I really play basketball

Chapter 64 The final of the crowd suppression

The gigantic Superdome, with its constant din.

On the pitch, the two finalist teams have already fielded their starters.

The Long Beach branch has remained unchanged, with point guard Lin Xing, shooting guard Lucios, small forward Rod Hannibal, power forward Byron Russell, and center Chris Tavor.

Michigan has changed. They didn't go directly to the Five Tigers, but a pure center.

Point guard Jimmy King, shooting guard Jalen Rose, small forward Juwan Howard, power forward Chris Webber, and seven-foot center Eric Riley.

Lin Xing looked at Eric Riley and probably understood what Steve Fisher was thinking.

"I feel that the big center is restraining me. I'll let you see this game. The big center is too... the widow sighs, it's useless!"

In previous games, the big center is still useful.

At least for the opening jump ball, there is no problem with the big center lying on Chris Tavor.

But in this game, Lin Xing suddenly stood on the NCAA logo on the center line.

"This is... Star is about to play the jump ball as a center forward?"

In the commentary seat, Lin Chui was a little surprised when he explained.

But from a distance, Lin Xing, who is close to 2 meters tall with shoes, is not much shorter than Eric Clary, who is 06 meters tall at registration and may not be that tall in reality.

This jump ball really has a chance.

Beep!
The referee blew his whistle and threw the basketball over the arena.

With a bang, Lin Xing tapped one foot on the ground and jumped up.

No matter how tall Riley is, his bounce cannot compare with Lin Xing.

Not to mention, Lin Xing actually has the advantage of wingspan.

With a snap, Lin Xing stretched out his long arms in the air, and with a huge advantage, he dialed the basketball first.

"Winning, Stella made another piece of history. In the NCAA finals, he played a jump ball as a point guard and defeated the opponent's center!"

Lin Chui's commentary would not let go of any opportunity to praise Lin Xing, so the match officially started when Lin Chui commented on Chuan Lin.

"Finally, the finals have begun. The Long Beach branch got the ball in the opening game. After halftime, the University received the basketball..."

Of course, Lin Xing has to digest the ball he won by himself.

Outside the top of the frontcourt, he quickly ran into his opponent in this game, Jaylen Rose.

All that Lin Xing knew about Jaylen Rose came from Kobe.

He knew that Kobe's 2-point game in the finals was due to being stepped on by Jaylen Rose, and he withdrew from the game less than 2 minutes into the game.

Therefore, in the 05-06 season, he met Jaylen Rose again in the regular season. Kobe scored 81 points with great power, making Jaylen Rose the background board of this game.

Although Jaylen Rose allowed Kobe to score 81 points, Jaylen Rose at that time was already at the end of his career.

From his entire career, he can be regarded as a qualified perimeter defender.

Judging from the current defensive round, he has been clinging to Lin Xing's left side, leaving a large space on the right side.

It seems that Lin Xing is going to break through from the right.

But Lin Xing is not stupid. He saw the right side. The University of Michigan arranged for Uncle Huo to help defend, and Riley on the inside was also very far to the right.

This right road is directly a dead end.

The right road is strictly guarded, and the left road becomes a real smooth road.

Lin Xing's gaze naturally aimed at the left.

He pretended to go from the right, dribbled the ball twice, then suddenly dodged and turned to the left.

With a further change of direction ahead of time, Jaylen Rose was passed clean.

When Lin Xing rushed in, Michigan's inside line group on the right side failed to react.

Without any interference, Lin Xing directly deducted one.

Clang!
"At the beginning, Stalina directly made a lightning breakthrough, and Jaylen Rose didn't respond at all."

"Sida rushed in and made a good dunk. At the beginning, the Long Beach branch will go first!"

Lin Chui's commentary started again, but the ball looked simple, so he just blew a little.

Immediately afterwards, Michigan's offense, a surprising scene appeared again.

Dribbling guard Jimmy King took possession of the ball half court and found that his opponent was not Lin Xing, but Lucios.

This is not surprising, but he was curious, where did Lin Xing go?
Soon, he saw Lin Xing behind Chris Webb.

Jimmy King was immediately dumbfounded. In today's game, Weber played a power forward. If he played a center.

Then this defensive matchup is directly the point guard and the center.

The most important thing is that Chris Webber's registered height is the same as Lin Xing's, both are 2 meters 06.

This matchup is not bad.

Weber knew that Lin Xing's single defense was strong, but he didn't know how strong Lin Xing's defense was. After all, the two had never fought before.

Michigan's offense has always revolved around Webber. It can be said that there is no pure point guard in Michigan, and the real organizer is Webber.

This is also the origin of Weber's "inside magician".

He lifted it to the top of the arc, took the basketball, and leaned against Lin Xing.

Long Beach's defense was man-to-man, and the other four teammates looked at Lin Xing one-on-one with Webb very reassuringly.

As a result, Michigan's other four spots are all locked down.

At the beginning, Weber's desire to attack was not strong, so he chose to deal at the top of the arc.

Waiting for Jaylen Rose to quickly bypass the screen and rush to the right 45°, he passed the ball directly to the past.

Jalen Rose seized the brief opportunity and made a three-pointer.

Clang!
The basket rejected the three-pointer.

In the rebound competition at the basket, Tavor's subconscious positioning, on the contrary, made a contribution.

Russell got in and grabbed the backboard.

Watching Russell grab the rebound, Lin Xing was excited.

He knew that Michigan put up three big men, the purpose is to block itself in the periphery.

But Steve Fisher obviously ignored that the Long Beach branch is a counterattack team that is very good at catching offense and defense transitions and playing fast breaks.

Then, there was a sound on the court——

"Hurry up!"

"Fight back, fight back!"

Lin Xing took the lead and rushed out, he ran wildly, and quickly threw away a group of opponents.

Soon, he received a long pass from Russell.

This is the role of the team bully. Lin Xing has played too much, and his teammates have gotten used to it.

They are used to going to Lin Xing immediately when they have the ball in their hands.

In the current round, Lin Xing received the ball, took two steps, and rushed directly to the basket.

Raising his hand for a layup, he sent the ball into the basket with ease.

"It's 4 to 0. In the opening game, Star scored 4 points!"

"We've been able to see, on the sidelines, Michigan head coach Steve Fisher is getting a little anxious."

"Although the game has just started, this is the NCAA final after all. Every ball counts, and every second counts in the NCAA final."

Next, Michigan continued to give the ball to Webber in the middle.

Weber still wanted to pass the ball to drive his teammates. He sat on Lin Xing at the top of the arc and had no intention of attacking himself.

Tim Hardaway on the sidelines is a little speechless:
"As a point guard, Starr was not polite at all and attacked for two rounds by himself, but as a power forward, Chris Webber was all about passing the ball. Why is this NCAA finals so weird?"

It's a bit strange, but at the beginning, Lin Xing's style of play was more effective.

Weber continued to deal cards at the top of the arc to find his teammates, but this time, Uncle Huo who came out of the arc caught the ball and made a long two-point shot.

There was a bang, but it still didn't go in.

Weber frowned. His teammates were in good condition, mainly because the man-to-man defense at the Long Beach campus was too tight.

Change people when they encounter cover, and change people if they can't keep up. Anyway, they don't miss people.

Weber already understood that in this situation, the opponent forced him to fight himself.

But before he played on his own, Long Beach had another wave of offense.

This time, Michigan retreated quickly and there was no counterattack.

Lin Xing didn't care, walked directly to the left, and slapped the basketball slowly and leisurely twice.

After two bangs, a sudden speed up, and easily passed Jaylen Rose again.

Under the basket, Riley jumped up to think of a cap, but Lin Xing was in the near frame area, jumped up and directly threw the basketball up.

Swish!
There was a crisp net-cleaning sound, and cheers erupted from the Superdome.

On the field, Lin Xing clenched his fist and waved it around.

High in the stands, Lin's father and Lin's mother heard the discussions of the Michigan fans around them.

"Fk, this East Asian guy scored 6 points in a row, we can't stop him!"

"What is Steve Fisher doing? North Carolina has already demonstrated that if we want to defend against Stalin, we need to have multiple levels of zone defense. Now our defense has completely collapsed!"

"Our players are fine, but the manager's problem is too big."

Lin's father and Lin's mother did not dare to speak, but exchanged glances with each other.

They opened their mouths wide, as if to say: Is my son so good?
Although I don't know much about basketball, the reaction of the opponent's fans has already explained everything.

Lin Xing scored 6 points in a row. Off the court, Steve Fisher scratched his head.

In fact, he has already reacted. As far as Michigan's ordinary defense is concerned, there is no way to block Lin Xing.

But the question is, you let him switch to North Carolina's multi-layered zone defense, stacking the defense on the strong side?

Steve Fisher shook his head. He knew that North Carolina was so defensive. As a result, Lucios Harris broke out.

Although the Long Beach branch is Lin Xing's team alone, his teammates are not ordinary people.

Leaving aside Michigan's defense, let's look at Michigan's offense.

His teammates failed to score for two consecutive rounds, and Weber could only stand up by himself.

He started from his back, facing Lin Xing's close defense, turned around with a slight elbow threat, and faced the basket.

In the waist position, Weber's face-up style of play is more outstanding.

He slowly lowered his center, bent over and slapped the basketball carefully.

Then, suddenly a change of direction starts.

Weber's change of direction failed to get out of the way of all the bodies, but he still bite the bullet and rushed in.

He wanted to squeeze Lin Xing away, but he didn't expect that Lin Xing, who now has 80 strength, is completely worthy of him, and even suppressed him.

After two steps, Weber's footsteps became chaotic.

He was forced to stop suddenly, turned around on the spot, trying to find his teammates, but...

The teammates at the Long Beach branch trusted Lin Xing's single defense too much, and there was no help defense at all in the middle.

The teammates have no chance, and Weber can't take the ball any more. If he goes any further, it will be a walk.

He hesitated, turned over, and shot a jumper.

Bang!

Weber's ball also ended in a strike. Steve Fisher frowned on the sidelines, but repeatedly emphasized: "Be patient, be patient!"

But patience was useless, and it was Byron Russell again at the basket, grabbing the rebound.

Long Beach Strikes Back Again…

Of Michigan's three big men, two are quick-footed.

But they still couldn't keep up with Lin Xing.

Jaylen Rose was smart enough to post Lin Xing immediately, but Lin Xing still used a change of direction in front of his body and a European step to pass Jaylen Rose after receiving the basketball.

In the end, against Jimmy King, he dunked successfully!

After scoring 8 points in a row, Lin Xing, who retreated with a cold face, heard the cheers from the Superdome from far to near.

"Stalien scored 8 points, Michigan's big lineup was completely blown..."

"Not only on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end. Until now, they haven't scored a single point!"

The development of the game was surprising, even Lin Chui's commentator did not expect that this game would have such a plot development.

At the beginning, Long Beach directly beat Michigan 8-0...

Lin Xing scored 8 points, and the defensive end also stared at Webber.

Steve Fisher couldn't take it anymore, he called a timeout.

So, at the commentary booth, Lin Chui continued to analyze the situation of the game.

"I don't know what Steve Fisher is doing. He directly let Stadion play all kinds of singles without a tight zone defense. This is a completely wrong way to defend."

"Of course, in this game, Stalin was also in surprisingly good form."

"Even if Jalen Rose's single defense can't stop him, it should be able to limit him a little."

"But in this game, Si Da's breakthrough was like no one's land..."

In San Francisco, Nelson and his son, plus the Warriors assistant coach who looks a lot like Popovich, were all staring at the TV, watching the broadcast of the NCAA finals.

Compared with Stephen Smith, who is brainless and playing forest, they temporarily skipped the overall evaluation of Lin Xing.

But -

"Next, Steve Fisher should play multi-level zone defense, right?"

"Probably? Unless he has a brain twitch."

"So, Stalin should be locked up?"

"From the perspective of the semi-finals, it will..."

Back from the timeout, in addition to replacing big center Riley, Michigan also made changes on the offensive end.

The basketball is no longer given to Weber, but to Uncle Huo to play one.

The second uncle's singles, rushed to the middle distance, raised his hand to throw, and there was a sound!
Finally, Michigan scored.

The father and son in San Francisco staring at the TV, plus the suspected Popovich, frowned.

They understand that Michigan's choice is surrender.

Michigan no longer thinks that Webber can break through Lin Xing's defense.

The reason they frowned is because Weber has always been the Warriors' first choice in this year's draft.

but now……

Deep in the old Nelson's heart, a question has already arisen: Really, should Weber still be selected?

Soon, in the Long Beach round, Lin Xing made a decisive attack.

In the front court, he suddenly asked for a screen.

Shaking around, relying on this cover to kill inside.

Michigan went crazy. Of the two people in front, one wanted to withstand Lin Xing, and the other went around the cover to attack.

In fact, for this ball, Lin Xing took a step forward and then passed back. Chris Tavor, who was covering, could get an open three-pointer.

But for this ball, Lin Xing thought about it from the very beginning. He wanted to tell everyone, what about the multi-level defense?

The current him is no longer the one who fought in the semi-finals!
Dash out and slip away from a double-team on the perimeter of Michigan.

Then, at the basket, Michigan assembled three people in an instant.

In addition to the two people chasing behind, the fans in the stands, the audience in front of the TV, and the commentary in the commentary booth, everyone was stunned.

"This...five people surrounded?"

"Is Michigan crazy?"

At this moment, no one is thinking, what if Lin Xing scores this goal?

Even everyone has set their sights on the periphery of the Long Beach campus.

The question that crossed my mind in that split second was who the Tyrant would pass the ball to.

As a result, Lin Xing flashed past the first defender amidst his shocked eyes.

Then he jumped up, facing the two people who jumped up under the basket...

Hanging in the air, folding, and various swings, avoiding all interference!

Swish!
He sent the basketball into the hoop!
The audience exclaimed, the commentary seat, Lin Chui's commentary shouted in disbelief:

"An incredible goal. Star singled out Michigan's entire defense!"

"Five people surrounded him back and forth, but none of them could stop him!"

In San Francisco, the three of them staring at the TV frowned again.

"You haven't guarded against this?"

"Stalin Lin's performance is against the sky, but this ball, Michigan lacks a big center, and it doesn't give him too much pressure."

It seemed that Popovich was analyzing, but the old Nelson shook his head: "Don't just focus on Michigan's mistakes, Greg."

Just casually, Popovich nodded, "I understand, even if Stalin doesn't attack the ball himself, he will have other options. Michigan's defense is too concentrated."

"No, I mean, Stalin is different from the Final Four."

"different?"

It seems that Popovich hasn't noticed much yet, but soon, Lin Xing's performance continued.

On the defensive end, he continued to stare at Webber.

For the time being, Michigan has not yet opened up the idea of ​​​​Webber, and they have completely changed the main direction of the offense.

Uncle Huo played a single with the ball, and Jaylen Rose also caught the ball and hit one.

Then, in Long Beach's offense, Lin Xing scored another goal that singled out Michigan's entire defense.

He swerves past Jaylen Rose with a quick crossover, drives to the rim, and leaps high against Michigan's three-man help defense.

The three of Michigan also interfered to varying degrees, especially Weber, who jumped high and directly covered Lin Xing's face with one hand.

But he didn't expect that Lin Xing directly received the ball, pulled the bar, and leaned on the pervert who hadn't seen him for a long time to stay in the air, passed him, raised his hand and threw the ball into the basket.

"Did you see it? This is Stalin in the final. His speed has exploded faster, his core strength has become more outstanding, and more importantly, his breakthrough has become sharper."

Old Nelson has sharp eyes. Lin Xing only played two rounds, and he saw Lin Xing's improvement compared to the semi-finals.

Of course, from his point of view, Lin Xing is not making any progress, it is because his semi-finals have hidden his own strength.

"This guy is scary. Jamal Mashburn is right. He is indeed the only player in the NCAA this season."

Old Nelson touched his nose while talking.

This is his habitual action when he thinks.

It seems that Popovich guessed what the old Nelson was thinking, but there is actually nothing to guess.

At this time, old Nelson must be thinking: If the Warriors choose Stalin, how should they be used?
As for whether he could be selected, Old Nelson never considered it.

After all, Chris Webber, who the Warriors aimed at before, was also a favorite for the No. [-] pick.

Superdome, the game continues.

Lin Xing's consecutive two attacks against the sky have made Lin Chui explain that he can't think of any more gorgeous words of flattery.

He just repeatedly emphasized: "This game has become a solo show of Stalin!"

In the stands, Kidd's expression was very serious, Peyton's eyes widened, and Xiao Chong's face was full of relief.

"Sida is too strong, let's continue this match, his No. [-] spot is secure!"

In fact, even if Lin Xing did not perform such a performance, his No. [-] position would gradually be secured.

Because of this game, Weber's matchup was blown up.

At this time, people will remember——

Lin Xing's opponent in the quarter-finals, Jamal Mashburn's words.

Think again, Lin Xing's crazy three journey, starting from Anfernee Hardaway, to Jamal Mashburn, to George Lynch, and then to Chris Webber in this game.

Lin Xing was always questioned, but he proved himself one after another.

At halftime, Long Beach took a 47-point lead 38-9.

这半场比赛，林星完全不可阻挡，16投11中，独取26分2个篮板5个助攻2个抢断。

密歇根还是有点实力的，韦伯被林星盯得半场5中1只有4分4个篮板2个助攻入账。

They still relied on Jaylen Rose, Uncle Huo, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson who came off the bench to slowly bite the score.

But the 9-point lag is still in front of him.

In the second half, Michigan started chasing points.

They gave the ball to Chris Webber again, which is also impossible.

The offensive system of the University of Michigan is completely built around Webber.

If Webber misfires, they will have no system to speak of.

At this time, chasing points has turned into all kinds of chaotic battles.

Chasing points in chaotic battles is too difficult.

But the question is, can Weber really break through Lin Xing's defense?
The answer is still - no!

The second half restarted, and Weber faced Lin Xing's defense and attacked with another face-up attack.

He took a step forward, raised his hand from the waist and shot.

With a bang, continue to strike the iron.

More than ten seconds later, Weber made a comeback.

This time, he chose to catch the ball in the low post and hit one with his back.

But in the end, he tried to push Lin Xing a few times, but found that he couldn't push Lin Xing at all, so he could only pass the ball.

This is embarrassing...

"No, Chris Webber is gone."

At the commentary seat, Lin Chui shook his head as the commentator.

"In this game, Chris Webber's performance was too bad, and more than half of his draft quotations have been beaten."

"Just like the back kick just now, Weber directly exposed the problem of his lack of strength in the lower body."

"Let's not talk about the No. [-] pick. The No. [-] pick may even be lost. After all, Pence and Jamal Mashburn's performance against Stanford was much better than him."

On the field, Lin Xing, who continued to play hard, didn't think so much.

All he knew was that the game wasn't over yet.

However, after these two waves of defense, even if the game is not over, it is only a matter of time.

Soon, relying on Lin Xing's wave after wave of singles and wave after wave of successful defenses against Weber, Long Beach took a double-digit lead.

The game just lost its suspense.

"It's another crush without suspense. This season, Long Beach's dominance is too strong. It's hard to imagine that they are a team from the minor league and the Big West."

In the commentary seat, Stephen Smith sighed.

The last 10 minutes of the game flashed by, the moment the red light came on and the timer beeped, the commentator shouted:

"It's over, 92 to 76, Cal State Long Beach beat Michigan by 16 points."

"For two consecutive seasons, the University of Michigan fell in the NCAA finals. It's a pity, but this is competitive sports."

"As for the Long Beach branch, the entire Crazy Three, they have played a dominant role, and they are the well-deserved final winners!"

A golden rain fell from the super dome, and Lin Xing bathed in it, holding his hands high, enjoying the roaring cheers from far and near.

His college career ended here...

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