Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 541 Duke University with Balanced Offense and Defense

In a blink of an eye, 4 minutes into the first quarter, the two sides were evenly matched, and the score was always tight, neither of them could take advantage.

In the past few minutes, Owen played very well on the offensive end, but he couldn't guard Qin Hao on the defensive end, which caused Qin Hao to score a lot of points.

"Request a timeout."

After thinking about it, the old coach K still called a timeout.

When the players came down, the old coach K said: "Dawkins, wait for you to come up and replace Smith." Then the old coach K spread out the tactical board, while drawing tactics, while arranging, "Dawkins, wait for you to defend Qin. Carey, you don't need to entangle with Qin, you just need to guard against Felton."

Owen was a little reconciled, but he nodded and agreed. He knew it well, because he couldn't take advantage of his speed, he wasn't tall enough, and Qin Hao was indeed very strong, so he really couldn't guard Qin Hao.

As for Dawkins, he is a player who is stronger in defense than offense. He is 193cm tall, taller than Owen. Above, it is to guard against Qin Hao.

"Also." The old coach K said again: "Kyrie, we need to share the ball more. We have an advantage in the interior. There is no need to always play singles, understand?"

"Understood." Owen replied.

After that, the old coach K made tactical arrangements, mainly targeting the inside line, allowing people to open up, and giving the inside line Plumlee and Rennes a chance to play in the low post.

Here at Syracuse University.

They played well in the first few minutes. Coach Fox had nothing left to adjust, but emphasized that the offensive and defensive rhythm should be further accelerated, and the game should be brought into their rhythm as much as possible.

The pause ends soon.

The two sides returned to the field, and Duke University attacked. After Irving pushed the ball into the frontcourt, he did not play a single. Instead, he called for a pick-and-roll and tried to break through. Seeing that there was no chance to score directly, he passed the ball back to Plumlee. After Plumlee took the ball and passed it to Singler, Singler went to the right.

Before Irving passed the ball to the right, Singler also walked to the right, and the left side was emptied. After Plumlee passed the ball to Singler, he walked to the left and came to the low post.

After another pass, it flew into the hands of Plumlee.

At this time, the left side was emptied, and Plumlee took the ball and hit Jefferson with his back.

Swish!
The ball goes in.

It's no secret that Syracuse University's inside line is weak. Almost any team that plays against Syracuse University, as long as the inside line is tall enough and someone is available, will work hard on this point.

What's more, Duke University's inside line is actually very strong.

Syracuse University offense.

When Qin Hao came to the frontcourt, he found that Dawkins was the one defending him. He was not surprised at all, because if it was him, he would adjust immediately. Whether he is in the ncaa now or in the nba in the future, Owen is not defending the opponent's arrow The player's candidate, he is mainly offensive.

"If I change to a taller one, wouldn't I be afraid of my breakthrough?" Qin Hao secretly smiled. Now his strongest point is not the three-pointer, but the breakthrough. Dawkins is taller than Owen, but his speed is definitely not as fast as Owen. Isn't it just right?
Of course, others don't know whether he is a three-pointer or a breakthrough.

Moreover, Duke University has an inside line after all, so even if Qin Hao breaks through and still has a line of defense behind him, it's better than letting him face Irving directly outside the three-point line, right?

"Come on." Dawkins was serious, staring at Qin Hao without blinking.

The next moment, Qin Hao started suddenly, changed direction, switched the ball to his left hand, and broke through from the left. Dawkins immediately retreated and moved to the right at the same time.

And at this moment, Qin Hao suddenly stopped and swung his shoulders to the right, as if another change of direction was about to take place. Dawkins' heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously adjusted his center of gravity.

However, Qin Hao was just a fake move. After a slight pause, he continued to accelerate, still breaking through from the left. Dawkins adjusted his center of gravity twice in a row, and at this moment there was no way to adjust the third time.

With a whoosh, Qin Hao rushed past Dawkins.

"Hmph, there's me too." Plumlee snorted coldly, stepped forward, and stood in front of Qin Hao, raising his hands high like a human wall.

"Jimmy." Qin Hao shouted, and threw the ball with one hand.

This time the arc was very high, and the basketball passed Plumlee's hand and flew towards the basket. Plumlee groaned inwardly, and heard a "clang" before he could turn his head.

He knew it was a no-op.

In the next few rounds, Duke University continued to attack the inside and seized the weakness of Syracuse University's inside, with a high success rate.

On the defensive end, although Dawkins couldn't guard against Qin Hao, the old coach K was the old coach after all, and soon replaced the power forward Ryan with the 210cm tall Plumlee (brother Miles - Plumlee), together with his younger brother, two inside players around 210cm, form the twin towers.

Even if Qin Hao can get past Dawkins, there are still the Plumlee brothers behind him. Wherever they stand is a kind of deterrence and interference.

For a while, the original balance was broken, and the stalemate was also opened by Duke University, from 2 points to 4 points, and then to 6 points.
"beep"

Syracuse University requested a timeout.

Coach Fox glanced at the game time. Six minutes had passed in the first half. He began to make substitutions, gradually replacing the main players and replacing them with substitutes.

Qin Hao was replaced, replaced by Butler, and replaced by Kent at the same time, further strengthening the height of the inside line, and also replaced the flat-headed brother.

"Whew." Qin Hao sat on the bench, gasping for breath while paying attention to the game on the field, thinking about countermeasures in his mind, "Our inside line is still too weak, when we face Duke University, which is strong inside and strong outside Because the team is not balanced enough, we will suffer more.”

The opponents that Syracuse University encountered before were either Michigan State University, which had a strong defense, but offense was not its strong point. Syracuse University defeated the opponent with its fierce offense.

Either the defense is about the same as Syracuse University, or a little stronger, of course, there are some that are not as good as Syracuse University, but most of the offense is far behind Syracuse University, so Syracuse University can also beat them.

However, Duke University is well-balanced inside and outside, with the Plumlee brothers on the inside and Irving, Smith, Singler and others on the outside. It can be said that almost every position is strong without any weakness.

A team like Duke University with strong defense, strong offense, and an extremely balanced team is the strongest enemy Syracuse University has encountered so far.

And the game is nothing more than offense and defense!
So when Syracuse's offense can be offset by the opponent, but not as good as the opponent's defense, the situation is very bad for them.

(End of this chapter)