Updated: 2013-03-29

Through this incident, Stephen learned a sentence, "The power of role models is infinite." When Yao Ming said this, Stephen didn't understand what role models were, but gradually Stephen understood the meaning of this sentence.

After seeing the changes and progress of the national team, Stephen was also quite comforted and came over to the ground. After several days of strengthening shooting training, almost everyone's shooting has improved. In particular, Stephen asked Chip Engelland to analyze each person's shooting movements and hand shapes, and then asked him to make corrections for these people to use.

In terms of technology, the league is at the forefront of the world, with countless experts doing various analysis. A team has the research power in this regard, even more than a country. Engelland did not significantly improve their shooting movements and hand shape, but started small and slowly adjusted to strive for a more obvious improvement before the Olympics, but it would not affect the decline in hit rate.

Now this national team is relatively young compared to before. The members are either in their first year of playing or in their growth stages, and they are willing to accept such changes. In addition, Stephen used himself as an example to prove Engelland's ability is still convincing. After all, when he entered the league, he really didn't know how to shoot. He was able to develop to this level in one or two years. Many people think that Engelland played a role.

In general, after Stephen arrived, he quickly took over the team and did not cause any major fluctuations. The national team was still a united, peaceful, friendly and positive team. In such an atmosphere, the national team ushered in the challenge of the Memphis University basketball team.

As the runner-up of the American College Basketball League this year, the strength of the Memphis University basketball team cannot be underestimated, but since many of them, such as Derek Ross, are still the favorites of the No. 1 pick, the one who comes here can only be said to be the second team of the Memphis University basketball team.

But this is the warm-up match. Although the name sounds amazing, such as the "Four-Country Invitational Tournament", "China-US Basketball Exchange Tournament", etc., it is actually an informal ordinary game. Stephen felt very uncomfortable when he saw such a name, but after getting in touch with it, he also knew that this was a domestic habit and he could not change it.

Although it was just an ordinary warm-up match, because this was Stephen's first appearance in the national team, it still attracted the attention of many media. When he arrived at the game, Stephen was surprised to develop. The media came sooner than the audience. Fortunately, a large number of spectators flocked in, but no matter how they looked at these spectators, they seemed to be organized.

Stephen even saw the Associated Press reporters and posted the photojournalist from the league's official TV station. Isn't the division final being in progress? They still have the leisure to pay attention to such an ordinary warm-up match, and Stephen said he was very confused.

In fact, he underestimated himself. Many people disagree with Stephen's joining the Chinese national team at the beginning, especially for Americans, even if one more Stephen improves the Chinese national team, it will not affect the gold medal of the US team. The biggest opponent of the US national team is still the Spanish national team, and then the Argentine national team and the Greek national team. Even if it takes advantage of the host, the Chinese national team must rank behind these countries.

As Stephen's performance gets better and better, and his super magical performances are becoming more and more. If Stephen joins the Chinese team in this state and breaks out like this in the international arena, it is likely to affect the status of the American team. You should know that international competitions are a decisive victory or defeat.

This kind of worry is not impossible. Just like in the last Olympics, the Greek team defeated the United States in this way. At the World Championships in 2006, the Spanish national team also defeated the United States and won the World Championships.

This game has another meaning, which is to raise donations for the earthquake that just happened. All the tickets, advertising and fundraising income of this game have to be donated to the disaster area. Stephen did not out of line, but donated money with his teammates, because he had donated one million dollars after the incident.

Although one million dollars is just a number for him, he is already very outstanding among the donations donated by himself. He also mobilized his teammates and fans to raise more than one million dollars.

Looking at the yellow ribbons all over the venue, although the audience size and venue equipment are far from the venues that I have played, it is more solemn. Because Stephen has been very busy in the past two years and rarely plays such exhibition or charity competitions, it is easy to be touched by this atmosphere.

Yao Ming will not play in this game. His old injury on his feet has a second attack. Although it does not affect training, he cannot cope with normal games. Of course, the most important thing is that playing in such games has a relatively high risk factor and is really not worth taking the game with injuries.

Although Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian will play, they will not play for too long. They are also injured. Of course, as athletes, who has no minor injuries or illness? However, Stephen will play for a lot of time. On the one hand, it is to increase the coordination with his teammates, and on the other hand, Stephen wants to adapt to such games more.

When Stephen appeared, the audience stood up and welcomed his arrival. Compared to Yao Ming's only world-class reputation, Stephen can be said to be a truly world-class player in terms of strength, and his influence is no less than Yao Ming even in China.

Even the Memphis University basketball player saw Stephen’s face, he showed a look of admiration and admiration. Stephen was also an orthodox college basketball background. He also helped the team win the national championship as the main force of the team and entered the league through the draft. Although he was the first in the second round, he became the top star in the league.

For many young players, Stephen is the legend now and a role model for their struggle. No matter how high or low the draft pick is, as long as you work hard and seize every opportunity you get, you will have the possibility of success. Stephen is also a role model for these players who are not paying attention to.

Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Stephen, Liu Wei, and Yunas have set up such a lineup, while the Memphis University basketball team has Willy Camp, Weiss, Anthony Anderson, Dozer, and Tuckett, and there is no famous player.

When facing such an opponent for the first time, Stephen felt like a goshawk fighting a rabbit. He was already showing 50% of his ability, forty% of his ability, or 30% of his ability.

The first thing to be sure is that this game must not be defeated. No matter what the name of the game is, victory is necessary. However, the scene must be played well, and the dual goals of running-in lineup and training tactics must be achieved. If you think about it this way, the game will not be that easy.

In the jump ball, Yi Jianlian, as a seven-foot-long man with excellent jumping, faced the second team of the college team, naturally won easily. The ball came directly to Stephen. As soon as Stephen dribbled the ball, he immediately took action. After all, the distance is just outside the league's three-point line. When the defenseman was still two meters away from him, Stephen had already taken action in the league.

But here, it's better to restrain yourself. Stephen suppressed his shot and moved forward one step further. At this time, he was still half a step away from the three-point line. Stephen directly shot and didn't care about the defense personnel in front of him.

Just as Stephen made a move, the audience started shouting excitedly, not knowing what was going on, but Stephen's move still fell into the basket very steadily, adding Stephen's first three-pointer to the Chinese national team.

After coming back, the Memphis University basketball team did not attack at Stephen's point at all. Even the pass was avoiding Stephen's far away. The final shot was almost blocked by Stephen, and the result was that he shot three times.

It was the Chinese team's turn to attack again. Stephen did not choose to take action again this time, but instead led his teammates to run tactics. Finally, he used the breakthrough to attract the opponent's defense, and then promptly passed the ball back to Yi Jianlian to run outside the three-point line. Yi Jianlian made a three-pointer, but it only hit the ball.

Stephen soared into the sky, grabbed the rebound from the opponent's 2.08-meter-long inside man, and then jumped again without waiting for him to land, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand and scored two more points.

Memphis University finally scored. After all, it was just a warm-up game. It was impossible for the opponent to really defend. After coming back, Wang Zhizhi received a mid-range shot from Stephen and finally got an assist for Stephen. It seems that assists are not so easy to get here, although he has tried his best to improve their shooting.

In this game, Stephen's role was fully demonstrated both on the offensive end and on the defensive end. Under his leadership, the Chinese national team took a lead of more than ten in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Yunas replaced other players and continued to let Stephen stay on the court, but told Stephen that this was just a warm-up match with a charitable nature. Anyway, the audience was already very satisfied and should keep some appropriately.

Stephen knew the purpose of what he said, so in the second quarter, he began to reduce his attacks and became mainly assists. At this time, Stephen was really like a traditional point guard, allocating the ball rights reasonably and sanitizing the team's offense. He would not take the initiative to attack unless he had to. Even so, Memphis University still could not overtake the score.

In the second half, Stephen began to go down to rest. At this time, Memphis took this opportunity to attack and briefly overturned the score. Other players of the national team began to exert force, and the scores of both sides began to rise alternately. When Stephen came on the court, Stephen had not even touched the ball, and his teammates had already surpassed the score.

In the end, the Chinese national team defeated the Memphis University basketball team with a advantage of six points. Stephen personally scored twenty-nine nine rebounds and eleven assists. His performance of a quasi-triple doubled made everyone amazed at how fast Stephen integrates into the national team.
Chapter completed!