From sparring to superstar

Chapter 51.

Li Ao wandered around the campus, alone, feeling pitiful.

They had a good chat just now, but the other three suddenly had something to do and left in a hurry.

It turned out that he bought the bill!
Fortunately, the application for the scholarship for the next academic year has been approved, ranking second in the whole department, which can cover most of next year's tuition fees.

Henry Bibby also got him a part of the basketball scholarship for this season. More than 5000 US dollars has arrived today. This year's full basketball scholarship is 16447 US dollars. Although it is less than one-third of the full amount, the mid-season scholarship There are very few places, so it is already very good to be able to pass, and it is well worth the credit of the record.

This meal he invited!
When it came to the opening ceremony in the afternoon, all three of them couldn’t come because they had something to do, and a few teammates who had the best relationship were also absent. They went to the Memorial Stadium for extra practice. Li Ao didn’t want to go at first, he wasn’t very interested in this matter, But I still went to see it by accident.

But it's quite interesting to watch, except for the headmaster Rory's long-winded speech at the beginning, the subsequent performances are all okay.

The first few shows that left the deepest impression on him were an on-campus rock band, some of whom belonged to the rugby team, and performed "We Are the Champions". It was watching a rock star perform.

Compared with the Trojan football team, the Trojan team was established earlier, and the latter was crushed into dust in terms of performance.

11 All-American Championships, 24 Rose Bowl Championships, 34 Pac10 Conference Championships...

When listening to the host introduce the history and honor of the Trojans football team, Li Ao knew why the clubs of other popular competitions in the school had more or less prepared programs, but the Trojans directly refused.

Put together with this team, they are too lazy, it can almost be said that they have no honor, and they can't afford to lose that person.

But it made his desire to win even deeper!
The following programs left an impression on Li Ao, only the 3 programs of the drama club, mainly to see who's performance.

When he saw the sexy actress performing in a tightly wrapped costume, he was very disappointed.

But the acting skills are really good. He watched Jessica for a while, and he really regarded Jessica as the heroine in the story. She has a solid foundation of lines, appropriate expressions and tone, and good body movements, unlike some second-generation stars. A bunch of small movements like having ADHD...

After watching this repertoire, he was not interested in the rest, so he ran ahead of time and went to the Memorial Stadium to practice a few sets of catching the ball, turning around and shooting.

He is very happy that CIC training has entered a new stage.

Before he developed the catch-and-turn-around shot, if he received the ball with his back to the basket, he had to turn around first, stabilize his body and then shoot. So he always stood facing the basket, and most of the catches and shots were made. It was receiving the ball from the inside and the bottom line, which restricted his mid-range shooting performance.

Now his CIC has a better chance to play!
...

The next day, Tuesday, after class in the morning, Li Ao left Los Angeles with the team for Seattle in the afternoon.

On the plane, Li Ao looked at the schedule, it was very difficult.

They started with 9 consecutive victories, which took advantage of the schedule. There were 9 home games in the first 6 games.

This means that in the second round of the schedule, they only have 3 home games.

Just like the next schedule, 3 consecutive games are away games.

I had a rest in Seattle for one night. On January 1, the Trojans came to Washington Stadium in Seattle to challenge the Cougars of Washington State University away.

The Puma team learned from the successful experience of the Huskies next door. On the basis of the Husky team's flamboyant performance, the Puma team also added shining light balls.

Those who didn't know thought it was a giant nightclub that accommodated more than 1 people.

However, the aesthetics of the person in charge of the Puma team is really inferior to that of the Husky team. In addition to being good-looking, the latter side also needs to be fleshy and lean.

On the Puma side, Li Ao has no interest in criticizing a group of ribs.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the second round of the division stage of the season between the two teams began.

After many games, the two teams played against each other for the second time, and the strength gap seemed to be even bigger.

At the beginning, the white Mamba and Trey Pagnier scored consecutively in the middle and long distances, a 12-2 start. After the Cougars called a timeout, Henry Bibby replaced Shelby Jordan with Li Ao and arranged for Li Ao A tactic aimed at scoring in the mid-range shot.

After setting up the tactics, Henry Bibby said: "We need Leo's key shots. He has a thick skin and can shoot decisively at critical moments..."

Li Ao was very happy at first. He was not happy to play the main attack against a strong team, which affected the team's offense too much.

But against the three opponents of the Cougars, Huskies and Beavers, he definitely wants to practice.

It's just that the words came out of the mouth of a middle-aged coquettish man, why are they so resonant?
This time he refrained from replying, if the middle-aged man changed his mind in anger, he would be in a big loss.

Not long after playing, Li Ao got a chance to catch and shoot from the wing.

But the Cougars made up for him quickly, because many people were calling his name when they entered the field.

The game against the Wildcats made him known to other teams in the division, and the fans of the Cougars were notoriously rebellious, even the fans of the Huskies next door were not as loyal.

The tactic allowed him to catch the ball and shoot against the defense, but he didn't, and he passed the ball to Tre Pagnier right in front of the basket.

The two towers of the Puma team are all over 210 cm tall, but their attention is on Li Ao's side, ready to grab the rebound, and Trey Pagnier catches the ball quickly and makes a throw.

"Leo's supporting experience is getting richer and richer. Henry, if his mid-range shooting performance in the last game can stabilize, we can add a style of play with his supporting as the core in our tactics... Tsk tsk, it's too fast, The progress is really too fast..." Kevin Henderson said and started to boast again.

Henry Bibby gave an "um" and did not speak.

Really fast!

In the opening game against the Bruins, Li Ao showed his talent in this regard.

In the second game against the Dukes, Henry Bibby specially arranged support tactics for Li Ao, but this kid did very badly, with more turnovers than assists. Later, he gave up temporarily and let this kid continue to work as a coolie. What to do when deciding to respond, focusing on a barbaric growth.

But in less than two months, this kid can take on the important task of tactical transfer!

Although the ball just now was mainly because the Puma players were easily distracted, but the awareness and courage are not something that can be possessed by weak opponents.

Off the court, he thought 'I'm going to play tonight', but Li Ao played very calmly after playing.

半场打了11分钟后，他被换下，一边擦汗一边看着大屏幕上的数据，3分1板4助攻1抢断1失误……他猛地惊醒。

Where's my shot!
In 11 minutes, he made two shots, 2 of 1, and a tip-up to 2 of 1 free throws. After playing for more than ten minutes, he didn't make any other shots!

In the second half, his playing time was reduced. He played 7 minutes and made a few throws. As a result, he scored more free throws than field goals. He walked to the free throw line for 4 consecutive rounds and scored 8 of 7 free throws.

Seeing this, Henry Bibby replaced him while the ball was dead, and the opponent's movements became bigger and bigger.

He wasn't worried that the kid would suffer, but that he couldn't control his temper.

For the fourth consecutive foul, the kid had already hugged the ball and swung his elbow, almost hitting the opponent's head, and was warned by the referee.

The Cougars defended this way because of what happened to the Huskies the last time the Trojans played the Huskies.

Washington's puppies and kittens don't wear the same pair of pants, but the Cougars are worried that Li Ao will perform well, and their cheerleaders will also be hooked and run away.

They use the cheerleaders to attack the fans, which is the successful experience they learned from the Huskies.

李敖打了18分钟，3投1中，外加10中8的罚球，拿到10分2板4助攻2抢断。

晚上8点41分，比赛结束，靠着格兰维尔的8分11助攻、白曼巴的23分、特雷帕格尼尔的17分，特洛伊人队以92比61大胜美洲狮队，主客场双杀对手！

Everyone thought that Li Ao would lose control of his temper, but his action was to scare the opponent deliberately, and he didn't move towards the opponent's head at all. He also noticed that the opponent's movements were getting bigger and bigger, so he wanted to use this to frighten the opponent.

As a result, the middle-aged Sao Nan was too sensitive and got him down.

He is more happy than anyone else to easily score in double figures.

But the happiest thing is to start with 10 consecutive victories!Continue to refresh the winning streak in team history!

Double Kill the Cougars, the task of 'Double Kill', rewarded with 500 achievement points!
...

The next day, Thursday, Li Ao followed the Trojans back to Los Angeles early in the morning and went to class in the afternoon.

The study time lost by going to the away game is still limited to only two days.

On Saturday, Li Ao came to Portland with the team. After a night's rest, he came to the Crater Stadium to challenge the Oregon State University Beavers men's team.

Among the bottom three teams, the Beavers are much stronger than the Pumas.

Compared with the last time the two teams played against each other, the Beaver Men's Team has made significant progress.

Brian Jackson, a well-developed freshman who is more attuned to the college game, has a more developed frame than anyone else, and he takes advantage of it better.

Focusing on his strong attacking point, the Beaver Men's team has a record of only 3 wins and 7 losses, but it always gives opponents a headache.

He plays hard!Very hard!

But the Trojans have improved even more than that match!

The Beaver Boys team played very well tonight. They, sitting at home, broke out collectively amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene.

But the Trojans relied on their strong offensive and defensive performance to firmly suppress the Beavers.

In the middle of the second half, Bai Mamba and Li Ao fired continuously at medium and long distances. Granville delivered shells steadily and played a wave of 13 to 7, making the score 77 to 70. The lead came to 7 points and the victory was established.

最终，靠着白曼巴的17分、李敖的14分、格兰维尔的13分10助攻、布鲁森塔尔的15分，特洛伊人队以85比79稳稳击败海狸男子队，拿下11连胜！

“宿主已帮助球队击败海狸男子队，数据：14分3板3助攻1抢断2盖帽，奖励：175成就点。”

"Double kill:

The host helped the team double kill the Beaver Boys. Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 500 achievement points. "

Seeing that 4160 achievement points have been achieved, Li Ao is very excited.

The achievement points of 'Dark Horse Rush' have also accumulated to 5500 points, just a few hundred points away from breaking ten thousand!
...

On Monday morning on the 17th, Li Ao returned to Los Angeles with the team, had lunch with the coaching staff, then went to the Memorial Stadium to train until 4 pm, and returned to the apartment with a few videos.

The first two games with 3 consecutive away, the overall is relatively easy.

But the last game was different.

The opponent is the Bruins from the same city!
The video he got back to the apartment was a video clip of the Bruins' first 11 games this season.

The good news is that they have a better record, 11 wins and 0 losses. The Bruins have 7 wins and 4 losses. The record gap is huge.

And this game doesn't have to catch a plane to another city.

But it was playing at the home court of the Bruins.

As the Lakers of UCLA, the Bruins and the Lakers are very different. The players of the Bruins are extremely proud, but their home atmosphere is not as loose as the Lakers, but extremely fanatical!
Such a fanatical home atmosphere is bound to be more beneficial to the Bruins.

The current home atmosphere of the Trojans is also extremely frenzied. When they returned from the holidays to play against the Cardinals for the first time, Li Ao felt the urge to 'lose rather than die'. exaggerate.

After taking a shower, Li Ao came to the living room of the courtyard assistant's aunt's house to watch video clips on the big color TV.

Seriously, time passed quickly, approaching 6:[-] in the evening, the door opened.

"Put it here...thank you..."

Vivian paid the money and sent away the two delivery masters.

Li Ao looked at the several big boxes that stuffed such a big entrance so that people could only walk in sideways, and asked suspiciously: "These are all vegetables? Is it the end of the world or a biochemical crisis?"

Vivian gave Li Ao a blank look: "What are you thinking about every day, the food is here, of course you have to buy fresh food every day, these are the support uniforms of our department!"

"Support uniform?"

"That's right! Before the holiday last semester, we defeated the Wildcats and won 8 consecutive victories. The students in the whole department were crazy. The student union suggested that we customize a uniform to cheer for you! Today, I finally finished everything. I let They brought it over."

The world is changing so fast, it's only been a few months, and Li, who is hated by the people in the department, is now the object of everyone's support?

But he still felt distressed: "Cheer, just cheer, why are you wasting this money buying these things?"

"I'm stupid, I paid for it, the college paid for it." Vivien puffed up her mouth after speaking.

"Oh...but I have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"They came to our apartment to get these things?"

"No, I will bring them to the school to distribute tomorrow morning. I will also send the light signs that I ordered tomorrow morning. I will rent a car and deliver them together. The light signs are convenient. Our school team's light signs are always ordered by fans and there are a lot of them in stock."

"Then why don't you let them deliver directly to school tomorrow?"

(⊙_⊙)
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ヽ(#`Д)

Vivienne's expression changed three times, and finally said angrily: "I want to check whether these clothes are good or bad, of course I have to send them to my house, do I have to finish the inspection at school before coming back? You are not afraid that I will meet you at that late What danger?"

Li Ao: ┗(∧｀)┛

(End of this chapter)