professional shooting guard

Chapter 117 Elite Eight

Zhang Zifeng made a wonderful pull-up layup to help the Blue Devils open the scoring.

In the next few minutes, it became Zhang Zifeng's performance time.

In the next round, Zhang Zifeng caught the ball in the frontcourt, swayed his body, made a fake move, took a step back after dribbling, and then jumped up.

Williams reacted and jumped up, Zhang Zifeng waved the basketball and threw it.

The ball spins and falls into the net, swipe!

Go in, score!
Zhang Zifeng looked at Williams who was defending him and shouted, "Hey buddy, you know what? I'm already thinking about my opponent in the next round!"

The game has only started less than 3 minutes ago, and you dare say that you are thinking about your opponent in the next round!

Williams' blackened face turned red, "You bastard, you will regret saying that."

An angry Williams worked harder to mark Zhang Zifeng.

In the tournament, Zhang Zifeng was excited about the single-elimination system, yes, very excited.Like a shark that smells blood, it can't wait to open its sharp teeth and bite the opponent.

In order to ease the relationship between his teammates before, Zhang Zifeng sacrificed his number of shots.

But now that his teammates couldn't open it, Zhang Zifeng didn't have to worry about it anymore, and let it go.

Zhang Zifeng, who had been suppressed for two games, suddenly started to soar like a volcanic eruption.

Zhang Zifeng's precise shooting and breakthrough made Williams defenseless, and he could tear through the opponent's defense and penetrate the opponent's basket every time.

Breakthrough layup, emergency stop jumper, whoosh!Shua! Shua!Zhang Zifeng kept sending the basketball into the bulldog's basket in various ways.

Zhang Zifeng transformed into a crazy scorer, catching the Bulldogs by surprise.

At 10:15, Zhang Zifeng scored 12 points alone, helping Duke lead by 5 points.

Coach Mark Fuyu saw that Williams alone could not stop Zhang Zifeng from scoring crazy points, and immediately shouted loudly from the sidelines, "Matthews, help Williams to mark Zhang Zifeng!"

Mark Foyou This is Williams and Matthews double-teaming Zhang Zifeng.

Once again receiving the ball in the frontcourt, as soon as Zhang Zifeng got the ball, Matthews gave up Winslow and ran over to double-team Zhang Zifeng with Williams.

Seeing that the opponent changed his defensive strategy, Zhang Zifeng, who had undergone double-team training, already understood how to deal with this situation.

Zhang Zifeng also made changes immediately.

Zhang Zifeng continued to use his pulling power to confuse the opponent's defense, instructing Cook and Winslow to take the opportunity to run out of the open space.

Cook has a three-pointer, and Winslow's strength is very strong, second only to Zhang Zifeng in the Blue Devils.

Breakthroughs, dunks, mid-range shots, rebounds, etc. He is a small forward with comprehensive skills.

The Bulldogs chose to double-team Zhang Zifeng, giving Winslow and Cook enough room to display their skills.

After receiving an accurate pass from Zhang Zifeng, they easily tore through the Bulldogs defense and scored a goal.

Zhang Zifeng single-handedly drove the offense of the Blue Devils. The Blue Devils played a wave of 23-12, leading by 11 points.

Seeing the score stretched, Bulldogs head coach Mark Foyo called a timeout.

Aiming at the weakness of the Blue Devils' interior height not being as high as the Bulldogs, Mark Foyou changed his strategy and decided to adopt a three-two zone defense tactic.

Replaced Matthews with the 2.08-meter substitute Domantas Sabonis.

Domantas Sabonis is the son of Arvidas Sabonis, an NBA star and international basketball legend.

Although 2.08 meters tall, Domantas Sabonis is not an insider in the traditional sense.

He has excellent shooting skills, and he also has a lot of experience in switching offenses and pick-and-rolls.

In the game, his position often moves between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions.

Sabonis moved to the small forward position, and the Bulldogs have three big players: 2.11 Kanowitzki, 2.08 meters Wilche, and 2.08 meters Sabonis.

The Bulldogs' three big men stick to the penalty area and use their height advantage to defend inside the line.

Williams and Pagos are marking people on the three-point line, Williams is marking Zhang Zifeng, and Pagos is marking Cook.

Back from the timeout, when Zhang Zifeng received the ball from the outside, he found that the Bulldogs had stopped double-teaming him.

Williams defended himself close to him. Zhang Zifeng realized that there was no room for shooting, so he retreated a little, opened up space, used a cross step to break through the opponent's defense, and killed towards the inside.

Williams followed closely behind.

When Zhang Zifeng entered the penalty area, the bulldog immediately shrank, and the three elders surrounded Zhang Zifeng in the penalty area.

Zhang Zifeng was caught in the opponent's crowd, seeing the opponent's jerseys all around, it was difficult to find the position of his teammates.

When jumping up, the six raised hands made Zhang Zifeng unable to shoot at all.

Zhang Zifeng's blue shot was blocked by Sabonis.

Bulldogs head coach Mark Foyo knew that Goss alone could not completely limit Zhang Zifeng, so Mark Foyo gave Williams instructions to give up blocking Zhang Zifeng, limit his outside shots, and force Zhang Zifeng to break through.

Once Zhang Zifeng cuts in, the Bulldogs immediately shrink the encirclement, trapping Zhang Zifeng in the penalty area, unable to shoot or pass.

No matter how wonderful Zhang Zifeng's breakthrough is, with the advantage of the Bulldogs' height in the penalty area, Zhang Zifeng will be hit hard.

Pagos grabbed the basketball, and he slowly dribbled the ball up the court, waiting for his teammates to settle down.

With the Pagos, the Bulldog's height advantage has been maximized.

With the help of Kanowitzki, Pagos immediately rushed into the inside. In the crowd, he passed the ball comfortably and accurately to Wilche, who was wandering on the outside.

Welche made a jumper immediately, 15-23.

Jefferson served the ball, Zhang Zifeng took the ball to the frontcourt, and successfully broke through Williams with a few fake moves.

As soon as he got to the inside line, Zhang Zifeng hurriedly passed the ball to Okafor when he saw that the three bulldogs were about to surround him again.

Okafor was struggling in the penalty area of ​​the Bulldogs' insiders Carnovsky, Welche, and Sabonis. He had no chance to shoot and had to pass the ball out.

Cook was stared at by Pagos with all his strength, and he didn't have any chance to shoot.

Although Winslow is capable of both inside and outside, his three-point shooting rate is not high. In the inside line with many people, his breakthrough is restricted like Zhang Zifeng.

The ball was finally passed back to Zhang Zifeng.

At this time, the attack time was almost up, so Zhang Zifeng just had to bite the bullet and forcefully shot against Williams' block.

Bang, the ball hit the iron.

Williams entangled Zhang Zifeng on the outside, not letting go.

Once Zhang Zifeng entered the inside line, three opponents immediately surrounded him.

The three formed a narrow encirclement, without any room for passing or shooting.

Zhang Zifeng's shots hit the iron again and again.

Duke University fell into a scoring crisis and only hit one goal in 12 shots. The Gonzaga University Bulldogs took the opportunity to hit a 16-4 spurt and overtook the score 31-27.

With only 4 seconds left in the first half, Zhang Zifeng received the ball from the backcourt, carried Williams on his shoulders, and threw the ball hard from the center line, scoring a long-term three-pointer.

The whistle blew and halftime ended.

bump!The ball hit the iron without accident!
Williams looked at Zhang Zifeng who landed on the ground, and said sarcastically, "Hey, buddy, do you know? I'm already thinking about my opponent in the next round!"

Snapped!Zhang Zifeng felt his face was slapped!
(End of this chapter)