Chapter 22: A Sense of Crisis
"That isn't Hugo's match at all." As soon as the word "" came out, Wu Zetian hurriedly stopped her and continued, and glanced around, fortunately, there were white people all around, and she didn't react much when she heard the little girl's words, otherwise it would still be a troublesome matter.
"Don't say that word later." Wu Zetian has also been discriminated against for his Chinese identity in his life, otherwise his position is far more than a second-class superintendent.
"I'm sorry, but that black player is far worse than Hugo." Chloe Moretz replaced the with a black man and said again.
Floyd, who was on the court, was equally satisfied with Wu Huang's performance in the first half, Kemba Walker was originally the target of USC admissions, and the priority was still above Wu Huang, but now he was glad that Kemba Walker rejected the USC invitation, otherwise Wu Huang might be giving himself a headache on the other side.
"Well done, I can't imagine this being your debut." Gibson stepped forward and touched Wu Huang's head, and in the first half, he got 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks under Wu Huang's feeding, and his performance was also very good.
"Hugo, you've scored so many points yourself, you have to pass me a few more balls in the second half." Bart missed the basket from the outside in the first half and had only five points and three rebounds.
"Damn, my hairstyle!" Wu Huang dodged the big hands of his teammates and protected his hairstyle.
Before the start of school, Wu Huang changed his punk hairstyle to a round inch, and he was actually not afraid of being touched, but he didn't like others to touch his head.
Wu Huang's round-inch hairstyle is not suitable for everyone, this kind of short hair has very high requirements for the face and head shape, because people's eyes will be invested in the face.
Yao Ming wants to make a round inch, and grin again, it is estimated that he can laugh his opponent to death directly.
Wu Huang has a good face, so he doesn't worry about it at all, and short hair is also good for playing, he feels that he is the most suitable for such a hairstyle.
At the end of the first half, the players from both teams returned to the dressing room, and Floyd once again praised his team's performance in the first half: "We did a good job in the first half, we pressed the top seed of the Great Eastern Conference under us, but let's not forget that we were only three points ahead. In the first half, our offense was concentrated on the outside, and it was dangerous to put eggs outside, and we had no shortage of finishers on the inside, and in the second half, we had to increase the offense under the basket, and the interior players had to be resolute after the pick-and-roll. ”
Floyd looked at Wu Huang and said, "Hugo, you have to be bold to stuff the ball under the basket, don't worry about mistakes, it doesn't matter if you make ten mistakes per game in the preseason." ”
Wu Huangxin said that I also want to send the ball to the basket, but you told us to be careful of Tabit before the game, but now I find that Tabit is just tall, and you will throw the pot on me all of a sudden?
"Okay, I was scared by the big man in the first half, and in the second half I would increase the passing to the inside." Wu Huang's belly is slandered, and the coach's face still has to be given, which made Freud smile, and he couldn't be more pleasing to Wu Huang.
In the second half, Wu Huang really strengthened the pass to the inside, but they obviously underestimated Thabit who only scored 6 points in the first half, this guy's defensive performance was inversely proportional to his offense, and in just two minutes, he first risked Gibson, and then pressed Wu Huang's air relay to Bart, and directly photographed the rich second generation off the court.
Bart also wanted to dunk this time, but he jumped too high, and the fall was naturally not light, and he fell to the floor with a grin, and was carried back to the locker room by the team staff, and he didn't know what the injury was?
UConn's AJ Price and Stanley Robinson were hot in the second half, and the two of them disrupted the USC defense with a burst shot, and with Tabit always grabbing rebounds in the second half, USC was a little overwhelmed.
At 14 minutes and 50 seconds of the second half, the score was 44:46, and Kangda overtook the score again.
UConn, as the top seed in the Great East Conference and the favorite to win this season's National Championship, how could it not have two brushes?
In the second half, Kangda began to defend Wu Huang on the defensive end, and added breakthroughs and mid-range shots on the offensive end, and Tabit's rebounding advantage was also brought into play, but USC did not have a second point to stand up and score when Wu Huang was trapped.
Floyd remembered DeRozan off the court, but today he won't send DeRozan on the court, not to mention that the purpose of polishing this kid will fail, at this time, replace DeRozan, once you win the game, what will the fans think? Will definitely ask him why he didn't change to DeRozan sooner!
Speaking of which, it's now a matter of face, anyway, the preseason record is not particularly important, and losing to a strong team like UConn can afford it.
DeRozan saw that the team had problems on the offensive end, and couldn't help but ask the head coach to take the initiative, but was naturally ruthlessly rejected.
Wu Huang lost his previous elegance in the second half, and against the steady, experienced Dawson and athletic AJ Price, it was difficult for him to continue to get outside shots under the wraps of the two. As for the inside line, he really can't get in, Tabit didn't defend for three seconds, and USC didn't have a long-range inside line to contain it, this guy shrank in the restricted area and couldn't come out, Wu Huang didn't have a chance to shoot even if he could break through to the basket, and Bart's unlucky guy didn't know what was going on.
The most important thing is that Wu Huang's ball control skills are far from reaching the point where he can be comfortable in the face of double bags, this more than a month, he is just absorbing the fruits that he can't absorb in his previous training, if you use the attributes in the 2K game to describe his current ball control and ball protection skills, at most it is 65 ball control and 70 ball protection such values.
Wu Huang played very depressed in the second half, and after being trapped, he found that he still didn't have a few reliable helpers.
Bart Bligh is the team's most reliable wing pitcher other than DeRozan, and he just hit the streets.
Gibson is very athletic, but he is good at defense and rebounding, and he does not have many means on the offensive end, and he is also a strong defensive and weak offensive player.
Wu Huang finally found that he still had to rely on him to score when he arrived at the university, but under the focus of Kangda's encirclement, it is conceivable how efficient he would be.
USC only won one first half in this game, and they only lasted ten minutes in the second half, and then it was a complete avalanche!
With a score of 62:75, USC scored a pitiful 18 points in the second half under the oppressive defense of UConn, and lost the first preseason game of the 08-09 season very neatly.
Wu Huang's performance in the second half reduced a lot of points for him, he only got 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, shooting 2 of 6, one of which was three points or when the score was behind, the first ten minutes he only scored 2 points in the sports battle, the shortcomings of the ball control skills were completely exposed, and he did not have many ways to face the bag.
Many home fans scolded the words "Chinese Yankees" after the game, these people's tolerance for Chinese Americans is very low, Wu Huang's performance has far exceeded the average freshman, but as long as his performance is slightly worse, criticism will come one after another.
Wu Huang naturally heard these voices, and after exchanging jerseys with Dawson, he left the arena with a cold face.
Now he is in a very bad mood, and he didn't find the two girls who came to watch the game, only his father and the little girl.
Taylor Swift and Christine were equally upset when they saw Wu Huang lose.
Not to mention them, the 20,000 fans in the stadium were frustrated.
After the game, many fans at the scene were very bitter and mean to Wu Huang, but there were still many fans who comforted themselves that Wu Huang's performance was already good, and this first-year student was surrounded by key points, although his performance in the second half was a little struggling, but it may not be much better than him if he replaced others.
They also have a talented DeRozan who may not play due to injury, and if these two defenders can pair up together, who will dare to cover them?
When Wu Huang returned to the locker room, he had already received comforting text messages from Taylor Swift and Christine on his phone, which made him feel a lot better. But then he remembered his weakness when he was caught in the second half, and the sense of crisis in his heart was unprecedentedly strong, and he had to improve his ball control skills as soon as possible, which is the foundation of a good point guard.
"Hugo, don't be frustrated, you're doing well." Gibson returned to the locker room and stepped forward to comfort Emperor Wu, who was not very good.
DeRozan also walked in at this time, and Emperor Wu saw the schadenfreude on this guy's face, but he had the same mentality.
Wu Huang's performance today was really good, with a total of 23 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 5 turnovers, shooting 8 of 18, 2 of 6 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. It was his first game in college, and he faced a top team, Connecticut, which is a rare statistic.
"You don't have to blame yourself, as long as this game allows us to find our own flaws and find our own problems, it's not meaningless." Floyd was the last to return to the locker room and confronted the frustrated players with a mouth-cannon skill.
There are no postseason press conferences for NCAA preseasons, so USC players don't have to face reporters after the game, and the NCAA is nominally a college league in some places more like a commercial league than the NBA.
Although DeRozan was gloating in his heart, he also knew that this kind of moment should not seem too happy, but that smile just couldn't be hidden.