Rick Barry's evaluation of Emperor Wu is not fair. As the strongest university league in the United States, Emperor Wu's opponents are not good at plagiarism, so the issue of intensity of the competition area is no longer a problem.

The head coach of Arizona State is Scott Pera, who was Harden's high school head coach. The bearded man chose Arizona State to join him.

As soon as Wu Huang appeared, he saw a conspicuous beard on the opposite side. Harden had already grown up a thick beard during his college years, but it was not as exaggerated as it would in the future. However, among the general college players of eighteen or nineteen years old, his style is still very alternative.

The scout report at the University of Southern California pointed out that James Harden is an excellent pitcher, a scorer who is undeniable in college. He is tall, has a variety of shooting methods, is proficient in European breakthroughs, can score under physical confrontation, and is especially good at making fouls.

Rick Barry is obviously more optimistic about Harden. He commented: "Harden is a typical leader player. As an attacking guard, he has a strong body, his scoring ability and passing ability are extremely outstanding, and his stadium is highly predictive. He can not only control the game with his own strength, but also provide assists to activate the team, and has a good team awareness. In addition, Harden's shooting range is very long and his attack range is wide, which often makes his opponent unable to defend. He is one of the five best rookies next summer."

This free throwing old man obviously has a deep prejudice against Wu Huang. However, the focus of today's game is the showdown between Wu Huang and Harden, and the potential highlight is the matchup between DeRozan and Harden. However, the former's performance after entering college is really difficult to match with the word "genius". DeRozan averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist per game in three games. This performance is one level different from that of Wu Huang and Harden.

DeRozan no longer intends to compete with Wu Huang for the core position of the team. After three games, the opponents he encountered are NCAA players whose athletic ability is not much different than him, but whose experience and skills are much better than him. In the past, the way he played with only physical body in high school was invincible. Now it is no longer possible to work in the NCAA, so what he needs now is not to grab the boss, but to improve his skills as soon as possible.

USC starter lineup: Wu Huang, DeRozan, Bart, Gibson, Barnard.

Arizona State's big starting lineup: Derek Glaser 183cm, James Harden 196cm, Richards Kukasca 198cm, Eric Boateng 208cm, Jeff Ayles 206cm.

"I heard that today is your birthday?" Harden asked softly when he greeted Wu Huang before the game.

"Yes, do you want to say that you will give me a failure tonight as a gift?" Wu Huang and Harden met twice at the California All-Star Game. At that time, he was only in his senior year and Harden was already in his senior year. The two had a bit of a holiday in the game, and Wu Huang also suffered some losses.

"You guessed it right, in addition to preparing to give you a gift, I also want you to cry and go back tonight." Harden chuckled, his smile full of mockery.

"If you look ugly, don't always leak your uneven teeth. If your beard grows a little longer, everyone can't see what you look like." Emperor Wu didn't know that his words almost made a big beard turn from then on.

Before the game started, the core of the two teams faced each other's tit-for-tat. Emperor Wu was also a revenge person. He wanted to see who was crying back in this game?

Speaking of which, Wu Huang has participated in many All-Star events in his third year and fourth year of high school, but some of the geniuses he met in it are not very friendly to him and are the most famous ones.

Emperor Wu has always been very surprised that he has never offended these people. Why do these guys who are more famous than him always like to provoke him on their own initiative?

James Harden is a typical example. He doesn't know why he doesn't like Emperor Wu. In short, when he sees this Chinese, he feels like his own things are taken away by the other party.

"I haven't eliminated these bastards in the finals every year. One or two of them seem to have a grudge against me. Is it because of my Chinese identity?" Wu Huang also had a lot of questions. Why do these guys who are more famous than him dislike him? Are they jealous of being handsomer than them?

Just as Wu Huang was puzzled, the two teams began to leave the bench and the game was about to begin.

This season, USC has not won the opening jump ball, and Barnard does not have the bounce of 50cm or more, and there is no bounce speed. What USC has to do now is to retreat directly to avoid being hit by a fast attack.

Wu Huang's opponent today has the same name as last year's No. 1 pick, but Derek is just a fixed-point three-pointer and a good defensive player. His real height is only 180cm, which does not pose a great threat to him.

USC retreated quickly. The defensive position they set out at the opening game today was a 122 formation. The two players in the middle performed limited joint defense, but this position looked like a man-to-man.

After Harden got in the position, he thought that the opponent was guarding the defense. He quickly waved to ask for the ball, and then posed for a long time on the outside. After his teammates pulled to the weak side, before he even started to break through, Harden saw the USC defense line suddenly covering him, and instantly trapped him in with three layers inside and three outside.

"Is this joint defense?" Harden woke up and said that this was the joint defense. The offensive time had been spent 20 seconds, and he quickly dribbled outside the three-point line to direct the team to change the lineup.

The University of Southern California naturally would not give him a chance to reorganize. Wu Huang and DeRozan came up with one left and one right. Harden looked around and found that there was no room for passing the ball at all. He could only jump up and force the basketball to throw it to the far corner. As a result, in order to avoid the interception of the University of Southern California, this time the pass was too strong and threw it directly into the stands.

The cheers of the fans at the scene suddenly dropped, as if they were being choked. It was a bit embarrassing to make such a mistake at the beginning of the game!

Bill Walton laughed: "When the 122 defensive position is interpreted by the offensive side, since the formation looks very similar to the human-to-people, when the offensive side has not yet awakened, they often arrange wrong offensive tactics. When the offensive time has been used a lot, they finally found that this was after the joint defense, and the defense usually completed double-teams against the ball, so they could only make hastily shots or passes again and again. This is also the reason why the joint defense has caused the decline in scoring and shooting percentage and the increase in errors."

The morale of Arizona players dropped a lot after only one defense at the University of Southern California. When Wu attacked, he observed the opponent's defense line. The typical three-and-two joint defense position was their outside attack. Recently, he and DeRozan were very famous, so it is not difficult to understand that the opponent would choose such a way.

Emperor Wu made a gesture in his hand, and the University of Southern California immediately ran across the bottom line according to the usual practice tactics, while Gibson and Barnard covered the two waist positions. The University of Southern California's running position dazzled the opponent for a while.

"It's now!" After seeing the defensive formation of the University of Arizona was disrupted by his own running, Wu seized the opportunity and quickly dribbled the ball and broke through the inside.

Derek hurriedly retreated, and Gibson quietly moved to the horn position at some point, just blocking Derek.

Wu Huang used his teammates' cover to easily break into the basket, and made a layup before making up for defense to get two points.

Floyd applauded the team's offense on the sidelines. USC has been able to play smooth offensive routines recently, with details much better than preseason. Wu Huang really has excellent talent in commanding the team. What tactics should the team use when attacking and what position should the team execute when defending. Sometimes he is clearer than his coach's idea.

USC continued to defend, and Emperor Wu made a gesture to his teammates and ordered the team to use the 32 formation to take the position this time. He had a premonition that the University of Arizona was hit by two consecutive attacks at the beginning, and Harden must want to attack for a strong attack. This time they will have to defend this bearded man with heavy troops.

James Harden had a serious face. Although he was just one offense and one defense at the beginning, he already knew that today's game would not be easy.

The weakness of the U.S. three-two defensive formation lies in the two low posts and bottom corners. Unfortunately, the two universities' low posts are not very good, and there is no inside line that can stably output at low posts or near the free throw line.

Harden dribbles and attacks this time. His role at the University of Arizona is like Kobe of the Lakers and James of the Cavaliers. The team's No. 1 position is often played as a pitcher, and he is the core of the team's organization.

The pressure from Emperor Wu was very light today, and DeRozan was the opposite. He felt that he should stick to the defense, but the coach asked him to keep his distance, which made him a little confused.

USC uses misaligned defense on the defensive end, Gibson is responsible for keeping the flexible footsteps of Jeff Ayles, and center Barnard defends the dead in the penalty area.

Harden and the team center Jeff Ayles used a pick-and-roll to break through. After the two broke up, Jeff pulled to the outside and Harden broke through to the basket.

After DeRozan bypassed Jeff Ayles, he was already thrown away by Harden.

The University of Southern California knew that DeRozan was unreliable, so Bart and Wu immediately rushed back to the basket to make up for defense. The two were very fast, and obviously they were prepared for this.

Harden's passing vision was as outstanding as Barry said. The bearded man rushed to the outside before the U.S. California siege, and Kucasca made a three-pointer in the bottom corner.

"Quick attack!" After seeing Harden assisting his teammate, Wu Huang slowly raised his hand and put it on his pose, shouted deliberately, and scared the bearded man quickly turned around and returned to defense.

Emperor Wu actually didn't speed up at all. It was purely because Harden's beard looked unhappy.

The two teams went back and forth, and the game ended at 12:30 in the first half, with a score of 16:12, with the University of Southern California leading by 4 points.

Fans who often watch the game have long seen the difference between these two teams. Arizona State mainly relies on Harden's personal ability to complete the attack. The cooperation they play is mainly pick-and-roll and breakthrough passes. Without exception, the tactical initiator is basically James Harden.

USC also has a lot of balls in hand by Wu Huang, but they play routines in both offense and defense, and have very high execution ability. Under the command of this Chinese point guard, the whole team plays both offense and defense with a sharp and conscience.

This statement has both positive and negative meanings. Rick Barry has a lot of prejudice against the Chinese and is very stubborn. Once he has prejudice, he will not change easily. So after Arizona shouted a timeout, he said: "USC's tactics have changed more, and they have played many offensive and defensive routines, but we can also see that their tactics are very rigid. Hugo does not know how to adapt, especially their defense. This rigid defense is full of loopholes."
Chapter completed!