NBA: No. 1 Forward-Chapter 69: A star-studded NCAA semifinal
Since there was no suspense in the game between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels VS Villanova Wildcats, many fans were looking forward to the University of Connecticut Huskies VS USC Trojans game.
Because at least there is not much difference in strength. Although the media and fans are more optimistic about the University of Connecticut Huskies, the strength of USC has not been bad along the way.
So many people focused their attention on this game.
This caused TNT's ratings to skyrocket before the game between the University of Southern California and the University of Connecticut.
However, on the domestic network broadcasting platform, the server crashed.
Fortunately, they hurriedly mobilized all the servers to broadcast the NCAA semifinals amidst the fans' scolding, which made the broadcast appear.
But many people watching the picture of the meal after meal are really anxious.
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In the player tunnel, USC players ran out one by one.
Lian Dao, DeMar and Gibson are the last three to walk out.
The three of them walked out slowly together, which has a sense of the protagonist appearing in the movie.
And this is also the nickname given to them by fans recently: Southern California Trident!
In the arena with 80,000 people, there were no empty seats, crowds of people, and fans waved their flags and cheered.
This kind of environment directly heightens the atmosphere of the game to the extreme!
Southern California vs. UConn is about to start!
The live broadcast of this game was explained by Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy, who were already in the commentary booth.
Barkley lost to these two in the previous draw.
"Jeff, who do you think is most likely to win tonight's game?" Mike Breen still started this way.
Players on both sides are doing warm-up actions on the court, and the two of them will take advantage of this time to warm up.
Although Jeff Van Gundy is not a professional commentator, he has also been a professional NBA head coach before, so the level of commentary is even higher than that of professional commentators.
"Hashim is going to be held down by USC, and USC is going to win this game."
Jeff Van Gundy made no secret of expressing his views, but his words are also very bold.
Jeff Van Gundy is a coach, so he will look at the problem from the perspective of the coach.
Tim can see Hashim's shortcomings, and Jeff Van Gundy, a former NBA head coach, can also see it.
Jeff Van Gundy would not have said this sentence if he only saw Hashem's shortcomings, because it is still the same sentence, knowing the shortcomings is one aspect, but you need someone who can take advantage of this shortcoming on the opposite side.
Before this, UConn opponents really no one can do it.
However, Jeff Van Gundy knows USC, and he has explained the game about USC before that.
But Lian Dao left a deep impression on him, and in the game in Southern California, Jeff Van Gundy also kept paying attention to Lian Dao.
Then he found that the more he paid attention, he would find that this player was like a treasure boy, constantly surprising people!
He knows that with Lian Dao's physical fitness and defensive skills, he is likely to be assigned to defend Hashem.
Therefore, he was sure that Hashem would meet his strong opponent in this game.
"Why do you think so, you know UConn, but no university can stop it along the way?" Although Mike Breen knew that his old partner was optimistic about Southern California before this, he was still surprised by Jeff Van Gundy's answer.
"Southern California has Sickle, and they will let Sickle defend Hashem. You must know that Sickle's strength can't even stand against Griffin. The most important thing is Sickle's flexibility.
And Hashim’s biggest disadvantage, you know, lack of confrontation is actually weak strength, but he had an advantage and flexibility before; but now if Sickle defends, his disadvantage will be magnified, and his advantage will directly become nothing. "
Jeff Van Gundy analyzed it directly to him.
"Then doesn't UConn have a chance to win?"
Mike Brin also asked what many people wanted to know.
"Of course not. If the University of Connecticut's outside line can form a suppression to share Hashem's pressure, then the possibility of them winning this game is still very high."
Indeed, if Southern California's outside line cannot defend UConn, it is likely to lead to the collapse of Southern California's inside and outside line of defense.
During their analysis, the live camera lens swept across the auditorium, and many familiar figures appeared on the screen.
Ray Allen, Emeka Okafor!
It's the UConn alumni, and the cameras spend the longest time on Ray Allen.
I saw Ray Allen wearing a baseball cap smiling and waving to the camera!
Among the NBA alumni of UConn, Ray Allen's development is the best.
Ray Allen was known for his three-point ability in college. Now Ray Allen hit 115 three-pointers in a single season in his junior season at the University of Connecticut, setting the highest record in team history and has not yet been broken.
But today at USC there is also a player who is good at three-pointers, and he also broke the NCAA record for three-pointers made in a single season.
So many people today also want to know how the University of Connecticut will limit the three-pointer Lian Dao who was even better than Ray Allen back then!
In contrast, in Southern California, Nick Young did not come because of a game today. And the other players don't seem to mix well!
The camera continued to move, and suddenly a familiar figure of Lian Dao appeared, it was a female fan with a childish face and a devil figure. UU reading www. uukanshu.com
She's still wearing that USC No. 1 jersey, and the signature isn't finished yet!
Sitting next to her was Jeff Hornacek, and the two behaved intimately, and their expressions were somewhat similar.
Damn, this female fan turned out to be the daughter of Death Light Gun, Abby Hornacek!
Isn't she only 15 years old, this figure really doesn't look like 15 years old!
Abby Hornacek seemed to be vaguely aware of Lian Dao's gaze, and looked in Lian Dao's direction.
Lian Dao hastily looked at the basket and concentrated on warming up.
Jeff Hornacek used to be an NBA player, but retired in 2000, and now works as a shooting coach for the Jazz.
And he is best at three-point shooting. He has won the NBA All-Star three-point shooting contest twice.
And during the Jazz, he, Malone and Stockton entered the finals twice to challenge Chicago's marinated eggs.
However, all ended in failure.
Although it ended in failure, there is no denying the strength of that jazz at that time.
This is the popularity of the NCAA. Many people will come to the scene to cheer for their alma mater, some are NBA players, and some business leaders who graduated from the school and so on.
For these celebrities, it is no different from ordinary people to support their alma mater on the spot.
The camera returned to the field again, and the opening ceremony was about to begin.
The starting lineups for both sides have been released.
UConn Huskies: AJ Price, Craig Osterley, Jerome Dyson, Jeff Adrian, Hashem Thabeet.
USC Trojans: Daniel Hackett, DeMar, Lian Dao, Gibson, Vucevic.