The Galen Center was packed with people, and the red and yellow color scheme of the team's home court was in line with Roy's aesthetic taste.
Today, USC will welcome Duke University, the strongest opponent of this season, at home.
Duke University is a traditional NCAA school. This year, the team has two stars, Luol Deng and Chris Duhon. It is strong and generally considered to be one of the favorites to win the championship.
This game can be said to be the most important game for USC this year.
The team that beats Duke will directly advance to the top 64 knockout rounds.
With the help of the media in the past few days, Roy is about to face the most severe test.
This game was called the touchstone battle by the Los Angeles media.
It is said that real gold is not afraid of fire. The eyes of the whole California are attracted by this boy from China.
Although he only played one game, Roy's data was too explosive.
The powerful Duke University is naturally the touchstone in the mouth of the media!
Before the pre-match warm-up, Los Angeles Chronicle reporter Wiggins conducted a brief interview with Roy. "Roy, have you read the interview? Duke University's Luol Deng said that USC is like a small thing and can be crushed by Duke at any time. Do you agree with this statement?" "To be honest, I like Duke University and Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski), but I think this Duke class is the worst class he has ever led. Some of them are outspoken. I think it's time for him to teach these rude guys a lesson." "You only know whether something is small or not after playing it. An ordinary stone that is several times bigger will not be more valuable than a diamond!" Wiggins laughed and nodded in agreement. Roy's answer made him very satisfied, and it was full of the young man's fearless spirit. "Luol Deng also said in the interview that you just played a lucky game in the last game, and he will teach you how to play in college."
"Whether I played a lucky game or not, I will prove it to everyone today, but I think it is unnecessary to teach me how to play. His ranking is too low. It will not be too late to say these words when his popularity exceeds Ben Gordon and Okafor of Connecticut. But I personally think he has no chance."
Roy's interview was tit-for-tat, and Roy deliberately pulled the interview to the half-court position. Luol Deng, who was warming up in the other half not far away, listened to most of the interview and shouted in Roy's direction:
"I am not qualified. I will let you taste the taste of being beaten tonight. I will definitely kick USC out of the threshold of the knockout stage!"
Roy calmly replied: "I'm waiting!"
"Listen to me, Luol Deng, wash it clean later, don't dirty my shoes, I will kick your ass hard!" McGinnis shouted excitedly at Luol Deng on the side.
The situation was tense at the beginning. McGinnis, who opened his heart to Roy yesterday, was eager to try.
His series of gestures showed that he wanted to make the worst choice again, such as defending Luol Deng alone.
But Roy was happy to see this situation. This kid has too little experience of the beatings of society.
Head coach Claire was surprised that Roy and McGinnis began to interact with each other verbally today.
It was not the usual greetings to each other's mother and son's birthday.
Instead, they simply joked and chatted with each other.
"Hey, guys, who can tell me what happened between Roy and McGinnis?"
Roy smiled and said to the old coach: "It was just a little misunderstanding between men, and it has been resolved now."
During the warm-up, scout Dom greeted Roy who was warming up.
Today he came prepared. In order to record Roy's game details and technical talents in more detail, he brought four more pens and three notebooks.
Because he knew that watching Roy's game was like a man visiting a certain Lan's house, and there were new discoveries every time!
But Dom had competitors. He found scouts from the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors in the stands not far away.
Sure enough, all that shines is gold, and Roy's performance was still seen by them.
In fact, he didn't have to worry at all. Tonight, the scouts of the two teams came to observe Luol Deng and Chris Duhon.
For Roy who had just played a game, they didn't care.
Dom carefully observed Roy's warm-up performance today. He almost never missed mid-range shots on the court.
The soft touch made Dom drool more and more. The Nuggets already have Anthony. If they add Roy, the future is really promising. Of course, the premise is that Roy's ranking is not too high.
It is still uncertain based on the current situation. Roy's game data is too little. The Nuggets will not take this risk.
But Dom thinks it is worth it at the end of the first round.
On the other side of the half, Luol Deng pointed at Roy who was practicing not far away.Chris Duhon said:
"Did you see that black-haired Asian? Teach him a lesson today. I want to make him feel cruel!"
In the first half of USC, Coach Claire wrote and drew on the tactical board, arranging tactics.
McInnis, the show-off, was ready to make a move. While the coach was arranging tactics, he took the initiative to speak:
"Coach, Luol Deng and I are about the same size. Let me defend Luol Deng today."
"You?" Coach Claire began to shake his head in distrust.
"I will never forget defending Iguodala in the last game, Iguodala scored nearly 20 points in the first half. How can you make me believe that you can defend Luol Deng, who is stronger than Iguodala. "
Luol Deng was better than Iguodala in college, both in terms of statistics and performance on the court. This can be seen from the future draft pick.
The coach's blow made McGinnis lower his head, and Roy took the initiative to speak:
"Coach, let Luol Deng defend, I will help on the side."
Claire was surprised at what happened last night. The relationship between the two has improved by leaps and bounds. The coach expressed his concern.
But Roy spoke up, and he could only nod in agreement.
...
The game started soon. This time Roy took the initiative to fight for a jump ball opportunity.
Although Duke's white center is 2.18 meters tall, his bounce speed is too slow. Roy jumped up the moment the ball was thrown up and smoothly passed the ball to McGinnis.
McGinnis dribbled across half court, and Coach K's tactical arrangement was very targeted.
He used 2.06-meter Luol Deng to defend Roy.
In his opinion, the reason why the University of Arizona lost was that no one could meet the requirements of a certain height and good speed to defend Roy.
Luol Deng's conditions just met this requirement, and Luol Deng's defense was very good, which was a perfect match for Coach K's defense.
After McGinnis crossed the half court, he consciously passed the ball to Roy.
Luol Deng quickly came up to defend. His defense was solid and tough. Although his physical fitness was not as good as Roy, his strength was still better than Roy.
Roy and McGinnis played pick-and-roll at the top of the arc. McGinnis blocked Luol Deng slightly.
The two cut in at high speed, and Luol Deng blocked the position between the two.
Roy hit the ground and passed the ball to McGinnis. McGinnis pretended to layup.
Luol Deng was successfully attracted and gave up Roy. He jumped high and tried to interfere with McGinnis. The white center on the opposite side was also attracted to try to block McGinnis who broke into the penalty area.
The two joined forces. Under such strong defense, there was no chance.
McGinnis threw the ball high outside the basket and avoided the joint block of the two.
This would definitely miss three shots. Everyone saw that McGinnis was very reluctant to shoot.
Coach K, with a smile on his face, killed the twin stars of USC in the cradle in just the first round.
Coach K was not the only one smiling in the court, McGinnis was also smiling. Do you all think I shot hastily?
No, you can't guess what I'm thinking. The one who knows Roy best is often his enemy, of course McGinnis counts as half of him.
He is very aware of Roy's terrifying jumping ability and arm span.
Sure enough, Roy followed up and jumped, caught the basketball in the air with both hands, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand from a long distance through the backs of the white center and Luol Deng!
HO~
The cheers were deafening, and the unimaginable cooperation between the two was really pleasing to the eye.
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