Almighty legend life

Chapter 25 Sweet Sixteen

Every March, the NCAA in the United States will enter the most brutal and most popular tournament stage. The arrival of "March Madness" makes all the college teams in the United States that have advanced to the top 64 begin to prepare for the upcoming games.

The UCLA Bruins' poor record in the regular season dropped the team's seed ranking to fourth in the Western Conference of the NCAA Tournament. Their first opponent in the tournament was California State University, Long Beach, a school that was not yet established. 50 years of school, Bruins head coach George Krent thinks this team will not bring too much trouble to the Bruins.

The game between the Bruins and Cal State Long Beach was held at the Great Western Forum, home of the Los Angeles Lakers.When it comes to "March Madness", the influence of the NCAA actually exceeds that of the NBA. As a base for training NBA basketball talents, every NBA team is very happy to use their arenas for local college teams.

The first time Liu Han saw the Los Angeles Lakers’ home arena, the Great Western Forum, felt that the arena was not as luxurious as he had imagined. Liu Han learned from a conversation with teammate Eddie O’Bonno, When NBA stars can earn millions of dollars a year, they feel that the place where these rich guys play should be super luxurious.The Los Angeles Lakers' Great Western Forum was put into use in 1967, and they didn't move into the newly built Staples Center until four years later.

The head coach of the Bruins, George Krent, still arranged for the first few games to start. The main center, George Zidek, sat on the bench.

Liu Han started to show his strength at the beginning of the game. He hit three-pointers in the team's first three possessions and made a 9-4 start for the Bruins.The players at Long Beach are not quite used to the bombardment style of play of the Bruins. Now the popular style of play in the entire American basketball world is centered on tactics.

Liu Han was closely defended by the opponent in the next game, but this made the other players of the Bruins start to show off.The number one star of the Bruins, Eddie Aubono, scored 5 points and 14 rebounds in 5 minutes. The score became 36 to 23. The outstanding performance of the Bruins drew cheers from the audience.

The head coach of the Long Beach branch arranged for a substitute to play after the timeout, and the main center of the Bruins began to lead the team's substitutes to start their own scoring journey. At the end of the half, the Bruins once again scored more than [-] points leading edge.

LaBeouf and Safina, who were sitting in the auditorium, were also happy for Liu Han after seeing Liu Han's wonderful performance. This little rookie who was still very "tender" when he first came to their house can already make the audience The audience started to cheer.

"Hey my silly girl, do you think Han is cool on the court? Haha, I knew he was a great guy from the first time I saw him shoot a three, but I still want to see this guy dunk , I have to re-educate him well when I get home." LaBeouf said to Safina who was watching Liu Han on the bench.

"Well, I really want to see him dunk, but Dad, you can't let him dunk too much. I heard that too many dunks will affect the feeling in the hand."

"Wow, are you caring about this idiot? My sweet little idiot, I don't want another Chinese son-in-law."

"Haha, I just don't want to have to learn boxing from you after seeing his last bit of excellence being destroyed by you."

Liu Han saw LaBeouf and Safina in the stands when he first played. Li Rui and his wife were taking care of their children at home, so they couldn't come to cheer for Liu Han, but LaBeouf, who had a lovely grandson and granddaughter, thought of this At one point, two signs were specially made, with Chinese and English words written on them: Han, come on, Sergey and Lily are here.Sergey and Lily are the English names of LaBeouf's grandson and granddaughter respectively.The Chinese names of Li Rui's two children, Li Rui, plan to have the children's grandfather pick them up when they return to China when they have time.

After seeing the sign LaBeouf raised, Liu Han planned to use a more exciting performance to thank the two elves who had just come to this world.To be honest, if it weren't for the existence of these two elves, it would have taken a lot of trouble for LaBeouf to forgive Li Rui, who "abducted" his lovely eldest daughter.

Liu Han's superb shooting ability made the opponent feel afraid. When Liu Han raised the ball in his hand, the first thing the opponent's defensive players thought was that this guy was about to shoot again, so the defensive players would immediately jump up and prepare to block Liu Han shot.In the attack at the beginning of the second half, Liu Han received a pass from the main point guard Teus at the left corner. He raised the basketball in his hand immediately after receiving the ball, which made the opponent The defensive players panicked, because this yellow-skinned guy had already hit three-pointers against the defensive players' defense many times in the first half. If this guy hits this three-pointer again, the gap between the two teams will widen to [-] So when the yellow-skinned guy raised the ball again, the defensive player flew up without even thinking about it. I have to admit that the defensive player's bounce is very good, but what everyone didn't expect was that Liu Han Received the ball back, let the back dribble and rushed towards the basket, because neither the players from Long Beach nor the players from the Bruins reacted to Liu Han's unexpected move. When Liu Han dribbled the ball near the three-second zone He kicked off the ground and jumped. After coming to the United States, Liu Han's physical fitness has undergone rapid changes after he has undergone hard training and absorbed sufficient nutrition. His take-off this time is very sufficient, and the height is also sufficient.After Liu Han's right hand holding the ball reached a certain height, he slammed it in a complete circle towards the basket. This dunking action is the action Liu Han secretly learned from Eddie O'Bonno in training. This is his First dunk attempt.The audience in the audience was expecting a dunk that was enough to make the top ten shots of the month, but what was unexpected was that Liu Han actually dunked the ball. He underestimated the length of his arm and threw it at The basketball in the rim flew high into the sky after hitting the rim, and at this moment, a miraculous scene appeared, the high-flying basketball fell straight into the net while falling, swinging There are a bunch of dumbfounding faces under the net.And Liu Han tightly held his right hand with his left hand after buttoning the blue. Just now the palm really hurt, this is Liu Han's true reflection.

LaBeouf and Safina laughed together in the auditorium.

"Haha, this guy, I dare say this is definitely the first time this fool dunks in his life, but his luck is really good, haha."

George Krent, who was off the court, saw Liu Han covering his right hand at the first time, and his heart trembled suddenly. George thought Liu Han was injured, so he replaced Liu Han immediately.

Liu Han, who was replaced, was still a little confused. He thought that the head coach didn't want him to dunk, so Liu Han felt a little embarrassed when he was off the court.

"Han, how is it? Does it hurt?" Coach George arranged for the team doctor to diagnose Liu Han as soon as he left the field.

According to the team doctor's diagnosis, Liu Han's right hand was only slightly bruised, and it should have been caught by the basket.George Krent, who was relieved, did not arrange for Liu Han to play again. At this point in the game, the Bruins have basically confirmed their place in the top 32.

At the end of the game, the UCLA Bruins defeated California State University Long Beach 96-72.Liu Han only played for 26 minutes, hit all 10 shots from outside the three-point line, and scored 8 points. His efficient performance also attracted the attention of the Los Angeles media. Some media reported: NCAA surprised Chinese faces, efficient shooter hits every shot.But the Bruins most media attention is the team's number one star Eddie O'Bonno, he scored [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists in this game against the Long Beach branch. The excellent performance also made Eddie O'Bonno highly regarded by the media.

The Bruins, who had a three-day break, will also continue to welcome their next opponent, Santa Clara University, in the Great Western Forum. They won the game against Mississippi State University.

Liu Han shined in this game against Santa Clara University. Santa Clara University did have an in-depth understanding of the situation of the UCLA Bruins before, but they still underestimated Liu Han. In the team's last game, Liu Han's suspected injury and dismissal also confused the head coach of Santa Clara University.

In this game, coach George Krent did not arrange for Liu Han to start. He put Liu Han on the bench. ? Edney led the team to play and deal with the opponent's starters. Liu Han and center George Zidek led the bench.George's change of formation completely disrupted the arrangement of the head coach of Santa Clara University. Under the leadership of Liu Han and George Zidek, the Bruins' substitutes completely overwhelmed the Santa Clara University's substitutes.

The Bruins had only a slight lead in the first 10 minutes after the start of the game. The Bruins, which had returned to traditional tactics, were only weakly ahead of their opponents in terms of strength after losing the stable artillery support of Liu Han.

When Liu Han and George Zidek entered the field, the situation on the field changed. George was strong enough to crush the opponent's backup center, and Liu Han's ball-handling ability and passing skills were also good enough to deal with simple tactics. St. Taklara University's substitutes found that they had no way to limit the two players of the opposing team.If the outside line double-teams Liu Han, the inside line will be at an absolute disadvantage, and if the inside line double-teams George Zidek, the yellow man's three-pointers are terribly accurate.

Liu Han and George played the rest of the first half. In nearly 10 minutes of playing time, Liu Han hit five three-pointers, and George Zidek also scored 7 points and 4 more like a berserker. Rebounds, four of these seven rebounds are offensive rebounds.At the end of the halftime game, the Bruins once again achieved an advantage of nearly 54 points with 36 to [-].

After the start of the second half, the head coach of Santa Clara University made adjustments, but what he didn't expect was that George Crent changed the lineup in the second half to the same lineup as in the previous games. Santa Clara The University was defeated by the Bruins' fast and fierce running and bombing tactics. In less than 10 minutes in the second half, the Bruins' original 28-point advantage expanded to [-] points. Qualitative.Liu Han shot five times from the three-point line in the off-duty game, and hit four. The only one that missed was a player from Santa Clara University. Seeing that Liu Han was about to shoot a three-pointer, he directly pulled Liu Han's arm He blocked his shot, but it is a pity that Liu Han's free throws are also quite good, and he hit three free throws steadily.

In the end, Santa Clara University failed to create a miracle, and they still lost to the UCLA Bruins with a score of 96 to 82.In this way, the Bruins won the semi-finals of the Western Division of the NCAA Tournament.

Every year, the top four places in the four divisions of the NCAA tournament are called the "sweet sixteen", because the game has reached this point, each team will receive a lot of attention from the audience, the media, scouts and brokerage companies. In the United States, Such attention means that it is possible that in a not too long time, some of these teams will enter the NBA and become new millionaires.

Liu Han's excellent shooting ability has finally attracted a lot of media attention. Although Liu Han's scoring and other statistics per game are not too outstanding, just take a closer look at his nearly 64% shooting rate, which is really amazing. Moreover, Liu Han did not only take one or two shots per game. In the two games after entering the top [-], he took [-] shots from beyond the three-point line and hit [-] goals, which shows his outstanding shooting ability.

Safina also watched Liu Han's game at the Great Western Forum. The person who came with her was not LaBeouf, but her brother-in-law Li Rui.LaBeouf was reluctant to part with his two little elves who could hold his fingers, so he chose to look after the children at home.After watching Liu Han's game, Li Rui decided to find time to take Liu Han to Inglewood High School. He had to let his gang of boys experience the power of three-pointers.

After the match between Liu Han and Long Beach, Safina laughed at Liu Han's unsuccessful dunk, and then sincerely warned Liu Han not to try the more difficult dunk easily without long-term practice.Liu Han didn't know that he had qualified for the "Sweet Top [-]", but he felt that it was very sweet to have so many people who really cared about him.

(End of this chapter)