overlooking the pitch

Chapter 23 Team Duke
The Duke Blue Devils did not lose their morale because of this dunk. This basketball giant has its own strong basketball literacy.Nolan Smith controlled the ball through half court and quickly found Kyle Singler in the left corner.

Looking at An Sheng who was staring at him, Kyle Singler did not choose to force the shot, but directly passed the ball back to Nolan Smith at the top of the arc.

When he received the ball, he didn't stick the ball, but gave it to Joan Shayer who cut into the inside through an off-ball pick-and-roll on the right. A successful pick helped the Blue Devils tie the score.

In this round of offense, Duke's entire team operated very cleverly. Nolan Smith's pass, Brian Zobeck's pick-and-roll, Joan Sayer's air cut and Kyle Singler attracted A feint that caught Anson's attention.

The entire team is like a well-oiled machine, and each of their players is like a part of the machine to keep the machine running.

They didn't celebrate. In their eyes, even playing such a beautiful cooperation among Butler, the league's strongest defensive player, is just a matter of course for them.

Stevens was a little depressed. The opponent was obviously putting Anson, who was the strongest defense of the Bulldogs, on the weak side, while the others played wonderful cooperation on the other side.

On the Bulldogs side, Matt Howard's first attack was a strike. After entering the top 16, Matt Howard's offensive performance was obviously not as good as before. During the regular season, Matt Howard has always been He is one of the Bulldogs' most consistent scorers, but after entering March Madness, his performance also plummeted. He made 8 of 2 shots against Syracuse University and 9 of 3 shots against Kansas State. In the finals, he made 8 of 1 shots. Facing the increasingly taller and taller insiders, his offense became more and more difficult, and Brian Zobeck's inside defense was the top in front of the NCAA!
The Duke Blue Devils' offense is still sharp. After several passes, Nolan Smith got an excellent opportunity to open up and hit a three-pointer!
As a basketball giant, the Blue Devils fans are very loyal. Even in an away game like Indiana, there are still tens of thousands of Blue Devils fans rushing to the stadium to cheer for them.

They are very satisfied with the team's self-defeating response to Anson, and their voices have even surpassed the Bulldogs fans.

"Chinese boy, it's useless if you just follow me, we are a team." Kyle Singler ran back with a smile, very satisfied with the performance of his teammates.As for whether he scored or not, he didn't care at all. Under the old coach K's team, everyone stood where they should be.

The problem is that the Bulldogs are now more than just what they are good at defensively. In addition to the problem, on the offensive end, Shelvin Mack missed two open three-pointers in a row. Every time he missed a three-pointer, he could clearly hear the frustration of the Bulldogs fans. the sound of.

More than three minutes had passed, and the score had reached 2:9. The Bulldogs hadn't made any gains except for An Sheng's fast break and self-dunk after the initial steal.

"A giant is a giant. It can be clearly seen that even though their core players have hardly played under the guard of China An, their offensive end is still unsolvable. The first thing the Bulldogs need to do well if they want to recover the current score is Defensive work! Brad needs to adjust their defensive tactics! Ann can't be directly pressed by Kyle in the bottom corner." As a commentator, Kevin McHale naturally didn't want to see a game of flowers. During the commentary, I started to make suggestions for the bulldog.

Reggie Miller is also worried about the Bulldogs. As a player who has led Indiana for 20 years, he has a very special feeling for this land.For Butler University, his understanding is absolutely no less: "The Bulldogs need someone to stand up on the offensive end, Gordon or Shelvin or Ann! They need to let the Blue Devils see their determination on the offensive end!"

Although the game has just started, but now every ball is important for the Bulldogs.After halftime, Matt Howarda went to the outside to pick and roll for Hayward. Hayward ran out of open space and received the ball and passed it directly to Anson. Reverse running down Matt Howard.

Brian Zobeck, who just followed Matt Howard to the outside line, was tall and heavy, but he was obviously not Matt Howard's opponent in terms of speed, so he was directly left on the outside line!
Matt Howard, despite being a 206cm big man, didn't have many dunks this season, which is a good opportunity, and the Blue Devils' paint without Brian Zobeck, a mountain, is like a chopping block. Fish and meat are slaughtered, and Matt Howard directly presented a powerful dunk.He needs to vent. He knows that he has been in a bad state recently after entering March. In the last game against Michigan State University, if it weren't for Hayward and Anson's wonderful performance at the last moment, he would have become the team's leader. sinner!
"Beautiful, the Bulldogs used the same beautiful coordination as the Blue Devils." Reggie Miller said, this time the scoring broke the Bulldogs' 3-minute scoring drought!
"Yes, Matt's running position is very good, and the subconscious after the pick-and-roll is very good, but Anson's passing is even better. There are two big guys between him and Matt, especially with Brian as the seven. I don't think he can see Matt's running position, but his pass made Matt who ran there a second later catch him!" Kevin McHale, who was a coach, paid more attention An Sheng is the core of this tactic!He feels that Anson has the potential to become a top point forward, just like his old partner Larry Bird, who can always find his position accurately among the crowd.

But this ball did not suppress Duke's momentum. Looking back, he dribbled the ball across the half court. Nolan Smith controlled the ball at the top of the arc and directed his teammates' running positions.

For Duke, a guard with a very high ball quotient, Shelvin Mack has already experienced his passing just now!But just when Shelvin Mack was about to put his mind on the opponent behind him, he was directly shot by Nolan Smith with a three-pointer, and the basketball passed through the net directly! 12:4, the score difference came to 8 points, and this three-pointer directly stopped the Bulldogs.

(End of this chapter)