut, the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, San Diego State University, UCLA, and Syracuse University.

In the Southern District, UCLA and Syracuse University advanced to the quarterfinals. They were both upsets. UCLA defeated the top seed in the Southern District with a down-and-out, and Syracuse University also defeated the University of Kansas, the No. 3 seed, as the No. 2 seed in the Southern District.

After learning the result of the game, the UCLA Bruins players were still a little regretful.

UCLA lost to the University of Kansas last season. This season, they thought they had a chance to get revenge, but unexpectedly, the University of Kansas was eliminated.

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Then in the next round, which is the Southern Conference finals, UCLA's opponent will be Syracuse University.

......

The finals of several divisions are held at different venues. The finals of the Southern Division are held at the Honda Center Arena in California.

It's not the Toyota Center Arena of the NBA Rockets, but the Honda Center Arena. This is not the arena of an NBA team, but the home court of the Anaheim Ducks.

The Anaheim Ducks are an ice hockey league (NHL) team, and the later the NCAA tournament comes, the larger the scale of the event will be, and the number of fans will increase in exaggerated numbers, so ordinary basketball courts cannot accommodate it. Borrow other teams' arenas.

Sometimes they also borrow NBA venues.

For example, this Eastern Conference finals will be held at Madison Square Garden Arena in New York.

By the time of the Final Four and championship games, the number of spectators for a game will surge to tens of thousands, and even NBA team arenas cannot accommodate it.

When the championship game comes, it will even need to be held in an NFL (American Football League) venue because the number of spectators may exceed 50,000.

What is it like when tens of thousands of people watch a game?

Just thinking about it makes your blood rush.

From this, it is not difficult to see the influence of the NCAA in the United States, especially when it comes to the championship game. The NBA playoffs and even the finals cannot compare with it.

After all, the NBA playoffs and finals will have several games, or even seven games, while the NCAA championship game will only have one.

Rare things are more valuable!

On the day of the championship game, the NBA will even suspend play for a day to make way for it.

Firstly, it shows respect for the NCAA, after all, it is a basketball league; secondly, it is because fans may have gone to watch the NCAA on this day.

......

Soon, UCLA ushered in the Southern Conference finals.

This time it is the battle for the Southern District championship and the battle to enter the semi-finals. As long as they win this game, it means that they are one step closer to the championship.

In the afternoon, before the game started, the auditorium was already packed. Twenty thousand people came to watch the game, which was very spectacular.

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When Zhuang Yu walked out of the player tunnel, he was also startled by this spectacular sight. Twenty thousand people appeared in front of him. At first glance, he saw a sea of ​​white - those were fans wearing UCLA jerseys, forming a Huge square array.

"It's too exaggerated." Little Brown opened his mouth wide, his face full of shock.

"You haven't watched the championship games, have you?" Raven smiled.

Little Brown curled his lips: "I have seen it, but it was on TV, and it is completely different from the scene, okay?"

LaVine said proudly: "I'm talking about the scene. I went to watch the game, but then as a spectator, now as a player, the feeling is still different."

Little Brown's face darkened, and he thought to himself, "You are showing off to me, right?"

Yep, it’s amazing to see it live. I haven’t seen it live, but the first time I went there was as a player. Am I awesome?

Across the way, Syracuse University players also arrived.

When the players from both sides took the field, there was a duel of cheers and boos in the audience. The sounds of tens of thousands of fans mixed together, really like a thunderous tsunami.

Under that kind of momentum, the players couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Whether they were Bruins players or Syracuse University players, they were somewhat reserved.

This saves some unnecessary conflicts of temper.

There was no showdown or dunk duel. Both sides just warmed up individually. After the warm-up, they returned to the sidelines and prepared for the start of the game.

......

Here at UCLA.

A group of players gathered around Coach Holland.

Coach Holland spread out the tactical board: "The opponent can defeat the University of Kansas. It is self-evident how strong it is." As he said, he tapped on the tactical board, "First of all, we must defend well. It is also a game like this. Inside, defense is more important.”

"Zhuang Yu, the opponent's star player, Tyler Ennis, will be left to you."

Zhuang Yu nodded in agreement.

Syracuse University's star player is named Tyler Ennis. He is a quasi-NBA player. He is 191cm tall and plays a guard role. He has excellent physical fitness and outstanding talent. He is ranked 18th overall on ESPN's draft prediction list, which shows his strength.

Of course, Syracuse has more than one near-NBA player.

Team forward Jerami Grant is also a quasi-NBA player. His predicted pick is not as high as Ennis, but he is basically booked for a second-round spot. According to analysis, there is a high probability that he will be selected by an NBA team in the second round.

In addition to them, Syracuse University's other players are not weak either.

It is worth mentioning that this season, Syracuse University often rotates seven or eight players. There are only seven or eight players in the entire game, five starters, plus two or three substitutes.

It's the same thing after entering the championship, with Tyler Ennis, Jerami Grant, CJ Fall, Rakeem Christmas, and Cooney as starters, plus two or three substitutes.

However, with just seven or eight people rotating, they were able to reach the Southern District finals, which shows that the strength of these seven or eight people should not be underestimated.

"Anderson, you are responsible for guarding the opponent's Grant. Guard me better." Coach Holland continued to arrange, "As long as you guard these two people well, the game will be easy to play."

"On the offensive end, we should still play according to the rhythm we are accustomed to, protect the rebounds, and play more defensive counterattacks."

"Don't worry about how the other side fights, we fight ours..."

After some arrangements, Coach Holland put away the tactical board. He clapped his hands and said loudly: "Boys, come on."

Assistant coach Wesley encouraged Zhuang Yu and others: "Come on."

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Several people nodded, formed a circle with their teammates, and shouted in unison: "For the championship."

"For the championship."

"UCLA must win!"

"Must win!"

This time, they shouted the championship slogan.

Hearing the championship slogan here, the players from Syracuse University looked sideways and couldn't help but frown, with a look of disdain on their faces.

What the hell, the team that was eliminated in the first round last season just got lucky and made it to the top 8 this year, and yet it dares to covet the championship. It’s totally unbelievable.

......

Players from both sides came to the court and the game officially started.

UCLA's side is a regular starter.

The same goes for Syracuse University, with Christmas and Fall on the inside, small forward Grant, and guards Cooney and Ennis.

The first is a jump ball. Christmas is only 206cm tall, and Latvis is a little taller. He jumps up and shoots the ball into the backcourt. Zhuang Yu controlled the ball and advanced quickly. When he came to the frontcourt, he didn't call a pick-and-roll and just made a breakthrough.

"So fast."

Ennis's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Naturally, Syracuse University had also studied UCLA before the game. Ennis knew how good Zhuang Yu was, but Tacai knew Zhuang Yu was so fast face to face, which made him even unable to react and waited until he wanted to withdraw. It's too late.

Zhuang Yu passed most of Ennis's body in one step and left Ennis behind, causing an exclamation from the audience.

You know, Ennis is also a quasi-NBA player after all. The star of Syracuse University was actually passed by Zhuang Yu in one step.

"Damn it."

Ennis was also upset and quickly turned around to catch up.

After UCLA defeated the University of Florida and Zhuang Yu scored 3+5+6, Zhuang Yu's predicted draft pick has improved a bit and has entered the top 17, currently ranked th.

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This happens to be next to Ennis, Zhuang Yu is 17 and Ennis is 18, so the matchup between Zhuang Yu and Ennis has become a topic of discussion among fans.

Some media also compared the two before the game. Most of them were more optimistic about Zhuang Yu and believed that Zhuang Yu was stronger than Ennis.

This naturally made Ennis feel unhappy. He wanted to defeat Zhuang Yu and UCLA in this game to prove his strength.

Maybe it can improve his draft stock a little bit more.

Unexpectedly, he was easily passed by Zhuang Yu at the beginning of the competition. This made Ennis angry. He was a little confused on his face. He bent down behind Zhuang Yu and wanted to give Zhuang Yu a chasing cap: "Huh, It doesn’t matter if you pass me, I’ll pin it on the backboard for you later.”

Zhuang Yu turned his head and caught a glimpse of Ennis from the corner of his eye. Even because of the "special ability" of his eyes, he could clearly see Ennis's expression and eyes.

Immediately, the corner of Zhuang Yu's mouth raised, he slowed down slightly, then European-stepped over the opponent's center who was coming to cover, and raised the basketball with his right hand, as if he was going for a layup.

"It's now."

Ennis's eyes lit up and he jumped up with all his strength.

It has to be said that his talent is indeed good, and his jumping is outstanding. After jumping, his arm has already exceeded the basket by a long distance, and he slapped the basketball in Zhuang Yu's hand.

However, the next moment, Zhuang Yu suddenly took the ball back.

"What?" Ennis was stunned and his eyes widened.

Can this one-hand layup be taken back?

No, he took back the layup after the Eurostep. He already made a Eurostep. Does he still have time to make more moves?

Confused, Ennis' arm also hit the backboard.

After Zhuang Yu took the ball back, he only paused for a moment to avoid Ennis' block. Then he twisted his wrist and used a technique similar to a "jelly layup". The basketball spun and flew towards the backboard, cleverly avoiding the ball. Ennis' hand finally rebounded, hitting Xuan'er and falling into the net.

At the same time, Ennis's body collided with Zhuang Yu's body with inertia, knocking Zhuang Yu off balance and flying out of the baseline.

"beep......"

The referee blew his whistle, pointed at Ennis, and gave him a foul.

"Shet." Ennis looked at the basket depressedly, recalling the scene just now in his mind, and muttered: "It can still be like this."

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He was very depressed because he couldn't give Zhuang Yu a big hit, but he had to admit that Zhuang Yu's layup was really clever.

He even suspected that Zhuang Yu was deliberately waiting for him to block the shot in order to cause him a foul...

[Author's digression]: Change first and then change!