"Ying, I think if you don't join the same team as me, it would be good to come and play for the Nuggets."

Looking at Anthony's back, Durant couldn't help but say.

Just like he said when he first entered the door and saw the poster, Anthony is so different from what he imagined!

Lin Ying nodded.

After a brief contact, Anthony is still very casual.

It's just that if he ran for the draft this year, he didn't think he would come to the Nuggets.

Because...the Nuggets have no draft picks at all this year...

Before leaving the Pepsi Center, Lin Ying stopped by to measure his height.

2 meters 03.

As expected, he is 2 centimeters taller than when he first entered the University of Texas.

Although he had had a premonition in advance, he was still very excited when he saw the result.

Although the original bone age test results showed that he could grow to 2.04 meters, no one knew when he would be able to grow there.

If he can grow to 2.03 meters in his freshman year, it will undoubtedly be a shot in the arm for him.

It is even foreseeable that if he participates in joint trials, his new height will also improve his draft stock.

…

Back at the hotel, Barnes and Springman discussed playing Kansas in a few days.

Old opponents, they are familiar with their opponents, and their opponents are also familiar with them.

Just like Lin Ying thought, they didn't think that the growth in just two crazy three games would give them any advantage in the competition with Kansas.

Take the game against the University of North Carolina as an example. The reason why Lin Ying's low post offense was able to play such a big role was largely because he was caught off guard.

If it were to happen again, Lin Ying's role in the low post would definitely not be that great again.

And Kansas will definitely study the video of their game against North Carolina and then conduct targeted defense.

"Rick, I suggest we start with a smaller lineup."

Springman suggested again.

The reason why I say no more is because from the moment he entered Crazy Three, he began to propose using a smaller lineup.

Playing Kansas would be their third round game, and it would be the third time he suggested this.

In the first two games, Barnes took a conservative route and used the regular starting lineup.

This time, he agreed.

In fact, his hiring was not purely conservative, but he wanted to see how effective Lin Ying would be at the fifth position.

It was unexpected that Hibbert's mentality exploded so quickly against Georgetown, but against North Carolina, Lin Ying first took on Hansbrough and then faced Wright, winning one against two without losing.

This has fully explained the problem.

"Let's pick up the speed."

Springman continued.

The Big12 lost to Kansas before. Even if the University of Texas had a triangle offense, it didn't have an advantage in positional warfare.

Since we are all starting with a small lineup, we simply play fast and try to avoid positional battles.

The past two games have also shown that with Lin Ying and Augustin, they have an advantage when it comes to defensive counterattacks.

Barnes didn't object either.

A good basketball head coach does not necessarily have to be a master of tactics, but he must be trustworthy when it comes to employing people, and he must not be suspicious of others.

This is true for both the players and the coaching staff.

…

The second round of "Crazy Three" is about to begin, and media attention and publicity are also continuing to increase.

From 16 to 8, it seems that there are many teams, but in fact this is already the semi-finals of each major region.

If we can make it to the next round, it will be the conference finals.

For fans in various regions, this has reached the red-eye stage.

The city of Denver also had a large influx of fans before the start of the second phase.

Basketball has become the main theme of this city at this stage.

To be more precise, it should be the NCAA, because even TNT threw the Nuggets game aside.

There were news reports that the NBA Finals did not receive as much attention as the NCAA Crazy Three game.

There may be some exaggeration in this, but this statement is enough to illustrate the high level of attention Crazy San has received.

Especially after entering the second stage, this statement is close to being true.

On the evening of the game day, the streets of Denver were empty.

Although there are only three games in the second stage, the three games are played on different days.

The first day in Denver is the game between UNLV and UCLA.

The winner between these two teams will be the first to advance to the Midwest Division finals.

Barnes directly rented the hotel's conference room to watch the live broadcast.

In this way, after watching the game, you can directly analyze the details, killing two birds with one stone.

"Do you think UNLV can still win?"

Advertisements were still playing during the live broadcast, and Durant and Lin Ying started chatting.

"Hard to say."

Lin Ying did not give a definite answer.

UCLA is a talented and experienced team.

Afflalo, Darren Collison, Mbah a Moute... none of these people are freshmen.

In fact, in history, UCLA defeated the University of Kansas by a large margin this year to reach the Final Four.

Although UNLV continues to bring surprises to people, it still needs to beat such a team.

To use a very vivid analogy: That is twice as difficult as the University of Texas defeating the University of North Carolina.

Of course, nothing unexpected happens to Crazy Three.

Otherwise they and UNLV wouldn't be able to reach this point.

"I think UCLA is a sure winner!"

Durant is quite straightforward.

While we were talking, the commercial was almost in progress, and the players on both sides had already started to be introduced on the live broadcast screen.

At UNLV, apart from Joel Anthony, Lin Ying had really never heard of anyone before.

And even Joel Anthony is just a blue-collar player.

His season statistics were displayed on the screen, 2.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 blocks.

Except for blocks, the other two statistics are considered poor in the NCAA.

This is also determined by his physical condition.

He is 2.06 meters tall in shoes and plays center, but his wingspan is average.

This kind of player can finally play in the NBA. He really has inhuman qualities.

Joel Anthony's characteristic is his defensive ability.

Very strong, and that strength is not reflected in the data!

It can be said that he can do all the dirty work you can think of on the field, and he can do it very beautifully.

For example, blocking, blocking, screening, off-ball confrontation, etc.

Many players are unwilling to do these things because the data cannot reflect them, but he is very keen and does a good job.

He is probably also the spokesman for "data cannot explain everything".

This is also one of the reasons why Lin Ying did not say like Durant that UCLA would definitely win.

Because the only shortcoming of this UCLA team is probably that they don't have a good inside player.

The game started quickly, and UNLV defended a 2-3 zone defense from the beginning.

This is not yet the era of small ball. There are indeed many players who can shoot accurately from the outside, but not many have achieved high production levels.

UCLA's choice was also correct. They moved the ball from the outside to play more and less in some areas, and then shot three-pointers from the outside.

This UCLA team is weak on the inside but strong on the outside. As the core of the team, Afflalo averages 16+ per game and shoots over 40% from three-point range.
To be continued...