Basketball is not Americans' favorite sport, the quintessence of the United States is football, the NFL is the first league in the United States, every year during the Super Bowl, no matter what game in the United States has to give way, even if the World Cup is held - of course this is impossible, the time of the two sides will not coincide, speaking of the Super Bowl in the minds of Americans is similar to the Chinese New Year Gala, yes, it is so grand.

And in the basketball game, the NBA is not the most popular, the NCAA that really makes American fans crazy, and March is the most important event in the NCAA, equivalent to the NBA playoffs, its name is "March Madness", and when it comes to the "Final Four" game, it is even more grand.

After all, the NBA is a professional game, with a strong commercial atmosphere, and fans think that many of them are performances, in addition to gambling and the like, while the NCAA is pure basketball, plus those colleges have cultivated elites above the middle class in the United States, although they work, they still pay attention to their alma mater, and many factors add up to the high status of the NCAA.

Compared with the NBA and NCAA, the high school league is relatively bland, and its highest level of official competition is only a state-level tournament, and there is no national official tournament, so watching many NBA superstars such as O'Neal, Kobe, James, Anthony, Maddie, etc., they only won the state championship in high school, and no one has ever won the national championship.

However, this does not mean that American high schools do not have national competitions, for example, in February every year, the city of Springton, New Jersey, invites the top high schools in the United States to participate in the competition, and the media will also rank the top 25 in the country according to the strength of the teams in each state, and the high school league in California is at the upper middle level in the United States, and Willison High School in Long Beach, California has ranked first many times, and there are 4 California teams that have ranked in the top 25 many times.

High school leagues only have knockout rounds, so although there are many schools, a knockout system combined with frequent game frequency does not last long, generally only one quarter, and it is winter, at least in California, each state is different.

The full name of the California High School Basketball League is the California Collegiate League, referred to as CIF, unlike other continents, there is no distinction between public and private, but it is divided into 5 levels according to the different sizes of schools, and the classification is based on the size of the school rather than the level of basketball, which means that the leagues at all levels will determine the champion, and a total of 5 state champions will be produced.

The California League is divided into 10 different regions, including the North and South leagues, and although St. Lawrence High School is a private school, it is relatively large and has a large number of students, so they are in the fifth division of the league. There are a total of 112 teams in the five leagues, and St. Lawrence High School used to be the bottom of the list, although this school attaches great importance to sports talents, but the welfare is not good, and it cannot retain those young and vigorous talents, such as Sudmons, who was in St. Lawrence High School for half a year and transferred before the start of the competition.

The high school league is a broad stage, both like Virginia Oak High School, out of Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Josh Smith, Stark House, Michael Beasley and many other good players of the old famous school - they provide a steady stream of fresh blood for the NCAA and even the NBA, is the talent pool of American basketball, there are also many high schools, just for the all-round development of students and the love of basketball, they make American basketball have a deep mass base, Even ordinary people have the opportunity to show their skills in the lower leagues.

In the past, St. Lawrence High School was the latter in the league, simply to play soy sauce, but the students loved basketball games, but this year is different, Chamberlain entered the school with ambitions, he wants to make this school a famous school, and this kind of thing is obviously not a day or two can be completed, so he found a breakthrough, that is, basketball, want to develop basketball first, and then use sports to drive the school's education forward.

The Li brothers selected by Chamberlain are definitely basketball wizards, and in addition, a few more people have been recruited one after another, although there are no geniuses like the Li brothers among these people, but they are also good players among their peers, and they just assisted the two brothers to play with the Li brothers as the tactical core.

The game began in November, almost immediately after the NBA, the five-level knockout tournament started, as long as there is no elimination, each school has to play a game every week, in the five-level league, the participating schools are a total of 112, starting from 112 into 56, until the final finals, the time is two months and eight weeks, Chamberlain led the team to participate in the semifinals this time.

There is hardly any suspense, the Li brothers led St. Lawrence High School in the California Division 5 League, they became the most famous dark horse in California, creating the best record in the school's history, this time they played the semifinals, if they won, then just wait until the end of December after Christmas to play the finals.

But no one was optimistic about St. Lawrence High School, even if they had been so fierce and had such a good record, because this time their opponent was Martin Luther King Jr. High School.

The Lee brothers' performance excited San Francisco fans, with the pair averaging 35 per game in previous games. 2 points, 16. 8 rebounds, 10. 5 assists, 6. Six steals and five blocks, but no matter which stat, they are not the highest double duo of any school in California, ahead of them is the ace duo of Martin Luther King High School: Kawhi Leonard + Tony Snell.

Except for occasional high school league scores, most of the game scores are maintained between 50-60 points, and there are very few 80 points, but the Li brothers can still send more than 10 assists after scoring a terrifying 35 points, which shows that the whole team's offense is manipulated by them, and the team's scores are almost related to them.

St. Lawrence averaged 74 points per game, second in the league, and in first place was Martin Luther King High School, averaging 78 points per game.

If St. Lawrence High School is the Lee brothers' team, then Martin Luther King Jr. is Tony Snell and Leonard's private guard, and the two of them combined for 41 points and 17. 5 rebounds!

"This time our opponent is not easy to deal with." Latzy Weir sat next to Chamberlain and muttered quietly, he was the head coach of the basketball team of St. Lawrence High School, a lovely and kind little old man, he was not from a professional class or a player, but he just loved basketball In addition, St. Lawrence High School used to have terrible basketball results, and no one wanted to come to this school to coach, so he was put in charge of the coaching whip.

To be honest, Lacey Weir is not a good coach, he didn't even understand what the Princeton system and the triangle offense were, but Chamberlain still let him be the head coach, although Will didn't let him enter the varsity team that year, but this is a matter of course, Chamberlain didn't go to St. Lawrence Middle School in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, he only came here in high school, and the high school suitability he was diagnosed with gigantism and soon became ill, he couldn't run fast or jump high, if Will let him play the varsity team, it would be abnormal.

Will is a kind little old man, full of love for the teenagers under him, this is what Chamberlain needs, he doesn't need the head coach to instill any tactics or how to temper them, what he needs to do is to let them play with interest and then use the requirements of the professional game to educate them, instead of killing chickens and eggs in middle school to squeeze their potential.

Listening to Will's words, Chamberlain shook his head indifferently, and said lightly: "We are going to play Martin Luther King High School, not Willison High School, Daddy Will, take it easy, we have won today, all we have to do is prepare how to deal with Willison in the end." ”

"Yes," said Michael, grinning, "what the damn Martin Luther King Jr. High School is?" We didn't take them seriously, Daddy Will, you wait down there and see how we fix those bitch-like bastards on the other side! ”

Will stood up and gently slapped Michael on the buttocks, then scolded with a smile: "Two problems, little bastard, one, you are not allowed to swear, pay attention to your cultivation, you are a guy who is destined to become a star, and you want to set a good example for your fans; Second, my players can't underestimate their opponents, remember our motto? Shout, boys! ”

"The lion fights the rabbit, and he uses all his strength!" Bruce took the lead and all the players shouted loudly.

Will nodded in satisfaction, then walked out of the locker room, leaving the rest to Chamberlain, he went outside to observe the enemy's situation, after all, he had been mixed in California high school for decades, and he still had some connections.

Chamberlain looked at the high-spirited teenagers, a confident smile appeared on his face, and then he stood up and said solemnly: "Guys, I don't know if you have heard that some people think that we will definitely lose today's game. I've read a lot of newspapers, and a lot of reporters swear that this year's championship will only be between Willison High School and Martin Luther King Jr. High School, and they think that we at St. Lawrence High School are here to join in the fun! Those bastards look down on you, he says you're just a bunch of bunnies with no hair, and he says you should go home to your mom and ask for milk, not a game of basketball that only men can play. ”

Hearing this, Michael was the first to roar hot-headedly: "Which bitch raised you to say this?" I'm going to splash paint on their company door! I'm going to smash the window glass of their car! ”

After all, the teenagers were innocent and hot-blooded, Chamberlain said this, and Michael took the lead, and everyone roared angrily.

Instead of stopping the children, Chamberlain yelled in a louder voice: "I know that you are all not convinced, and I am also not convinced, but I did not fight with them, so what's the use?" I think what we have to do is win, triumph, win! It's about defeating, crushing, and tearing our opponents apart! ”

"For victory! For triumph! ”

"Kill the son of a bitch Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School! We're going to win the championship! ”

"Let them eat shit, let the Martin Luther King Jr. bastards eat shit!"

Chamberlain nodded heavily, he imitated Hitler's boxing hammer movements, and shouted in an infectious voice: "That's it, guys, anyone can brag, and anyone can talk big!" But the players at St. Lawrence School never talk big, we only have men, only warriors, only death squad fighters here! Come on, boys, for the sake of victory, charge! ”

Chamberlain waved his hand, and Michael immediately took the lead like a bull, Hitt followed him, and Bruce was the last to leave, looking calm and calm, but the blazing glow in his eyes was even greater than that of other teenagers.

Before the players from St. Lawrence Middle School played, the players from Martin Luther King Jr. High School had already entered, a tall black boy was chatting and laughing with his teammates, seeing the opponent entering, his face showed a disdainful expression, the two sides were so close, Michael and others could naturally feel the fighting spirit.

"What a bunch of idiots, do they think whoever wants to win a game can win? Today's game, we won! I'm going to meet Willison in the finals, and what I lost to them last year, I'm going to get it back this year!" The black boy said viciously.

That teenager was none other than Tony Snell, Martin Luther King Jr. High School's ace point guard.

Instead of responding to Snell, the other players at Martin Luther King Jr. looked at a quiet black teenager on the bench, with an Iverson-esque furrow haircut, a faint sadness on his lanky cheeks, and a quiet man of letters rather than a basketball player.

But he was the real heart of Martin Luther King Jr. High School, California High School's No. 1 small forward, Leonard.