I really play basketball

Chapter 62 how lonely is invincible

At halftime, Long Beach led North Carolina by 42 points with a score of 37 to 5.

Lin Xing, who scored 0 points in the first half, also relied on his efforts in the second half to score a perfect data of 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, but he lacked steals.

Why didn't you steal it?

Because North Carolina doesn't control the ball at all, as soon as the ball reaches the frontcourt, they pass all kinds of passes.

And the passes are all safety balls, either hand-to-hand, or short passes at the top of the arc.

North Carolina just played so cowardly, Lin Xing couldn't even find a chance to steal, and it was impossible for steal data to be recorded.

But in the second half, the opportunity came.

Trailing by 5 points in the first half, North Carolina was in a hurry.

Mainly at the beginning, North Carolina relied on their Maginot Line.

That is to say, there are heavy troops on the strong side, a center forward in the waist position, a center forward in the penalty area, and a multi-level defense that completely locks Lin Xing.

At this time, they are still ahead.

After that, Lin Xing turned off the ball and successfully bypassed this line of defense.

In the small half, North Carolina lost by almost 7 points in total.

The most important reason is that the outbreak of Lucios prevented North Carolina from piling up heavy troops and guarding against Lin Xing.

They must take Lin Xing's teammates into consideration while restricting Lin Xing.

In this way, what they can give Lin Xing is only the most common defense.

The most common defense can't stand up to Lin Xing, so North Carolina's defense has collapsed.

Dean Smith is not the kind of NCAA coach who overemphasizes the team.

On the contrary, he who coached Michael Jordan knows very well how powerful a superstar is.

Team basketball can't limit superstars, so there is only one ending, wait to lose.

No one wants to lose a game when they are one step away from success.

The same goes for Dean Smith, who gave the order to die. In the second half, North Carolina was going to give it a go.

What does it mean to give it a go?
To put it simply, if you can't defend on the defensive end, you can get it back from the offensive end.

In team basketball, the advantage lies in defense, and offense can only maintain the most basic offensive firepower.

If you want to take the offense a step further, someone must stand up and confront Lin Xing.

North Carolina's two star players, Eric Montrose is a big center.

With all kinds of forward and cutting defenses in Long Beach, it is difficult to catch the ball, let alone any confrontation.

Therefore, the candidate for this confrontation can only be George Lynch.

As crazy as it sounds, it's actually quite possible.

After all, no matter what, George Lynch beat Lin Xing in the latest Sports Illustrated mock draft.

If Sports Illustrated dared to make such a row, it shows that Lynch has something.

At this point, Dean Smith can only choose to trust his players.

"George, the organization has decided that you will be the main attacker with the ball in the second half..."

Soon, the second half of the game started.

The Long Beach branch played a wave of blitz, and Lin Xing rushed to the side of the basket to score.

Unfortunately, Rod Hannibal missed a three-pointer.

North Carolina grabbed the rebound, followed by their offense.

Off the court, Dean Smith was nervous.

On the field, facing Lin Xing's defense, George Lynch took over the basketball, and he directly posed a three-threat.

Lin Xing froze for a moment, what do you mean, this is for singles?
Soon, Lynch began to slap the basketball cautiously.

One crotch on the left, and a cross dribble in front of the right one.

Lin Xing narrowed his eyes and found the right moment.

The big hand suddenly stretched forward, and the basketball hit the palm of his hand like an obedient toy.

boom!
There was a huge exclamation from the Super Dome, and Lin Xing rushed out, slapping the basketball in his hand continuously.

It wasn't until this time that everyone realized that Lin Xing had completed a steal.

"It seems that George Lynch is going to play singles, but he has to understand that the defense he will face is Stalin's defense..."

"(suddenly raises the tone) it's broken, a sudden shot steals it!"

"Sure enough, Stalin's defense is unchallengeable, he directly steals George Lynch, and set off a wave of counterattacks!"

On the court, Lin Xing, who had completed the steal, rushed forward all the way, rushed to the front court, and sent the ball into the basket with a layup.

44 to 37, the gap in the score was widened to 7 points.

On the sidelines, Dean Smith spread his hands.

Does he really believe in George Lynch?At this moment, even he doubted himself.

But so far in the game, he can only bite the bullet and insist on halftime adjustments.

Turning around, another round of North Carolina offense was still Lynch's main attack.

Lin Xing was addicted to steals, and he continued to press the defense.

But this time, Lynch was more careful with the ball.

He didn't give him a chance, but at the same time, Lin Xing didn't give him a chance for his subsequent breakthrough and waist jumper.

Clang!
The basket rejected Lynch's shot, and probably told Lynch, don't think about it, you can't hit the giant planet.

In fact, it is still possible to fight, but as Lin Chui explained——

Lin Qi's opponent in this game is Lin Xing, so it is doomed, his singles will hardly work.

"Rebound, rebound!"

Lin Xing, who is mainly defending Lynch, is of course impossible to fly to the basket to grab a rebound.

Chris Tavor can only get the rebound, so don't even think about counterattacking.

North Carolina has no way to play two more big centers. They play a lineup of one big and four small to guard against the counterattack of Long Beach.

Although he didn't fight back and returned to the front, Lin Xing rushed in at a high speed.

He didn't completely get rid of Lynch, and Montrose at the basket also made up the defense in time.

Even so, Lin Xing, who rushed to the basket, still faced the two of them and forced a layup.

Beep!
The referee even blew his whistle to save face and gave him an additional penalty.

Swish-!
Going to the free throw line, Lin Xing made an extra penalty.

In this way, as soon as the second half came up, he scored 5 points in a row.

47 to 37, the score has further stretched to double digits.

Dean Smith frowned, he had realized that the game was over.

Sure enough, in the next round, Lynch's singles still failed to work.

Lin Xing's defense is too strong, and Lynch's singles strength is not enough.

Lynch, who was defended for the next round, turned his head to defend, but failed to defend Lin Xing.

At this time, Lin Chui in the commentary booth started to spray:

"For three consecutive offenses and defenses, Star Lin crushed George Lynch. On the defensive end, he completed a steal and successfully interfered with two balls. Then on the offensive end, he successfully counterattacked one and made two strong drives to the basket. He scored 6 points in a row."

"The comparison of offense and defense proves that George Lynch is no match for Stalin."

"You know what I thought? I thought before this game, the Sports Illustrated mock draft put George Lynch ahead of Stalin."

"Look now, that's a complete joke!"

"Let's not talk about the comparison with Stalin, even if it is compared with Penny and Jamal Mashburn who were defeated by Stalin head-on, George Lynch is not an opponent at all."

"Predicted No. [-]? It's so funny..."

When Lin Chui explained with a smile and shook his head, the lead of the Long Beach branch had already stretched to 12 points.

The suspense of the game gradually faded away.

Soon, North Carolina swung back to team basketball.

They returned to team basketball, but briefly bit the Long Beach branch.

Mainly in team basketball, role players have more space to play.

Superstars are stared down, and role players can still stand up and continue to fire on the offensive end.

But no matter what, the backwardness like a natural moat has already lay there.

North Carolina's Crazy Triple Trip has already come a long way.

After 40 minutes of the game, Long Beach finally defeated North Carolina by 86 to 71, 15 points.

After the game, Lin Chui's commentator shouted:

"The game's over, another win for Long Beach,
They defeated the famous North Carolina school and reached the finals.

In the final, their opponent will be the University of Michigan! "

On the court, the moment the red light came on, Long Beach was already celebrating the victory.

Although it is only a phased victory, although there is still a final to be played.

The players and coaches of the 49ers were still extremely excited.

Bryon Russell is bouncing around, and in this game, his performance on the defensive end is crucial.

而进攻端掠下仅次于林星的24分的卢西奥斯，也和这场比赛后半程发力、拿下了27分7个篮板10个助攻2个抢断的林星，拥抱在了一起。

There was also the chicken soup coach on the sidelines, who rushed up excitedly, high-fived with his players, and finally shook his fist passionately.

"We won, we made it to the final, and history is one step closer, and we are only one step away from becoming the biggest winner!"

He didn't forget to sprinkle chicken soup when celebrating. Lin Xing felt that the coach Seth Greenberg had a bright future.

Courtside, Dean Smith waits to shake hands with the promising Greenberg.

While waiting, he watched Lin Xing, who had calmed down after a celebration on the court.

He thought of the semi-final match before this game, where the superstar also defeated the team basketball.

"Team basketball is still not as good as superstar basketball. This summer's recruiting season, I have to work hard..."

His eyes narrowed, thinking of Oak Hill High's prodigy, Jerry Stackhouse, who was supposed to be Jordan's successor.

……

For Lin Xing, the final four has always been a game with no suspense, and the result is indeed the case.

Although George Lynch was blown to the sky before the game, he was not even as good as Isiah Ryder in the real fight.

It was Dean Smith, who directed the game from the sidelines, who caused him some trouble.

Of course, on the whole, this game is still very easy.

But the finals that followed were not so easy.

"Chris Webber is not comparable to George Lynch and his ilk..."

Even Jamal Mashburn, who scored high under the defense of Long Beach, was slightly worse than Webb.

Because Webb is an insider, and the insider is precisely the weakest position of Long Beach.

Not to mention, Weber also has two helpers, Juwan Howard and Jaylen Rose.

Uncle Huo can be regarded as one of the superstars of the NCAA. He played in the NCAA for an extra year and entered the NBA with the fifth overall pick in the first round.

In addition, Kobe was added to the finals later, Jaylen Rose, who was also selected in 94 and was the 13th pick in the first round.

In terms of the strength of the helper, Weber is much stronger than Lin Xing.

To put it bluntly, Lin Xing's two helpers are at the end of the first round.

The two assistants, Weber, are at the worst level of lottery.

Before that, Lin Xing could find a way to gain some confidence in himself:
The opponent is strong on the inside, but we are strong on the outside. If we fight with real knives and guns, it is not certain who wins or loses.

But before the war, he knew very well that there was no chance.

Although in the original historical line, this Michigan team lost to North Carolina.

This time and space beat North Carolina's Long Beach campus and deservedly beat Michigan.

But the relationship between the team and the team cannot be converted so simply and crudely.

simply put--

The reason why Michigan lost to North Carolina is because North Carolina's inside strength is not weak.

As far as the two major centers who started this game, they will all be at the NBA level in the future.

Coupled with the blessing of team basketball, they easily withstood the impact of Weber and Uncle Huo in the final.

And Long Beach was able to beat North Carolina because of its strong perimeter strength.

North Carolina lacked effective means of containment, and the outside line was directly blasted.

When two superstar basketball teams meet, the comparison is whose superstar basketball is stronger.

Lin Xing thought he was no worse than Weber, but his teammates couldn't compare with Weber's teammates.

This wave, it's the real teammate Sibbie, not looking for reasons.

If Lin Xing wants to win, there is only one way to make himself stronger.

Let yourself truly become, the existence of the NCAA this season is higher than everyone else.

Fortunately, after this match, the blood point of the last 300 points was finally enough.

Lin Xing also has to thank Dean Smith——

If it weren't for the legendary NCAA coach who couldn't hold on to the main force, Lin Xing would still be dissatisfied with the bloody value of 300 points.

If he is dissatisfied with brushing, he has to find his teammates to practice after the game.

Just because North Carolina has not played the main force, Lin Xing also played from the beginning to the end.

He gave George Lynch a couple of elbows and dunked one against Eric Montrose, filling up his last 300 blood points.

In this way, before the finals, he was promoted.

Once, a very critical upgrade!
……

In the upgrade interface of the system, the 52 defensive rebounds are the result of Lin Xing's hard training during this period.

Including endurance has also increased by 1 point due to hard training, but these are not the most important.

The most important thing is that Lin Xing has discovered a new rule in this upgrade.

Although he feels that these rules may not be used later.

Because after the finals, the system will enter the NBA stage.

But he did not rule out that the growth method would not change after the system upgrade, so he still remembered it.

First of all, every time you upgrade, the attribute growth of attack 10 defense 5 body 10 totaling 25 points remains unchanged.

Secondly, the attribute growth is related to the frequency of his use of attributes, the higher the frequency, the more the increase, this has not changed at all.

However, the single defense attribute of 90 has not increased at all, which is very strange.

You know, in daily games, Lin Xing uses the single-defense attribute very frequently.

So far, Lin Xing has defended Penny, Sam Cassell and George Lynch in this game.

As a result, the single defense attribute did not increase at all, Lin Xing guessed——

Perhaps, when the attribute reaches 90, the system upgrade will not allow this attribute to rise any further.

While guessing, Lin Xing also thought about how to add points to the remaining 25 random attribute points.

"If the guess of the single defense attribute is true, then the 90 attribute is a very critical dividing line. What I want to do is to raise all the attributes that are close to 90 to 90."

Of course Lin Xing knew that at this time he needed precise COSCO shots.

But what he also knows is that simply improving COSCO is useless.

Just like CIC, it has disappeared until now.

If you increase the CIC, add all 25 points, and you can only increase it to 74 points at most.

Or add all three points, maybe you can get a three-point attribute at the Ritian level.

But based on Lin Xing's understanding of this system, there must be a connection between attributes.

It is impossible for Lin Xing to add a single attribute to add a scoring method that is sufficient for every day.

Just like the three-point attribute, Lin Xing guessed that it must also have an attribute similar to "disturbed shooting" or "shooting stability", which is closely related to it.

And don't forget, Lin Xing also has a [First Step Master] badge.

The [First Step Master] badge has requirements for the five attributes of ball control, breakthrough, speed, explosiveness and agility.

If the maximum requirement is met, Lin Xing can have the true fastest first step in NBA history.

Facing this temptation, Lin Xing couldn't help being tempted.

So, without any hesitation, he directly added 1 point to flexibility, 5 points to ball control, and a full 12 points to breakthrough.

In this way, 18 points of random attributes were directly spent.

The requirement of [Master of the First Step] is enough to meet the 90 level, only missing the highest level of 99.

For Lin Xing now, 99 is still too far away, and he can't touch it yet.

With 7 random attributes left, he continued to add body.

After all, it's still the same sentence-basketball, you play like your body!

力量怼了4点到80，弹跳怼了2点到90，剩下1点，他随手就给扣篮加到了80。

Just like that, a brand new property bar appeared——

"It's all right now, I've completely transformed into Azhan..."

Although he is completely exhausted, Lin Xing is full of confidence in the next NCAA finals.

Among other things, with all the breakthrough-related attributes above 90, combined with a perverted body, and the [First Step Master] badge, the NCAA can no longer stop him.

It can't be stopped by a single defense, it can't be stopped by an auxiliary defense, and even a double defense can't be stopped.

Just this breakthrough has already made him a whole class higher than the current NCAA.

At this time, Lin Xing just wanted to sing one sentence——

"How... how lonely it is to be invincible!"

(End of this chapter)