Three minutes later, the first half ended.

For Thabeet, he finally got a chance to breathe.

Of course, this respite was somewhat short-lived, and after respite, he would face another 20 minutes of "torture."

Lin Ri was really cruel. After noticing that his chassis was unstable, he kept beating him in the low position, but he really had no way to do it. His skill points were all focused on movement speed. The chassis was

It's something he hasn't had time to practice yet. Besides, with his height, if he perfects his chassis, how can he still move as fast as he does now?

It's Thabeet's own fault for forcing James Harden so much that he didn't dare to rush inside, and only dared to float and shoot from the outside. And his partner Stanley Robinson's coverage range was so wide that he didn't delay inside the three-point line.

The lack of shooting position forced the Sun Devils to always rush their shots from the outside.

In this situation, someone must go inside to grab the rebound.

Who else can this important task be entrusted to?

It must be Lin Ri!

Therefore, Lin Ri had no other choice, so he went to grab rebounds with Thabit. Otherwise, Lin Ri would not have had the courage to go inside to find trouble with Thabit. With such a tall and thick appearance, and such tall arms

Zhan, why don't you have nothing to do when you have enough to compete with him in the paint?

Take a look at how the Jazz arranged Yao Ming in "The Death of the Rockets"?

Just use Okur to shoot three-pointers from the outside. In this way, the advantage of height is gone and the disadvantage of speed is reflected.

Lin Japan originally had the same idea. He really didn't want to compete with Thabeet on the inside.

However, after bravely entering the inside line, Lin Ri just wanted to shout "It smells so good", the big and thick Thabit's chassis is so unstable!

Then Lin Ri can't do his best to dominate in the low position?

There is no other reason, the main reason is that the feeling of slamming the 2.21 meter Thabeet away and dunking him is so great!

Once he experienced O'Neal's happiness, he simply couldn't stop.

Therefore, in the last three minutes of the first half, he hit Thabeet four times in the low post, knocking Thabeet staggering every time.

Thabeet's hill-like body looks like a large inflatable doll swaying in the wind, falling over when touched.

A group of Memphis fans in the audience were dumbfounded when Thabeet was ravaged. They were already in a state of excitement and now felt that the sky was getting dark.

What the hell is this?

Can you still hold on to the Grizzlies' interior in the future?

Return, return, return quickly!

That old guy Chris Wallace is just unreliable. He sent the team's ace core to the Lakers in exchange for a bunch of junk, and now he wants to waste his spot by selecting such a useless guy!

No, this marriage, ah, no, no one can be selected in this draft. Thabeet is obviously a scam!

Well, no, it’s still wrong, it’s wrong!

If The Sun is not selected to Memphis in this draft, then don’t blame us for turning against us!

During a short intermission, the Memphis fans collectively "rebeled".

There are some things that you can't think about in detail, otherwise you will get angrier the more you think about them. For example, if Thabeet is really selected in this year's draft...

There are also some things that cannot be thought about in detail, which will lead to the more you think about them, the more you want them... Just like the sun right now!

The Sun Devils ended up with a 34-24 deficit in the first half. Lin Ri scored 13 points alone, the highest scorer in the game.

His destructive power around the basket makes Thabeet a complete foil!

It also made the fans in Memphis who originally came for Thabeet tonight start to covet his body!

"the sun!"

"the sun!"

"the sun!"

I don’t know if any of the fans in the audience used their mobile phones to look up information about Lin Ri. They probably saw the news that the audience would cheer for Lin Ri before every game.

Anyway, it was quite sudden... One and a half minutes before the second half of the game was about to start, a burst of shouts of "the sun" suddenly sounded from the entire auditorium of Memphis Pyramid Stadium.

Lin Ri, who was drinking Gatorade, was stunned by the cheers. As a fan, he instinctively stood up, turned around and waved, and responded to the Memphis fans in the audience.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the Gatorade he was still smoking, quickly put it down, and then showed a shy smile.

This appearance made the Memphis fans laugh as they watched the collective cheers.

Especially the group of female fans, all of them were thinking to themselves: Why is he so cute? Well... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and in their eyes, Lin Ri's farts are probably delicious now.

Jeff cast an envious look, what a charm the sun is! Hey, it’s really hard to compare, but if I tell people in the future, he and I were teammates in college, this is enough to brag about!

Jeff felt that his life experience was suddenly several levels higher than others.

Thabeet, who gradually regained his confidence under the guidance of Jim Cahoon, was dumbfounded. The mentality that he had just recovered a little bit collapsed directly before he could face Lin Ri's ravage in the second half.

Before this game, his prospective agent called him and said that he had reached a verbal agreement with Chris Wallace. If nothing else happened, he would be able to report to the Grizzlies directly after March Madness.

Okay, go through the motions and then wait to be selected by the Grizzlies in the draft at the end of June. Based on the current record of the Grizzlies, the final draft pick will be at least the top 4!

In other words, he will be selected by at least the top 4!

He himself was quite confident, especially after feeling the welcome given to him by Memphis fans before the game. He was even more confident that he would be selected with a high pick and then start his career with the Memphis Grizzlies.

career.

But now...

He looked at the fans in the audience shouting for Lin Ri, how could he still be confident?

The originally bright prospects suddenly dimmed. How could there be no problem with his mentality?

Not to mention Thabeet, even those mature NBA stars will have some ups and downs in their hearts after seeing their home court become someone else's new home court.

It's just that some stars can turn these into motivating factors for themselves.

This is why they can become stars.

Thabeet obviously hasn't reached that level yet.

The Memphis fans at the scene cheered Lin Ri just before the second half started, which made him a little impatient in the second half.

He is eager to prove himself.

But this instead became a loophole for Lin Ri to break through him.

Jim Cahoon was already very concerned about Thabeet's mentality. He specifically arranged for Robinson to cover him in the second half, but Thabeet's impatience allowed Lin to find opportunities again and again, and Connecticut's inside line kept up.

The last few minutes of the half were the same, with Lin Ri frequently attacking.

The score difference once reached more than 17 points.

By the time Thabeet realized he still had teammates to rely on, the Sun Devils' lead had reached more than 20 points.

At this time, there are still 5 minutes left before the end of the game.

However, these 5 minutes have become garbage time.

Everyone in Connecticut spent these five minutes in agony.

Especially Thabeet, he felt twice, three times or even four times as much pain as his teammates!

Because the atmosphere at the scene was so exciting, Lin Ri's every attack could arouse huge cheers, and every cheer was like a needle pricking Thabit's heart.

Do you really not love me anymore?

In the end, amid the endless cheers from the audience, the Sun Devils beat Connecticut with a 25-point margin. Jim Cahoon and Thabeet both showed a hint of bitterness when the final whistle sounded.

smile.

Jim Cahoon, who has been the head coach at Connecticut for more than 20 years, naturally does not want to see his team lose in such a useless manner in the NCAA semifinals, but he is powerless.

Thabit's wry smile was the helplessness and bitterness he felt when watching the "women" who loved him so much walk away.

He knew that this city no longer loved him.

What's worse is that after a game, his originally bright future will become gloomy.

He finished the game with only 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks, which looked good, but compared to Lin Ri's 24 points, 12 rebounds, and 2 blocks, the gap was really obvious.

Moreover, as many as 14 of Lin Ri's 24 points in this game were scored when facing him.

When Lin Ri got the ball in the low post, he had no way to restrain him.

This will become his weakness and will be infinitely amplified by the draft experts after the game!

At this time, he couldn't help but think of two people - one was DeAndre Jordan last season, and the other was Jordan Hill in the Pac-12 this year... Somehow, he felt the need to talk to these two people.

I want to show my respect to this guy.

It’s really too much of a sympathy.

"We want the sun, we don't need Hashem Thabit!"

"Chris, what you should do now is to pursue the No. 1 pick. Yes, you should do that, because the sun is obviously a better choice!"

"You should know, Mr. Chris Wallace, now is your best opportunity to become the best head coach, and it is also an opportunity that you can seize very easily, let the Grizzlies continue to lose games, and then get the No. 1 pick.

Sign the sun with the No. 1 pick, it’s that simple!”

In fact, Thabeet's situation was much worse than he imagined.

Immediately after the game, Grizzlies fans went to Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace's Twitter one by one, clamoring for Chris Wallace to fight for the No. 1 pick.

Then the Sun was selected, and his name was almost not mentioned. Even if it was mentioned, it was hoped that the team would not choose him. It really turned from everyone's admiration before the game to everyone's shouting after the game.

After that, another group of draft experts stood up one by one and said bluntly, "Hashem Thabeet is overrated. He is not enough to become the next Mutombo. His draft price should not be so optimistic!"

Finally, Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace said: "We will pursue players who are more suitable for us, and this will never change!"

This is the first time in the past two months that Wallace has not talked about Thabeet. Obviously, Chris Wallace is no longer so determined about choosing Thabeet.

It was because of his words that in the latest predictions of major draft websites, Hasheem Thabeet's name did not appear until the twelfth pick in the first round.

It looks like I will soon fall out of the lottery!
Chapter completed!