pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 296
Mu Chenfeng would go to the innermost court to train alone every night, rain or shine.

In order to create a quiet training environment for himself, he chose to go there at 22:00 every night, that is, after the stadium is cleared. This means that all the lights have been turned off, but at least it is quiet, and no one will disturb him.

On this day, I came to the stadium as usual without eating, and the empty stadium was empty. Although the light was a bit dark, Mu Chenfeng had already gotten used to it.

Although there was a game against the University of Kentucky the next day, Mu Chenfeng was still very self-aware. This game would not have anything to do with him. At best, he was a spectator sitting on the bench, that's all. So he didn't have to worry about his physical fitness at all. He could train here until very late.

Usually, Mu Chenfeng's evening training would last about an hour, but today he didn't know what stimulated him, so he trained for half an hour longer than usual, and he didn't finish the training until 23:30 and returned to the classroom.

On the way back, he vaguely felt a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark, but when he turned his head, it was just pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

Is it an illusion?Mu Chenfeng thought, no one would be so bored as to "watch" him at night. It was not the first day he felt this way, but this feeling came and went and was elusive.

After returning to the dormitory, Mu Chenfeng took a refreshing cold shower to wash away the stinky sweat all over his body. A WeChat message from Su Mengyao flashed on the screen of his mobile phone. There was only one simple word: good night.

Just two words made Mu Chenfeng happy for a while. After editing a large paragraph of text, he sent it out, and then put away his phone.

The next morning, the phone rang at six o'clock. It was Su Mengyao's reply. Because she was afraid of disturbing Mu Chenfeng's rest, she replied a little later. It was only six o'clock when Mu Chenfeng should have woken up.

The two seem to be at the two extremes of the earth, one is night and the other is day, one says good night to each other during the day, and the other says good morning to each other in the evening.

Although separated by the entire Pacific Ocean, the hearts of the two are getting closer.

Mu Chenfeng didn't tell Su Mengyao about the competition today, he wanted to tell her after he actually appeared on the stage, but there is no clear timetable for this day, it may be very close or it may be far away.

Mu Chenfeng came to the arena early. Today's UCLA is playing at home, so the players can come to the venue in advance for warm-up training. This is a very favorable condition for the home team, so that they can face opponents from afar in the most vigorous state.

In addition to their opponents, the team that started the game in the NCAA also had to struggle with the exhausting journey. Since the distance between NCAA schools is relatively long, the visiting team needs to take a long bus to reach the arena, which puts the visiting team at a physical and mental disadvantage before the start of the game.

But despite the exhaustion, the ncaa team likes to play away games. On the one hand, it can save the use of the team's arena and protect the arena. On the other hand, it trains the team in this way, and still wins the game under harsh conditions. The passive game can help the players to improve better.

UCLA arrived at the venue two hours earlier, and the University of Kentucky also arrived an hour and a half earlier. When they arrived, UCLA's training had already started for some time.

Seeing the Kentucky players enter the arena, Barton greeted them with a smile and shook hands with the other coach.

In the NCAA, there is no so-called friendship between the various teams, and they are all rivals. This has long been doomed since the school was founded.

In particular, famous basketball schools such as UCLA, Kentucky, and Duke are the signs of the NCAA. When they recruit players, they fight hard, and when they really stand on the field, they will not give in to each other.

From the moment you step on the court, no matter how good your friends are, as long as they wear different uniforms and stand opposite each other, they are the enemies you must defeat.

Either defeat the opponent, or be defeated by the opponent.

"Will he play today?" the Kentucky coach asked with a smile.

"Who?" Barton asked puzzled.

"That Chinese player." The other party pointed to Mu Chenfeng who was sitting on the bench. "I have to thank him. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have gotten Larry Bell. You don't know how powerful that guy is."

UCLA and Larry Bell are a natural match in the eyes of the outside world. His ability perfectly fits UCLA, and UCLA also intends to acquire this talented player from the south coast of the United States. However, just when everyone thought that Larry was about to wear the UCLA jersey to compete in the NCAA, UCLA's management actually used the last full scholarship to sign Mu Chenfeng, who was far away in the sky, and failed to bring Larry Bell to Los Angeles.

This choice made Larry Bell hold a grudge against UCLA, and threatened before the game to make the entire UCLA regret the decision to reject him.

Now Larry Bell has become Kentucky's starting power forward. Although he is only a freshman, he has enough trust from the coach

The combination of Larry Bell and Gatlin made Kentucky look forward to the upcoming NCAA league. They also successfully squeezed out Duke and tied for the first place in the odds list with UCLA.

As the favorites to win the NCAA championship, the two teams have fully prepared for this game. Although it is only a warm-up match, it still attracts many reporters to follow up and report. There are also scouts from some NBA teams who want to evaluate their favorite players through their performance.

The players and coaching staff have long been accustomed to this, and they will not let go of any opportunity to improve their draft rankings.

In the United States, players attach great importance to rankings, just like Chinese parents only care about scores.

The NBA's rookie contract is directly linked to the draft ranking. The higher the ranking, the greater the contract amount. This income is quite considerable for players who have just played professionally.

Especially for the No. [-] pick in the draft, the contract they get is several times that of other positions. Oscar and Gatlin are reasonable contenders for the No. [-] pick, so a fight is doomed when the two meet. .

"Don't let me down." Gatlin launched a psychological offensive against Oscar from the very beginning.

Oscar responded calmly, "To each other."

Gatlin (small forward) has Bell (power forward), Smith (center), Johnson (shooting guard), Moore (point guard) and many other outstanding teammates.

Oscar's teammates are not bad either, Leo, Felix, Marek, Damian.

The preview of the NCAA finals is imminent.

(End of this chapter)