God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 28
"Hey, buddy, how do you feel? Don't be swayed by the guy on the other side later!"

Thomas put his arm around Erwin's shoulders and laughed.Although Irwin is the captain of the team, he takes good care of the rookies, and he doesn't have the bad temper of those team bosses, so...Thomas always talks to him in the same way.

"Come on, Tim, I saw what you were doing, it sucks like shit. I'll pass the ball to the low post later, and if you don't score any more, wash my socks for a month !"

Regarding Thomas' joke, Erwin immediately retorted, but what he said was true. Duke's inside line is not strong. Thomas is undoubtedly the key point for Villanova to get out of the predicament, and may even be the key to victory in this game .

Although it was an away game, there were also Villanova fans present. Although they only occupied a small area of ​​the stands, seeing Irwin reappeared on the field, that small area was boiling.You must know that when Villanova was behind, they were as quiet as a grave, but now they have become a pot of boiling water.

Erwin didn't notice this group of fanatical supporters. Even if he saw him, he would temporarily ignore them. For him, the game requires full concentration, thanking the fans for such things, and winning the game. It's not too late to do it.He stood near the center line with a serious expression, beckoning Kornge to send the ball to himself.

When he gets the ball, Lawson pulls to the free throw line for the pick-and-roll, Lee lurches in the corner, and Cohengay sets up from the 45-degree three-point line.Duke's outside line is like a formidable enemy. They are very clear about how the previous advantage came from. Obviously, in their opinion, repeating the old tricks may be a better choice.

Although Langton and Kepper are the top two in the scoring list of the Duke team, in fact, their perimeter defense is also quite accomplished. Before, whether it was Lee, Brown or Celestand, they were all defended by this backcourt combination. Be embarrassed.But they knew that Erwin was different, and it took more energy to guard this guy, but Lee was very smart in the corner, so that Duke's two guns in the backcourt could not attack Elvin unscrupulously. The text is double-packed.

As Duke's starting point guard, Langton was responsible for marking Irwin. He could see how the latter was injured in the first half. In fact, he firmly believed that Irwin's ankle still had problems. In the case of a large score behind, there is a strong demand to appear on the stage to save face.He is a player who strictly follows the coach's instructions, and Irwin has become the most annoying thorn in his heart against the coach's arrangement.

Then, just kill him directly!
Regarding his defense, Langton has always been very confident. Although Irvine is one of the few players in the Villanova team other than Thomas who have a chance to be selected in the draft, in Langton's opinion, the defensive Living with a guy who's still recovering from an ankle injury is a no-brainer.

He fixed his eyes, took advantage of the opportunity of Erwin's crotch to change hands, quickly stretched out his hand, and went directly to the basketball.His idea is very simple, steal and counterattack to score, and severely knock down the morale that Villanova has improved because of Irvine.

But Langton was soon disappointed. Erwin turned sideways, directly blocked his eager hand with his body, and then directly called Lawson to come up to pick and roll, and pulled Duke's center Newton out by the way.

Everyone thought that Irwin wanted to make an offense first and declare his return with scoring, but they completely ignored the important mission of Irwin's re-emergence. He came to pass the ball to Thomas!Calling Lawson to come up for the pick-and-roll was just to get rid of Langton's defense in the most concise and effective way. Facing Newton who switched defenses, Irwin shook his hands and passed the basketball from the opponent's crotch into the core area of ​​the basket.

A black shadow rushed into the lane before all Duke players could react, picked up the low-flying basketball, then soared into the air, smashed the ball into the basket through the opponent's players, and still couldn't get enough of it. growled.It was Thomas who received the assist. This was a tacit understanding formed by long-term cooperation, and Villanova recovered a little point.

Thomas likes to play alongside Irving because the latter doesn't pass the kind of ball that makes him struggle, and he doesn't let him foolishly get stuck near the baseline and play post-ups, which greatly improves The efficiency with which Thomas attacks the rim.Just like this offensive round, Irwin attracted most of the defense. All Thomas had to do was to drive past the defender and get inside, and then just get the ball and dunk it. There was no difficulty at all.

In addition, Irvine is also Villanova's top shooter on the outside. As long as Thomas attracts the defense inside, he can shoot unscrupulously from outside the three-point line.In other words, Villanova's combination of inside and outside complements each other. They help each other attract defenses and pass the ball to each other to score.

It is no exaggeration to say that the addition of Irwin has given the team a wise brain again, and the entire offensive system has been completely revitalized in his hands.Villanova is known for its strong offensive firepower this season, which is also their confidence to challenge the strong. As long as they can score, they are confident that they can win the game.

The point difference was shrinking little by little, which made old K furious, but some things cannot be solved by losing his temper.Duke has already played very well, and it can even give at least 85 points on the 110-point scale. However, Villanova played a performance of [-] points, because their captain and the team's best offensive controller Irvin returned.

With Irwin hitting a three-pointer at the top of the arc, Villanova completely overtook the score, and there were less than 2 minutes left before the end of the game.Although the point difference is not big, anyone with a discerning eye can see that if there is no accident, Villanova should win this game. The reason is very simple, the morale of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

Moreover, Langton, Duke's main point guard and leading scorer, seemed to be trying to compete with Irving, playing more and more chaotic on both ends of the offense and defense, let alone sorting out the team's offense.Seeing that Villanova was going to widen the point difference to more than 5 points, Old K quickly chose to make a substitution. At this time, he didn't care about the team's scoring leader.

But what Langton can't do, backup point guard Wojchowski can't do either. In many cases, he just assists for the sake of assists, which doesn't help the team's offense.In the end, Villanova won an impressive victory 85 to 79. The best player of the game will undoubtedly belong to Eyre who scored 15 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals. Erwin.

(End of this chapter)