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Chapter 305 Preparing for the State Championship
In order to prepare for the draft, Gasol Jr. is currently doing special training such as strength and shooting in the Memphis Grizzlies training hall.

"Huh,,, practice with you, I'm almost too tired to leave this training hall,"

Lan Shengli was also training with Gasol.

After picking up the ball with Gasol for a while, Lan Shengli was too tired.

The two lay on the floor, chatting.

"We might as well make another agreement, if you can be successfully selected by an NBA team, we will,,,"

"We,,, what~?!?!"

What Lan Shengli said suddenly immediately aroused Gasol's great interest.

"Just stop training for three days~!! Haha~!!!"

Lan Shengli immediately joked and said with a big laugh.

"You guy,,, aroused such a big appetite for me, and it turned out to be this matter, it's too unkind,,,"

Little Gasol's upper body, which had already half sat up, lay down again, sighing.

"Haha~!! If you are so eager to train, then there is nothing I can do about it,"

Lan Shengli continued to sigh, and the two chatted for a while, and then "returned to their respective homes".

"Coach Harper~?!"

Back at school, Lan Shengli saw a figure at the door of the teacher's apartment, who looked a lot like Harper, so he asked.

The figure turned around, and it was indeed Harper.

But Harper didn't speak, but looked at Lan Shengli with a smile.

"What are you doing here so late~?! Are you waiting for me~?!"

Seeing this, Lan Shengli took the initiative to ask.

"Yeah, I thought you were training with Mark and would be back in a while, but unexpectedly, you were almost gone forever,"

Harper said in a somewhat reproachful tone.

"Coach, I,,, I forgot the time, sorry, I,,,"

Seeing this, Lan Shengli immediately apologized.

"It's okay, I don't mean to blame you, Mark is still a member of our team after all, and you really don't need you in today's training, I mean, now I want to remind you, the team will soon Entering the final stage of preparation before the next game, you'd better not go anywhere during this time, just stay at school and train with the team~!!"

Coach Harper continued.

"Okay, coach, I understand this, I will work hard~!"

Lan Shengli nodded immediately and replied.

"Okay, nothing else, just get up early tomorrow and go directly to my office. Our coaching staff will have a few meetings in the morning. You have to follow along and express your opinions,"

Harper continued.

"Okay, coach,"

Lan Shengli didn't dare to neglect, and continued to nod quickly.

"Okay, it's getting late, go back to sleep,"

As Harper said, he turned and left.

"Good night, Coach Harper~!"

Lan Shengli waved at Harper's back and said.

Harper walked on, waving too.

"Harper's serious look is really scary, and it's the kind of chilling feeling,,,"

Lan Shengli looked at Harper who was fading away and disappearing into the night, and sighed.

Back in the dormitory, Lan Shengli quickly took a shower and went to bed to rest.

For Lan Shengli's position as an assistant coach, the real challenge seems to start tomorrow.

"It's one day closer to the draft and the joint trial training. Work hard and don't let everyone's expectations down~!"

Little Gasol also went to bed to rest, closed his eyes, continued to cheer for himself, and soon fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Lan Shengli came to Harper's office.

"Did your job as a teacher make you always punctual~?!"

Harper looked at his watch, then at Lan Shengli, and asked.

"Punctuality should not be divided into fields. I think if an assistant coach, a driver, or an ordinary office worker is not punctual, he will be considered as having no credit. This is a series of vicious reactions. ,"

Lan Shengli replied.

"That's right, here, let's take a look first. This is the schedule and system of the Tennessee state championship game that our team will participate in. You should understand it first, so that you don't know what we are talking about during the meeting." ,,"

Harper said, and handed Lan Shengli a brochure.

Lan Shengli took the booklet and started reading it immediately.

I also briefly introduced before that, unlike the NCAA competition system, the Tennessee Basketball Championship is linked to the semester.

That is to say, the first half semester and the second semester correspond to the group stage and knockout stage respectively.

The first half of the semester starts in September, which is the start date of the group stage, and the off-duty semester starts in March, which is the knockout match.

Under the leadership of coach Harper, Lan Shengli's Academy of Lausanne successfully broke out of the group stage and entered the knockout round that began in March.

In the knockout round, the [-] teams will be divided into four groups according to the results of the [-] teams at the time of promotion, and the groups will play a home and away round robin.

The two teams with the best results in the group will advance to the quarterfinals, which will be determined by drawing lots.

The top eight is no longer a home and away elimination system, but depends on the results of the knockout group stage. The better results can be played at home.

This is also the rule for the semi-finals after that. Of course, the finals will be played at the home court of the Memphis Grizzlies.

This is a rule that does not change every year.

So many teams have a common slogan: Marching toward Memphis~! ! !

Among them, there is the Lausanne Academy.

The game that the team lost before was the last game of their group stage. Because the team had already locked in a place for promotion in the group in advance, the team seemed to be more passive and neglectful in the game.

And just because of losing that game, the team lost its status as the number one in the group.

In the subsequent draw ceremony, the team's luck was also a little bit worse, and they were drawn to the No.1 group of another group. The disadvantage of the results also made them lose the home field advantage in the quarter-finals.

This may also be the reason why Harper has been so strict in the last few training sessions. The team's efforts throughout the season have paid such a high price because of the inattention in the last game of the group stage.

But for the team, it is not time to rein in the precipice. Even if they play away games, they still have a chance to win.

"This competition system has reached the quarter-finals, and it really has some NCAA flavor~!"

Putting down the brochure introducing the competition system, Lan Shengli sighed.

"Yeah, the reason for doing this is to let some players who are about to enter the NCAA experience the atmosphere of the single-game elimination system earlier,"

Harper sighed.

"Then, who is our opponent in the quarterfinals~?!"

Lan Shengli continued to ask.

(End of this chapter)