pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 324 For the Fans
UCLA is regarded as the favorite to win this league, so their games have attracted much attention.

Including several media and many NBA teams also pay close attention to their games.

In order to broadcast the UCLA game, the local TV station in Los Angeles temporarily made broadcast adjustments. It originally planned to broadcast the game between the Clippers and the Celtics and changed it to the NCAA. In Los Angeles, there are many more people who follow UCLA than the Clippers.

Audiences have needs, and sensible broadcasters naturally want to meet them.

Pity the Clippers. After a short period of glory, they quickly became lonely. Their status in Los Angeles went from bad to worse, and their exposure was not even as good as an NCAA team.

From the perspective of team history, let alone the Clippers, even the Lakers are not as old as UCLA.

Since this UCLA team includes not only mature stars like Oscar, but also supernovas like Mu Chenfeng and Felix, the exposure of UCLA has reached an unprecedented height. It can be seen from the audience watching the game, including the NBA president, the vice president of the Lakers, the head coach of the Heat, and countless scouts. From the moment UCLA entered the knockout round, such attention was doomed.

This was a really big scene. After Mu Chenfeng and Felix heard that there were so many big names coming, they couldn't help but get nervous. As a rookie, this is a perfectly normal reaction. Oscar also behaved like this when he played his first NCAA knockout game.

The team's assistant coach used the method of "meditation" to help the players relax, which had a very good effect, and soon Mu Chenfeng and Felix's tension was relieved by more than half.

"Relax, the opponent is Nevada, fight whatever you want." Oscar walked to each of his teammates and whispered the same sentence in their ears.

"Yes." Mu Chenfeng pretended to be calm.

The entrance notification sounded, and the game was about to start in 10 minutes.

"Today is our first step towards the championship, brothers, go all out."

Oscar gathered the team members together and gave a short but powerful speech, and the emotions of the team members were immediately mobilized. He is indeed a natural leader. Oscar has achieved the ultimate in motivating the team. Even if he encounters an opponent who is stronger than himself, he still has a way to ignite the fighting spirit of the team members.

Players from both sides entered the field, but the comparison of the starting lineup was quite touching. Compared with UCLA's star-studded starting lineup, the University of Nevada's starting lineup seemed very mediocre. There was no star player in the team, and even in terms of height, each position was shorter than UCLA's.

"How do you play this?" Before the start of the game, the University of Nevada players were still full of confidence and planned to make a big upset. When they saw UCLA's starters, Nevada's momentum disappeared instantly. Even before the game officially started, some players retreated, and they were still the team's starters.

"No matter how you say it, you have to finish the game. It would be too embarrassing if you abstain." The Nevada player whispered.

"Yeah, no matter how much you lose, you can't abstain. If you want to blame, you can only blame our bad luck. We met UCLA in the first round of the knockout round."

"Don't say it's so innocent, it's as if we have a chance of winning when we meet other teams. Anyway, we have completed the task given by the coach and entered the knockout round. As for this game, if we lose, we lose. Losing to the defending champion is not shameful."

The players from the University of Nevada were obviously not focused on the game. Some of their players were already thinking about what to eat after the game.

The Nevada players are basically in a state of giving up.

"On the other side, please be serious. Since you are on the field, please respect basketball, respect your opponents, and respect the audience who support you." Oscar was about to speak, but Mu Chenfeng took a step ahead, and what he said was exactly what Oscar wanted to say.

Mu Chenfeng pointed to the direction behind the University of Nevada. Dozens of people gathered there, holding a sign of the University of Nevada in their hands, with the names of their team members written on it. Although the scale was small, the atmosphere was very good. They showed the aura of one against a hundred. It is admirable to dare to shout such an aura in UCLA's home court.

More than 95% of the audience here belong to UCLA. It is really rare that the Nevada audience is not overwhelmed by the UCLA audience. These are all loyal fans of Nevada. They have students, workers, and white-collar workers. They have different occupations, but their enthusiasm is indeed the same. They firmly believe that the team they support can win, even if the opponent is the defending champion, even if this is UCLA's home court.

"Our fans?" The Nevada players looked around. There were a few green dots scattered in the golden ocean of UCLA. That was the color of Nevada. They were like leaves falling into the golden ocean. Although they were small, they really existed.

"That's right, we are not fighting for ourselves." Some Nevada players regained their fighting spirit because of the audience's arrival, "Even if it is for their arrival, we will go all out for this game."

The distance between Nevada and UCLA is more than 2000 miles.

"Being able to play a match with the defending champion is a worthwhile trip. Even if you can't win, you must at least create some trouble for the opponent."

Nevada regained its momentum and the state is full.

"That's right." Mu Chenfeng smiled, "Let's have a good fight."

Although Nevada is not a traditional strong team, it has a long history of basketball. After a long period of accumulation, they have also formed their own unique team style, that is, team basketball and selfless basketball.

In the NCAA team, as long as it is a strong team, there must be big names in the team. If there are big names, it is bound to be unable to fully implement team basketball, because these big names are extremely aggressive, and they can completely rely on their own strength to complete the attack.

Nevada, on the other hand, had to play team basketball because there were no big names in the team, and they interpreted team basketball to the fullest, and the team's assists even surpassed many popular teams.

Damian and Nevada's center perform a jump ball. Damian is an expert in jump balls, but he lost in this jump ball. The Nevada big man grabbed the ball with an almost overwhelming advantage.

"What's the matter with this momentum?" Damian was stunned by the momentum shown by the opponent. He rarely saw someone play with "angry" emotions from the beginning.

"Strike." The Nevada players took control of the ball, and the other four players quickly spread out, set up, and set up an offensive formation.

"What a quick reaction." Nevada's players activated almost as soon as they confirmed possession of the ball, which allowed them to settle earlier than UCLA's players and grab a favorable position.

"The speed is good." Several scouts in the stands started the discussion mode, one of them wearing black sunglasses said humanely, "It's just that speed alone is useless. In terms of player strength, Nevada is no match for UCLA."

As soon as the words fell, Felix snatched the basketball from the Nevada player with a ghostly hand, followed by a long swing, and the basketball quickly passed the half court.

(End of this chapter)