A day later, USC returned to Los Angeles with another loss.

Wu Huang soon heard a large number of American trolls scolding the Trojans on campus, especially many who threw the responsibility for the loss on him, thinking that he was a data brush and could not bring the team victory. The rest of the team heard similar rhetoric, with the exception of DeRozan, who didn't play, and Bart, who was injured, and almost everyone was affected.

The next day, the atmosphere in the squad became solemn and it was difficult to see the smiles on the players' faces.

The successive defeats in the preseason began to affect the self-confidence of the players, and once they lost their self-confidence, it was difficult for the players to bring out their technical and tactical abilities, and in the end it was not just 1 win and 3 losses, but 1 win, 4 losses, 1 win and 5 losses......

The psychological pressure on and off the field is very huge, how to adjust the emotions and mentality of the players is a course that any good coach must master, no matter whether the game is won or lost, after the game must have a purpose, consciously exert influence on the player's psychology, and minimize their negative emotions.

However, some players don't need to be so troublesome, they have a strong self-regulation ability, and such players are often the most valuable. For example, Wu Huang, who was sprayed the most, was able to calm down and continue to train his ball control skills, and began to ask his teammates to wrap him up in training matches to simulate the difficulties encountered in official matches.

However, players like Wu Huang are very rare, and most players must give them psychological counseling, such as Nathan Booch and Edmund Tamar, who performed poorly in the first four games, and these two also took on the main goal of fans to vent their frustrations, so they have big problems mentally and emotionally, one is not handled well, these two players can't stand the trolls' keyboards and saliva, and it is not impossible to suddenly submit a request to leave the team.

Floyd is now anxious, DeRozan is still slowly stewed by him over low heat, but the team will be about to starve to death, whether to eat it raw or not move, Floyd began to struggle.

The USC coaching staff is counseling the players and unraveling the knots and negative emotions after the players lose, while studying the opponents in Game 5, which they can't afford to lose.

"Breaking the bag" has now become a problem that Wu Huang and the team must solve, Wu Huang will always be defended by the bag when he is in high school, but at that time the opponent's strength is too poor, the defense is not fierce enough, he can rely on his flexible feet and keen insight to break through, and he can also pass the basketball out before the opponent completes the bag.

But the college team is a very pressing defence, fast to wrap and wrap up, and not only defend the ball carrier, but also defend his passing lanes.

Wu Huang's passing ability is still insufficient, in the face of two defenses, he can't break through, passes are always stealed, and the most important thing is that his teammates also have problems moving, and when he is trapped, he can't respond at the first time.

Butterbligh and Wu Huang had a good cooperation, but the rich second generation was injured in the first game, and he could not come back until at least a month later, and the others except Gibson had no teammates who could form a good strategy with him, so this is not Wu Huang's problem alone.

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In the fifth game, after Wu Huang was caught in the bag, he began to frequently use off-ball running to find opportunities, which is a classic scoring guard style of play, using the cover of teammates to find opportunities. But the problem is that this style of play requires more from the team's overall tactical execution, and Wu Huang, the point guard, ran to do the task of scoring guard, who will organize the team?

So this method of breaking the bag is just a strategy, and the game is also stumbling, and the team keeps making mistakes. However, fortunately, Wu Huang felt very good in this game, and completed the task of scoring guard excellently, scoring 32 points and 4 assists by himself, helping the team force a victory.

Wu Huang didn't play the game reasonably, but the game was won after all, and he has proven his ability with excellent performances through five matches.

In the final three games of the preseason, Floyd finally put DeRozan on the court, and the high school prodigy, who had fallen out of the top 50 in both the ESPN100 and Yahoo Top 150, finally smoothed out a lot after sitting on the bench for five consecutive games.

The NCAA is actually very cruel, DeRozan did not appear in the game for half a month, and immediately plummeted in these two important rankings. Wu Huang has soared from more than 100 to the top 30, although he has fallen to outside the 30 because of the last two old games, but this ranking has allowed him to get a seat in the second round of the show.

USC has been plagued by the bag tactics for the first five games, but the problem is not difficult to solve, as long as DeRozan is put on the court, Wu Huang's bag breaking problem can be solved at least half, if not easily.

In the sixth game, Wu Huang suffered less than half of the number of times, and the defensive intensity he faced was much smaller than in the first two games, and he could break through such a two-man defense with his passing ability, and if he chose a more secure plan, he could also pass the basketball to DeRozan.

As long as Wu Huang suffers from the bag, DeRozan must have a good offensive space even if he is not in an empty position, and at this time, with his personal ability, it is not difficult to break through the defense.

Freud is most satisfied with the fact that Wu Huang did not pass the ball to the other party in the game because of his bad relationship with DeRozan. And when DeRozan has an open spot or an open cut, Wu Huang will also be happy to pass the basketball to his hands.

In the sixth game, Wu Huang handed out a total of 14 assists, and he finally cracked the bag in a serious point guard way.

This game was DeRozan's college debut, and he was originally worried that Wu Huang would not pass the ball to him, but he obviously thought too much, half of Wu Huang's 14 assists were obtained on him, and DeRozan also got 25 points and 7 rebounds under Wu Huang's feeding.

After this game, DeRozan's impression of Wu Huang has improved a lot, at least there is no contradiction between them in the game.

In the next two games, USC won both games, and finally won five of the eight games, which was a good start to the regular season that followed.

Throughout October, USC played a total of eight preseason games, four home and four away, against a total of six teams, with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses. These six teams are all veteran NCAA powerhouses, and USC's results are generally enough to satisfy the fans.

Wu Huang was the biggest discovery during the preseason at USC, starting every game in eight games, averaging 18.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 30 minutes per game, shooting 46.9% from the field, 43.6% from three-point range and 83.3% from the free throw line.

The USC first-year Chinese-American point guard gets more cheers every game, and after eight games, there aren't many fans attacking him at least at home.

It is worth mentioning that after the preseason, Wu Huang ranked 14th in ESPN's NCAATOP100. Yahoo's NCAATOP150 ranked him at No. 20. DraftExpress, a professional draft website in the United States, also updated the 2009 NBA mock draft list at the end of October, and Wu Huang jumped from 98th to 25th at the beginning, predicting that he will be selected by the Thunder at 25th in the first round.

DeRozan played only three games in the preseason, averaging 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and his performance was very stable, ESPN's NCAATOP100 re-elevated him to No. 16, and Yahoo TOP150 directly to No. 11. DraftExpress predicted that he would be drafted by the New Jersey Nets at No. 11 in the first round.

Overall, USC's two first-year talents were favored by the media to be selected in the first round, but Wu Huang's market is not as favored as DeRozan, and his impact in the game is mostly at the level of consciousness, and his athleticism and skill can only be regarded as mid-range in the eyes of the public.

DeRozan is different, look at this kid's explosive dunk, look at his windy fast-break speed and amazing jumping ability, these are the most intuitive manifestations of a player's physical talent.

But what about Emperor Wu?

He doesn't seem to have dunked once in eight games?

Sometimes, the prejudice of Europeans and Americans is so unreasonable, Yahoo Sports has the strongest prejudice against Wu Huang, they completely ignore the speed shown by Wu Huang when attacking fast and the foot advantage shown when defending, but they keep focusing on Wu Huang's thin body and soft ball style, they directly classify Wu Huang's projection style of play as weak!

But that's not the case for all U.S. media, the Los Angeles Times' coverage of Wu Huang is the polar opposite of Yahoo Sports, and the well-known local columnist Da Bundan began to pay attention to Wu Huang in high school, perhaps for the purpose of protecting his city players, or because he was pleasing to Wu Huang, Da Bundan highlighted Wu Huang's excellent shooting percentage in eight games, including 24 three-point shooting points from 55 shots.

-- Los Angeles Times

"The NCAA gave birth to a red three-point killer, and in the eyes of this Chinese, the arc 6.3 meters from the basket is worthless. If he wants, he can shoot two or even three steps from the three-point line and shoot at an astonishingly high percentage. I even doubt that this guy will start shooting from his own half, and when he hits one long-range strike after another, the 1.88cm guard becomes the most terrible killer on the court. ”

New York Times columnist Da Sabi is also interested in Wu Huang, and for no reason other than to look good, he also has a high opinion of the first-year Chinese point guard

-- The New York Times

"During this time, I found a real talent, USC's Hugo didn't make it to the top 10 in the major lists, but I think he has all the ingredients to become an NBA superstar, leadership temperament, desire to win, mental quality, and hard work attitude are all reflected in this Chinese American. In terms of playing style, Hugo is a point guard with strong scoring ability, but the difference is that Hugo is very willing to pass the ball, has first-class passing awareness, and is good at timing passes. As a result, Hugo's future will be aligned with the current Steve Nash, who has the talent to become a great point guard in the NBA. ”