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Chapter 44 UCLA
As a result of this practice, Chris Mills was hurt in the next game against the University of Arizona.

In the most recent mock draft, Chris Mills was at the bottom of the lottery.

This predicted pick is very high, you know, Byron Russell just got a predicted pick at the end of the first round.

Chris Mills is much taller than him, and the striker's duel in this game should have been a crushing one.

Instead, Chris Mills was crushed.

Chris Mills, who was supposed to be Arizona's leading scorer, scored only 11 points in the game.

The root cause, everything has to do with Byron Russell's wave of defense against him in the first quarter.

Lin Xing said, you need to master it.

As a result, Byron Russell directly penetrated to the opponent's bottom three.

Chris Mills likes back hitting very much. Russell, who was facing Mills, directly extended his evil hands to Mills' crotch.

With just one draw, Mills no longer dared to hit back.

After beating Arizona, the next victim was Pepperdine center Dana Jones.

Dana Jones is a center who likes inside singles very much, and Tavor's defense is very difficult.

But he quickly thought of the mastery that Team Ba Lin had been emphasizing, as well as the trick of Byron Russell in the last game.

Tavor thought he could not hit such a ruthless hand, so he improved it.

As soon as Dana Jones got the ball, he was pulled off his shorts.

Lin Xing could only shake his head: "It's still not cruel enough!"

Tavor was still not ruthless enough, so the defensive drills had to continue.

……

After straight victories over Arizona and Pepperdine, Long Beach will next face UCLA.

Before leading the team to 12 consecutive victories, UCLA was the opponent Lin Xing wanted to beat the most.

but now……

UCLA?What kind of rotten fish and rotten shrimp is that?

Lin Xing is contemptuous of UCLA, but the evaluation of UCLA is still very high.

In the preseason, they also scored 11 wins and 9 losses in 2 games, which is not bad.

But compared with the Long Beach branch, which has won 12 games so far, it is more than a little bit worse.

In particular, Long Beach has superstars, and UCLA has a bunch of NCAA second-rate stars.

Like Ed O'Bannon, like Sean Tafel.

Regardless of whether it is O'Bannon or Tafel, in the mock draft of Sports Illustrated, the highest predicted pick is only at the end of the first round.

It's similar to Byron Russell who lost a lot of possessions and played more and more blue-collar.

Before the game, there were not many disputes in this game.

Lin Xing revisited his old place, and met the group of passers-by who had only met once in the Poly Pavilion.

The head coach of UCLA, Jim Harrick, who is suspected of being a racial knight, the assistant coach John Hall who has always wanted to recruit himself, Teus Edney, whom Jim Harrick thinks is no worse than himself.

Having won too many games, Lin Xing no longer has too many thoughts about them.

On the contrary, the opponent is very concerned about this.

Before the game, Jim Harrick had been questioning the team's assistant coach who arranged the schedule:
"Why, why a preseason game against Long Beach?"

The assistant coach could only smile wryly. The schedule was arranged before the season. Who knew Long Beach could be so strong?

And when the schedule was drawn up, I showed it to you. Long Beach is UCLA's last preseason opponent.

It's so obvious, don't you object?
It can only be said that Jim Harrick is in a hurry.

He knew very well that if he lost this game, his handsome position would be in jeopardy.

Why is it at stake?
John Hall, with complex eyes on the sidelines, has something to say——

"If we didn't ignore Stalin at the beginning, but gave enough respect and recruited him, we should be the ones who swept the preseason now!"

In short, UCLA missed its chance to rise.

On the contrary, the principal of the elementary school in the Great Western Union, Tan Branch, seized the opportunity.

Although it is still not certain that the Long Beach branch school that got Lin Xing will be able to reap success, at least they are on the road to success.

Looking back at UCLA, this season is another hopeless season...

In contrast, UCLA players don't have much thought.

Until, after the game started, Lin Xing, who said he didn't care about UCLA at all, directly punched him hard.

In the opening game, Lin Xing led his teammates and successfully defended UCLA's first attack.

Immediately afterwards, turning around to attack, he directly crushed Teus Edney, rushed to the basket and dunked successfully.

Seeing this scene, off the court, John Hall said: "I now understand why Long Beach was able to sweep all opponents in the playoffs."

He didn't finish the sentence, but another UCLA assistant standing next to him knew exactly what he wanted to express.

Compared with that trial training, Lin Xing has improved, and he should also improve.

"A talented 17-year-old point guard from Los Angeles, I can't find a single reason why UCLA wouldn't recruit him."

John Hall didn't say this because he knew that Lin Xing was already a member of the Long Beach branch.

Now, it's too late to say anything...

In a big battle, Long Beach crushed UCLA.

To be precise, Lin Xing crushed UCLA by himself.

He said that he didn't care about UCLA. In this game, he scored an NCAA career-high 37 points, plus 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals.

After the game, I don't know where the leak came from. It was revealed that Stalin went to UCLA for a trial training, but he didn't join.

The Los Angeles Times, which broke the story, said it vaguely, making people who don't understand the inside story feel that this matter is full of doubts.

"If I remember correctly, Stalin is the sixth-ranked five-star high school student in the United States, and the sixth-ranked five-star high school student in the United States still has a trial training?"

"Isn't the most important thing, didn't he stay after the trial? What is the UCLA coaching staff doing?"

"It is undeniable that UCLA missed the opportunity to rise because of this..."

Pauley Pavilion, Jim Harrick pissed off.

He felt that it must be John Hall who had leaked the air, because if the air leaked, he would not be far away from get out of class.

After his class, the beneficiary must be John Hall.

Of course John Hall would not admit it, he said he was wronged.

But all of this has nothing to do with Lin Xing.

A preseason game, the grievances and grievances between him and UCLA are over.

It's not that Lin Xing is magnanimous, but that in the future, it will be difficult for him to have the chance to meet UCLA again.

You can't even touch it. No matter how much grievances, what's the use?
……

In the last game of the preseason, Long Beach beat Cal State University, Fresno.

In this way, with a record of 14 victories, the preseason journey ended.

In the entire NCAA league, there is no team that is undefeated in a preseason game, except for Long Beach.

Michigan and Kentucky lost one, North Carolina and Duke lost two, and Long Beach won without a hitch.

It seems that in this season's NCAA, the top teams are already very clear.

"Top favorites: Cal State Long Beach with Stalin, Byron Russell and Lucios Harris;"

"Then Michigan with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose;"

"Then followed by Jamal Mashburn at Kentucky;"

"And the University of North Carolina led by George Lynch and Eric Montrose;"

"Duke with Grant Hill and Bobby Hurley."

There are many top four, but the situation of the crazy three is still confusing.

For Long Beach, a strong preseason ensured at least one --

Even if they perform abnormally in the regular season and championships in the Western Conference, they will definitely be able to rely on the selection committee to enter the crazy three.

Of course, this is just a psychological guarantee.

The preseason record is already so gorgeous, how can Long Beach have no idea about the regular season champion and the championship champion of the Atlantic Conference?
The time is not far from the start of the Atlantic League regular season, and the schedule is out.

Like the preseason, Seth Greenberg posted the schedule on the locker room wall.

Lin Xing just stepped forward and took a glance: "Play UNLV in the opening game? This is to eliminate the suspense of the regular season championship and championship championship at the beginning of the season!"

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