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Chapter 23 Watford: I'm Really Convinced

In the round of 16, March Madness seems to have really opened the stage. A stronger team and a more eye-catching matchup are imminent.

There was a campus basketball frenzy across the United States. Whether it was on the campus or in the office building, everyone was discussing the players and even the coaches of the top [-] teams such as Duke, Kentucky, and Michigan State.

A better game requires a better viewing experience, and the stadium hardware will naturally be improved accordingly.

The game for the Southern Conference's Elite Eight -- Duke Blue Devils vs. Indiana University Hilltops -- will be played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia's capital.

The Georgia Dome is a multi-purpose stadium with 71000 seats and a dome-shaped stadium using a cable-membrane dome structure.It is also home to the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.It is famous all over the world as one of the main venues and venues of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

This shows the attention paid to the top 8 elites in March Madness.

When Chen Xiao entered the arena from outside, he was shocked.

Although he is also someone who has been to NBA arenas, he sweated at the Philips Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks, during the ACC playoff finals.

But the huge dome of the Georgia Dome, the curved surface divided by multiple lines, and the magnificent spatial scale of the multi-functional gymnasium in the infield.

It made Chen Xiao feel excited, it was a feeling of accelerated blood flow and slightly shortness of breath.

Playing in such an arena, you will be followed by tens of thousands of fans inside and millions of spectators outside the screen.

Chen Xiao was ready to go all out.

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"Welcome everyone to watch the NCAA 2011-2012 season championship brought by ESPN on time, this game is a key battle for the top 8 tickets in the Southern District.

On one side is the Duke University Blue Devils led by Coach K, a long-time victor with 4 national championships and 11 Final Four appearances.

On the other side is the Indiana University Peakmen team, which has won the national championship 5 times and also entered the Final Four 11 times.

The game is about to start, and the starting lineups of the two teams have been announced. After ESPN commentator Mike Breen made the opening remarks and quickly introduced the starters of the two teams, the game officially began.

The result of the jump ball was not unexpected. For fans who often watch Duke games, they can turn on the TV 5 seconds later than other fans. Anyway, it is a center with a height of 218 and a wingspan of 241 who turns the ball to his teammates.

"It seems that Taylor taught you a lot, Cody." Chen Xiao looked forward and said to Cody Zeller who was pushing him beside him.

The Taylor that Chen Xiao was talking about was naturally not a certain singer Taylor, but Cody Zeller's brother Taylor Zeller.

North Carolina, where Taylor is located, is relying on Taylor's top defense and Henson's help defense to limit Chen Xiao, making Chen Xiao unable to attack calmly.

When Duke and North Carolina met for the second time, Roy Williams used this trick to force Chen Xiao to reduce the number of shots, and Duke's outside line was lost in that game. In the end, North Carolina was able to win a victory from Duke.

"But you seem to lack a key link in this chain defense." Chen Xiao glanced at Christian Watford not far from him and said slowly.

At this time, the 45-degree angle Chen Xiao was facing was Rivers holding the ball.

The last time he wanted to be a hero instead of a bear, and was sprayed by the old K coach and punished by the team after the game, Rivers seemed to have matured.

He obediently carried out Old K's deployment.

That is, if the ball cannot be passed to Chen Xiao in time, he will quickly transfer the ball to seek better opportunities.

Seeing Chen Xiao approaching and being defended by the two, Rivers quickly transferred the ball to Andre Dawkins at the top of the arc.

Dawkins is facing the basket and has a wide field of vision.

He feints and drives the ball to the basket.Unguarded Miles Plumlee catches the pass for an easy layup.

Just when Chen Xiao dropped the last syllable, Duke added 2 points to the scoring board.

Comparing the lineups of North Carolina and Indiana, Cody Zeller is a more athletic Tyler Zeller.He could obviously play Taylor's role.

Although the help defender Christian Watford is an excellent big man with a 4% three-point shooting rate and can contribute 4 points and 12.6 rebounds per game, he is not agile enough and has an average wingspan. Obviously, he cannot replace the role of "Octopus Man" John Henson.

By attacking Watford's weakness, Duke opened the game by passing directly to the basket and scored 2 times in a row, starting with 4:0.

On the sidelines, Indiana University coach Tom Quilling was a little flustered after Duke's first win. He seemed to overestimate Watford's defense level, and he didn't expect Austin Rivers to make a rational choice when he had an excuse to play by himself.

He transferred the team's strongest perimeter defender-Victor Oladipo, who should be facing Rivers according to common sense.

But under hesitation, Quilin chose to take another look. Maybe the last time was just an accident, and he changed his tactics after being beaten once. Didn't he slap himself in the face?

The second identical attack can almost make the audience think that they are watching a replay.

The idea of ​​changing to a defender also flashed in Quilin's mind. Obviously, he didn't want to change the established defensive strategy yet.

But for whom? 6-foot-7 Will Sheey or 6-foot-0 Jordan Hulse?

You must know that Duke currently has a three-guard lineup on the field. If you let your own guard play as a diagonal defender, it is simply waiting for the Blue Devils to bloom both inside and outside.

Thinking of this, Quilin subconsciously stood up and wanted to rush to the sidelines.But then he remembered the image of the idol Zen master Phil Jackson, who was as immobile as a mountain and calm and composed. He stopped his forward momentum, straightened the corners of his clothes, and tried his best to maintain an elegant sit down.

There are no more than three things, no more than three things!
In the third round, watching the ball gradually move towards the 45-degree angle of the three-point line, Watford could almost reproduce the next trajectory of the ball in his mind, as well as his embarrassment of looking at the ball and sighing.

Thinking about it, Watford, who was supposed to move towards Chen Xiao's position, gradually slowed down.

And Rivers, whose brain was enlightened by the old K's indoctrination and the ear-to-mouth instructions, saw that Indiana's supplementary defense was not decisive enough this time, so he subconsciously hoisted the ball to the "backing rock" not far away.

Chen Xiao, who has been working hard to get a position, finally waited for his moment, leaning on Cody, easily grasping the ball from mid-air, grabbing the ball with one hand and swaying towards Watford's defense position before.

Seeing that Chen Xiao seemed to be about to throw the ball in front of the basket, Cody Zeller, who was overshadowed by Watford's supplementary defense, subconsciously turned around in a false direction.

Cody, who was strong and shaky, turned his head and saw not the ball flying towards a certain player, but the basketball falling from the net.

Duke led by 6 points, a wonderful start.

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