Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Chapter 490 Welcome to the championship!

"Zhuang, why don't you take a rest?"

In the training gym, Anderson shouted to Zhuang Yu.

Today's daily training has ended. It's time for additional training, and Anderson is also participating. However, he is recovering from his back injury. He has not trained in the past few days, and his intensity cannot keep up.

"You should take a rest." Zhuang Yu said, "Just let Lamb pass the ball to me."

"Okay then." Anderson walked to the sidelines and replaced him with Lamb who stood under the basket and passed the ball to Zhuang Yu.

During Zhuang Yu's extra practice these days, it was Lamb who passed the ball to him.

I saw Lamb pass a cross ball to Zhuang Yu. After receiving the ball, Zhuang Yu made a shooting fake, then took a step to the left, and then suddenly pulled forward.

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It's still a very abrupt, extremely fast pull-up, similar to Westbrook's "zombie jumper", but not exactly the same.

With a "swish" sound, the basketball fell into the net...

After making a hundred shots in a row, Zhuang Yu gasped and looked at Anderson. Anderson reported the hit rate: "92, % hit rate." He was a little surprised, because Zhuang Yu's performance in the past few days The shooting percentages are basically above %.

I remember that before the finals, Zhuang Yu's shooting percentage was only over 80%, just close to 90%. Now it has stabilized at over 90%.

Anderson clicked his tongue repeatedly: "Your progress is too fast. Is this a genius? It's only been a while, but your technique is already so stable."

Lamb said with a smile: "I think this can be a killer move for Zhuang. The shot is so fast that it is impossible for ordinary people to block the shot."

In response, Zhuang Yu just smiled.

It was true that he was making rapid progress, but he was used to it. He learned everything very quickly.

"Let's stop here today. We'll leave tomorrow." Zhuang Yu came to the sidelines and sat down next to Anderson.

At the mention of tomorrow, Anderson and Lamb were both in high spirits, their eyes shining with excitement and anticipation.

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Tomorrow they will set off for their first tournament.

But it's not a formal match, but a play-off.

There are a total of 68 teams entering the championship, including league championship teams and invited teams. These 68 teams will be divided into four districts, namely the East District, the West District, the South District, and the Central and Western District, with 17 teams in each district. teams and ranked by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee.

The 17 teams will be listed as the No. 1 seed, the No. 2 seed, the No. 3 seed, and so on, ending with the No. 17 seed.

Before the official knockout rounds, there will be a play-off match in each division, that is, the No. 16 seed vs. the No. 17 seed. The winner enters the official knockout round and the loser is eliminated.

After the play-offs are over, the sixteen teams in each district will compete according to the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 16 seed, the No. 2 seed vs. the No. 15 seed, and the No. 3 seed vs. the No. 14 seed... with such a matchup rule. Let's compete, 16 will advance to 8, 8 will advance to 4, 4 will advance to 2, and finally the division champion will be determined.

The champion teams of the four divisions are the "Final Four", and the championship will be competed by these four teams to determine the championship.

It is not difficult to see from this that the entire tournament has many teams, many games, and a very compact schedule. At the same time, because it is a knockout tournament, the games are often very intense. It has always been famous for its many highlights and difficult to predict the results.

UCLA is in the Southern District and entered the tournament with an "invitation" quota, but its seeding sequence is not high and it is ranked 16th in the Southern District, which is the 16th seed.

Therefore, they need to play a play-in game with the No. 17 seed, Winthrop University, before the winner can enter the official game.

"Let's go."

After resting for a few minutes, Zhuang Yu stood up: "Go back and rest early to prepare for the play-offs. I don't want to be eliminated in the play-offs."

"rest assured."

"Definitely not."

Anderson and Lamb responded with a smile.

......

The next day, the Bruins hit the road and headed to Dayton, Ohio.

Their playoff game with Winthrop University will be played in Dayton, while subsequent championship games will be held in other cities.

After a long journey, Zhuang Yu and others came to Dayton. As soon as they arrived, Zhuang Yu received a call from Westbrook.

The two exchanged contact information after the last Pac-12 Conference finals.

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Westbrook told Zhuang Yu that he would come to the scene to cheer them on, and with him would be Kevin Love, two good brothers from UCLA.

This is of course good news. The help of the two seniors will definitely make the Bruins players more motivated.

After a day of rest, UCLA ushered in the playoffs.

......

Dayton, University of Delaware Arena.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, the auditorium was already packed. Even though this was only a play-off match, it still attracted the attention of many fans. Many fans even came from far away places to cheer for their favorite team.

For example, UCLA students, fans who like the UCLA Bruins, and some UCLA alumni, among whom Westbrook and Love are the most eye-catching.

The arrival of the two men caused a commotion at the scene.

"Westbrook and Love actually came together." Harvey was sitting in the audience, feeling a little surprised. It was not easy for these two people to appear together.

Durant didn't come today.

Then, Harvey glanced at the audience again. He was searching for his colleagues, and soon saw a few familiar people, including Mitchell and Sadro.

In addition, there are some who are not familiar with him, but they are also scouts, and some are from other NBA teams and teams in the sub-league.

He even saw a scout from a European team.

"These Europeans have such a keen sense of smell that they actually came here." Harvey frowned secretly and decided to talk to his supervisor when he returned.

......

After a while, players from both sides appeared.

When the players from both sides came on stage, the audience suddenly became noisy, with all kinds of screams, cheers, boos, abuses, and provocations coming and going.

Zhuang Yu, Anderson, Lamb and others walked out of the players' tunnel. Listening to the overwhelming sound and seeing the boiling scene in the audience, the three of them were a little surprised.

"Is this a championship?" Anderson's eyes lit up.

"The atmosphere is so lively and there are so many fans." Lamb was a little nervous. There were many more fans today than in previous league games.

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Even in the Pac-12 Conference finals, the atmosphere was not as exaggerated as it is today. There is still a big gap between the conference game and the championship, even if it is just a play-off.

Zhuang Yu glanced at the stadium, his eyes swept over the audience, and he felt a little excited. Is this a championship? He felt that his blood began to boil.

Soon, he saw Westbrook and Love.

"Russell." Zhuang Yu took the initiative to step forward and hug Westbrook.

Westbrook was very happy. He patted Zhuang Yu on the back and said, "Congratulations on winning the Best Defensive Player, Best Rookie, and Best Sixth Man awards. I'm a little envious of you. I was at UCLA back then. I wasn’t as good as you when I was there.”

"Thank you." Zhuang Yu thanked him and looked at Le Fu.