I really play basketball

Chapter 29 This Guy Knows the Ball
The change of public opinion after the game is the focus of Lin Xing and John Bayless——

In Lin Xing's view, this game is already very convincing.

Sitting on the NCAA's top twin towers, plus Brent Barry, who "whites can fly", Oregon State University is by no means a weak team.

If the Penny fans ignore Lin Xing's performance with the reason that the opponent is too big, it will be untenable.

In any case, even if this dispute has not yet subsided, most of the Penny fans, as well as most of the bricks who support Penny, should have died down.

But the result?

Lin Xing still underestimated the thick skins of this group of people.

Back in the dormitory, Lin Xing turned on the TV and locked on NBC Sports.

In the evening special program "One-Day Match Count", Lin Xing saw Henry Abbott who was taunting a clip of him being blocked by Ratliff a week ago again.

After a week, Henry Abbott's tone was still mocking, but there was one link missing. There was no replay of Lin Xing's game on the big screen behind him.

He just said dryly: "It's ridiculous. Stalin just won the Oregon State University, which gave him the confidence to touch the penny again."

"But the question is, is Oregon State really a strong team?"

"Oregon State is undeniably not as big as Santa Clara or Wyoming, but it's not a strong team either."

"The twin towers of Scott Haskin and Chad Scott were not the first day to play together. They were the main force of Oregon State University last season, but the result?"

"They only ranked seventh in the Pacific Ten Schools Alliance, and missed the third place."

"Is it really worth bragging about beating a team that couldn't even make it to Oregon State?"

"Think about Penny, who is his opponent?"

"Pepperdine University in the top 64 of Crazy Three, the University of Arkansas in the top 32, and Georgia Tech in the top 16. These are all defeated by Penny!"

"Isn't the gap obvious?"

Seeing Henry Abbott talking, Lin Xing shook his head.

He knows that it will take some time for public opinion to ferment, but Henry Abbott's commentary will soon become a new weapon for Penny fans.

"Sure enough, like John said, one game is not enough..."

If one game is not enough, then come a few more.

Next, the Long Beach branch will play against the University of Tennessee, Purdue University, University of Arizona, Duke University and UCLA. After UCLA, there will be a bunch of underwhelming teams that Lin Xing can't name.

The overall schedule is from easy to difficult and then easy.

"Winning all the way to UCLA, this group of people should just shut up."

……

Early the next morning, John Bayless called to report the change in opinion.

I have to say that Oregon State's game still has some effect.

After the public opinion fermented, Lin Xing gained a few more supporters. Finally, he and John Bayless were no longer fighting alone.

The first is the head coach of Oregon State University, Jim Anderson. This young coach who led Oregon State University to the crazy three in the first year of his coaching career, but then drove high and low, faced the media after the game, and struggled with his brain:

"I believe Stalin is a genius, because I also participated in the recruitment of him during the admissions season. In fact, most of the NCAA Division I colleges on the West Coast know him and know that he is definitely a genius."

"Penny? Before they played head-to-head, I couldn't be sure whether he was qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with Penny. When I was sure, even if he is not qualified now, he will definitely be qualified in the future, because he is still very young, he is only 17 years old."

Jim Anderson said a few words in a casual manner, and then he was quoted by the Los Angeles Times, which was always in a ring with the Orange County Register, and made a headline-"Genius certification from the opponent!" "

Then, John Bayless asked Lin Xing to buy a copy of the "Boston Herald".

Although it is a newspaper across the United States, it is a major newspaper distributed in the United States after all. Lin Xing ran two newsstands and found one.

Turning to the sports page, in the corner, Lin Xing saw an article titled "Why is Stalin a point guard genius on par with pennies?" " article.

He didn't read the signature, but directly entered the text——

"California State University, Long Beach, is Stalin a genius on par with Penny? This dispute has been going on for weeks..."

"As of last night's Long Beach-Oregon State game, that should be the end of this feud."

"In this game, the opponent Oregon State was not weak. They even faced Long Beach and played their inside advantage, which once tightened the score gap."

"But they still lost the game because they couldn't stop Stalin's onslaught..."

"Stalin alone scored 33 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals, leading the team to victory by himself."

"Just this game is enough to prove that Stalin is a genius comparable to a penny!"

The conclusion is given at the beginning, and then, this article analyzes Lin Xing's various technical characteristics from multiple angles, and the analysis is like a professional scouting report.

"Looking at the entire game, Stalin's scoring methods are mostly layups, dunks or short-range throws after breakthroughs. From the mid-range to the three-point line, he didn't even take a single shot."

"It can be seen that his offensive methods are quite lacking or that he has a fresh move. With a fresh move, he is equivalent to playing a bright card, but Oregon State still failed to catch it."

"Because his physical fitness is too strong, Mustafa Hofer can't stop him head-on, and if he pulls Brent Barry, the two of them can't stop him at all."

"If Penny is the representative of elegant style of play, Stalin is the representative of violent aesthetics in the new generation of NCAA."

"The style of play is different, but the degree of genius is the same..."

Lin Xing looked at this article and felt that it was very appetizing. He couldn't help looking at the signature.

Bill Simmons?This name is very familiar, is it Bill Simmons, the top expert who will open a column on ESPN in the future?

Regardless of whether it is true or not, Lin Xing feels: This guy knows the ball quite well.

This article by Bill Simmons still has a certain influence. Both he and the report of the Los Angeles Times have proved:

Now, Lin Xing has a helper!
Having a helper means that public opinion is no longer one-sided.

Not only is it no longer one-sided, but it has even begun to come and go.

A program called "Sports Central" on ESPN Sports Station, an expert named Kevin Pelton, shot Henry Abbott on the show.

"If Stalin is replaced by Penny, and Penny is allowed to face this Oregon State University, can he single-handedly blow up this Oregon State University's perimeter and lead the team to victory?"

He opens with a thought-provoking question, which he then answers directly.

"The record of the University of Memphis speaks for itself. In the Greater Midwest Conference with only 6 teams, the University of Memphis is not even ranked first."

"Last season, they were just third, ahead of Cincinnati with Hub Jones and Nick Van Exel and DePaul with Steffen Howard and David Booth."

"If the strength of the University of Cincinnati is superior to that of Oregon State, the strength of DePaul University must not be as strong as this Oregon State University."

"But look at what Pence did against DePaul last season, three times they played against each other and they only won one."

"Look at the performance of the University of Memphis in the new season. So far, they have only played two games, winning one against the University of Louisiana and losing one against the University of Arkansas."

"Is such a record performance really more convincing than Stalin, who has led the team to three consecutive victories?"

Kevin Pelton fires and Henry Abbott responds quickly.

"Why doesn't Kevin Pelton introduce the University of Arkansas in detail? Because he knows that the University of Arkansas is very strong."

"The University of Arkansas, which is in the top league Southeast Conference, sits on Scotty Tullman and Corris Williamson. Last season, it was the regular season division champion of the Southeast Conference. Crazy Three also reached the second round and was eliminated in the top 32. It was the University of Memphis led by Penny who defeated it."

"Facing such a top team, so what if we lose? So far in the new season, Long Beach has never played against an opponent of this level."

"As for the performance of the University of Memphis in the Greater Midwest Conference, one sentence can explain—"

"Some players are born for abuse; and some players are born for big scenes."

With this one sentence, Henry Abbott was temporarily invincible.

"I ride a horse to abuse food, and Penny is born for big scenes?"

From the perspective of the eyes, there is really nothing wrong with this statement.

Lin Xing's NCAA career ended at this point with only three games, and the opponents in the three games, looking at it now, are not crazy third-level teams.

Although the three games averaged 32.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 10.3 assists and 3.0 steals per game, but in the case of weak opponents, this data is indeed suspected of abuse.

Look at Penny again. At this time, people are optimistic about him in various ways, and the reason for praising him crazily is that last season, Penny led the team to the elite quarterfinals of the Crazy Three.

Among them, in the battle of the top 32, they completed the next game and defeated the University of Arkansas, which had Lee Mayberry and Todd Day at the time.

With such a performance, it is really not too much to say that it was born for big scenes.

but……

"I haven't played a big scene yet, how do you know I can't do it?"

Lin Xing was speechless, but fortunately he still had patience, one game was not enough, so let's play a few more.

His new group of "teammates" reminded him that focusing on himself will only keep the topic around him, but his opponent will be unharmed.

So, it's time to fight back.

Lin Xing found the recent schedule of the University of Memphis, and was surprised to find——

"One week later, we will play against the University of Tennessee, but tomorrow, the University of Memphis will play against the University of Tennessee!"

Although it is not possible to fight head-on and directly, playing against the same team successively can be regarded as an indirect fight.

"Let's see how the University of Memphis beat the University of Tennessee..."

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