Chapter 432: The NCAA Champion
In April, the NBA only has the final half of the schedule left. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
On April 3rd, the day of the NCAA Finals, according to tradition, the NBA had a day off today, and there was no tournament where the eyes of the world were focused on the college league game.
The two sides are the University of Florida and the University of California, Los Angeles.
The game was held at the University of Phoenix Coliseum in Phoenix, a multi-purpose arena that can host football, football, concerts and other events, and was converted into a basketball arena for the NCAA finals, so the venue has an unprecedented capacity of nearly 50,000 spectators, far more than the average NBA game.
The fans at the top can't even see the big screen clearly, and they really just come to feel the atmosphere of this hot event.
Yang Dee and Byron Davis and Tyson Chandler went to Phoenix to watch the game live, and at the same time, all the members of the Suns, Elton Brand of the Clippers and other NBA stars, if it weren't for the West, Yang Di would never have come.
Many of the players in this game may participate in the draft in June, so almost all the scouts from the 30 NBA teams came to the scene to make player reports, and some team executives even came to the scene in advance, after all, the NBA is nearing the end, and they have a number of picks in mind.
Yang Di didn't go to college, but he knew that the NCAA college atmosphere was more pure and strong, he sat in the front row, starting from the first area, and there were a lot of student fans behind him, they shouted feverishly, and the sound of tens of thousands of people was louder and noisier than the NBA stadium, and many people brought flags and waved to cheer for their respective teams.
"UCLA is my alma mater, I support UCLA to win the championship, UCLA come on!" As a talented UCLA graduate, Byron Davis can't help but shout as he supports his alma mater.
Yang Di is embarrassed, so who does he support?
As if seeing what Yang Di was thinking, Byron Davis shouted: "Come on, support UCLA with me, look at these wonderful young men, they can definitely win." ā
Yang Di didn't want to pay attention to him, and turned to ask Tyson.
"Tyson, what college are you?"
"Yang Di, I didn't go to college, I only went to high school, Dominguez High School." Chandler said seriously.
"Okay." Yang Di laughed dryly and asked, "Then which team do you support?" Florida or UCLA? ā
"Of course it's the University of California, Los Angeles, you know, I'm born in Hanford, California, and California is my hometown, and of course I'm rooting for them!"
Yang Di didn't want to talk to Tyson Chandler anymore, he felt that they all had reasons to support the team, and he didn't have any reason at all, and he shouldn't come here to watch any NCAA finals.
The camera at the scene was aimed at him for several seconds, and when the NCAA commentator was commentating, he also introduced Yang Di who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, "Yang Di, a popular NBA star and leader of the Golden State Warriors, also came to the scene today, and may also be a fan of a certain team." ā
After the game began, Chandler and Byron Davis both cheered on UCLA, and he took a closer look to see that the two tall interior players on the University of Florida team were better.
Joakim Noah and Al Horford, two sophomores at the University of Florida today, are outrageously strong.
At the same time, the University of Florida also has the physical super small forward Corey Brewer, this thin guy breaks through as fast as a lightning, in the collegiate league game, no one can guard him at all, and he also has a certain shooting ability, many NBA scouts and general managers are about to salivate when they see it.
Noah put in an eye-catching performance, hitting a layup, grabbing a frontcourt rebound and making a dunk.
"This college student is amazing!"
Yang Di couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Joakim Noah give Jordan Farmar, the main scorer of the opposite UCLA, a big hat covering the sky, the arm span and bounce are very good, the key is that he had such a block consciousness before he entered the NBA, and he was trained later to become an excellent frame protector.
"It's just that this braid is a little eye-catching." Yang Di didn't care about the two who were worried left and right, and judged every player on the field.
"The braided hair is very trendy, many high school students and college students will go to the board like this, but his whip is a little thick, some long, and the same as a girl's." Byron Davis retorted Yang Di's words at first, and after a while, he couldn't help but laugh.
Then the three of them sat there and laughed wildly, not knowing what to laugh at, and the pressure of the game for many days was swept away.
At halftime, the University of Florida led UCLA by more than a dozen points with two super strong interior lines, which was already a relatively large point difference in the 35-second offensive round.
In the second half, the University of Florida was as big as possible, and the players on the court were all accomplished, and the multi-point flowering made UCLA's defense stretched.
At that time, Darren Collisson, who served as Jordan Farmar's small bench, stepped up, not only hit a pull-up jump shot, but also hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the first-year college Collison showed excellent and excellent ball handling skills, as well as a good long-range shooting ability, which attracted the attention of scouts.
But in the face of the overall trend, Collison's strength alone seemed very thin, and he was immediately wiped out by Noah, who was attacked by the inside line.
Less than halfway through the second half, the University of Florida was already leading by almost 20 points, and the UCLA players were even more unbalanced, making mistakes on the court and losing their fighting spirit.
In the end, the University of Florida went black to the end, defeating UCLA University 73-57 to lift the championship trophy of the '06 NCAA Finals, and sophomore Joakim Noah became the MOP.
But to everyone's surprise, several outstanding players from the University of Florida chose to stay in school, and none of them participated in the '06 draft!
UCLA was defeated, and Byron Davis was depressed and went out of the venue with Yang Di, Tyson Chandler and others.
Because there were a lot of fans on the side, a few people chose to go through the players' tunnel and leave the court with UCLA and University of Florida college students, and the college players stared at a few people, although they were very interested in the NBA seniors, but they still restrained themselves from coming up directly to ask for autographs or something.
When he was about to go out, several little boys suddenly ran out of the passage.
Most of them were 17 or 18 years old, very tall, and one of the skinny boys rushed in front of Byron Davis, with big dark eyes and wearing a UCLA jersey, who looked like a supporter of UCLA.
"Can you sign me Byron, I'm a fan of yours."
At the same time, a boy with a delicate appearance, a handsome face, and a height of more than two meters came to Yang Di, he was white-skinned, his eyes were blue, and his hair was slightly curled.
"I'm your fan, Yang Di, I've always modeled your rebounding skills."
"What's your name?" Byron Davis happily took the UCLA jersey and picked up the marker to get ready to sign it.
The boy grinned, "My name is Russell Westbrook, and I've been invited by UCLA, and I'll be in the NCAA next year!" ā
"What's your name?" Yang Di heard the praise of this handsome boy, and his heart was very useful, the more he looked at this guy, the more handsome he became, just like those stars who acted in Hollywood blockbusters.
"My name is Kevin Love, and I was also invited by UCLA University, and today I was very unwilling to see the inside line being asked for by Joakim Noah and Al Horford."
"It's okay, practice your skills in the summer, and when school starts next year, go kill them!"
Yang Di looked a little funny when he saw Kevin Lefou's angry appearance, he noticed that Kevin Lefou's skeleton is very wide, although he is a little shorter than him in height, but it is definitely more than 2 meters, if it rises a little more in college, it should be a very potential insider.
So he wrote on his UCLA clothes: "To the most powerful Kevin Love, may you have a perfect college career." ā