pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 338 A Foreign Land
Without Oscar, UCLA still has the power to fight, but without Jackson, the University of Miami has completely lost its competitiveness.

Who expects a bunch of freshmen to win.

In fact, from the moment Jackson went off the court, the University of Miami had already guessed the ending.

Jackson and Logan are the two cores of Miami. Now that the two cores are not present, the players in Miami are playing chaotically, and the point difference is quickly widened.

Mu Chenfeng and Felix had a very high offensive success rate. After three quarters, Felix got a triple-double report card.

Mu Chenfeng opened a hot pot feast on the outside, and he took the risk of only a few outside players left in Miami.

There was no suspense in the game, and the last quarter was completely reduced to garbage time. UCLA withdrew all the main players, and the University of Miami also carried out personnel changes.

Jackson sat on the bench, watching the time pass bit by bit unwillingly. He would return to the field if he could move his body, but his legs were like prosthetic limbs, without feeling.

This scene seems to be a repeat of two years ago. The University of Miami is still in the quarterfinals, watching UCLA enter the semifinals.

Mu Chenfeng and Felix also successfully gained experience as prefects, carrying Oscar to the semi-finals.

"Captain, we did it." Mu Chenfeng and Felix came to Oscar's side with the tickets for the victory. At this time, Oscar was both happy and sad, because if he advanced, someone would be eliminated.

"Congratulations, you won this time." Jackson walked to Oscar's side and congratulated, "My NCAA career is over."

"I'll finish later." Oscar said with a smile.

Oscar won the game, and in the latest draft list announced by ESPN, Oscar finally overtook Jackson and became the mock No. [-] pick. Mu Chenfeng and Felix also rose in the rankings, and their rankings also increased significantly.

Felix successfully entered the top 15, while Mu Chenfeng ranked 20th. Of course, the premise is that Mu Chenfeng will participate in this year's draft.

There are still games behind UCLA. If they can continue to win or even win the championship, the draft rankings of the three will have new changes.

"Congratulations." Su Mengyao walked up and handed Mu Chenfeng a bottle of water. Before coming to the United States, Mu Chenfeng would hand over a bottle of water like this to Su Mengyao every time he finished a game.

Mu Chenfeng took the water, unscrewed it and took a big sip. This game was really difficult. Mu Chenfeng played a vital role in restricting Logan. If Mu Chenfeng hadn't stood up at that time, Logan wouldn't have left so early.

Everyone on the team matters when it comes to winning.

And if you lose, only the core will always be responsible.

"I'm sorry everyone, the loss is my responsibility." Jackson expressed deep apology and self-blame to his teammates. If he hadn't insisted on competing with Oscar at that time, Miami would not have collapsed so quickly.

But no one blamed him in the whole team, but comforted him, "Captain, the loss is not your problem, and we wouldn't have come so far without you."

The words of his teammates made Jackson feel a little better about himself, but he still deeply regrets not being able to lead the team to go further, but Jackson's NCAA career is over.

Jackson took off his dark blue team jersey and hung it neatly in the locker in the locker room. This was the last time he wore this jersey, and he was somewhat reluctant when parting.

He hated the University of Miami, these teammates, and that jersey.

"Thank you for making my NCAA career a little longer." Oscar also looked at his golden jersey, which he had worn for four years.

"It would be perfect if it could end with a championship." Felix laughed.

Oscar turned his head and looked at his teammates behind him, "I'm going to talk about this today, this year's NCAA championship must belong to our UCLA."

Oscars say similar rhetoric every year, but never with such boldness as this year.

After the break, the team immediately entered a state of emergency preparations, because all the top four teams have been produced, UCLA will meet the University of North Carolina in the semifinals, and Stanford University vs Marquette University in the second half.

The game between UCLA and UNC will be played tomorrow, which means that the players only have one night off, but this arrangement also has advantages. If they reach the finals, the team will have one more day off than the other finalist team.

The preparation meeting made a detailed analysis of North Carolina's lineup and tactics, and also emphasized the style of play that UCLA will implement. The whole meeting lasted for two hours, and it was already 4 pm when the meeting ended.

Mu Chenfeng and Su Mengyao were walking on the streets of Los Angeles. The afterglow of the setting sun stretched their shadows very long. Su Mengyao occasionally made some funny moves. She said that she liked the afternoon in Los Angeles very much because of Mu Chenfeng.

Mu Chenfeng took Su Mengyao to the places he often visited, such as parks, restaurants and stadiums. He said that he had dreamed of coming to these places with Su Mengyao, but he did not expect it to come true so soon.

The two walked along the central street of Los Angeles for a long, long time. The road seemed to have no end. Halfway through, the two looked back and saw that too much time had passed.

The two chatted a lot, about the past, about their dreams, and about the time when they couldn't see each other.

Su Mengyao said that Su Miao planned to start an e-sports company, Fu Di started a business in college, and Li Yao disappeared.

Compared with Su Mengyao's life, Mu Chenfeng feels that he has no other interesting adjustments in his life except basketball, which is ridiculous when he thinks about it.

The two sat down in a drink shop on the corner of the street.

"This is the best drink shop I've ever had." Mu Chenfeng introduced cheerfully.

Su Mengyao picked up the cup, and there were some Chinese characters written on it, only then did she realize that it was not because the drink was delicious, but because he was homesick.

Su Mengyao didn't know how Mu Chenfeng survived the past few months. He was not like himself, he could still be with his friends when he was bored, but when he was lonely, he only had basketball.

Perhaps, this is the loneliness that belongs to the strong.

Mu Chenfeng never complained to himself on the phone, and the messages he sent back to him were always good and sunny, but how many of these words were true?
At first, Su Mengyao believed it. She believed that Mu Chenfeng lived well in the United States, but since she came to the United States, she really felt that the so-called beauty of everyone living in a foreign country is just a forced smile.

(End of this chapter)