The Trail Blazers were able to make the playoffs thanks to the performance of Roy, the core of the team, who averaged 19 points and 6 assists in 37 minutes per game this season.

But to be reasonable, in the West, where there are many strong players, it is impossible to bring the team to this level with an average of 19 points per game alone.

The reason why they made it to the playoffs was due to the team's other two scoring points.

LaMarcus. Aldridge averaged 17.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, and Kevin Durant averaged 18.8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game!

All three players averaged 55.2 points per game for their teams! And two of them are sophomores and one is a first-year.

All three are young, energetic, and full of potential, which makes people think about what the three of them will be like when they grow up.

And among the three, the most efficient is actually first-year rookie Kevin. Durant!

The 48.7% shooting rate is even more accurate than Aldridge as an interior player!

The high efficiency of scoring and the team's excellent record make it impossible to choose the Rookie of the Year in '08.

At this time, Audenthe Great, who is considered to be about to rule the league, is still recovering from injury, watching the rest of the team sweat on the field.

At this time, although there are still many people who argue that the benefits of choosing Oden are greater from the team's long-term perspective, more and more Trail Blazers fans are starting to cry out.

Time has proven that Wang's choice is not necessarily wrong, and Durant's potential is far higher than those scouts see.

(I think a lot of people may not agree with Durant's performance described in this book, but from my point of view, he definitely has the ability and possibility to do this in his first season, firstly, Roy is a two-way guard himself, and many times he will attract firepower and provide assists for his teammates on the court, and secondly, Aldridge is also an interior player who leans towards an outside style and can effectively open up space.) In the Trail Blazers, Durant's shooting power may be less than when the SuperSonics are playing, but the offensive efficiency is definitely much stronger than when the SuperSonics are playing alone, imagine the Thunder a few years later, Durant, who won the scoring title for three consecutive years, is surrounded by Westbrook and Harden, and Durant really doesn't have much when he attacks with the ball. ）

In response to such a situation, major media and newspapers have done a lot of column discussions, and some people have called Wang Xiao for an interview.

In this regard, Wang Xiao often ended the interview with a faint sentence of "time will eventually prove who is right".

It's not that he didn't use the media to complain a lot, but on the one hand, Oden is only injured for one season, which in the eyes of many people does not mean that his entire career will be ruined.

The second aspect is that he doesn't have time to chat with the media.

After the round of 8, Harvard has made it to the elite top 4, and they will next play to the NCAA semifinals!

Their opponent in the semi-finals is North Carolina.

There is no doubt that this is a team with a luxurious squad.

The team not only has Lawson and Hansbru inside and outside, but also complements Danny. Greene, Wayne. Ellington and other great pitchers.

That's four future NBA-caliber players, not even at the University of Memphis.

Among the four teams in the top 4, only Westbrook, Kevin . Loew, Darren. Collison, Luke. The UCLA of the Four King Kongs of Bamot is comparable to North Carolina on paper.

After all, but to be reasonable, among the top four, the opponent Wang Xiao wants to meet the most is North Carolina.

Although there are four future NBA players, compared to UCLA and the University of Kansas, North Carolina is the weakest.

In another time and space, North Carolina met the University of Kansas, and the meeting between the two teams ended with Kansas 84-66, beating North Carolina by 18 points.

Kansas is quite strong this season, although Chalmers is the only one on the team who finally joined the NBA, and can only be tasked with transporting basketball from the backcourt to the frontcourt in the Heat team during the Big Three period, but the team's overall tactics and cooperation tend to be perfect.

Even Memphis, the No. 1 in the United States, met Kansas, and was eventually overturned by Kansas in overtime.

Even so, North Carolina is a formidable opponent for Harvard.

In the shopping struggle with the University of Memphis, Wang Xiao has used up all his inventory.

Trainer Item Cards, Stamina Recovery Potions...... In the current system, there is nothing but the victory value used to train for the win bonus.

In the face of North Carolina, Wang Xiao could only roll up his sleeves and work hard with the players!

It was another tough and scorching game.

The suspense of the game lasted until the last minute, when Jeremy Lin finally broke through the attraction bag and then passed to Plain to end the suspense.

At 77:75, Harvard narrowly defeated North Carolina by 2 points and reached the finals!

Wang Xiao and his teammates will next face the University of Kansas, which has won against UCLA.

Everyone was expecting to see if Harvard could go one step further and lift the trophy against Kansas, when things changed.

After the game against North Carolina, Harvard defender Plain felt soreness in his left arm and shoulder, and after examination, it was determined that it was a muscle strain, with a slight muscle tear.

Obviously, it was an injury sustained in the game against North Carolina.

Luckily, a muscle strain wasn't a serious injury and wouldn't have affected Plain's career, but unfortunately, due to a slight muscle tear, Plain had to recuperate for at least a week to two weeks, so he couldn't make it to the finals against the University of Kansas!

For Harvard, this is undoubtedly a blow to the punch!

Although on the bright side, Harvard seems to be a team led by Jeremy Lin's single core, but in fact, the defensive tactics that the team really relies on require Jeremy Lin and Plain to play their greatest power!

Plain's injury caused Harvard's entire defensive system to collapse, and the overall strength of the already backward team could not be compared with the University of Kansas.

In the final finals, although Jeremy Lin tried his best to score 26 points and 15 assists, he still couldn't stop Harvard's rout.

At 83:67, Harvard finally lost the first NCAA Finals in history by 16 points.

At the end of the game, Wang Xiao patted Jeremy Lin on the shoulder and comforted softly: "It's okay, life always has to face such failures, what you should do now is not to be sad, but to keep this sense of humiliation in your heart and win this damn game next time!" ”

At the same time that Harvard University lost to the University of Kansas in the finals, Wang Xiao's undefeated myth since he coached the Harvard team came to an end, and his only defeat came in the finals.

Wang Xiao failed to complete his declaration and win the NCAA championship.

But this time, none of the media wrote articles to ridicule Wang Xiao's unashamed words.

Harvard has shown too many miracles along the way, and if it weren't for Plain's injury, Harvard would really have a good chance of winning the championship against Kansas, after all, they eliminated the No. 1 in the United States and the favorite to win the championship in the 8-in-4 competition, the University of Memphis!