The era of point forwards in the NBA

Chapter 31 North Carolina Five Tigers
"Lin, are you going for a run again?" Curry was woken up early in the morning by the sound of Lin Yue getting up.

"I found that the quality of my sleep was very bad when I came to the game." Lin Yue suffered from insomnia again. The strength of North Carolina made his blood spurt and he kept awake all the time. This was his strongest opponent ever.

"Wait for me." Curry got up from the bed, quickly dressed and washed, and followed Lin Yue for a morning run.

At 11 o'clock in the morning in November, it was still dark, and the evergreen trees on the side of the road were covered with frost. At this time, there were few pedestrians on the path. Lin Yue and Curry were jogging side by side under the street lights.

"Aren't you crazy to come out for a run on this kind of day?" Curry felt that Lin Yue's brain might have been frozen out after running in the morning on this kind of day.

"I'm used to it." Lin Yue's voice trembled slightly. After all, it was really too cold this day, and he would give up his morning run soon.

"What's the matter with the rubber band on your hand? Women's rubber bands, don't you have a penchant for women's clothes?" Curry saw Lin Yue wearing a women's rubber band on his wrist, pink, which looked very unsuitable.

"Don't think too much, it's just my high school female classmate."

"Oh, you have a story in high school, Lin." Curry looked gossiping, he didn't know that Lin Yue also had such a story.

"It's nothing, it's just unrequited love." Lin Yue touched the rubber band on his wrist.

"Then where did this come from? If you're unrequited love, a girl won't give you this thing." Curry didn't believe Lin Yue's nonsense. Some time ago, he helped him chat with Ayesha. If he said that he didn't have a puppy love, Curry wouldn't believe it.

"Pick it up."

"What's the girl's name?"

Lin Yue didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he ignored Curry.

"I don't know her, don't be shy." Curry speeded up and caught up with Lin Yue.

"Li Mengyao."

Curry naturally didn't know whether the Chinese name was good or not, but since it was Lin Yue's favorite name, he still had to flatter him.

"Nice name." Curry pretended to be thoughtful.

"You know that too?"

Curry shook his head, Lin Yue just felt helpless, the two of them ran for a while and went back to the dormitory, took a hot shower, got ready to go, and headed to the gymnasium together, today is still their home stadium.

At this time, all members of North Carolina are here, warming up in one half, and the rest of Davidson's team are warming up in this half.

"Why are you two here now?" Richards asked the two who had just arrived.

Lin Yue looked at Curry, if he hadn't been pestering him to ask about the high school after he went back, they wouldn't have come here until now.

Curry and Lin Yue picked up the basketball and warmed up. At this time, the gymnasium was overcrowded. Everyone wanted to see the performance of the seeded North Carolina team. There were cameras all around. This is the background of the old strong team. The attention of North Carolina is much higher than that of Davidson College.

Perhaps, people want to see the North Carolina Five beat Davidson College, a team that has not received public attention except for Curry's little fame.

"That's Danny Green, the player you're going to play against today." Curry pointed to Lin Yue. The young player who was shooting a three-pointer was the player Lin Yue was going to play against. He was 196cm tall, the same as Lin Yue, and weighed 95 kilograms. He was heavier than Lin Yue. Although Lin Yue had begun to implement the team's custom-made weight gain plan, the effect had not yet shown.

"His defense is better than Will, so be careful." Curry reminded Lin Yue in a low voice.

"kindness."

Lin Yue can see from Danny Green's warm-up that this man's speed is not slow, he can also dunk, and he seems to have good explosive power. He is the same height as him. In the matchup, Lin Yue's only static advantage is his wingspan.

Among the "North Carolina Five Tigers", Lin Yue wanted to be the "Wu Song" who beat the tigers, but he didn't know if he had the strength.

An hour later, the starting players from both sides came on the field one after another. Lin Yue tightened his waist and trousers. Facing a strong opponent, he could not relax.

Players from both sides jumped the ball, the North Carolina center took the lead in fighting for the ball, and Lawson took possession of the ball.

Lawson's height is only 180cm. Compared with the little white fat Richards of Davidson College, he is a size smaller, but his ball control level is good.

As the team's top card, Hansbrough came to pick and roll, and Lawson took the opportunity to avoid the defender and go straight down.

Richards and the team's starting power forward Sander came to double-team Lawson. Lawson hit the ball and passed the ball to Hansbroh who cut into the inside after the pick-and-roll.

The big man at 206 was taller than any player on the Davidson Wildcats, and Hansbroh rushed straight to the penalty area, dunking the ball with both hands.

For the opponent who has already started, the players in the penalty area did not reach out to prevent the opponent from scoring 2+1.

On the next ball, Richards passed the ball to Curry. Curry singled out Ellington, dribbled the ball with speed to get rid of the defense, and passed Ellington with a cross step.

Green, who was defending Lin Yue, turned around and ran to defend Curry. Curry did not rush to make a shot. After stabilizing his center of gravity, he passed the ball back to Richards at the top of the arc.

Richards was stuck hard by Lawson and lobbed the ball to Lin Yue at a 45-degree angle on the left.

At this time, due to the defense change just now, the person defending Lin Yue became Ellington. Facing Ellington, who was only 190cm and 90kg, Lin Yue signaled his teammates to pull away and plan to play singles.

The opponent is shorter and thinner than him. Lin Yue has an advantage in size. Lin Yue dribbles the ball twice, finds the touch and then quickly combines the ball. The take-off is a dry pull.

Attacking from the left side is not Lin Yue's strong point, but Ellington really can't interfere with Lin Yue's shot, even if he took off with all his strength, he couldn't block Lin Yue's shot.

With the knife in his hand, Lin Yue made a steady jumper and equalized the score for the team.

The opening felt good, Lin Yue threw the ball in the first shot, and the home team began to cheer and celebrate the goal.

Ellington is a typical offensive player with strong offense and weak defense. He and Lawson are the two major hidden dangers of North Carolina's defense.

However, although the defense is not good, the offensive methods are rich.

On the next possession, Lawson and Ellington set a screen between the two perimeters. Lawson used a scalpel pass through the two defenders and passed the ball into Ellington's hands.

This kind of high-risk passing is generally not advocated by coaches, but high risk is often accompanied by high rewards. Ellington got an open opportunity, shot directly, and returned a mid-range shot.

In the opening stage, the two sides entered the state quickly.

Next, Curry hit the first three-pointer of the field and forced a shot against Ellington.

North Carolina took advantage of the height of the inside line to pass the ball to the penalty area and hit consecutively.

Once the offensive efficiency is high, the Davidson Wildcats' offense will not be able to speed up, and the offensive efficiency cannot be compared with North Carolina. One focuses on the inside and the other focuses on the outside.

When the Davidson-Wildcats' shooting percentages start to drop, North Carolina will open up the score, which is the rhythm they have always won.

Lin Yue received a pass from Curry with his right foot, and the team opened up space to face Green's one-on-one. As the top defensive player in the NCAA, Green is not afraid of one-on-one at all.

Lin Yue's several feints did not fool Green, and the distance between him and him was not widened. The attack time was approaching, so Lin Yue could only forcefully lean back and shoot.

Green gave a physical confrontation, and under the interference, the basketball missed the basket.

North Carolina launched a fast break, and Lawson's speed advantage began to play.

The audience rushed, except for Curry, no one kept up with Lawson's advance.

Lawson didn't go straight to the layup and passed the ball to Green who had already felt the outside line, but Lin Yue's retreat route was wrong and he failed to defend Green in time.

The opportunity for open three-pointers. Although Green's three-pointers last season were not accurate, barely shooting 30%, but that was in the case of a large number of shots, and he could still grasp the open positions.

Green took a look, threw the ball, and hit a three-pointer.

The score came to 10 to 15, with North Carolina leading by 5 points.

Green hit North Carolina's first three-pointer of the field.

(End of this chapter)