Chapter 1: The showdown between wealthy and nobles (Part 1)

Chen Yinhao and Cheng Haonan found Chen Junhao very easily when they arrived at the stadium. The main players of Anthony, Carman and Mario. There were also three of them star-level players standing together. Such a combination could not be noticed. Fans in front of the stadium were surrounded by the sports reporter's cameras kept flashing. Out of the focus of attention, Anthony and several American players were calm and could even pose for the camera leisurely, while Chen Junhao's handsome face was a little dark, and he obviously did not enjoy this kind of attention. After seeing Chen Yinhao at first glance in the crowd, he waved to the two with a happy expression: "Come here soon!"

Chen Junhao's greeting made Cheng Haonan and Chen Yinhao also the focus, but both of them were not ordinary people. They smiled slightly and walked over calmly.

"Chen Yinhao, Cheng Haonan, my Chinese compatriots are also my friends!" Chen Junhao introduced to both sides, "As for these, I don't want to introduce you, you also know Anthony, Carman and Mario, my friends in the basketball team."

After shaking hands and greetings between the two people, Chen Junhao said, "Let's go, let's talk about it later. I'm a little uncomfortable with pointing fingers as animals in the zoo."

Anthony said: "Your metaphor is too overly illusory. These are all fans who admire us." Carman immediately mocked: "Idiot, Jack is saying that we are pointing at animals, don't make mistakes." Anthony immediately said: "Then this metaphor is even more overly over. This guy Mike is a different story. It's too much to describe this handsome guy like me." Carman retorted: "A gorilla-like guy is so embarrassed to say he is a handsome guy!"

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They were talking in Chinese, and Mario next to him looked indifferent for no reason, but Cheng Haonan and his two faces were surprised. It was not that Anthony and the other two could speak Chinese, but that the two players of the king level in Missouri were surprised that the future star in the eyes of media fans was actually such a person. Cheng Haonan even maliciously guessed: the two people were talking in Chinese, probably because they were afraid of destroying their image in front of the fans.

Chen Junhao had no mind and had a verbal battle between Anthony and Kaman and said, "Don't worry about them, let's go in first!" After that, he walked into the stadium first, and others followed behind.

Six people sat down near the center of the stadium. When the game was about to start, the stadium that could accommodate 12,000 spectators was full. The fans of both sides of the game were crowded with the stadium. Duke occupied the geographical advantage, and Duke fans accounted for the majority of the stadium. On the court, the Duke team was wearing their traditional blue uniforms, and there was a blue ocean on the stands on the south and east sides of the stadium. Before the game began, the huge and neat cheers of Duke fans had echoed in the stadium, and seven or eight thousand fans made waves in the stands. The huge roar made people feel that the entire stadium was attacking a tornado, making Chen Junhao and others who were in it seemed to be in the storm of raging waves.

In comparison, Connecticut fans who came from afar were behind their opponents in terms of quantity and momentum.

Before the game began, Duke's fans allowed Chen Junhao and others to experience the huge shocking power contained in the word "Duke".

Chen Junhao praised: "No matter how strong the team is, the Duke's fan atmosphere alone is enough to shock people. In such an atmosphere, it is not easy for ordinary team members to calm down."

Mario snorted coldly: "Our Missouri fans are not necessarily worse than Duke!"

"Of course." Chen Junhao nodded, obviously he had no doubts about this.

Chen Yinhao and Cheng Haonan sat on Chen Junhao's left. At this time, Chen Yinhao spoke: "But the opponent is not facing Duke's fans, but the oppression brought by the name Duke's team, and even the name "Duke University Basketball Team". For ordinary teams, Duke represents an invincible existence. With this mentality, he has lost half of the game before the game has started."

"But fortunately, the other team today is an opponent that is not inferior to Duke at all." Anthony said, "Connecticut is a popular team that is regarded as the NCAA champion this year. Among the teams that can compete with Duke this year, Connecticut must be the ones that can compete with Duke this year."

"So let's sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. This is a rare opportunity to observe the strength of our opponents." Kaman said, "No matter which team they are our opponents in the future."

Cheng Haonan said: "Who do you hope to win this game?"

Everyone was silent, no one answered.

Cheng Haonan said in surprise: "Have you not thought about it?"

No one had ever thought about it except Chen Yinhao (he is a Duke fan). Anthony, Chen Junhao and others watched this game with the purpose of observing their opponents, and they had never considered who wins and who lost. After a while, Anthony took the lead and said: "I hope Duke wins, but I will cheer for Kangda in this game."

"Hmm?" Chen Junhao looked at him in confusion.

"If we advance to the finals, the winner will be our finals. I hope our opponent is Duke. We have not met Duke in Missouri in the past few years. I really want to play a game with Duke. But more than half of the audience who came here today are Duke fans, so we don't have to add icing on the cake."

Chen Junhao smiled lightly and said, "So you are overwhelmed with sympathy."

Kaman sneered: "Kang Da is not a weak person. Even if he is not as good as Duke's victory, he is at least comparable."

Mario simply said: "I hope both teams are both defeated, and it is best to go from playing basketball to fighting, and everyone is exhausted." Everyone looked at Mario in unison. Mario looked at him, and his clothes were not worn out, and said: "Why do you look at me like this?"

Kaman said, "I can't tell you, this guy, is so dirty. But," he suddenly smiled and hugged Mario's neck and said, "But I like it! Let's cheer for Duke and Kang Da's heads and bloodshot." As he said, he raised his fists first and shouted, "Come on Duke, Kang Da, come on, referee..." His heartbeat quickly received everyone's support, and everyone laughed and shouted with Mike Kaman, "Come on Duke, come on, Kang Da, referee..." Even Chen Junhao also followed behind and agreed.

No matter who loses and who wins, they are all enemies! Although it is not a bit exaggerated to expect both sides to be bleeding like Mario said, it is really not caring about who wins and who loses Chen Junhao and others.

Ten minutes later, the game between the two teams officially began. Duke wore a blue jersey and Connecticut wore a white jersey. Ten players from both sides dispersed in the stadium in blue and white. In the audience, Anthony, Chen Yinhao and others saw the players on the field clearly, and they all made a surprise sound: "Huh?" The two looked at each other and stopped at the same time, obviously letting the other party say first.

Chen Junhao asked, "What's going on? Is there anything strange, Brother Yinhao?"

Chen Yinhao looked at the lineups of both sides on the court and looked at the benches of both sides and said, "Both teams are very strange, and neither of them sent out their strongest lineup!"

"The strongest lineup?" Chen Junhao said strangely, "Do you know the strongest lineup of the two teams? Do you know Duke and Kangda very well?"

"Of course!" Anthony replied, "They are all the most powerful teams in the NCAA, and they are our future opponents. How can they not know what to do if they don't know."

Chen Yinhao replied: "North Carolina, Duke, Connecticut, and other famous NCAA schools have always been the focus of media attention. Which player in the team is completely exposed under the spotlight, and there is no secret weapon at all. Just look at the newspapers and understand the strongest lineups of the two teams on the court, there will be no problem at all..." He suddenly stopped, and then stared at Chen Junhao like several other people.

Chen Junhao, who was a little uncomfortable to be seen, asked impatiently: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

"You don't know anything about the two teams on the court, right?"

"Of course not!" Chen Junhao said confidently, "I know that the white uniform on the court is Connecticut, and the blue uniform is Duke. Both teams are the best teams in the NCAA this year."

"It's over?"

"It's over!" Chen Junhao said naturally, "What else do you need to know?"

"I'm falling!" All the people were so angry that Chen Junhao was so angry that they all fell down. Cheng Haonan was the first to jump out of the chair and cursed: "You idiot, are you really an NCAA player? Is Missouri's main point guard?"

Mario, who has always been the most protective of Chen Junhao, also wanted to jump out and say a few words at this time, but someone was already in front of him. Anthony, who was sitting next to Chen Junhao, held Chen Junhao's neck and pinched Chen Junhao's neck with his right hand, and said, "I will strangle you to death, otherwise I will be angry to death sooner or later!" Chen Junhao, who was blushing and rolling his eyes, struggled desperately, and finally escaped from Anthony's clutches before suffocating. He held his neck and coughed, panting and said, "Damn, you are murdering!"

Anthony looked so angry that his teeth were itchy, and said, "If it's not worth the life to kill someone, I will definitely strangle you to death."

"Is it necessary to be so exaggerated? Isn't it just that I don't know the situation of these two teams? Is it so exaggerated? Is it normal for everyone to treat North Carolina and Duke to be as clear as his family?"

"Others can forgive you if you don't know, but you are our core player in Missouri. You don't even know the details of our biggest opponent in the championship. This is unforgivable. How do you lead us to win if you meet them?"

Chen Junhao knew the truth was wrong and said, "Aren't I here to watch the game?" After a turn of the subject, he counterattacked, "And the team's ace is you, leading the team to win should be your task, right? Don't force your responsibilities to me."

"You are the core of tactics. If you block our tactics, how can you continue? Without your pass, Mike and I can't use it!"

Chen Junhao smiled faintly and said, "Stop coming, you won't find a chance without passing. You are not a trump card player!" After a pause, he said lightly: "And, who can ban me?"

"Who can ban me?" The faint tone revealed the arrogance of soaring into the sky. Chen Junhao said lightly, as if a thunderbolt sounded in the sky in everyone's ears. Yes, who can ban him by NCAA! Anthony and Kaman felt particularly strong. Chen Junhao's humble personality has always been almost forgot that he is the young Chinese emperor who is the domineering Chinese youth competition.

Who can block Jack? Anthony thought he could not do it. Who else in the NCAA can block Jack? Duke? Connecticut? Anthony Carman filtered the defensive masters of the two teams he knew in his mind one by one. The final result was still: one-on-one, no one can block Jack! Double-teaming? Could it be that he is a dead person and will not come forward to meet him!

Chen Junhao's faint sentence made everyone think, and the scene was a bit cold. Cheng Haonan didn't have as many thoughts as others and said, "Even if you should understand the basic situation of both sides before watching the game. How many mysteries can you see when you sit here without knowing anything? Only by understanding the situation of the two teams can you better understand the situation of tit-for-tat on the court, right?"

Chen Junhao smiled and said, "Then please give me some advice!"

Seeing that Chen Junhao's attitude of "admitting his mistake" was pretty good, Cheng Haonan nodded and said, "Let Jason introduce it to you. I'm afraid none of us here knows more deeply about these two teams."

"Jason!" Chen Junhao held Anthony's hand in both hands in pretending to be coquettish. Anthony felt chills and quickly shook Chen Junhao's hand away, saying, "Stop being disgusting! I'm all over my body with goose bumps. I'll just say it once, you have to remember it."

"Understand!" Chen Junhao sat down and listened carefully, his eyes flashing at Anthony.

Anthony was chilling and quickly turned away Chen Junhao's head: "Don't look at me, look at the court!" Everyone laughed, and the originally awkward atmosphere disappeared.

Everyone's eyes turned to the stadium, Anthony opened his conversation and said, "Looking at this game, we must first understand a situation: Duke lost to Connecticut last year and stopped in the quarterfinals, and Duke lost to Connecticut in the semi-finals the year before last, and Continued won the NCAA championship. So this game is a battle of revenge for Duke, and both sides are popular teams to win the championship this year. This game can be regarded as a preview of the future finals of both sides - of course they must also reach the finals. The winning side will have a psychological advantage in the encounter in the future official games, so both sides are determined to win this game."

Chen Jun sighed: "So that's it, then this game is full of fire."

Anthony sneered: "Do you know until now? Can't you see the performance of both players on the court?" The two sides on the court quickly entered a white-hot state shortly after the start of the game, and they were reluctant to give in. Both sides of the offense and defense were running without hesitation. The movements in the confrontation were too large, which led to the situation of opponents falling over and overturning. The referee's whistle was also very diligent. Isn't such a game full of fire?

Chen Junhao nodded and said, "I think the coaches of both sides probably expected this situation when they pressed their respective aces on the bench at the beginning. They didn't want their ace to commit several fouls or get injured at the beginning."

Kaman said: "It's almost that."

"But it's almost time for both coaches to send ace players to open up the situation." Chen Junhao asked, "Which is the ace of the two teams?"

"No hurry, I think it's not time for the ace players of the two teams to come on the stage yet," Anthony said. "The biggest advantage of such a giant team is that there are many capable players, and even if the ace players are not present, they can maintain super strength. High-level confrontations such as quarter-finals are rare in preseason games. If the coaches of both sides have a tacit understanding, the first quarter will give new players the opportunity to exercise. The real game may not start until the second quarter."

Chen Junhao said in surprise: "Are these players on both sides of the field all first-year novice?" He couldn't believe that the strength shown by both sides on the field was no less than that of the opponent Maryland that Missouri met yesterday.

Anthony said: "Not all, but it's almost the same. You wouldn't be so surprised if you know what their first-year rookies are. Look at Duke, No. 11, Mai Robert, MVP of McDonald's High School All-Star Game last year, No. 13, Patton, McDonald's All-Star Player in the United States last year, No. 12 Pavaro, the best high school athlete in the United States last year, No. 17, is not selected as the All-Star player, but he was the best player of the year in California last year. The high school team he led won four city championships in four years in high school. There is also No. 18, from Europe. He is the weakest among the five, but he is the best young player in Europe and has rich experience in international competitions. Do you think a lineup of such a rookie can still be viewed as a general substitute lineup?"

Chen Junhao was stunned and said, "Is the high school All-Star sale? Duke has only three high school All-Star students in one team? Or is the high school All-Star not worth it?"

Anthony sighed: "Of course it's not that high school All-Stars are worthless. This is the advantage of the giants, and there will never be a shortage of excellent freshmen. The three high school All-Stars are still few for Duke. At the most, they recruited six All-Star players. After North Carolina won the championship in the summer, the entire main lineup members entered the NBA, and they suffered huge losses. However, by March next year, with the new freshmen this year, they will be the first-class team in the semi-finals. Isn't Connecticut the same? This is the huge difference between a giant team and a general strong team. If Smith hadn't dug you from abroad this year, we may never have the chance to compete for the championship."

Chen Junhao nodded slowly and felt awe-inspiring in his heart. The substitute is such a powerful role, it is conceivable how powerful the ace player of the third or fourth-year-old sitting on the bench should be. If these people were on the court, how much strength of the entire team would be. No wonder Anthony sighed with his confidence: If it weren't for his arrival, he might never have a chance to win the championship. "Let's talk about Kangda, who can play as much as Duke, the players on the field in Connecticut are not ordinary characters, right?"

Anthony said: "One of the third-year players on the court, No. 11 Banks, and the power forward position. The other four are also first-year freshmen, No. 17 Brand, a star player in Georgia Tech Preparatory. The team he worked in last year did not lose 20 consecutive victories. Although he did not receive any honors because he was a junior college, he was recognized as one of the most powerful players this year, and he is also the leader among the freshmen of Continent, playing for position control. No. 18, McDonald's High School All-Star player and forward player in the United States. No. 12, Indiana's Best High School Player

, and the No. 16, the center player, although not as famous as his teammates, you can also see his role in the inside. Like Duke's Pavaro, he was a master in basketball and rugby in high school, and after entering college, he focused on basketball. Although he is not very famous now, with his conditions and qualities, he will soon gain reputation in a basketball school like Kangda." Chen Junhao stared at the player who was as strong as a black iron pillar in the Connecticut interior but as flexible as a small guard, nodded and agreed with Anthony's words.

Anthony continued: "After Connecticut won many championships the year before, all the main players left the team and entered the NBA, but with the remaining players and the new players summoned that year, Kangda last year forced Duke to the quarterfinals and squeezed into the semi-finals of the country. Connecticut can be regarded as the most popular team in the NCAA in recent years. With Kangda's current player configuration, even if it cannot win more championships this year, it will definitely be the strongest contender for the championship next year. The reply ability of the giant team is amazingly powerful."

Chen Junhao was stunned: "Is it still optimistic about Duke in your tone? Is Connecticut, which has added so many powerful newcomers this year, still not as good as Duke in your eyes?"

Anthony smiled bitterly and said, "I am not the only one who has this view. Please ask them what they think."

Chen Junhao turned his head and looked at Cheng Haonan with inquiring eyes.

Cheng Haonan said: "I'm optimistic about Duke!"

Looking at Chen Yinhao.

Chen Yinhao said: "I choose Duke!"

Look at Mike Carman again.

"Duke!"

In the end, Mario didn't wait for Chen Junhao to look over and answer first: "Duke!"
Chapter completed!