super heavy artillery

Chapter 75 Second Half

The greatest charm of competitive sports lies in its unpredictability.

The game between UCLA and North Carolina has aroused heated discussions from relevant people before the game.They stood in their respective positions and expressed their views and conjectures on the situation of the game.This game is the same as the last UCLA and Kansas game, and it is also called a preview of "March Madness".

But most people feel that UCLA is not North Carolina's opponent.

After all, North Carolina still has a great advantage in lineup depth.The first is North Carolina's striker Bryce Johnson. Although this senior player does not have a very explosive talent, he has excellent mobility, excellent jumping and athletic talent, plus the technical level that has been honed for three years in college. , making him the core of this North Carolina team; the defensive end is also quite strong, and the defensive enthusiasm is very high.And Alex, who UCLA is playing against, seems very immature.North Carolina's core point guard Marcus Peggy is a good three-point shooter, capable of shooting at critical moments, passing the ball smoothly, is a good leader, knows when to shoot, and has a high steal rate.It can be regarded as an enhanced version of Holiday.Several other starters are also very good, Kennedy Meeks, Joel Berry, Justin Jackson are all elite players.

And UCLA is mostly rookies this year, their talent may not be bad, but it takes time to grow.

Of course there is another reason.Although UCLA has improved in recent years, it has not reached the top.This gave many people an intuitive impression that UCLA is dead.

What makes An Luo and others happy is that in addition to those fanatical UCLA people, there are many people who are also very optimistic about them.The lineup that Alford has built now gives everyone hope, especially when they are fully fired from the outside, it is simply a feeling of destruction.

Of course, if it doesn't open, it's another matter.

However, with An Luo around, the lower limit is definitely not low.

During the intermission, Alford carefully analyzed the opponent's strengths and weaknesses.He always likes to let the players figure out the situation on the court by themselves, and then they can play their own rhythm better.In fact, the biggest problem now is that the connection between Holiday and An Luo has been cut off, and the linkage efficiency with other players has also dropped a lot.

"Alex, I think you can pass the ball too, you said you used to play guard in high school."

Just when everyone was thinking about strategies, An Luo suddenly said such a sentence.

Alford reacted instantly.He stood up suddenly, stared at Alex and asked, "Is what Ann said true?"

"Uh uh..." Feeling that everyone's eyes were on him, Alex said a little at a loss: "I'm not that tall, so I've always played as a defender." He hesitated, and added He said: "However, I basically play the second position, and rarely the first position."

"Hmm..." Alford frowned, as if he was weighing something.

"Steve, according to our usual style of play, we can at most play [-]-[-] against North Carolina in the second half. We are still behind by nearly ten points!"

In the current basketball development trend, the role of the team organizer has been transferred to other positions.The position-agnostic team configuration proposed by Pat Riley's modern basketball concept has gradually begun to appear in the league. The small ball style of play is popular in the league. Many teams have point forwards and even point centers.If these tall players have the ability to pass the ball, they will be more threatening than smaller players.

For example, Draymond Green of the NBA Golden State Warriors, Green averaged 3.7 assists per game last season.Some people question Green as a system player for the Warriors, but in fact he does have excellent ball-handling ability, so you can often see him dribbling across the court like a point guard. In addition, he does have a strong passing ability , so you can often see him ghostly hitting the ground and passing the ball in the high position, giving his teammates very comfortable empty cut layup opportunities.

Of course, Alex doesn't have that ability yet.In fact, An Luo's proposal only allowed Alex to attract North Carolina's defense for Holiday.free the latter.After all, they couldn't block two people at the same time, and one of them was nearly seven feet tall.

Alex was very speechless at the end, it turned out that he let himself be the target.But he embraced it, and it was a big opportunity for him.If the effect is objective, he is happy to transform into a playmaking power forward.In modern basketball, especially in the NBA, traditional inside players are no longer popular, and teams are increasingly liking big men who have three shares and can pass the ball.If you have rebounding ability and defense at the same time, it really has a bright future.

In the second half, neither team made any adjustments.But as soon as the game started, people felt different.

UCLA's perimeter defense is not at a disadvantage. Even if their defensive tactics are simple man-to-man defense, it still makes the opponent's two guards suffer.

Joel Berry, who is facing An Luo, is a player who likes physical confrontation, and of course he is also very strong.The North Carolina backcourt formed by Joel, a sophomore, and Marcus Pegg, a senior, is very strong.But An Luo felt that he was not as strong as himself and Holiday.This person has average athletic ability and is difficult to attack near the basket. Most of his scoring is based on three-point shooting, but he is not stable.Under An Luo's defense, it was even more unstable.

Of course, in An Luo's vision, there are very few players with a stable three-pointer.

As soon as this guy came up, he hit An Luo with a super long three-pointer, and his confident expression startled An Luo.

But he was handsome for only three seconds, the basketball passed the net, and he made a happy shot!Alex grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Holiday. The latter advanced extremely fast, and the Nao and North Carolina defenders were no slower than him, and they double-teamed him in an instant.

But this time he didn't panic, protected the ball, and then hoisted it to Alex who was leaning over.The latter received the ball and swung Bryce Johnson with a cross step, heading into the paint.

This action startled everyone!No one had ever seen a seven-footer do such tricks.

However, the opponent's supplementary defense was quick. Kennedy Meeks directly gave up the big black man Tony Parker, occupied the position of the basket in advance, and blocked Alex's offensive line.But Alex is now positioned as an organizer. He quickly picked up the guard technique he had thrown at his grandma's house, put the ball through his crotch, and handed the ball to Tony.The big black man was overjoyed. There was no one in front of him, and he dunked with one hand and scored two points.

(End of this chapter)