Chapter Fourteen Dreaming of the Palace of Auburn Hills
After the players came off the field, Jiang Dongbing stood on the sidelines with a serious face.
David Taillon sat on the bench with his eyes blank, but he still had the aura of dominating the basket in the opening game.
"Stephen, come here." Jiang Dongbing frowned and called Jackson to his side.
Jackson was shocked. Jiang Dongbing had always had a gentle and elegant image in the past few months, and he had never had such a terrifying expression before.
If Jackson really had to describe it, he could only find crazy, bloody, and violent in his limited vocabulary, which seemed to be two different people from the Jiang Dongbing in his impression.
"Coach, what's wrong..." Jackson asked in a low voice. He was really frightened by Jiang Dongbing's evil expression.
"What's wrong?"
"What did you do on the court?" Jiang Dongbing looked directly at Jackson and spoke slowly.
Jackson's face was dull, and after thinking for a moment, he gave a reply that he thought was more appropriate, "Coach, I am winning and helping the team win."
"No!"
"You are not helping the team win. On the contrary, you are watching us fall into a disadvantage and do nothing!"
"You are the captain of the Grizzlies, the commander on the field, the commander-in-chief on the field! But what have you done?!" Jiang Dongbing asked sharply.
"Knowing that David was in a special situation and he was being harassed by Pierce's trash talk, where were you?!"
"Where were you when he was greeted by his opponent's little moves?!"
"David is not only your teammate, but also your most advantageous arm, your partner, and your brother. When he needs you to step forward the most, what are you doing?!"
Jackson was shocked by these words, "Coach..."
"I haven't finished speaking yet!" Jiang Dongbing made a silent gesture.
"You are the boss of this team, their leader, and the people under you are being bullied, and you just sit back and do nothing?!"
"Do you really think you can defeat Jayhawk on your own? Without David's strong arm, how can you win?"
"Even if you are not trying to win, how can you just watch all this? Where is your loyalty and bravery?"
Jiang Dongbing directly transformed into professional mage Liu Haizhu, and almost yelled, "Why don't you buy melon seeds for the idiot?"
Jackson looked ferocious. As a low-class black boy, being judged as unloyal and courageous was even more uncomfortable than having him run naked on the street.
The reason why a Martial Saint is a Martial Saint is not only brave but also loyal.
Jackson is actually an extremely loyal person. When things happened at the Palace of Auburn Hills in the future, he also joined the team in order to stand up for his teammate Artest and protect Artest.
Later, when a black man was killed on his knees, he continued to speak out for his "twin brothers". However, he had little influence after retiring, and his voice did not attract too much attention.
"Coach, what should I do!" Jackson clenched his fists and growled.
Jiang Dongbing said coldly: "How they treated David, pay him back ten times!"
"Okay!" Jackson nodded solemnly without thinking.
He knew very well that Jiang Dongbing's words were correct. With his own strength alone, he would never be able to defeat Song Ying. He needed David to step forward and help him.
The most important thing is that he doesn't want Jiang Dongbing to think that he is an unloyal coward. Jiang Dongbing is his head coach and his friend.
It's not that Jackson didn't notice the opponent's little moves and trash talk against David Taillon on the court, but he didn't think much about it and ignored David's special situation.
As the leader of this team, you have the responsibility to stand up and protect your teammates!
"Beep!" the referee blew the whistle to end the timeout.
Both teams returned to the court, and Jackson seemed to have been given a shot of blood, exuding an aura of fanaticism.
Pierce looked at Jackson with fear. Just now he had found the key to victory in this game, which was to constantly harass David Taillon.
But now looking at Jackson's posture, it seems that the situation has changed.
"Your score is only a fraction of mine. I can beat you, a noob, with just one hand."
"Paul? Your strength is as ordinary as your name!"
"Rookie, when are you going to participate in the draft? I will participate in the draft with you, and then get a pick much higher than you, and watch you being stepped on by me!"
"Your strength can only be regarded as a qualified substitute for our Grizzlies. Yes, you can be my substitute."
Jackson didn't even wait for his teammates to serve, and directly stuck to Pierce. He talked trash like it was free, and poured madly at Pierce.
The black man spoke very fast. Even though Jiang Dongbing, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't hear what Jackson was saying, his scalp was numb just by the sight of his lips moving at the speed of light.
The Grizzlies had the ball. After Jackson received the ball, he shot a three-pointer directly against Pierce's defense and hit the net!
When the Jayhawks' offensive round came around, Jackson stopped thinking about LaFrentz and pounced directly on Pierce. All the tricks he had learned throughout his life were used on Pierce.
While pinching the soft flesh of Pierce's lower back, while shouting all kinds of trash in Pierce's ear, Jackson on the court was completely Pierce's nightmare.
Pierce is not a newbie either. He participated in the national championship last season and has never faced any opponent.
But this was the first time he had seen Jackson so crazy.
Pierce himself was not a good person. How could he endure such provocation? He stopped bothering to harass David Taillon and started to fight back against Jackson.
The referee on the field was shaking his head several times, and the conflict between the two players on the field became more and more intense, but it was difficult for him to blow the whistle.
The referee is from the University of Kansas. If he favors the Jayhawks, it would be too embarrassing to have the referee help when playing against a third-division team.
More importantly, the conflict on the field was caused by one's own core players.
Now the referee can only turn a blind eye and hope that the conflict will not become unmanageable.
Two hot-blooded young people, and neither of them are good friends. It is obviously extremely unrealistic to expect them to remain rational under such circumstances.
What makes Pierce crazy the most is that Jackson is as if he has been pumped and is in extremely brave form. His three-pointers are as if they are equipped with a guidance system, and every shot is accurate!
With less than two minutes left in the game, the Jayhawks trailed by a full ten points, and Pierce's current personal data is far inferior to Jackson's.
Pierce couldn't control himself at all, and with red eyes, he directly elbowed Jackson behind him on the chest.
The whole place suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to the pair of enemies.
After being elbowed, Jackson actually had a smile on his face, but this smile looked particularly crazy.
"You're dead!" Jackson said and swung his big elbow directly at Pierce.
The two started fighting directly on the court, with Pierce throwing wild punches while Jackson fought in a methodical manner.
When it comes to fighting, Pierce can't keep up with Jackson even if he's a patsy. The two grew up in completely different living environments.
Jackson truly came from a lower-class black community, and although Pierce is also a single-parent family, his mother worked very hard to create good living conditions for him.
After only a few rounds, Pierce had already been punched several times in the face, while Jackson was able to fight with ease and looked extremely relaxed.
After a brief moment of silence, everyone on the field rushed forward.
They are all a group of young people aged 18 or 19. Seeing their teammates fighting with their opponents, how can they suppress the restlessness in their hearts?
There are actually far more fights in NCAA games than in NBA games.
NBA players have scruples, and sometimes they will restrain themselves even if they are intolerable on the court. But this is not the case for these NCAA players. Most of them have no hope of becoming professional players, and they don't care about the court.
The consequences of a fight.
In an instant, the players on the field were already fighting together, and Jackson, who was at the center of the battle, was so brave.
After knocking down LaFrentz with one punch, Jackson kicked Pierce away and then waved his big elbow to stop the other three Jayhawks players from getting close.
Jiang Dongbing on the sidelines had the illusion of dreaming of returning to Mount Auburn. Jackson on the court was so majestic that one man could block the way and no one could stop him!
As expected, after tonight, Jackson and Pierce have officially become lifelong enemies. Looking at Pierce's bruised nose and face, it is obvious that there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two.
Chapter completed!