Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 509 Connecticut's Counterattack!
"Bang!"

There was an explosion, detonating the audience.

The fans stood up one after another and cheered loudly for the ball.

Butler ran towards Qin Hao and gave Qin Hao a high-five to celebrate. The score changed from 6:2 to 6:7, and Syracuse University overtook the score in an instant.

"It seems that Qin is still stronger."

"Walker is mainly fast, but his speed is no longer an advantage when facing Qin. Moreover, his height is a weakness, and he is still too short. Against Shang Qin, his speed is not slower than him, and his height and wingspan Players who are much better than him, Walker is inherently disadvantaged."

"That's right. Qin's talent is too good. It's unbelievable that he can still have such a fast speed at a height of 1.9 meters eight."

Although it only took a few minutes in the first half, it is not difficult to see from the several matchups between Qin Hao and Walker that Walker fell into a disadvantage and suffered a lot from Qin Hao.

Walker is also aware of this. He suffers a lot in terms of physical fitness, so he can only use his strengths to avoid weaknesses and rely on technology to make up for it.

After two rounds, Walker broke through after receiving a pass from his teammate, facing Qin Hao's sharp change of direction, Qin Hao moved quickly and turned sideways at the same time to ensure that even if Walker passed by, he could still pursue and would not lose his defensive position.

But this time Walker didn't choose to break through, but jumped up suddenly.

"Huh?" Qin Hao raised his eyebrows, jumped up quickly, and reached out to cover the cover, but he couldn't cover it, "It turned out to be backward."

In order to avoid the block on this ball, Walker chose a difficult pull-back jumper, leaning his body back, avoiding Qin Hao's block, and flicked his wrist.

The ball had a very high arc, and the basketball crossed a high parabola before finally falling into the net with only slight ripples.

"nice shot."

"This leanback is beautiful."

The University of Connecticut fans applauded excitedly. They were still worried about Walker just now, because Walker was clearly at a disadvantage a few minutes ago.

Seeing this goal, they were relieved.

Although his physical fitness is relatively disadvantaged, Walker still has skills.

It’s just that they overlooked one point. It’s not just Walker who has skills, Qin Hao also has it. The difference between the two is not whether Qin Hao can defend Walker and prevent Walker from scoring. It’s about who performs better and scores more points. More, more help to the team.

Tens of seconds later, Qin Hao ran back and took the ball outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right. Walker quickly followed up. Seeing Qin Hao making a shooting action, he jumped up subconsciously.

With Walker's height, if he doesn't jump, Qin Hao will directly pull up in front of him. Walker can't block the shot at all, and for a player like Qin Hao, the interference effect is not great.

"Oops." Walker knew he had been fooled as soon as he jumped up.

Qin Hao didn't shoot a three-pointer, but lowered his center of gravity. He accelerated and rushed past him. The speed was very fast. When he rushed to the inside, it was a basket and scored.

"Whether it is from the defensive end or the offensive end, Qin has a considerable advantage over Walker." Coach Wood sighed secretly and called a timeout.

When the players came down, Coach Wood said: "Rand, you come down and rest, Hughes, come on. Hughes, wait for you to defend Qin."

"Yes." Hughes nodded.

"What about me?" Walker asked.

Coach Wood said: "Kemba, you are at a disadvantage in defending Qin. It's not just you. It's also a disadvantage if you change Rand to defend, so let Hughes defend later, at least Hughes will not suffer in terms of height. You are good at The point is to score, not defend, don't get entangled with Qin, reduce singles, make more use of pick-and-rolls and screens, and shoot after getting rid of Qin's defense."

Walker frowned, a little reconciled, but he understood what the coach said was right, nodded and said: "Yes, coach, I know what to do."

When the timeout is over, Walker no longer guards against Qin Hao, but Hughes.

Hughes is 196cm tall and serves as a shooting guard. At least he is not much different from Qin Hao in height.

In fact, it is not that the University of Connecticut does not have taller players. Substitute small forward Frazier is 201cm tall, a little taller than Qin Hao, but it is useless. Frazier has height, but his speed is not as good as Hughes. , even more unable to guard against Qin Hao.

So Coach Wood finally sent Hughes out of consideration of height and speed.

Of course, relying on Hughes alone is still not enough, so Qin Hao should be double-teamed or Qin Hao should be double-teamed, but just like the previous few minutes, you can't use two players to double-team Qin Hao all the time. It becomes 3 defenses and 4, and it will definitely be blown up.

So as long as Qin Hao is not playing singles with the ball, the University of Connecticut will not double-team, and Hughes still has to rely on single defense.

at the same time.

On the offensive end, Walker reduced his singles against Qin Hao, and relied more on pick-and-rolls and screens to seek dislocations before playing, which would be more efficient.

Moreover, UConn still has the upper hand in the interior. Jon and Robinson are not weak. They have height and skills. Jefferson can't stand it. Butler's physical fitness is fine, but his height is still a little short, which makes the opponent too deep. It's hard to guard against it.

Fortunately, Syracuse University's offense is still sharp. Hughes' restriction on Qin Hao is no better than Walker's. Once double-teamed, Butler will become a nightmare for the University of Connecticut.

A few more minutes passed in the blink of an eye, the two sides fought evenly, and the score was always tight, with Syracuse University leading by 4 points.

The two sides began to replace the main players, replaced the substitute players, and entered the rotation time.

Substitute players such as Pingtou and Kent played very well today, especially Pingtou. In the University of Connecticut's bench lineup, there was no one who could match Pingtou.

I saw a white-haired flat-headed man rushing from left to right, tearing the University of Connecticut's defense to pieces.

"Shh!"

A soft sound.

Brother Pingtou also took a cold shot and hit a three-pointer, forcing the University of Connecticut to request a timeout and gradually send the main players.

At this time, Syracuse University has already led by 8 points.

"Hehe, Ed is very excited today." Assistant Coach Harry laughed.

"Well, Ed's strength is still very strong, and he has improved a lot over the past year." Coach Fox nodded, somewhat guilty. With Ed's strength, he should be the starter anyway. Now for the overall strength of the team , I had to wrong him and hit the sixth man.

Syracuse University is also gradually sending its main players to ensure that it can always occupy the upper bee.

By the end of the first half, the score was 43:34, and Syracuse University led by 9 points.

Entering the second half, the University of Connecticut began to counterattack.

Walker ran wild, first broke through the pick-and-roll, and caused Jefferson to foul, scored 2+1, and then made another three-pointer.

It wasn't over yet, just over a minute later, he forcibly rushed inside again, dodged in the air, avoided the block, and finally scored with a difficult pull bar.

With Walker scoring 7 points in a row, UConn quickly closed the gap.
(End of this chapter)