This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 70 Recruitment of the National Team
Along with Will Thomas' goal, the home fans were also excited by the performance of the home team. It is not out of reach to defeat the mighty North Carolina Tar Bells.

Roy Williams couldn't sit still and called the last timeout.

Although the current Tar Bells are still holding the lead in points, the current momentum on the court is on the Patriots side.

And it's on the opponent's home court.

Losing to George Mason University, at least after Roy Williams became the coach of the team, was something that never happened, and he didn't allow it.

He drew a tactic, as long as he scored in this round, with about three regular rounds left, North Carolina still had an absolute advantage.

Facing rounds where the fans yelled 'Defend'.

Tyler Hansbrough came out to receive the ball first. If there is a chance in the high position, pass the ball to Danny Green or Miller. David Miller is lying in ambush in the bottom corner on the right, and will always go to the inside cut drive.

Lewis, who is too heavy, does not move fast enough, so this round Zhou Lin went up to defend Hansbrough's shot, and Zhou Lin's height was right.

Hansbrough didn't take credit for it, but gave it to Miller on one side. Miller passed the ball to David Noel. Facing Will Thomas, David Noel was not impulsive, and saw that at this moment from the free throw line Hansbrough, who was driving down, directly stuffed the ball comfortably into Hansbrough's hands.

Zhou Lin's first step was blocked by Green.

When Zhou Lin rushed to the basket, it happened that Hans Brune made a pass and stuffed the ball into the hands of Rayshaun Terry on one side. In the round, Terry did not disappoint Hansbrough. Under Zhou Lin's defense, he hit the board and the whistle blew.

The referee's gesture means that the goal counts, and there will be an additional penalty!
Fifth time!

Many Chinese audience couldn't help covering their eyes, unable to believe that this was Zhou Lin's fifth foul.

Although Jay Lewis on the side kept raising his hand hoping to take the foul on himself, the referee ignored it and directly announced Zhou Lin's graduation with full fouls.

Zhou Lin's foul problem finally broke out at the last moment.

Accompanied by Sean Terry's free throw.

1′22，84-77，主队落后了整整7分。

Although in the next round, Lamar Butler hit a difficult drifting three-pointer.

A late three-pointer failed to save the Patriots from losing.

In 22 seconds, Hansbrough scored two points to seal the victory of the game.

86-80, in the end the home team lost by 6 points, a narrow defeat.

爱国者队这边，周林23分4助4篮板，刘易斯13分9篮板，拉马尔.巴勒特12分3助攻。

来访的焦油锺队，泰勒.汉斯布鲁14分9篮板，肖雷恩.特例8分4篮板，大卫.诺尔11分2抢断，丹尼.格林8分2助攻。

Before the regular season in the division, the Patriots ended the preseason with 3 wins and 3 losses.

"It was a really good game. You really only narrowly missed the win. It seems that this year's March Madness will have a place for you at George Mason University."

"Aha, you guys are more skilled, after all, you are the defending champions."

Zhou Lin and Hansbrough chatted a few words, anyway, it was just business bragging.

After all, they are no longer in the same competition area, and they are not at the same level for the time being.

It's not like the North Carolina Tar Bells and the Duke Blue Devils have been rivals for many years in the same division, or the Big Ten's Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan University Wolverines are strong competitors.

At least until March Madness, the Patriots have no chance to play the Tar Bells again.

What George Mason Patriots players and coaches have to admit is that the University of North Carolina Tar Bells' key ball handling is too stable.

"See you in March Madness!"

"hope so!"

After embracing, Zhou Lin and Hansbrough separated.

"Zhou Lin, can you take a photo with me? We are all Chinese."

There are still many Chinese fans who have not dispersed for a long time.

Having gone through the era of minor celebrity as a high school student at Flint Hills School, now Zhou Lin is a little more proficient in dealing with fans. Of course, he knows that it is impossible for him to satisfy every fan's ideas, but facing Looking at the Chinese compatriots, Zhou Lin basically responded to every request. At the same time, Zhou Lin was interviewed by a reporter from Yahoo China again.

In the camera, there are many Chinese fans cheering for themselves.

Although he failed to lead the team to win the game, those fans still recognized him, which made Zhou Lin feel flattered.

……

Starting from mid-December, the regular season of the CAA league officially began.

In the internal league, in theory, each team meets each other twice, once at home and away, and there are also a few cases where they only meet once.

Then the top eight in the league will enter the playoffs and win the regional championship. The champion will directly qualify for March Madness.

Of course, there will be many invitational games of the same nature as the preseason.

There will be about 30 games in total, and it will last until the eve of March Madness.

The schedule is also quite tight.

In fact, the difficulty of the preseason and exchange matches is much higher than that of the competition in the competition area, and after the experience of the preseason.

The Patriots won a five-game winning streak in December 2005.

Among them, on December 12, Zhou Lin scored 7 points in the first game against Old Dominion University, who was competing for the first place in the division, leading the team to a narrow victory.

整个2005年的11场比赛，周林场均有砍下19分和6.6助攻和4.5篮板的不俗表现。

Because of this, at the beginning of 2006, Zhou Lin entered the top 2006 of TNT's 99 mock draft for the first time, and ranked 37th for the first time, ranking 4th among international players, and Yahoo Sports even directly ranked him Zhou Lin was placed 27th in the first round and 4th among international players.

During this period, the National Basketball Association has also been watching Zhou Lin's performance, and has included Zhou Lin in the 15-man squad for the 18th Men's Basketball World Championships held in Japan this year, and hopes that Zhou Lin will return to China to participate in training at the end of the school year .

Zhou Lin also said that as long as there are no accidents, he will return to China in June and July.

On the 15th of that month, the grouping of the World Championships also came out. The Chinese team was divided into Group D with the United States, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Italy, and Senegal.

It's not a very good grouping.

This year's World Championships is also the last Men's Basketball World Championship in history.

He still clearly remembers Wang Shipeng's 0.7-second lore, beheading Slovenia and entering the top 16.

Perhaps every fan will remember such a moment, Zhou Lin still vaguely echoed in Zhou Lin's mind with the slightly choked voice of the commentator, shouting that Wang Shipeng beat Slovenia, and the excited voice of the Chinese team qualified.

And that summer, Zhou Lin, who was watching in front of the TV, was also watching with enthusiasm.

Now Zhou Lin has the opportunity to participate in the game that is remembered by history.

(End of this chapter)