"The game is on!"

When the whistle blew throughout the audience, the match between UCLA and Kansas began, under the attention of everyone on the scene!

UCLA starters: Russell Westbrook, Josh Shipper, Lin Mu, Bamot and Kevin Love!

Obviously, Ben Holland did not choose to put Darren Collison in the starting lineup when facing the powerful Kansas, but chose a more reasonable offensive and defensive system.

Kansas starters: Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur, Darnell Jackson, and Sasha Cowan.

(The list of starters is in order of number one to number five!) ）

The starting lineup at the University of Kansas is the same as UCLA, and even more terrifying in average height!

The last draft player of the SuperSonics, Kansas' Optimus Sasha Cowan, is 2.11m tall, and he hails from the fighting nation of Russia, he has a strong playing style, weighing a whopping 116 kilograms, but also has a good offensive skill.

Why is Love so big in the NCAA?

First of all, there are very few teams in the NCAA with traditional interior players, and in the college league, it is difficult for other schools to compete for a traditional interior player with scarce resources, except for strong teams like Kansas.

Secondly, as an interior center, Lefu can not only rely on a strong body position, but his shooting ability and independent offensive ability are also first-class, and few players can defend one-on-one.

But for Sasha Cowen, all of Love's advantages are narrowed indefinitely, and it's quite simple that the NCAA doesn't have a three-second offense!

A 2.11-meter-tall meat shield has been clubbed under the basket, which is a great test not only for Lefou, but also for the entire UCLA!

In the first round of the attack, Lefou's inside back was a good verification of this view!

It's no longer as easy as it used to be, and Love needs to work harder, otherwise it will be difficult to squeeze out space to attack, and even when creating tight chances, Cowen's excellent reach can act as a good limit.

At this point, Lefou's own slow-moving shortcomings were exposed, and it was difficult for him to form an effective offensive threat in the paint zone.

Once UCLA loses its interior advantage, it will have a very negative impact on the whole team!

Reduce the redundant coordination, play one-on-one singles when you have the opportunity, and if you can find your offensive touch within a few minutes of the start of the match, the pressure on UCLA will be greatly reduced!

Obviously, Ben Holland's pre-game deployment didn't pay off, and UCLA's first-round offense ended in failure!

"It's hard, Kevin wants to open the situation on his own, it's going to be extremely difficult!"

On the sidelines, Curry whispered.

"Don't panic, basketball is not a one-man sport, he still has teammates!"

"The game has just started, so there's no need to worry too much." LeBron James comforted, his eyes were firmly fixed on Lin Mu's figure, he really wanted to see what kind of wonderful performance Lin Mu could play in the face of Darrell Arthur!

Darrell Arthur, a sophomore at the University of Kansas, is one of the best candidates for the No. 3 spot in March Madness at the NCAA.

He is 2.06 meters tall, has a long arm span, and has outstanding athleticism.

On the defensive end, he can play against the No. 3 or No. 4 position, and has excellent blocking ability.

With solid backcourt rebounds, dazzling on-court movements, flying down fast breaks or sudden cuts in positional battles with a stunning burst dunk.

Physical coordination and athleticism are excellent, and he is able to mark three positions from small forward to center.

The defense is large and the speed is fantastic, averaging 1.5 blocks and one rebound in less than 4 minutes per game in 18.8 minutes of playing time.

On the offensive end, he made a good shot in the basket, and he used his explosive power to get up and eat the opponent in a single shot, and he could only foul the opponent.

is such an outstanding No. 3 pick, how should Lin Mu limit his performance on the court?

Kansas's first-round offense, the younger brother of James, Mario Chalmers, who had a fierce argument with him on the sidelines, advanced with the ball, Chalmers's athleticism is average, but he has an excellent fixed-point projection, can organize, and can defend.

Simple running, the University of Kansas used the double block to create an opportunity to break through on the left side, Chalmers did not hesitate, stepped up his horsepower, and tried to pass through the human wall and kill the inside!

It's a pity that he didn't get what he wanted!

Lin Mu assisted in defense in time and stood in front of Chalmers!

"Now is the time to wait!" Chalmers' eyes signaled, and Darrell Arthur understood, and with the help of his teammates' cover, he slipped down the run.

Here it comes!

Darrell Arthur's dazzling movement on the court tried to interfere with UCLA's defensive judgment and complete the empty connection with Chalmers!

Lefu has been blocked by Cowen, and in front of Darrell Arthur, empty?

Is it possible?

For such an important game, UCLA has long practiced countless ways of playing, one of which is how to defend the air!

As long as the passing line is interfered with to a certain extent, it will be difficult for the air defense guidance to form an effective threat, and the possibility of hitting the squib will become very large!

Chalmers thought that his plan was seamless, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Lin Mu early, at the moment of passing, Lin Mu symbolically stretched out his hand, and the extremely outstanding static talent forced Chalmers to raise the arc and give the ball to Darrell Arthur at an extremely awkward height.

"Damn, there's a good chance you won't be able to catch this ball!"

Gritting his teeth, Darrell Arthur did not rashly choose to receive in the air, but broke the ball out of bounds with his hands.

Darrell knows very well that once this ball is missed, it is likely to give UCLA the opportunity to counterattack quickly, and one of UCLA's best skills is to use the opponent's mistakes to speed up the offensive tempo and let the scene fall into his own hands!

Before the game, the head coach of the University of Kansas, Bill Serve, repeatedly emphasized that UCLA would not be given any chance to push the fast break, and for the long-established college coach, the players in the Kansas team can be described as obedient!

Bill Self, in addition to winning as many championships as Coach K, he has been an assistant coach at the University of Kansas since 1985, and has been in charge of the team for 23 years.

The defensive tactics he laid out, even if they make mistakes, must be implemented!

"Wonderful defensive battle, the first leg of the attack of both sides was fruitless, at least from these two rounds, it can be seen that both sides have made extremely strict tactical arrangements before the game!"

On the sidelines, commentators Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley continue to partner together, and today, their mission is to bring this exciting game to everyone around the world on TV!

"At this pace, it will be very difficult to open up the situation in a short period of time, and it will be a long-term battle, and the competition will be the physical fitness of the players!"

Ross Barkley has seen it very thoroughly, what is the basis for winning the game?

Defend!

Since ancient times, defense has been a prerequisite for winning championships, and without defense, even the most terrifying offense is difficult to maintain!

Even the Golden State Warriors, who started with three points in the future, are definitely the best in the league in defense on the court!

The best defensive player Draymond Green, the strongest 3D Klay Thompson, and Iguodala, who is already good at defense, are definitely first-class in the league!

Not to mention Kevin Durant in the future, he has an unsolvable offense, and his defense after gaining weight is also quite good!

"Final Four", the main theme of UCLA and Kansas is to fight to defend, move at any cost, a large number of joint defense, assistant defense, and want to rely on personal ability to break through the inside line, which is tantamount to a fool's dream!

This is very different from the wild ball, when ten people stand in the same half, when the offensive space is infinitely compressed, and the breakthrough route is infinitely reduced, whether they can create offensive opportunities, it is particularly important!

In the opening ten minutes, the scores of the two sides were pitiful, 12:12, and the combined score of the two teams was only 24 points!

"If we continue to play like this, the two teams will probably have to create the lowest sum of points in the half!"

Kenny Smith said with some exaggeration in the commentary seat.

"Probably not, ten minutes of fierce defense, the two teams should have to slow down the tempo."

As we all know, basketball is a physical sport, and after desperately defending at all costs, players will inevitably be in a certain period of window period, and their concentration, game intensity, and confrontation will be correspondingly weakened.

At this time, there are many ways for teams to help players recover, the most common is to rotate players, replace the starters, and come on as a substitute to buy them time to rest.

It should have been so, but the coaches of both teams did not make any personnel changes at the 15th minute of the first half.

It's not that I don't want to change it, but I can't change it at all!

Ten people on the field are the strongest players in the team, the intensity has been full, at this time to change the substitute, once the performance is not good enough, the team will fall behind, which will have a serious impact on the morale of the players.

With that breath, once you relax, the consequences are unimaginable!

"The players are tired and the situation on the pitch is going to get even tighter!"

As he was talking, the University of Kansas completed a steal, and one of the twin stars, Brandon Rush, who plays as a shooting guard, launched a fast attack, and once it was completed, Kansas would take the lead for the first time since the start of the season!

However, what he didn't notice was that behind him, a figure was hurrying towards him!

"Finally, I can easily score a point!"

From the first minute, the two teams played an extremely anxious defensive battle, and it was even more difficult to score easily than to climb to the sky!

Finally, after a mistake to counterattack, Brandon Rush inadvertently let his guard down.

"Be careful, behind you!"

Suddenly, Brandon Rush's ears rang with a ring, and it was Chalmers' prompt to himself.

Brandon Rush, who was about to make a layup, turned his head and saw a dark figure.

"! What's that? "Brandon Rush was scared, obviously a dozen zero fast attack, how did he turn his head and see the UCLA players?

"Boy, go to the basket?" Lin Mu shouted angrily, Brandon Rush was obviously a little sluggish in the case of serious physical exertion, and Lin Mu snatched the basketball from his hands.

"No, what about my ball?" Empty-handed, Brandon Rush was a little skeptical about life.

A good opportunity to fight five or four, Lin Mu did not hesitate!

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Effect: Maximizes the host's personal speed between offensive and defensive transitions.

Launch!

Like a phantom, Lin Mu overlord made a hard bow, and he didn't care about the 2.11-meter-tall Cowan on the Kansas inside line, and forced the latter, Lin Mu put the ball into the basket!

"Beep beep!"

The ball goes in, the whistle blows!

After a pause of 0.1 seconds, there were more than 60,000 people at the scene, and a deafening sound erupted!

This is the first cheer for the Alamo Dome tonight, and the object of cheers and applause is none other than the NCAA's No. 9 player: Lin Mu!

After watching the 16-minute defensive battle, despite the ups and downs of the scene, the basketball game, like football, people prefer to watch the offensive battle!

Do you like to put on a bus?

Of course not!

Why the sun's running and bombing can sweep the world, and why the era of small balls is rolling in, in addition to the changing times, catering to the taste of the audience is also one of the important factors!

The NBA's offensive encouragement policy, cylinder rules, etc., etc., are all to make the game more beautiful and more enjoyable!

A dragon in the backcourt broke through with the ball, a man like the wind, in the surprised eyes of his teammates and opponents, he scored the ball against the tallest player on the court and caused a foul, such a scene, isn't it worth applauding?!

"CNMD, can it be like this, stop desperately defending with lifelessness!"

"I'm going to look at the offense, I'm going to watch the goal, I'm going to watch the hand-to-hand fight!"

"Awesome! At this time, you can still run fast, I respect you as a man! ”

In the cheers, as Lin Mu hit the free throw, the last three minutes of the first half became Lin Mu's personal solo show!

"A one-night perpetual motion machine, this nickname is not called for nothing!"

When Darrell hit Lin Mu with his back again, before he could turn around, the ball in his hand was cut by Lin Mu, who threw the ball into the air, and Bamot made a layup to add two more points!

When Lin Mu appeared in front of Brandon Rush for the second time, the latter's face looked a little ugly.

"This kid is so evil, when has this been, why is he still running around the field?" That speeding figure, Brandon Rush can be said to remember vividly!

If it's at night, you'll definitely have nightmares!

Instead of choosing to attack, Brandon Rush passed the ball to Chalmers near the bottom corner, who broke through with the ball, and halfway through the march, he suddenly found Lin Mu standing in front of him.

"Wouldn't it, this kid really changes his guard infinitely?" There was no chance, and Chalmers handed the ball to Darrell on the weak side.

Darrell drew a scoop according to the gourd, breaking through the inside line to look for opportunities, but when he entered the paint area, he found that Lin Mu was still standing in front of him.

"The ghost is not gone, you TM is endless!"

Defending three players in one round, are you dead or not?

Darrell didn't believe that Lin Mu, who put so much energy into the defensive end, could still block his attack.

He jumped with excellent athleticism, and with him off the ground, there was Lin Mu in front of him.

Getting higher and higher, when Darrell began to fall, Lin Mu was still in the air!

"Referee, I report, someone is flying!"

"Bang!"

A spicy hot pot was accurately delivered to Wei Shao's hands!

Wei Shao took the spicy hot pot that had just been made, and shot three arrows with Josh Shipp and Bamot, and finally Josh Shipp completed a three-point shot, and the spicy hot pot was sent into the basket in Kansas!

23:16！

Under the leadership of Lin Mu's perverted physical fitness, UCLA played the biggest point difference since the opening!

In the last two minutes of the first half, Bill Self took a deep look at Lin Mu and was forced to ask for a timeout.