The Chicago United Center is definitely the basketball palace in the minds of a generation.

Once, in this arena, Michael Jordan brought the NBA into its most glorious era.

Countless classic moments have been staged here and countless glorious histories have been witnessed.

But today, this place does not belong to Michael Jordan, nor does it belong to the Chicago Bulls.

In today's United Center, there are only two protagonists: Ohio State and Wake Forest.

Although the United Center did not have as many seats as the previous game in Las Vegas, the cheers at the venue were still deafening.

Tony Allen is originally from Chicago, so many local Chicago fans flocked to the arena to cheer for the Cowboys.

Apparently the two sides are playing in a neutral arena.

But in fact, today this place is equivalent to half of the Cowboys' home court.

Paul stood in the middle of the court with his hands on his hips, looking at the large number of fans in the stands wearing orange T-shirts of the Cowboys, with a serious expression.

For most players, playing away from home will put them under tremendous psychological pressure.

But for Paul, the harder the environment, the more excited he became!

Before the game started, Paul walked up to Ellis, who was preparing to shake hands with Wayne yesterday.

"Ellis, don't hesitate when you pass the ball later, try to be as fast as you can!"

"Oh...Okay." Ellis smiled bitterly. As a senior, he really has no face at all.

And in the past few days, he estimated that he was the person who was scolded the most by Paul.

Because he happens to be the No. 4 player, directly opposite Wayne.

Therefore, Paul's requirements for him were also extremely strict.

"I understand Chris, don't worry, I won't hold you back."

"I'm not worried about you holding back, Ellis. You are an important member of our team, so I hope you can perform better." Paul said, extending his fist towards Ellis.

Ellis smiled and gave Paul a light fist bump.

I guess this is why Paul was so arrogant in college but no one could cure him.

Because in addition to being harsh, Paul also treated his teammates as brothers.

He will not underestimate any of his teammates, but will lead them towards the goal together!

Before the game started, the commentator also talked about the Illinois Three Musketeers led by Deron Williams.

"No matter who advances from the Cowboys or Wake Forest, their opponents in the next round will be championship candidates. What do you think is the possibility of these two teams continuing on?"

"Although the March Madness tournament is a determined game, anything can happen. But beating Illinois, a candidate for the championship... is too difficult. The only one who can stop them is Connecticut."

As soon as the commentator finished speaking, he looked up and saw Paul, who was preparing by the technical table, staring at him with ferocious eyes.

"Uh... Of course, let's focus on this game first." The commentator quickly changed the topic and said bad things about others. It was the most embarrassing thing to hear.

"Humph, a bunch of idiots, what's so great about Deron Williams? Isn't he just a little stronger than me, a little higher in the team rankings, a little more famous..." Paul muttered and walked onto the court.

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At this time, the Cowboys' starting five are all in place.

Wayne discovered that Paul's brows had been furrowed ever since he stepped into the arena.

Although he is a traditional point guard, Paul's body is not much different from Nate Robinson, the guy with a bomb strapped to his leg.

He is the kind of master who seems to be hard to mess with.

Speaking of which, although Paul has always been considered a traditional point guard who relies on his brains to play basketball, before his serious injury in 2009, his athletic ability and impact were anything but "traditional."

The famous scene of a successful dunk against Howard was one that almost every Paul fan would brag about.

When he was young, Brother Pao was also a beast that flew into the sky and escaped from the earth.

Later, after a serious knee injury, his explosive power declined greatly, and Paul turned more to the floor.

From this point of view, Paul is really difficult to deal with at this time.

As the referee throws the ball up, the game officially begins.

Wake Forest took the lead in getting the ball. Just after halftime, Paul found Tony Allen pressing forward.

As the Cowboys' strongest individual perimeter defensive machine, Tony Allen is almost everyone's nightmare.

He is not even afraid of opponents who are taller than him, let alone Paul who is only 1.83 meters tall.

But when the two came into physical contact, Tony Allen found that Paul's dribbling was still calm and unaffected at all.

He separated Tony with one hand, continued dribbling with the other, and then suddenly used a beautiful change of direction in front of his body to get out of the way and complete the breakthrough!

"Here we go, Paul is really fast and he got away from Tony Allen, who is omnipotent on the defensive end!"

Not only was the commentator surprised, but even coach Sutton couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Tony Allen's defensive ability is bug-level in the NCAA, and almost no outside players can compete with him.

His perimeter defense, coupled with Wayne's abnormal frame protection, formed the Cowboys' impregnable defense this year.

In fact, the Cowboys won those 20-30-point victories in the past not by offense, but by defense.

But first-year Paul could easily get away from Tony, who was about to go to the NBA.

His talent and confrontation ability are seriously inconsistent with his height.

After Wayne saw Teacher Tony being shaken away, he immediately ran towards the basket and prepared to help defend.

But Wayne almost blinked and Paul ran to him.

"This speed..." Wayne broke into a cold sweat. This was the fastest breakthrough he had ever seen in the NCAA!

Is this the strength of future NBA superstars!?

Wayne raised his hands up reflexively, but Paul did not force it. Instead, without turning his head, he passed the ball directly to Ellis, who was let go by Wayne.

A decisive no-look pass!

Even though Paul usually scolds a lot, he still trusts his teammates very much on the court.

Ellis has a certain mid-range shooting ability, and when he got the opportunity, he quickly started shooting.

But I don’t know if it’s because my hands are still not warm at the beginning of the game, or because I’m too nervous.

Ellis' mid-range jump shot, which was almost effortless, actually missed the frame.

Shooting from a wide open position, whoever is strong will be embarrassed.

"It's over!" Ellis panicked after seeing the basketball being rejected by the basket.

Now it's good, he can already imagine Paul's murderous eyes.

But in fact, Paul has no intention of blaming his teammates now.

The moment the basketball bounced out of the frame, Wayne and Paul ran towards the landing point of the basketball almost at the same time.

Wayne jumped up and prepared to protect the rebound as usual.

But as soon as the soles of his feet left the ground, he felt as if he was being pulled by something, and his body could not continue to rise.

When I looked down, I saw that Pao'er, who was following the jump, grabbed his own jersey!

And because this little move was so secretive, the referee didn't notice it.

"Wocao, you'll know it's Lao Yin Beep once you get started!"

What makes you so "mature" as a freshman?

Of course, due to the huge height difference between the two, Wayne still got the rebound despite being dragged.

After landing, Wayne very smartly raised the basketball high and did not put the ball below his chest.

Sure enough, Paul's first reaction after landing was to jump up and grab the ball!

Fortunately, Wayne raised the ball high enough so that it was not pulled down by Paul.

But as luck would have it, Paul's palm missed the ball and hit Wayne directly in the face.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Paul ran away after taking the photo.

Wayne looked at the referee innocently, "Why don't you call it wrong?"

It can only be said that in this era, whether it is the NCAA or the NBA, the scale is still very large.

In addition, the referee probably did not pay attention to the confrontation under the basket, allowing Paul to escape.

If this were to happen in 2020, technical fouls would be assigned to Brother Pao.

There was no other way, Wayne had no choice but to accept this dumb loss, hand the ball to Lucas, and prepare to attack.

It’s so frustrating to suffer such a loss!

Although the Cowboys' defense was successful in the first round, it also allowed Wayne to experience a completely different intensity of confrontation than before.

Paul's desire to win was completely unleashed from the start, and he fought for every ball.

John Lucas slowly controlled the ball and approached the three-point line. Facing Paul's defense, he felt extremely oppressive.

But soon, this feeling of oppression disappeared.

Because in the next second, Paul suddenly reached forward and accurately knocked the basketball out of Lucas' hand, ending Lucas' pain.

"The basketball was knocked away, and Lucas turned around to chase it. Can he prevent the mistake from happening!?"

John Lucas also knew that he had made a big mistake, so he turned around and chased the ball the moment he was intercepted.

To steal the ball from someone else's hand, there are usually two steps. The ball does not get into your own hands all at once.

The first step is to shoot the basketball away so that the opponent loses control of the ball.

The second step is to find a way to snatch the ball out of control.

Under normal circumstances, many players can make the first step, but few can actually steal the ball.

So in a basketball game, averaging more than 2 steals per game is considered a lot.

But Paul was obviously an expert in this area. After taking away Lucas' basketball, he immediately gave Lucas a rough confrontation and prevented him from speeding up.

After throwing away half of Lucas, Paul jumped directly, threw himself on the floor and hugged the basketball tightly!

"This is Chris Paul, this is his style! He wants his teammates to do their best, but the premise is that he himself will first explain what it means to do his best!"

As the commentator shouted, Paul, who was lying on the ground, passed the ball to another Wake Forest defender, Justin Gray.

The latter drove straight in and easily ended the fast break with a civilian layup.

Watching his teammates successfully score, Paul stood up from the ground. At this time, Wayne happened to pass by Paul, so he started to press Lai Lai again.

"This is war, boy! This is the real game! Don't worry, I will teach you slowly."

Wayne was speechless. He slapped me at the beginning, but now he's still calling me a brat.

You are the brat, your whole family is brats, and I am obviously your senior!

"Ding~"

At this time, a voice suddenly came from Wayne's ear, which startled him.

Speaking of which, isn't this the notification sound for a mission?

Yes, it seems like there hasn’t been a new mission for a long time.

"Temporary stadium mission has been triggered: do it to the end!

Goal: Seize more out-of-control balls than Paul.

Mission reward: One B-level lottery bag."

"Is this... a temporary mission coming suddenly? Is this the legendary surprise?"

Wayne curled his lips. It didn't matter whether he was on a mission or not. The main reason was that Wayne's head hurt when he saw the lottery package...

But today, Paul really went too far.

It was extremely arrogant from the beginning.

Even if there is no mission, we must fight him to the end!

Wayne was very energetic. He had to let this freshman experience the dangers of society today.
Chapter completed!