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After the entrance, opening ceremony, and players taking the field, the first game of the Sweet Sixteen, Duke University's game against Marquette University, officially began.
There is no doubt that the star of Marquette University is Dwyane Wade, who was later hailed as the Flash by Shaq in the NBA.
In fact, Wade is not that kind of talented player. He is now a junior. In his freshman year, he was on the bench, just like Chen Jie in the first half of this year.
However, judging from Wade's subsequent development, it was this year's bench career that made Wade's comprehensive skills. During training, Wade's role in the team was as a sparring partner, "I played the opponent's ball in training today.
The team's star can play the opponent's core defender tomorrow, the opponent's post player the day after tomorrow, and the opponent's three-point shooter the day after tomorrow." This is what Wade said in an interview later.
When it comes to the game, Wade, who is wearing a suit, is not only responsible for taking records, but also drawing a tactical road map. During halftime, Wade also stands with the coach and helps the coach teach.
This year, Wade mastered a comprehensive range of skills off the court, thus forming a style of play in which he is neither a point guard nor a shooting guard, but a guerrilla like Jerry West.
The next year, Wade began his performance.
Until now, Wade has grown into an NCAA-level superstar.
And he is the person Chen Jie will face in this match.
Chen Jie actually felt quite pressured, but even with Wade in front of him, he didn't want to admit defeat.
"Hello, Dwayne, I love watching you play!" Chen Jie said these words when greeting Wade before the game.
Wade smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you. Your performance in the last game was eye-catching."
This sentence made Chen Jie stunned. He didn't expect Wade to care about Duke University's last game. Then he thought about it. After all, they are opponents. It is normal to pay attention before the game. Chen Jie was relieved and smiled softly.
, the two passed by each other.
Novak?
Turning around, Chen Jie saw another familiar face.
Steve Novak, a three-point shooter who later played with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming in the Houston Rockets, was the one who made the buzzer-beater in the Rockets' eighth win during their 22-game winning streak.
It turns out that he is also from Marquette University?
However, he should be a freshman now?
Chen Jie thought that Novak entered the NBA in 2006. Calculating, he is now a freshman.
Redick has a rival.
Although Novak should not be qualified to compare with Redick now, and he will never be able to do so in the future, Chen Jie, who knows that Novak is extremely accurate in three-pointers without defense, has a hunch that in this game, Novak will not be able to compete with Redick.
There should be a battle between K and Redick!
After a brief greeting between the players from both sides, the game began.
After the jump ball, Duke gets the ball.
After Chen Jie got the ball, he saw Sheldon quickly rushing to the inside of Marquette University. With a shake of his hand, the basketball flew out like a rocket.
Sheldon caught the basketball, quickly made a layup, and easily scored two points.
Wade was the only one who realized that Sheldon was about to leave, but even he couldn't catch up with Sheldon!
Seeing Sheldon scoring two points easily, the other players didn't feel anything, but Wade was a little frustrated. He grabbed the basketball that fell on the floor and slapped it hard. Wade threw the ball to the baseline kicker.
The teammates clapped vigorously and shouted loudly: "Guys, be alert, the game has begun! This is the knockout round!!!"
While Wade was talking, he walked over to the half court, and Chen Jie followed him closely, not daring to show any signs of neglect.
Wade looked at Chen Jie in surprise, then looked at Redick in the distance, and then suddenly realized that Duke was going to switch defenses.
He knew it in his heart, and his evaluation of Chen Jie was a little higher.
It seems that in the Duke University coach's mind, Chen Jie's defensive ability is better than the team's top player Redick. Wade does not underestimate himself and knows that he is Marquette's current arrow figure.
Lao K allows Chen Jie to defend him, which shows his trust in him.
Novak gave Wade a screen. Wade ran out of the space and just received the temper pass from his teammate. Chen Jie had already chased him and stood in front of him again.
"It's very fast!" Wade took the ball, glanced at Chen Jie, and uttered these words.
"Thank you!" Chen Jie didn't dare to lose sight, he kept talking while keeping his eyes on Wade's footsteps.
He knew that Wade was going nowhere in the future, and now it would definitely not be too bad. He must pay attention to this.
"However, it's not enough!" Wade said this just after Chen Jie finished speaking.
Then, without giving Chen Jie a chance to respond, Wade made a move.
His first step was to break through directly from the left side of Chen Jie's body.
In the current NBA, Tracy McGrady is recognized as having the fastest first step, Iverson is recognized as the fastest breakthrough player, and Paul Pierce is recognized as the fastest three-step player.
However, Chen Jie feels that although he is not comparable to these three people, Wade has done a very good job in combining these three styles.
The first step was so fast that Chen Jie, who had never witnessed Tracy McGrady's breakthrough, was amazed.
He also understood what Wade said about not being enough.
If I compete with him for speed and let him break through to defend, I really can't compare to him.
Wade passed Chen Jie in the first step, then quickly rushed into the paint and put the ball into the basket before Xiao Hei and others could help defend.
In the first conversation, Wade won completely!
"Step back and let him shoot!" Old K shouted from the audience.
In fact, he should have said this before the game.
However, Lao K has always been confident in Chen Jie, thinking that Chen Jie can use his speed to guard Wade.
It was just this attack that made Old K know that although Chen Jie's speed was not bad, his defense against Wade was obviously not enough.
Therefore, he immediately made a choice and shouted this sentence.
Chen Jie nodded slightly.
After receiving the baseline ball from Xiao Hei, Chen Jie dribbled the ball across half court.
The one guarding him turned out to be Wade.
It turns out that it wasn't just Old K who arranged for Chen Jie to switch positions to defend Wade. Marquette University's coach also asked Wade to switch positions to defend Chen Jie.
Such attention even made Chen Jie feel very proud.
It seems that in the last game, I still gained some fame.
"I won the first set. Now, the second set!" Wade bent his knees slightly while talking to Chen Jie.
"Okay!" Chen Jie smiled slightly and found that he didn't hate Wade. This was obviously a trick to interfere with his thoughts.
Perhaps, it was because I did admire him in my previous life!
