NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The game was a big success, but the game was not.

Chapter 22 Perfect ending, the source of Anthony’s confidence

As a senior sports media person.

In fact, Zhong Yuan has always paid close attention to the basketball world.

I thought that as the final stage of this trip to New York, my eyes were always on NBA-level games, and it would be a relatively boring thing to come to New York to watch an NCAA divisional final.

The real highlight was the business negotiations after the game.

But when I really came to the game and saw the Syracuse University Oranges vs. North Carolina Wolfpack.

He found that he was a little arrogant before.

This divisional final is not only about the extremely high level of the players.

Even the atmosphere on the scene was almost a 1:1 replica of the NBA playoffs. In the second half, the cheers of the small number of fans of the Wolf Pack almost shattered his eardrums.

During the opening stage of the game, he kept paying attention to Wang Song.

After all, the performance of this quasi-spokesperson on the field is closely related to the business and exposure of New Fox Sports.

There is still a difference between watching the game on the spot and the news reports afterwards. The visual impact brought by the scene is obviously not comparable to short highlights, news reports and cold numbers.

Wang Song’s brilliant performance again and again.

It really rekindled the passion of Zhong Yuan, a 35+ middle-aged man, in his youth.

From defense to offense; from hot pot to dunk; and the steady style of play that does not match that young face.

Every detail touched his heart.

“This is simply a dimensionality reduction attack! Wang Song doesn’t look like a player that this league should have. He should leave the college league soon.”

Zhong Yuan in the stands couldn’t help but sigh: “We have to hurry up and make plans. We must report the situation on the spot to the boss and let him be mentally prepared to increase the budget. The price that fools children can’t get the future of men’s basketball!”

When the noisy stadium became quiet, he took out his Nokia 7650 and dialed this transatlantic call…

On the big screen.

The scores of both sides were exposed at a glance.

When the matchups began to change in the second half of the game.

Wang Song completely blocked Carmelo Anthony 360° without dead angles.

Completely unlike what the fans of the Syracuse University home team clamored, their favorite did not show a crushing momentum on the offensive end to blow up the opponent.

On the contrary.

After several consecutive misses, the most dazzling offensive kaleidoscope of the Citrus team in the first half began to wilted.

Carmelo Anthony had no idea how to break through the Asian big man’s defense.

It’s not that he didn’t try.

This star forward, who was known as the NCAA’s offensive kaleidoscope and a freshman genius, almost pulled out all the weapons he had practiced for many years.

There were only a few effective attacks.

The opponent’s defensive range, defensive awareness, and even the speed of the defensive footsteps all formed a full-scale wrap for him.

In front of the Asian center, Anthony’s shots were obviously not as determined as in the first half.

Especially after the first shot was missed, the second shot was in the low post and he wanted to rely on his weight to eat the opponent.

After all, the opponent was as thin as a bamboo pole, and Carmelo Anthony had full confidence in himself.

Until Wang Song sent a super hot pot, the ball was directly blown out of bounds.

So that the subsequent shooting choices and breakthroughs began to become hesitant.

This made the young Melon begin to refresh his understanding of this Asian center.

Five minutes into the second half, Carmelo Anthony took five shots and scored only two points.

The most exaggerated thing is!

These two points were scored by a mid-range jump shot on the left side after blocking Wang Song with the help of his teammates.

The offense of Syracuse University also declined with the efficiency of the Orange team’s superstar, and began to temporarily misfire.

Jim Boeheim, with a livid face, called the first timeout of the second half.

The fans of Syracuse University also cooled down with this timeout.

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On the sidelines.

The furious Jim Boeheim could only poke the tactical board with a marker, and he couldn’t blame anyone.

It was his arrangement to give the ball to Anthony for a single play, and other players had no power or action to resist.

He was even less likely to blame his beloved disciple Carmelo Anthony.

If it weren’t for Anthony, Syracuse University, a team that had difficulty entering the Eastern Conference Championship in history, would not have come this far.

Even if the worst-case scenario is that they lose the game, the Eastern Conference Finals is still their best record in team history.

But now the poor results and the lagging score are like a mountain pressing down on Syracuse University.

It made Jim Boeheim unable to breathe!

If he had to find the reason from others, Jim Boeheim could only attribute everything to the No. 9 player of the North Carolina Wolfpack.

“That Asian kid is so perverted!”

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The smile did not disappear from the face of the Syracuse University coach.

They just moved to the faces of the coaching team of the University of North Carolina.

49:41!

Looking at the dazzling score, the smile on the corner of Assistant Coach Jim’s mouth was a little difficult to suppress.

He pinched his forearm, trying to keep his face calm.

“You must not show joy in front of these young players in advance, otherwise their attitude will be easily relaxed.”

This is the first thing Jim learned when he joined the Wolfpack.

Compared to the stern-faced coaching staff, the players were obviously much more relaxed, with relaxed expressions on their faces.

However, Herb Sendek did not stop these guys as usual, but just told them not to be careless.

Keep the rhythm just now and win the game in one go.

The timeout is over.

Both players are back on the court.

Syracuse University has a small adjustment, Hakeem Warrick is back on the court.

Jim Boeheim’s intention is also very obvious, trying to increase the team’s offensive firepower.

Now is the critical moment to chase points. Only by giving the offensive pressure back to the opponent can the opponent be less unscrupulous.

But it happened to be at this time when unity is most needed.

Carmelo Anthony, who has been criticized on the defensive end, began to expose his shortcomings.

Anthony, who almost played the entire first half, could not continue to do both ends in the second half.

But for the sake of data, he could only make certain concessions on the defensive end.

This is to maintain physical strength and maintain the offensive level on the offensive end.

The return of Hakeem Warrick did relieve Carmelo Anthony of a lot of pressure.

On offense, after avoiding Wang Song’s defense.

Anthony began to score points, and Syracuse University’s offense also opened up the situation.

But Anthony’s defense was off, which also made Syracuse University’s defense full of holes.

The game became a battle of offense and defense on both sides.

But the North Carolina Wolfpack, which was already leading the score, was not panicked at all.

With the psychological advantage and Wang Song, who had a strong ability to solve Hakeem Warrick.

They held on to the leading score tightly.

In this way, Syracuse University’s already lagging situation was dragged until the final whistle sounded.

Finally, the game ended.

The North Carolina Wolfpack defeated the Syracuse University Citrus Team, the favorite to win the championship, with a small advantage of 78:71.

(End of this chapter)