On October 11, USC will play away against the University of Pittsburgh in the Atlantic Coast League.

Under the leadership of young coach Dixon, the University of Pittsburgh has entered the NCAA National Championship for five consecutive years since 2004. Due to such strong performance, the University of Pittsburgh has returned to people's sight. The revival of this famous basketball school was realized after three quarters of a century.

This game was the fourth game of the preseason in the University of Southern California. Wu Huang started every game in the first three games, averaged 30 minutes of playing time and scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers. His shooting percentage was 43.8%, three-point shooting percentage was 44.4%, and free throw shooting percentage was 80%.

After three games, the University of Southern California scored a record of 1 win and 2 losses. In the last game, they lost to the University of Michigan.

Wu Huang's good friend, Batt was injured in his first game and is expected to be on standby for one month. The preseason has been reimbursed.

USC is now hiding DeRozan, and the main small forward is injured again, which means that the main players are all missing at the second and third positions, and their backcourt strength is at its weakest period.

Wu Huang was isolated and helpless at this moment. He was double-teamed by opponents for a long time in these three games. This was the case again at a critical moment in the third game. In the last minute of the game, Wu Huang made a mistake and missed a three-pointer, and the team lost the game.

The two games lost by USC were largely due to the fact that Wu Huang was double-teamed and the rest of the team was unable to stand up. This problem is unsolvable. Unless DeRozan is replaced and Bart returns from injury instantly, it is not realistic to expect Wu Huang to become Kobe 1V3 in just a few days.

After playing three games, Wu Huang was always double-teamed, but his personal data was still good. Floyd valued his performance under high pressure. Although Wu Huang would make mistakes and miss shots when facing double-teaming, he was not panicked. If he had better skills and adapted to such defense, he might be like Kobe 1V2 and 1V3.

Why doesn't DeRozan play?

This is the question of many fans and even players after the team played three games.

Floyd said nothing about this. He issued a ban on the team and was not allowed to talk about the coaching staff's arrangement.

He has deep considerations in this regard. The so-called "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers". Americans also know this truth. Since they chose Wu Huang as the core of the team, DeRozan's role must be changed, and the team's tactical style must be clear, but Floyd did not see what he wanted to see in the team's training.

DeRozan is still not convinced. He did not notice that he always had a group with Wu Huang in training matches. He refused to hand over the basketball easily when receiving the basketball, especially if he was unwilling to hand over it to Wu Huang. His holding ratio was larger than that of Wu Huang, so why do you need Wu Huang as the core?

Floyd arranged for DeRozan as the team's second ball-holding offensive point. His task on the wing is mainly to meet Wu Huang to prevent the opponent from double-teaming the latter. At the same time, there must be a lot of empty cuts and counter-runs. His unball weight in the game must be greater than the ball weight.

In short, DeRozan wants to go from being a master in high school to a second boss. When Emperor Wu waved his hand to let him go, he would run wherever he wanted to go. At the critical moment, he would stand aside and go.

It is conceivable how difficult it would be for DeRozan to change such a role.

But this is the reality. When the NBA is in the NBA, there will be a more cruel future waiting for them. Not everyone in this world can be like James, Durant, and Ross, who are like the NBA, will be set up as the core by the team. Most NCAA geniuses must learn to wait for opportunities and actively adjust their roles to adapt to the new environment.

Kobe only has more than ten minutes of playing time in his first season, and only more than twenty minutes of playing time in his second season. If he just blames others, refuses to give up his self-esteem, and is unwilling to vent his unwilling emotions into training, his final outcome will be the same as Milicic.

Freud's suppression of DeRozan at this time had a deeper purpose, but he did not need to explain it to anyone.

At this time, the University of Pittsburgh, after nearly ten years of accumulation, has developed from an unknown mid-range team to a powerful team that no one can underestimate.

About 18,000 fans came to watch the game today at the home court of Pittsburgh. Wu Huang found that there were a small number of Chinese people holding slogans supporting him in the stadium. This discovery surprised him!

"I only played three games, and my compatriots knew me?" Wu Huang did think that in the future, he would make a good record in the national championship, and might become famous among the Chinese Americans, and even spread to the ancient country on the other side of the ocean. However, he did not expect that in just three games, there would be Chinese fans away to support him.

After Wu Huang appeared, he waved to the Chinese fans he saw. These were his first group of fans, especially in his recent difficult environment, which seemed even more precious.

The starting lineup of the University of Pittsburgh: Levins Fields 178cm, Jermaine Dickson 191cm, Tyrell Biggs 198cm, Sam Young 198cm, Dejuan Blair 201cm.

USC starter lineup: Wu Huang, Nathan Bauch, Edmund Tamar, Ty Gibson, Barnard Bennham.

The lineup of the University of Pittsburgh is completely different from the previous University of Connecticut. De Juan, the five highest starting players, is only 201cm. Wu Huang looked at it and felt that he was probably less than two meters away, which was a bit like Hayes, but he seemed to be stronger.

Wu Huang was quite scared of the University of Pittsburgh. The scout report before the game clearly stated that this team is good at counterattacking on the offensive end and has a strong impact. Five people can go to the end in the fast attack. It is difficult for ordinary teams to stop their impact. Pittsburgh is good at regional oppressive defense and likes to play joint defense. He often plays more and less in a small range. His fierce defensive style is a genius killer, and few teams can stand up to them head-on.

"Don't this TM just defeat me?" Wu Huang was most afraid of this style of defense. He played less in a small range. In fact, he was good at pinching. Maybe he would be pinched from beginning to end again in this game.

Wu Huang guessed correctly. Pittsburgh's main point guard Fields is only 178cm tall. He can shoot all kinds of facial opponents on 1-on-1, so Pittsburgh coach Dixon cannot fail to use double-man marking on him.

At the beginning of the game, Wu Huang relied on his height and long arms to upload two overhead balls on Fields' head, which was to bully you for being short.

The University of Pittsburgh did not use the double-team tactic at the beginning. They wanted to see if Fields could not defend this Chinese alone.

The result is obvious now. Fields got two assists from the top of his head. He instantly felt slapped twice on the face. After playing pick-and-roll with Sam Young on the offensive end, he quickly broke through to the inside, hoping to get back his face.

Gibson quickly changed defense, and Fields had no chance to go deep into the basket, so he immediately passed back Sam Young.

Sam Young is an excellent forward player in the NCAA, able to play at the third and fourth positions, and his first step is very fast and he can hit shots from almost every position in the court.

Emperor Wu's small body stood with Sam Yang, more than two circles. As soon as the two of them touched each other, Emperor Wu was bounced to somewhere.

Sam Young still had the time to adjust his shooting posture at 18 feet away and hit easily.

The University of Pittsburgh often uses misaligned offense after pick-and-roll to score points, especially Sam Young and De Juan. They are both able to use their size as the size-first position in the university league, which makes them faster and more flexible than players in the same position, and can play several positions in the misaligned position.

This phenomenon is very common in the NCAA. Many college players who are not tall can rely on their strength to break through the NCAA basket. Centers about two meters can be seen everywhere in the NCAA and perform well.

However, when such players come to the NBA, they basically won’t be able to have strength and explosive power alone, and they won’t have much potential to tap.
Chapter completed!