On Oct. 11, USC will play away from home against the University of Pittsburgh in the Atlantic Coast League.

The University of Pittsburgh, led by Major Marshal Dixon, has reached the NCAA National Championship for five consecutive years since 2004. As a result of this strong performance, the University of Pittsburgh is back in the limelight, and the revival of this basketball powerhouse has been achieved after a three-quarter-century hibernation.

This game is the fourth game of the preseason for the University of Southern California, Wu Huang started every game in the first three games, and averaged 30 minutes of playing time per game to get 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers, shooting 43.8% from the field, 44.4% from three-point range, and 80% from the free throw line.

USC has a 1-2 record in three games, and they lost to the University of Michigan in their last game.

Wu Huang's good friend, Bart was injured in the first game and is expected to be out for a month, and the preseason has been confirmed to be reimbursed.

USC is now hiding DeRozan, and the main small forward is injured again, which is equivalent to the absence of the main No. 2 and No. 3 positions, and the backcourt strength is in the weakest period.

Wu Huang was isolated at the moment, these three games were guarded by the opponent for a long time, and the third game was the same at a critical moment, in the last minute of the game, Wu Huang made a mistake, plus a three-point miss, and the team lost the game.

The two games lost by the University of Southern California were largely due to Wu Huang's inclusion and the inability of the rest of the team to stand up, and this problem is temporarily unsolvable, unless DeRozan is replaced and Bart returns from injury instantly, it is unrealistic to expect Wu Huang to become Kobe Bryant 1V3 in just a few days.

Wu Huang played three games, although he was always packed, but his personal data is still good, Floyd values his performance under high pressure, although Wu Huang will make mistakes and miss shots in the face of the bag, but he is not flustered, if the technique is better and adapts to such a defense, maybe he can really be like Kobe Bryant 1V2, 1V3.

Why hasn't DeRozan played yet?

This is a question that many fans and even players have asked after the team has played three games.

Floyd didn't say much about it, and he put a gag order within the team not to talk about the coaching staff's lineup.

In this regard, he has deep considerations, the so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and the Americans also know this truth, since they have chosen Wu Huang as the core of the team, then DeRozan's role must be changed, and the team's tactical play must be clear, but Floyd did not see what he wanted to see in the team's training.

DeRozan is still not convinced, he didn't notice that he was always in a group with Wu Huang in the training game, he refused to hand over the basketball easily, especially unwilling to hand it over to Wu Huang, his ball holding proportion is greater than Wu Huang, so why do you want Wu Huang to do this core?

Floyd's role for DeRozan is the team's second point of attack with the ball, and his role on the wing is mainly to pick up Wu Huang and prevent the opponent from covering the latter, while also having a lot of open cuts and counter-runs, and he must have a greater proportion of the ball than the ball in the game.

In short, DeRozan is going to change from the big boss in high school to the second boss now, where Emperor Wu waved him up, he would run, and if he was asked to stand aside at the critical moment, he would stand aside.

One can imagine how difficult such a role change would be for DeRozan.

But this is the reality, when the NBA will have a more cruel future waiting for them, not everyone in this world can be like James, Durant, Rose as soon as they enter the NBA by the team as the core, most of the NCAA talent has to learn to wait for opportunities, and have to take the initiative to adjust their roles to adapt to the new environment.

Kobe Bryant only had more than ten minutes of playing time in his first season and only more than twenty minutes in his second season.

Floyd's suppression of DeRozan at this time had a deeper intention in it, but he didn't need to explain it to anyone.

At this time, the University of Pittsburgh, after nearly a decade of accumulation, has developed from an obscure midstream team to a powerhouse that no one can underestimate.

About 18,000 fans came to watch the stadium of the University of Pittsburgh today, and Wu Huang was shocked to find that there were a small number of Chinese Americans holding signs in support of him in the stadium.

"I've only played three games, and my compatriots know about me?" Wu Huang did think that in the future, he would play well in the national championships, and perhaps he would become famous among the Chinese American community, and even spread to the ancient country across the ocean, but he didn't expect that in just three games, there would be away Chinese fans to support him.

After Wu Huang came out, he waved to the Chinese fans he saw, these were his first fans, especially in his recent difficult circumstances, which were even more precious.

University of Pittsburgh starting lineup: Levins Fields 178cm, Jermaine Dixon 191cm, Tyrell Biggs 198cm, Sam Young 198cm, DeJuan Blair 201cm.

USC starting lineup: Huang Wu, Nathan Bauch, Edmund Tamar, Ty Gibson, Barnard Benham.

The University of Pittsburgh's lineup is completely polar from the previous UConn, with De Juan, the tallest of the five starters, only 201cm, and Wu Huang visually felt that he was likely to be less than two meters, a bit like Team Rockets Hayes, but it looked like he was stronger.

Wu Huang was quite frightened of the University of Pittsburgh, and it was clear in the scouting report before the game that this team is good at counterattacking on the offensive end, with a strong impact, and five people can go to the end when they are fast attacking, and it is difficult for ordinary teams to stop their impact. Defensively, Pittsburgh is good at regional pressing defense, likes to play joint defense, often plays more and less in small areas, and its ferocious defensive style is a genius killer, and few teams can just stand up to them head-on.

"Isn't this just right for me?" Wu Huang is most afraid of this style of defense, what a small range to play more and less, in fact, he is good at pinching, and he will be sandwiched from beginning to end if he doesn't do well in this game.

Wu Huang guessed correctly, Pittsburgh's main point guard Fields is only 178cm tall, and he can completely bukkake opponents in 1 to 1, so it is impossible for Pittsburgh coach Dixon not to use a double mark against him.

At the beginning of the game, Wu Huang relied on his height and long arms, and passed two overhead balls on Fields' head in a row, which is to bully you for being short.

The University of Pittsburgh didn't start with a trap tactic, and they had to see if Fields couldn't defend the Chinese American alone.

Now the result is obvious, Fields was picked up from the top of his head for two assists, instantly felt like he was slapped twice in the face, and after blocking Sam Young on the offensive end, he quickly broke through to the inside to get face back.

Gibson quickly switched defenses, and Fields didn't have a chance to go deep into the basket and immediately passed back to Sam Young.

Sam Young is an excellent forward player in the NCAA, playing at the third and fourth positions, making his first moves very fast, and shooting from almost every position on the court.

Wu Huang's small body and Sam Yang stood together, not to mention two laps, as soon as the two of them touched, Wu Huang was bounced into nowhere.

Sam Young had the time to adjust his shooting stance from 18-foot distance and hit it with ease.

The University of Pittsburgh often uses pick-and-roll offense to score points, especially Sam Young and DeJuan, who in college league have the physicality to be one size smaller and play one size bigger, which makes them quicker and more agile than players in the same position, and can play several positions with a misalignment.

This phenomenon is very common in the NCAA, many college players who are not tall enough can use their strength to kill the way under the NCAA basket, and centers of about two meters can be seen everywhere in the NCAA and perform well.

But when this kind of player arrives in the NBA, basically just strength and explosiveness are not enough, and they will not have much potential to tap.

The NBA is full of tall, strong, fast blue-collar players with more physical gifts, many of whom struggle between base salaries and non-guaranteed contracts, making it difficult to get a stable, long-term contract. Even true geniuses like Beasley and Mayo are a bit out of the NBA now, let alone them.