Chapter 48: Beat North Carolina again!

When it comes to North Carolina, many people's first impression is naturally that this is the alma mater of Steve Jobs.

Although this North Carolina team is not the team in the original history that will win the NCAA championship next year under the leadership of the North Carolina Four.

But at this time, Raymond Felton, Sean May and Rashad McCants, the three young players from North Carolina, were already there.

Although these three people are not doing well in the NBA.

Even Rashad McCants ended up playing in the CBA.

Raymond Felton, who has the highest achievements and has been in the game the longest, is just a blue-collar point guard.

He is far inferior to Deron Williams and Chris Paul who are as famous as him at this time.

But in the NCAA, the three are already All-Star level players.

And unlike the Warriors head coach Bruce Weber, who was a new head coach, North Carolina's head coach at this time was Roy Williams.

In the future, Roy Williams will also be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

He also won the Associated Press Coach of the Year Award twice.

It can be said that such a coach, whether in terms of tactical system or on-the-spot response, is not comparable to Bruns Webber.

But for old Kenny, he actually did think that North Carolina could beat the Cowboys.

North Carolina's biggest problem is naturally defense.

You read that right. In the NCAA, which emphasizes defense and positional play, this North Carolina team's defense is actually not that good.

Moreover, North Carolina's offense is not as good as the Warriors, which is why North Carolina is not as good as the Warriors in the media strength rankings.

The main problem lies with Rashad McCants at the third and second positions.

Currently, North Carolina's No. 3 position is a white small forward named Wagner Kyle. He is not good at defense, but he has accurate shooting.

Although Rashad McCants is a star player of North Carolina, he is also a typical troublemaker, or a problem player.

He is 1 meters tall, but has a wingspan of 93 meters and excellent explosive power.

Judging from his talent alone, he doesn't look like a defensive sieve at all.

But in the game, he is often seen being easily broken through, and he always seems to be a few beats slower in defense.

Rashad McCants has the potential to guard those players, but the problem is that he never gives his all on defense.

Even head coach Williams can't change this problem.

Rashad McCants had conflicts with former North Carolina coach Duhe, and also had conflicts with current head coach Williams.

Fight in the United States U20 team, cutting throat ceremony in front of fans
It can be said that Rashad McCants is a typical problem player, and he is impossible to discipline!

This is also why North Carolina didn't win the NCAA championship until it acquired the talented high school student Marvin Williams and improved its defense.

In the previous rounds, Tony and Joey were targeted in various ways.

However, North Carolina's defense at the second and third positions was a sieve, making it difficult to stop the two from breaking through.

As for shrinking the inner line.
Do you really think North Carolina dares to leave Lin Yu alone? The venue for this game is the United Center, the home of the Chicago Bulls.

After the game started, everything happened just as old Kenny thought.

The Cowboys suppressed North Carolina from the beginning.

Roy Williams is a future Hall of Fame coach.

But the lineup under his command was not good enough, even he could do nothing.

Lin Yu faced Sean May, and no matter whether he was shooting or breaking through the basket, his opponent had no chance to fight back. And I don't know if it was because he returned to his hometown, Tony played exceptionally well today.

Facing Rashad McCants, he scored 20 points, 1 assist, 3 rebounds and 3 steals.

At the same time, Rashad McCants was limited to only 9 points and 3 rebounds.

Plus Lin Yu's 26 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists.

The Cowboys easily defeated North Carolina 70:60.

hum!
As the timer beeped, old Kenny stood up excitedly and kept applauding his teammates.

Little Kenny was not surprised when he saw this scene.

This is the second time that Kenny Sr. has reached the semi-finals in his coaching career since he led the Cowboys to the NCAA tournament semi-finals in 1995.

And this time, they can go even further!

Roy Williams looked at the Cowboys players who were celebrating and didn't say much.

After all, he is well aware of North Carolina's problems and can only wait until the offseason to strengthen the team.

in front of the TV.

A 183cm man danced with joy when he saw Lin Yu lead his team to defeat North Carolina.

"Great! Felton was also defeated by Lin Yu. Now everyone is defeated by Lin Yu. No one is the No. 1 point guard in the NCAA."

After Paul finished speaking, he always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with what he said.

But it doesn't matter, as long as Deron and Felton don't overpower me.

As for Lin Yu.
After he enters the NBA, he will take revenge on Lin Yu!
After defeating North Carolina, the Cowboys faced their Final Four opponent Duke.

Duke's head coach, 'Old K' Mike Krzyzewski's coaching record is just as good as Roy Williams'.

Coached the Dream Team, entered the Hall of Fame, and was named the National Coach of the Year 12 times.
At this time, K also has the Duke Four, who are the favorites to win the championship, namely Luol Deng, Chris Duhon, Sheldon Williams and JJ Redick.

In terms of NBA achievements, the Duke Big Four are definitely better than the North Carolina Big Three.

Luol Deng will at least be an All-Star forward in the future, and Redick is also a well-known shooter in the league.

Old Kenny even kept urging his players to start training after the game.

"Tony, Redick is a famous three-point shooter, don't give him a chance to shoot!"

"Lin Yu, you must defend Luol Deng well. He is the core of Duke right now."

"John, Chris Duhon is a famous defensive player in the NCAA. Just make fewer mistakes."

Lucas: ???

what's going on?
Lin Yu and Tony's mission is to stop the opponent's attacking arrows, but for me, it's to reduce mistakes.
Old Kenny: Don’t you know your own strength?
The Cowboys began intensive preparations for the game.

The day before the game.

Led by Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon, the Huskies successfully eliminated their opponents and advanced to the NCAA tournament finals!
Fans are beginning to look forward to whether Duke will face the Huskies, or whether the Cowboys will be able to advance to the finals and stage a showdown between the top draft picks!
Therefore, before the game started, various scouts and star fans came to the Seattle KeyArena, which served as the battlefield.

Everyone is looking forward to a fierce showdown between the two sides.

then
Duke was pinned to the ground and beaten.

That's right, he was pinned to the ground and beaten.

(End of this chapter)