Chapter VI Spying on the Military Situation(2/2)
To win the championship, Kansas is the opponent they must defeat.
So the players were all working hard for this game.
This also includes Durant and Lin Ying.
They have been practicing hard and sweating all summer just for moments like this.
After getting off the plane, the players all went to the hotel to rest and prepare for the evening game. Durant and Lin Ying sneaked into the Allen Arena where the evening game was held.
The two of them originally went to adapt to the venue in advance, but ended up being rejected.
Because they were not led by the head coach, security refused to let them enter the arena.
The two of them had no choice but to sit at the door and wait for Barnes and the team bus to arrive.
While they were waiting, dozens of students arrived at the entrance of the arena.
There were some girls in sexy clothes.
Compared with those in China, students here in the United States dress much cooler.
In November, you can still see people wearing shredded meat.
Durant's eyes shone brightly and he remained motionless.
At this time, Lin Ying noticed a bus coming towards the arena. He stood up and looked over there.
The bus coming was not from the University of Texas, but from Kansas.
The group of students soon started shouting excitedly.
After the bus stopped, the University of Kansas players got off one after another.
The stocky Sherron Collins, the sturdy Julian Wright, Sasha Cowan who bent down and lowered his head when getting off the car...
Every time someone came down, some information related to them began to appear in Lin Ying's mind.
At this moment, a scream suddenly came from over there, coming from the group of girls.
Chalmers is down!
He is 1.88 meters tall, has slender calves, strong arms, and a face that is considered handsome among black people.
As the leading star of Kansas, he has a very good chance of playing in the NBA, and it can be said that his future with money is bright.
This is no longer a priority in mate selection in universities, but a "girl harvester" type.
Lin Ying turned around and prepared to ask Durant to get up and see if he could sneak in with the Kansas people.
As a result, when he turned around, he saw Durant's envious eyes.
In terms of Durant's talent, he is several levels better than Chalmers, but his looks...
He patted Durant on the shoulder.
When you make a name for yourself in the NBA, you will be as handsome as Jordan!
Lin Ying's idea was right. When the Kansas team members entered, the students followed them in, and they also mixed in.
Since they couldn't ask, they walked around inside before finding the visiting team's locker room.
By the time they changed their equipment and went to warm up, Kansas had been warming up for a while over there.
And the embarrassing thing is that Kansas occupied the entire stadium during warm-ups, and the two of them could only stare at each other after entering.
"Let's... don't do such stupid things next time!"
The successive setbacks made Durant a little depressed.
They might as well stay in the hotel and rest like everyone else.
Lin Ying said nothing, his eyes were on the Kansas players who were training on the field.
He is now like a data entry device, recording the training content of the Kansas players on the field into his mind.
The more he watched, the more difficult the evening game became.
Kansas not only has outstanding talent, but also has very high tactical literacy.
It's not for nothing that the University of Texas lost to Kansas by a huge margin last year despite having the Trident.
"excuse me?"
While they were watching, someone came over to question them.
The one who came over was the assistant coach from Kansas.
When Lin Ying and the others entered the stadium, they were already noticed by Kansas City.
Just because Lin Ying and the others were wearing training clothes, they didn't know who they were at first.
After a simple exchange, they found out that they were from the University of Texas, and the assistant coach didn't say much.
After he returned, Kansas switched from full-court training to half-court training, and the content of the training also changed from tactical training to basic training.
It was obvious that they were wary of Lin Ying and the others.
It's a very normal logic. Who would want to expose their tactics to their opponents before the game?
Even if this opponent is not strong, no one will give the opponent an opportunity to upset him.
Lin Ying and Durant didn't pay much attention. Instead, Kansas gave up half of the court and they could finally adapt to the field.
The two of them were basically practicing shooting.
When Durant was shooting, Lin Ying was picking up and feeding the ball. When Lin Ying was shooting, Durant was doing the same thing.
But what's interesting is that when they shot, they attracted the attention of the previous Kansas coach.
I don't blame them, because they do shoot more accurately.
In particular, when they shoot three-pointers, they follow the NBA three-point line.
It should be mentioned here that the venue used for NCAA games has two three-point lines.
One is used by the NCAA itself, with a distance of 6.32 meters, which is shorter than the Fiba three-point line.
The other farther one is the three-point line of fiba distance, which is 6.75 meters away and is used as a reference.
Then Lin Ying and Durant were training nearly 1 meter away from the NCAA line!
This is the NCAA league after all, and most players still train according to the NCAA three-point line when training.
When you see two people shooting from the NBA three-point line and they are quite accurate, normal people will be curious.
After practicing for more than half an hour, the Kansas side withdrew first.
Lin Ying and Durant practiced for another half an hour, then sat on the sidelines to rest.
"Do you think we were exposed in advance?"
Durant took a sip of water and said that the water was smooth when he came out of the visiting team's locker room.
Most colleges and universities in the NCAA have large lineup changes every year. In addition, there is not as much media attention as the NBA, so the teams do not know each other that well.
Especially some newcomers can often play the role of some surprise soldiers.
Durant is the core of the team. No matter whether he is new or not, he will be studied intensively.
But Lin Ying is different. Although his playing time is increasing, he is still only a rotation player, and opponents may not pay attention to him.
But just now, Kansas must have known that he would score a three-pointer.
"That's not necessarily a bad thing."
Lin Ying thought for a while and said.
He can't just be a surprise soldier all the time.
Especially if he becomes a starter one day, he will be targeted even in the NCAA.
And his purpose of practicing fixed-point three-pointers is not really to make a few three-pointers.
Even in the future small ball era, there are few games that are won by big men shooting three-pointers.
The greater role of the shooting ability inside is to open up space on the offensive end.
Although he has not systematically studied basketball tactics, as a time traveler, he is still aware of the development of basketball.
Players are becoming more and more versatile, big players are equipped with three-pointers, and they pay more and more attention to court space.
Chapter completed!