Chapter 82 I Must Beat Him (Three More)

"No problem." Tang Tian nodded, Olsen's cakes tasted really good, he liked them, and it wasn't difficult to get tickets with Walker.

"Then it's settled." Olsen smiled and stretched out his little finger, shaking it in front of his eyes.

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this was to make an agreement with the hook.

He also stretched out his hand, and his little finger hooked, and the two of them had reached an agreement.

"Don, press conference." At this time, Napier called to him at the entrance of the player tunnel.

"Then I won't send you." Tang Tian turned back to Napier and said to Olsen.

"It doesn't matter, you are busy, I am very happy today." Olsen said with a smile.

Tang Tian smiled and nodded, then trotted back to the locker room.

After taking a shower, Tang Tian and Walker attended the press conference with Kahon.

Walker made 9 of 22 shots in this game and scored a team-high 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Tang Tian made 5 of 8 three-pointers and three free throws with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks. The biggest contributor to Kangda's victory.

Because of the win, the atmosphere at the press conference was very relaxed and full of laughter.

"Tang, I found out that you ate cake on the bench after you got off the court. I was curious, were you hungry at the time?" In the relaxed atmosphere, a reporter asked about eating cake during the game.

"Yes." Tang Tian didn't expect the reporter to ask this, and nodded with a smile.

"That cake doesn't seem to be bought temporarily, but was placed under the bench before?" The reporter looked at it more carefully and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I was going to eat after the game, but I was really hungry at the time." Tang Tian replied.

His answer immediately attracted laughter from the reporters below, and it is rare to say such a sincere statement.

"The next game will be against the University of North Carolina. We know that Harrison Barnes of North Carolina is a very good player and leader. Kemba, do you have the confidence to beat him and lead the team to victory?" After asking the light topic, the reporter asked the serious one.

"Well... the matter of defeating him should be left to Tang." Walker thought for a while and said.

His answer attracted a surprised look from the reporter, which was a bit inconsistent with Walker's usual speaking style.

"After all, he has beaten Derrick Williams in this game," Walker continued.

The reporters nodded in unison.

In this game, Williams made a great show in the first half and scored 18 points in the first half, but in the second half, he only made 1 of 11 shots under Tang Tian's marking, and his performance was dismal. If there is no accident in the next game, it will be Tang Tianzhu. To defend against Barnes, if you really want to talk about defeat, it is indeed what Tang Tian has to do.

"Tang, are you confident?" The reporter turned to Tang Tian.

"Of course, I have to beat him." Tang Tian replied without hesitation, Barnes is the core of North Carolina, and if Kangda wants to win, he must guard Barnes.

"He can do it." Kahon said with certainty at this time. He couldn't tell the media what happened in the midfield, but he now has absolute trust in Tang Tian.

The reporters looked at Kahon in surprise. The old coach rarely spoke with such certainty in front of the media.

"Oh, forgot to mention, I also bought the cake, but I finished it in the locker room at halftime." But before they had time to think about it, Walker's words caused them to laugh again, and they finally became serious. At the press conference, the atmosphere instantly became extremely relaxed.

...

In the University of North Carolina, hundreds of miles away, the North Carolina players watched the full broadcast of the game in the home arena.

"Harrison, I didn't expect that we really met that guy." At the end of the game, the players dispersed one after another, and Tyler Zeller and Barnes walked out side by side, and said with a smile as they left.

When he was playing a shooting game in New Haven, he wanted to go up and say hello to Tang Tian but was stopped by Barnes. At that time, Barnes said that he would meet, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"The next game is not easy to play." Barnes nodded. After watching the game, he knew that the next game would be a fierce battle.

"Are you confident in defeating Don?" Zeller asked.

Barnes shook his head. Although he was only in the first grade, because he grew up in a single-parent family and was a young man, he matured far earlier than his peers. If Derek Williams fought so hard, he knew that he would not. will be easy.

"But I have to beat him," he continued, looking up at the five championship flags hanging over the arena as he spoke.

...

Early the next morning, after the victory spree ended, the UConn players boarded a plane and headed to Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina.

The match between UConn and North Carolina will be played two days later in Charlotte's largest stadium, Bank of America Stadium.

This 19-year-old arena is the home of the NFL (American Football League) North Carolina Panthers. It can accommodate up to 74,000 people. For this game, the stadium has opened its core area, which can also accommodate more than 50,000 people at the same time. Watch the battle.

"North Carolina's style of play has not changed from the past. Their core tactic is to rush for offensive rebounds to seek secondary offensive opportunities, so protecting defensive rebounds will be the core part of our next game. Alex, Art, Taylor, you have to be mentally prepared, whether it's a jam or a rush..."

After arriving in Charlotte, Cahon did not rush to arrange the team for game training, but pulled the players to start tactical analysis in the training hall.

In the last game against the University of Arizona, Tang Tian's tactical advice directly changed the situation in the second half of the two sides, which made him realize that when playing against a strong team, the role of tactics is particularly important.

After the tactical analysis was over, he asked Ollie to take the other players to do basic training first, and then called Tang Tian and himself back to the office alone.

Ollie's emotions were a bit complicated when he watched the two leaving, but in the end he just shook his head.

Tang Tian's tactical advice in the last game shows that he is indeed very talented as a coach, which he really can't compare to.

An 18-year-old boy has this kind of talent, he should be envious and jealous, but remembering what Kahun told him before, he should not be so narrow-minded as a coach, and he should learn more about how to get along with the players.

"Do you have any good tactical advice for the next game?" Kahon asked Tang Tian directly when he arrived at the coach's office.

Tang Tian didn't know what Kahong was looking for at first, but when he heard his question, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This Kahun, really treat him as an assistant coach?

However, as an old coach who has coached in the NCAA for 40 years, Kahun can be considered to be able to put down his body.

Thanks to Fengxiaohuang and Sanshuichao for their rewards.