NBA: No. 1 Forward

March 14 is the league playoff final, USC's opponent is the Washington Huskies.

I have to say that this year's Washington Huskies are very strong, with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses in the regular season.

And just yesterday they were eliminated at the Staples Center, and the team has three players who will enter the NBA in the future.

The Washington Huskies were on par with USC in the regular season.

In the regular season, the Washington Huskies caused a lot of trouble for USC. USC won the two games in the last minute.

The Washington Huskies are also called the Washington Huskies, but Lian Dao understands that Huskies are Huskies.

The player who impressed Lian Dao the most on the Washington Huskies is: Isaiah Thomas.

It feels that the University of Washington has been particularly rich in guard talents in recent years, from the previous Yellow Mamba Brandon Roy, but now Isaiah Thomas.

Isaiah Thomas is only 173 cm tall, and his later deeds have proved to the world: Playing basketball, height has never been a problem!

With a height of 173 cm, he has a lightning-fast breakthrough speed, sharp passing, and smart running.

Let him average in his first season as a freshman: 15.5 points, 1.1 steals, 2.6 assists.

In addition to Isaiah Thomas, the Washington Huskies have their captain and starting power forward: Joan Brockman, and small forward: Quincy Pondexter.

In the finals, the Washington Huskies thought of a way to deal with USC.

They opened the game with power forward: Joan Brockman on the mismatch defense of Lian Dao, while small forward: Quincy Pondexter was always ready to help.

In the regular season, Lian Dao can only get a chance through the cover of his teammates, but now Lian Dao is not what it used to be.

After Lian Dao breaks through, he attracts Quincy Pondexett to make up the defense, which will also completely liberate Gibson. He can eat all kinds of cakes that Lian Dao feeds him.

The score at the end of the first half: 62:45.

This is also the first time USC has led by more than 15 points in the first half against the Washington Huskies this season.

Another evolution of Lian Dao directly stunned the opposite head coach: Lorenzo Romar.

He kept saying in his mouth: "USC deceived everyone!"

In the first half, Gibson ate cakes recklessly, which made DeMar very envious. During the intermission, he stared at Lian Dao and did not speak. Lian Dao felt uncomfortable when he watched him.

I can only make a promise to pass the ball to him more in the second half!

In the second half, Lian Dao let himself go even more, passing the ball through breakthroughs, passing the ball under the crotch, passing the ball without looking at people, passing the ball in the four-point position, passing the ball behind the head...

In the second half, not only Demar ate the cake fed by Lian Dao, but other players also more or less ate it.

There were also very few who didn't eat it, and those who didn't know how to swallow the cake after feeding it into their mouths, Lian Dao would not continue to feed them.

It's a waste of Lao Tzu's assists, one assist 2 points, very valuable!

Although Isaiah Thomas entered the restricted area of ​​USC time and time again, the twin towers of USC are really unfriendly to Isaiah Thomas, who is only 173 centimeters.

Because every time he lays up, he needs to throw himself in the air, dodge left and right, and use all his strength to score the basketball.

You said why not pass the ball.

That's because the outside line was basically locked by Lian Dao, and Quincy Pondexter basically couldn't break through Lian Dao's defense. He didn't have an advantage in strength, speed, and height and wingspan.

Quincy Pondexett's most intuitive feeling in this game is: I am too difficult!

And inside,

Basically, a no-fly zone was set up by USC. Gibson and Vucevic are the twin towers of USC. With them guarding the inside line, it is not too safe.

Again, USC's defense this season is so invincible.

There is also a famous saying in the NBA, called: Defense can win the championship!

Why do the Suns often achieve a high record in the regular season, but when it comes to the playoffs, they pull their hips?

It is because the Suns only focus on offense and ignore defense.

The Suns set off the "seven-second offensive era", and Mike D'Antoni's running and bombing tactics cannot be said to be bad.

Because no one can deny that the Suns led by him had a record of 62 wins and 20 losses in the 2004-2005 season, ranking first in a single season in the NBA regular season.

But Mike D'Antoni only paid attention to offense, and he ignored the team's defense; it may not be that he ignored it, but that he didn't want to defend at all.

So this leads to every time they encounter a tough battle, the Suns' defense is like a hornet's nest, full of holes.

If the Suns want to go further, then head coach Mike D'Antoni must face up to defense.

But as soon as last season ended, Mike D'Antoni was dismissed by the Suns management.

In the Suns this season, Alvin Gentry served as the head coach, and the addition of Shaquille O'Neal originally wanted to make up for the lack of defense.

But the big shark is old, he can't run anymore, although he still has a certain dominance inside, but he is too slow!

This is also why the addition of O'Neal not only did not promote the progress of the Suns, but on the contrary slowed down the Suns' offensive pace.

The Suns are a team that emphasizes "7-second offense", and it was first formed to be "fast"!

The current O'Neal is not suitable for the Suns system!

And without fast maneuvering, the sun will eventually fail!

It can only be said that the way of the sun is wrong!

In fact, the Suns' running and bombing tactics have also been used for reference in the future, that is, the "five dead" of the future Warriors.

The tactical configuration of the "Death Five" is based on the Sun's "7-second offense", but the Warriors have processed it on this basis.

The Warriors have never neglected defense while emphasizing offense.

They have Klay Thompson and Iguodala on the outside defense, Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut on the inside.

This forms a well-formed defensive system!

This also created the Warriors who can fight the "7-second offense" point-grabbing battle, as well as the slow positional battle!

So from the very beginning, USC put defense first. Even with the "running and bombing tactics" in the second half, USC's defensive strength still did not decrease at all!

At the end of the game against the Washington Huskies, USC ended the game with 89:68, leading by 21 points.

In this game, Lian Dao directly broke the NCAA single-game assist record, scoring 16 points, 25 assists and 10 rebounds in the game.

It directly broke Johnson's record of 22 assists in a single game with Tony Farley and Sherman Douglas, and expanded this record to 25 times.

Most importantly, Lian Dao not only broke the NCAA single-game assist record, but also won the first triple-double in his career.

And this game directly shocked the entire Bald Eagle West Coast area. The bald eagle was so radiant that the media also reported it one after another.

Like the USC Genius Commander of the Los Angeles Times!

ESPN's The Next Magician!

"Historical Talented Almighty Warrior"!

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Lian Dao's reputation in the NCAA has also been spread to the eyes of the domestic media.

Many media have sent reporters to Southern California, including Sina Sports, Pain Xun Sports and so on.

But now Lian Dao knows nothing about the outside world.

Because USC blocked most of the interviews with reporters, citing preparations for March Madness.

Lian Dao also only selected a few mainstream media to answer some questions.

For example: What is the daily training, the relationship between teammates, and why the passing score can be excellent...

Overall the interview was relatively easy.

Of course, there are also journalists who make trouble. For example, a reporter said that Lian Dao contributed to the strength of the University of Southern California.

At that time, Lian Dao refuted it. Those who can say such things are not very good people. This is destroying our internal unity!

"There is a famous saying in our country: a single tree does not make a forest. The strength of Southern California is not due to one person, but the unity of everyone. The Trojans are like a big family. It is the contributions of all that have contributed to the strength of Southern California. .”

When dealing with the destruction of unity, Lian Dao responded directly, but Lian Dao did not conceal the strength of USC, because he always firmly believed: the strong will always be strong!