In the first game of the new season, the Cavaliers faced the Duke Blue Devils, a traditional NCAA team.

Although Duke has trained dozens of NBA players in history and is coached by legendary coach Old K, Duke University's performance has been dismal in recent seasons and it lacks talented players.

The biggest name in the Duke Blue Devils right now is probably their head coach.

Under the leadership of Zhao Qiang, the Cavaliers were able to crush the Duke Blue Devils with a score difference of 20 points and win the first game of the new season.

After experiencing the baptism of the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament last season, the players of the Cavaliers have completed a mental transformation this season. They can no longer feel excited about winning against the Duke Blue Devils who are in their trough.

Everyone has already turned their attention to the next game against Wake Forest University. Last season, led by Tim Duncan, Wake Forest University defeated the Cavaliers strongly.

At this moment, all the Cavalry players want to avenge last season's defeat. They believe they can defeat Wake Forest University.

In order to prepare for this game, head coach Anzo and his coaching team stayed up two nights, watching three years of Duncan's college game tapes, hoping to find a way to contain Duncan.

The Wake Forest University team has been able to become a seed team in the NCAA tournament for three consecutive years, all because of Duncan's strong performance.

Now a senior, Duncan has a more sophisticated style of play, and compared to his freshman year, all skills have been significantly improved.

It can be said that Duncan's participation in NCAA games was a complete dimensionality reduction attack.

Anzo's biggest headache is that last season the Cavaliers had a dark and tough center like Ben, who could withstand Duncan's inside attack, but this season the team obviously does not have such a meat shield center.

Should Maggette be asked to defend Duncan...

Although the game situation is not optimistic, Anzo understands that if the Cavaliers want to compete for the NCAA championship this season, Wake Forest University must overcome the mountain.

Last season, the Cavaliers reached the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament for the first time, which has completely aroused the appetite of teachers and students throughout the school.

This season, everyone at the school is obviously looking forward to the team winning the championship, bringing the University of Virginia its first sports championship trophy in school history, and ending the embarrassing record of 88 years without any sports championship.

In order to allow the Cavalry players to train with peace of mind, the school gave them the green light for the first time in the subject examination. Each player was provided with an independent air-conditioned dormitory, the food was upgraded to a higher standard, the training ground and equipment were renovated during the summer vacation, etc.

A series of preferential measures.

It can be said that in the next half year or so, the most important thing for the University of Virginia is to escort the Cavaliers in the game and strive to win the NCAA championship.

The reason why the school's senior leaders are so confident is that they made it to the top four of the tournament last year for the first time, and the core of the team, Zhao Qiang, has evolved again.

Nowadays, on major lists, Zhao Qiang is already the number one favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 1997 NBA draft, and his odds have surpassed Tim Duncan, ranking first.

Now, everything is ready and all they need is east wind. The Cavaliers urgently need to defeat Wake Forest University to prove their strength.

Three days later, the Virginia Cavalry faced the powerful rival Wake Forest Demon Deacons at home.

Before the game started, Zhao Qiang and Duncan exchanged greetings and briefly said hello.

In his previous life, Zhao Qiang still liked Duncan, a low-key superstar, who had played conscientiously for the Spurs throughout his career.

While in college, Duncan also stayed there for four years and entered the NBA draft after four years of college. This is still very rare among NBA stars.

Zhao Qiang clearly remembered that Duncan averaged 20.8 points, 14.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game during his senior year, dominating the NCAA arena, and eventually Wake Forest University retired Duncan's No. 21 jersey.

The spirit of "one person, one city" is vividly reflected in Duncan.

Just like Zhao Qiang has fans in away games, Duncan, as a star player in the NCAA, also has warm cheers in away games.

Because of the direct dialogue between Zhao Qiang and Duncan, the two top picks, this game was also broadcast live across the United States, attracting a large number of fans to watch this game.

With the referee's whistle, this focus battle officially begins!

Facing Duncan's challenge for the ball, Maggette could only watch the ball and sigh, without any chance of winning.

Wake Forest won the first possession of the opening possession.

The point guard of the Wake Forest University team is a small guard, Tiny, who is only 183cm tall.

Apart from being the same height, Tiny and his future star younger brother, Chris Paul, were completely different in their other basketball achievements.

However, Tiny's personal ability is still quite satisfactory in college competitions.

In the first attack at the beginning, Tiny naturally handed it over to the team boss Duncan to complete the attack.

Duncan ran to the arc of the center circle and made a hand-off screen. Tiny handed the basketball to Duncan.

Fearing Duncan's mid-range shot, Maggette had no choice but to follow Duncan to the free throw line area to defend.

Throughout his NBA career, Duncan has hit more than 40% of his mid-range shots. He can be said to be a mid-range master.

Seeing Maggette's close defense, Duncan immediately made a fake shot. When Maggette defended, he immediately dribbled to the left to break through, and then took a long three-step layup. After reaching the basket, he immediately

A one-handed tomahawk chop!

Throughout his career, Duncan has always given people the impression of being a floor player, especially the famous in-situ windmill dunk animation which deepened the stereotype of a floor player.

In fact, in the early days of his career, Duncan played extremely violently. You should know that he was nicknamed "Flying Devil" in college.

Although the nickname was originally for Wake Forest University...

Duncan's domineering dunk in the opening game instantly ignited some fans at the University of Virginia's home court.

Although Zhao Qiang is currently a popular star, Duncan's performance in the past three years has been so strong that he has naturally gained a lot of fans.

There are also Duncan fans at the University of Virginia.

Switching offense, Djokovic controlled the ball and advanced past half court. Facing the fast-footed defense of the little Tiny, he seemed a little uncomfortable.

So in the next second, Xiaode immediately passed the basketball to Zhao Qiang at the top of the weak side arc.

After Zhao Qiang received the basketball, he did not rush to attack, but passed the basketball to the big black dragon inside.

In this game, Zhao Qiang's strategy is to let his teammates warm up and get in shape first.

Through last year's game, he deeply realized that he could not defeat the Wake Forest University team by himself, so Zhao Qiang must have helpers.

After all, basketball is a sport for five people.

The big black dragon turned around and shook off the defender, trying to easily score by licking the basket.

But in an instant, Duncan's defense was in place, leaping high, and directly slapped the big black dragon's layup away!
Chapter completed!