Chapter 67 Pretend first!
On March 27, the University of Southern California took a team bus to the "American Airlines Center". This kind of stadium was built to host indoor sports such as basketball and ice hockey. Therefore, although there are only 20,000 seats, it is more suitable for basketball games. Fans will have a better effect on watching the game in this kind of stadium than a "multi-functional stadium".
Wu Huang has been to the "Staples Arena" and "Toyota Center". Without exception, he feels comfortable playing in these two stadiums than the "Memorial Stadium" with a larger venue. These stadiums usually only require 20,000 people to create an atmosphere of 30,000 to 40,000 people in the "multi-functional stadium".
ABC TV station sent Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson to explain the game today. The two partner commentators have been very popular among fans in the past two years.
Former Houston Rockets coach Van Gundy was very in a state after putting down the coaching stick and picking up the microphone. Although he was very stern when he was a coach, he was humorous and funny when he was a commentator. His professional perspective and in-depth analysis made him very well-known among the fans. This is also why he doesn't want to return to the coach's seat now. Compared to the coach's high pressure, being a commentator can be much easier.
Mark Jackson has been working with Van Gundy to comment on his style. His style is relatively serious. The two cooperate well and are now the most stable group of partners on ABC TV.
After seeing the players of the two teams appear, Fan Baton said: "Hugo has completed two finals in the regular season and has a key blocking final. He is the most efficient and dangerous player in college basketball. If he chooses to leave UsC after the end of this season, he will definitely be the top three favorites in the draft."
Mark Jackson smiled softly. When Van Gundy was commenting, he would always deliberately leave half of his words. He was the same. This is why the two of them can have such a tacit understanding and harmony.
As the saying goes, "You respect me one foot, I respect you one foot", both of them obviously understand this truth very well.
Mark Jackson added: "He is one of the three hottest prospects that are expected to win the American Player of the Year, and his name has become a unique emerging word, and has been the occupant of major media headlines since the beginning of the season."
"Today we have another protagonist, Blake Griffin, a warrior who is fearless of challenges. We will see him completing the attack again and again, even if he is hit by the opponent in the face, he can get up and continue fighting, and continue to find ways to score or grab the board."
"Yes, he is a fearless Warrior, a player who can score 20 points and 10 rebounds at will and can maintain excellent condition for a long time. At the same time, he is also the only rookie who can be called "explosive". His dunk gives me the feeling that he is neither like Camp nor Amare, he has his own style."
These two commentators introduced the two protagonists of today's game. Emperor Wu on the field also saw Griffin, who was obviously white but was actually black.
This situation of whiteness on the outside and black on the inside made him feel very interesting. Emperor Wu was still maliciously thinking, was the black man on the sideline Griffin's biological father?
However, when he saw the curly hair on Griffin's head, he knew that this guy was really black.
After Emperor Wu greeted Griffin, he kept staring at others, which made three gay men holding telescopes in the audience project their eyes that could pierce people on Griffin, with hostility in their eyes.
"This guy is so good at jumping, maybe he will be reimbursed in the rookie season!" Trevor Moretz, the most handsome second-handed, couldn't help but curse.
Griffin was warming up in his half, but suddenly his body became cold and seemed to feel a gust of cold wind coming, and a very bad premonition spread throughout his body in an instant.
The starters of the University of Oklahoma: Austin Johnson, Willy Warren, Tony Crocker, Taylor Griffin, and Blake Griffin. Seeing such a starter, you will know why the outside world is not optimistic about them. Compared with the University of Southern California, this team does have many flaws and shortcomings.
Apart from Griffin, the University of Oklahama has no qualified inside line, so that Griffin often has to act as a center. His brother Taylor Griffin is obviously a small forward with a figure and skill, but he is always mentioned as a power forward.
"The three-pointer at the University of Oklahoma has always been bad. We can get the defense to the inside and double-team Griffin." Floyd briefly emphasized the defense on the sidelines before the game. They have been practicing in this regard for two days, and with Gibson in the fourth grade, Floyd is also more at ease.
Today he was worried about the offense and said in a more intense tone: "We must be careful on the offensive end today. We have played two rounds of championships. The opponent should have a certain understanding of our offensive routines. Today, we will continue to play pick-and-roll, and Hugo will face the pressure of double-teaming. Remember to return the ball to the power forward more, or you can go straight to the center. Demar needs to increase the number of empty cuts, and we will play more aggressively today."
The tactics that USC played the most in the first two games were first pick-and-roll offense, followed by the singles tactics of Emperor Wu and DeRozan, and finally the open shot after positioning the screen, as well as the empty cut at the second and third positions.
The pick-and-roll tactics are much more because Wu Huang has the greatest threat after breaking through with the pick-and-roll, and the lowest turnover rate. This is the most efficient offensive method at the University of Southern California.
After Wu Huang greeted the players from the University of Oklahoma, he secretly greeted Christine, who was sitting behind the technical table and about the tenth row, about the tenth row. Then he glanced at the cold girl, the girl with sunglasses, was undoubtedly Little Hermione.
After the game began, Griffin easily helped the University of Oklahoma get its first offensive power.
USC takes a very fast position. Today's defensive formation uses two or three positions. There are three players in the interior to set up defense, so naturally they are dealing with the beast Griffin. Only Wu Huang and DeRozan are left on the outside, but the two also left a lot of space for the opponent's players, full of contempt.
Austin Johnson has a tall and thin figure, a very good wingspan, and his weight is 178 pounds like Wu Huang. His explosive power and speed are also good, but they are not considered top-notch. If we look at it from the physical point of view, he is a completely weakened version of Wu Huang. In terms of technology and basketball IQ, this guy is nine streets away from Wu Huang, and he cannot be compared with him at all.
Wu Huang knew that this guy's three-point shooting percentage was only 35%, which was a very iron category in NCAA.
The three-point line of college basketball is one meter smaller than that of the NBA, so any hit rate that is less than 40% in NCAA can be considered "iron".
When Austin saw Emperor Wu let him take a big step, he quickly glanced at the basket and took action very decisively.
"Awesome!" Wu Huang thought to himself that he really didn't care about this ball, because the team's first offense was logically left to the team's boss to deal with. Anyway, at the University of Southern California, even DeRozan did not dare to score the first ball by himself. "Is the rules of the University of Oklahoma unique?" Wu Huang could only think so in his heart.
But he didn't know that the head coach of the University of Oklahoma, Jeff Kapoor, knew the strength gap between the two teams, so he repeatedly encouraged these players before the game. If he had the opportunity, he had to take decisive action. If he didn't make the shot, he was the coach, but he must not dare to make the shot.
In fact, this is a correct attitude towards the game. He requires the players to play fearlessly and bravely. Only in this way can they have a glimmer of life if their strength is not as strong as others. If they are afraid because their opponents are strong, then when they encounter Barcelona, they will give up directly. Only by having a heart that never gives up can they create a classic battle that wins the game with a weak victory.
"Swish!" Austin's shot fell into the net in hollow. After the black boy scored, he deliberately waved his hand in front of Emperor Wu, indicating that he was also a famous character, and he was definitely not an unknown person.
Emperor Wu's face was a little dark, of course he was blamed for this ball.
His mentality is becoming more and more conceited. Although he has not yet expanded to the point of affecting his playing field, he really looks down on the other side when facing these unknown players.
Wu Huang now realizes that players in the entire NCAA who can be taken seriously can count them with two hands, and he doesn't even take the guy in front of him seriously, who doesn't even remember the name.
When the University of Southern California attacked, Wu Huang was unhappy. This time he was too lazy to call a pick-and-roll. After transporting the ball to the frontcourt, he would forcefully break through Austin with a change of direction.
However, unexpectedly, he hit the gun. The opposite side was very talented like his low-end version of the black boy. He was good at moving his footsteps and his defensive footsteps were very flexible. However, he did not have the defensive consciousness of Emperor Wu and had a poor judgment on fake moves. If Emperor Wu first made three threat moves and made a test step before breaking through, the effect would be much better. Now he was blocked by someone's rapid movement.
Emperor Wu wanted to thank him for his hard training for a season. This time he was about to be made an offensive foul. Emperor Wu quickly stopped quickly and handed the main hand basketball from under his crotch to the weak side. Then he quickly patted the weak side basketball behind him and exchanged it back to the main hand.
At the critical moment, he used the continuous technique of accelerating the change of direction and quick stop to change hands behind the crotch, and used his personal strength to forcefully complete this breakthrough.
Of course Austin couldn't react to such continuous movements, his eyes were dazzled, and the University of Oklahoma's defense was immediately disrupted by Emperor Wu's breakthrough.
There is another small detail here. Wu Huang is very smart in choosing a breakthrough route, which immediately attracted three Oklahoma players to make up for defense.
Now that the three acupoints were really launched at once, Wu Huang quickly made the best choice in his mind, and secretly hit the basketball to the ground and passed it to the basket.
After Gibson received the ball, no one defended the ball, and with a dunk on both hands, the US Airlines Center instantly cheered nearly 20,000 fans!
"No need to watch it, I won't celebrate in front of you, because this kind of ball is just a common occurrence to me." Emperor Wu turned around and passed by Austin, and couldn't help but pretend to be a thrust. The lethality of his trash words is not a joke, it is a desire to defeat the opponent's fighting spirit and the opponent's psychological defense in one go.
Chapter completed!