In November, the weather in Indiana turned cold, but the atmosphere at the Indiana University basketball hall was extremely hot, and the annual NIT Championship started.

As a loyal fan of the Indiana Mountains, Old Dennis has already received tickets to the game, but this time he came here not to cheer for the home team, but to watch his son Dennis Jr.'s performance.

A week ago, Dennis, the old son received a call from his son, saying that he would start in this game.

Old Dennis is not unfamiliar with this stadium. When his son was very young, his father and son often bought tickets to watch the game in this stadium.

The fans here are the craziest. Even if today's opponent is the Butler University Bulldogs in the same city, they will not give their opponent any face.

When introducing Butler University players to play, fans on both sides of the passage began to boo. Old Dennis used to do this and had been accustomed to this.

Both sides started one after another. Old Dennis really saw his son standing on the sidelines to appear, and immediately shouted twice excitedly.

Unfortunately, the sound at the scene was too loud, and Dennis could not hear his father's shouting below, but instead focused on the coach and listened to him making pre-match arrangements.

After a month of training camp performance, Matthew had high expectations for Dennis. He patted the other party’s shoulder and shouted: “Did you see the audience that these bitch have? You only have one task, just shut up!”

Dennis nodded while jumping and warming up: "Okay! Coach!"

The reason why he got the opportunity to start today is because of the defensive ability shown in training camp. Today he needs to defend the Indiana Mountains ace player DJ White.

White is a power forward with a height of 2.06 meters. He has a very strong athletic ability and an excellent finish at the basket. He was ranked at the beginning of the last round of the first round in this year's NBA draft simulation, and is a very difficult opponent.

During the NIT Championship last year, White almost beat the Bulldogs' inside line with his own strength.

The team's center Julian is not as fast as him, power forward Brandon is too tall and the substitute inside Miles was suppressed. Last year, White was simply begging in front of the three, almost scoring 30 points.

This year, Butler University head coach Matthew activated newcomer Dennis.

He has demonstrated his low post defense in training games and is the best candidate for defending White on the team.

The referee blew the whistle that the game was about to begin, and Dennis also took off his training suit and put him in the hand of Li Rong who was sitting on the bench: "Don't be discouraged, Li, you will definitely get a starting opportunity sooner or later!"

That's right, although Li Rong showed a more powerful performance in the team's training game than the team's current starting small forward John, head coach Matthew did not arrange for him to start.

Matthew thinks that Li Rong is a newcomer after all, and the running-in time with the team is still short. In addition, the team has decided to let Dennis start. If there is another newcomer in the starting lineup, I am afraid that there will be any problems when it cooperates.

It is better to put Li Rong, who has better abilities, on the bench. The Bulldogs' bench lacks a master who organizes offense. Li Rong's ability to connect teammates can be better demonstrated.

However, assistant coach Stevens felt that he should let Li Rong enter the starting lineup as soon as possible. It would be a waste to put such a comprehensive player on the bench. With his basketball IQ, there is no need to worry about the tacit understanding with his teammates.

No matter what, Li Rong missed the starting lineup in this game, but he did not show any dissatisfaction. Feng Qingyun smiled at Dennis indifferently: "Come on! Play well!"

Both sides of the game were ready and started jumping.

DJ White took the lead in diving the ball with his monster-like bounce ability, winning the Mountains a chance to attack for the first time.

The Mountains' organizational guard is a white player with relatively average physical fitness. After halftime, he honestly handed the ball to White to complete the team's first offense.

White got the ball, and Dennis' defense followed closely, and he habitually swayed.

Dennis was unmoved and just raised his arms to interfere. In the pre-match preparation, Stevens had already let him watch White's previous game video analysis. He was not threatened enough at this position, so he didn't have to worry about his jump shot.

Seeing that Dennis did not sway, White did not rush to attack, but instead staggered his legs to test Dennis' defensive footsteps.

Dennis' left hand was lightly supported by White's waist, sensing the change in his center of gravity, and preparing to adjust his defensive position at any time.

At this moment, White suddenly burst out, he slapped the ball and suddenly moved a big step to the left, then picked up the ball and started rushing into the inside.

This is White's specialty. He has good explosive power and the first step is very large. Defenders often cannot keep up with this step. As long as he is allowed to rush to the penalty area, with his terrifying physical fitness, there are not many people who can stop him.

But Dennis obviously did not suffer much in his footsteps. He followed White's pace and his body remained in front of him.

When White saw that he had not left his opponent, he was not panicked. This situation was not uncommon in the past. Usually, he could keep up with his own footsteps and his strength was definitely not as good as his. What he needed to do next was to rely on his strong body to knock the opponent away.

“DJ, DJ, DJ!”

All home spectators shouted White's name out loud because they knew that White would easily run over his opponent and rage the inside.

"Bang." The two men collided in the air, but the situation was different from the audience's expectations.

White did not rush into the inside line. After his body collided with Dennis, he slowed down and his body lost balance. This is a rare situation.

"Dudu!" The referee suddenly blew the whistle, pointed at DJ White, and gestured.

The whole audience was in an uproar.

The inside beast DJ White was actually guarded by a newcomer to the point of walking!

"Does your eyes grow on your butt? You actually blew the DJ's walk? This ball should be a blocking foul, you black whistle!..."

A crazy mountain fan was sitting behind the bench where Li Rong was. When he saw the referee blowing and immediately started to squirt.

Li Rong had no choice but to clean his ears. The fans here were so noisy.

"You idiot! You must have accepted a bribe from Butler University!..." The fans behind him were still in BB. He was not far from the referee, hoping to change this penalty.
Chapter completed!