After the team training, Ship and his friends pulled Xu Yong to play basketball after school.

The street basketball here does not refer to the kind played in nightclubs, and you don’t have to leave the school, you can play it in the outdoor basketball court on campus.

Like universities in China, universities here in the United States also allow free entry and exit after school, so in addition to students from the school, there are also many people from outside the school on the outdoor basketball courts.

Some of those people are graduates, and for most people, playing in the NCAA is just a life experience, and only a few can make it a career;

Some are streetball players and players from lower-level leagues. Bombing a campus is not something that future domestic internet celebrities can do.

Sometimes it’s not surprising to even have an NBA player come, after all, Tempe belongs to Phoenix, and Phoenix has an NBA team called the "Suns".

Xu Yong agreed and made an appointment with them at four o'clock.

It is common for members of the school team to play outdoor baseball. Generally, outdoor baseball is not stressful for them. It is more of an entertainment game and can also improve the relationship between teammates.

Moreover, when there are no competitions, you can also test the results of your training.

But they just finished playing against the Sooners last night, and it looks like Ship and his team are the Guo Ailun of the finals, and they didn’t play enough.

The time for cultural classes passed quickly, and at 2:30 in the afternoon, Xu Yong went to the training hall for the second training session.

Harden, who was shocked by Xu Yong in the morning, also followed him to the training hall.

Also going with them was Cooksix, a freshman who entered the school with Xu Yong and Harden. Ever since he witnessed Xu Yong beating Shipp last time, he has become his loyal follower and ball-collecting boy.

Of course, no one in this world is a fool, and Cooksix also wanted to learn Xu Yong's training methods.

Not long after the training started, Harden discovered that Xu Yong's training content was somewhat different from what he had seen before.

After observing for a while, he knew where the differences were.

Xu Yong did not train too much in the gym, but instead devoted more time to three-point training.

Halfway through the training, Cooksix was still training on the court, while Xu Yong and Harden were sitting on the sidelines resting.

"Have you adjusted your training focus?" Harden asked after sitting down and taking a sip of water.

Xu Yong smiled and nodded. Harden looked black, but very thin.

"The matchup with Griffin proved that my core strength is enough for the NCAA, but I didn't make the three-pointer last night," he went on to explain.

One thing that is easily overlooked is that strength training will have a significant impact on shooting feel.

This is why many players become unstable in their shooting and may even lose their shooting ability after gaining weight and muscle.

This is why Xu Yong decisively chose to give top priority to three-point training after realizing that he had enough strength, and reduced strength training to a maintenance level of intensity.

You know, he actually has the option of giving up ball-handling training and directly adding three-point training.

Harden stared at Xu Yong for a long time, then said with emotion: "Sometimes I really doubt that you are not our age."

He used to think Xu Yong was precocious, but Xu Yong's planning for his career, including these revisions, would not have been possible without life experience.

Xu Yong smiled and waved his hands: "That's just your illusion, James, aren't you doing well too?"

Harden shook his head. He had a clear career plan not because of himself.

But just as he was about to speak, a man hurriedly ran into the training hall.

The two stopped talking and looked over, and saw that it was Ship who came in, with an anxious look on his face.

"Guys, someone is causing trouble." Ship shouted at Xu Yong and Harden.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yong and Harden stood up in confusion, and then followed Ship out of the training hall.

On the way, Ship told them the general situation.

The others arrived at the outdoor venue earlier, ready to occupy the entire court.

Unexpectedly, there were so many people at the outdoor court today. When we got there, the whole court was gone, with only half left.

They discussed with the group of people playing on the opposite half of the court whether to give up the court or just play together.

This is very common on the court and is generally agreed upon.

After all, this is Arizona State University. People from the school must know them, and even those who are not from the school know that this is the Devil's territory.

But today that group of people refused to do so.

In the final stalemate, Ayers made a proposal. The issues on the court should be resolved with basketball. The game should be half-court, best of three, with 21 points in one game. If the opponent loses, they will give up the court. If they win, they will not play today.

Xu Yong nodded after hearing this. In his own territory, this proposal already gave enough face to the other party.

Moreover, Ayers has a calm personality, and he said this probably because he saw that the other party's ability was average.

But the fact that Ship came running here in a hurry just now indicated that something unexpected had happened.

"A guard I've never seen before. He's so fast and he almost never misses a mid-range shot. The key is that his physical fitness and coordination are so strong that his combination of breakthroughs and shots is impossible to defend against." Ship was no longer sighing, but amazed.

Xu Yong and Harden looked at each other and then shook their heads.

The personnel in the outdoor field were too complicated, and they couldn't guess who the other party was based on this information alone.

"But Jeff helped us win the first game," Ship continued.

As they were talking, they arrived at the outdoor venue.

The scene in the stadium was very spectacular at this time. That half of the court was surrounded by people. Some people even brought chairs or directly climbed onto the guardrails of the stadium.

It took them a while to squeeze in, and before they got in, they heard sighs from the people around them.

Only when they got inside did they learn more about the situation.

The first two of the three games have been played. The Devil team lost the last game, and it was a crushing defeat by more than ten points.

"I didn't expect it was them." As soon as he walked to his teammates, Xu Yong also heard Ayers panting and sighing.

He then looked to the other side and saw that the three people drinking water looked familiar.

But just like when he first met Ayers, he couldn't remember his name right away.

"Chase Budinger and Jordan Hill are both from the University of Arizona. There's also their freshman, whom I've never seen before, but he should be Jerry Bayless." After being reminded by Ship, Ayers turned around and saw Xu Yong and Harden coming. He calmed his breath and continued to introduce them.

Xu Yong and Harden suddenly understood what was going on. Although they had never seen Belles before, they had heard of him. He was ranked seventh among high school students in the class of 2007 and was more famous than Harden. Now the media predicted that he would be in the top ten or even top five in the 2008 NBA draft.

With his words, it was no surprise that Ship was amazed earlier.

Of course, Xu Yong would get more information. In his previous life, he had played 2Konline in China. Belles, nicknamed "Lord Belle", was a magic weapon that suppressed the value of the dynasty lineup.

After knowing this, he became somewhat excited.

I thought it was a game for fun, but it turned out to be a quality game. Now the interrupted training can be replaced by a game!

"Why are they here?" Harden asked curiously.

"They are just trying to find out our background. We are mortal enemies." Ayers said with a wry smile.

The same state means mortal enemies, and this is even more obvious in the NCAA.

Because the NCAA is not a commercial league, and many of its fans are students of the same school, the hostility is much stronger than that of the NBA.

In other words, reaching the tournament is the Devils' big goal for the season, but the small goal before that is to beat the Arizona Wildcats.

Moreover, the Devils' roster has changed a lot this season, so the Wildcats have even more reason to do so.

It's even possible that they didn't just happen to run into them today, but that they came to "scout the enemy" after hearing that they had won against the Sooners yesterday.

After all, this was only 2007, and it was still a long way from the future when every game would be reported online immediately and there would even be videos to watch.

"Did they change their lineup?" Xu Yong keenly caught the details. Batinger and Hill were not freshmen. If Shipp had played before, he would definitely have recognized them.

Ayers nodded: "Bale is very strong, but his teammates were not very strong at the beginning."

Basketball is not a one-person sport. Even if it is a three-on-three game, if you have a high level of skills, you will be defeated if you have one obvious weak point.

Xu Yong nodded and looked at Harden and Ayers and said, "The three of us will play in the last game, let them know..."

As he said this, he turned his head again and looked at the three people opposite him: "This is our home court."