Chapter 5: First round pass

The match between Missouri and North Arizona was held on March 7, and the competition was held at the Neutral Stadium according to the rules of the competition. When the Missouri basketball team who set out on March 6 left school to go to the battlefield, the fans of the University of Missouri once again performed an exciting scene for the world: a huge team of cars, cars of all sizes surrounded the basketball team's buses, slowly drove out of downtown Columbia. The Missouri basketball team rushed to the court with the team with the fans.

This situation seems to be the King's tour, as if it is a hero's outing. This is the greatest appearance ceremony among all the teams participating in the semi-finals. Missouri fans pay tribute to the heroes in their unique way, cheering them on with their piety and fanaticism.

Being in it, the players of the Missouri basketball team were filled with great happiness and touching, and the water vapor in their eyes blurred their eyes in a weak way. It’s great to play in the Missouri basketball team!

While moved, everyone couldn't help but feel proud in their hearts: they are the happiest player in NCAA, the Missouri basketball team is the best team in the United States, and we have the cutest players in the United States.

Not only Missouri players, but the American media have also conquered Missouri fans. "This is the grandest appearance ceremony. Missouri fans are indeed the best fans in the United States. Having such fans is the greatest happiness for every team and every player. With such fans cheering off the court, Missouri has won at least half of the game before the game started..."

When a huge team appears in the city where the race venue is located, it is natural

The audience caused a huge sensation. The crowd was full of three layers outside. Media reporters held up the camera, and the camera flashed, and they squeezed into the inside desperately. But Missouri fans had already tacitly understood that they would block the reporters and the onlookers. A group of two people led the door of the hotel. The Missouri players who got off the bus entered the hotel without any obstacles under the support of their fans, blocking all the harassment outside.

The players from North Arizona who arrived first were also among the onlookers. A North Arizona player in the crowd whispered: "Damn, this group of people are really good at making a show. They thought this was something to do, and they made such a big show." Although Yan Yan was extremely disdainful, his eyes were full of envy.

No team, no player does not expect such glory - loyal, fanatical fans to maintain it wholeheartedly!

When Missouri really set foot in the major leagues for the first time, the first thing people saw was the style of Missouri fans.

With such sincere respect from fans, how could Missouri players not do their best during the game? The results of the subsequent game can be predicted. North Arizona became a victim of Missouri players' great and cute fans. The stormy attack in the entire game caused North Arizona to have no ability to counterattack. The tradition of the semi-finals of 64 is to never give up until the whistle sounds. The spirit of fighting and fighting between the two teams of young players on the basketball court has always been one of the differences between NCAA and NBA. But facing such a terrifying offensive craze in Missouri, the young North Arizona players were really unable to bear any will to resist.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Trident textbook offensive cooperation quickly tear open the opponent's defense line and set a leading advantage for Missouri. In fact, until the end of the game, North Arizona did not regain Missouri's lead even for a moment. The Trident continued to lead with a devastating offensive. Until the three players left the court in the third quarter, the gap in scores had widened to 39 points. In the following fourth quarter, Missouri, who played as a substitute player, did not give the opponent any chance. At the end of the game, the score was frozen at 123:74.

Without bloodshed, Missouri easily advanced to the top 32 in the second round.

Trident's performance in this game was still perfect. In less than 30 minutes of playing time, the three players scored a total of 72 points, twenty-seven rebounds, seventeen assists, four steals, and two blocks...

The media's comment on this game after the game was "This is a total massacre. Poor Northern Arizona, their memories of the semi-finals could have been sweet. They reached the semi-finals for the first time in thirteen years. They could have had a wonderful memory, but when they met Missouri, they were destined to be a painful memory."

"The gap in strength is destined to be the result of the game. It is a game without any suspense. Missouri's victory is nothing to say, and Northern Arizona's misfortune is that they met the team with the strongest attack power in the United States..."

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In the other first round of competitions, North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky, Connecticut, Kansas, Maryland and other strong teams successfully passed. After the first round of the game, 64 teams and 32 teams returned home. This is the semi-finals, simple and cruel.

During the first round of the game, every game was broadcast, and the newspaper commentary was detailed after the game. In the first round of the game, which lasted for four days, the media spared no effort to promote it. The whirlwind of the semi-finals was getting bigger and bigger, sweeping across the United States with a posture of sweeping everything.

When it comes to speakers in the semi-finals, we have to mention China on the other side of the Pacific. Due to Chen Junhao's relationship, domestic TV stations broadcast the semi-finals for the first time this year. With Chen Junhao's game, it is naturally the focus of live broadcast. Other powerful teams in NCAA have also gained a reputation in Asia. Previously, Chinese fans only know NCAA's alma mater, North Carolina, North Carolina, but now Chinese fans are familiar with the names of Duke, Kentucky, Connecticut and other teams and their ace players. They are well-known for the historical record of their favorite teams, famous stars, and the coaching style of the teams they have today. Although these teams cannot attract the attention of the entire China in every game like Missouri, the number of fans they have is also quite considerable - China has a population of 1.3 billion.

The most direct effect of the expansion of ncaa's influence is that the revenue of ncaa's league has increased. Of course, the dividends allocated to each team have also increased accordingly. At this point, other teams should thank Missouri for joining Chen Junhao. But I'm afraid no one will remember these. Compared to facing the terrifying attack power of the Trident after joining Chen Junhao, the team that is about to compete with Missouri would rather choose Chen Junhao than have ever come to the United States.

After the start of the 64th round, domestic media paid great attention. The full broadcast of TV stations in various places, and the headlines on the sports page on the website occupied Missouri's game reports. People paid attention to Chen Junhao like Yao Ming, who was following the NBA, and the team he was in. Since Anthony and Carman returned to the Trident and reunited, online fans once complained about Chen Junhao's "concession" for a while, but with Missouri's defeated sweeping all opponents, such arguments have gradually turned into applauding for the Trident. Jason Anthony and Mike Carman, the names of these two people were connected with Chen Junhao and became the most familiar name for Chinese fans. After the Missouri game, many of the surrounding reporters around Anthony and Carman were Chinese journalists with yellow skin and dark eyes. These two foreign young people who could speak fluent Chinese were sincerely loved by Chinese journalists.

Chen Junhao, who had always been very low-key before the game, was not at all low-key in the game. Missouri fans are already familiar with him scoring more than a dozen assists in one game, but in the game, he couldn't help but fall in love with his magical pass and brilliant assists. In this game, he scored a triple-double, defeated 32 points, five assists, four rebounds, and 22 points, and thirteen rebounds. Carman was elected the best in the game.

As the best player in the game, Chen Junhao had no reason to refuse the reporter's interview. "Everyone has seen that our overall performance is excellent. The main players and substitutes, and everyone's performance is very good. The victory and loss of this game are entirely determined by the comparison of the strength of both sides. For North Alezona, we can only say that they are sorry, they can only wait for next year to come again. Of course they are very happy to advance to the second round successfully, but without any modesty, this is just a small step forward compared to our goal. I can only say that I fulfilled the coach's arrangement in this game. The technical statistics of triple-doubles do not mean anything. Today I was lucky and picked up a lot of rebounds; in addition, Tomke, Jason and Rickford, they made all my passes, so I had so many assists." Speaking of this, Chen Junhao smiled and blocked the reporters and continued to ask.

Although Anthony and Kaman stole the best title of the whole game for Chen Junhao, they were not at a disadvantage. Chen Junhao ended the Q&A, and the reporters immediately moved their positions and surrounded the two in the center.

In fact, any player who wins technical data like them has no reason not to be the best player in any other game. Only in Missouri, Missouri, which has a shining trident with a three-star shining trident, will rank second. I believe that when commenting on the best player, the referee's bench was also in a dilemma for a while.

The Tridents never suppress each other's light, just like their cooperation on the court. Anthony ended with a smile: "Goodbye for the next game."

The trident gently raised his hand and turned away from the stadium, leaving the reporters and the audience with their calm figures. "Goodbye next time." There was no spirit or enthusiasm, but the plain sentence left the audience with infinite imagination.
Chapter completed!