lakers championship

Chapter 50

At 12 pm on the 4th, in Las Vegas, the MGM Grand Sports Management officially opened the player admission.

Although it is open to players, outside the stadium, a large number of fans waited in line in advance.

Interestingly, except for some neutral fans, all the fans who supported the Stanford Sequoias were wearing red T-shirts, and the fans who supported the University of Utah Utes were also wearing red T-shirts.

The shirts on both sides have clashed, but no one can change them on their own initiative.

After all, they are the representative colors of the team, such as Lakers purple gold, Celtics green, Thunder blue.

The winner of the two teams will automatically become one of the 68 teams in March Madness. It is bound to fight to the death, and the jersey cannot be changed. Whoever changes it will show weakness. It must be distinguished who can truly represent red.

At 4:10 in the afternoon, the buses of the two teams arrived at the MGM Grand Stadium at the same time.

Since it was a neutral venue, the two teams had no home and away points, so they met at the same entrance.

There is only one entrance and only one aisle. The fans of the two teams line up to welcome each other. If the team walks up the aisle first, the fans of that team will be the first to cheer.

Taking the lead, not to mention occupying a psychological advantage, at least the atmosphere will be better.

Both teams were aware of this problem, and Sheffield didn't take the bag, and got out of the car and stepped onto the passage.

The fans of the Sequoia team took the lead in shouting out the team name, which instantly drowned out the cheers of the Utes fans.

Immediately afterwards, several players from the two teams came out at the same time, and the fans of the two teams shouted at the same time. The shouts of the Ute fans immediately took advantage.

But even so, the volume of the fans of the two teams has not reached its peak, because the biggest players of the two teams, Tianyang and Jacob, have not yet appeared.

About 10 seconds later, Jacob got off the bus. As soon as he stepped onto the aisle, the decibel volume of the Utes fans shouting was already off the charts. It is impossible for the Sequoia fans to be higher than them.

At this time, Tianyang was still on the bus.

It wasn't that he was playing a big game, but that he sat at the back, walked slowly, and helped the team's assistant Brad tidy up the luggage that Shelfield and others had thrown away randomly.

Under the long-awaited eyes of Sequoia fans, Tianyang finally got off the bus.

The cheers and shouts resounded through the sky in an instant. Although they did not surpass the Utes, their momentum was even stronger.

Just because the neutral fans at the scene also joined in the shouting.Although they are not Sequoia fans, they are Tianyang fans.Especially some female fans, very crazy.

"I love you!"

"Marry me, I can cook Chinese food!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

In this way, with almost no effort, Tianyang's cards instantly surpassed Jacob's.

Sequoia fans held their heads high, Utes fans hung their heads.

After the players of the two teams entered the field, they raced against the clock to start warming up.

Utes players, some jumped and dunked, some dribbled at high speed, some ran and shot three-pointers, the scene was lively and very professional.

On the other hand, the Sequoia team surprised the media and commentators on the spot.

Under Tianyang's leadership, almost all Sequoia players warmed up slowly, with simple movements such as raising their heads, raising their knees, and expanding their chests.

After the warm-up, the Sequoia players started to shoot, but they all caught and shot on the spot. The movements were simple and the frequency was low, which seemed effortless.

This situation made the Pacific [-] League network commentator Seikot on the sidelines have doubts.

"Fergus, you cast the most Sequoia games, have they ever done that?"

"No, the two they warmed up in the past are much bigger than this."

"That's strange, could it be to preserve energy?"

"It is possible that the tournament schedule is too dense, especially the Sequoia team. They have played for 3 consecutive days, and their opponents are still strong teams like Oregon and Arizona. Their physical strength must have been affected."

"But how do I feel, the Utes look a little scared when they see LeBron on the opposite side?"

"Because Tianyang leads the team to go up and down continuously, it feels like no one can stop it. Just like LeBron, as long as he is on the team, he will always be the favorite to win the championship."

The two chatted for a while, and the audience began to enter.

The fans of the two teams sat in different areas clearly, quietly and silently, accumulating energy for shouting big moves.

Neutral fans were caught in the middle, but many of them were holding signs supporting SkyOcean.

At 7:[-], the game between the two teams officially started.Tianyang walked onto the court, bent down at the top left of the middle circle, and while waiting for the jump ball, began to observe the Utes starting, and compared them with the previously queried information one by one.

Point guard Brandon may be just 1 meters tall, but he has a super invincible and fast first step. He cooperates with center Jacobs to play pick-and-roll, one hit and one shot; shooting guard Lorenzo, ordinary; small forward Jordan , is more ordinary than Lorenzo; power forward Kuzma, with a heroic face and piercing eyes, looks like he is about to score 8 points; center Jacob, he is really tall and his hands are really good long.

In a blink of an eye, the referee walked to the middle circle and threw the ball upwards with both hands.

Grant just jumped up, the basketball has been called back into Brandon's arms by Jacob, fast and accurate.

Brandon advances with the ball to the top of the arc, and as expected, cooperates with Jacob in the pick-and-roll.

Marcus only felt a lone peak in front of him, and he couldn't get around it at all; Grant, who was in charge of the defense, only felt a flash in front of his eyes, and there was one person missing at the top of the arc.

Brandon rushed straight to the basket like an elf, Travis stepped forward to make up the defense, the basketball flew into Kuzma's hands, and Tianyang made up the defense again.Unexpectedly, Kuzma didn't even look at it, he turned sideways, made a big hook, and the basketball hit the net.

Before the referee signaled to serve the baseline ball, Tianyang pulled Telavi, Grant, and Marcus to explain a few words.

The content is mainly to change the defensive strategy and not to follow the rhythm of the Utes.

The Sequoia team attacked again, Marcus passed the ball from the center line, Tianyang received the ball from the left wing, and directly set up a three-threat posture.

Lorenzo bent over and squatted, raised one hand high and the other horizontally, trying to lock Tianyang completely.

Such a tight defensive posture can not only block shots, prevent breakthroughs, but also prevent one-handed retreat. It looks very hanging. The Utes fans applauded and praised, and other Utes players on the field also nodded silently .

Only Kuzma shook his head slightly, feeling that such defense was useless.

Sure enough, Tianyang put down the basketball and continued to cross and turn around. Lorenzo's strict defensive posture was completely destroyed, and Tianyang easily entered the inside lane.

Unfortunately, Kuzma stood on his way ahead of time, and Tianyang could only stop the ball and retreat.

With his action, most people thought that he would find another breakthrough opportunity.

But Kuzma didn't think so, and rushed directly to block it.

Tianyang frowned. He was about to break through, but now he was stopped again.

He was a little upset, so he changed his suddenness to a shot, and planned to pull it out directly.

But never imagined, Kuzma actually saw through his intention again, and flew to the cover without hesitation.

Fortunately, Tianyang was quick-witted, and stopped before making a move.

The referee whistled and Tianyang got 3 free throws, but he was not too happy, but worried, why does Kuzma always think of him?
(End of this chapter)