069 Consider your opponent for the next round
A post-match press conference for the Trojans and Spartans is about to be held in the Minnesota Circular Stadium.
More than 30 media outlets on site, most of them were for the Spartans.
Because the Spartans are highly expected this year, their lineup is balanced in all positions, with strong offensive and defensive resilience. The regular season teams are behind and reversed many times, and the weak teams have established their winning advantage early.
Many well-known analysts such as Bill Simmons believe that they will win the Crazy Three Trophy again, and ESPN's pre-match prediction was 20-1, but the result was a big defeat and ended in the second round, which was really surprising.
Although there are dozens of dark horse cases in Crazy Three, Spartan fans are very dissatisfied because the game started to fall one side after Drummond Green left the court. They believe that Li Zhe has been deliberately angering Green from the pre-match to the official game, completely destroying the rules of the game and the spirit of college basketball. Victory is not a fight.
Many neutral fans followed suit and left messages in various ways in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other places where speech can be spread freely, resulting in the word "viral victory" spreading quickly.
Never had that second round of the Crazy Three Championships received so much attention. The reporters on the scene were ready to ask all kinds of sharp questions, dig deep into the whole story, and make a big news.
"Here, come, get ready!" A shout suddenly sounded at the scene.
Everyone turned their heads when they heard the sound and saw Tim leading the way. Li Zhe and DeRozan followed closely and were walking into the press conference.
Tim stopped from time to time and turned around to chat. The three of them were talking and laughing, as if they were celebrating the victory of the game.
The three of them walked up to the podium, and the sound of taking photos rang out. Before they could sit down, the reporter at the scene had raised his right hand high.
Seeing this, Tim smiled and shook his head, sat down steadily and rolled up his cuffs: "Don't worry, we have a lot of time to come one by one. ESPN will ask first, but before asking the question, I want to know about 20 to 1."
The beautiful EPSN reporter stood up and quickly smirked in a professional style on his face: "I don't know about that, I want to ask you to talk about your views on the word viral victory first."
"I've only heard of virality. What does viral victory mean?" Tim said as he twisted the Gatorade bottle cap.
"Our TV station has detailed statistics. In this game, Jamie Lee took the ball for 14 minutes and 25 seconds, ranking first in the last ten years of Crazy Three, and..."
"Sorry, I'm going to interrupt you, is there anything wrong with this?" Tim stopped twisting the bottle cap.
"Many fans believe that this is extremely damaging the essence of college basketball games. The originally team-based sports have become an ugly star performance. Even if they win, it is a viral victory, which has a great hindrance to the continuation and spread of college basketball spirit."
Tim finally unscrewed the cap, and he did not answer directly, but turned to look at DeRozan, "Demar, do you mind Jamie's too much possession? What will happen to you when you recall this game many years later?"
Hearing this, DeRozan smiled, turned his head to look at Li Zhe, shrugging slightly, "As long as you can win, everything is not a problem, and Jamie is not always singles. He has 11 assists in total, and there are many key transfers. I scored 18 points, and the others scored a total of 22 points. This is what we will recall repeatedly in the future. Who cares about how many more balls will be used?"
After DeRozan finished speaking, Li Zhe raised his hand and slapped him to celebrate, and Tim raised his head and drank Gatorade.
With such an answer, ESPN's beautiful reporter couldn't ask, so he immediately changed his mind.
"Jamie, can you talk about the grudge between you and Drummond Green? You guys..."
Before the reporter could finish his words, Li Zhe waved his hands repeatedly, "There is no grudge between Green and I, don't talk nonsense."
"What's the matter with you mocking each other on Twitter?"
"I just can't stand him, just tell the truth." Li Zhe curled his lips and shook his head.
"There are many fans who think you did that on purpose, do you want to explain it?"
"No need to explain, just trash talk, just like Jordan told Malone that 'the postman won't go to work on Sunday'. Green was too excited. If he learned a lesson from this defeat, he might have avoided being used in many important games, such as the Finals, and would not leave any greater regrets."
These words made the reporters on the scene confusing, which seemed very ridiculous, but it seemed to make some sense.
The beautiful ESPN reporter sat down angrily, Tim put down Gatorade and raised his hand to point to the front row on the right.
Seeing this, the handsome TNT reporter stood up quickly, "Demar, Coach Tom Zoe praised you as the real cornerstone of the Trojans. He does not usually show his abilities and roles to the outside world, but he will definitely be able to stand up at critical moments. What do you think?"
After the words came to an end, Tim frowned instantly, DeRozan shook his head slightly, and Li Zhe wanted to laugh a little.
Is this a matter of elimination?
Want to provoke internal strife?
"Thanks for his praise, he is a very professional knowledge and excellent historical record..."
DeRozan talked a lot of scenes, which lasted for about two minutes. He heard the reporter yawning, and then the topic suddenly changed, "But I have to say that Jamie is as important as me, so is Hackett, and Marcus, Gibson, Vucevic..."
Seeing that he began to broadcast his teammates' names one by one, from the starter to the substitute, and even the sparring players, the reporter at the scene was confused, but it was difficult to interrupt him, so he could only continue to listen patiently.
Li Zhe and Tim were also a little surprised. They had never said so many things at once.
"Finally, I must say that Jamie took too much blame some time ago. Every player in the ball has bad shape. I often make 4 of 15 shots, and he also encounters many double-teams. The media and fans should not blame him. He is the most competitive player I have ever seen. He will study opponent videos before every game."
The speech came to an abrupt end. The handsome TNT reporter did not react. He was still nodding mechanically and smiling and pretending to listen. He waited until other reporters deliberately coughed and reminded him that he suddenly came to his senses.
"Ah? You finished speaking?"
DeRozan nodded silently, instantly regained his taciturn mode, and burst into laughter on the spot.
Tim held his forehead and raised his hand to point to the middle row on the left. Uncle FOX reporter quickly got up.
"Jamie, your next opponent is the winner of Kansas and Dayton, which team do you want to play more?"
As soon as he said this, the reporter at the scene looked excited and could not hide his excitement before. After all, it was the same problem that interviewed Li Zhe and Green mocked each other. This time it is likely another big news.
Li Zhe lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, "Kansas or Dayton, it's the same for us, even Louisville and Utah, it's hard for them to threaten us. The victory over Michigan State is our biggest opponent in the Midwest."
Hearing this, the reporter's eyes were straight.
Just process these words and can make many fans misunderstand it as "looking down on their opponents" and can easily make big news!
"Why is Michigan State posing the greatest threat to you?" FOX reporter asked.
Li Zhe had not answered yet, and Tim patted him on the shoulder and whispered to remind him not to speak too arrogantly.
Li Zhe nodded, "Their skills are very efficient and they are very strong in all aspects. If they don't meet us, they are very likely to reach the finals. Teams such as Kansas have more or less flaws..."
"So you are already considering your opponent in the next round?"
Chapter completed!