Chapter 10 Regular season opener
1992 is coming soon, and the regular season of the Sec League is also going to start. NCAA's regular season is similar to NBA. In addition to fighting opponents in the same district, they also have to compete with opponents in other leagues.
The SEC league is divided into two branches: East and West, and Lsu is divided into the West District. In addition to them, there are the University of Alabama Red Storm and the University of Arkansas Wild Boars. Both of the two school teams have multiple NBA-level presences. The East District is the dominant Kentucky because Florida and the University of Georgia have had too bad records in recent years.
The first opponent of the LS Tigers in the regular season is the West End, and even the absolute overlord of the entire SEC - Kentucky Wildcats. In the NCAA school team, the Wildcats and Bulldogs are the two most requisitioned names, and none of the Wildcats are ordinary people, and the Kentucky Wildcats are even more so.
The team has just woken up from the bad news of banning the tournament for two years. Two years ago, a student named Eric Manuel from the UK bribed Chris Mills' family and used the latter's place to join the Wildcats through the guidance of Kentucky sports director Eddie Sutton. However, this incident was found out by the NCAA League. The Wildcats were banned from participating in the two-year tournament. Eric Manuel would not be accepted by any NCAA league. Eddie Sutton was also kicked out like a dog and shit by Kentucky.
Kentucky is finally able to see the light of day again. Rick Pitino was relieved. Facing this away regular season with the Tigers, Pitino has been in Kentucky for three years and has also been studying in the Knicks for two years.
Because he had a king bomb on his hand, that is, the offensive weapon with the strongest firepower of NCAA - Jamalma Ten Ben. His offensive firepower is even stronger than Grant Hill, but he does not have teammates like Hill. So facing a rookie like the Tigers, Maspen can win by exercising three levels of skills.
Rick Pitino and his disciples came to the Pitmalavic Convention Center with a relaxed mood. Facing the first regular season game of the season, he was not under pressure.
Billy Donovan has been an assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats for two years. When he was an assistant coach, it happened to be the darkest moment in Kentucky.
"Rick, I think you should not underestimate the other party. Their results in the warm-up match are really good. The video of defeating Unlv is really valuable."
As an assistant coach, Billy Donovan aims to become a head coach one day, or even enter the NBA, rather than an assistant. So he has more analysis of tactical videos on weekdays than Rik Pitino, the head coach.
Rick Pitino lit a cigar on the sidelines. Since Auerbach smoked cigars on the sidelines, many coaches and players have liked to imitate them. Rick Pitino is one of them. Although the game has not started yet, Pitino does not think the Tigers can stop Masburn. Except for one O'Neal, everyone else is a tool man.
"Billy, you don't need to watch any videos when dealing with an opponent like Lsu. They have no advantage except O'Neal. This season, Dell Brown actually lets a child who has not been weaned as the head coach. Shuschel really does everything to save money." Pitino said loudly.
Wang Lin was not far away. He could hear clearly and his anger suddenly became angry. O'Neal and the others were still playing there. Wang Lin roared, and these guys came over. They could feel that Wang Lin's momentum was completely different from before.
"We not only need to win this game, but we also have to win a big victory. Eddie Michael, you lock Jamal Masburn for me. If he goes to the inside, theo pays attention to his breakthrough, Damon and Shaq, your two mission is to beat the opponent's number one and number five positions for me. Is it a blow, do you understand?"
When being despised, Wang Lin would not angrily fight with the other party. Instead of talking, it would be better to defeat them with actions. Except for Masburn's potential value of Masburn, the other few people had no potential value of 60.
Shuschel and Mike Brown also came. The former took the initiative to say hello to Wang Lin, but Wang Lin didn't care about the other party. He only focused on tactics and other things during this period, but he didn't find anything around him. If Shuschel really did as Pitino said, he had to make plans. But it doesn't matter. As long as he won the NCAA championship this season, everything will be fine.
Han Mingke was still put on the bench by Wang Lin. Even if the opponent's inside potential is lower than his, Wang Lin would not be able to give him a chance even in response to the opponent's training state.
Sean Woods is a player who faces the Flying Squirrel. After being influenced by various point guard videos such as Isaiah Thomas, Malawic, and Wang Lin’s usual teachings, Flying Squirrel is not particularly panicked, or in his basketball career, he is really used to this natural misalignment.
Sean Woods is an ordinary traditional point guard and knows nothing about the Flying Squirrel. The direction he chose as soon as he got up was to block the Flying Squirrel's breakthrough route, because those with heights like Flying Squirrel are basically good at breaking through.
Masburn, who was against Finley, did not pester Finley, but set a step away from Finley. It was not that Masburn was not defensive, but Pitino did not explain in advance. Xiao Feishi looked at the situation on the field and quickly made a judgment. He switched the ball to his left hand. Sean Woods suddenly moved his body over. Xiao Feishi retreated back, and then threw a high throw ball directly into the inside.
Pitino showed a sarcastic expression on the sidelines, "Did you see it? The point guard made a mistake at the beginning. Let me tell you Billy, a third-rate team like this, you..." Bang, before Pitino finished speaking, O'Neal took off in the inside, pressing Deronfieldhouse and directly smashed the ball into the basket. The latter and O'Neal not only had a difference in height, but also in weight.
Pitino only felt his face slapped hard, and Shuschel in the audience was also stunned. O'Neal had been playing with the Tigers for several years, and there were only a handful of air relays like this, but one came from the beginning of the game, which was very abnormal.
The enthusiasm of the audience was completely driven by O'Neal's dunk.
The Wildcats' attack next, their main attack points were only one of Jamalma Ten Bens. When he was just about to take the ball and was about to turn around, Finley posted it up, and Eddie Jones also wrapped it up from the wing. They both forced Masburn into the corner. Masburn did not react at the first time. He was a little panicked. Eddie Jones took the opportunity to pull it hard, and the ball quickly slipped away from Masburn's hand, and the Tigers came with another fast attack.
Wang Lin did it on the sidelines, and at the same time he also met Rick Pitino. Wang Lin didn't even look at the other party. Pitino was embarrassed. He threw the cigar aside and came to the sidelines and roared.
"Shawn, pay attention to the rhythm, keep steady, keep steady, Jamal, don't make mistakes, you are the core of us."
Pitino never stopped since this roar. His embarrassment on the sidelines and his arrogance before the game formed a strong contrast. Although Maston was very strong, he could not defeat the five Tigers alone. The biggest charm of regional joint defense is that he could maximize the suppression of the ball. Compared to staring at people, he made the opponent more uncomfortable.
Mass has deeply understood this point. He has the ability to shoot. However, under the joint attack of Eddie Jones and Finley, his shooting account seemed to have not been opened. In this way, with two minutes left in the second half, Massburn hit an outside three-pointer in the outside, but it was over because the Tigers had already led by 20 points.
The entire Pitmalavic Convention Center was immersed in the ocean of joy. In the Dell Brown era, there were few such beautiful big wins. Faced with the Wildcats, he lost more and won less. Wang Lin won the first regular season game in such a brutal way, which gave fans a reassurance. This head coach is not only good-looking and talented, but also good in the field of coaching.
The final score was frozen at 80:60. The Tigers won, O'Neal scored the highest 30 points and 8 rebounds in the game, Ratliff had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks, Flying Mouses had 17 points and 10 assists, Finley and Eddie Jones also scored in double digits, except for Masburn, the Wildcats, no one scored in double digits.
Chapter completed!