062: Friendship before the game...what the hell!
This man named Vilanua never expected that he would meet Wayne.
When did he start following Wayne?
It was probably the first time his big brother Okafor talked to reporters about Wayne, and he said casually: "My teammate Vilan Nueva's three-pointer is also quite accurate."
Since then, media have been comparing Vilan Newell and Wayne from time to time.
The following season, Vilanueva won the Big East Rookie.
But when he turned around, Wayne won the MVP of the Big 12 regular season.
Since then, Vilanueva, who was compared with Wayne, has become less confident.
Vilan Neweva was not a confident person.
He was diagnosed with systemic hair loss at the age of 11. Although it would not put him in danger of life, it was almost a disaster for a child.
The children around him always give him all kinds of unpleasant nicknames and always tease him.
His head taller than others made him look more like an alien.
This made Vilanueva very inferior and even unwilling to have more contact with other children.
Because he disliked his appearance, he often went to class with a hat or a headscarf.
During that time, he almost blocked himself in his own world.
Later, he found himself again on the basketball court.
After winning two high school state championships and being selected into the McDonald's All-Star lineup with Paul, Veranova's mental health was back on track.
But at heart, Vilanueva is still a sensitive and not confident person.
At least it's like this now.
He was really worried that after being beaten by Wayne, people pointed at him, and the scouts were disappointed.
There is no way, who made him Charlie? The more he was afraid of, the more he was. What about Vilanueva?
"Charlie, are you still worried?" At this time, a strong hand was placed on Vilanueva's shoulder.
"Well...a little." Veranua looked up and saw that it was Okafor.
Seeing Okafor, Vilanueva felt much more at ease.
After this season, Vilanueva followed Okafor to beat the opponent, and Okafor took him like a big brother.
So psychologically, Vilanueva also relied on Okafor.
With him there, Vilanueva feels safe.
"Tsk, what's there to worry about? Didn't Emecca say to help you get him done? Besides, even if the game is dragged into the last moment, we can't miss continuously like North Carolina."
Opposite Veranova, another teammate Ben Gordon, smiled and showed off his biceps.
As Connecticut's key goal king, Ben Gordon even surpassed Okafor, the No. 1 candidate in offensive firepower.
Although he is a scoreback who is not tall, Ben Gordon has never fallen out of the top five in the simulation draft this year, which shows how outstanding his offensive firepower is.
"Well, I've already told Coach Jim. Today, on the defensive end, I will take the initiative to play against Wei.
Don't worry, Charlie, in 40 minutes, we will cut the ball net as the champion in front of more than 60,000 fans on the scene!"
Okafor smiled at Vilanueva, a glorious smile as if it were superhuman.
He is worthy of being Mr. Perfect!
Vilanueva nodded obediently.
If there are two big guys, there should be no problem, right?
He just needs to seize the opportunity to shoot open shots as usual.
On the other side, in the Cowboys' locker room, Teacher Tony ran around the locker room nervously.
Wayne looked at Tony, speechless.
This guy is really two people in the locker room and outside the locker room.
I'm nervous every competition, I'm talking about Tony.
But no matter how nervous he is in the locker room, as long as he gets on the court, Tony will show his "calm and tough" image.
"Tony, stop shaking, take a break." Wayne couldn't stand it anymore.
"Aren't you nervous Wayne, this gymnasium boss! You said, will we not be able to find the basket after we play later? I won't get lost when the offense is converted, right?"
Teacher Tony gestured while talking.
"No matter how big the gymnasium is, the basketball court is only a little area. Don't worry, no one will hide the basket."
"Yeah, calm, calm. Speaking of which... this is our last college game..." Teacher Tony said, his eyes suddenly becoming deeper.
It seemed as if the next sentence would say: "Awei, I can't bear to leave you, I will not forget you."
Can you forget it?
Those fucking weekends that were dragged out by Wayne early in the morning, those nights when they were unable to stand up, and those Christmas Eve pizza!
Well, especially that pizza, Mr. Tony will never forget it in his life.
This is not the little money to buy pizza with heartache.
What’s more money is not money... it’s mainly because you can’t forget the simple brotherhood and the romantic Christmas Eve.
"Well, the last game of college is here. So, you can't leave any regrets. Just this opportunity, take the championship away." Wayne touched Teacher Tony's head.
Then, Old Sutton entered the venue.
"The chat time is over, guys, please cheer up!"
As soon as Old Sutton spoke, the originally noisy locker room suddenly became quiet.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You have already reached this point. You are no worse than any team!
I won't say nonsense like "It doesn't matter whether you win the championship or not, just try your best."
We are here to win the championship!
Going on the court is like getting Wake Forest, Illinois, North Carolina and Duke.
Go and kick Connecticut’s ass!”
Wayne nodded in approval.
Yes, I came here to win the championship.
It’s a pleasure to say “It’s already a success to get to this point, just try your best in the finals.”
If you really want to have fun, you have to win the championship!
Wayne and his teammates walked out of the locker room, although this was not the first time they played in a large gymnasium.
But this time, Wayne truly experienced what communication is basically yelling.
In a stadium that can accommodate more than 60,000 people and sit in an unacceptable position.
Speaking at a normal volume is almost the same as being muted.
"Hello, everyone, everyone. We are broadcasting for you the 2003-04 season, NCAA Finals showdown! The two sides are Oklahoma State University and University of Connecticut.
The starting lineups of Oklahoma State are defenders John Lucas, Tony Allen, center Frank Holmes, forward Joey Graham and Chinese teenager Wayne!”
At this time, far away in the studio in Beijing, Sun Zhengping and Xu Jicheng brought the live broadcast of the NCAA game for the first time to Chinese fans.
Countless Chinese fans are guarding the TV.
Today, they don’t look at Yao Ming, mosaics, and Lakers.
Everyone's eyes were staring at the Chinese player who was about to land on the NBA.
When Sun Zhengping introduced the starter, he deliberately left Wayne at the end.
The Chinese fans finally saw the mysterious player named Wayne on TV for the first time.
A star of hope that has never been heard of in the country before, and suddenly emerges from the other side of the ocean.
During this period, don’t worry about ncaa or nba.
Just seeing a Chinese man playing ball among a bunch of foreigners is enough to attract attention.
Wayne saw Zhang and others as soon as he appeared, and he also smiled and waved to the team of journalists from China.
Wayne had known that this game would be broadcast live simultaneously on CCTV's fifth set.
In his previous life, although NCAA held a Chinese competition, it has never been broadcast live on TV.
This is a historical precedent.
At this time, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me.
Wayne can understand the pressure Chairman Yao had when he first entered the NBA.
But after seeing his opponent, Wayne instantly forgot all the pressure.
People are right about Wayne - he is indeed a game-type player.
After seeing Wayne, Emecca Okafort took the initiative to walk up and prepare to have a friendly talk with Wayne.
Otherwise, what if they are the perfect teacher with both good character and academic performance?
But unlike some rough man named Rashid, he was thinking about how to kill Wayne.
"Wei, I'm glad to see you here." Okafor opened his arms and prepared to hug Wayne.
"Uh...I can't be happy, I'd rather meet a weaker opponent."
"I..." Wayne left Okafor speechless as soon as he opened his mouth.
Damn, I don't play by the rules.
Although he accidentally told the truth, Wayne still catered to Okafor and hugged him.
No matter what, more than 60,000 people watched the scene, so they had to save some face for them.
Wayne is not the kind of person who can yell at his teammates in public.
"Ah!" Paul, who was sitting in front of the TV, sneezed inexplicably.
Paul: Meow Meow Meow?
"You guy is really... direct enough." Okafor smiled. He thought Wayne would be as humble as Yao Ming.
"Actually, it's great to meet you. You are the No. 1 candidate, Emecca."
"So you want to step on me?"
"There's no way, the champion is not one. You and I have to lose, I don't want to lose anyway."
"I like your honesty, Wei. Then, see you in the game."
Okafor separated from Wayne with a smile, but in fact, a fire in his heart had been lit by Wayne.
Mr. Perfect, it’s not something that can be bullied!
How dare Wayne bullys the No. 1 candidate? To be honest, Okafor is in NCAA, that is really a low-level killer.
Wayne still knew it. He didn't want to be quarrel against the sky and the earth and the air when he had something to do.
But after playing in NCAA for a season, Wayne also knew a rule of survival on the American court.
The more humble you are, the more polite you are, the more others bully you!
So, Wayne did not show his friendship in front of Okafor.
After the game, he has time to show his friendly side.
Twenty minutes later, the highly anticipated NCAA final officially started.
Because the Russian state reached the finals, the school went on a three-day holiday, so that students could go to watch the game on site.
Brother Teddy, who has the ability to make money, naturally sat in the front row.
But...why are there big men around him? What about the female fans who agreed to be?
Suddenly, the big men around him became restless.
The competition has begun.
This time, Holmes won the first attack from Okafor.
Okafor's height of 2.08 meters is the same as Holmes, and his athletic ability has never been Okafor's selling point.
In most people's minds, the Cowboys are the weaker side.
But at the beginning, the Cowboys' offense was extremely imposing.
Tony Allen broke through with the ball, and Ben Gordon's defense could not limit the impact of Teacher Tony.
In the future, Ben Gordon actually has some players like Crawford and Louway.
They all have scoring ability that is not inferior to All-Stars, but due to the huge shortcomings of defense, no team will treat them as their real core.
You talk about Curry and Nash?
Nash's ability to drive his teammates is incomparable to them. And Curry's scoring ability is not "just" at the All-Star level.
After Gordon was knocked away, Tony Allen killed the penalty area and prepared to make a layup.
But at this time, Okafor rushed back to the penalty area, stretched out his arm and rushed forward.
Okafor averaged 4.7 blocks per game this season, more than Wayne. Therefore, Mr. Tony was still shocked and his layup was not done very well.
The basketball hit the frame, and Okafor was secretly proud, but heard a loud noise from the basket.
"Good ball, Wayne scored a point with a dunk! Although his teammates did not make a shot, his rebounding sense was very sensitive!
The Cowboys scored first, and Wayne performed very positively!”
Chinese fans are so happy. Wayne gave the No. 1 candidate a big dish as soon as he came up.
And this momentum is not soft at all!
"Hmph, that guy..." Okafor silently picked up the basketball and shook his head.
Chapter completed!