Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 452 The first round of the playoffs

Near the end of February, the ncaa competition became tense.

Except for the Ivy League, where the team with the first record in the regular season automatically wins the league championship, the other leagues also have playoffs after the regular season.

Because the playoffs are a single-elimination competition, the schedule is very tight. From 8 to 4, to 4 to 2, and then to the championship, there are a total of three rounds of competition, which will end within 3-5 days.

On this day, Syracuse University ushered in the first round of the playoffs against the University of Louisville.

This season, the University of Louisville's record ranked sixth in the Big East. In the previous regular season, Syracuse University played against the University of Louisville twice. winning streak.

After the second fight, Syracuse University lost to the University of Louisville.

But at that time, Syracuse University had just switched to "running and bombing tactics", and the tactics were not proficient enough. Now, Syracuse University is stronger than that time.

Before the game, the head coach of the University of Louisville, Dawn, called the players together and said: "Later, we will attack the inside more and make Jefferson foul."

"Yes." Several players agreed in unison.

The previous game between Syracuse University and Marquette University was a focus battle, and many people paid attention to this game, including some team coaches.

Coach Dawn is one of them.

From this game, he learned a way to deal with Syracuse University's "running and bombing tactics", which is to target Jefferson and make him foul. "I can't fight anymore.

So today, coach Dawn is going to follow the prescription and use this trick to deal with Syracuse University.

Unfortunately, he thought too simply.

The two aces of the University of Louisville are Landers on the inside and Todd on the outside. The combination of inside and outside is the backbone of the team. Todd has a sharp breakthrough and strong scoring ability. They all want to foul Jefferson.

But what makes them a little depressed is that Jefferson is very cunning and is not fooled at all. Sometimes he would rather step aside and let them score without fouling.

So much so that when Landers pressed to the basket, faced the basket without rushing to shoot, frantically tempted, and tempted Jefferson to foul him, he was not fooled. On the contrary, Landers wasted the best shot opportunity because of this, and Syracuse University immediately launched The siege caused his mistake.

This is a bit annoying.

After a few minutes, Jefferson didn't foul a single one.

Of course, in order to avoid fouls, Jefferson allowed the University of Louisville to score a lot of points in the interior, but whenever they scored, Syracuse University would immediately retaliate.

Qin Hao, Holbert, and Felton hit three-pointers one after another, plus Butler's strong play, as many points were lost on the defensive end, Syracuse University recovered more points on the offensive end.

So after playing more than four minutes in the first half, Syracuse University led the University of Louisville by 11 points with 7:4.

"beep"

Coach Dawn frowned and called a timeout.

When the players came down, he began to emphasize defense. He felt that the players' defense was not in place, especially the defense from beyond the three-point line, which allowed Syracuse University to score three three-pointers, which should not have been done.

It's only a few minutes?

If this goes on, won't Syracuse University go crazy?
"Defend well, especially the three-pointer." Coach Dawn repeatedly urged.

However, there is no use for eggs.

After the timeout ended and the two sides returned to the court, Syracuse University's offense was still unstoppable.

Their counterattack was too fast, and before the University of Louisville settled down, several University of Louisville players rushed to the three-point line immediately in order to limit Syracuse University's three-pointers.

However, Landers and power forward Charlie were too slow, and they hadn't finished retreating, and the inside line was empty. When they rushed to the three-point line, Qin Hao, or Butler or Holbert, immediately broke through.

Once they are broken through, they can only watch them score.

In the next few minutes, Syracuse University's three-point shooting was indeed restricted, and the number of three-pointers was reduced a lot, but there were more breakthroughs and more shots to the basket.

"Snapped!"

"beep!"

Thugs, blow the whistle.

The referee pointed at Jefferson and gave him a foul.

At this time, 8 minutes had passed in the first half, Coach Dawn's face was dark, and it took 8 minutes to cause Jefferson to foul, which is useless.

Looking at the score again, the difference between the two sides has not been narrowed, but has been even wider.

"Why can Marquette University use it to win, but we can't?" Coach Dawn cried out, feeling that he was misled by Marquette University.

Cheating!
Here, Qin Hao and his teammates high-fived to celebrate, returned to the sidelines and sat down, played 8 minutes in the first half, the team led by 7 points, and the players were in a good mood.

"Haha, the other party is studying at Marquette University. They want to target Jefferson. Unfortunately, their thinking is too naive." Brother Pingtou laughed.

"Hmph." Jefferson snorted coldly, and said without hesitation: "They think I'm a fool, if I suffer a loss once, will I suffer a second time?"

"Ha ha."

Everyone laughed.

After losing to Marquette University, Coach Fox specially arranged for this to deal with mistakes. First of all, Jefferson had to control fouls.

Sometimes it is better to let the opponent score than to foul. It is nothing to let the opponent score. As long as the "run and bomb tactics" are played smoothly, the lost points can be quickly recovered.

Secondly, Coach Fox arranged a backup plan and prepared another lineup consisting of Butler, Cole, Qin Hao, Holbert, and Felton. There is no real insider, and the four players are all 1.9 meters tall. Above, but less than two meters, is a "small lineup".

This is Qin Hao's suggestion, referring to the Warriors during the "Splash Brothers" period.

Because Syracuse University has a lot of people who can shoot three-pointers. After changing to this "thinking and lineup", all five players can shoot three-pointers. Although there is a difference in height, Qin Hao and Cole are both 197cm. Butler is 196cm, Holbert is 194cm, and Felton is 191cm. They can only fight actively, but it is not that they cannot get rebounds.

The biggest advantage of this is that many characteristics of the "running and bombing tactics" are retained. Although the lineup has changed, it is not difficult to adapt.

It wouldn't be like the previous game against Marquette University. Jefferson went down and replaced Kent. The rhythm suddenly dropped, and the players had difficulty adapting.

So Coach Dawn wants to follow the prescription and use Marquette University to deal with Syracuse University to defeat Syracuse University, that is impossible.

Even if he succeeded, Jefferson would have committed three or four fouls early on. Syracuse University still has a backup plan.

(End of this chapter)