The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 17 The Green Stephen Curry
When faced with a girl's choice of one or the other, don't answer lightly.
Annie is Li Ze's close sister who has been with him since he was questioned in his freshman year.

Britney is the sweet sweet girl who pursued him fiercely when she first entered college.

For this kind of life-threatening question, Li Ze directly talked with Muni and started to pretend to be stupid. After all, they are not very old now, and time will slowly give you the answer sometimes.

"I actually like Helena better, and I like Montana a little bit more, because I grew up there."

Seeing that the two still wanted to ask questions, Li Ze immediately changed the subject.

"Britney, didn't you say that you want to try singing? Let's try to make a single after the competition is over."

"Annie, don't stay in the lab all the time, don't you want to make a Vlog, let's go out and play together, and take a picture by the way, it's also good as a souvenir!"

The blond sweet girl and the black-haired sister Yu each glared at Li Ze, obviously dissatisfied with his change of subject.

However, Britney was immediately attracted by the topic of the Vlog, "Actually, I also want to shoot, but I don't know how to edit, and I don't know what to shoot."

The blonde sweet girl likes to try new things, a typical 3-minute enthusiasm.

"I think as long as you dance, the playback volume will be very high. Remember to dress cool!" Annie immediately teased the blonde sweet girl.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Li Ze immediately said, "Shoot together, and it will be a commemoration at that time. Annie's editing is very good, and I can help when the time comes!"

The three of them were laughing and discussing where to go for a while, and Li Ze finally heaved a sigh of relief.

The time came to the afternoon of March 3. Tomorrow is the Elite 26 Finals. The whole UCLA team is watching the videotape.

Their opponent is Davidson Academy led by Stephen Curry. This is a single-core team, but they must not underestimate each other.

Stephen Curry is too much of a threat from the three-point line, and unlike Harden, this guy moves a lot off the ball.

Davidson College obviously tailored a set of exclusive tactical systems for Curry.

"It's hard to guard Steph. He's excellent on the pick-and-roll and off the ball. Maybe we can pinch him early."

Holiday felt emotional after watching the video.

"Maybe he's going to be unlucky tomorrow, and he might hit the iron continuously. I think it shouldn't be too difficult to limit Stephen. He's not as strong as Harden."

Collison saw Curry's slightly thin body and thought he could do it.

The coach saw that the players expressed their opinions, but generally remained optimistic about the promotion, so he couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Kayce, what about your thoughts, you don't talk much these days."

Li Ze was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the coach would call him, but he immediately explained:
"I think the coaching staff's plan is very good. In fact, we should adjust our mentality, especially after Curry made consecutive three-pointers in the game."

This reminded the teammates of the situation in the game video, when Curry made consecutive three-pointers and the opponent could not respond in time.

"That's right, even if they score consecutive goals, they must be patient, don't rush to attack, divert the ball, and hit our advantage point!"

The coach glanced at Li Ze approvingly, and was very satisfied with his speech. You need to play with your brain, and you need calm judgment on the basketball court.

On the 27th, the elite 8 rounds officially started, and this game attracted the attention of many media and scouts.

Stephen Curry has been a favorite in the draft since last year.

Although his body is slightly thin, his excellent three-point shooting, skillful movement control ability, and good passing vision make many scouts optimistic about his future.

The team likes such players, whose style of play is gorgeous and easy to sell tickets, especially the old Nelson of the Golden State Warriors, who believes that Curry will become the cornerstone of the team.

Half an hour before the game, the Lucas Oil Stadium was already full of spectators.

The scene was full of voices, and the fans of both teams also put on cheering T-shirts and began to prepare to cheer for their respective teams.

Today's TNT live commentary is Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley, and the two started to taint milk before the regular game.

"UCLA be careful, Stephen Curry is not James Harden, his ability to run off the ball is very good!" Reggie Miller is trying to help his alma mater.

"I think Stephen Curry should be careful. Look at UCLA's perimeter defense. Everyone is strong. It's difficult to maintain a high shooting percentage under such a defense."

Barkley likes strong post players, but unfortunately, these two teams are not his food.

Old Curry also came to the scene with his wife. He hopes that his son will perform well today and enter the top 4, which will benefit his draft prospects.

Although he has been associated with New York for a long time, basketball must prove itself with performance.

The game is about to start, and the coach finally told his players: "Be patient, the rhythm can be slowed down appropriately, let's go!"

When Li Ze saw the young Curry opposite him, he felt a wonderful feeling of witnessing history.

The audience at the scene began to make noise, and the game officially started at 6 o'clock in the evening.

"Crack" Davidson College successfully took the jump ball and got the first attack.

Curry handed the ball over after halftime, and began to run without the ball under the cover of his teammates.

Collison immediately followed Curry, and after being screened for a while, he began to signal his teammates to pay attention to defense.

Under the cover of the big man's back, Curry quickly bounced out, catching the ball from the three-point line and pretending to shoot. Sure enough, Holiday took a fake move.

Curry swayed the defense, stepped back and made a quick 3-pointer.

"唰" the ball went into the net hollowly.

It's hard to appreciate Curry's shooting speed without playing against Curry. Li Ze looked at Curry's shooting method and couldn't help but sigh that talent is really amazing.

There is no strong body, but the unparalleled shooting touch makes Curry even more terrifying.

"Very beautiful three-point shot, Curry's shot speed is too fast!" Reggie Miller will send himself praise when he sees an excellent shooter.

On UCLA's side, Holiday indicated that it was his own problem. Collison dribbled the ball across half court and handed it to Holiday.

Li Ze also began to run without the ball. After consecutive 8-shaped circling screens, Li Ze successfully caught the ball and directly broke through the defender who was a head shorter than himself.

Davidson College's defensive rotation is very fast, and the help defense in the paint arrives immediately.

But Li Ze's ball was faster, and he directly fed the inside before the help defense was in place, and easily scored 2 points.

"Davidson College did a good job of defending Kayce. It seems that they chose to flank in this game. It's time to test their ability to play the ball."

Barkley said immediately after seeing Li Ze being defended.

Li Ze was a little surprised. He didn't expect to be double-teamed at the beginning, but he didn't care too much.

As the game went on, UCLA did a good job of defending Curry, but today the guy was hot, and he made shots on the few opportunities he had.

The fans of Davidson College cheered wildly for the team.

It was Curry again. After continuous dexterous shaking, he directly broke through Holiday's defense, and directly sent an alley-oop to his teammates in the face of the help defense.

"哐" the ball was smashed into the basket, Curry has already started to raise his hands to celebrate, he is enjoying the game.

At this time, 17 minutes into the first half, the score was 32 to 30. UCLA trailed by 2 points, but Li Ze felt that the team was losing its rhythm.

In the offensive round, Li Ze was double-teamed at the three-point line and immediately sent the ball to Collison. Then the team passed the ball several times to Holiday who was open.

The open 3-pointer is shot directly!

"Kang" hit the iron, the long rebound was picked up by Curry, and he dribbled the ball directly to launch a counterattack.

UCLA didn't retreat in time this time, and Curry switched offense and scored 2 points.

Li Ze's feeling was right. In the last 2 minutes, UCLA hit the iron continuously when there was an open space on the outside, and the opponent's wave opened the score.

"At the end of the first half, 40 to 30, UCLA trailed by 10 points, and they were in trouble!" Reggie Miller was also worried about his alma mater.

In the first half, Li Ze was always double-teamed, only took 4 shots, hit 5 goals, scored 5 points, 3 assists and [-] rebounds.

Seeing the low morale of his teammates, Li Ze felt that he had to change his offensive strategy in the second half.

"Sure enough, young Curry is also so difficult to deal with. You can't underestimate the superstars of any era."

(End of this chapter)