Chapter 22: The Core Showdown
"Fuck! This is a little different from you!" Sean Miller was very sorry for his poor performance of his favorite players. He didn't blame him for thinking so. This season, averaging 10.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game. The data is already very good for the NCAA. The point is that he averaged less than 2 mistakes per game, and the assist-and-turnover ratio is close to 4:1, but in this critical revenge battle, he made 3 mistakes and was blocked once.
McConnell lowered his head. When the pause sounded, he looked up and saw the mistake on the scoreboard. Only then did he realize how bad his performance was. Even though he had already done it off the court, Lin Sen's uncomfortable tone still echoed in his ears. He swore that he would never want to face the Chinese center for one minute in the next game.
Unlike the heavy atmosphere in Arizona, Wisconsin, which has a big score, looks very happy.
"Good job, Lin, I didn't see that you were so good when you were talking trash, but I must remind you that you are forbidden to use your trash during training matches." Decker patted Lin Sen's butt, but he didn't expect Lin Sen to be so fierce when talking trash. Think about it, he had laughed at Lin Sen's shooting more than once in the training matches. Now it seems that he should thank God Lin Sen for not fighting back, otherwise he would have a shadow on the training matches in the future.
Kaminsky, the honest guy, said nothing, but from his expression, he firmly refused this. After all, no one wants to accept the ridicule from the opponent when he is under strict defense.
Next is the time to be substitute. As Wisconsin's best physical player, Decker not only acts as a person who holds the ball and looks for opportunities in the first team, but also leads the second team to continue moving forward.
Interestingly, the opposite Arizona also left their core small forward Stanley Johnson on the court. Decker and Stanley Johnson may be the two best small forwards of the season, plus Duke's Winslow, so now their matchup on the court is extremely eye-catching, and all scouts are starting to take their notebooks and start to pay attention.
Lin Sen and McConnell's performance just now was really good, and they added a lot of points, but they were not as good as the heavyweight showdown in front of him. McConnell is a player with the most end of the second round, and Lin Sen's prediction at the end of the first round is far less attractive than the talent confrontation between these two lotto-level small forwards.
Without McConnell's pass, Stanley Johnson's ability to control the ball was not bad. The basketball was dancing happily in his hands. Lin Sen shook his head when he saw this scene. He was curious why he could do so well as a two-meter-high player. By the way, he was less than 10cm taller than him, so he did much worse in controlling the ball. Besides, there is a guy in the league who is taller than himself and better than the small forward in front of him.
"Host, don't worry, as long as you have enough honors, you can exchange it for a better center than him dribbling." At this time, it disappeared for a long time, except for a release of a cheating system that allows him to learn how to talk about trash, and once again appeared.
This time it seems to be good news? Lin Sen, who had a defender's heart in the past, began to ask tentatively: "What kind of honor is needed?"
"It's very simple. This golden skill is slightly cheaper than the golden defense and offensive skills. After all, it's a dribble that is not very important in the center, just one round at a time."
The word "first time" completely broke Lin Sen's fantasy, haha, that's all? Yao is strong! He is very strong, not even a single one, and the highest honor in his career is the second team. The center is an extremely competitive position in any era.
Chamberlain and Russell of the Ancient Sixties almost divided up all the time.
In the 1970s, Jabbar's world was the leader, but there were also competitors like Willis Reed and Bill Walton who had won the MVP in the Finals, and none of them could easily get it.
Jabbar's long career continued his legend into the 1980s, and it was already a competition between the two black and white heroes in the 1980s, but the center still played an important final in it. There was Jabbar among the Lakers and Paris among the Celtics. They shared 7 of the 80s' 8 championships, and the only championship left behind was in the hands of the 76ers. The core of that team was called Moses Malone, the king of frontcourt rebounds, that is, he broke Hu Kai's monopoly.
The 1990s was Michael Jordan's world, but to ask which position has the greatest competitive pressure, there is no doubt that the center and the four centers occupy the top 10 of the regular season MVPs almost every season, Olajuwon's two consecutive championships, and O'Neal's three consecutive championships at the turn of the century.
In almost every era, the center plays an irreplaceable role, but in recent years, it is much more difficult for Lin Sen to get this honor than those of those seniors. After all, even a guy like Noah, who has the same ball-holding offensive ability as Lin Sen, can win a team with defense and certain high-level support, as long as Lin Sen works hard to find a good thigh, this task does not seem to be difficult to complete.
However, Lin Sen has no time to respond to the system's jokes now. He should focus on the momentum. Stanley Johnson's breakthrough was very rapid. The first step of acceleration on the left was completely used to eat Decker.
Decker wanted to use his hand to take a hand behind him, but his arm span became the biggest condition to limit his defense like this, and this hollowing out also allowed Stanley Johnson to rush into the inside without any obstacles.
Hayes's defense speed and bounce speed were obviously not as fast as Linson. When the ball was transferred, Stanley Johnson had already jumped high, with his left hand facing Hayes' chest, and his right hand holding the ball heavily into the basket.
This is a very impressive ball. In the stadium in Wisconsin, the fans shouted loudly, hoping that their stars would respond and come to an answer ball.
Decker naturally thought so, after receiving the ball at the horn position, he swung his turn to the right and turned around, but the ball hit the back edge of the basket without hitting.
Chapter completed!