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Chapter 60 North Carolina's Maginot Line
With the overwhelming cheers from the audience, the starters from Long Beach and North Carolina all stood on the court.

"Start with the Cal State Long Beach 49ers, starting five, point guard Stalin, shooting guard Lucios Harris, forward Rod Hannibal, forward Byron Russell, center Chris Tavor."

"Although it is the second seed in the southeastern region, it is still a bit surprising that the Long Beach branch of the Great Western Conference can make it all the way to the final four."

"From a certain point of view, they can be regarded as the biggest dark horse in the final four of this season."

At the commentary seat, Lin Chui gave a detailed introduction to the Long Beach campus, followed by North Carolina:
"And their opponent is the traditional prestigious NCAA school, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels,
The starting five are point guard Donald Williams, shooting guard Brian Reese, small forward George Lynch, and the inside line is the twin tower combination of Eric Montrose and Kevin Salvador. "

On the court, Lin Xing watched North Carolina's two seven-foot insiders.

He knew that this was the inside spree specially prepared for him by the legendary NCAA coach Dean Smith.

"Be obedient, Long Didong, two big centers, you want me to die!"

Lin Xing felt the targeting of Dean Smith and felt the pressure of this game.

Soon, the jump ball is over.

Chris Tavor lived up to expectations, losing to Kevin Salvadori in a jump ball duel.

Lin Xing retreated quickly, facing George Lynch.

Although he is called a point guard, in this game, Lin Xing's opponent will not be a point guard.

On the defensive end, he wants to stare at George Lynch, North Carolina's strongest perimeter point, so that Byron Russell can focus on the defensive end.

On the offensive end, Dean Smith is also unlikely to use Donald Williams, who is 1 meters tall, to defend Lin Xing.

Just look at the North Carolina flanks in this game. Reese is 1 meters and George Lynch is 98 meters.

In previous games, one of these two was a small forward and the other was a power forward.

But in this game, their positions have all moved down a step.

Lin Xing already knew what Dean Smith was up to.

"I'm afraid it's going to be a wheel war!"

Regardless of offense, just talk about the current defensive round.

North Carolina began a dazzling hand-off at the top of the arc. Donald Williams controlled the ball and first played a hand-off with Montrose.

Then Lynch quickly leaned over and handed each other another hand.

But Lin Xing followed Lynch closely, without giving any room for breakthrough or shooting.

Lynch could only lean against Lin Xing with his back, and waited until Reese came from the sideline.

Reese controlled the ball, feinted a shot from outside the three-point line, but still missed.

In the end, it was Donald Williams, who came back with another hand-to-hand catch.

He rushed in a small step and raised his hand to throw.

Swish-!
The ball went in, and Long Beach couldn't defend it.

To be honest, it's normal not to be able to defend. North Carolina's offensive is really rough.

At the end of the day, the Long Beach defense was impatient.

"This is the disadvantage of the 45-second attack. This shot is so ugly!"

Lin Xing shook his head, and took the basketball from Tavor in the backcourt.

He didn't even think about it, he immediately increased his speed, and rushed to the front field with a gust of wind.

When he got to the frontcourt, he didn't wait for Tavor and charged directly.

North Carolina is none other than George Lynch.

In this way, Lin Xing is facing Lynch on both offense and defense.

In fact, Sports Illustrated is right. Although Lin Xing is called a point guard, he actually only has one point guard to control the ball.

Similar to this moment, his various matchups make him look more like a striker.

Although it is the forward's matchup and the forward's height, Lin Xing's speed is at the guard level.

He staggered his position in one step, accelerated in one step and appeared beside George Lynch, and raised his left arm without controlling the ball to an elbow.

With a muffled bang, Lin Xing passed Lin Qi completely.

Immediately afterwards, he ran into big center Salvador.

Salvador's position is very outside, on the one hand, Tavor's position is also very outside.

But on the other hand, it's Dean Smith's target.

Lin Xing rushed two more steps, and then was blocked by the big center.

Lynch also pushed up again, and cooperated with Salvador to form a partial defense.

Fortunately, Tavor arrived in time behind him.

Lin Xing calmly passed the ball backwards and found Tavor.

As an idle center, Tavor, who is good at three-point shooting, naturally will not miss this opportunity.

Swish!
On a three-pointer, Long Beach made it 3-2 and took a one-point lead in turn.

The ball was scored, but Lin Xing's expression became serious.

He thought of the game against Duke in the preseason. North Carolina's defense made him feel once again the taste of facing off against the head coach of the opponent on the sidelines.

North Carolina's offense was still a constant peripheral cooperation, and Lynch was still stared to death by Lin Xing.

On the periphery, Long Beach's defense is also impeccable.

But Donald Williams suddenly scored inside, and Montrose caught the ball and played North Carolina's inside advantage.

With a bang, an inside goal was scored.

With a score of 4 to 3, North Carolina regained the lead.

Another Long Beach round, Lin Xing still went straight to the charge without hesitation.

He still passed Lynch cleanly, but again, Salvadori was a step ahead and stuck him in the middle distance.

At this time, Lin Xing, how much do you think that he is also a master of mid-range shooting?

such a pity……

With this goal, North Carolina stared at the strong side and only missed Hannibal on the weak side.

Lin Xing didn't want to try a risky long pass from the weak side at the beginning of the game. He could only choose to pass behind and pass a safety ball.

This time, the Long Beach branch also got the bonus of the 45-second attack.

Reorganizing the offense, Lin Xing waved his hands, and started playing off the ball with his bare hands.

This is exactly the same as the game against Duke in the preseason. The opponent's rich zone defense locked Lin Xing, and he was forced to switch to off the ball.

Although Lin Xing's off the ball is not outstanding, at least he is willing to run.

As long as you are willing to run, there are still opportunities.

Lin Xing turned off the ball, and Lucios had to support Long Beach's offense.

On the sidelines, Dean Smith watched Lucios make a deft breakthrough, raising his hand and shooting from the mid-range.

With a swish, he immediately scored a goal, and he immediately frowned.

To be honest, North Carolina really has no plans for Lucios or Byron Russell.

It's not that Dean Smith ignored it, it's that Lin Xing is too strong.

They couldn't take into account the defense against Lucios and Byron Russell while targeting Lin Xing.

And, reaching the semi-finals this season, the Long Beach branch has swept almost all opponents with only one Lin Xing.

There are very few games that require Lucios and Byron Russell to stand up and play.

Even if he wanted to target it, Dean Smith didn't know where to target it.

You can't find the game video of last season, aiming at Lucios and Russell last season, right?
Therefore, all of North Carolina's defensive plans are aimed at Lin Xing.

Against Lucios and Russell, they just did regular man-to-man defense.

The frowning Dean Smith could only choose to wait and see.

This view takes five or six minutes.

In five or six minutes, Lucios played at the level of a top scorer in the NCAA.

He succeeded in breaking through continuously, shot various short-range shots, and even scored a three-pointer against the defense from beyond the three-point line.

If Isiah Ryder and Jamal Mashben are the recognized offensive kaleidoscopes of the NCAA this season, then Lucios is the hidden offensive kaleidoscope.

He knows everything, although he is not good at anything, but in the NCAA, when Lin Xing is on the flanks, it is not a problem for him to stand up for a while.

So, after five or six minutes, Lucios, who scored 6 points in a row, supported the Long Beach branch's opening offense.

Although the score is still relatively anxious 14 to 12, North Carolina leads by 2 points.

Dean Smith still called a timeout one step earlier because he was not satisfied with the 2-point lead at the beginning.

He felt North Carolina could have even more of a lead if they adjusted the defense and started targeting Lucios instead.

So, a timeout, while adjusting the defense, removed a big center by the way.

After the timeout ended, there was a North Carolina offensive round first, and George Lynch's long two-pointer was missed under the interference of Lin Xing.

Backcourt, Long Beach grabbed the rebound.

Lin Xing counterattacked directly with the ball, very fast.

On the sidelines, Dean Smith began to rejoice, and he removed a center during the timeout.

This round of retreat, North Carolina kept up.

North Carolina's retreat prevented Lin Xing from counterattacking, so this round of offense turned into a positional battle again.

Lin Xing passed the ball to Lucios and returned to the off-ball end.

Dean Smith on the sidelines believed that his decision was correct.

But the next second...

Lucios, who was in possession of the ball at the top of the arc, suddenly passed a lob. Everyone looked up and guessed whether the ball was a shot or a pass, when Lin Xing appeared.

Under the basket, he jumped up, suppressed Reese who was marking him, and raised his hand to throw the ball.

Swish-!
"Cooperating with the lob layup, Stalin finally opened his scoring account!"

14 to 14, the score was tied!

No one could have imagined that this alley-oop layup would be Lin Xing's first score in this game.

Dean Smith on the sidelines has not noticed the approaching danger, he just thinks that the ball was stolen by Lin Xing.

But 35 seconds later, after another failed attack by North Carolina.

Long Beach's offense is still Lin Xing.

He was still wandering outside the three-point line, but suddenly found that his opponent had completely ignored him.

So, a sudden back run, rushed to the basket.

Lucios, who was in control of the ball, also had a tacit understanding and passed another lob.

Then with this ball, Lin Xing leaped high and caught the basketball in the air.

Inside, big center Montrose has actually reacted, and he jumped up immediately.

Lin Xing ignored him and carried him directly.

With a bang and a heavy dunk, the ball was pushed into the basket.

In this way, Lin Xing scored 4 points in a row, further opening up his scoring account.

Dean Smith began to frown again, but he decided: wait and see.

From this observation, Lin Xing's alley-oop dunk was observed.

This time, Lin Xing started from the weak side corner and suddenly rushed in.

When he jumped up, Reese, who was guarding him, didn't react, and watched Lin Xingkong catch the ball and dunked another one.

In the commentary seat, Lin Chuan, who had been suppressed for five or six minutes, completely climaxed:
"See, this is Stalin! This is the tyrant!"

"Even if the opponents guarded him strictly, he was unstoppable and scored 6 points in a row!"

"Unknowingly, the Long Beach branch has also expanded its lead. Now, they lead by 4 points!"

On the sidelines, Dean Smith finally couldn't stand it anymore.

But with the readjustment at this time, the entire North Carolina defense line was split into pieces.

North Carolina's offense, Eric Montrose scored a goal to solve North Carolina's scoring shortage.

But turning around, Lin Xing held the ball, and he found that North Carolina's defense line was scattered.

And this is a signal.

"Finally, this son of a bitch North Carolina isn't targeting me alone!"

Lin Xing breathed a sigh of relief, and this is the importance of having a good teammate.

With Lucios holding back on the other side, Lin Xing's attack can finally be unleashed.

He made a direct breakthrough without a big center who helped defend the waist. His road to breakthrough immediately became a smooth road.

With this ball, he rushed to the basket, and jumped up against the big center under the basket.

With a bang, it was a flat-frame dunk.

After landing, he roared angrily, as if venting his aggrieved half-time game.

And this dunk also announced that North Carolina's Maginot line had been completely bypassed by Lucios' outburst and Lin Xing's various dunks.

Next, North Carolina's team basketball, facing Lin Xing's full impact, was vulnerable.

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