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Chapter 63 The Tyrant Appears (Second Change)

"One day later, the NCAA final match!"

New Orleans, a city in the United States that does not have an NBA team at the moment, can be seen everywhere with posters for the NCAA Finals two days later.

Walking on the street, looking at the big characters on the poster, Lin Xing quickened his pace.

After finishing the semi-finals on April 4, the final will be ushered in on April 3.

The middle is full of calculations, and it only takes one day.

For Lin Xing who has just completed the upgrade, the time of this day is still very critical.

He arrived at the training hall rented by the Long Beach branch, pulled Byron Russell who had arrived earlier, and started his impromptu cramming operation.

Russell actually didn't want to practice any more on the day before the game. He thought:

On the day before the match, you should rest well, recharge your batteries, and nourish your waist for tomorrow's battle.

But helplessly, the team tyrant has orders, and he dare not disobey.

"Come on, Byron, let's start, let me see if your defense has improved compared to last time!"

Although Lin Xing said so, Russell was not serious about the offense and defense in the first round.

Lin Xing only used one cross step, dribbled the ball twice, and with one dodge, he passed Russell directly.

After taking a small step, Lin Xing stopped.

He spread his hands: "Can you give me some strength, Byron?"

Russell immediately explained helplessly: "Sta, I'm really serious, but your speed seems to be faster than before..."

Lin Xing thought about it, and it was true.

Although most of the attributes he gets need to be mastered.

But the physical attribute is different, it takes effect directly, what Lin Xing has to do is at most a little adaptation.

Isn't the speed of direct effect faster than before?

Russell's reason is quite sufficient, Lin Xing nodded: "Go on, this time, your reaction will be faster."

Do it again, Russell still can't keep up.

Lin Xing turned to stare at him, Russell still said the old way: "Sta, I really tried my best."

To be honest, Lin Xing couldn't judge the authenticity of Russell's words.

Considering that Russell is still only an NCAA-level defender, it seems understandable that he can't defend Lin Xing, who is now alone.

But the extra training before the game couldn't achieve the effect he wanted.

Lin Xing struggled with his brain, and finally came up with a solution——

Think of Russell as an ordinary trainer, not pursuing confrontation, and at the same time slow down the speed of each movement.

Anyway, he just wanted to get acquainted with a few sets of cross-steps, and it was enough to have someone to practice with.

Although, in the end, the effect will be greatly reduced.

But helpless, what can Russell do with this little strength?

After practicing like this for half an hour, Lin Xing warmed up his body at the beginning and became cold after practicing.

This effect is indeed so-so.

Lin Xing shook his head, wanting to end this boring pre-match extra training early.

At this time, his mobile phone on the side of the court rang.

"Where are you, Sta?"

As soon as it was connected, Lin Xing heard Peyton's loud voice.

"Where am I? I'm in New Orleans, where else could I be?"

Lin Xing rolled his eyes. He didn't know that Peyton on the other end of the phone wanted to roll his eyes more than him when he heard the answer.

"No, I'm asking you, where are you in New Orleans?"

"Where in New Orleans?"

Lin Xing was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Have you arrived in New Orleans?"

"To be precise, it's us!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xing was overjoyed, and waved directly at Russell:
"Okay, Byron, there's nothing else for you, you can go back."

As soon as the words came out, Russell was also very happy, and said (never) see you again to Lin Xing, then turned his head and left.

A few minutes later, Lin Xing, who was standing at the entrance of the training hall, received Gary Payton, Jason Kidd and Tim Hardaway from afar.

Seeing the arrival of these three people, Lin Xing held their hands and almost cried: "Savior, they are all great saviors!"

As soon as Kidd arrived, he yelled for Lin Xing to invite them to dinner.

And for good reason—

"Knowing that you made it to the NCAA finals, we came here from San Francisco to cheer for you. Treat us to a big meal, isn't it too much?"

Lin Xing smiled: "Not too much, not too much...

But as you can see, I'm practicing extra, I don't have time, so how about it, Jason, this is my card, you can order takeaway with it, order a few more, I'll take care of it! "

Lin Xing was very angry, and Kidd also grinned, he wanted to say, Si Da is a good man, not only generous, but also caring.

Give him the card and ask him to order takeaway. Doesn't that mean that he can order whatever he likes?

On the other hand, Payton and Tim Hardaway will not enjoy this treatment.

Kidd grinned and left. He didn't know that the fundamental reason why Lin Xing asked him to order takeaway was——

Among the three point guards who visited suddenly, only Kidd was useless.

Payton is a very good and suitable sparring frame, and Tim Hardaway, no one has more authority on the cross step than him.

So Kidd left.

Payton was ordered by Lin Xing to set foot on the training ground, and Tim Hardaway watched from the sidelines.

The quality of Lin Xing's pre-match training has soared.

It can be said that his pre-match extra training just a second ago was like those small fast food restaurants on the street.

At this moment, his extra training before the game was like entering a high-end club, and the quality was extremely high.

If he is not satisfied with Peyton, he can still wave his hand and change another one, so that old boy Kidd can come on.

Even, if one-on-one is not satisfied, he can also do one-on-two, one-on-three...

Just like now, he and Payton are one-on-one, and there is a bug watching the battle.

Xiaochong was not idle either. He watched Lin Xing throw away Peyton again and again with cross steps, pointing out Lin Xing's mistakes from time to time.

The cross step is not that you can shake your opponent away by crossing your feet and taking two steps.

The rhythm of the cross step, when to stop and what is the speed.

There is also the trajectory of the cross step, where the first step goes, and where the second step pulls back, it is very knowledgeable.

There are too many details in it, and the little bugs are better to pick out the details.

Therefore, he is the ancestor of CrossOver in the NBA.

Just practicing like this, Peyton noticed something was wrong.

In a certain round, Lin Xing repeated the routine several rounds ago.

He swayed from right to left, pretending to sprint to the left, forcing Peyton to move to Lin Xing's left front.

Then there was a sudden retreat with his left foot, and Payton thought Lin Xing was about to step back and make a jumper.

It should be noted that Lin Xing at this time has three points.

Therefore, Payton hurriedly took two steps outside the three-point line.

His original position is already inward, and he needs to speed up when he presses outward.

But once the speed is fast, it will go too far.

However, Lin Xing changed direction to the right again, directly flying Peyton away, and rushed in.

After this round, Peyton was out of breath: "Why does it feel wrong when I step on the horse, Sta?"

"What's wrong?"

"Is your explosive speed better than before?"

"Yes."

"And your ball handling, it's much better than before."

"Yes."

"Hey, let me tell you why your cross step smells like a bug. Your explosive speed and ball control are much better than before, no wonder!"

Gary Payton is not a master of cross step, he just knows one or two tricks, similar to Lin Xing who was a beginner half a year ago.

He always said that he hopes to be a top cross step player like Xiao Chong.

However, Payton's explosiveness, flexibility, and more importantly, ball control are all a little bit less interesting.

Seeing Lin Xing's rise to become another cross-step master, he felt a little sore in his heart.

"Hey, Tim taught me well."

With Lin Xing's words, his EQ exploded.

Tim Hardaway never said that he was Lin Xing's teacher, but Lin Xing's words were tantamount to admitting that Tim Hardaway was his teacher.

Lin Xing actually knows that Tim Hardaway is very concerned about who is the ancestor of the NBA crossover.

In the long, long future, he also argued with AI fans because of this.

But because of the large gap in the number of fans, he was not recognized.

Now Lin Xing's approval made Tim Hardaway, who was watching the game from the sidelines, smile from the bottom of his heart.

The extra training lasted until the evening. Kidd, the tool man who delivered the food in the middle, brought a bunch of Mexican snacks. After a few people ate a little, they started again.

Payton shouted that he was tired, but Lin Xing really waved his hand and replaced Kidd.

Practice against Kidd, who is also not bad at defense, but it also made Kidd realize the gap between him and Lin Xing at this time.

"No wonder this guy is the No. [-] pick, no wonder this guy led the team to the NCAA Finals..."

……

On April 4th, the day when the NCAA finals were staged.

On this day, the NBA had a complete truce, which is why Payton and Xiao Chong were able to rush to New Orleans to watch the game when the regular season was in full swing.

Before departure, Lin Xing was with Payton, Kidd and Xiao Chong.

The four chatted for a while, and they talked about this year's draft.

Lin Xing's participation in this year's draft is already a certainty.

But there is still a lot of preparation work before the draft. The first step is that Lin Xing needs to find an agent.

Payton recommended his agent, Aaron Goodwin.

"Aaron is a good guy. His brokerage business has just started, so he is working very hard to complete every job, and he is very serious..."

As for Aaron Goodwin, Lin Xing probably knew that this guy was A-Zhan's manager in the future.

Although he was fired by A Zhan later, it was also because A Zhan himself had other ambitions.

From the fact that he became Azhan's agent in the future, it can be confirmed that this guy's future is developing very well.

And in the future, the series of operations he has done for Xiao Zhan, including the operation of signing the largest sneaker contract in rookie history with Nike, have proved that this person is capable.

So, he nodded: "Ok, after I finish this final, you ask him to meet me."

At this time, Seth Greenberg called someone.

Lin Xing got up: "Let's go..."

"Come on, Sta, believe in you, you can win this NCAA championship!"

Xiao Chong spoke concisely, followed by Kidd, who reached out and punched Lin Xing without saying a word.

It was Peyton, who suddenly turned into a comedian: "Come on, Star, if you win, I can trade for a Ferrari by stepping on my horse.

For my Ferrari, you must win! "

Lin Xing smiled: "Don't worry, there is no suspense in this final!"

……

The battlefield for the finals is still the Super Dome, with more than 7 seats filled, and the Super Dome is truly full.

Sitting in the locker room of the Superdome again, Lin Xing was at peace.

In other words, in the locker room of the Long Beach campus, the quiet needle drop can be heard at the moment.

He even froze for a moment when head coach Seth Greenberg pushed the door open.

"Why so quiet?"

This question, no one answered him, he could only smile: "Well, guys, I can see your nervousness."

"It's normal to be nervous. After all, it's the first time for each of us to participate in such a major competition. According to the old Chinese saying that STU taught me yesterday, we are all big girls getting on the sedan chair—the first time."

"But if we can't perform at our normal level because of excessive tension, then the loss outweighs the gain, doesn't it?"

Greenberg spread his hands, and the locker room erupted in laughter.

Then, he started the chicken soup performance: "So, guys, let go of your tension, and you have to understand that success only requires you to take a solid step, and it is within reach."

"The University of Michigan is not a terrible opponent. On the contrary, they are losers. Last year, they lost the final. This year, with us, the result will not change!"

Lin Xing felt that at this time, he had to intervene: "That's right, Michigan is not terrible. They only have experience of failure in the finals, but no experience of success. What we have to do is to help them go back to last season!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a very cooperative roar in the locker room.

"Yeah, help get them back to last season!"

"Give them another defeat!"

"Only Long Beach will win!"

"..."

Compared with the Long Beach branch, the dry chicken soup is thrown away.

The University of Michigan is different. Their history is far more glorious than that of Long Beach.

As early as the 1988-89 season, Steve Fisher coached the University of Michigan's first season, he led the team won the NCAA championship.

Before the game started, a slightly old NCAA championship trophy appeared in the locker room of the University of Michigan.

It was the replica they won in 89, and Steve Fisher stood next to the trophy and told his players:

"I moved out this trophy again. You should all understand that it is the championship trophy won by the University of Michigan in 89."

"At the time, all we could count on was Glenn Rice, Lumir Robinson, Lloyd Otter, Sean Higgins and Terry Mills, the original Five at Michigan."

"But in my opinion, the new generation of the Five Tigers is much better than them. Last year, we should have won the championship, but in the end we failed."

"We are making a comeback this year. A truly successful person cannot fall twice in the same place..."

To be honest, Steve Fisher's chicken soup skills are far inferior to Seth Greenberg.

But because of the existence of the championship trophy, the locker room at the University of Michigan was still screaming.

"We can't fall twice in the same place!"

"If you fall, get up!"

"The final victory must belong to Michigan!"

After all, it's the Wolverines, screaming, that's what it should mean.

……

Although it was still the arena where the semi-finals were played, Lin Xing, who played again, was in a completely different mood.

He looked at the stands one after another, looked at the bustling crowd, and thought of the phone call he made to Lin's father and Lin's mother after the game the day before yesterday.

In fact, he wanted to make a phone call a long time ago, and he has been procrastinating until now, just to let Lin's father and Lin's mother see that he is only one step away from success.

He hoped that his parents could watch his final, but Lin's father and Lin's mother refused.

Because before that, Lin Xing told them: I will suspend my studies and go to the NBA draft.

This made Lin's father and Lin's mother furious. They wouldn't watch the NCAA finals.

Listening to the anger on the other end of the phone, it is impossible to say that Lin Xing does not feel uncomfortable.

But I can only endure the discomfort. People can choose everything, but they cannot choose their parents.

And what your parents do is really for your own good.

It's just that the ideas and practices are not satisfactory.

On the court, Lin Xing shook his head, he wanted to put these distracting thoughts aside.

He set foot on the field against the noise of the field.

Then, he heard the cheers, shouts, and screams of the audience.

"The Tyrant is here. He is the brightest star in the NCAA this season. He has played a dominant individual performance. Although he is only 17 years old, he has already become the No. [-] pick in this year's NBA draft, and he is only a short distance away from this season's NCAA finals!"

Amid the deafening cheers, Lin Xing waved his hands around.

And at the height of the stands, Lin's father and Lin's mother, who had black hair and yellow skin and wore Lin Xing's No. 1 jersey, were sandwiched among a group of University of Michigan fans.

Lin's mother has been complaining: "It's you, you want to save face, my son invited you here, and gave you the ticket in the front row, you lose your temper, hold it,

It's all right now, the scalper ticket I bought is so tall that I can't see the face, and the foreigners on both sides, why do they have fierce eyes?Did you buy the wrong ticket? "

Until, Lin Xing came out.

"Hey, is that your son?"

Mother Lin's eyes were sharp. Although she was far away, she still saw Lin Xing at a glance.

Father Lin also became agitated, and kept saying, "Yes, it's him, who else could it be if it wasn't him..."

"Do you recognize it from this far away?"

"He is my son, I can recognize him even in ashes!"

"Ha ha!"

……

Lin Xing didn't know that the parents he was thinking about were actually sitting on the sidelines.

At this time, he was already warming up.

The opening ceremony of the warm-up stage is naturally inevitable.

He stood in front of the technical stage, grabbed a handful of chalk, and listened to the ear, and the fans gradually became quiet.

He took a deep breath and threw the magnesium powder in his hand into the air.

Boom!
The super dome, which was quiet for a moment, let out a huge roar.

"Tyrant! Tyrant! Tyrant!"

"Sta! Stad! Stad!"

"..."

Neat shouts, crazy screams, fiery cheers.

At the height of the stands, Lin's father and Lin's mother were stunned.

"They, are they calling A Xing's name?"

"Seems to be?"

"A Xing is so popular?"

"It looks... yes!"

"He has so many fans, so should we support him to play basketball?"

"Let's talk about it again!"

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