I really play basketball

Chapter 56
"Stalin scored 29 points in a quasi-triple-double, and the 49ers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen!"

——ESPN
“15投11中29分8个篮板11个助攻4个抢断，斯大林表现高效；
20投仅有6中18分6个篮板9个助攻1个抢断，便士惨遭压制；

The dispute between Lin and Bian has come to a conclusion, Penny is eliminated in the second round, and the draft pick may plunge..."

—Bill Simmons, The Boston Herald
"Two sweeps, Stalin averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 10.0 assists and 3.5 steals in two games. He is dominating the NCAA!"

-- "Los Angeles Times"

On the second day of the game, public opinion began to rave about Lin Xing.

The main reason is that in the two games at the beginning of Crazy Three, it was too easy for Long Beach to win.

In the first round, Lin Xing only played 20 minutes against Ball State University.

The second round crushed the University of Memphis from beginning to end, and Lin Xing only played for about 30 minutes.

Both games got an extremely gorgeous and extremely versatile data.

Just judging from the data of the first two rounds of Crazy Three, there are still quite a few players who can compete with Lin Xing.

For example, Calbert Cheney of Indiana University also averaged 26 points and 8 rebounds per game in the two games, and he performed equally well.

But if you want to find a player who has been outputting steadily since the preseason and has played individual performances at the fault level, Lin Xing is the only one.

Even Chris Webber, who has been the No. [-] pick so far, cannot beat Lin Xing in terms of stability.

Therefore, the Los Angeles Times even began to advocate: Stalin should be the number one favorite in this year's draft.

For this reason, they also found a general manager who did not want to be named and asked about this aspect.

The general manager, who did not want to be named, said directly: "If my team gets the No. [-] pick, I will definitely choose Stalin, because he is very young..."

"Being too young may be a problem, but for Stalin, who has already played a dominant performance in the NCAA this season, being young will be his advantage."

"He is two or three years younger than his opponents, but he still overwhelms almost all of them. This is enough to show that his future is much farther than his opponents."

Everyone guessed that the unnamed general manager was Elgin Baylor of the Clippers or Jerry West of the Lakers.

Although the Los Angeles Times is a national newspaper, the only people they can interview are the general managers of the two teams in Los Angeles, and at most the general manager of the Kings.

However, no matter who the general manager is, his point of view has been recognized by many people.

For example, Chad Ford, ESPN's draft expert, expressed his opinion following this interview with the Los Angeles Times:
"It's time for NBA management to get out of the big man scam. Not all big men can be Hakeem Olajuwon, or Patrick Ewing, or David Robinson, or Shaquille O'Neal."

"Of course, I'm not saying that Chris Webber can't be the next top insider in the NBA. The point I want to express is-"

"Even if Chris Webber can become the next top NBA insider, so what?"

"The MVP of the regular season in the past ten seasons used to be the core of the championship team in the past season. It was either a core guard like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan or Isiah Thomas, or an outside forward like Larry Bird. There was only one Moses Malone inside..."

"What about the post players who have been the No. [-] picks in the past ten seasons?"

"Ralph Sampson, Brad Doherty, Danny Manning are plagued by injuries, Derek Coleman has a bad personality, Pervis Ellison directly became a parallel importer, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson and Shaquille O'Neal have all played their worth, but so far, their number of championships is still zero!"

"On the contrary, Michael Jordan, who fell to the third pick because of his position, has won an enviable two consecutive championships in the past two seasons, and is hitting his three consecutive championships!"

Lin Xingjing watched the development and evolution of public opinion, and he suddenly discovered that the number one scholar, who seemed to have nothing to do with him, was getting closer and closer to him.

However, he also knew that if he wanted to truly win the number one spot, he had to open his eyes and watch the situation develop.

First of all, he has to play well in the next Crazy Three. It cannot be said that reaching the semi-finals will be successful. At least he must reach the finals and fight the University of Michigan in order to maintain his current public opinion.

Secondly, it also depends on the results of the draft lottery.

If the Magic still gets the No. [-] lottery, then the possibility of Lin Xing becoming the No. [-] pick will increase greatly.

But if the No. [-] lottery is won by a team like the Warriors that has no shortage of guards but only insiders, there is a high probability that Lin Xing will lose the No. [-] pick.

So, whether the No. [-] pick or not is not important for the time being. The important thing is still the NCAA tournament in front of you.

……

After the top 32 battle, Crazy Three eliminated half of the teams.

Now, with full play and calculation, there are only 16 teams left.

And what they have to face is a new round of cruel single elimination.

Long Beach's new opponent is the Florida State University Minolans,

Head coach Pat Kennedy, the team's trident Bob Sura, Sam Cassell and Doug Edwards.

For Bob Sura, Lin Xing's deepest impression is that this guy used to be teammates with Yao Ming, but he never passed the ball to Yao Ming.

Coupled with his conspicuously white complexion, Lin Xing has reason to doubt whether this guy is a race knight?
It's very possible...

Secondly, it was the famous scene where this guy deliberately missed a rebound in the counterattack for the sake of a triple-double.

After getting all kinds of celebrations, he was canceled by the league after the game.

Lin Xing knew a lot about Sam Cassel.

After all, he looks so cute, it's hard for Lin Xing not to remember him deeply.

The Alien is a perfect point guard. He knows a lot of things, such as the pass and control necessary for point guards, the shooting range as far as the three-point line, and even a special skill with the back of one hand.

Coupled with an unparalleled, fearless big heart, the alien is definitely one of the most underrated star point guards.

To Doug Edwards...

Forget it, don't mention it, the main reason is that it is not necessary.

Lin Xing still attaches great importance to this game. On the one hand, the opponent has two players who impress him.

On the other hand, he knows very well that the alien has a big heart and is still a crazy hand.

He was still a rookie in the Rockets' first championship in 94. He scored 22 points in the tiebreaker of the Western Conference semifinals;
In the third game of the finals, he made a key goal to overtake the score, and then made 4 free throws in a row to seal the victory.

In case the aliens draw in this game, it will be very difficult for the Long Beach branch to win.

……

On March 3, Long Beach moved to Charlotte.

Charlotte Coliseum, they played against Florida State.

On the court before the game started, Lin Xing stared at Bob Sura and the alien Cassel on the opposite side, guessing, who would be his opponent in this game?
Before the game, Seth Greenberg's prediction was, Bob Sura.

The reason is that Sura's defense is a little stronger than Kassel's.

And, while Florida State is a two-hander, Cassell plays more of an individual offense.

Sura, on the other hand, spends more time with the ball and plays more like a point guard.

Lin Xing looked at the size of Sura and Kassel, and Sura looked very strong at 1 meters.

Cassell is slightly shorter and thinner, and if he were Pat Kennedy, he would also let Sura crush the opponent's own body.

After probably guessing who the opponent was, Lin Xing's gaze began to casually sweep across the sidelines.

He wanted to find acquaintances, for example, the current two leaders of the Charlotte Hornets, "Aunt" Larry Johnson, and Alonzo Mourning, who is not yet a kidney fighter.

However, he couldn't find any.

Immediately afterwards, he could only find shorter audiences.

Then, at a glance, a child was held in his arms.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that beside the mother holding the baby, there is another kid enjoying delicious food alone.

"That's... Stephen Curry?"

His eyes were slightly off, and he saw next to Curry, a young black man who stood up and waved towards both sides of the court.

If not Dell Curry, who else could it be?

After confirming this point, Lin Xing immediately became excited.

He decided to forego the chalk-tossing pre-match ritual he had been insisting on.

"The game is about to start, we are waiting for Stalin to come and throw chalk, etc..."

"He refused the chalk from the staff, don't you want to throw it away? He's going to pass the basketball, it looks like he's going to have something different?"

At the commentary seat, Lin Chui's commentary gaze was fixed on Lin Xing.

And as Lin Xing got the basketball, he asked his teammates in his own half to get out of the way.

After this set of ready-to-go moves, he has attracted the attention of the audience, including the cute Curry brothers on the sidelines.

Lin Xing patted the basketball and took a deep breath.

He was still a little scared, if he stretched his hips, it would be a dark scene.

bang, bang...

He took another two shots of the basketball, and then Lin Xing, who was already ready, accelerated, rushed in, turned around and made a dunk.

The action is very stretched and the effect is very explosive.

With a bang, there was a burst of cheers and applause from the audience.

Curry in the front seat opened his mouth even more, looking incredible and very surprised.

On the court, Lin Xing, who was very satisfied with his dunk, also high-fived his teammates one by one.

He didn't notice, because of his incomparably flamboyant operation before the game, Bob Sura on the other court had already suppressed his smile.

……

The game will start soon.

Chris Tavor, as usual, lost the jump ball, because his opponent was Byron Wells, also 2 meters 08 tall.

Tavor couldn't handle opponents who were a head shorter than him, let alone opponents who were the same height as him.

Lin Xing retreated quickly. According to Seth Greenberg's tactical arrangement before the game, his opponent on the defensive end in this game will be Sam Cassell.

Coincidentally, it was Sura who had possession of the ball at the start of the Florida State Grand Prix.

Sura has the ball and goes upfield, and his opponent is Lucios.

Or a premise should be added, the defense is very general Lucios.

Sura was relentless and directly made a tough breakthrough.

Brent Barry proved that white men can fly too, and Sura was one of the white men who could fly.

He passed Lucios and rushed to the basket, ignoring Tavor's rim protector and making a dunk.

Bang!

The rim rang again, and Lin Xing, who started the game, didn't want to comment on his teammates' defense.

Sura was embarrassed...

After landing, he directly hammered his chest, thumbs down, and the beginning was a wave of provocation.

Lin Xing is a team bully and a leader.

As a leader, of course he has to protect his teammates.

He who didn't take it seriously at first, now his expression became serious.

"Give me the ball, and I'll help you find the field!"

To Lin Xing's satisfaction, he turned around and attacked, and it was Bob Sura who came up to defend.

Lin Xing approached Sura, and was short to control the ball.

But Sura opened her mouth: "Hello, East Asian guy, I heard that you are good at dunking? Unfortunately, you met me in this game, dunking or something, you should have no chance..."

Lin Xing raised his eyebrows, he could see that Sura was looking for death.

At the beginning, he was called the East Asian guy, which has already touched Lin Xing's bottom line.

As for the cruel words that were released afterwards, it was even more of a joke.

Lin Xing didn't say a word, dribbled the ball twice, and then suddenly changed direction and sprinted.

This rush directly injected the strength of the whole body.

He didn't move his elbow because he didn't think Sura was worthy.

The fact is indeed the case, Lin Xing almost only took one step to get rid of Sura.

Then, facing Byron Wells who was pushing out to defend, Lin Xing roared and rushed to the basket, directly pushed Byron Wells away, and dunked the ball into the basket with a bang!
Turn around, beat your chest, roar, thumbs down, a set of procedures, nothing is missing.

He also looked at Bob Sura, and asked ferociously: "What did you just say, white trash?"

"White trash? You call me white trash?"

As soon as the word "white trash" came out, Sura's focus completely changed.

Lin Xing shook his head, sure enough, people can never empathize with others.

It was also a racially discriminatory title, Lin Xing just retaliated, and Sura immediately became anxious.

Facing a furious Sura, before Lin Xing could say anything, Byron Russell went straight up.

He pushed Su La, and stared at Su La with fierce eyes:

"Stop talking nonsense, you call Si Da as an East Asian guy, and Si Da can naturally call you white trash!"

As soon as these words came out, Sura also felt that he was being unreasonable. After all, he was the first to attack his opponent with racial discrimination, so he immediately died down.

It was Russell's push that made the referee nervous for a while.

It also made the fans in the stadium and the commentary in the commentary booth excited for a long time:

"Stalin seemed to be sparring with Bob Sulla, and Byron Russell rushed forward and gave a push. This match was very fierce, and it was a gunpowder smell at the beginning!"

As a result, Sura did not make this conflict go any further, which made many people feel it was a pity.

Byron Russell on the field breathed a sigh of relief, why do you think he rushed up directly?I still don't know Lin Xing's temper.

If Lin Xing knocked Bob Sura down with one punch in this match, then the Long Beach campus' crazy third trip is likely to stop at the elite eight.

"It's okay, buddy is fast enough..."

Lin Xing immediately recovered the field with a buckle, but it was not enough.

In the next game, he continued to show off his dunk stunt.

I don't know if it was stimulated by Bob Sura, or because there was the strongest slam dunk king in NBA history sitting on the sidelines.

Anyway, Lin Xing's style of play has changed in this game.

It has become a buckle if you can, and if you can't buckle, you have to create an opportunity to buckle.

As a result, in the first half of the game, he directly showed two dunks.

The first dunk was on Byron Wells. He passed Sura, rushed to the basket, faced Byron Wells, and dunked directly on the face.

With a bang, the entire Charlotte Stadium was shocked.

Byron Wells directly covered his face. For him, this buckle was simply the most humiliating moment in his life.

Lin Xing, who rode and buckled him, was fine, but Sura was the one with the problem.

You said you, okay, why mess with him?

The second dunk, it was Bob Sura himself who suffered the most.

In a wave of offense from Long Beach, Lin Xing broke through and scored the ball out, but Lucios' shot hit the iron.

In the rebound competition, Sura, who was still full of fighting spirit, got stuck directly in front of Lin Xing. He felt that he was sure of the rebound.

But in the end, Lin Xing jumped up, directly passed Sura, grabbed the rebound, and took advantage of the opportunity to dunk!
Bang!

On the court, Byron Wells looked at the dunk and turned his head to snicker.

What I think in my heart is that you should pay the price yourself for what you caused yourself!
Off the court, cute little Curry was stunned.

At the age of five, he realized for the first time that basketball could still be played like this.

For Sura on the court, the experience of this game was very bad.

The opening sentence: Don't try to dunk when you meet me.

After that, every ball Lin Xing played was a dunk.

What's more important is the score. Florida State is no match for Long Beach.

In the opening scene, Lin Xing faced the alien Cassel, which was actually Lin Xing's own request.

He trusts his defense more than his teammates.

Therefore, he strongly demanded to switch defense Kassel.

After the real change of defense, he also successfully restricted Cassel.

Bob Sura dunked an opener, and Seth Greenberg blew up on the sidelines.

Next, Byron Russell's defense became faster, directly cooperating with Lucios, withstood Sura's subsequent impact.

It's not worth mentioning that Doug Edwards, against Hannibal's defense, scored Florida State's highest score.

But it's useless, Lin Xing has gone all out, and a little-known Doug Edwards is still not qualified to confront Lin Xing.

At halftime, Long Beach led by 7 points.

In the second half, this lead continued to expand, and it quickly reached double digits.

There is still no suspense in this sweet top [-] battle.

"In the round of [-], Stalin played a more dominant game. He kept dunking, dunking like crazy!"

"The lead of 13 points means that they will soon enter the elite eight!"

"There is not much suspense left in this game..."

(Don't rush to update, it will definitely explode when it is put on the shelves, don't worry.

And, it should be on the shelves soon, either this Friday or next Friday.

Finally, continue to ask for a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket! )
(End of this chapter)