Basketball K God

Chapter 6
Derrick Rose, wearing the white No. 23 jersey, is full of confidence. Although he is only a freshman, he is very talented. He not only has super physical fitness, but also has excellent passing ability. Projecting a body-enhanced version of Jason Kidd".

Xie Kai, wearing the No. 22 blue jersey, looks so ordinary among the Kansas generals.Apart from his skin color and appearance, there seems to be nothing else impressive about him.

Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the 2008 NCAA Final Four Finals, which has attracted much attention, is about to begin.Near the middle circle of the field, Kansas' Darrell Arthur and Memphis' Robert Dojiel prepare to jump the ball.

The scene became much quieter in an instant, and everyone was waiting for the kick-off.

With the referee tossing the ball in the air, Robert Douger jumped the ball over Darrell Arthur, and the Tigers got the first possession and the game officially began.

Rose slowly dribbled the ball across the half court, and it was Russell Robinson, a senior at the University of Kansas, who defended him.

Coach Calipari of Memphis advocates a local one-on-one dynamic offense. Unlike the traditional style of play, he rarely sees pick-and-rolls in his offensive system.The offense of the whole team is almost always opened up through the transfer of the team to create local one-on-one opportunities, using the personal abilities of the players, or breaking points, or singles.Moreover, the team's offense is always at a fast pace, without giving up any fast break opportunities.

At the beginning of the first half, the Tigers of the University of Memphis took the lead in finding an offensive rhythm. Rose, Dogel and CDR scored successively and soon took a 9:3 lead.

The sidelines entered the first TV timeout after Rush made a tip-in at the basket.

Back from the timeout, Kansas also found the touch. With the patient team attack, they quickly chased the score to 9:9.

NCAA games are divided into two halves, one half is 20 minutes, and the total is 40 minutes. Therefore, compared with the NBA's 4 quarters of 12 minutes each, a single game needs 8 minutes less game time.Not only that, but the NCAA will only stop the watch after a goal is scored in the last 2 minutes of the second half of the game or overtime.

But the game time is shorter than the NBA, the NCAA game attack time is not 24 seconds in the NBA, but 35 seconds.Therefore, their average number of offensive rounds per game is less than that of the NBA, and their average points per game are also much lower.

The 35-second shot clock makes for a relatively slow NCAA game, but that's not a bad thing for a tactical team.

The University of Kansas, which is good at man-to-man defense, used a zone defense in the opening game against the University of Memphis in the final. Obviously, this was to target the opponent's top star Derrick Rose.

The NCAA doesn't have a three-second defense, so big men can comfortably stay at the rim and protect the rim, which makes it difficult for breakthrough players to attack the zone.

Even with the opponent's zone defense, Derrick Rose is still unstoppable.His forced breakthrough made it difficult for Kansas senior veteran Russell Robinson.Fortunately, the team has arranged in advance that Mario Chalmers will switch positions with Russell Robinson in certain rounds of the game, and use the defense of the wheel to consume the opponent.

Rose's offense and defense can't be said to be difficult, but it still has an impact, because sometimes Kansas even has three people flanking him.However, he showed his side as "Memphis Kidd" at this time, continuously creating opportunities for teammates on the periphery and revitalizing the team's offense.Of course, under Kansas' high-intensity defense, he also sent two turnovers for this.

In order to limit Rose, Kansas' Russell Robinson quickly accumulated two fouls. At this time, there were 11 minutes and 39 seconds left before the end of the first half.

Because of NCAA regulations, a player will be sent off after accumulating 5 fouls, so in order to protect Russell Robinson, Kansas coach Bill Self made substitution adjustments.

Xie Kai's name was called by the coach.

Xie Kai was so excited, it was finally time for him to play!Today he played more than 3 minutes earlier than the semifinals.However, he is also very clear that he was able to play early, not entirely because the coach trusted him, but also because his big brother Russell Robinson fouled too much.

Seeing Xie Kai's appearance, the on-site commentator was a little surprised and said: "Coach Bill Self replaced Kane Xie, let Kane Xie replace Russell Robinson, Derrick Rose will attack him interestingly." ?"

University of Memphis Tigers offense.Rose held the ball from the outside, faced Chalmers' defense, and changed his hold to break through.His breakthrough attracted a pincer attack and was immediately distributed to the peripheral CDR.

Xie Kai reacted very quickly, predicted very accurately, and blocked CDR.

CDR faltered, Xie Kai didn't take it seriously, he immediately made a fake move and then changed to a breakthrough.In his opinion, facing Xie Kai, if he didn't fight himself, he would be really stupid.What he didn't expect was that Xie Kai seemed to be drugged, stubbornly preventing him from breaking through, and he didn't spare his body at all, as if blocking the eye.

CDR is 2 meters tall, but he doesn't weigh much, and physical confrontation is not his advantage, so even if he has some advantages in confrontation with Xie Kai, it is basically difficult for him to crush the opponent under the opponent's desperate posture. .

CDR was forced to a dead ball by Xie Kai, but had no choice but to distribute the ball to Rose on the outside.

The on-site commentator said in surprise: "Kai Enxie showed the courage to defend desperately. He firmly blocked CDR's strong breakthrough!"

Rose breaks again, but barely shoots - no!
Darrell Arthur grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed Chalmers a dribble for half court.

Kansas is still playing a dynamic team offense based on blocking and cutting.Xie Kai screened off the ball for his teammates on the outside, and used his own shooting threat to create offensive opportunities for his teammates.

Rush got an inside chance, and was interfered by Dorsey for a layup, but he missed!

But Arthur made an offensive rebound, but was quickly flanked by his opponent!

Arthur gave the ball to Chalmers on the outside in a hurry.

After Chalmers feinted, he attracted the defense and gave it to Xie Kai who was outside the 45-degree 3-point line on the right.

At this time, Xie Kai has the opportunity to open a seat!

The live commentary shouted: "Is Kane going to shoot?"

Xie Kai did shoot, he shot a 3-pointer, but there was a crisp sound of iron striking, accompanied by a long sigh from the fans present.

Dorsey slammed down the backcourt rebound and gave Rose a conversion.

Kansas immediately returned to defense.

Xie Kai returned to the defense and said in his heart: "I used consciousness training to practice day and night, but such a good 3-point opportunity, I couldn't grasp it!"

The University of Memphis Tigers play very fast transition offense. They are originally a fast-attacking basketball. How can they easily let go of the opportunity to play more and less in the frontcourt?

Rose suddenly scored to Dojill at the bottom of the basket, who caught the ball and dunked with both hands!
The Tigers fans at the scene cheered excitedly, excited for Dojill's dunk.

Memphis leads Kansas by 17 points at 14:3!
The on-site commentator sighed: "Kane Xie didn't seize the good opportunity. Kansas was hit by the opponent's counterattack. After coming and going, 5 points were gone. They had a chance to lead by 2 points, but they fell behind by 3 points!"

A few Kansas fans excitedly pointed at Xie Kai and scolded: "F*ck, get the rubbish to the bench!"

(End of this chapter)