New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 160
Christmas Eve has passed, but the Christmas atmosphere in the audience is still undiminished. Most of the young fans wear Santa Claus hats. This tradition will not change no matter how many years pass.

Zhang Yi patted himself on the chest, cheered up, and walked into the arena following the host's introduction.

Different from the fancy entry of the All-Stars, the NCAA still chooses the way of entering the field directly from the player channel.

Therefore, players can directly feel the enthusiasm of the live audience.

Especially in the home court of the North Carolina Devils, you better pray that you are not the old enemy here, otherwise the huge boos will make people timid.

Zhang Yi appeared on the stage as the last of the starting five Tigers of the Western Stars, and enjoyed the most enthusiastic cheers from the audience so far!
For players, applause and cheers should be the perfect rewards!
Even if the Bruins team led by Zhang Yi defeated the full lineup of the Blue Devils in the last round of the Avengers, he was not regarded as an enemy here.

As the greatest giants team in history, the audience here respects the strong and despises the weak.

If Zhang Yi got booed here, it must be after he lost the game.

As the host, Frank, head coach of the Blue Devils, joins hands with West coach "Smiling Butcher" Wacker to appear!
In the end, the Eastern All-Stars stepped onto the court one by one.The five of them also entered in the same order last year.

Suddenly, the audience seemed to have traveled back to last year.Varanda, Radell, and Covington are already seniors, and their old rival Sean is also a junior.

These people are also a portrayal of the youth of basketball fans many years ago. Although they are not as dazzling as NBA stars, they are also legends in the hearts of many children.

There are five All-Stars in the East, the center position is Covington of the Blue Devils, the power forward is Boozer, the small forward "Boxer" Radell, the shooting guard "Huya" Sean, and the last point guard "Duke Wang" 'Varanda!

Compared with Zhang Yi's cheers, when Varanda appeared in the center of the court, the canopy of the arena seemed to be lifted, and everyone cheered Varanda's name unanimously!

This man has never disappointed the audience here during his years in college, so he deserves to be treated like a king.

The referees of the game were all the famous whistlers who took the penalty in the NCAA Finals last year. Even the host chose the retired legendary star 'James II' Brownie James to cooperate with the NBA's famous mouth to comment.

Since the Eastern Conference slaughtered the Western Conference last year, everyone in the Western Conference will be tagged as a battle of revenge in this year's game!

Regardless of the absurdity, none of last year's players in the West are now selected.

Eight of the ten people here are freshmen, and the remaining two are sophomores who were reimbursed last year due to injuries and have just made a name for themselves.

Judging from the age of the players on both sides, the player structure in the East is not healthy. Due to the fierce competition, only A Fei of the Wildcats and Genji of the Tigers were selected as freshmen.

The cheers at the scene couldn't stop for a long time. After the national anthem was played, the dazzling lights on the scene turned into rows of searchlights and lit up the entire arena!

The whistle of the game sounded, and the 2-meter Bilbo had some advantages over Covington in terms of height, but the two took off and scrambled for the ball, and the latter still had the right to pick and drop the ball!
The reason is that Covington has an amazing wingspan of 2 meters, which gives him an advantage in the air.

The Eastern All-Stars won the first attack of the game. Although the Christmas game is also a kind of exhibition game, the players on the field regard it as an official game.

After all, this is a live broadcast across the United States. It is rare for college players to get hundreds of millions of attention. It is not inappropriate to play tough here.

Since half of the starters belonged to the Blue Devils, the three of them first showed a tacit cooperation.

In the end, the super center Covington, who reached the basket in three steps, opened Biyombo's defense and dunked!

In this game, the referee's whistle scale is relatively loose, in order to make everyone's confrontation more attractive.

On the west side, since the point guard is the super offensive Escalo, the east side immediately started double-teaming.

The intensity of the opening game was unmatched by the All-Stars in several years.The organizer also excitedly chatted with the big sponsors behind it.

There is also a special audience here, that is the current NBA president Dampier.

Every player playing on the court is a rising star who can stand in the world in the future!

The Christmas game, as the signboard of the NCAA in previous years, is actually becoming more and more ugly, and the gap between the strengths of the East and West has reached an irreparable level.

There was even the idea of ​​a lottery to decide which team to belong to, but that only made people laugh at the overall level of college players.

The golden generation that emerged in the West this year can be said to have saved the NCAA’s Christmas game, especially with Zhang Yi’s signboard, Varanda’s No.1 status in the league was finally shaken...

Fighting spirit is still very new to Escalio, so he didn't play as a point guard.

Even in the face of the powerful Varanda and Sean double-teaming, Escalo did not pass the ball to the half-open shooting guard Bossy.

On the one hand, it is because Sean's defensive radius can complete the defense after the ball is distributed. On the other hand, this Bosie's offensive desire does not seem to be strong.

Zhang Yi also threw away half of Radell's body by running, and it would be an opportunity to go straight in at this time.

But Esgar glanced at the basket, Zhang Yi knew what he was thinking, stopped immediately, and ran to the outside...

His actions also attracted the attention of Radell and Sean.

"What do you want to do?" Varanda said, reaching out to steal the ball.

I just didn't expect the opponent to sneer, "Goal!" As soon as Escario's voice fell, he raised his hand and shot. He obviously didn't make any move, but still shot against the defensive lightning!

Varanda was taken aback, and when she turned her head, the basketball hit the net cleanly!

In the previous confrontation, Escalo showed incredible sense of the ball, and Varanda blamed himself for being careless.

Turning back to the offensive round of the All-Stars in the Eastern Conference, against the defense of Escalo, 'Duke King' was almost in the same position, raised his hand and returned one!
The audience also exclaimed, wondering if this is a fight between gods?This is just the beginning, how did this enigmatic and precise feel come about? !
Escalo simply turned on his offensive mode completely, and Zhang Yi kept pulling space for him. In the next few rounds, one player added a buckle and scored ten points in a row!
On the east side, Varanda also kept responding.

Obviously the tactical running has been reduced, but the game has not become ugly, because the offensive methods displayed by these two point guards are dazzling and unsolvable!

The audience cheered one after another, and the reputation of Escalio was also played out in these few minutes.

Considering the substitute, Wacker replaced four players in the starting lineup, leaving only Zhang Yi.

The eastern side has made extensive substitutions, and Frank also replaced Varanda, Radell and Covington.

The proud Japanese geniuses Genji, Hooligan, and Frydo, who is a point guard.Facing Zhang Yi and the four substitutes, "The good show has just begun!"

(End of this chapter)