Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 63
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's visit was like throwing a stone into a small pool. The water would ripple, but eventually calm down.However, the impact he brought to the Bruins is still subtly changing the team. Holland was surprised to find that the inside players began to become more aggressive in training and games, even if they could only rely on the middle distance before. Shipp, who has jump shots and cut layups, also dares to show off his footsteps in the three-second zone, not to mention Love, who already has excellent inside skills.During the training, the substitutes who played against him all said that they were "dizzy", "super helpless" and "destroyed self-confidence". Anyway, no one wants to play against Love, and finally had to guess the game before each training session. Negative, the loser has a bitter face as always.

Apart from the substitute insiders, Enrique was the most depressed because he was going to face Ye Feng.Originally, Enrique could use his physical advantage to suppress Ye Feng a little bit, but now he has no idea what Ye Feng's nerves are. Besides shooting three-pointers, his favorite thing to do now is to back up at the elbow area. Asks for the ball, throws it into the rim with a small hook after a series of side-to-side swings and fakes.Once Enrique couldn't take it anymore, he pulled Ye Feng aside during the training interval and begged: "Ye, except for the tryout, I haven't offended you, have I? Can you train well?"

Ye Feng felt very strange, and he asked back: "Aren't we just training hard now? What offends?" Enrique believed that Ye Feng was pretending to be crazy, and the smile on his face became even more "flattering": "I mean, old man, don't you think you're too high-handed, don't play low-post singles and inside moves anymore? You always bully me like this, what does the coach think of me? What do my teammates think of me? I'm ashamed to face anyone!" Ye Feng said. Only then did he know what Enrique was talking about, he smiled and said: "You just have to bear with it, Bob, but I recommend you to try more low-post singles, your height and weight are above me, the effect Should be better than me."

Enrique smiled awkwardly: "Forget it, I have a few catties and a few taels. I know that what Mr. Karim taught us is really good, but I plan to just improve my footwork. This kind of technique is not in line with my personal style, and I don't have the confidence to cultivate it into a technique that I am proficient in." Ye Feng also knows that he can't force others to do what is difficult for him, everyone has their own habits, and he can learn everything like himself. It is estimated that there are not many freaks, he said to Enrique: "Okay, it's better to be as comfortable as possible, but I won't hold back during the training session, you should think about how to contain me hahaha !" Hearing that Ye Feng didn't plan to "let go" of himself, Enrique remembered the fear of being dominated by this guy, so he could only give him a middle finger depressedly.

But for players, being abused by someone stronger than themselves is considered a kind of happiness, as long as it's not in an official game, it doesn't matter.Although it is easy to destroy self-confidence, as long as you get through it, your heart will become stronger. Even if you encounter star players who are difficult to defend in the game, you will not lose your fighting spirit.More importantly, they can also sharpen their defense in the confrontation with the strong. Pippen is the best example of Jordan.Without Jordan's encouragement, perhaps Pippen would only be an excellent player, but he would not be able to reach his ultimate height. It can be said that Pippen made Jordan, and Jordan made Pippen.

After a short repair, the chariot called the Bruins is back on the road.After the tempering of the first half of the schedule, the team's tacit understanding has further increased, especially the starting five players have cultivated an extraordinary tacit understanding, even though there are two freshmen who have just joined the team among them.You know, it takes a lot of time for a newcomer to integrate into the team, but Ye Feng is a generation with superb golf quotient. He is the mainstay of the inside line, but his status is obviously inferior to Ye Feng and Westbrook, but this also allows him to integrate into the entire tactical system faster.

The local media in Los Angeles are very happy to see that UCLA continues its fierce momentum. Even if the Lakers have increased their combat power after poaching Gasol this season, they are likely to win the first place after the breakup of the "OK combination". A championship.In fact, for most Americans, they like the NCAA more than the NBA, which is the real reason why the NBA will not arrange any games at all on the day of the NCAA Finals.For the fans, the NCAA is more pure basketball than the NBA. Their love and enthusiasm for college basketball is unimaginable to others.Even active NBA players sometimes bet with teammates on the record of their alma mater in the locker room, and of course they will all be proud of the excellent record of their alma mater.

I don't know if it was Holland's deliberate arrangement. Most of UCLA's games with other teams in the division are concentrated in the first half of the schedule, which makes them rarely face fatigue in the second half of the season.After all, the schools of the Pacific Ten Schools Alliance are located in several states near the west coast. Sometimes, even the plane is not needed, and the school can directly send a bus to send the whole team to the designated away game.With material security and spiritual encouragement, the Bruins showed a stronger offensive ability than in the first half of the season, especially the three outside players Westbrook, Ye Feng and Mbah a Moute. It's like they can't run to death at all. If Holland didn't carry out the rotation as planned, they would even be willing to play the whole game every game. This also made the three of their substitutes look sad every game: no way, playing less time , It’s not a good thing if the main force is too perverted, and the substitute doesn’t even have a chance to brush up the data, so how can he break into the NBA?
After all, the head coach Holland has rich experience. He knows that if these boys go on like this, they will suffer injuries one day, so he deliberately increased the relaxation program after training, not only arranged for the team doctor Marshall to take a more scientific approach The team members relieve fatigue, and often take advantage of the loose schedule to lead the team out for picnics or mountain climbing.Although he has never studied psychology, Holland's coaching experience for so many years told him that in each long season, the string in the player's head should not be tensed all the time, and appropriate opportunities for relaxation should also be arranged, otherwise there will be The danger of snapping that string.

The well-staffed UCLA has never encountered a huge challenge. Even the teams that have caused them some trouble before, such as the University of Arizona led by Bayless, Budinger and Jordan Hill, are also under their iron heels. shivering.Other schools, such as Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, which had long been defeated by UCLA, were even more powerless to stop their offensive. They couldn't even make a decent resistance and surrendered cleanly.It can be said that UCLA has completely become the overlord of the Big [-] league, and its record is also outstanding. There is no team that can pose a threat to them.

Ye Feng and Love, who are participating in the NCAA for the first time, are naturally very happy. They will be able to participate in the championship when they first arrive, and they may even have a chance to compete for the championship. This is definitely good news for them.Of course, other old players also gave high-fives to each other. You must know that in the 2006-07 season they had reached the semi-finals, and the team's main force only lost one Afflalo compared to last season. With the addition of Feng, Love and other freshmen, the overall strength of the team has not declined but increased. This has also given them strong self-confidence, and they will be more motivated to train.

But the serious and cautious Holland did not set his sights on the cruel tournament, although UCLA will definitely end the regular season with the first record in the Pacific Ten Schools if there is no accident.Because according to NCAA regulations, when the regular season ends, generally speaking, most leagues will take the top eight teams in the league to conduct a single-elimination league championship game, and the champion determined in the league championship game , Basically, they can automatically advance to the NCAA tournament, and the Pacific Ten Schools League is a league that wants to fight for the championship.

In addition to the automatic promotion of the champions of each league, the remaining places in the NCAA tournament are determined by the committee, which is called the expansion invitation.Invitation qualifications are basically determined by the record, the strength of the alliance and other aspects.After the list of the top 64 is determined, all the shortlisted teams will be divided into four divisions: East, West, South and West. number seed.Afterwards, the first-to-end pairing method is adopted to determine the matchup, which is similar to the arrangement method of the NBA playoffs, such as the first pair of 2th, the second pair of 16th, and so on.

With UCLA's dominance in the league, winning the league championship seems to be a matter of course, but Holland still dare not be careless, because it is also a single-game elimination system like a championship. This kind of game attracts fans and players the most. What I hate is that there is only one chance, and any adjustments must be completed within 40 minutes, otherwise it will be myself who goes home.Holland has faith in his players, but that doesn't mean he has the hubris to think the team can go straight to the tournament stage.Although there are still recommended places, but this is not what he, nor everyone on this team wants.

Want to enter a tournament?Then you can directly break in as a king!Leave the recommended places to others!
　The author made a mistake before. The accurate translation of Pac-10 is the Pacific Ten Schools Alliance. Of course, now they have become the Pacific Twelve Schools Alliance. Gradually pick out the previous mistakes and make changes. I hope everyone will forgive me, thank you!
　　
　
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