Volume 1: The Road to the European Emperor Chapter 45: Wolfberry has miraculous effects
The next morning, Real Madrid set off for Paris, France.
This is also Sun Hao's second time to come to this romantic city. The last time he and Fernandez watched the World Cup final here.
Revisiting the old place feels very familiar.
After getting off the plane, the Real Madrid team took a bus to the hotel. The driver was a local who took them around some tourist attractions.
The interesting thing is that while they were turning, they accidentally discovered the Bologna Virtus team.
Unlike them, Virtus Bologna team visited the scenic area under the leadership of the head coach.
Everyone treats the game differently. Some teams, like Real Madrid, rest and train in the hotel after arriving at the game, while others, like Virtus Bologna, play and relax before the game.
There is no right or wrong, it’s just a different attitude towards the game.
The next night, both teams showed up at the Bercy Stadium at the same time.
The stadium, which can accommodate 20,000 people, was already full.
Ancient Rome ruled Europe for more than a thousand years, and France was one of its main territories.
The Colosseum from ancient Rome is world-famous, and the culture it carries has been passed down to this day.
This can be seen from the structure of the stadium. The seats in the Bercy Stadium are very inclined and look like a canyon.
Fans sit there to watch the game, just like they watched the Colosseum in ancient Rome.
The Energy Solutions Arena, home of the NBA Jazz, is designed in this way.
It uses the canyon effect to maximize the concentration of fans' cheers into the stadium.
The players on the field had their ears filled with cheers, as if they were constantly taking stimulants.
Of course, for the visiting team players, it was an explosive distraction.
The Jazz's home court is one of the famous devil's home courts in the NBA, and the design of the Bercy Arena is similar in nature.
Because it is a third-party home court, the seats in the stadium tonight are more interesting.
The stadium is divided into two parts around the north-south line, with Real Madrid fans sitting on one side and Virtus Bologna fans sitting on the other.
The two sides are like shouting at each other from across the river. It is foreseeable that the scene will be very spectacular after the game starts.
After the two teams entered the field, they felt an invisible pressure when they saw this scene.
But among all the people, Sun Hao was unusually calm.
It’s not that his mental strength is strong enough to completely ignore the atmosphere around him, but he has seen many such scenes in his previous life.
NCAA games are like this most of the time.
For this reason, although the NCAA’s influence is far less than that of the NBA, in terms of competition atmosphere, the NCAA far surpasses the NBA.
Sun Hao looked calm, but before he started warming up, he spotted two familiar figures on the sidelines.
He had already seen Gasol, Ginobili, Danilovic, all the European superstars of this era in his memory, but he didn't expect to see the remaining two on the sidelines as well.
Coming to Europe to play basketball is really a good choice.
After the warm-up, the two teams entered the entrance ceremony.
Real Madrid's trident of Prigioni, Sun Hao and Gabayosa came out together.
For Virtus Bologna, Ginobili and Sasha Danilovic started in the backcourt.
In addition, there is another player that Sun Hao is paying attention to in Virtus Bologna, Marko Jaric.
Jaric is 2.07 meters tall and has played in the NBA for 7 seasons, averaging 7.1 points and 3.6 assists per game. He is a very capable shooting guard.
However, what deserves Sun Hao's attention is not his performance in the NBA, but his wife.
Adriana Lima, a world supermodel, Victoria's Secret top model, and one of the top three models in the world in terms of signing fees.
An interesting thing is that Real Madrid's back line is full of talented point guards, while Bologna's Virtus has an overflowing talent as a shooting guard.
In addition, one team starts with two point guards and the other team starts with two shooting guards, so the matchup alone in this semi-final game is very interesting.
After the entrance ceremony, the two teams conducted their final warm-up before the game and the atmosphere on the scene continued to heat up.
Once the starting players of both teams come on the court, the semi-finals will begin.
At this moment, the audience on both sides could no longer hold back and began to cheer and shout. The two waves of sound overlapped left and right, and the players on the field felt like their ears were about to explode.
Hot basketball atmosphere.
The referee blew the whistle, and Gabayosa jumped high to push the ball back to half court, officially opening the curtain of the semi-finals.
Prigioni held the ball in the frontcourt, while Sun Hao ran around half the court without the ball.
The two teams were in the same group in the group stage and had played against each other. Virtus Bologna was also guarding against this, with Ginobili chasing closely behind Sun Hao.
I don’t know if it was because Sun Hao touched his head last time that Ginobili deliberately left his hair, but Ginobili’s hair is obviously longer than the last time they met.
However, he was still as slippery as a loach, continuously bypassing the pick-and-roll and following closely behind Sun Hao.
Sun Hao didn't get any chance to attack in the first round.
After Prigioni and Garbajosa made a pick-and-roll, they broke through the paint and Garbajosa faced Danilovic's mid-range shot at the free throw line.
“Swish!”
Gabayosa took his first shot and scored his first goal!
He looks to be in pretty good shape.
Virtus Bologna's attack, Ginobili organizes the ball.
It was at this time that he discovered that Real Madrid's defense had changed compared to the last time they met.
The person guarding him changed from Prigioni to Sun Hao.
The Real Madrid team actually let the 1.8-meter-tall Sun Hao defend him!
Looking at Sun Hao, who was a head shorter than him, Ginobili chose to play with his back to the basket.
But soon, he discovered that Sun Hao's resistance was much stronger than he expected.
The last time they played against each other, the two faced off many times, but he was always defending Sun Hao, and Sun Hao's offense was mainly shooting, so the two had almost no chance to confront each other.
He leaned in twice but couldn't move, so he turned around and faced the basket, doing a crossover step and then a European step to break through.
This is his best way of scoring, but he soon found out that he had not gotten past Sun Hao!
Just as he was about to take the second step, Sun Hao defended well and confronted him.
Sun Hao’s prediction is so accurate!
Or rather, he is too familiar with Ginobili.
Especially since they had played against each other before, he had a more complete understanding of Ginobili's current skills.
However, Ginobili's body flexibility is very good. He adjusted in the air after the confrontation and made a jump shot when his body lost balance.
There are many kinds of basketball talents, including height, arm span, jumping ability, etc., which also includes body flexibility.
Ginobili, like Kobe, is a representative of this kind of talent.
The fans at the scene were amazed by this game, and Spurs vice general manager R.C. Buford drooled.
Ginobili was selected by the Spurs this year, but the team chose to let him go for observation.
Now that Ginobili has led the team into the Champions League semi-finals, the team will naturally send someone to observe to decide whether to recruit Ginobili to the team next season.
Buford's arrival shows his respect for Ginobili.
"Snapped!"
But just as he finished sighing, a big hand flew out from the side and directly slammed Ginobili's shot out of the court!
Beautiful cover!
Gabayosa!
He's in more than just good shape tonight!
This block instantly ignited the Real Madrid team on the scene.
Because of Sun Hao's sudden rise, they almost forgot about the core of Real Madrid's inside line!
Virtus Bologna sent the ball from the sideline, but Danilovic missed the three-pointer from outside.
Garbajosa turned around and grabbed the long rebounds one after another.
He was in exceptional form today.
Real Madrid attacked again in the frontcourt, Sun Hao went around the pick-and-roll to receive the ball, but was blocked again before he could shoot.
Ginobili is going to pester him tonight.
At this moment, Sun Hao saw Gabayosa positioning himself in the interior and passed the ball directly in.
After receiving the ball, Gabayosa turned around and squeezed past the opponent's center. Seeing the opponent's power forward coming to help defend, he jumped directly and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands.
“Bang!”
With a blockbuster shot, Garbajosa slammed the ball into the basket.
4 to 0!
Gabayosa scored all the points for the team at the start of the game!
And from the way it ended just now, we can see that he is a little excited tonight!
Ginobili reached out for a pick-and-roll in the frontcourt, broke through after switching defense, and took the initiative to lean against Gabayosa before shooting.
"Snapped!"
What no one expected was that Gabayosa actually blocked Ginobili again!
And this time it was a one-on-one frontal block!
After blocking the shot, Gabayosa roared at Ginobili like a wild beast.
crazy!
"Yog! Yog!"
Real Madrid fans on the sidelines began to cheer for Gabayosa.
His performance at the beginning of this game was really unexpected.
Bologna Virtus head coach Messina frowned at this time.
They were already at a disadvantage in the interior, and now that Gabayosa is in such good shape, they are in trouble.
He was just thinking about the pick-and-roll between Gabayosa and Prigioni, and the short hook shot after catching the ball and turning around.
“Swish!”
The basketball landed safely in the pocket.
Gabayosa scored 6 points in a row at the start!
Blocks, consecutive blocks, dunks, hook shots, he seems to be possessed by O'Neal and can get whatever he wants!
Sun Hao looked at Gabayosa's heroic performance and suddenly remembered something.
Prigioni's performance today was average, and he even seemed a little overwhelmed.
He remembered that when he first invited them to dinner, Prigioni mentioned his wife and children.
But Gabayosa doesn't seem to have one, and he looks depressed, so how could he have a girlfriend before him?
This guy must be single like he was in his last life!
This seems to explain it.
