Please call me Ding Shenxian in the NBA

Chapter 112 109. Eastern District Semifinals (Part [-])
The NCAA tournament is like a gorgeous grand tour. The Harvard Crimson won two rounds in a row and moved to the Syracuse Dome in New York with the remaining three opponents.

This famous gymnasium does not have air conditioning. New York is already warm in mid-March, and with tens of thousands of spectators pouring into the arena, the indoor temperature is quite high.

The West Virginia Mountaineers, the champion of the Big East Championship and the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, have a solid overall strength.

The head coach Bob Huggins is ambitious, "The opportunity to become famous is now, come on, my disciples, defeat Crimson! Defeat Ding Yan Yuhang! The mountaineering team must win!"

"The mountaineering team will win!!!"

The atmosphere in the mountaineering team locker room was very high.

Seeing the backs of the players walking into the tunnel, the assistant coach asked in a low voice, "Bob, what should we do with Ding?"

"I already have a countermeasure."

Bob Hudgens looked confident.

Players from both sides enter the field!

Ma Jian said excitedly, "West Virginia is a well-known strong team in the history of the NCAA. Of course, regardless of the source of the hero, who would have thought that Harvard would be able to get the No. [-] high school student in the All-Million League to join, and it remains undefeated!"

"Do you think the Mountaineers will cause trouble for the Crimson?"

Hearing Duan Ran's question, Ma Jianxian said, "The Mountaineering team plays standard team basketball. In the fiercely competitive Big East, there are still four players averaging double figures per game. This is enough to prove that their ball sharing and players' personal abilities are extremely good."

"However, the Crimson team has Ding Yan Yuhang. Ding is the best player in this NCAA tournament, bar none."

"The Mountaineering team has to defend Xiao Ding if they want to win. In my opinion, no one on their team can defend Xiao Ding head-on."

From the performance of the first two games alone, Xiao Ding has been confirmed as the strongest player in the NCAA this year.

In the subsequent ESPN Conference and Naismith Awards Conference, as long as the judges don't deliberately mess up, there is no suspense for Xiaoding to win the six major awards this year.

Ding Yan Yuhang enjoyed the treatment of a superstar appearance as soon as he appeared on the stage.

Many spectators wore Xiaoding's No. 8 jersey and sat on the spot to watch the game. Xiaoding's popularity has been rising since he participated in the Basketball Development Youth Festival here.

Because of those incendiary news, New York audiences are more interested in Xiao Ding, they don't care if Xiao Ding is a madman with no one in his eyes, or the more crazy Xiao Ding is, the more they like him!
Irving sat in an inconspicuous position on the field. He should have sat in the front row to cheer for his brother, but he hadn't contacted Xiaoding since the Beijing Olympic Games.

Seeing Xiaoka playing brother basketball with Xiaoding, Owen has already started to regret it. He really shouldn't be jealous of Xiaoding's strength...

In addition to Irving, there are also many big names in the basketball world.

Among them, New York Knicks star 'Gorilla' Ewing and Knicks executive 'Smiling Assassin' Isiah Thomas are the most eye-catching.

Ewing asked curiously, "Thomas, what level do you think Ding is?"

"As long as I win the No. [-] lottery, I will choose his level without thinking."

Thomas has ordered D'Antoni to lead the team to play badly, but the Knicks can't play badly with the Nets, Timberwolves, Kings, Warriors, Wizards, Numbers, Pistons, and Clippers!
Well, there are now nine teams with a winning percentage of less than 35%.

Among them, the Timberwolves' winning rate is only 18%. In this regard, the Timberwolves are not the vice squad leader of the league, because the Nets played a frenzied 18-game losing streak in order to get Xiaoding, and only won 50 games after 4 games. The worst history in the same period, no one!

As of now, the Nets have changed 3 coaches in a single season.

The current Nets coach Vandeweghe said, "If Ding Yan Yuhang can be obtained in a miserable season, I don't think the Nets will lose, because next year, we may be able to rely on Ding Yan Yuhang to turn the winning percentage over!"

It's a pity that Vandeweghe was too optimistic. If the deputy squad leader can book the No. [-] pick in advance, then the NBA will have nothing to do.

Except for a few championship teams, the other teams will desperately give away heads.

In the words of Isiah Thomas, "Ewing, even if you and Xiao Ding run at the same time, I will choose Ding Yan Yuhang!"

Ewing smiled disdainfully.

He thought of Jordan, who was abandoned by Mosaic and the Blazers. No one opened his eyes. Ding and I are running for the election. Will you choose Ding?Just kidding!

However, Ding is luckier than Jordan. Ding's Harvard Crimson team is a typical core style of play. Coach Tommy has played Ding's usage rate to the limit.

And Jordan can only play in a strong team like North Carolina, so that playing in the NBA has become a release of himself.

Coach Tommy has his eyes on the West Virginia Mountaineers' No. 1 Dashaun Butler, No. 3 Devin Ebanks and No. 5 Kevin Jones. These three forwards will become Ding's trouble.

Like the Huskies, the Mountaineers don't have a traditional center.

But their average height is more than 2 meters, and there is no player under 1 meters in the team, so there is no particularly obvious shortcoming.

Little Thomas said, are you polite?
Before playing, Coach Bob called the three forwards to his side.

"It's up to you whether you can win tonight..."

Butler replied affirmatively, "Coach, we will not let you down!"

Kevin Jones even said, "We will keep Ding's score below 5 points!"

Ebanks apparently agrees with Jones.

The three of them looked at Xiao Ding with murderous eyes.

Xiao Ding felt it, but he didn't take it to heart at all, because every opponent in every game saw him this way, who made him stand out.

The Crimson team sent center Van Nestor, power forward Kyle Casey, small forward Ding Yan Yuhang, shooting guard Kawhi Leonard and point guard Jeremy Lin.

The Mountaineer's center is Butler, who is 2 meters tall, power forward Ebanks, small forward Jones, shooting guard Mitchell and point guard Wellington Smith.

The referee threw the basketball high into the air, and as soon as it fell, Van Nestor gave the basketball to Xiao Ding.

"The game has begun, and the Crimson team will attack first... Wait a minute, did the Mountaineering team arrange two teams to double-team Xiao Ding just after the start?"

Ma Jian was stunned, because as soon as Xiao Ding got the ball, two mountaineering players appeared in front of him, and they were not young men, but Ebanks and Jones who were very capable!

"Ding, we won't let you score!"

"I'll give you a suggestion, pass the ball while you can."

"Yeah, don't say we won't give you a chance."

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Xiao Ding only said one word to them, "Idiot!"

"What did you say?"

"Can you live with the two of us?"

Jones' attitude was extremely arrogant, and he played 2v1 with a sense of superiority.

Xiao Ding pushed forward while protecting the ball.

Ebanks interfered with Xiao Ding with his long arm, but he didn't dare to hit too hard because he didn't want to be called a foul at the beginning.

If someone has to foul, why not Jones?
Coincidentally, Jones thought so too.

Double-team and someone will just put on a show.

At this time, Van Nestor made a pick-and-roll for Xiao Ding relying on his size advantage.

Ebanks was blocked by Van Nestor, Jones bypassed the screen and continued to defend Ding.

But Butler's supplementary defense did not come up, and the situation became a one-on-one between Ding and Jones.

Then there's no need to be polite to him.

I saw Xiaoding first distanced himself from Jones, and a sharp change in front of his body made Jones reach out to steal. Xiaoding pulled the ball back lightly, and took a horizontal step towards the elbow.

Butler came out of defense, and Ding jumped up to shoot.

Butler and Jones have sealed the front and back very well, but they didn't expect Xiaoding to turn his shot into a pass!
Brother Kazi slipped to the basket, Xiaoding made an alley-oop, and Brother Kazi smashed the basket with one arm and dunked to get two points first!

(End of this chapter)