The first of the semi-finals will be between UCLA and the University of North Carolina.

The game attracted a lot of stars, including Los Angeles Lakers star James Bryant, Miami Heat star Wade Jr., Chicago Bulls ace Barrett and University of North Carolina legend Michael Jordan.

The NCAA game has such a charm, which can always attract many NBA stars to come to watch the game, but on the one hand, these stars come to enjoy the game, and some stars come with a mission.

That is to help your own team recruit players.

Before the start of the NBA draft, only players are allowed to have contact with NCAA teams and players, and if the team's management has contact with the players, it will be determined by the league as a breach of contract, and will be warned and fined by the league.

North Carolina and UCLA have the highest number of drafts of any NCAA team, with North Carolina having four players announced their draft appearances and UCLA having five, not including Mu Chenfeng, who has not yet made a decision.

The two teams have a star-studded line-up, and these are the only two teams that have not tasted defeat so far, but the first defeat for both teams turned out to be the "battle home".

North Carolina has a very luxurious starting lineup, in addition to the star Sain, it also has sharpshooter Carlisle Curry, super center Lucas, and violent dunk Adams.

But North Carolina also has their troubles, that is, the above four core players have announced that they will test the waters of the NBA draft after the NCAA game, and the draft market of all four is good.

This competition is the last team of North Carolina F4, and North Carolina will also enter a rebuilding period after the league ends.

But North Carolina is not worried about rebuilding, and there are many talented players who want to enter the University of North Carolina every year, so even if the four cores are involved in the draft, North Carolina is not worried about next year's league, because there will always be a steady stream of fresh blood to provide vitality for North Carolina.

As the players of both teams walked out of the tunnel and countless cameras and camera flashes lit up, they were enjoying the same exposure as NBA stars.

"It's finally come to this." James Bryant is naturally backing homegrown side UCLA.

This is the first time Michael Jordan has come to watch the NCAA in the field in nearly a decade, and he has been in public due to his physical health, but today he chose to return to the public eye for North Carolina.

"We really have the face to let Jordan come to the scene." The North Carolina players were proud of Jordan's presence.

"I hope you can see this as motivation rather than pressure." The coach of North Carolina said that in fact, it was the first time he played in front of so many stars, and even the coach himself was a little nervous.

Some time ago, Mu Chenfeng and Felix went to the scene to watch the Lakers game, and as a return gift, James also went to the Lakers' locker room to cheer them on, and gave each player a pair of specially customized sneakers.

It was a special surprise that James had prepared for the players, and he privately communicated with the team's operations staff about the size and preferences of the players, and incorporated these elements into the shoes.

Today, everyone in UCLA is playing in the sneakers given by James, even the coaching staff and Su Mengyao have a share, James is really a warm man.

The base color of the special boot is the traditional UCLA gold, and the player's number and name are printed on the upper of the shoe, and then the player's exclusive logo is displayed on the side.

This shoe looks very handsome, and more importantly, it feels very comfortable on the foot, fits the foot surface, and the air cushion absorbs shock, and the whole person feels much lighter when wearing these shoes.

UCLA's unified sneakers were an instant eye-catcher, and many people were talking about their sneakers. Bryant also deliberately wore the same sneakers as them.

The game is about to start and players from both sides enter the field.

It's a battle of two unbeaten teams, and only one team can extend their unbeaten run today.

The two teams started very flat, and did not splash sparks as soon as they came up, and played relatively peacefully.

NC attacked first, Sain controlled the ball, and the others were in position.

UCLA has also adopted a man-to-man tactic.

Suddenly Carlisle. Curry shook off Mu Chenfeng with a meal run, and then Adams stuck the defender behind him with a pick-and-roll, Carlisle. Curry got the opportunity to get an empty position, Sein immediately gave the ball over, Curry received the ball and shot, but was interfered by Mu Chenfeng who rushed back, the trajectory was slightly off, the basketball reached the basket and knocked out, Damian jumped high and took off the rebound.

"Be careful, down there." Just when Damian felt safe and was about to drop the ball, a hand suddenly came deep behind him and knocked the basketball down, and it turned out to be Carter.

Sain stepped forward to hold the ball, then hit the ground and passed the ball to Carter, who jumped lightly on the spot, jumped more than a meter high, and smashed it with one arm.

Carter's dunk action looks very elegant, and the dunk is also very light, and the strength and stretch coexist, which people enjoy very much.

Oscar held the ball to advance the fast attack, while the University of North Carolina defenders had not yet settled, seized a 3-on-2 opportunity, in the face of one more attack, the two of North Carolina could only be in the penalty area, which gave UCLA a chance to shoot three points, Mu Chenfeng finally returned the ball to Oscar, Oscar received the ball at the top arc, shot three points, and the basketball went into the net.

UCLA scored a three-pointer as a marksman. How could Curry show weakness, so he shot a three-pointer when the defender was in place, and the basketball also hit accurately, Curry asked the referee for a foul, and the referee ignored it.

Seeing that his teammates were playing energetically, center Lucas finally couldn't hold it back, and forced one enemy to two on the inside, and couldn't go to Damian and Marek had already laid out the "iron wall defense", no matter how Lucas hit his back, the iron wall did not move, and finally he could only reluctantly shoot, Marek was stuck in position, and Damian protected the rebound.

Damian gave the ball to Felix to organize, the latter dribbled forward, encountered the defense near the midfield, avoided it with a dexterous turn, and near the three-point line, faked a real pass to attract the defense, and gave the ball to Mu Chenfeng in the bottom corner, Mu Chenfeng flew the defender and dunked the ball to the inside, Damian raised his hands and dunked the ball into the basket.

"Oh my God, is this the style of UCLA?" UCLA played incredibly fluid teamwork, and everyone was blown away by the fluidity that everyone didn't stick to the ball and was already in a good chance, but they were always able to get the ball to the guy with the better chance.

Barton is very satisfied with the performance of the players, UCLA has always given the impression that the outside world is strong and relies on the talent of the stars to win games, but that is only part of the UCLA basketball system, in fact, they can also play good team basketball, but the stars are too dazzling to cover up their team basketball.

If you put aside the star halo of the star, you will find that under the halo is a smooth and mature offensive system.

UCLA ranks 7th out of all 64 NCAA teams in passes per game and 5th in assists per game, all of which show that UCLA is a team that relies on overall wins.

The game only lasted 4 minutes, and the data columns of the 10 players present were filled in with numbers.

At 15:16, UCLA temporarily led by 1 point.

At this time, the coach of North Carolina applied for the first timeout of the game, which was confusing, the players of the University of North Carolina did not have any problems playing, and there was no problem with the defense, and it was also North Carolina's offensive right, which should have allowed the game to continue, but the North Carolina coach did not think so.

"Why is this time called a pause?" The audience asked puzzled.

"yes, that's going to disrupt the rhythm of the team."

"You know the." The North Carolina coach shot back with a strong voice.

"Pause? Is it necessary? Su Mengyao has completely grown from a basketball layman to a person who understands the ball, and she also feels that the timeout called by the North Carolina coach is a bit redundant, it is a waste of a timeout, and this kind of timeout without warning is likely to destroy the team's current feel and state.

"You don't think it's necessary?" Barton asked Su Mengyao rhetorically.

"Hmm." Su Mengyao nodded.

Barton smiled, and seemed to have a different opinion on this, "Although the score is in a stalemate now, there are some things that the score can't reflect, take out your technical statistics table and take a look." ”

Su Mengya obediently took the statistics in her hand, and the above was the data of the players of the two teams in this game.

"You use (points + rebounds + assists + steals + blocks) - (shots - shots) - (free throws - free throws hits) - turnovers, and you use this formula to come up with a number and you know why the coach in North Carolina called a timeout." Barton said a series of data and asked Su Mengyao to calculate it.

Su Mengyao obediently did so, and the data obtained were +6, -2, -3, +2, and -4.

"What is this?" Looking at the numbers she calculated, Su Mengyao was a little puzzled, she couldn't think of any connection between these numbers and the pause.

"What you calculate is called the efficiency value, which is the contribution that a player makes to the team when he is on the field, if the data is a "+" value, it means that the team wins when the player is on the field, but if this value is a "-" value, it means that the team is in a losing state when the player is on the field, and the sum of these numbers is the number of points they have lost. Barton explained to Su Mengyao in detail, and Su Mengyao also understood a little.

Yes "-1". Su Mengyao added all the numbers and finally came up with a number.

"That's right, it means they're one point behind right now." Comparing the scores of the two teams, North Carolina is just one point behind UCLA.

"But what does that have to do with the suspension?" Su Mengyao was still puzzled.

"When a team of five players and only two players are present, the value of "+" and the value of three players are "-", doesn't that explain the team's problems? Hearing Barton say this, Su Mengyao suddenly realized, so she calculated the value on the UCLA side.

“+0、+1、+1、+0、-1。” The final result is that only Marek is "-1" data in UCLA's players, and the rest of the players are either positive or 0, in fact, the efficiency value of "0" is a particularly difficult thing, which requires the player to not win or lose when he is on the field, and maintain balance, which is very rare, and UCLA's efficiency value is obviously much stronger than North Carolina, and the only "-" score is only "-1" points, which is not a big problem.

So there are some things that can't be withdrawn in terms of scores, and only those who are really engaged in the game can feel it.

Su Mengyao looked at Barton with a look of admiration, he didn't have any records and handwriting, he completely relied on his brain to record the data of each player, there were a total of 10 players on the field, he was able to accurately calculate the efficiency value of each player with only his brain, this brain capacity is not ordinary.

"Memorizing data with your brain is the most basic skill of a coach."

The coach at the University of North Carolina didn't have any records, and it was only through the brain's memory that he calculated the team's efficiency value and found the problem before requesting that seemingly "inconsequential" timeout.

As the so-called layman looks lively, insiders can really understand the doorway inside.

The University of North Carolina did not change the personnel, but only reassured the hearts of the players, and this reassurance was effective, and the players played much more consistently than before.

"The efficiency of the North Carolina players is rising?" After a period of time, Su Mengyao once again calculated the efficiency value of the North Carolina team members and found that the efficiency of the team members was significantly improved.

"Hey~" Suddenly Barton sighed softly in his ears, "North Carolina's efficiency value has risen, you should count ours." ”

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked, the efficiency values of the five players of UCLA are all presented as "-" values, and then look at the scores of the two teams, North Carolina has overtaken the score and is 7 points ahead.

"It's our turn to call a timeout this timeout." Patton requested the first UCLA timeout with 27 seconds left in the first quarter.

At the timeout, Barton gave a "slight" criticism of individual players, to be precise, to lift everyone's spirits, and emphasized the crucial nature of the game, and the losing team had to go home.

"Everybody steady, try to get a little bit back before the end of the first quarter, and with 27 seconds left, we have one more chance to attack." Oscar said to his teammates.

"We must defend this ball, and then Mu Chenfeng and Felix will attack quickly, and we will pass the ball to you as much as possible." Damian said.

Mu Chenfeng and Felix nodded.

At the end of the timeout, North Carolina executed its first offense, and their purpose was to compress the time and not give UCLA an extra second, but Carlisle Curry's three-point shot from the whistle went wide of the basket, and Damian and Marek struggled to protect the rebound.

At this time, Mu Chenfeng and Felix were already about to go.

"Next!" Damian pulled his arm back like a bow of strength.

"You want to pass the ball, don't you?" Suddenly, Sein's voice came from the back of his head, and his hand was reaching for the basketball that Damian was about to shoot.

Syllable!

The pass of the fast break was disrupted.