The next night, the Arizonada State University Devils and Memphis Tigers officially kicked off at Relander Stadium.

Relander Stadium is a rugby stadium with a capacity of up to 70,000 people.

During the NCAA tournament, it was common for such football stadiums to be temporarily converted into basketball courts, and more than 50,000 seats were released for this game.

More than 50,000 people watched the game, and the moment he stepped on the field, Xu Yong felt what it meant to be thin in oxygen.

This is much more suffocating than the so-called "plateau home field" of Denver before.

Looking at nearly half of the fans holding up the Devils' signs and flags at the scene, they also noticed for the first time that there were so many fans who originally supported them.

This isn't Phoenix, it's Houston thousands of miles away!

"From now on, every game is the last one for us, give your all, guys!" Before going on the field, Xu Yong said to his teammates.

Even if they are only four or five points sure, they have to show ten points of fighting spirit!

The game started soon.

The lineups of the two sides, the Devils: Glasser, Harden, Cooksic, Xu Yong, Ayers;

Tigers: No. 23 Derek Rose at 1.90m, No. 5 Antonio Anderson at 1.98m, Chris Douglas Roberts at No. 14 at 2.01m, Robert Dozier at No. 2 at 2.06m, Joey Dorsey at No. 3 at 2.03m.

Ayers jumped the ball for the Devils, Harden and Xu Yong played a block and dismantle, Xu Yongshun received Harden's pass and took off directly to Anderson.

"Bang!"

Straight through Anderson smashed the ball into the basket!

This flat-bottomed thunder ignited the emotions of the audience directly at the beginning.

Although the Devils are tonight's "lower dogs", what they have been walking this season is the road of counterattack!

The Tigers responded quickly, with Rose passing Glasser like an early morning street, tearing through the Devils' second line of defense like a scalpel, and finally dancing a ballet in the air against Ayers, and sending the ball into the basket with his right hand.

The members of the Devils were stunned.

Speed, explosiveness, core strength, air stagnation, finishing ability, Rose showed all the top abilities in one round, which is far more shocking than the feeling in the video!

Xu Yong was also shocked.

Before the rebirth, when the Phoenix City Rose withered over time, too many new fans took the excel sheet, saying that Rose was the most watery MVP in NBA history, that Rose stole the MVP that should have belonged to James, and that Rose was just an ordinary star in the league in the future.

However, just like some people in later generations think that Jordan is not a GOAT, they can't say such crazy words when they watch the game.

Moreover, this is still in the NCAA era of Rose.

Harden missed a three-pointer in the frontcourt, and Dorsey defended the defensive rebound.

Looking back, Rose is still attacking with the ball on the outside.

During the regular season, Roberts, a third-year, was the core of the Tigers' offense, and the tactics revolved more around him.

But since making the league playoffs, especially the tournament, Rose has become the No. 1 core of the Tigers.

These will not be reflected in the regular statistics, but they are truly displayed in front of the opponent.

Glaser took a big step back this time to give Rose space to shoot, and Dorsey stepped up to give Rose a pick-and-roll.

The Devils chose to flank Rose directly, which was Sandek's pre-game tactical set-up, Rose's three-point game was inconsistent, and Dorsey's offensive ability was weak.

But at the moment when the pinching attack was formed, Ross was like a catapulted rocket, and it drilled through the cracks of people with a "whoosh"!

It really was only a small slit, and it was closed in the next second, but Rose was able to seize the opportunity to push through it!

Xu Yong quickly assisted in defense after seeing it.

But Rose broke through without slowing down, directly changed direction and forcibly swept past the defense!

Burning knees.

Xu Yong turned around and chased after the cover.

Rose sensed a big lever in the air and switched to the left wipe board to score!

The live audience has already watched the boiling, this is simply invincible!

On the sidelines, Sandek looked serious.

Although he had done a lot of copies, they were as vulnerable to Ross's personal abilities as the dams built by the Indians.

As it turned out, the only way to stop Ross was to mobilize the whole team's defense.

Harden also opted to attack the Tigers' interior, but Dorsey's tough defense managed to interfere with him.

Because of his appearance, Dorsey was nicknamed Howard after joining the Rockets in history.

However, there is a big gap in the strength of the two, the most fundamental reason is that there is a lot of difference in height between the two, Dorsey's height of 2.03 meters is the height of wearing shoes, and his actual bare feet may only be about 2 meters, which also leads to his limited living space in the NBA, after all, there are only a few people such as Ben Wallace and Barkley who can play with this height.

However, that doesn't prevent him from being a deterrent in the NCAA, with Mr. Bodybuilder-level muscles and bull-like strength, he is the sword gate of the Tigers.

Switching offense and defense, at Sandek's shouting, the Devils put on a 2-3 defense.

It's about protecting the team's box and not allowing Rose to break through to the basket as easily as before.

Rose's choice in the face of the joint defense is to break through directly.

The 2-3 joint defense originally had two people on the outside, but this time the two people who started the outside line were directly swept by him.

Taking a step inside the free-throw line, Rose rose into the air, and the three on the inside quickly assisted.

The reason why the 2-3 joint defense can protect the penalty area well is that it is like a pocket formation, and no matter how powerful the breakthrough is, people will be wrapped up.

Rose had no room to shoot, but in the next second, he actually stopped the ball in the air to find someone, and then twisted his body into a twist, and stuffed the ball to Dozier, who cut into the bottom line, who took a step after receiving the ball and scored with both hands and dunk!

Rose, in fact, is still a player who is very happy to share the ball.

It's not about how good his playmaking talent is, it's about his willingness to pass the ball to his teammates when he tears through opposition defences and draws them in.

This is the reason why the University of Memphis obviously has Roberts and Rose, but the team has 8 players who average more than 5 points per game, and of course, the reason why they have been able to investigate the leaderboard.

Other teams may be led by stars, like Michael Beasley's Kansas State, or teamwork, just like the University of Michigan that Arizonada State University played before, but the University of Memphis has both stars leading the team and then playing as a team!

The most critical reason for this is Rose, who has a high ball possession rate, but not the kind that holds the ball for 20 seconds and throws off his teammates in the last few seconds, but really uses his individual ability to create opportunities for his teammates.

Of course, the most important thing is that Rose has the ability, and when you use four or even the whole team to deal with him alone, you can't take care of his teammates at all.

At this moment, Xu Yong knew why Rose was able to counterattack Beasley and become the champion in the end.

Because scouts don't just look at excel, they watch the ball.