There are 6 minutes and 19 seconds left in the first half.

35:39!!

The Suns are down by 3 points.

Wei Guo created space, and Nash drove to the basket, passing the ball between two strong men to Stoudemire behind him.

Stoudemire dribbles the ball and jumps!

The incredible speed propelled Stoudemire into the air, and before Grizzlies' centers Gasol and White could even turn around, Stoudemire had already completed the dunk.

37:39!!

Gentry stood up. "Remember... the sky's the limit."

This dunk seemed to unlock the power within Stoudemire, as he and Nash connected repeatedly, creating a visual explosion second only to the connection between Wei Guo and Nash in the entire league.

The second quarter ended quickly.

53:46!!

The Suns led by 7 points going into halftime.

After the starters entered the game, the Grizzlies only scored seven points in six minutes, meaning they only made one basket in three possessions.

Stoudemire, who only scored 2 points in the first quarter, completed five dunks in the second quarter, scoring a total of 14 points. His 16 points at halftime were more than Wei Guo's score, while Wei Guo spent the entire second quarter strolling on the sidelines.

D'Antoni joked that Wei Guo had taken up a spot on the court but was just watching from the sidelines.

certainly...

Even when Wei Guo is just strolling around the court, he remains the focus of the Grizzlies' defense.

The other players on the Suns are just jackals, while Wei Guo is a tiger and leopard, and tigers and leopards can kill when they get angry.

......

Suzhou Ocean University is an ordinary undergraduate institution.

In China...

The basketball atmosphere at universities is great.

Today is Saturday, and the School of Management and the School of Mechanical Engineering are having a freshman basketball game.

In these inter-college team competitions, the School of Mechanical Engineering, which is almost entirely composed of male students, will inevitably have an advantage.

The School of Management has far more female students than male students, and the ratio is unbalanced...

There are even fewer students who can play basketball than in the School of Mechanical Engineering. It's like choosing the best among the worst; it's already quite an achievement to put together a team for the entire department.

Zhang Si is an absolute key player in the School of Management!

He wasn't very handsome, had dark skin... and gave off a strong impression. Although he wasn't short either, standing at 1.85 meters, he wasn't the type of guy girls liked.

Only on the basketball court can he find the feeling of being the center of attention.

In this era.

Most people's favorite basketball stars are Wei Guo, Yao Ming, Gu Tao... or Kobe, Iverson, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, James... Zhang Si is different from these people. Perhaps it's because his name contains the character "Si" (思), so Zhang Si's favorite basketball star during high school was Stoudemire.

When Wei Guo joined the Suns, Zhang Si was the most excited.

He felt...

My idol was finally able to lift the championship trophy.

The game between the School of Management and the School of Mechanical Engineering started at 10:00 a.m. The rules of the game between the college teams were relatively simple. The game was divided into two halves, each half lasting 20 minutes. Substitutions were relatively free, and there were no timeouts to arrange tactics. Even the whistle was blown by a student from the School of Physical Education.

The first half is over...

37:21!!

The School of Management is 16 points behind.

Halftime break is 15 minutes.

Zhang Si sat on the cement floor, panting heavily.

This was in 2005. Many university basketball courts were still smooth concrete surfaces. There were basketball gyms, but these student-organized games couldn't use them.

"Only 16 points? No problem!"

"The other side isn't that strong, except for that 1.9-meter center who's hard to defend. In the second half, we'll double-team him whenever he gets the ball."

"Stoudemire, I'll set a screen for you. Just take the ball and shoot."

"Don't be discouraged, everyone..."

"Since we beat the School of Mechanical Engineering, I'll treat everyone to lunch at Shilaike Restaurant."

College students are always confident, and this emotion is very contagious, unlike the emotions that people who have been through the ups and downs of society carry deep in their bones.

so...

Even though they were down by 16 points, they still believed they could beat their opponents.

Finally, the guy who was going to treat everyone to dinner was a chubby guy, the best sixth man in the School of Management. He came from a well-off family; I heard his dad was in engineering, and he got two thousand yuan a month for living expenses. He was mainly responsible for the team's logistics, providing drinks when playing against other colleges, and treating his teammates to dinner after winning.

The chubby guy is also the most popular player on the team.

No brothers, no basketball!

The brothers would give each other nicknames, which were related to basketball stars. For example, Shandong University's Kobe, Yanda University's Iverson, and Dongda University's LeBron... Zhang Si's nickname was "Little Stoudemire of the School of Management" because of his explosive playing style and his idol being Stoudemire. The chubby guy's nickname was "Guardian of the School of Management" because he was the team's sixth man and was also very rich.

"How many points are the Suns leading?"

Before going on stage, Zhang Si asked a question.

The chubby boy had been watching the live text broadcast on his phone. Before the School of Management competition, the Suns' first quarter had just ended, and Zhang Si knew that Stoudemire had only scored 2 points in the first quarter, which made him very disappointed.

The chubby guy quickly opened his phone, looked at the data, and said: "The Suns are in the lead, Stoudemire scored 14 points in the second quarter, and his 16 points at halftime is the highest on the team!"

"I knew it!"

Zhang Si clenched his fist, "Stoudemire is very strong... If the Suns can beat the Grizzlies, we can beat the Mechanical Engineering Academy too."

The sense of pride that arose spontaneously was as if it was Zhang Si, not Stoudemire, who scored 16 points in the first half and led the Suns to the lead.

The second half only lasted 20 minutes...

The 1.9-meter-tall center from the School of Mechanical Engineering is named Wang Xin. He received the ball under the basket and went one-on-one against Zhang Si. Zhang Si held his position firmly, and Wang Xin made two fake moves but failed to score a layup.

Zhang Si grabbed the rebound!

The School of Management quickly launched a rapid offensive...

Zhang Si broke through and then made a dribbling step around the ball before scoring a layup.

"Little S!"

"Little S!"

"Little S!"

A row of beautiful young girls on the sidelines jumped and cheered for Zhang Si.

The momentum of the Mechanical Engineering Department instantly weakened. In this kind of competition... having girls cheering on the sidelines makes the players seem like they've been injected with adrenaline.

They weren't professional players... they were all freshmen, and they didn't really have any tactics to play. They just grabbed rebounds and launched fast breaks, shooting only a few moves when they got the ball. The School of Mechanical Engineering missed several shots, and Zhang Si scored consecutive layups, gradually closing the 16-point gap.

The referee glanced at his watch and reminded them, "One minute left! I'm starting the countdown..."

1 minute!!!

In a match of this intensity, there are only two or three attacks.

53:51!!

The School of Mechanical Engineering still holds a two-point lead.

The students from the School of Mechanical Engineering said to each other, "Don't rush, try it once for a higher success rate."

Dribbling slowly...

The referee couldn't stand it anymore, saying, "If you don't shoot soon, it'll be a 24-second violation."

In fact, the Mechanical Engineering Department's dribbling time had already exceeded 24 seconds. The referee had already said so, so the ball handler had no choice but to shoot hastily!

"bang~~~"

The basketball bounced off the rim.

Zhang Si grabbed the rebound again, and the referee raised his hand to start the countdown:

"20!"

"19!"

"18!"

"......"

"5!"

When the count reached 5, Zhang Si stepped back to the three-point line and took the shot!

"Whoosh!!!"

Basketball Echoes Network.

"We won!"

"We won!"

"We won!"

Students from the School of Management hugged each other in celebration.

Two seconds left in the game...

The School of Mechanical Engineering inbounded the ball from the baseline during the School of Management's celebration, and then the opposing team threw it at the basket... without even touching the backboard.