Just like the last game against the University of Memphis, Lin made his presence felt from the start.

Wake Forest's head coach frowned. He could tell from the video highlights Sandek gave him that this guy named Lin Ri was a very good newcomer.

Wake Forest's post players also paid special attention to him because of his dunk during the warm-up.

But although these people thought that this guy would be difficult to deal with, they didn't expect that this guy would be so difficult to deal with.

Don't let him start running, let him stop!

Although the head coach of Wake Forest hopes that they lose this game, this can teach the guys at Wake Forest, especially the newcomer Aminu, a lesson to let him know that it is not easy to make a name in the NCAA.

This requires a huge amount of effort.

But he doesn’t want Wake Forest to be suppressed too badly in this game!

After all, they are a well-known basketball school in the NCAA, and they have sent so many stars to the NBA. If they were pushed to the ground by this little-known Sun Devil team in a warm-up game, and they were rubbed like crazy, it would be a little bit detrimental to their reputation if word spread.

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You still have to have a face!

So the head coach of Wake Forest began to coach seriously and used all his abilities to let the Wake Forest inside players on the field try to continuously create physical contact with Lin Ri, so that the latter had to spend more energy to get rid of the entanglement.

As soon as he came, he could no longer move so easily.

It was enough to see in the first round, Lin Ri's lethality when running was really too great!

Especially Lin Ri, who runs near the penalty area, is even more of a "nuclear weapon" in the NCAA!

According to the estimation of the head coach of Wake Forest, only the guy from Connecticut known as "Mutombo II" can be more threatening than him on the defensive end, and that is the violent power forward from the University of Oklahoma and the number one draft pick.

The popular Griffin can be more brutal than him on the offensive end!

Of course, the head coach of Wake Forest has never met those two guys, but those two guys are famous all over the country because of their respective performances on the defensive and offensive ends... It can't be that both guys can't compare.

Is this a newcomer from China?

This should not be possible.

After all, if those two couldn't suppress Lin Ri in their areas of expertise, then wouldn't the ability of this "Chinese beast" be too terrifying?

While he compared Lin Ri with the two inside players who are almost the strongest in the NCAA this season, Wake Forest also received good news on the court.

Being slowed down by the guys from Wake Forest, Lin Ri's presence has become much smaller. Sometimes when he gets the ball, he has no starting space and can only pass the ball out again.

This means...this guy doesn't have the ability to hold the ball in the low post and play in singles!

After several rounds of frequent passes, the scouts in the audience discovered a problem with Lin Ri: this guy does not have the ability to hold the ball in the low post and play singles.

Among them, one scout shook his head slightly after discovering this. In his heart, he still followed the old view of post players: post players without the ability to hold the ball and attack cannot survive in the NBA.

Lin Ri, who was full of talent in the eyes of this scout just now, suddenly lost more than half of his value.

Several other scouts didn't take this matter seriously.

In the past two years, fewer and fewer post players can hold the ball and play in isolation. The league has also used many more ways to use the fourth and fifth positions. For example, the Jazz used No. 5 Okur to go outside in the playoffs in the past two years.

The method of shooting three-pointers makes the Rockets with Yao Ming quite passive on the defensive end; for another example, Chris Bosh, the core of the Raptors at the fourth position, is simply playing himself as a small forward at the third position. Many

At that time, he always attacked with the ball from outside the three-point line, including his teammate Bargnani, the No. 1 pick in 2006, who is also known for his stable shooting and does not have the skills to play in low singles.

In addition, Dwyane Howard, the core of the Magic team who is known as the "successor of the Sharks", has not yet developed reliable singles skills with the ball in the low post!

But this does not affect him from becoming the absolute main force and future core of the Magic. The Magic just signed a five-year, 85 million contract with him last year.

Times have changed unknowingly. Ten years ago, an inside player who did not have low-post singles skills was basically the same as a bench and a water dispenser. But now, there are no longer a few who serve as the main force or even the core of the team.

With so many inside players of different styles enjoying life in the league, it’s really not a big deal that Lin Ri can’t hold the ball in the low post and play in isolation!

What's more, this guy is only 18 years old!

Especially Fagan, when he looked at Lin Ri on the court, the desire in his eyes had not dissipated at all. The Suns are a team that is very tolerant of inside players. The only requirement is mobility. As long as the mobility is good,

If you can "eat pie", then for the Suns, it is the best inside option!

Fagan didn't know what other people were thinking. He already had a very strong interest in Lin Ri. He would continue to observe him. As long as Lin Ri's performance remained so stable, he would officially report Lin Ri to the scouts.

The report was submitted to Steve Kerr.

Even though the NBA has just started playing preseason games at this time, he also hopes that the team can realize that the NCAA has such a new insider who is extremely suitable for their team waiting for them to "pick" next year!

Of course, the prerequisite has been made very clear, that is, Lin Ri must maintain his current performance without too much fluctuation!

Several scouts didn't mind the problem exposed by Lin Ri, but the Sun Devils fell into a passive situation because he didn't have the ability to hold the ball in the low post and play in isolation.

Wake Forest University is worthy of being called the "Atlantic League Championship Candidate" by ESPN, and has many years of support. After discovering Lin Ri's weakness, they began to frequently lock Lin Ri in the basket, and then

Taking advantage of his shortcomings, he forces other players on the Sun Devils to pass the ball to him, destroying the Sun Devils' original offensive tactics and disrupting the Sun Devils' offensive rhythm.

This trick is extremely effective.

More than 13 minutes into the first half, Wake Forest successfully overtook the score 26-25.

This is the result of James Harden's consistent support with his personal abilities, and Jeff also contributing many key offenses.

Of course, Lin Ri is indispensable on the defensive end to put enough pressure on Wake Forest.

Although Lin Ri lost his voice on the offensive end, he still made a lot of noise on the defensive end.

Otherwise, with Wake Forest's restrictive approach, the Sun Devils would fall behind by more than 5 points at this time.

The atmosphere at the scene also became less active at this time, and became a bit depressing.

The students from Arizona State University who came to watch the game could feel that the Sun Devils were passive on the field, which made them feel angry but did not dare to shout out.

Sondek may be the only person on the Sun Devils side looking relaxed.

The Sun Devils' overtaking didn't seem to have any impact on him.

In fact, he seemed to be waiting for this moment to appear!

When Wake Forest completed the go-ahead goal, he reached out and asked for a timeout.

"beep!"

The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

After completing the comeback, everyone on the court at Wake Forest was excitedly high-fiving each other. From a bad start to now going ahead and stopping the game, they did have reason to be so excited.

The students from Arizona State University in the audience were also chatting with each other. Just now, their minds were on the field and they were not in the mood to discuss at all. Now, taking advantage of the pause, they finally have time to talk to their friends.

Already.

"The Sun fought so hard. These guys worked hard to make physical contact with him, making it impossible for him to move easily."

"It would be great if the sun could play in the low post. There are so many opportunities for singles."

"Hey, I found the weakness of the sun so quickly. Wake Forest University is really not a fuel-efficient lamp!"

From the content of these discussions, it can be heard that at least half of the guys can see that Lin Ri is uncomfortable being restricted.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lin Ri had too much presence at the beginning.

"You won't lose, right?"

"Wake Forest is really good, and I won't complain if I lose."

"Hey~"

Lin Ri's inability to perform made many Arizona State University students worry about losing the game!

Sandeck looked at the Sun Devil players who stood in front of him again and said: "That's it, guys, show off the new things you practiced last week!"

His voice was not loud, and he didn't say anything else after that. He didn't encourage or criticize, it was just a word that sounded a little light.

But just this sentence made James Harden and others feel relieved as if the shackles were removed from their bodies.

Because Sandek's words mean that they can finally use pick-and-roll tactics!

This is what they practiced from morning to night over the past week.

So far in this game, they haven’t used it yet!

It's not that they didn't want to use it, but Sandek mysteriously said to them before the game started, "Wait for my signal before using the pick-and-roll tactic. Before I said anything, I followed the tactic I used in the game against the University of Memphis."

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The players of the Sun Devils listened to Sandek's words. He didn't say it was useful, so they have endured it until now, even Sandek didn't say why.

In fact, there is nothing much to say. Sandek considered that he defeated the University of Memphis right from the start of the last game, and wanted to create some difficulties for the Sun Devils in this game, so that they would not start from the start.

Just use pick-and-roll tactics.

It's not that Sandak is arrogant and thinks the Sun Devils are much better than Wake Forest.

Rather, he was worried that such a situation would arise, so he held the button to activate the "pick-and-roll tactic" in his hand.

Fortunately he thought of this.

If the Sun Devils had used pick-and-roll tactics from the beginning of this game, I'm afraid the game would have been "squandered" by now.

Again, it’s not that Sandak is arrogant, but that he is very aware of how lethal James Harden and Lin Ri can be when they play pick-and-roll together!

Confidence, calmness, good psychological quality, and the ability to maintain a positive attitude even when the situation is unfavorable...
To be continued...