I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 34 The Great War Begins, Target Thabeet (for collection, for further reading)
March 3, Indianapolis, Lucas Oil Stadium.

Lucas Oil Stadium is the home of the NFL Indianapolis Colts, and it was just completed last year, with a total of 7 seats.

When the NCAA Championships progressed to the divisional finals, because the attention was too great, there were too many fans who wanted to watch the games, so they basically chose football or baseball stadiums and temporarily arranged the game venues.

Because the NCAA tournament does not have a real home court in order to show fairness, the game is usually played in a neutral venue.

The Western Conference Finals will be played in Indianapolis, at the Lucas Oil Stadium.

The UCLA Bruins play their home games in Los Angeles, California.

The Connecticut Huskies play their home game in Hartford, Connecticut.

There is exactly one west and one east, so the playing field is placed in the middle. No one can say that it would be unfair to play here.

Closer to home.

After all, it was the divisional finals. The UCLA Bruins and the Connecticut Huskies both attached great importance to the upcoming game. The two teams entered the arena to warm up early at [-] o'clock in the afternoon.

Basically, the players are woken up just after taking a nap, and then they take a car to the arena to get familiar with the field and warm up slowly.

Louie is no exception.

In the past, I just came to the arena to warm up after dinner, and two hours is basically enough.

But today the whole team attaches great importance to it, and came to the arena to warm up in advance in the afternoon.

After warming up for two hours, I just went back to the locker room, ate a little chicken breast, energy bars, and some energy drinks for dinner.

There will be two hours of warm-up and more than an hour of competition.

Don't eat too much for dinner, and don't eat too little.

If you are worried about lack of energy during the game, you can choose to eat some popcorn, energy bars, or drink energy drinks during timeouts and intermissions to replenish energy.

After the fans were seated, the NCAA officially informed that the game would start in 10 minutes.

The Bruins team first returned to the locker room to recuperate for a while, and then started their debut for the next game.

"Don't worry too much, the Connecticut Huskies aren't as strong as they say they are.

Their team leader Jerome Dawson was still injured not long ago, and now he can only let the first-year substitute play.

And their main small forward, Nate Myers, was expelled from the school because of X violations in the previous regular season.

Shooting guard AJ Price's talent is average, not even one-third of Lu Yi's.

Their power forward Jeff Adrian is less than two meters.

Even though center Hashim Thabeet is tall and seemingly omnipotent, his scoring ability is relatively average.

In the conference finals, it is not only about defense, but also about offense.

We have Louie, we have Darren!
We have led our opponents by more than 20 points in every game along the way!
We can rely on offense to look at this game.

Of course, defense is also very important, we cannot relax!

We have to get to the semi-finals, we need a champion to end the season well. "

Before the start of the game, belittling the opponent and then making chicken soup is basically the only thing the head coach can do.

In fact, the Bruins are the No. 1 seed in the West and the Connecticut Huskies are the No. 2 seed. The Bruins already have a psychological advantage.

Not to mention the fact that the Connecticut Huskies had a rainy night. Not long ago, head coach Jim Calhoun was injured and hospitalized. Starting from the Sweet Sixteen, he reluctantly left the hospital with injuries to coach the next game.

In terms of players, the Connecticut Huskies can only play a seven-man rotation due to various reasons.

It can be said that all kinds of good things happened to the Bruins.

However, the biggest problem for the Bruins is that there are no big men inside.

The Connecticut Huskies, on the other hand, look like an African mountain like Dikembe Mutombo.

Soon, the Bruins team returned to the court from the player tunnel.

After starting the game, Holland found that Louie was staring at the other side of the Connecticut Huskies, the outstanding big man-Thabeet.

Holland walked up to Lu Yi and patted Lu Yi's younger generation: "Don't worry, he's inside, and his blocks won't have much impact on your shooting."

"Haha, coach, I'm not worried, I'm just excited.

You said, what will happen if I keep hitting the penalty area and challenge him?
Wouldn't it be interesting?
Everyone knows that I can shoot, but I will show my richer offensive methods on this stage. "

Lu Yi became more and more excited as he spoke.

Holland just wanted to object, but changed his words: "I believe in you, I believe you are the best player on the field.

As I told you before, you can use your unlimited fire power at any time.

We need to win this game, but I'd rather see you play happily.

And that's the only thing I can teach you as your head coach.

No matter what happens next, don't give up the joy you can have while playing now. "

"Okay, coach, I trust you too. I promise, I will win this game." Lu Yi was a little surprised, but also a little moved.

Next, he will use his way to win this game.

This is exactly what Lu Yi needs to do.

It is also what Lu Yi needs to do to live up to the hope of head coach Holland and lead the Bruins to win the game.

When the referee throws the ball into the air, the game officially begins.

Thabeet is a master, and his advantage in jumping the ball is ridiculous.

The Connecticut Huskies got the ball first. Kemba Walker had just received the ball and was about to advance with the ball, but Lu Yi immediately went up to meet him.

Officially facing Walker, Lu Yi discovered that Walker was a little short, and seemed to be less than 1.8 meters.

But precisely because he is short, Lu Yi has to be more cautious.

A short man who can play in the NBA, or a star who can make a name for himself, which one is easier to get along with?

A small point guard is strong in speed and strong in breakthrough.

This is also a test for Lu Yi's defense and footwork.

Lu Yi led the defense, which was an extremely important part of the Bruins' full-court pressing tactics.

If Lu Yi is directly passed by Walker, what is the next defense?
Facing Lu Yi's pressing defense, Walker was already prepared, directly to the crotch, and then prepared to change direction.

The current Walker's shooting level is limited, but he was born in New York street ball, and his best job is dribbling.

Walker likes to have someone guard him off the dribble, especially if the opponent is in charge.This made Walker feel that he was respected by his opponents.

"Follow my footsteps!" Walker changed direction twice in a row, and then pulled back one after another, completely passing Lu Yi.

Louie followed the first step, but was thrown off the second change of direction.

Not to mention that Walker quickly pulled back to open up the space, and then accelerated the start, Lu Yi was thrown away directly, and then turned around to chase, how could he catch up?
Walker quickly rushed to the frontcourt, and then prepared to rush to the inside, but he rushed near the free throw line, and suddenly passed the ball to AJ Price, who was outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left.

Price's specialty is the three-pointer. Because Lu Yi was passed by Walker, Holiday directly let Price go to chase Walker. As a result, Walker decisively passed the ball to Price.

This time Prince got a wide-open shooting opportunity, and Lu Yi realized that something was wrong and rushed over, which was also a step too late.

Prince raised the knife and hit the first shot easily in the opening game, helping the Connecticut Huskies lead the UCLA Bruins 3-0.

"Zhu, you are the number one point guard among high school students in the United States! I'll leave that dwarf on the opposite side to you! I'll guard this guy who can shoot. You should be fine defending that dwarf, right?"

Lu Yi quickly discussed with Holiday.

Holiday looked at Lu Yi suspiciously, and finally nodded to Lu Yi.

(End of this chapter)