Spokane, Washington.

"Yesterday, the 64th powerful battle in March Crazy March just came to an end in the Veterans Memorial Stadium..."

"The University of Texas Austin President Horns easily defeated the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, with a score of 87 to 56..."

"In the opening game of March Crazy, Kevin Durant scored 27 points, plus 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, and his teammate Sheldon Lee also scored 22 points..."

Early in the morning, Xiao Du turned on the TV in the room.

Under the news bombing, Li Ke, who had not yet reported the time of the biological clock, woke up. He struggled to get up from another bed in the room and glanced at Xiao Du blankly.

"I've slept with Westbrook, now I've slept with Young Master Du, so I'll let you go..."

Unfortunately, Deng Shao went to Arizona State University and would no longer have any interaction with Li Ke in the short term.

Turning his head and looking at the time, Li Ke got up and put on his clothes.

"Where are you going, Sheldon?"

“Go to the training hall…”

"Let's go together."

Since coming to Spokane, Li Ke has stopped training in morning jogging.

It’s not because the mission is completed and the endurance is upgraded, but because the security in Spokane is not very good.

Especially the neighborhood where the hotel is located is adjacent to a black community. Through the windows, you can see groups of idle black people.

So, when I arrived in Spokane, in addition to the first day of adaptation and rest, Li Ke changed his morning jogging training to practice in the training hall from the next day.

But along the way, he still had to endure the bad gazes of some black people on the roadside.

Spokane is very cold. Although it is already spring, the temperature is still hovering around zero degrees.

Li Ke and Xiao Du, who were wearing autumn clothes and pants, walked together on the streets of Spokane. They passed by the restaurant and bought breakfast, ate all the way, and walked towards the training hall.

Perhaps it was because Xiao Du was by the side, the black people on the road this time not only had their eyes no longer bad, but when they saw Xiao Du, they shook their heads and walked forward, stretched out their arms to high-highs, and greeted them very friendlyly.

“Come on, kd!”

"You will be a great black star at the American Basketball Team, and you will prove that basketball is a sport that is exclusive to black people!"

A black man with a completely naked upper body shouted from a distance, but his eyes wandered on Li Ke. Li Ke narrowed his eyes but did not respond at all.

The training hall is rented by the school and is about one thousand meters away from the hotel.

Two or three minutes later, they arrived at the place and opened the door and entered.

The facilities in the museum are very simple, with only one locker room, and the air conditioning is very good. Compared with the outside, the museum is simply steaming.

After changing his jersey, Li Ke and Xiao Du entered the stadium and found Dexter Pittman running around in circles.

"It's so early again, Dexter?"

In the past, when I was in Austin, Li Ke, who would get up at six or seven every day, always felt that he was the hardest.

When he arrived in Spokane, Li Ke still thought so, and he was always very confident.

But since he saw Pittman sweating profusely in the stadium yesterday, Li Ke felt that he was no longer confident.

"I've always been so early, Sheldon."

Sure enough, Li Ke knew that if one day might be an accident, it would be wrong for two consecutive days.

"So, I've never been the hardest player in the Longhorns..."

Li Ke decided to give Pittman the word "work hardest", but Pittman shook his head:

"You should know that I've been losing weight all the time. This is what coach Toddwright requires. Of course, I have to lose weight. If I don't lose weight, it will be difficult for me to play..."

Pittman spread his hands: "You see, too, I'm just following the requirements of coach Toddlet, getting up at five o'clock every morning and eating a reasonable diet..."

So, Pittman was forced, and he was not the hardest.

"It's too difficult, haven't you ever thought about giving up?"

"Of course, one time, I cried and said to Coach Wright, I want to give up."

"But you still didn't give up."

"Yes, I decided to stick with it, it's a career, not just for basketball..."

Well, maybe, Pittman is not the hardest, but he is definitely the most persevering.

Starting at 5 o'clock every morning, daily weight loss training and diet must be strictly controlled. This kind of life is indeed too difficult, but Pittman persisted.

"Come on, Dexter, you will succeed."

Pitman smiled, then suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Sheldon, I heard from PJ that you always have some unique insights into training..."

pj is p.j. Tucker. It seems that Pittman and Tucker also have some connections.

Li Ke nodded, and Pitman continued:

"Do you have any unique suggestions or ideas for my weight loss?"

Unique suggestions or ideas?

Li Ke thought, then suddenly his eyes lit up: "Stomach cutting or liposuction..."

Pittman began to frown, his big fist clenched tightly.

"Those are definitely not good. After all, you are an athlete, aren't you? So, my advice is that weight loss is still a long-term career, and there is no shortcut, but for basketball, you can change your training method a little, such as changing the loop running to a rewind run..."

"Is this useful?" Pittman still frowned.

"In order to play, on the basketball court, your problem is not only endurance, but also speed, but the speed on the basketball court is not pure speed. Breaking and flexibility are equally important. Running in circles can help you lose weight, improve endurance, and running back can also be done. Not only that, running back can also exercise your flexibility and burst..."

...

In the round of 64, Longhorns won easily, and didn't even need Xiao Du to cut 30, so the opponent surrendered.

Because the Longhorns are played first, after they defeat their opponents, they still need to wait for the other side to decide the top 32 opponents.

The opponent's game is also played in Spokane, with the two sides against the University of Arkansas Boars and the New Mexico State Agricultural Scholars.

"Arkansas has Patrick Beverly and Sony Wilms, but New Mexico State hasn't seen any acquaintances..."

Li Ke and his teammates appeared in the stands of the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Seeing the lineups of both sides, he made a judgment and believed that Arkansas would win.

The result is indeed the same. Although the scores were very close in the fierce battle in the first and second half, relying on Sony Wilms' continuous score in the last moment, the Boars defeated the Agronomist team and successfully advanced to the top 32.

And their opponent is naturally the Longhorned bull, who is also in Spokane.

"Huh, the opponent is the Wild Boars. Patrick Beverly and Sony Wilms are not weak, but they are not top-notch. They are not our opponents."

In the stands, Xiao Du was very confident.

But Li Ke poked him: "Don't be heard by coach Barnes..."

Indeed, since the League Championship, Rick Barnes has been saying: Don't underestimate any opponent.

In the top 64, he even used last year's George Mason University as an example.

Arkansas is indeed not strong, but it is also stronger than last year's George Mason University and East Kentucky, which was defeated by the Longhorn 64.
Chapter completed!