I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 13 NCAA debut (for collection, for further reading)

Nov. 11, John Wooden Center.

Today the UCLA Bruins will usher in the first opener of the season.

The opponent is the little-known NCAA secondary league-UCSD (University of California, San Diego) Poseidon.

In fact, the Poseidon team is still somewhat famous in California. Swimming, water polo, rowing, surfing and other sports are no worse than the strong teams in the NCAA Division I, but basketball, rugby and other sports are not very good.

The UCLA Bruins invited the UCSD Poseidon team to play the first game of the new season, and its purpose is self-evident.

After the warm-up session, the players of the visiting team Poseidon soon appeared on the field.

Next is the Bruins starting with five players.

"Darren, Darren, Darren!"

Seeing Collison playing, the fans cheered loudly.

Clearly, Collison is popular at UCLA.

However, when Holiday played immediately, the fans on the scene were surprised.

"Why is Darren the first to appear?"

"After Kevin and Russell left, Darren is not the boss of the team?"

"Who is the boss of the Bruins?"

Only then did the UCLA students and fans at the scene come to their senses. Something seemed wrong with today's situation.

The NCAA's playing order is the same as that of the NBA, and they are all particular.

The first one to appear is the team's second leader, and the last one is the team's first leader.

In this way, even spectators who come to the stadium for the first time will know who the core of the team is and who they should stare at during the game.

It didn't take long for the team's center and power forward to appear one after another.

"Next, please, the No. 23 player of the Bruins - Lu Yi is on the stage!"

For the sake of convenience, Lu Yi originally wanted to choose the homonym of his name—the number 61, but the NCAA cannot carry the number 6789.

And the Bruins already had a player with the No. 33 jersey, and Lu Yi didn't choose to bother him.

In the end, considering the swing between No. 2 and No. 3 this season, he chose the No. 23 jersey.

"Why let an Asian be the boss of the team?"

"Where is he coming from? Is he a first-year student? What qualifications does he have to be the boss of the Bruins team?"

"Isn't Coach Holland confused? I've never heard of Lu Yi, can he do it?"

"Isn't the tradition of the Bruins the core of the point guard? Why do you want to switch to a small forward as the core now?"

"Darren played well, why did you change him? This is Lu Yi, can he play?"

"I know him, Lui, Lui 33! Drew is the regular season MVP of the league, he is very strong!"

"It turned out to be Lu Yi. This season's Bruins will definitely not be any worse."

As soon as Lu Yi appeared on the stage, he suffered a lot of discussions from the fans on the scene. Although he got some recognition, it was obvious that he suffered more criticism.

There were five or six thousand fans at the scene, and their comments had a considerable impact on Lu Yi.

It's too far away to hear clearly, but the voices of the audience in the front row can still be heard.

Lu Yi's mental attributes were not high in the first place, and now he was playing at the NCAA level for the first time, and he was really flustered.

"Lu Yi, Lu Yi, what are you thinking? The game is about to start!"

Holland was arranging the tactics at the beginning of the game. When he mentioned Lu Yi, he deliberately looked at Lu Yi, but found that Lu Yi was staring blankly at the audience beside him.

"Don't be nervous, we all know your strength. This is an easy game."

Holland comforted Lu Yi a few words, and Lu Yi's performance at this time also made Holland unexpected.

Isn't Lu Yi a player with a big heart?

Criticism?As long as they play a few games normally, how many sunspots dare to question Lu Yi?
In other words, the game will officially start soon.

The Bruins jumped right to the ball early on.

According to the arrangement before the start of the game, Holland ordered Collison to dribble the ball halfway, then handed the ball to Lu Yi, and let Lu Yi open the situation first.

Then use Lu Yi as an outside threat to attract defense, and then facilitate Collison to connect the team to attack.

However, Lu Yi deserted just now.

Collison didn't notice this. Collison strictly followed Holland's tactical arrangement, dribbled the ball halfway, found Lu Yi's position at the top arc, and immediately passed the ball to Lu Yi.

No, Lu Yi didn't notice it at first, and when he noticed it, he reached out to catch the ball, and the ball had already flown out of the sideline.

"What the hell is going on? This is the core of our Bruins team? Can't even catch the ball!"

"Go down, I really don't know why this Asian came up? Did you not sleep well last night? Sleepwalking as soon as you come up?"

"This guy at number 23 is too stupid, right? Will he know how to play?"

"Isn't this Asian a relative of Coach Holland? Isn't this too funny?"

Lu Yi, who was inattentive on the field and caused Collison to make a pass error, was naturally slammed and ridiculed by the fans.

Lu Yi was still affected, but it happened to be positive and negative, and he bottomed out and rebounded.

Lu Yi didn't know why he cared so much about other people's remarks before.

But now, Lu Yi slowly turned his attention to basketball, to the game.

"Come on, with my strength, how long can you scold?"

"Darren, I'm coming."

The Poseidon team served in the backcourt, and Collison, as the team's point guard, should have pressed the defense in the backcourt, restricting the Poseidon team's point guard from dribbling the ball for half the court.

But now, Lu Yi takes the initiative to apply for a defense change, and he will press the ball holder.

The NCAA does not have three seconds of defense, only the first and second halves, and only 20 minutes in the half, so the time is relatively tight.

Therefore, you will often see full-court press and zone defense in the NCAA.

It is precisely because of this that the halftime time of the NBA serve is 8 seconds, but the NCAA is 10 seconds.

Sometimes, a team lacking solid dribbling skills of defenders will often be defended for 10 seconds and it is difficult to pass halftime. In the end, the ball will be exchanged continuously. At the end of the game, the difference between the two teams is huge.

Now Lu Yi takes the initiative to step forward and press the ball holder, mainly because Lu Yi is eager to show his personal strength.

Lu Yi's height has risen to 196, and the opposing point guard is a full size bigger.

The strength attribute is not weak, the speed is not slow, and the physique and steals are full again. It is not easy for an NCAA-level point guard to be targeted by Lu Yi, and it is not easy to dribble across the half court.

I saw Lu Yi bullying forward, bowing left and right, not worried about losing his position and being broken through.

The Poseidon team's point guard suffered from Lu Yi's aggressive steals and was obviously flustered.

At this moment, Lu Yi slapped the ball away, then passed the opponent, slapped the basketball twice on the way, and rushed directly to the basket.

"What? This completes the steal?"

"Is he a robber? Can he still play like this?"

"My God, he won't be really capable to be the boss of our Bruins team?"

"Are you coming? Dunk, show time!"

"Shet, how did this guy get on a mediocre basket?
Doesn't he know that he is playing a game now?This is not a training match!

Is he an idiot?Such a good performance moment, this guy only made one basket? "

Lu Yi's performance of sleepwalking when he first came up, greatly lowered the expectations of UCLA fans for Lu Yi.

Now that Lu Yi made up for his mistakes, abruptly completed the matchup steal, and was about to score a fast break, the fans at the scene were also very excited.

However, at the moment when everyone stood up and witnessed the miracle, Lu Yi suddenly slowed down and scored in a disappointing way.

"This guy is too much!"

"Is there a possibility that Lu Yi couldn't complete the dunk simply because he didn't bounce well?"

"Asians, it's really possible that they can't dunk!"

"No way, he is a small forward, he can't even dunk? However, he is a normal person, there is no reason not to dunk in such a good performance moment!"

Lu Yi made a layup, turned around and gave his teammates high fives to celebrate.

The NCAA's attack time is 35 seconds, and usually the team spends about 30 seconds looking for opportunities.

It is indeed a remarkable thing for Lu Yi to complete steals and fast breaks with his personal strength.

The morale of the Bruins team was boosted, and everyone was smiling.

The Poseidon team was obviously confused.

After all, we are invited guests!There's no need to bully people like this, right?
The Poseidon team served from the bottom line, and the flanks and inside line went directly to the frontcourt.The two defenders remained in the backcourt, ready to dribble the ball across half-court in coordination.

At this time, Lu Yi continued to bully and press forward to defend.

Seeing Lu Yi, the point guard of the Poseidon team was obviously a little scared, and quickly turned his back to protect the ball, and then looked for an opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates.

The shooting guard came to meet him, but he didn't want Collison to pop out suddenly and complete the steal in the passing path.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yi accelerated to break through the Poseidon point guard and rushed directly to the basket.

In the training match, Collison played with Lu Yi.

Seeing this, Collison did not shoot himself, but passed the ball to Lu Yi.

It's just that the pass was a bit outrageous, and it looked like it was flying above the basket, aiming at the timer.

But then, there was only a bang.

I saw Lu Yi hanging his hands on the basket, and the basketball fell to the ground along the net.

"Fack, this guy can fly, why didn't he dunk just now?"

"Oh my god, a dunk that's stronger than Russell's, and an alley-oop that jumps higher than Kevin!"

"I know, this guy named Lu Yi is simply a guy with no body and no brains. He is our Lamar Odom!"

Lui fell off the rim, and Collison was greeted with a big hug.

Lu Yi said arrogantly: "Daren, I still have to play the whole game! Don't let me fly into the sky and escape from the ground, this kind of job is not suitable for me!"

"Lewi, we know your talent, but the fans don't!

Don't forget this is the Bruins, and don't forget, this is your first day as the boss of the team.

You help me bring better team results, and I help you bring more fame.

It's not just a deal, it's because we're brothers! "

(End of this chapter)