Chapter 006: He's My Blocker
The Davidson Wildcats vs. Oklahoma's speedy battle was arguably high-profile, and the media were eager to interview Griffin and Curry before the game, and the media knew that these two were the focus of the game.
Curry's performance in March was too impressive, and Griffin was definitely the most physical of the rookie class.
Curry was very generous in the interview, he talked about the team's goals for this year, and he was ready for his future development plan, and curious reporter Javier Stanford asked at the end of the interview: "You seem to have an extra seven-foot big man on the team, is he Chinese?" β
Curry nodded, God assured, Stephen Curry originally wanted to promote his teammate, but when he thought of Coach McLopp's request to use Lin Yi as a secret weapon, Stephen Curry could only say very uncomfortable: "He is my blocker." β
Javier Stanford smiled, China is indeed easy to make big people, but not everyone can be Yao, and looking at his stiff and dull pre-game training, can he really be a qualified blocker? But Javier quickly reflected that it seemed that the Wildcats had no other blockers, several of their interior players were about two meters, and the level was very average, not to mention the NBA, I am afraid that the NBDL would not wave to them.
"Today we are still attacking Stephen." As a coach who has been coaching in a weak team for a long time, but has a winning percentage of more than 60% in his coaching career, McLopp's coaching ability is unquestionable.
The Wildcats nodded in unison.
"Lin, you're coming off the bench today, Anthony, you're going to have to be ready for Stephen, and McMillan and Donald have to be ready to shoot." The Wildcats are a pass-and-cut team, and they're the most pass-friendly team in the entire Southern Region, which is probably why Stephen Curry was able to shine in the Warriors' pass-and-cut system, because he's been playing his favorite game since college.
Lin Yi nodded, and Stephen Curry also gave him a look.
Last night, Curry had already taught Lin Yi his debut experience well, even though Curry's own NCAA debut was a disaster......
McLop was very satisfied with Lin Yi's performance, this guy's calmness was beyond his imagination.
"There are so many scouts coming today, all for Blake and Stephen." Assistant Jennings said.
"No, most of them should be coming for Blake." Scouting ...... Thinking of scouting, McLop suddenly had some selfishness, and he called Lin Yi to his side, "If the opponent knows that you have the ability to shoot and defend you closely, I will allow you to use guard skills." β
Lin Yi's eyes lit up, didn't he say that I was a secret weapon.
McLopp's selfishness is very simple, no matter how good Lin Yi plays, the Wildcats will not be able to rely on him and Stephen to win the championship in the NCAA, but there are a lot of scouts today, if Lin Yi can play well, maybe he can add some chips for him to enter the NBA in the future.
Lin Yi didn't know that in order to increase Stephen Curry's chips to enter the NBA, many of McLopp's tactics were designed for Stephen Curry, in order to make Stephen Curry's statistics look better.
What a man!
McLop didn't know what Lin Yi could do, but he knew that the Speed Team, who didn't know anything about Lin Yi's characteristics, would definitely suffer a big loss, especially the proud Blake Griffin.
The much-anticipated game was soon underway, and Blake Griffin's opening jump shot was an arm higher than Wildcats center Anthony Beasley.
Terrible bouncing in place, terrifying instantaneous explosiveness and power.
Griffin jumped to the ball and rushed to the front court like a small tank, and the Wildcats players defended aggressively, but Griffin still received a pass from his teammates and scored the first goal for the Oklahoma City Speeds.
"Blake! Blake! Blake! β
The fans began to cheer.
"Oh my God, I love him so much!" Westbrook feels like his assist stats would look better if he were paired with Griffin.
Durant also nodded, he has experienced the NBA, he is also very optimistic about Griffin, such physical fitness is simply open in the NCAA.
On the court, looking back, the Wildcats stole two points under the basket through a pass-and-cut combination by Stephen Curry.
In fact, many times people pay too much attention to Curry's three-point shot, you must know that Curry has a fairly high finishing rate under the basket, and you can understand that Curry's scoring composition is Stephen Curry's most stable way to score, he knows how to use the space on the court, and he also knows how to avoid high-intensity physical confrontation.
There was a back and forth on the court, and it was the Wildcats who took the lead, using continuous passing and cutting, and they played a 7-4 score in the opening game.
Blake Griffin was a little annoyed and motioned for his teammates to pass the ball to him more.
The Oklahoma City Speedy players didn't dare to offend the team's star of the game, small forward ValdΓ©s made a hanging pass, Griffin dodged Anthony Beasley with nimble feet, and then jumped high and slammed a thunderous dunk!
Bang dang!
The entire hoop was shaking, and after the goal, Blake Griffin roared at the Wildcats' insiders.
"Oh my God! I'm in love with him! "Westbrook jumped, it was so exciting! It's so exciting! "Kevin, his head is almost the same as the basket when he jumped just now!"
Durant didn't skimp on his applause, "Yes, this kind of jumping ability is not common in the NBA." β
Oklahoma played a climax in a row, Griffin scored six points in a row after a heavy dunk, and the score became 12-7, McLopp kept signaling to Curry to block people on the sidelines, Stephen Curry's first attempt on the outside today, but unfortunately Anthony Beasley couldn't help him block people, and seemed to know that Anthony Beasley couldn't shoot, the Speedy Team completely let him go, and Curry's three-point shot bounced out of the frame.
The quick counterattack of the Speed Team, Blake Griffin advanced with the ball, and in the surprised expressions of a bunch of scouts, it was another heavy dunk! Today's 10th!
"Oh my God, his athleticism is really rare, and he just held the ball to push it forward, which is quite a good dribbling basics!" Reggie Miller exclaimed.
It was 14-7, but McLop didn't call a timeout, and just as people were feeling Griffin's dominance, Stephen Curry turned around and opened his hand to hit a three-pointer.
Unreasonable ultra-long three-point ......
Curry has been in college since college......