When pride still matters

Chapter 7 Frye is the top high school student in the United States

The next day, the four-day Nike Regional Invitational Tournament officially began.

The format of the official game is very interesting. Each game is divided into two halves, with each half lasting 10 minutes. On average, each team plays two games a day.

Due to the limited time of the event and the large number of participating teams, in order to take care of each team, the organizer introduced such rules.

This kind of rule is really suitable for Yu Fei, whose physical strength is not yet able to withstand the rigors of two full games in one day.

Before the start of today's game, Hank Selvan has already got the roster of two opponents.

Although it is an official competition, due to the large number of participating teams, the level of each team is uneven. The two opponents of the Royal Team today include one weak team, while the other team is recognized as a tough opponent in this invitational tournament. .

A team that features two of the state's top high school seniors - Cheeseburger.

Yu Fei felt that calling them Cheese Snow Leopard would make the show more effective.

The Cheeseburger team has Chris Hill PG, the leading point guard in the Seattle area, and Michael Fey C, one of the top [-] high school students in the United States.

Let's not mention Hill for the moment. Although he is one of the top [-] high school students in the United States, it only occupies the top spot.

Because he happens to be ranked No. 1 in the United States.
For example, Jeffrey Day, who was just manipulated by Yu Fei yesterday, is ranked 88th among the high school students in the United States. It stands to reason that Yu Fei, who easily defeated Dai, should also easily defeat Fei.

But Selwan thinks it's not that simple, because Fei is seven feet tall and is Yu Fei's first seven-foot opponent since his debut.

The reason why he is not ranked high is because scouts believe that a giant like Fei who lacks speed cannot survive in a higher level of competition, and his immediate combat ability is at the level of top high school students.

On the contrary, Yu Fei was so worried, because it was not difficult to deal with the stupid big man, but the man who was known as Seattle's number one point guard was a bit difficult to deal with.

If Yu Fei blows up the fee on the inside, but is completely blown away by Hill on the outside, then the game will be hard to predict.

As a result, Selvan said: "Don't worry, Chris Hill is a traditional point guard, and single-line assault is not his strong point."

Yu Fei is short-sighted and doesn't know what a traditional point guard is, but he knows how this kind of point guard who can't attack plays. There are so many in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team that one word is stable and two words are rules.

The opponent knows almost everything, and the Royals' first game of the day begins.

According to the pre-game arrangement, Yu Fei very deliberately conserved his energy in the first game.

In the second half, they basically took a walk. In positional battles, they only played pick-and-rolls on the outside. They basically didn't take the ball, leaving it to Bobby Jonas and others.

In terms of positional battles, the Royal team's success rate is not as good as its opponents, which makes the professionals who were amazed by Fei yesterday a little disappointed.

They began to suspect that Yu Fei was a jumping man who couldn't attack at all.

However, they have not forgotten how Yu Fei blocked Jeffrey Day yesterday, turned around with the ball, shook off the defender, and rushed to the frontcourt to complete a windmill dunk.

Yu Fei has such skills, why not show them off?
This game gave them no answers.

Yu Fei walked and scored 4 points, 13 rebounds and 7 blocks. The Royals relied on their impenetrable interior defense and efficient defensive counterattack to win.

After a two-hour break, they will face their second opponent today - Cheeseburger.

During the two-hour break, Yu Fei finally met Brandon Roy, the number one high school student in Seattle whom Selvan said.

Roy's team was made up of five players from Garfield High School, so they named their team the Fab Five.

Yu Fei watched the Five Tigers' football for a while and felt that they should be the strongest team in the invitational tournament.

The five people in the team are unmatched by other teams in terms of strength and tacit understanding.

Roy is undoubtedly the best among them. Although he seems not as comprehensive as he later learned, as a high school student, his style of play is already very mature.

Watching the Five Tigers beating their opponents to the limit, Yu Fei felt the pressure. It didn't look easy to win the MVP of this invitational tournament.

After another rest, Yu Fei returned to his teammates and prepared seriously for the second game of the day.

During the warm-up period, Yu Fei has been practicing mid-range shots.

In his previous life, his shooting was at a mixed level. In this life, it has been less than half a year. He needs to practice too much. The basics of inside and physical fitness are top priorities. Shooting, which can be improved slowly, has been left behind. .

Yu Fei feels that the big man calling Fei will not easily leave the penalty area to prevent his shooting. Therefore, using the pre-game warm-up to find the shooting touch as much as possible will help his game.Unfortunately, he didn't find the touch.This means that he needs to rely more on speed and rhythm when challenging the fee, as well as throws designed to deal with big men before crossing.

Before the game started, Selvain specifically did not let the Royals' top scorer Quinn Thomas enter the starting lineup.

Although she is a female player, Quinn has used two days of competition to prove that she is not inferior to men. Although the confrontation is difficult, she can fly inside to protect the basket. She only needs to shoot three-pointers, and she completes this job very well.

In this game, Selwan changed his strategy. In addition to Anthony Lawson, who had been partnering with Yu Fei, he also replaced him with Mohammed Healy, a short inside man who was at the same level as Yu Fei.

Without the addition of Yu Fei, Healy and Lawson should have become the inside starters for the new Royals.

However, this pair of inside starters who are both under two meters tall are not competitive.

Fortunately, Selvan no longer has to worry about the team's height issue.

Letting Healy start is to allow Yu Fei to fully demonstrate his talent in front of the professionals on site.

Yu Fei started as a small forward for the first time in the invitational tournament.Since the Royals and Cheeseburgers were one of the last games of the day, there were three more high-profile prospects on the field, so they received the most attention in the game.

In addition to professionals from the university and media world, there are also team members who have finished playing.

Before the game even started, Michael Fee laughed at Lawson, who was about to jump the ball with him, "What did I see? It's just a shrimp using a mantis as a car. Where is the Chinese guy who claims to have beaten Jeffrey Day?" Doesn’t he dare to confront me?”

"You!" Lawson was anxious, and his big nostrils were about to spit out steam.

The referee signaled both sides to prohibit communication at this time.

On the jump ball, Fee easily won the ball for his team.

Subsequently, Chris Hill, recognized as Seattle's chief point guard, called a pick-and-roll to break through Bobby Jonas's defense. He was definitely not fast, but at 1.9 meters tall, he was definitely a giant in high school basketball. He directly gave Fei hit a high ball.

Fei pushed Lawson hard and dunked violently. When he landed, he pulled the rim provocatively and roared loudly: "You want to use a mantis as a car? Ha!"

Fei's inside dominance caused a lot of discussion at the scene.

Brandon Roy's companions lamented: "That bastard played too easily in the inside. I don't think the Royals can stop him. That Fulai didn't even dare to enter the inside. What a lost star in Washington State. I It looks like the media people are bragging!”

Several other people echoed, but Roy remained silent.

Because he saw something unusual.

That "Fu Lai" actually asked for the ball from the backcourt and carried it to the frontcourt himself.

Now, the Cheeseburgers didn't know who to guard.

Fei's speed is not suitable for leaving the penalty area, and the others are not tall enough.

Chris Hill made his own judgment. He believed that Yu Fei was putting on a show and wanted to take the opportunity to promote himself. In fact, he did not have such a good dribbling ability.

As a result, Hill suddenly stepped forward to press Yu Fei as he passed the half court.

However, Yu Fei maturely chose to use his back to withstand his defense, then made a beautiful turn and dribble, got rid of Hill, went straight into the three-point line, and passed Michael Fei's goal with a throw in the paint area. Wuzhishan, hit the board and score.

Seeing the unexpected expression on Fei's face, Yu Fei laughed and said: "A mantis' arm is used as a cart? Hee!"

When returning to defense, Yu Fei said to Lawson: "Tony, you have to buy me some time, otherwise I won't be able to help you defend!"

Lawson responded: "I'll try my best!"

It is indeed difficult for Lawson, whose bare feet are only 1.9 meters six, to pay for defense, but this is also Selvan's trade-off, because if Yu Fei is allowed to defend, it will cost too much for him.

It can be seen from the statistics that after getting the ball, Fei will only attack the basket and has no coordination ability.

Therefore, it is best to have one person act as a sandbag and Yu Fei help defend from the flanks.

After that, Sakuragi Hanamichi's single-handed defense against Ogawada's ultra-low center of gravity defense became a reality in Yu Fei's eyes.

In order to buy Yu Fei time to help defend, Lawson lowered his waist and pushed hard, literally risking his life.

It makes sense.

For Fei, offense is no longer as simple as catching the ball, hitting the ball, turning around and dunking.

His offense was delayed. When he picked up the ball again, Yu Fei's defense had arrived. Under the double-team, Fei's pass made a mistake.

Bobby Jonas fought back.

After that, Yu Fei discovered that Fei was not good at dealing with the shortcomings of forward defense, so he asked Lawson to move forward. Hill took the risk of lobbing the ball, but was intercepted by Yu Fei.

When Fei finally caught the ball and sat down away from Lawson, preparing to dunk hard to vent his anger, Yu Fei had already returned to the basket, jumped up on one foot, and jumped nearly one meter in the air, hitting Fei with a slap. The ball in his hand went out of bounds, and cheers erupted like a tsunami.

Fei, who was knocked to the ground by a man with the ball, looked for the ball's position uneasily, only to see Yu Fei walking to the ball, grabbing it with one hand, and taunting in a low voice: "There is a reason why you are ranked No. 1 in the United States. , Jeffrey Day is already on the way to undergo gender reassignment surgery, do you want to go with him?"

Because of Yu Fei's insulting trash talk, he got a T from the referee.

Moreover, the referee warned that if he violates it again, he will be expelled from the game.

But this T had no impact on the situation.

Michael Fee was completely devastated.

His teammate, Chris Hill, who is known as Seattle's number one point guard, tried to use his personal ability to save the situation, but as Selvan said, he is a pure point guard and does not have the ability to switch to unparalleled mode and carry alone.

Yu Fei showed another form of him in this game.

When he has the ball, he's completely different. He's a different level of player.

"Washington State's top player?"

A sports reporter at the scene thought for a while and crossed out the line and wrote in his notebook: "Fry is the top high school student in the United States."

(End of this chapter)