Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Chapter 424 First Changes

UCLA, Game Arena.

Today, UCLA is at home and ushering in another regular season game.

The Pac-12 League has a total of 22 regular season games. This is already UCLA's eighteenth regular season game, and it is also an extremely critical one.

If this game is lost, the team will fall out of the top eight in the standings.

"You should be able to win this game, right?"

"I hope I can win, at least stay in the top eight. Hey, why did it end up like this..."

There were many home fans sitting in the auditorium, but it was much less than half a month ago. After all, the fans' patience has its limits.

UCLA's performance during this period is really poor.

At 4 p.m., the visiting team arrived—this time, Oregon State University.

This is a team in the middle of the Pac-12 League, currently ranked 9th in the standings, only one place behind UCLA.

After a group of Oregon State University players came on the court to warm up, players from UCLA also appeared on the court one after another.

When Zhuang Yu came on the stage, the cheers in the audience reached their peak, even louder than when Mohammed came on the stage.

Zhuang Yu is UCLA's most popular player!

"Hmph." Muhammad curled his lips in displeasure and whispered to himself, "Let you be proud. When I enter the NBA, people will know who is the best."

He couldn't help but enjoy that when he was selected by a team with lottery picks in the draft, people would definitely cheer loudly for him, more and louder than the people cheering for Zhuang Yu now.

Compared to NBA players, who is UCLA's most popular player?

After a moment, the cheers died down.

The UCLA players came on the court to warm up, but the fans soon noticed something strange. The UCLA players were unusually quiet today.

A group of people just warmed up silently, no one spoke, no one dunked, and the atmosphere was indescribably weird and dull.

"Why does it feel like something's wrong?"

"I also feel something is wrong. The players were too quiet today. It seemed as if... everyone had something on their mind."

"Looking at this state, I feel that today's game is not good. If we lose this game, we will fall out of the top eight."

This made the home fans frown and couldn't help but worry.

Not only the fans felt it, but also the players and coaches of the visiting team Oregon State University.

A group of people looked at each other and smiled.

......

After some warm-up, the game is about to begin.

Oregon State University here.

Head coach Jones was making pre-game arrangements: "UCLA's state seems a little wrong today, perhaps because they have a poor record and may fall out of the top eight. No matter what the reason is, this is good for us. "

"Let's fight hard later. Kill UCLA for me. Kill them. We will be eighth."

A group of players agreed in unison. They were ranked ninth, only one win away from UCLA. As long as they win this game, they will be eighth.

Coach Jones spread out his tactical board: "Wait a moment to double-team Muhammad. Muhammad has been very independent in these games. Double-team him. It would be great if he still plays like that."

"In addition, on offense..."

at the same time.

At UCLA, the players gathered around Coach Holland.

Coach Holland glanced at his players, his eyes stayed on Muhammad for two seconds, and then said: "Latvis, Parker, Anderson, Powell, Drew II, wait for you to start. "

what?

what?

Hearing this, the players were stunned.

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Mohammed was even more stupid. He looked at Coach Holland in astonishment. Why didn't he have his own name? Did you pronounce it wrong?

This starting list does not include Mohammed!

You know, in the previous seventeen regular season games, Mohammed started every game. He is still the core player of the team, but today he was not in the starting lineup.

Is it because of what happened yesterday?

Everyone looked at Mohammed, guessing that it was probably because of Mohammed's absence from training yesterday, and this was his punishment.

Adams lowered his head and gloated.

This was all directed by him. Seeing Mohammed's dumbfounded look just now, he felt really happy.

"Coach, I..."

Under the gaze of everyone, Mohammed's face became hot and he couldn't help shouting.

However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Coach Holland: "Okay, now let me talk about the tactics..." He ignored Mohammed at all and had no intention of explaining. In short, he just refused to let you For starters, don't say anything. It's useless if you say anything.

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After some arrangements, Coach Holland put away the tactical board, but still ignored Mohammed, and said in a deep voice to Anderson, Latvis and others: "Play hard, this game is very crucial, we must try to win. come on!"

"Yes."

"Understood." Several people responded.

Anderson looked a little uneasy. After all, this was his first start, and it came too suddenly and he was unprepared.

Zhuang Yu patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Relax, I believe in your strength, come on!"

Anderson nodded and smiled.

Until several players walked onto the court, coach Holland did not look at Mohammed again. He stood on the sidelines with his hands behind his back and showed no intention of sitting down.

"Fake."

Mohammed cursed in a low voice. He didn't even have a chance to object, so he could only sit on the bench in silence and accept that he was reduced to a substitute.

This is his first time as a substitute.

......

"Wow..."

When the starters from both sides came onto the court, there was an uproar in the audience.

Mohammed didn't start, and the team's core players didn't start. What's going on?

"No wonder the atmosphere didn't feel right just now."

"But what happened? Why was Mohammed suddenly not allowed to start?"

"I don't know. What I'm worried about now is whether this sudden change will have much impact on the team? Can we win today's game?"

For a while, the home fans were discussing one after another. Many people frowned and were even more worried about today's game.

......

On the field.

Several Oregon State University players looked at each other and couldn't help but smile. This is a good thing, great!

Today’s game is solid!

The game started with a jump ball.

Today, Oregon State University's starting five are Harold (211cm), Kemp (207cm), Lawson (197cm), Ed (195cm), and Corey (190cm). Their core player is center Harold. He is tall, has long arms, and has outstanding footwork in the post. He is an inside post capable of both offense and defense.

Harold touched the ball first and slapped it into the backcourt. Oregon State University took the lead in attacking. Corey pushed the ball into the frontcourt, glanced at the UCLA defense, and gestured to his teammates.

Several players started to move. Harold mentioned the pick-and-roll. Corey used the pick-and-roll to break through. Latvis stepped forward to delay. Corey immediately distributed the ball and passed it to Harold.

After Harold got the ball, he raised it. At this time, the person guarding him was replaced by Drew II, forming a high-post game.

"Ah......"

Harold chuckled and made a jump shot.