Ever since it was known that Arizona State was the opponent in the finals, USC didn't worry too much about the players and fans, and the 34-game winning streak gave them a lot of confidence that neither they thought they would lose this game, whether it was against bitter rivals UCLA or Arizona State.

Floyd couldn't have guessed who he would be against in the finals, and UCLA and Arizona were two teams with very different styles, so they couldn't sit down and deploy their tactics for the finals until their opponents were officially announced, but time was running out for them to prepare.

In the first half of the season, the University of Arizona lost to the University of Southern California twice, and I don't know if it was stimulated, but in the second half of the season, they began to play one big and four small, and they like to use quick offensive and defensive transitions to beat the opponent's unstable foothold.

James Harden is now playing from the No. 1 to the No. 3 spot, and the more chaotic the game, the better it is for Arizona.

"If we can get the game to go according to plan, the result will be in our favour." Before the game, Floyd emphasized playing steadily, making full use of the 35-second offensive time, and returning to the defense immediately after each attack to prevent being beaten quickly.

"Harden likes to hold the ball from the outside, and the area of activity is often near the two 45-degree angles of the three-point line and the top of the arc, so we can execute the high press defense, press the ball carrier in the line area, press the opponent to stop the ball, make Arizona slow down the ball, and limit Harden's area of activity."

Floyd wanted to press the opponent with high-intensity defense, and USC happened to have two excellent movers and fast shots, small forward Bart Bligh was not slow, and Gibson could defend the explosive inside, so there was no problem in executing this high-pressing tactic.

Unlike Wu Huang, Harden likes to take risks and rarely shoots the ball in the first place, which makes him vulnerable to falling into such a premeditated bag.

Floyd asked Wu Huang and DeRozan to be fast when defending Harden, as long as the opponent stops the ball, the two must step forward to press the ball, not give him a chance to foul, and nearby players must immediately come up to intercept the passing route.

USC didn't dare to prepare such a tactic before the finals opponent was released, because it was useless for UCLA, and they were a team that relied on running without the ball and fixed-point jumpers, and each of them had a precise shooting skill, focusing on sharing and passing the ball. As soon as USC goes to the pack, UCLA will definitely play the ball to the open shooter as soon as possible, and then this side will be plugged.

This kind of high-press tactics will not be useful against teams that play the ball quickly and have strong interior lines, such as the Spurs and Celtics, as well as the Rockets and Lakers, and such tactics will definitely backfire.

Arizona is different, even if they count Harden, there are only 3 players who can shoot three-pointers, and this bearded man has not yet had the habit of playing the ball in the first place, as long as he can limit him, the outside scoring core and organizational core, even if Arizona University thinks of a solution the next day, it is useless, this is a winner-or-lose game.

Freud was secretly proud in his heart, this kind of life-and-death game, let alone a day, even if only half of the game is not played well, the result will be fatal. So as long as USC can successfully block Harden in the first half, or in the second half, the game will be won.

With three days going on in the blink of an eye, on March 15, the finals of the Big Ten Conference Championship kicked off, and today USC and Arizona State University will face off at the famed Staples Arena in Los Angeles for the divisional showdown.

It was the first time Wu Huang played at the Staples Center, which is not only an icon of the Lakers, but also a downtown icon.

At 8 p.m., it was completely dark, and the USC team bus, escorted by several police cars, drove all the way from the hotel to Staples Arena.

After approaching the arena, Wu Huang and his teammates can see more and more huge advertisements for NBA stars along the car window, Kobe Bryant's billboard is naturally the most one, the Lakers star who just scored 81 points in previous seasons, is now attacking his fourth crown!

The Lakers have been strong this year, and Wu Huang thinks they will be able to face the Celtics again in the Finals, and they will lose last season.

"Dad, our bus will enter the venue through the internal passageway, you and Mom, and Uncle Moretz will enter through the main entrance later." Wu Huang talked to his dad on the phone in the team's bus, and he hadn't gone out yet, and there were still two hours before the game started.

Wu Huang asked the team for nine tickets today, of which only five were front-row seats, and the remaining four were in the middle of the court. Those five front-row tickets, he naturally gave them to his parents and the Moritz family. For the remaining four tickets, Emperor Wu gave to the girls he knew.

Bart looked envious next to him, he only needed three tickets today, and all of them were in the middle of the pitch.

Tickets for this game are not easy to get, Wu Huang has such a big face, and in the end he only got five front-row tickets, in the past he wanted more than a dozen front-row seats without a problem, but today it is not possible.

Floyd also knew that it was too few to give only the team's star a penalty, but playing at Staples Arena was different from before, and it was not something that their team could say, and Arizona also had half of the revenue share of the game, so it was impossible for them to divide all the tickets.

The games held at Staples Arena were indeed different from previous games. Before the game started, the first security check was much more detailed than their previous games, the team bus drove to the street near the stadium, Wu Huang actually saw that there were mounted police on both sides of the road patrolling, and a small number of uniformed patrol officers with police dogs were waiting, the scene was really not small.

It is said that during the playoffs, the number of these patrols will increase several times, and there will also be a large number of riot police stationed outside the arena, and several adjacent streets will be cleared half an hour before the start of the game, and half an hour after the end of the game, to prevent fans from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

Once around the Staples Arena, the patrol is no longer in charge, and the security guards inside the arena maintain law and order, and the two are not part of the same department. Every year, Staples Arena signs an agreement with nearby police stations that two home teams pay a certain salary, and these stations send a certain number of plainclothes and uniformed police to maintain security before each game.

This kind of drill is also a kind of training for the police, so that they can have enough experience to deal with other similar large-scale events, such as boring people who take to the streets all day to demonstrate or something......

After the USC team bus reaches the internal aisle, the players are also screened when they get off the bus, and the security guards at the stadium will carefully check the players' bodies and backpacks with safety monitoring equipment such as "metal detectors" to prevent players from entering the game with guns or knives.

In recent years, there have been frequent incidents of players carrying guns and knives in the NBA, and the league has paid special attention to the inspection of players, even NBA players will be inspected when they enter the stadium.

"It's good that I can come here every week and compete." After Bart Bligh was examined, he couldn't help but say to Emperor Wu.

"That's not without a chance, the Lakers have a second-round pick." Wu Huang's words hurt Bart, but it would be good if he could really be drafted in the second round, after all, dozens of people end up in the NBA every year, and many lottery picks, even Champion Lang didn't end up staying.

Wu Huang sighed: "Recently, they have started to say that I have a soft style of ball, and I may not be able to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA in the future. ”

He's talking about Yahoo Sports, the bastards who have recently started to look down on him again, comparing him to Adam Morrison, a parallel trader from previous years, who think that neither of them has great speed, bounce or muscle, but just plays with rhythm and reflexes, which might make them thrive in the NCAA, but they don't work in the NBA.

In short, they just want to express: No matter how awesome a player like Wu Huang is in college, once he arrives in the NBA, he will suddenly change from a "dragon" to a "worm".

"They say you're not strong enough, and I believe that, but at least you do look a little weak. But they say you're not fast enough, and I think DeMar will be the first to disapprove. After Bart finished speaking, he glanced at DeRozan.

DeRozan wanted to pretend he didn't hear, but he couldn't pretend to be deaf.

He doesn't dare to offend Emperor Wu now, in fact, he doesn't know if he can play in the NBA himself, where can he care about others. But now you must not offend this master, DeRozan can only forcibly laugh and say: "Yes, Hugo's speed is amazing, and he is not thin." ”

When Emperor Wu heard this, he smiled, reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

Since this kid has convinced himself, he will not always be embarrassed, and maybe there will be the possibility of playing together in the future, which is also possible.