This striker is not serious

Durant looked happy, too.

Although they couldn't see TJ Ford as they wished, Tucker's unexpected appearance was also a huge spiritual inspiration for them!

Speaking of Tucker, he is on a road trip to Texas with the Raptors.

Hearing that the Texas Conference was going to play the University of Kansas tonight, he came over on the bus after attending team training.

For a player like him who has just graduated from college, this is when his affection for his alma mater is strongest.

Perhaps he felt that just waving his hand was not enough, so he simply ran down from the stands to greet them.

As soon as they met, they hugged Williams and Wendell warmly, and then laughed and chatted freely.

You can feel their passion for each other even from a long distance away.

Lin Ying was touched.

They reached the Elite Eight together last year, which should be a very exciting memory in life!

"Kevin, promise me to defeat them."

Black Americans are familiar with each other. As soon as Tucker came up, he smiled, hugged Durant and made a request.

"I will."

Durant smiled and nodded.

Although this is a requirement, it is actually optimistic and makes people feel comfortable.

After all, if you didn't think you could win, you wouldn't say such a thing at all.

"I know you, Lin, you will be better than me in the future."

Tucker then greeted Lin Ying and said something he didn't expect at all!

He was surprised, even if he was familiar with it, he would not say it casually!

He didn't come back to his senses until Tucker reached out to him and hugged him.

"Thanks."

He really wasn't good at communicating, so he choked out two words in the end.

Tucker didn't say anything, smiled, hugged him, and then turned back to the audience.

"Lin, PJ, he is very optimistic about you."

After Tucker left, Williams came over and said with a smile.

Lin Ying was stunned for a while.

Are you favored by your seniors?

He wouldn't be surprised if this happened to Durant, but now it happened to him...

It always feels a little weird.

The field entered the warm-up session, and the live camera showed the front row of the audience.

That's where the commentary box is, with Barkley and Kenny Smith already in place.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

It is a rare sight for two famous celebrities to appear at the NCAA games.

"Charles, do you think Durant will enter the draft this year?"

Usually commentators will warm up the game, but what Smith started talking about was completely unrelated to the game.

It can be heard from the opening remarks that they are indeed coming for Durant this time.

"I don't know, this guy has a bit of a weird personality. It is said that he never gives interviews to reporters."

When Barkley spoke, he looked at Durant on the court.

As a commentator, the information he received about the players came from the media. The media said Durant was "indifferent", and his impression of Durant was "indifferent".

"I think there is a high probability that he will run for the draft. Now here (NCAA) it is popular to "play for one year and leave", but I think we need to add a prerequisite: the University of Texas performs well."

Smith asked and answered himself.

"Um?"

Buckley looked at Smith suspiciously.

"In the past two years, many players have chosen to stay because their school performance did not meet expectations, such as North Carolina's Hansbrough, Kansas' Chalmers, and Georgetown's Jeff Green. This also seems to be becoming a trend.

new trend."

Smith opened his mouth to explain that he had obviously made a lot of preparations for tonight's commentary.

"No, no, Kenny, those people you mentioned were drafted low because of insufficient school performance.

Kevin Durant is better than all of them, and mind you, I said all of them!

Even if the 'crazy three' from the University of Texas can't get into it, he will be either the first or the second selected this year."

When Barkley said this, he looked at Durant again.

You can hear his high opinion of Durant from his words.

Smith on the side smiled and nodded.

Just like Lin Ying thought before, no one would find it strange that he is optimistic about Durant.

Durant felt the gaze and looked up to see Barkley and Smith.

Although the distance was not too far, he could not hear what the two were saying because of the noisy environment.

But what Barkley discussed with Smith, he actually already had a plan in mind.

But unlike what they said, he was not thinking about things but about someone.

Those were also the few thoughts he kept hidden in his heart.

The warm-up was almost done, and Barnes gathered the players together for the final pre-game mobilization.

"I know that all of you have put in unimaginable efforts, sweat, and even blood in the past two months to prepare for tonight's game!

That team that beat us so hard is right across the street, now go tell them what you have in store for them!"

Without too many words, just two short sentences, Barnes has completely aroused the players' emotions.

It’s not how thick his chicken soup is, but what he said touched the hearts of the team members!

"Longhorn!"

The players folded their hands together and shouted the team slogan.

"Texas morale looks great."

Barkley took note of UT's move.

"They have been performing very well recently, winning eight of their last nine games, and they are said to be using the triangle tactic."

Smith took the call, and he was indeed well prepared.

"Triangle tactics?"

When Buckley heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

After Smith nodded firmly, he smiled unconsciously.

That was not a happy smile, but... a sudden disdain.

Many people feel that the triangle offense was devalued after Phil Jackson left the league, but that is not the case.

This tactic has been full of controversy since its inception.

Even though Phil Jackson achieved consecutive success in Chicago and Los Angeles, many people still think that he relied on Jordan and Kobe, not this strategy.

This "many people" includes Barkley.

"I can now understand why Durant's statistics are good now. That tactic is to give all the balls to one person!"

In his mind, he believed that what he lost to was Jordan, not the Bulls, and not some bullshit triangle tactic.

"In terms of results, they did a pretty good job."

What Smith said is more objective.

Although he is not too fond of the triangle tactic, judging from the results, the record of the University of Texas is the most direct evidence.

"Kenny, you know the gap between college and university teams is much greater than that between NBA teams. It may be useful when they play other teams, but it won't work tonight."

Buckley retorted.

Originally, he was quite optimistic about the University of Texas because of Durant.

But as soon as the "triangle tactic" came out, his attitude made a 180° turn.

While talking, the scene entered the opening ceremony, and the two of them also changed the topic to the players.

Durant is still the focus, and by the way, attention is also paid to Chalmers and Julian Wright from Kansas.

Rather than winning or losing the game, they are more concerned about who will enter the NBA this year.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were announced one after another.

Kansas side: Russell Robinson, Chalmers, Darnell Jackson, Wright, Cowen.

University of Texas: Augustin, James, Durant, Lin Ying, Wendell.

Brendan Rush is still on the exemption card, and the starting lineups of the two teams are the same as the last time they met.

Jump ball from Wendell and Cowan in the center circle.

Lin Ying looked towards Kansas.

At first glance, his most direct feeling was that the expressions of the players on the Kansas side were all serious.

This is expected.

Although Kansas won the last match, Texas' substitutes shocked them into a cold sweat in the end.

In addition, the performance of the University of Texas has obviously improved in the past two months, and it would be abnormal for Kansas to underestimate its opponent.

"beep!"

A whistle blew from the sidelines, and the game officially started!

Cowan's long arm moved the ball back to half court, and Kansas got the opportunity to attack first!

The moment the game started, the fans burst into cheers, which was a whole decibel higher than usual games!

At this moment, the players on the field should understand why "Crazy Three" is called "Crazy Three".

Really crazy!

The first offensive attack of the University of Kansas!

Robinson held the ball from the outside to organize, and Chalmers took advantage of Cowan's screen to come out first, then ran back and caught the ball for a layup.

Facing Wendell's assisting defense, he pulled the lever in the air to reverse the blue, and the ball grazed the backboard and fell into the net bag smoothly!

Excellent personal ability!

The scene immediately erupted in cheers from University of Kansas fans.

A good start!

Lin Ying's mind was racing rapidly.

More than Chalmers' personal ability, what attracted his attention more was Kansas' offensive approach in the opening game.

It is very different from the last time they played against each other. Kansas did not start from the inside tonight, but attacked Chalmers, its strongest point, from the very beginning.

This is obviously to suppress them at the beginning and not to give them a chance!

The University of Texas had the ball, and Augustin advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

After he reached the frontcourt, he gave the ball to Lin Ying, who was outside the 45° three-point line on the right, and then quickly moved to the right corner through the pick-and-roll.

At the same time, Durant has moved to the basket.

Augustine - Lin Ying - Durant, the standard "low singles" position in the triangle offense is formed!

As long as Lin Ying lobs the ball toward the basket, Durant can get a one-on-one low-post scoring opportunity.

However, Kansas reacted quickly. Cowan immediately grabbed Wendell and prepared to help defend Durant.

Kansas not only did not underestimate the opponent, but also made sufficient preparations for tonight's game!

Such a reaction was beyond the University of Texas' expectations. Before the game, the coaching staff prepared according to the Kansas situation during the last match.

However, Lin Ying, who was holding the ball, did not panic.

Compared with tactical arrangements, what he is better at is his old profession: analysis.

After seeing Kansas' defense, he has come to the conclusion that "the success rate of continuing to attack in the low post will not be too high."

He turned to Augustin and made a new tactical gesture.

"Low post" to "corner pick-and-roll".

When Augustine saw Lin Ying's gesture, he moved directly to Lin Ying's position.

Lin Ying returned the ball and quickly moved to the right three-point line to set up a pick-and-roll.

In addition to theory, tactics are more important than execution.

From reading to analyzing to responding, Lin Ying's reaction was fast enough, and the University of Texas' tactics were also fast enough.

Kansas is a little overwhelmed.

After all, the triangle tactic has not appeared in the NCAA for a long time!

The University of Texas didn't know how to do this the last time they played against each other.

After Augustin opened up, he got a very good outside shot opportunity.

Before Wright could pounce on him, he took a decisive shot from outside the three-point line!

He also has an obvious follow-up action after shooting.

And his eyes were always looking at the ball, with a firm gaze.

Lin Ying and Durant were not the only ones who gave their all for tonight's game, he did the same!

The ball spins across a high parabola.

"Whoosh!"

There was a crisp sound of connecting to the network.

Augustin's first three-point shot in the opening game went in!

The moment he saw the ball go in, Augustin stretched out his hand and made a three-point gesture, and then swung it in front of him hard.

He looks very excited!

Of course, what was even more exciting were the University of Texas fans present.

The cheers were one decibel louder than those of the Kansas fans before!

The players on the field are competing, and so are the fans on both sides!

The University of Kansas advanced to the frontcourt, and Augustin directly switched from playing without the ball to playing with the ball this time.

Taking the ball from Robinson, he signaled Augustin to pull away for a single.

It seemed that Augustine's celebration irritated him a little.

Change direction, start, break through.

Augustin followed Chalmers very hard, but Chalmers had more confrontation and experience than him.

He quickly used deceleration and changed direction to squeeze past Augustin and get to the basket.

However, Lin Ying had already shrunk to the basket in advance and directly defended it.

He could analyze that it would be difficult for Augustin to guard Chalmers one-on-one, and he also knew that he could defend the ball with a high probability of being able to help with the defense.

But just when he was covering the defense, Chalmers didn't lay up, but directly passed the ball to the weak side!

He didn't go for the box!

The ball was assigned to Wright, but Wright missed the ball and hit the board from close range to score!

Kansas played this strategy beautifully!

Lin Ying was stunned for a moment and came to his senses.

He is still young!

The University of Kansas is one of the top traditional powers in the NCAA. This kind of university may not necessarily have the best players in the NCAA, but their discipline must be the strongest.

It might seem possible that Chalmers would get pissed off and try to get back on his feet, but in reality it won't happen.

Experience +1.

In the offense of the University of Texas, Augustin controls the ball to the frontcourt, and it is a standard triangle position, which is also the triangle position of Augustin-Lin Ying-Durant.

Although they failed to defend in two consecutive rounds, it did not dampen their morale.

They never expected to keep Kansas scoreless.

Rather than that, what they can do is continue their offense.

On the court, the defensive focus of the University of Kansas is still on Durant.

Lin Ying continued to read, analyze, and then used gestures to organize attacks.

At his signal, this time the people on the strong side and the weak side started to move.

Durant took the initiative to move to the right corner, and Augustin was also moving in the direction of Durant at the same time.

This is a two-way move, followed by a pick-and-roll, an off-ball pick-and-roll from Augustin to Durant.

After it was opened, Durant was flicking toward the bottom corner.

However, Kansas reacted quickly. The two went directly to Durant. At the same time, the person on the weak side came to cover Augustin who was cutting towards the basket.

Excellent help defense rotation!

At this time, whether Lin Ying passes the ball to Durant or Augustin, Kansas is confident enough to defend the ball.

but!

Lin Ying passed the ball to the weak side!

As mentioned earlier, both the strong and weak sides of the University of Texas are moving. When Augustin blocked Durant here, James on the off-ball side also used Wendell's pick-and-roll to insert into the basket.

You thought it was still a "corner pick and roll", but in fact it has become a "weak side corner"!

Kansas used heavy troops to defend Durant, and after James cut in and received the ball, his eyes widened.

He didn't hesitate and directly showed his athletic ability.

"Bang!"

With a heavy muffled sound, James slammed the ball into the basket with a one-handed dunk.

A pleasing offensive round, even better than Kansas before!

The moment the ball hit the ball, the University of Texas fans at the scene jumped up and cheered and screamed.

Although they couldn't stop Kansas' attack in the opening two rounds, Kansas didn't stop theirs either!

This is completely different from being pressed to the ground and rubbed at the beginning of the last fight!

They have become stronger!!