Chapter 27 The first signature(1/2)
The NBC Sports Channel's broadcasting room, the staff who were always paying attention to the ratings of the game, widened their eyes.
"Old...Boss!"
The editor-in-chief of the Sports Channel, who was nervously directing the camera to switch, was stopped.
He turned around and asked angrily: "What's wrong?"
"The ratings have dived..."
"What?"
The editor immediately came to the computer, as the staff said—
The ratings of this game, from the moment the game started, climbed to the peak, and were almost one of the highest ratings in the NCAA preseason.
But just a moment ago, the ratings plummeted, leaving only half of the previous ones.
"Why did you suddenly dive?"
"Because those penny fans can't stand it anymore..."
Another staff member in the broadcast room revealed the truth in one sentence.
Penny's loyal fans could not bear to watch it anymore. They sat in front of the TV and locked in the game between Long Beach and Oregon State for what?
To see Lin Xing’s jokes!
But what is the result?
Lin Xing started his performance at the beginning, with three heavy deductions, each deduction showing a different style.
Add to that steal that completely suppressed Brent Barry, Lin Xing has dominated the opening stages of the game.
Oregon State has sent their best outside defender, but it still gets beaten up.
They can't see jokes, and now they have become jokes themselves.
Faced with such an embarrassing situation, they chose to be an ostrich and quit the live broadcast of this game.
The crotch caught fire - of course, there are fans who have not quit, and their ideas or reasons are different.
Some of them are fans who truly love basketball, and they can only be considered passers-by fans of pennies at most.
Before this game, the Orange County Chronicle and NBC TV station mocked Lin Xing overwhelmed Lin Xing, and stood clearly on the opposite side of Lin Xing with this group of passers-by fans.
But now, their ideas have changed.
Bill Simmons, a sports reporter for the Boston Herald, is one of them.
Before this game, Bill Simmons, who was in Boston, had never seen any Lin Xing's game.
So, facing a dispute that looked like hype, he stood on the side of the penny.
But now, Bill Simmons' eyes are full of bright colors.
"John Bayless didn't exaggerate it, this guy is such a genius!"
Bill Simmons thought he knew the ball very well, and after only watching these few rounds, he was convinced:
"They are both tall point guards who are 2 meters tall. Stalin's style of playing is more explosive than pennies and less spiritual. Both of them have their own advantages. It is absolutely no problem to say that they are on par!"
The rest of the group is the stubborn fans of Penny fans, and their minds are full of: Wait a little longer, it's time for Oregon State to adjust its defense later.
Soon, as these stubborn fans of pennies thought, Oregon State called out a timeout after Lin Xing's fourth and fifth blasts into the basket and dunks.
On the sidelines, Oregon State head coach Jim Anderson smiled bitterly.
After calling the pause, he turned his head and said the first sentence to the assistant coach beside him was: "This guy should have been a member of the beaver, but unfortunately..."
The assistant coach beside him certainly knew what Jim Anderson was talking about, and he smiled bitterly.
But my heart was full of fantasy: If McKinney was replaced by Stalin opposite, would the Oregon Beavers dominate the Pacific Ten Schools League this year?
Jim Anderson didn't have so many fantasies, he only knew that now, defensive adjustments must be made against Lin Xing.
As for how to target it, do you still need to ask?
"In every defensive round in the next defensive round, Brent, your position must be shifted a little to the strong side. I need you to cooperate with Mustafa to lock Stalin..."
After the pause, Lin Xing enjoyed the highest defense treatment and various kinds of defense.
In the first offensive round, he broke through as usual, but Brent Barry rushed over to defend himself immediately.
Lin Xing didn't even think about it and directly divided the ball to one side.
With an ordinary pass, Lucios was found.
Lucios did not disappoint everyone, received the ball and rushed out two steps, stopped urgently, and successfully scored two points.
Lin Xing also made an assist from this.
Boston, Bill Simmons looked at Lin Xing's pass and became more certain:
"Every ball of penny is elegant and agile. Stalin is the opposite of him. Every ball is simple and direct, and it reaches a rough and wild level."
To be honest, Bill Simmons is not very interested in Lin Xing's style of playing.
Because in the 1990s, the so-called rough style of the game, or violent aesthetics, was the norm.
In the NBA, Charles Barkley, Carl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Shaquille O'Neal, who is not the representative of violent aesthetics?
Uh, Ewing may be an exception, because he is the representative of the aesthetics of violence.
Violent aesthetics is indeed very eye-catching, but if you see it too much, you will lose it.
Suddenly a pence with a ball-like style pops up, can it not attract fans?
But objectively speaking, the style of the game is not the criterion for judging whether a player is genius.
The elegant penny and the rough Lin Xing can only compare in the void before they directly fight.
After comparing the void, I still have no problem with it.
Just thinking about this, Bill Simmons felt that this dispute should be unable to continue.
Back to the game itself, Oregon State still has great strength.
Even though the outside line had been blown up by Lin Xing, their inside double towers still played a role.
Scott Haskin beat Taver almost at the same time, but his scoring explosive power was far less than Lin Xing's.
With two three-pointers from Chad Scott, Oregon State scored a big hit in a short time.
Lin Xing continued to control the ball and finally stopped his offense.
In a sudden score, he passed a large open space to Rod Hannibal, but Hannibal missed the three-pointer.
Soon, teammates lost his passes and missed it, as Bill Simmons saw:
Stalin's pass is very ordinary, just passes the ball directly outward. Such a pass is difficult to cause qualitative changes.
There is no qualitative change but quantitative change. Once the quantity increases, the shooting percentage of teammates is difficult to guarantee.
Several teammates' missed irons, which gave Oregon a hope of overtaking the score, and they tried harder.
On the offensive end, Brent Barry found an opportunity and handed the cards to Haskin.
Then, Haskin turned his back and made a layup, and Oregon State quickly narrowed the gap in the score to only 2 points.
At this time, Boston, Bill Simmons touched his chin: The intensity of this game is quite high?
In the attack of Long Beach, Mustafa Hofer, just like the previous few rounds, faced Lin Xing head-on, completely ignoring the vast space behind him.
Anyway, Lin Xing passed him, and Brent Barry was behind him.
At the top of the arc, Lin Xing slapped the basketball and looked up at the score.
He wanted a crush, but the opponent did not cooperate. He could only use some force to force the opponent to cooperate.
There seems to be no change in the arc top.
Bill Simmons in front of the TV also thinks so.
But then, Lin Xing, who rushed out in a flash, unexpectedly continued to speed up.
The strong body hit Brent Barry like this, but he kept rushing, and even the sprinting movements did not mean to be deformed.
On the contrary, Barry was hit by Lin Xing suddenly and directly threw away the center of gravity of the defense.
The next second, he was passed.
In a panic, Barry could only turn around and hold Lin Xing.
This is a foul...
But the referee didn't brag at the first time.
Because Barry failed to hold Lin Xing, the strong and powerful Lin Xing rushed to the basket as if he was carrying Barry on his back.
Finally, under the futile interference of Haskin, Lin Xing raised his hand and threw the basketball obediently into the basket.
"Damn!"
In Boston, Bill Simmons couldn't help but swear, and he was shocked.
To be continued...