I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 19 Winning Streak, Combination of Offense and Defense (for collection, for further reading)
In the NBA, guards who want to rely on defense to influence the game are as strong as Payton and Kidd, but they are also extremely limited.

But in the NCAA, the perimeter defense gates are all very easy to use.

The Bruins are pressing all over the court, and the guards are two-pronged. Few teams can easily solve the problem of difficult dribbling.

Speaking of today's game, the Sun Devils faced the Bruins' defensive strength for the first time, and it was normal for them to not adapt at first.

After being beaten 11 to 3 at the beginning, it is considered that you have paid enough tuition and know how to dribble steadily across the half.

But the problem is that the Bruins' tight man-to-man defensive tactics not only caused a lot of trouble to the ball holder.

Because the Sun Devils are facing a lot of defense around the front, it is difficult for the Sun Devils to receive passes from the outside, and there is no way to make use of the inside advantage they have.

In the end, the Sun Devils had no choice but to rely on their individual abilities to play. Most of the time, they relied on Harden's continuous use of pick-and-roll attacks, or the offensive time was running out, and it was difficult to play singles with the ball.

Jump shots don't kill games, even with free throws.

Lu Yi didn't expect that Harden's foul-making skills are already very mature before he has opened Sharingan and became the son of JDZ.

In the NCAA, Harden's offensive firepower is indeed fierce.

At this stage, Holiday is not Harden's opponent at all. Whether Harden can score depends only on whether he wants to or not.

However, no matter how many points Harden scored, it was useless.

Relying on jump shots to win the game requires not only high scores, but also high efficiency.

It is also a full-court pressing defensive strategy. The Sun Devils have no conditions to force the Bruins to make a lot of dribbles and pass errors.

Relying on Lu Yi's continuous outside jumpers, the Sun Devils had to double-team Lu Yi.

Although Lu Yi's passing level is very poor, after all, there will be teammates who will be emptied.

And Lu Yi himself can rely on strong shots to break double-teams instead of relying on passing.

With the support of Lu Yi's personal strength, the point guards paired with Lu Yi, whether it is Holiday or Collison, played very well.

Holiday was able to hit the basket, and Collison had a three-pointer from the outside.

Lu Yi himself has the ability to play magic ball, and his scoring efficiency has not been bad.

After the first half, 41 to 27, the Bruins severely suppressed the Sun Devils.

However, Sun Devils assistant coach Scott Pera stood up to encourage the players: "The Bruins have successfully implemented the full-court press tactic very thoroughly.

But it is impossible for every player of them to have the physical strength to perform a full-court press.

They will always be tired, as long as we seize the opportunity, it is possible to turn defeat into victory.

Let these guys from Los Angeles see how good we are!
Our Sun Devils are no worse than the Wildcats, let alone any other team! "

Before Harden came to ASU, ASU has always been inferior to UA in the same city.

But why did Harden join ASU instead of choosing to stay in Los Angeles?
Whether it is joining UCLA or going to USC to play brother basketball with DeRozan, it is a more promising choice.

The reason is Scott Pera!
A teacher for one day and a father for life, Scott Pera is the head coach of the Harden High School basketball team. Before entering high school, Harden had never played a formal game, but occasionally picked up the ball for others when he was beaten on the street .

Moreover, Harden, who was in high school, still has asthma and cannot participate in too intense sports.

But Scott Pera believes that Harden has good talent and can try to carry out professional training. On the one hand, he can improve his asthma symptoms, and on the other hand, he can have things to do in the future.

As a result, Harden started from a spot-up shooter and gradually became the team's master, eventually leading the team to win two state championships.

It was Scott Pera who helped Harden get out of his asthma, and it was Scott Pera who kept the obese Harden from being teased all the time.

Harden has always been very grateful to Scott Pera, so on his own terms, he helped Scott Pera become an assistant coach at ASU.

And Harden himself also joined ASU, which gave the Sun Devils the strength to compete with the UA Wildcats now.

As Harden played better and better, Scott Pera's status in the Sun Devils also rose.

To be honest, apart from Harden, the Sun Devils don't have many people to rely on.

Derek Glasser, Charlize Kozlowskis, Jalen Shipp, Jeff Pendergraf, all good starters, but the only one who can help the Sun Devils win is James Harden.

Now that the Sun Devils are in trouble, there's nothing wrong with Scott Pera coming out to cheer.

If the Sun Devils want to solve their current predicament, there are only two ways out.

One is that Harden used his personal strength to break the defense of the Bruins.

The second is that, as Scott Pera said, the Bruins themselves do not have the physical strength to insist on pressing the whole court.

Defense is a very laborious job, especially the players who lead the defense all over the court.

The Bruins led the defense on the team's first scoring point, Lu Yi.

Scott Pera didn't quite believe that Lu Yi could block Glasser for the entire game, let alone that Lu Yi played an extremely efficient scoring performance while leading the defense of the whole game.

"Is this impossible? Why is his whole body following the fire?
Is it a special physique that the stronger the resistance, the more excited it is?
The No. 23 of the Bruins, is he still human?
It feels unbelievably hot!cough cough. "

After playing for just over 10 minutes in the second half, Harden was so tired that he was sweating profusely and was about to have an asthma attack. As a result, Lu Yi continued to lead the defense and continued to shoot three-pointers.

"If James had Lu Yi's physical strength, maybe..." Facing the iron-clad facts, Scott Pera on the sidelines had to admire that Lu Yi was really too strong.

The NCAA is not a star without offense and defense, but Lu Yi can play so maturely in only half a season, which is unbelievable.

"I have to study the video of the Bruins when I go back. Solving Lu Yi is the biggest problem right now!"

"However, does the video study really work? Look at what he did today!

He just put the damn ball in the hoop with an understatement!
He just easily completed the steal and used the counter fast break to stuff the ball into the basket! "

76 to 62, the Bruins were a guest at Arizona State University, and once again hunted and killed a threatening enemy this season.

Although the next game schedule will become more and more tense, but because of the Bruins' unbeaten record, the players are playing with more and more confidence, the defensive end is working harder and harder, and the team is playing better and better.

If things go on like this, no matter what kind of powerful opponent they encounter, the Bruins will not be powerless to fight back and be defeated in one fell swoop by a powerful opponent with their powerful strength.

As long as the Bruins do their best, no team can break the current momentum of the Bruins being united, moving forward, and aiming to win the championship.

(End of this chapter)