Basketball Myth: Super Guard

"Eight minutes have passed in the first half, and we still haven't been able to catch up."

"We underestimate Syracuse University, their strength is far stronger than we thought. That Chinese boy named Qin, and Butler, their strength is also far stronger than we expected. Why haven't we listened to such people before? Said?"

On the bench, the players of the University of Louisville were whispering. Eight minutes into the first half, they still failed to catch up with the score and were still 3 points behind.

At the beginning, Syracuse University played a 9:2, which was because the University of Louisville underestimated the enemy.

I thought that after calling a timeout, the situation would change immediately, and the score could be quickly caught up, but the result was not like that. The difference was narrowed a little, but only by 4 points.

In a few minutes, the two sides came and went, but the University of Louisville was not able to take advantage of it. The strength of Syracuse University was far stronger than they expected.

"Substitution."

Coach Dawn narrowed his eyes, his eyes twinkling, replaced Brewer and Charlie with two substitutes, stopped Todd and Landers at the same time, and whispered a few words to them both.

Syracuse University here.

Coach Fox also changed people, replacing Holbert and Kent with Felton and Ellis, and made a gesture to the field at the same time-Qin Hao scored, Felton played the organization.

Seeing the coach's gesture, Qin Hao understood and nodded.

"Pick-and-roll." Todd made a gesture, Landers came up to the pick-and-roll, Todd's performance threw off Qin Hao, directly broke through, hit the inside line, and shot against the defender.

boom!

beep!

Strike the iron, the whistle blows.

The ball could not be scored, but caused a foul by Jefferson. Todd walked to the free throw line and hit two free throws, reducing the difference to 1 point.

"You or I?" Butler looked at Qin Hao.

"I'm coming." Qin Hao said, after coming to the front court, he rushed to Felton to ask for the ball, and then he changed direction, his left shoulder sank, his body leaned to the left, slapped the ball on the floor, and then accelerated.

What was guarding Qin Hao was the newly-replaced backup defender Priville. He quickly retreated, and at the same time moved a step laterally to the right, opening his hands.

But at this moment, Qin Hao turned around with the ball and circled around Priville. Priville secretly screamed badly and turned around quickly, ready to chase.

This turn was abrupt, and it was linked with the previous acceleration. Priville didn't think he could stop it, so he could only turn around and chase.

However......

Qin Hao didn't move forward after turning around. Instead, he took a step back, opened the distance from Priville, and then jumped up, holding the ball in his right hand and shaking his wrist.

Swish!

With a soft sound, the mid-range shot was hit.

The difference is back to three points!

But turning around, Todd and Landers completed a pick-and-roll cooperation, Todd returned the ball to Landers, Landers took the ball and rushed inside. Ellis, who was in charge of defending Landers, left Landers behind because he went to delay Todd, so Jefferson could only go up. Seeing Landers rushing in, he jumped up subconsciously.

"It's you who's waiting." Landers sneered and leaned on Jefferson deliberately.

beep!

When the whistle blew, the referee pointed to Jefferson and gave him a foul.

Landers didn't score this goal, but he didn't care, grinning and showing a big smile, his goal has been achieved.

"Jefferson's ball is not worth it." Assistant coach Harry sighed, "He has already fouled three times." He looked at Coach Fox.

Jefferson wasn't careful enough with this ball, and was tricked into a foul by the opponent. Coach Fox had to make a substitution and replace Jefferson.

Landers walked to the free throw line and made only one free throw, but Kent was substituted on the Syracuse University side before, and now that Jefferson is missing, the inside line is even tighter.

After that, the University of Louisville began to play Landers frequently, constantly feeding Landers with the ball and letting him play in the low post. Relying on his absolute height, coupled with his excellent low-post skills and excellent physical fitness, Landers played again and again. In, Ellis and Tom, who came up to replace Jefferson, couldn't prevent him at all.

......

"Bang!"

Landers dunks inside.

"Overtake the score."

"Well done Landers."

In the audience, the fans cheered excitedly.

When Jefferson was replaced, Landers had absolutely no restrictions on the inside. It can be said that he asked for anything and scored again and again, but in a moment, he helped the University of Louisville to overtake the score.

"beep......"

Coach Fox called a timeout and instructed the players to use foul tactics on Landers. Landers' fouls were not very good.

This has played a role, limiting Landers' scoring to a certain extent, but it has caused a rapid increase in the number of fouls at Syracuse University.

After half of the first half, Qin Hao and Butler were replaced one after another.

The University of Louisville also replaced Todd and Landers, but at this time Syracuse University's team has accumulated 7 fouls, and the number of free throws is reached.

The NCAA rule is that after the cumulative number of half-time fouls reaches 7, each common foul will be executed 1+1 free throws, and when the number of half-time fouls reaches 10 (including 10), each common foul will be executed 2 times. penalty.

The number of fouls was full, and Syracuse University had to control the defensive movements.

This gave Louisville the opportunity to become more reckless on offense, and Syracuse was at a disadvantage during the rotation.

......

When the first half ended, the score was 45:40, and the University of Louisville led by 5 points.

From the start of 9:2, to being 5 points behind now, this result has made the players of Syracuse University very depressed, such a good start, but it ended like this.

"Did you see it?" Coach Fox said: "This is the strength of a strong team. We have won six consecutive victories before, but it's really nothing. A real strong team is not only able to win against weak teams, but when it encounters strong teams. Strong. When facing a strong team, you can still win.”

"Our inside line is too bad." Jefferson whispered.

Everyone nodded.

Coach Fox's face sank and he snorted angrily, saying, "It's a fact that we suffer in the inside line, but it's definitely not an excuse. No team is perfect, and we don't have an advantage in the inside line, so let's think of other ways, don't you think? Just because the inside line is not dominant, give up the game and give the victory to the opponent?"

Jefferson bowed his head in shame.

"The inside line doesn't have an advantage, but we have an advantage on the outside line." Qin Hao stood up and said, "We can't guard the other side on the inside line, but on the outside line, the other side may not be able to defend us."

"That's right." Coach Fox showed a relieved smile. He spread out the tactical board, drew an area along the three-point line, and then tapped on it with a pen, "Our advantage is on the outside. Qin, Holber T, Jimmy, you have only one task in the second half - to score!"