Chapter 17 The young version of Stephen Curry

When faced with a girl's choice question, be sure not to answer easily.

Annie is Li Ze's close sister who has been with him since he was questioned during his freshman year.

Britney is the cute sweet girl who pursued him fiercely when she first entered college.

For this kind of life-threatening question, Li Ze directly talked to Xini and started to pretend to be stupid. After all, they are not very young now, and time will sometimes give you the answer slowly.

"Actually, I still prefer Helena and Montana, after all, I grew up there."

Seeing that the two of them wanted to ask more questions, Li Ze immediately changed the subject.

"Britney, didn't you say you want to try singing? When the competition is over, let's try to create a single together."

"Annie, don't stay in the laboratory all the time. Don't you want to take a Vlog? Let's go out and play together. It would be nice to take a photo as a souvenir!"

The blonde sweet girl and the black-haired lady each glared at Li Ze, obviously dissatisfied with his changing the subject.

However, Britney was immediately attracted by the topic of Vlog, "Actually, I also want to shoot it, but I don't know how to edit, and I don't know what to shoot."

The sweet blonde girl likes to try new things, with a typical three-minute enthusiasm.

"I think just by filming you dancing, the number of views will increase. Remember to dress coolly!" Annie immediately teased the sweet blonde girl.

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, Li Ze immediately said, "We will shoot together and we will keep it as a souvenir when the time comes. Annie is a great editor, so I can help when the time comes!"

The three of them were laughing and chatting about where to go for a while, and Li Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief secretly.

The time has come to the afternoon of March 26. Tomorrow is the Elite 8 game, and the entire UCLA team is watching the tape.

Their opponent is Davidson College led by Stephen Curry. This is a single-core team, but they must not underestimate the opponent.

Stephen Curry is too much of a threat from the three-point line, and unlike Harden, this guy moves a lot without the ball.

Davidson College has obviously created a unique tactical system for Curry.

"It's difficult to defend Stephen. His pick-and-roll with the ball and running without the ball are very good. Maybe we can double-team him in advance."

Holiday was inspired after watching the video.

"Maybe he will have a bad hand tomorrow and may hit the iron continuously. I think it shouldn't be too difficult to restrict Stephen. He is not as strong as Harden."

Collison saw Curry's slightly thin body and felt that he could do it.

Coach Ben frowned slightly when he saw the players expressing their opinions, but generally remaining optimistic about promotion.

"Kayce, what are your thoughts? You haven't said much these days."

Li Ze was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the coach would call him, but he immediately explained:

"I think the coaching staff's plan is very good. In fact, we should adjust our mentality better, especially after Curry made consecutive three-pointers during the game."

This reminded teammates of the game video, when Curry made consecutive three-pointers and the opponent failed to respond in time.

"That's right, even if they score consecutive goals, we must remain patient, don't rush to attack, move the ball, and hit our advantageous points!"

The coach glanced at Li Ze approvingly and was very satisfied with his speech. You have to use your brain to play and make calm judgments on the basketball court.

On the 27th, the Elite 8 Tournament officially began, and this game attracted the attention of many media and scouts.

Stephen Curry has been a popular candidate in the draft since last year.

Although his body is slightly thin, his excellent three-point shooting, skillful dribbling ability, and good passing vision have made many scouts optimistic about his future.

The team likes such players, whose gorgeous style of play is easy to sell tickets, especially the Golden State Warriors' Nelson, who believes that Curry will become the cornerstone of the team.

Half an hour before the game, Lucas Oil Stadium was already filled with spectators.

The scene was buzzing with people, and fans of both teams also wore cheering T-shirts and began to prepare to cheer for their respective teams.

Today's live commentators on TNT are Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley, and the two of them usually start the game before the game.

"UCLA should be careful, Stephen Curry is not James Harden, his ability to run without the ball is very good!" Reggie Miller is trying to help his alma mater poison the opponent.

"I think Stephen Curry should be careful. Look at UCLA's perimeter defenders. Everyone is very strong. It is difficult to maintain a high shooting percentage under such a defense."

Barkley likes strong inside players, but unfortunately, these two teams are not his cup of tea.

Old Curry also came to the scene with his wife. He hopes that his son can perform well today and enter the top four, which will be beneficial to his draft prospects.

Although he has been linked to New York for a long time, basketball has to prove itself through performance.

The game is about to start, and the coach finally told his players: "Be patient, the pace can be slowed down appropriately, let's go!"

When Li Ze saw the young Curry opposite, he felt a wonderful feeling of witnessing history.

The audience started to get noisy, and at 6 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started.

"Pop" Davidson College successfully took the jump ball and got the first attack.

Curry handed the ball over after halftime and started running without the ball under the cover of his teammates.

Collison immediately followed Curry, and after being hung up by the screen, he began to loudly signal to his teammates to pay attention to defense.

Under the back cover of the big man, Curry quickly bounced out, received the ball from the three-point line and pretended to shoot. Sure enough, Holiday faked the move.

Curry shook off the defense, stepped sideways and shot a 3-pointer quickly.

"Shua" the ball went hollow into the net.

Without playing against Curry, it is difficult for you to appreciate Curry's shooting speed. Looking at Curry's shooting style, Li Ze couldn't help but sigh that talent is indeed a wonderful thing.

He doesn't have a strong body, but his unparalleled shooting touch makes Curry even more terrifying.

"A very beautiful three-point shot, Curry's shooting speed is too fast!" Reggie Miller will give his own praise when he sees an excellent shooter.

UCLA's Holiday signaled that it was his fault. Collison dribbled the ball across half court and handed it to Holiday.

Li Ze also began to run without the ball. After continuous figure eights around the screen, Li Ze successfully caught the ball and broke through in a flash facing the defender who was slightly shorter than him.

Davidson College's defensive rotation is very fast, and the inside help defense is here immediately.

But Li Ze's ball was faster, and he directly fed the inside to eat the pie before the defense was in place, and easily scored 2 points.

"Davidson College did a good job defending Kayce. It seems they chose to double attack in this game. It's time to test their ability to play the ball."

Barkley said immediately after seeing Li Ze being assisted on defense.

Li Ze was a little surprised. He didn't expect to be double-teamed at the beginning, but he didn't pay too much attention.

As the game continued, UCLA did a good job defending Curry, but today the guy felt hot and he made the few shots he had.

The Davidson College fans at the scene cheered the team crazily.

It's Curry again. After a series of dexterous swings, he directly broke through Holiday's defense. Facing the help defense, he directly sent an alley-oop to his teammates.

"Bang" the ball was hit hard into the basket. Curry had already started to raise his hands to celebrate. He was enjoying the game.

At this time, 17 minutes into the first half, the score was 32 to 30, and UCLA was 2 points behind, but Li Ze felt that the team was losing rhythm.

In the offensive round, Li Ze was double-teamed at the three-point line and immediately passed the ball to Collison. Then the team passed the ball several times to the open Holiday.

Take the open 3-pointer directly!

"Bang" hit the iron, the long rebound was picked up by Curry, and he directly dribbled the ball to launch a counterattack.

UCLA did not retreat in time this time, and Curry converted the offense and scored 2 points.

Li Ze's feeling was right. In the last two minutes, UCLA continued to hit the iron when there were openings on the outside, but the opponent's wave opened the score.

"At the end of the first half, 40 to 30, UCLA was 10 points behind. They were in trouble!" Reggie Miller was also worried about his alma mater.

In the first half, Li Ze was constantly double-teamed. He only took 4 shots, hit two goals, and scored 5 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds.

Seeing the low morale of his teammates, Li Ze felt that he had to change his offensive strategy in the second half.

"Sure enough, the young Curry is so difficult to deal with. You can't underestimate the superstars of any era."
Chapter completed!