I'm not really a role player

Chapter 80
"Buddhist University's offense is still a pick-and-roll."

"Deda directly switched defenses, very decisive."

"Al Horford went down low, stuck Sheldon with his back, asked for the ball, this is going to be a singles..."

Horford played low singles, Li Ke withstood him, and his strength was not at all inferior.

Leaning on Li Ke with his back, Horford swayed left and right, and then suddenly turned around for a layup. Li Ke judged the right direction and gave a solid interference.

The ball missed, Aqili grabbed the rebound and passed it to Xiao Du.

Then four arrows were fired at once, but Buddha University retreated quickly, preventing Deda from counterattacking.

The counterattack turned into a positional offense, and it was still a pick-and-roll.

The defense of the University of Florida has changed, and the defense is still changed, but it is not Lee Humphrey who is replaced, but Horford, who was originally in a deeper position.

"Buddhist University directly joined the defense. Facing the pick-and-roll, Lee Humphrey didn't follow the defense directly. It was Al Horford who made up for it. Billy Donovan was already prepared!"

Once the zone defense is out, the pick-and-roll is a white block and a white roll.

Facing Horford, Xiao Du's size does not have an advantage.

The weak side didn't have much chance, and Li Humphrey, who didn't follow the defense at all, immediately made up for it.

This is the case with zone defense. Everyone is responsible for an area, but the strengths and weaknesses are different.

His teammates had no chance, so Xiao Du could only come by himself.

Singles Horford, took two steps, then stopped and shot a jumper.

Bang!

The basketball hits the hoop.

At the basket, Noah grabbed the rebound, and the University of Florida counterattacked.

They didn't have the idea of ​​fighting back, they slowly controlled the half court, and it was another pick-and-roll.

De University's response has not changed, it is still changing defenses.

But Li Ke is going to scold his mother: what about him defending Tao Lingling?

Here Barnes has not allowed to switch defenses yet, he was forced to continuously switch defenses to Al Horford under the opponent's pick-and-roll tactics.

There are still many differences between the two star centers of the University of Florida. Noah is more blue-collar, and Horford is more like the core of the University of Florida's offense.

From the mid-range to the low post to the basket, he has a little bit of offensive skills, which can be regarded as a small offensive kaleidoscope of the NCAA. Otherwise, he would not have been picked after Oden and Xiaodu in the 07 draft.

Although in this game, Corey Brewer had to face Abrams' poor defense, but at the beginning, the center of gravity of the University of Florida's offense was still placed on Horford's side.

It was still a low singles, Li Ke continued to resist Horford with strength, and then turned around for a layup, and he also judged the right position.

Horford held high and hit with a small sky hook.

Li Ke couldn't interfere, and watched the basketball fall into the basket.

The German University's offense, Xie Te's pick-and-roll was once again defeated by the zone defense, and Xiao Du's singles still failed to bring goals.

Looking back, Buddha University continued to use the pick-and-roll to create opportunities for Horford to play Li Ke in a misplaced single.

Li Ke tried his best to defend, and Horford also struggled in singles, but under the continuous and somewhat gorgeous footsteps, Li Ke judged the wrong direction.

He jumped to the right, but Horford turned to the left and made an easy layup.

After a few balls in a row, Jordan stopped talking, but Coach K talked eloquently: "Xie Du's pick-and-roll is no longer effective. The zone defense is too restrained. The University of Florida has two big men with outstanding personal strength. They can easily form a variety of zone defenses."

"In contrast, the defense of the University of Texas is a little passive. They lack excellent centers, so the zone defense strategy is not suitable for them. They can only man-to-man. The strategy of directly switching defenses in the face of pick-and-rolls has exposed the problem that Sheldon can't prevent dislocations at all."

Sheldon can't prevent misplacement?

Jordan, who was silent at first, couldn't help it: "You think Sheldon can't prevent misplacement? Mike, you must not have watched much of the German University game."

"you saw it?"

"..."

Coach K just asked a question like this, and Jordan shut up.

Has he seen it?

Of course he has seen it, but can he say he has seen it?

he can not……

"Regardless of whether Sheldon has ever had a successful dislocation defense, just say that in this game, he can't guard Al Horford."

Li Ke really couldn't guard Horford. After a few rounds, he already had a clear feeling: this Al Horford is Oden who is about 10cm shorter!
The height difference of 10cm is exaggerated, and the difference in talent is huge. Therefore, this is the reason why Oden, who is full of injuries, is the number one pick, but Horford is not.

If they are the same height, Horford's draft market should be even hotter. After all, Horford is healthy.

The gap in the score was quickly widened under the full tactical strategy of the Buddha University team.

Rick Barnes' reaction was not slow. After more than four minutes into the game, the University of Florida led by 15 points 7 to 8, and immediately called a timeout.

"Coach, you can't play like this, I can't guard Al Horford at all..."

As soon as he got to the sidelines, Li Ke complained.

Rick Barnes wrote and drew on the tactical board, and replied: "I know, so next, our defense will be changed to delayed return."

Delay and return: Xiao Du went to delay the opponent, Li Ke circled the screen and re-positioned Tao Linglin. Simply put, he did not switch defenses.

"Then offensively, cancel the Schett pick-and-roll, and we play the regular big man pick-and-roll..."

Cancel the Schett pick and roll...

Li Ke looked at Rick Barnes with resentful eyes.

emmm... The key is not to cancel, but to pick and roll Xie Te!
Coach, you are also unqualified...

After the timeout, Rick Barnes' adjustment still played a role.

On the offensive end, compared with Dooku's infinitely weakened version of the pick-and-roll, Shet's pick-and-roll is no longer used, and it is replaced by a regular big man pick-and-roll, which has a miraculous effect.

Aqili put it up, and Horford was forced to defend.

The Buddha University's response to the conventional pick-and-roll is also to delay the return, and there is no problem in the defense, but Xiao Du is still locked up.

But at least, the defense formation of the University of Buddha was broken.

With no protection in the middle distance, Li Ke and Deda's defenders were both short. Taking advantage of this opportunity, they chased hard for a few points.

On the defensive end, De University's delay in returning to the position prevented Buddha University from continuing to attack Li Ke in a low position.

The most obvious effect of this wave of pause adjustments is defense. The original pick-and-roll style of the University of Florida suddenly made no progress, and they were forced to shift the focus of offense.

Corey Brewer began to take over the ball, and Abrams scored in various singles, which seemed to take over the game.

Marikarillo questioned Rick Barnes' employment: "AJ Abrams can't guard Corey Brewer at all, why doesn't Rick Barnes let him deal with Taoling Green?"

As the coach of the NCAA, Coach K can understand:

"Cory Brewer should be a trap set by Rick Barnes. The University of California has already fallen into it. In order to temporarily attack, they gave up the team basketball they are good at."

"Although the score is still advantageous, the University of Florida has been forced out of the comfort zone. It depends on when Rick Barnes solves Corey Brewer."

As soon as the words fell, Rick Barnes replaced Damien James, and then replaced Li Ke in front of Corey Brewer who had just started.

With one substitution, the Buddha's offense was also choked to death.

Why is it?Because the German University's offense has long been strangled to death.

The game quickly finished the first half in a gentle and intense rhythm.

Both teams are based on defense, so the score at the end of the half is not high, but from the beginning, the German University has always been behind.

"36 to 29, at halftime, University of Florida led by 7 points."

Shannon Sharp called the halftime score.

Coach K immediately began to analyze: "The gap is still obvious. The pace of the game is very slow. Both sides have done a good job in defense. However, unlike the multi-point blooming of the University of Buddha, the University of Germany relies too much on KD."

At this time, Jordan, who had been silent for a long time, interjected: "Look at the second half of the game. It's time for the University of Delaware to give Sheldon some chances to play."

This time, Coach K actually nodded, surprisingly not contradicting Jordan:

"Indeed, the University of Delaware needs another scorer to stand up and score. Sheldon is a good choice. He is good off the ball. The University of Dezhou should allow him to move more on the weak side and give him a little freedom..."

(End of this chapter)