Chapter 69: Angry Yankees!

Van Gundy commented at halftime: "USC and Hugo played a perfect first half together, and while the battle for the top spot won't be decided in one game, and no one can predict the future development of the two, Hugo is clearly better suited than the others to get the top spot, but judging from the current performance of the two players, Hugo is clearly better suited than the others." Well, I know there will be objections to this, it's not that I have a soft spot for Chinese players, and most of the teams that covet Hugo have a hard time getting the top pick, and the few teams that don't have a shortage of point guards are the most likely to get the top pick. ”

Mark Jackson added: "Hugo's performance is there for all to see, not only because of his madness on the field, not only because of his super all-round offensive killer nature, his long-range shot, his breakaway, his passing, his rebounding, his steals, he has done something that no other NCAA player has been able to do this year, and that's enough." ”

USC entered the second half with a 16-point lead, and now that the situation is very favorable to them, Floyd naturally will not make adjustments, only instructing the players not to be careless, although the 16-point lead is enough, but there is no room for error in a decisive game, and no mistakes can be undone.

"That's right, a 16-point lead is not enough, we need to continue to widen the margin to 20 points...... 30 points ...... "As long as Wu Huang makes a statement, the whole team will not dare to mess up, this is the role of the "cornerstone", which can hold down the field at any time and let other players know what to do.

Every team in the NBA will have a core, and these cores belong to All-Star players, but there are not many people who can be called "cornerstones" in this. The core of most teams is either lacking in ability or leadership ability, even if they have outstanding offensive and defensive capabilities, they are not called "cornerstones".

The current league can really be called the "cornerstone of the team" players, can be counted with only two hands, Kobe, James, Wade, Duncan, Roy, Nowitzki, Garnett, Howard, Paul, Nash, at most plus the young Durant and Derrick Rose, the two of them can only be regarded as unpolished now, and they still need time to prove themselves.

These players all share a few characteristics, namely that none of them will be traded, that the team built around them will have a chance to compete for a championship, and most importantly, that the team's style of play will match that of the cornerstone.

The University of Southern California has now been branded with Wu Huang, and all players will spontaneously revolve around him after they come on the court, which is equivalent to the "field" in fantasy novels, any player who partners with Wu Huang must actively integrate into his basketball field, and DeRozan is unwilling to give up his style of play at the beginning of the season, so he can only be isolated and excluded.

The "cornerstones" of these teams have another thing in common, they usually don't play with other players of the same level when they are younger, and even if this happens, it is mostly infighting, and the team will be completely chaotic in the two cornerstones!

This is that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, unless someone is willing to take the initiative to give up their core position, bow down and be willing to be the second master to assist.

But where will these real superstars easily be subservient?

Therefore, he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, anyway, he wants Wu Huang to be the second leader, he will never be reconciled, from high school to college, he is the most central one in the team, even if it is his idol Kobe, Wu Huang will not be willing to give him a hand.

On the first offense of the second half, Wu Huang took advantage of Gibson's cover and pulled to the outside to hit a three-pointer.

On the other hand, Griffin still didn't find a good way to score in the second half, and his ability to frame the high and low posts has reached NBA level. Don't look at this guy's style of play like a beast, in fact, Griffin's ball handling skills are among the best among interior players, but it's a pity that the first line of defense he faced today is also NBA-level.

Gibson is certainly not as talented as Griffin, but his four-year training in college has made up for many gaps between the two, and frontal defense has always been Gibson's strength, even if Griffin barely breaks through Gibson, he has no energy to deal with Barnard under the basket, which is why he struggles so much today.

Griffin has always liked to play with the frame, but his frontal strength has always ended in failure today, and he has no choice but to find other ways to score, such as hitting Gibson with power in the low post.

This is not the offensive method that Griffin is good at, mainly limited by height and arm span, Griffin also knows that he wants to score in this way after entering the NBA, and the efficiency must not be high, so in college he mainly strengthens the offensive skills of the face frame, and the back offense is less practiced, and he himself does not like this style of play.

The current Griffin is a rush to the hospital, and this attempt has not helped, Wu Huang and DeRozan are very fast, and Griffin's back play is always caught by the outside players of USC.

The White Monster tried several times in the low post in a row, but in the end, not only did it not get anything, but it was broken again by Wu Huang, and then the offensive end was passed by Wu Huang to give an air borrowing, and the captain of the University of Southern California performed a two-handed slam dunk on Griffin's head, and the morale of the University of Oklahoma dropped again!

At 14 minutes and 15 seconds of the second half, when Wu Huang hit a three-pointer again, the score became 55:32, and USC had a 23-point lead.

The University of Oklahoma was defeated, and it didn't last long before the USC extended the margin to 20 points, and the Griffin brothers looked at each other, and there was not much left in this game.

Jeff Kapoor called a timeout, and when the game resumed, they focused on creating scoring opportunities for Griffin.

If the University of Oklahoma is not destined to win at the team level because of the strength of the team, they at least have to keep Griffin from losing too much to Wu Huang, the sophomore star inside is the most promising rookie produced by the University of Oklahoma.

The University of Oklahoma has become more porous on the defensive end, focusing all their energy on the offensive end and playing Griffin more resolutely.

Griffin also stopped playing the game, attacking with the ball whenever he had the chance, and his scoring stats began to accelerate upward.

Wu Huang quickly saw the University of Oklahoma's intentions, and Floyd smiled lightly on the sidelines, raised his hand and called a timeout.

During this timeout, Floyd laid out all the breakthrough and offensive tactics of the No. 1 position, and he didn't want his most proud disciple in his life to win too little in personal data, and the University of Southern California has never won a champion.

Wu Huang swept his teammates with his eyes on the bench, and Bart, the dog-legged man, immediately received the signal and shouted loudly: "The boss feels so good today, he is two assists away from a triple-double, let's help the boss complete his 6th triple-double first, and then help him shoot more three-pointers." ”

"No, my own stats are as important as the team's wins." As soon as Emperor Wu finished saying this, even he blushed.

"Grass you poop!" DeRozan scolded Emperor Wu in his heart for not wanting Bilian, who believed him in this kind of nonsense, it was really a water in his head.

Wu Huang finished pretending, and inadvertently picked up the team's statistical table, confirming that he had 28 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals, 9 of 15 shots, 6 of 10 three-pointers, and 4 of 5 free throws.

"The stats are pretty good, but I didn't shoot enough three-pointers today, and even if I made it all the way to the finals, I would have to make at least seven three-pointers per game to break the record. 10 were made in the first game, only 4 in the second, and now in the third, there is still one more to pass. "Of course Wu Huang knows that he can't be counted like this, he has to shoot as many three-pointers as possible when he feels good, who knows if he will only shoot 3 or 4 three-pointers in the next few games like the last game?

In addition to the three-pointers, Wu Huang has a "triple-double record" that is about to be broken, and then with only two more rebounds and two assists, he can catch up with Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Anderson's record of six triple-doubles in a single season.

Two more rebounds and two assists, it's not hard to say, if you're lucky, you can get it in a few minutes. But if you're unlucky, you just don't hit your head with the basketball, you can't shoot the ball to your teammates, and this situation is also a common thing, so it's difficult to do.

"God forbid, let me get another triple-double and throw a few more three-pointers, so that the names of the Chinese will be ranked in the Yankees' record book, and they will be at the top of the list, and they will be angry!"