This Forward is Not Serious

Durant also looked happy.

Although they failed to see TJ Ford as they wished, Tucker's unexpected appearance was also a great spiritual encouragement for them!

Speaking of Tucker, he is following the Raptors on a road trip to Texas.

I heard that the Texas State Conference will play the University of Kansas tonight, so he rushed over by bus after participating in the team training.

A player like him who just graduated from college has the strongest feeling for his alma mater.

Perhaps because he felt that waving his hands was not enough, he simply ran down from the stands to greet them.

As soon as they met, they hugged Williams and Wendell warmly, and then laughed and chatted wantonly.

You can feel their passion for each other from a long distance.

Lin Ying was touched.

They reached the Elite Eight together last year, that should be a very wonderful memory in life!

"Kevin, promise me to beat them."

Black Americans are familiar with each other, and Tucker smiled and hugged Durant as soon as he came up and made a request.

"I will."

Durant nodded with a smile.

Although this is a requirement, it is actually a kind of optimism, which makes people feel very comfortable.

After all, if you don't think you can win, you won't say such a thing at all.

"I know you, Lin, you will be better than me in the future."

Tucker also greeted Lin Ying immediately, and said something he hadn't expected at all!

He was surprised, even if he was acquainted with him, he would not say such words casually!

It wasn't until Tucker reached out to him to hug him that he came back to his senses.

"Thanks."

He was indeed not very good at communicating, and finally choked out two words.

Tucker didn't say anything. After hugging him with a smile, he turned around and returned to the auditorium.

"Lin, PJ is very optimistic about you."

After Tucker left, Williams came over and said with a smile.

Lin Ying was stunned for a while.

Are you favored by seniors?

He would not be surprised if this kind of thing happened to Durant, but now it happened to him...

Always felt a little weird.

The field entered the warm-up session, and the live shots were shown in the front row of the auditorium.

There is the position of the commentary booth, and Barkley and Kenny Smith are already in place.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

It is rare to see two famous mouths appearing in the NCAA arena.

"Charles, do you think Durant will participate in the draft this year?"

Generally, commentators will warm up the game, but what Smith said at the beginning was something completely unrelated to the game.

From the opening remarks, it can be heard that they are indeed targeting Durant this time.

"I don't know, this guy has a bit of a weird personality, it is said that he never gives interviews to reporters."

When Barkley spoke, he looked at Durant on the court.

As a commentator, all the information about the players he received came from the media. The media said that Durant was "indifferent", and his impression of Durant was "indifferent".

"I think he will run for the election with a high probability. Now it is popular here (NCAA) to "play for one year and leave", but I think there is a premise that needs to be added: the University of Texas is doing well."

Smith asked and answered.

"Um?"

Barkley looked at Smith suspiciously.

"In the past two years, many players have chosen to stay because their school performance did not meet expectations. North Carolina's Hansbrough, Kansas' Chalmers, and Georgetown's Jeff Green seem to be becoming a new trend."

Smith opened his mouth to explain that he obviously made a lot of preparations for tonight's commentary.

"No, no, Kenny, the guys you're talking about are low draft picks because of poor grades in school.

Kevin Durant is better than all of them, mind you, I said all of them!

Even the "Crazy Three" of the University of Texas couldn't get in. He was either the first or the second to be selected this year. "

When Barkley said this, he looked at Durant again.

You can hear his optimism for Durant from the words.

Smith on the side smiled and nodded.

Just like what Lin Ying thought before, no one would find it strange that he is optimistic about Durant.

Durant felt the gaze and looked up to see Barkley and Smith.

Although the distance was not too far, he couldn't hear what the two were talking because of the noisy environment.

But what Barkley and Smith discussed, he actually already had a plan in his mind.

It's just that, unlike what they said, he wasn't thinking about things but about someone.

That was one of the few thoughts he kept in his heart.

The warm-up was almost done, and Barnes called the players together for the final pre-match mobilization.

"I know all of you have put in unimaginable effort, sweat, and even blood over the past two months for tonight's game!

The team that beat us so hard is on the other side, now go tell them what you have in store for them! "

Without too many words, just two short sentences, Barnes has already fully mobilized the players' emotions.

It's not how thick his chicken soup is, but he spoke to the hearts of the team members!

"Longhorn!"

The players folded their hands and chanted the team slogan.

"Texas morale looks great."

Barkley noticed the University of Texas move.

"They've been doing really well lately, winning eight of their last nine games, and they're said to be using the triangle."

Smith took the talk, and he was really well prepared.

"Triangle tactics?"

Buckley was stunned when he heard this.

After Smith nodded with certainty, he laughed unconsciously.

That wasn't a happy smile, but... a sudden disdain.

A lot of people think that the triangle offense was downplayed after Phil Jackson faded out of the league, but that's not the case.

This tactic has been full of controversy since its inception.

Even if Phil Jackson succeeded in Chicago and Los Angeles consecutively, many people still think that he relied on Jordan and Kobe, not this tactic.

This "many people" includes Barkley.

"I can now understand why Durant's statistics are good now. That tactic is to give all the balls to one person!"

In his heart, he thought that what he lost to was Jordan, not the Bulls, let alone some bullshit triangle tactics.

"From the effect point of view, they did a good job."

What Smith said was more objective.

Although he is not too interested in the triangle tactics, but from the results, the record of the University of Texas is the most direct evidence.

"Kenny, you know the gap between college and college teams is far greater than between NBA teams. They may be useful against other teams, but not tonight."

Barkley countered.

Originally, he was quite optimistic about the University of Texas because of Durant.

But as soon as the "Triangle Tactic" came out, his attitude took a 180° turn.

During the conversation, the scene entered the opening ceremony, and the two also changed the topic to the players.

Durant is still the focus, and by the way, he also paid attention to Chalmers and Julian Wright in Kansas.

Compared with the outcome of the game, they are more concerned about who will enter the NBA this year.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were released one after another.

Kansas side: Russell Robinson, Chalmers, Darnell Jackson, Wright, Cowen.

University of Texas: Augustin, James, Durant, Lin Ying, Wendell.

Brandon Rush still hangs up the exemption card.

Wendell and Cowan's jump ball in the center circle.

Lin Ying looked at Kansas.

His most direct feeling after observing him at first glance is: the expressions of the Kansas players are very serious.

This is to be expected.

Although Kansas won the last match, the University of Texas's substitute finally broke them into a cold sweat.

Coupled with the fact that the performance of the University of Texas has improved significantly in the past two months, it would be abnormal for Kansas to underestimate the enemy.

"beep!"

A whistle blew from the sidelines, and the game officially started!

Cowen's long arm dialed the ball back to the half court, and Kansas got the chance to attack first!

At the moment the game started, the cheers of the fans erupted, which was a whole decibel higher than the usual game!

At this moment, the players on the field should understand why "Crazy Three" is called "Crazy Three".

Really crazy!

KU's first down of the opening game!

Robinson held the ball from the outside, and Chalmers used Cowen's cover to get out first, then ran back and then caught the ball for a layup.

Facing Wendell's help defense, he pulled the bar in the air to reverse the blue, and the ball fell into the net bag silkily after wiping the backboard!

Excellent personal ability!

The scene immediately burst into cheers from University of Kansas fans.

It was a good start!

Lin Ying's mind was running fast.

What caught Chalmers' attention more than his individual abilities was the way Kansas started the game.

Very different from the last time they played against each other, Kansas did not start from the inside tonight, but hit Chalmers, the strongest point, as soon as they came up.

This is obviously trying to suppress them at the beginning, not wanting to give them a chance!

The University of Texas has the ball, and Augustine advances to the frontcourt with the ball.

After he arrived in the frontcourt, he gave the ball to Lin Ying, who was outside the 45° three-point line on the right, and then quickly moved to the right corner by himself through the pick-and-roll.

At the same time, Durant has moved to the basket.

Augustin-Lin Ying-Durant, the standard "low singles" position in the triangle offense is formed!

As long as Lin Ying hangs the ball to the basket, Durant can get a one-on-one low-post scoring opportunity.

However, Kansas responded quickly, and Cowen immediately grabbed Wendell to help defend Durant.

Kansas not only did not underestimate the enemy, but also made sufficient preparations for tonight's game!

This kind of reaction was beyond the expectation of the University of Texas. Before the game, the coaching staff prepared according to the Kansas in the last match.

But Lin Ying, who was holding the ball, did not panic.

Compared with tactical arrangements, what he is better at is still his old profession: analysis.

After seeing Kansas' defense, he has come to the conclusion that "the success rate of continuing to play the low post attack will not be too high".

He turned to Augustine with a new tactical gesture.

"Low singles" to "corner pick and roll".

Seeing Lin Ying's gesture, Augustine immediately moved to Lin Ying's position again.

Lin Ying returned the ball, and at the same time quickly moved to the right three-point line to set up a pick-and-roll.

In addition to theory, tactics are more important than execution.

From reading to analysis to making a response, Lin Ying's reaction was fast enough, and the tactics of the University of Texas were also fast enough.

Kansas is a bit overwhelmed.

After all, it has been a long time since the triangle tactics appeared in the NCAA arena!

The University of Texas didn't know this the last time they played against each other.

Augustin got a very good outside shot after taking it apart.

Before Wright pounced, he made a decisive shot from outside the three-point line!

He also has an obvious follow-through after his shot.

And his eyes have been looking at the ball, his gaze is firm.

Lin Ying and Durant are not the only ones who have paid for tonight's game, he is the same!

The ball spun through a high parabola.

"Shua!"

There was a crisp sound of entering the net.

Augustin's first three-pointer in the opening game went in!

The moment the ball was scored, Augustin reached out and made a three-point gesture, and then slammed forward vigorously.

He looks so excited!

Of course, the more excited ones were the University of Texas fans at the scene.

The cheers were one decibel higher than the previous Kansas fans!

The players on the field are competing, and the fans on both sides are also competing!

The University of Kansas advanced to the frontcourt, and Chalmers played directly from off the ball to with the ball this time.

After receiving the ball from Robinson, he signaled to open the singles against Augustine.

It seemed that Augustine's celebration was a little irritating to him.

Change direction, start, breakthrough.

Augustin is trying very hard to follow Chalmers, but Chalmers is more abundant than him in terms of confrontation and experience.

He quickly decelerated and changed direction to squeeze past Augustin and rush to the basket.

However, Lin Ying had already shrunk to the basket in advance at this time, and directly defended the past.

He can analyze that it is difficult for Augustine to defend against Chalmers one-on-one, and he also knows that he can defend the ball with a high probability.

But just as he made up the defense, Chalmers didn't make a layup, but directly sent the ball to the weak side!

He didn't just rush to the frame!

The ball was assigned to Wright, who was unlucky, and scored with a close-range shot!

Kansas played beautifully in this wave of tactics!

Lin Ying was stunned for a moment and came back to her senses.

He is still young!

The University of Kansas is one of the top traditional powerhouses in the NCAA. This kind of university may not necessarily have the best players in the NCAA, but their discipline must be the strongest.

It might seem possible that Chalmers would get pissed off and try to get back on the field, but it just wasn't going to happen.

Experience +1.

In the offense of the University of Texas, Augustin holds the ball to the frontcourt, and it is a standard triangle position, and it is also an Augustin-Linying-Durant triangle position.

Although they failed to defend for two consecutive rounds, it did not affect their morale.

They never thought they could keep Kansas from scoring.

Compared to that, what they can do is to keep their offense going.

On the court, the University of Kansas's defensive focus is still on Durant.

Lin Ying continued to read, analyze, and then used gestures to organize the attack.

Under his signal, this time both the strong side and the weak side moved.

Durant took the initiative to move to the right corner, and Augustin was also going in Durant's direction at the same time.

It's a two-way move, followed by a pick-and-roll, Augustin's off-ball pick-and-roll for Durant.

After taking it apart, Durant is flicking to the bottom corner.

But Kansas reacted quickly, and the two went directly to Durant. At the same time, the weak side came to defend Augustin, who was cutting to the basket.

Excellent defense rotation!

At this time, no matter whether Lin Ying passed the ball to Durant or to Augustin, Kansas has enough confidence to defend the ball.

but!

Lin Ying passed the ball to the weak side!

As mentioned earlier, both the strong and weak sides of the University of Texas are moving. When Augustin blocked Durant here, James on the off-ball side also used Wendell's pick-and-roll to insert into the basket.

You thought it was still a "corner pick and roll", but it has actually become a "weak side horn"!

Kansas used heavy troops to defend Durant, and James cut in and received the ball with a wide view.

He didn't hesitate to show his athletic ability directly.

"Boom!"

With a heavy muffled sound, James slammed the ball into the basket with a one-handed dunk.

A pleasing offensive round, even better than Kansas before!

That is, the moment the ball hit, the University of Texas fans jumped up and cheered and screamed.

Although the opening two rounds failed to stop Kansas' offense, Kansas didn't stop them either!

This is completely different from being pressed and rubbed on the ground at the beginning of the last fight!

They have become stronger! !

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