professional shooting guard

Chapter 52
On March 2014, 03, Duke University will host the University of Louisville Cardinals at home.

The University of Louisville is a research state university located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.Founded in 1798, the university was the first municipal public university in the United States.

The University of Louisville Cardinals won the NCAA championship three times in 1980, 1986 and 2013.

Although the number of championships is not small, the reputation of the Cardinals is not as famous as that of Duke and North Carolina. It is because the Cardinals not only cultivated Wes Unseld, one of the top [-] superstars in the NBA, "Bone Crusher" Besides, basically no one has made a name for himself in the NBA.

This may have something to do with the Cardinals team building ideas.

The Cardinals have no talented players, but every Cardinal player has a tough defense, a strong style of play, and a team-oriented tactical quality.

This is also the secret to their continued success in the NCAA.

Compared with the players, the current head coach of the Cardinals may be more famous. He is as famous as the old K and is now one of the three NCAA coaches Rick Pitino.

Rick Pitino led the University of Kentucky to the 1996 NCAA Championship and the University of Louisville to the 2013 NCAA Championship. He is the first coach in NCAA history to lead two different universities to the NCAA Championship.

On January 01 this year, the Blue Devils lost to the Cardinals in an away game. In that game, Parker was in a sluggish performance under the strong defense of the Cardinals, and he only made 15 of 15 shots.

Today, Duke University is determined to defend the glory of the Blue Devils at home.

Before the game, Old K held the entry list and shouted, "Today's starting lineup is Cook, Hood, Parker, Jefferson, and Plumlee."

When Parker heard that Zhang Zifeng was not on the starting list, he knew that he had won this fight.

Parker immediately calmed down and looked at Zhang Zifeng.

Hu De was ecstatic when he heard that he had replaced Zhang Zifeng as the starter again, and he looked at Zhang Zifeng triumphantly.

In the past, Zhang Zifeng regarded Hood as an opponent, but now he doesn't take him seriously at all.

Zhang Zifeng didn't care about Hood at all. He glanced at Parker, then turned his head and listened to Old K's pre-match tactics explanation with no expression on his face.

Although he pretended to be nonchalant on his face, Zhang Zifeng was very sad in his heart.

Old K still believed in Parker more in the end, believing that Parker is the most suitable core for the Blue Devils and can help the team go further.

Now that he chose Parker, of course he wanted to suppress himself, so he relegated himself to the bench. In this way, he told other players that the core of the Blue Devils is Parker, and everyone plays tactics around Parker.

In the end, it was because he was not strong enough, otherwise why would he lose to Parker, otherwise why would old K choose Parker.

But even if he became a substitute again, I still have to do my best.

I want to prove to everyone that I will not lose to anyone.

Close your eyes, calm your restless heart, and prepare for the next game.

Cardinals starters: PG: 1.91m Elfrid Payton, SG: 1.98m Luke Hancock, SF: 2.01m Charn Behannan, PF: 2.06 meters Gegui Dean, center: 2.08 meters Wayne Blackshear.

Duke University starters: point guard: Cook, shooting guard: Hood, small forward: Parker, power forward: Jefferson, center: Plumlee.

Players from the Blue Devils and Cardinals stood in the middle circle, the referee whistled, and the basketball was thrown high into the sky.

Plumlee overwhelmed Blackshell with his height advantage and slapped the ball to the backcourt.

After Cook grabbed the ball and pushed forward, Payton immediately went up.

Cook immediately distributed the ball, and Parker, who was plugged in behind, took the ball and dribbled the ball straight to the basket.After stepping into the penalty area, he leaped into the air, held the basketball high and dunked it towards the basket.

Bei Hannan jumped up to stop it, and erected a barrier in front of the basket with both hands.

Parker received the ball and pulled the bar for a layup.

"Whoosh!" The basketball spun and wiped the backboard, and plunged into the hoop.

Seeing the goal scored, the Cardinals didn't care, they already knew how good Parker was.

Facing the tall Blue Devils, the Cardinals undoubtedly have the advantage in speed.After Payton received the ball, he launched a fast break immediately, and Cook went up immediately, delaying the advance of the Cardinals with active defense.

Behannan received the ball and moved forward quickly, cut to the inside and passed the ball quickly, and Hancock immediately shot after receiving the ball.

When Hood followed up to block, he didn't even touch the edge of the basketball.

"Shh!"

Go in, score!
"Damn it!" Hood waved his fist.

After Plumlee took the starting lineup, the Blue Devils had a height advantage, and they settled the battle steadily with positional offense and defense.

The Cardinals fully demonstrated their speed advantage in the fast break.

Both teams desperately wanted to play to their strengths and suppress their opponents, and the game entered a stalemate.

In the 9th minute of the first half, the two teams scored 25:27, and Duke University led by 2 points.

The two sides began to rotate the lineup.

Exit Blue Devils Parker, enter Zhang Zifeng.

Cardinals Charne Behan goes south, Kevin Weir goes.

Before going on the field, Zhang Zifeng looked at Parker who was leaving the field, and stretched out his hand expressionlessly.

Since you lost, you have to admit it!

Zhang Zifeng and Parker did not have a deep hatred, but some were just a dispute over interests and status.

There is no question of who is right and who is wrong!
Parker was taken aback for a moment, then reacted randomly and clapped Zhang Zifeng's palms.

Zhang Zifeng ran to the front court, and it was Hancock who defended him.

Hancock saw Zhang Zifeng just about to speak.

Zhang Zifeng had already cursed, "Don't fucking talk to me, I'm going to blow you up. Just wait and wait. You idiot..."

Listening to the Chinese in front of him swearing non-stop, Hancock was dumbfounded.

In the last game against Duke, the Chinese didn't like to swear.

After more than a month, he seemed to be a completely different person.

Although Zhang Zifeng accepted the result of losing the power struggle, the fire in his heart could not be extinguished.He desperately wanted to vent.

The person in front of him is the best one.

In 2013, it was with Hancock's outstanding performance that the Cardinals successively conquered strong teams and won the NCAA championship that year.

With 20 points in the semifinals and 22 points in the final, Hancock was elected as the MOP (The Most Outstanding Player) of the Final Four.

MOP is it!

I'm going to blow you up and let everyone know how powerful I am!
Zhang Zifeng has not stopped for a moment since he came on the field, running tirelessly.

Hancock saw Zhang Zifeng make another L-shaped turn and ran to the other side, so he quickly followed.

Zhang Zifeng ran outside the three-point line on the left, and Cook sent the ball immediately.

Without stopping, jump, tune, and shoot!
[-] shooting practice every day, so that the body has already remembered the shooting, and the whole movement is done in one go!
Hancock arrived the moment Zhang Zifeng threw the ball, but he had no time to make a defensive move.

With a bang, the ball goes in and the score is scored.

"Shua!" The basketball tore through the center of the net with a shua, stirring up a circle of milky white flowers.Zhang Zifeng hit a three-pointer!

After seeing Zhang Zifeng's hit, the audience all became excited and shouted "Jack! Jack..."

Although he became a substitute again, the fans of the Blue Devils have not forgotten the Chinese Zhang Zifeng who helped the Blue Devils advance when Duke was in trouble.

(End of this chapter)