After Emperor Wu came on the court, he had been observing Isaiah Thomas, a name he had heard for a long time, but his height of 175cm made it impossible for Isaiah Thomas to be selected for the McDonald's All-Star Game and the Nike Pinnacle Game, so they did not meet.

"Hugo, I've seen your game footage and I'm very impressed." Isaiah Thomas took the initiative to say hello to Wu Huang before the game.

"I feel honored." Wu Huang didn't expect Isaiah Thomas to say this to him, he was even more impressed with the 175cm Thomas, and his teammates were betting before the game that the little assassin would probably be less than 170cm.

This kind of joke is not worth advocating, once it is exposed, the character value will immediately drop to the bottom, so Emperor Wu will naturally not participate.

But he silently looked at Isaiah Thomas in his mind, and came to the conclusion that he might really be less than 170 cm, because this guy was nearly a head shorter than himself.

"A normal person's chin to the top of the head is about 20cm-25cm, this guy is almost a head shorter than me, which means that he is at least 20cm shorter than me, and the real height is absolutely impossible to be 175cm, at most 170cm."

Wu Huang didn't know the pain of a basketball player's short stature, and if Isaiah Thomas knew what he was thinking, he would probably have a full martial arts game with him on the spot.

"With such a big height gap, I can't say that I don't strengthen my individual attack." Wu Huang thinks the same as Freud, and he is the only one at the heart of USC's offense today.

The team's task is to create as many shooting opportunities as possible for him and attack Isiah Thomas' height weakness.

USC starters: Huang Wu, DeMar DeRozan, Bart Bligh, Ty Gibson, Barnard Benham.

University of Washington starters: Isaiah Thomas 175cm, Justin Duntumon 183cm, Quincy Poundset 198cm, Joan Brockman 201cm, Matthew Brian Ammanin 208cm.

More than 30,000 home fans looked at their starting lineup, and compared to the pitiful height of the University of Washington's backcourt, they won half of the game before it started.

USC's starting lineup is complete, and although DeRozan's three-point shot is unreliable, he is accurate from mid-range and has outstanding ability to break through with the ball, making him an excellent offensive point with the ball.

Bart Bligh is a standard outside shooter with so-so athleticism, but it's definitely good enough in the NCAA and above par defensively.

Center Barnard doesn't have any offensive ability other than a dunk, but his brute strength and college game experience can handle the job of a coolie under the basket.

Needless to say, Wu Huang and Ty Gibson have no obvious flaws in this team, and it is really unreasonable to say that they have not produced results.

At the start of the game, Matthew Bryan of the University of Washington won the jump ball, and USC quickly dropped back.

Wu Huang is very cautious on the defensive end, the opponent can make a name for himself with his height of 170cm, and his strength is definitely not bad, and his skills must be better than others to make up for the disadvantage in height.

Brockman stopped outside the three-point line, and the University of Washington started the pick-and-roll with its first offense.

Wu Huang was blocked by the opponent's sturdy body, and Gibson could only move his feet to block Isaiah Thomas's breakthrough.

Isiah Thomas was explosive, dribbling Gibson and hitting two points with a sudden throw on the run.

Gibson couldn't react at all to the sudden shot, and he didn't expect the opponent to shoot in this position.

"Mine." Gibson raised his hand to indicate that it was his mistake.

This is the uniqueness of Isaiah Thomas, his height disadvantage is too great, if you want to reduce the risk of being blocked by the shot, you must make people not guess the timing and position of his shot, this is a very difficult style of play, a bit like Iverson back then, the difficulty of shooting is very high, the timing of the shot is weird, and the dependence on his own speed is great.

"It's not funny, if all his shots are like this, it's really not easy to block him." Wu Huang looked at Isaiah Thomas again and finally knew how he had established himself in the NCAA. "And this kid has such a good sense of the ball, his ball control ability is at least one level higher than mine, and it's not easy to break the ball."

Wu Huang saw the strength of this little assassin on the defensive end, and he and Gibson also played a block on the offensive end.

Isaiah Thomas was blocked by Gibson, and Wu Huang was also small and big, and he faced the captain of the University of Washington, Brockman.

Brockman is a white power forward with a leadership temperament, 201cm tall, weighing 230 pounds, skilled inside, able to score in the low post, especially outstanding rebounding ability, and is a white interior player with a good ball IQ and skill in college leagues.

But his shortcomings are also obvious, first of all, he is not tall enough, secondly, his athleticism is difficult to reach the NBA level, and he is too old, and he is destined to be a college dragon, an NBA bug.

Wu Huang used his explosive power to burst to the basket, successfully attracted the opposing center to help the defense, and immediately passed the basketball to the empty Barnard, who was unguarded and easily threw the ball under the basket.

"It's so much easier now!" Wu Huang's attack was very fluid, DeRozan and Bart helped him attract the defense on the weak side, so that the opponent did not dare to cover easily, and there were countless ways to deal with this Isiah Thomas one-on-one.

The University of Washington didn't play Isiah Thomas all the time, and Justin Duntmon, as the team's starting No. 2, is also only 183cm tall, and his real height is likely to be less than 180cm.

It's a strange starting backcourt, but the University of Washington has a point, and head coach Lorenzo Romar values the scoring ability of these two small guards, and their aggressiveness on the offensive end.

Lorenzo Roma is one of the best coaches in the nation, having been named "the coach that rival players are most willing to play for" in a Pacific 10 league poll. The most admirable thing about this esteemed head coach is that he treats players with serious height defects like Nate Robinson and Isiah Thomas equally, and at the same time teaches those who are not very athletic, he is a famous teacher who truly loves basketball, so he is loved by the players.

Wu Huang once considered joining the University of Washington, but in the end, he felt too far away from home, so he chose the University of Southern California.

In addition to his own players, Roma also paid special attention to Wu Huang opposite, because the Chinese point guard is his main recruiting target this summer, and he has seen the potential of this Chinese point guard since a year ago and hopes to recruit him to his team.

He saw Roy's shadow in Wu Huang, who despite their different positions, both had aggressive and intelligent offense and defense, and they also matured beyond their peers, and had a big heart and often scored key shots.

Wu Huang didn't disappoint, and in the first five minutes of the first half, he took advantage of his teammates' pick-and-rolls and covers, throwing in a series of mid-to-long-range shots, as well as a bukkake that ignored Thomas's block.

The small man at the University of Washington was blown up to the ground, and he allowed Wu Huang to shoot 4-of-5 in just five minutes, cutting down 9 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

But USC is not ahead of the University of Washington, they are two points behind.

On the premise of blowing up his opponent, Wu Huang was also embarrassed to be blown up by Isiah Thomas!

This little man from the University of Washington hit 3 times out of 4 shots, as long as his teammates can block Wu Huang for him a little, Isaiah Thomas can shoot anywhere on the court, and has a very high shooting rate, which is the word "accurate"!

If there is only one Isaiah Thomas and Wu Huang blowing each other, USC will not be lagging behind, but DeRozan, the No. 2 position with a height of 195cm, was actually scored 6 points by Justin, who may be less than 180cm tall on the opposite side, which is a bit too much to say.

Wu Huang and DeRozan were very embarrassed, facing an opponent who was 20 centimeters shorter than themselves, they couldn't form a crush, which was really a bit unhelpful, at least they thought so.

Floyd was very dissatisfied with DeRozan's defense, with his athleticism, he should have crushed the opponent, but on the defensive end, DeRozan did not reflect his physical advantages, and his lack of confrontation ability was exposed under Justin's breakthrough, and DeRozan, who was a head taller, was not Justin Dunster's opponent in the physical confrontation?

In the 14th minute and 40 seconds of the first half, the score was 11:13, 9 of the 11 points scored by the University of Southern California were scored by Wu Huang alone, DeRozan twice hit the restricted area and failed to hit under Brockman's interference, and the captain of the University of Washington was no less capable of defending than Gibson, and this team did not seem to be as weak as imagined.