On January 12, the team won another game against the Pepperdines. Although this team has an unpleasant name, it is indeed the strongest team in the West Coast Conference besides Gonzaga.
Especially the team's starting point guard Brandon Armstrong, who averaged 22.7 points per game, ranking second in the West Coast Conference scoring list.
The first one is of course Lu Yu who scored 23 points in this comeback game.
After the game, Lu Yu picked up the mobile phone in the locker and saw several missed calls, all from China.
He dialed back.
"Hello……"
"Lu Yu, hello, I'm Su Qun."
"Teacher Su, what do you want from me?"
"I sent you a few copies of the latest issue of Sports Weekly, which contains my interview with you. I hope you like it."
"Ah... thank you so much."
"You're welcome, let me just say this first. I look forward to your wonderful performance in the NCAA. By the way, I have good news to tell you. You may have a surprising harvest in two months."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
surprise?
Why do you have to wait two months for a surprise?
Is it the nba draft?
However, the NBA draft will take place at least after the NCAA season ends. Unless Gonzaga returns home early, Lu Yu may participate in NBA team trials earlier.
No matter how much I think about it, I can't get it right in terms of time.
Lu Yu didn't care either.
Two weeks later, he received a package from China. When he opened it, he saw that it was the "Sports Weekly" that Su Qun had mentioned before.
The cover of this issue is a splicing of photos of two people. One is the center Yao Ming who is currently playing for the Shanghai Sharks, and the other is Lu Yu.
There is a line of words below the photo——
The star of hope for the Chinese men’s basketball team!
The article objectively evaluates Lu Yu's strong performance in the NCAA, and mentions Lu Yu's current core position in the Gonzaga Bulldogs. It is hoped that Lu Yu can become a member of the Chinese men's basketball national team next year.
Finally, at the end of the article, I mentioned Lu Yu’s fight incident and praised Lu Yu’s patriotic performance.
National team head coach Jiang Xingquan said in an interview: "We are already paying attention to Lu Yu's situation. If there is a suitable opportunity, I will contact him."
It is impossible for Jiang Xingquan to come into contact with Lu Yu.
Because everyone knows that last year's Sydney Olympics only achieved tenth place, and Jiang Xingquan's position as national team coach may not be far away from his resignation.
As for the next head coach, Wang Fei is the most popular one.
Thinking that he might be able to join the national team, Lu Yu worked harder and took it seriously in the following games. The team also successfully won the remaining games, and Lu Yu's nickname of "Gentleman" gradually resounded throughout the NCAA.
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February 4th is the Lunar New Year’s Eve in China.
At this time, most people in China have already taken the holidays to celebrate the Spring Festival at home and watch the Spring Festival Gala, but Lu Yu in the United States does not have this opportunity.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs host the Loyola Marymount Lions today.
Lu Yu lamented sadly: "That's the only bad thing about traveling abroad. I won't even be able to see the Spring Festival Gala after the new year."
Will Hackberry sing the song "White Birch Forest" on the Spring Festival evening this year?
"Tracker's Love" will also be sung in this year's Spring Festival Gala. The phrase "Sister, you ride on the bow of the boat, brother, I'll walk on the shore" will allow many young men and women to open their mouths and sing it in the days to come.
Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan also collaborated again on the sketch "Hourly Worker" after last year's "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow".
It seems to be the least popular skit the two of them collaborated on.
"You can't even see it, so what's the use of thinking about it."
Lu Yu could only put his mind back to the game.
The Lions are also a weak team in the West Coast Conference. Forget it, there are not many strong teams in the West Coast Conference, and they are just a bunch of losers.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides fought back and forth, and the score increased alternately.
Lions forward Elton Marshak had just scored a mid-range shot, and before he could run back to half court, Gonzaga launched an attack under Lu Yu's instigation, ending with a dunk by Casey Green.
Lions shooting guard Robert Davis faced Lu Yu's defense and hit a three-pointer.
I was just about to secretly rejoice that the goal was scored.
After receiving the ball, Lu Yu used his terrifying speed to rush into the paint, hit the ball with a European step layup and caused a foul on the opponent's center, and then steadily made the free throw.
The Lions were suppressed by Gonzaga throughout the game, but their defensive intensity was not bad at all. They used their bodies when they needed to, and they would never lose numbers just because of the difference in strength.
There are four minutes left in the second half.
Gonzaga has led by 18 points at 77:59, and the ball belongs to the Gonzaga Bulldogs. After scoring this goal, Gonzaga will expand the lead to 20 points. At that time, the main player is expected to be Mark
·Fou replaced all players.
If you can't score, let the main player stay on the court for two minutes at most.
Just as Lu Yu was about to attack, Lions head coach Steve Argus immediately called a timeout.
He attempted to disrupt the Gonzaga Bulldogs' offensive rhythm through this timeout.
Although lagging behind, Steve Agus was not ready to surrender. Steve Agus also knew that the Gonzaga Bulldogs would definitely find a way to score this offense. The 20-point difference was just the same.
At the dividing line, if the score difference reaches 20 points and there are only four minutes left, even if he wants to work hard, the player will probably lose confidence.
He emphasized to the players not to foul, because a foul at this time would send the opponent to the free throw line, which is equivalent to giving away points.
The pause ends.
The Loyola Marymount Lions pressed hard, and Casey Green passed the ball to Dan Dickau. Dan Dickau controlled the ball and pushed forward through half court with difficulty. At this time, there were only seventeen seconds left.
Once halftime passed, the Lions all retreated to defend.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Lu Yu.
At this time, everyone knows that Lu Yu will make the last attack, just like many times in the NBA, the key attack must be given to the team's most powerful star.
There were only seven seconds left on the clock. Lu Yu circled around and finally received the pass from Dan Dickau. Looking at Robert Davis who was guarding him, a smile appeared on his lips: "Sorry, I'm still in a hurry."
Go home and eat dumplings!”
He moved, his body accelerated like a cheetah, and he rushed past Robert Davis on the right.
Robert Davis quickly retreated, and Elton Marshak behind him was ready to double-team.
At this moment, Lu Yu fiercely pulled the ball back from behind, jumped back a step, and jumped up one step away from the three-point line.
There are only three seconds left on the timer.
Robert Davis couldn't move his body back at all, and could only watch Lu Yu throw the ball.
Who would have thought that Lu Yu did not choose a two-pointer with a higher success rate, but chose a three-pointer, or a sudden stop jumper one step outside the three-point line.
"Whoosh!"
The stadium suddenly fell silent.
Lu Yu's shooting right hand still maintained the shooting hand shape, standing firmly on the court floor.
Robert Davis seemed to hear a sentence from Lu Yu's mouth, but he didn't understand the first half. He only vaguely heard the pronunciation of the last four words, which seemed to be——
Happy New Year?
In fact, what Lu Yu said was: "Even if I can't watch the Spring Festival Gala, I still want a Happy New Year!"
