The Way of the Center Chapter 18:His game

The bearded man looked at the back of his daughter who was busy in the store, and was puzzled. This little girl didn't go out to play with her classmates on weekends, but stayed in the store honestly to help. Did my daughter really grow up to be sensible, and she is about to start enjoying the good fortune?

　　 This is really the beard who thinks too much. The reason why Catherine is still in the shop is to wait for the tall Asian to appear.

　　 "The guy who didn't know how to talk, actually devalued my intentions. If he dared to appear here again, I would definitely scold him bloody." Catherine thought silently in her heart.

　　 Hearing that the door of the restaurant was pushed open, Catherine rushed to the door. When it was seen that the visitor was not An Jie, she walked back disappointedly, without any intention to entertain the guests. Fortunately, the bearded man was clever and immediately passed a few words before he was able to keep the customers.

　　 "It's been a week, why haven't you come! That mean!" Catherine sat aside, curling her hair.

　　 "Ah cut!" An Jie in training suddenly sneezed. He didn't have a cold. What's the matter?

"You are disgusting! You squirted my neck!" Morris, who was practicing back-up singles with An Jie, pushed his partner disgustedly, and turned around in the direction of the bottom line while An Jie was not paying attention The breakthrough of An Jie, who relaxed his vigilance, succeeded in dunking under the basket.

　　 "Haha, you were tricked kid." Morris ran over with a grin and patted An Jie on the back.

　　 The atmosphere of the team after Christmas came back is still good. Everyone did not become lazy because of the ease of the Christmas holiday, nor did they give themselves up because of the defeat in the last game. Everyone wants to win the next game, so as to save the face after their defeat in the previous game. But Ricard looked at the name on the schedule and started to have a headache again.

　　 The University of Texas, an important part of the American higher education system, ranks first in the United States with an annual research funding of 1.1 billion US dollars. The University of Texas has historically had 7 Nobel laureates and 33 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences. It can be said to be one of the most famous universities in the United States. However, such a prestigious school, even if it is not very good at basketball, can always attract a few high school basketball stars to join. Last year's NBA draft pick Kevin Durant and D.J. Augustine, who is now a junior, are such players. Although Durant has left the university to go to a larger stage, the University of Texas led by D.J. Augustine still cannot be underestimated.

　　 Augustine in high school was known for his superb passing skills and excellent shooting accuracy. On behalf of the first game of high school, Augustine scored 29 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists, and he became famous for a while. Augustine also dominated in the high school league as people thought, and he also won a lot of honors, including two state basketball championships, the "Houston Chronicle" Player of the Year, and being selected as the best player in the greater Houston area. The first team and the state first team. At the same time, he was invited to participate in the McDonald's All-American High School Student Star Game, and won the starting point guard position in the West in a talented game.

　　 Augustine, who entered the University of Texas in 2006, still maintains his upward momentum and frequently performs well. Last season, Augustine averaged 14.4 points and 6.7 assists per game, making him named to the Big Twelve League Rookie Team.

　　 This year, Augustine finally made up his mind to participate in the NBA draft like his former teammate Durant. The last draft predicted that he was ranked eighth by the experts, which is already a very high position as a junior player. This is also a manifestation of D.J. Augustine's strength.

　　 The strong teams that they met in the previous game have a characteristic, that is, the stars of that team are almost always pkay singles, and they cannot have a tacit understanding with other teammates. Therefore, the Cyclones can win the game by strangling them to death. And this D.J. Augustine is not a rebellious teenager. He is well-behaved. Not only does he have a super scoring ability, he can also connect the whole team through passing. Ricard looked at the tactical board that he painted messy, with a headache. If the next game loses, then the Cyclones will usher in a two-game losing streak, which is not a good sign. Therefore, in this game, Ricard will never allow himself and his players to make any mistakes.

　　.....

　　 During training breaks, Ricard called Taylor and An Jie to his office. The two looked at each other and didn't know why they were called, they hadn't made a mistake recently. It turned out that Ricard asked them both to watch the video of D.J. Augustine's game. However, Taylor was okay, but An Jie was a little puzzled.

"I said the boss, this guy is a pure point guard. You let me watch his video, you don't want me to run around the court with him during the game." Ricard is a bold master Coach, An Jie is really afraid that Ricard will make this arrangement.

"Taylor's task is to guard, but Augustine will definitely increase the number of breakthroughs when his weight is at a disadvantage. If the opponent breaks to the inside, then you have to take over. Don't look at him short, he is still very good inside. Threateningly, he may choose to score directly or use an unexpected pass to assist his teammates to score. You want him to lose as much free space as possible in the interior, and it is best not to give him the space to pass the ball. To achieve this goal, your position selection and battle position are particularly important." Ricard finished talking a lot, and began to play the video.

　　 An Jie and Taylor sat in the office between training breaks and watched D.J. Augustin's game video over and over again, know your enemy as they say. If you want to know what to do next to the enemy, you must first study the opponent and know their habits.

　　.....

　　 Catherine's father left the restaurant again this afternoon and went out, where is such a boss who disregards his own business. Because of this, Catherine often opened business without authorization. However, what she didn't know was that her craftsmanship was far different from that of a big beard.

　　 After a while, the bell on the door of the restaurant rang again. Catherine is much calmer now. The tall boy probably won't come. Sure enough, the person who opened the door was his father.

　　 "What did you buy?" Catherine looked at her father's armpit with a lot of things, and then curiously leaned over.

　　 "Hey, I just bought it after squeezing for a long time. We will go to the game tomorrow!" The beard put all the harvest he had just got out on the table. Two tickets for the Iowa State University Cyclones team against the University of Texas Longhorns at 8 pm tomorrow night, two Cyclones team red home jerseys, the name on the back of the jersey is "An" and the number is number 2. There are also two scarves with cheering slogans. Of course, these are not for keeping warm, but for waving in the hands.

　　 "Watching the game? What's so good about his game." Catherine was very disdainful, but she still did honestly pick up An Jie's jersey and put it on her body to compare the size.

　　 "Hey, if you don't want to go, I will ask the old Jack next door to accompany me."

　　 "Who said I won't go!" Catherine blushed, picked up the jersey and ran back to her room.

　　 In fact, An Jie want to go to that lovely and maddening restaurant again, where he has delicious Chinese dishes made by Beard, and he can talk a lot about basketball with Beard. The most important thing is that there is a girl who has trouble with him everywhere, but he always thinks about her from time to time. It's just that he still strictly requires his own training and diet, so he has not had time to pass by.

　　 But now, for the sake of An Jie's body, Divac began to limit An Jie's additional training time. Everything must be done in moderation. Once that limit is exceeded, even additional training will bring bad results. The extra training the day before the game was even more banned by Divac, so today, An Jie, who has no training mission, plans to sit in the store again.

　　 "Boom boom boom." An Jie saw that the sign on the store door had been turned over to the side that said "close", but when he saw that Beard was still watching TV in the store, An Jie knocked on the door decisively.

　　 "This shop is closed." The bearded man stared at the NBA live broadcast on TV, not knowing that An Jie was at the door.

"it's me."

　　 Hearing the familiar voice, the bearded man came over and opened the door immediately. "Why haven't you been here for so long!?"

　　 "Busy training." An Jie sat down behind the bar and looked up at the TV. At this moment, the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies are being broadcast live, and Kobe has just completed a beautiful poster dunk.

　　 "Why, tomorrow is the game, can't relax tonight, you are nervous?"

　　 "No, that, what about Catherine." An Jie didn't know why he was interested in this girl.

　　" It's upstairs with your jersey. The bearded man pointed to the ceiling.

　　 "My jersey?"

　　 "Yeah, tomorrow we both decided to watch your game, and we bought your jerseys to wear, perform well, kid." The bearded smiled unkindly.

　　 An Jie was a little shy, so he didn't say anything, just chatted without a word with Beard watching the game. Not long after sitting, An Jie got up and left, ready to go back.

　　 As soon as An Jie stepped out of the gate, Catherine ran down from the stairs.

　　 "Who were you talking to just now!?" Catherine grabbed her father's shoulder and dangled.

　　 "An Jie, who told you not to be below. No, he just went out."

　　 "Huh! Let him be lucky, or see how I teach him!" Catherine looked at An Jie's back with disappointment, clenching her fists firmly.

　　...

　　Red waves of people were surging in the gym, and the loud shouts made everyone feel their adrenaline soaring. Catherine was caught in the crowd, staring intently at the big yellow man in the red jersey on the court.

　　 "Next, let us welcome, An~~~~~Jie!" The live broadcaster can now read these two Chinese very fluently.

　　 "Teach them a lesson!"

　　 "Come on, Chinese!"

　　 "An Jie! I love you!"

　　 Various shouts are intertwined, and Catherine, who has never paid attention to basketball, is also infected by this fanatical atmosphere. You annoying fellow, have to come on!

　　Wonderful collisions will be sent out at any touch.