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Chapter 17: Darker and darker again, this is the charm of March Madness!

As soon as the game started, Wang Chong understood that having two players with NBA lottery picks was indeed different. No wonder the University of Kansas was able to defeat Marquette University led by Wade in the original semi-finals and enter the finals.

The two Kansas twin stars, Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison, have a tacit understanding of each other. They execute a set of pick-and-roll tactics so proficiently that it is difficult to defend effectively.

The pick-and-roll tactic is also available at Marquette University. Especially after Wang Chong's mid-range shooting ability was developed, his pick-and-roll cooperation with Wade gradually increased. However, from the time Wang Chong obtained the system until now, it has only been more than one. For months, no matter how tacitly the two of them cooperated, they couldn't compare to the Kansas Twins who had been working together for two or three years.

However, if you compare the individual strength of the players, Hinrich, who is also a defender, is obviously much weaker than Wade.

As a combo guard, Hinrich's personal ability during the NBA Bulls period was not outstanding, and his offensive organization could only be described as mediocre compared to most point guards.

The awkward positioning has resulted in his career averages of only 10.9 points and 4.8 assists per game. In his best seasons, his statistics were only about 16+6, and his shooting percentage only reached a level of just over 40%.

In this game, the two people's abilities are most intuitively reflected.

When two players are facing each other, Wade can use his speed and explosive power to easily pass Hinrich, who is of average physical fitness, and hit the basket.

However, after the offensive and defensive transition, Hinrich was unable to break through Wade's defense and could only call teammate Collison to help him pick and roll in order to continue the attack.

With stronger overall strength and efficient offensive efficiency in combination with pick-and-rolls.

At the beginning of the game, the University of Kansas completely took the initiative.

However, the point difference between the two teams was not large and remained stable in single digits. Especially when Wang Chong began to gradually increase the frequency of mid-range shots, the University of Kansas' defense became a bit chaotic.

As the biggest dark horse in the 2003 tournament, Marquette University eliminated the Kentucky Wildcats. Their opponents will definitely watch their past games repeatedly, analyze and study their tactical characteristics, and formulate targeted defensive tactics.

For Wang Chong, a dark horse who suddenly appeared as a freshman, the University of Kansas paid special attention to him. The person responsible for guarding him was Nick Collison.

Collison, who participated in the 03 draft with Hinrich, was selected with the 12th overall pick in the first round. He missed the entire season due to a shoulder injury in his first season in the league, and then played in the league for 14 seasons. A blue-collar role player, he averaged 5.9 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in his career.

At first glance, such data is nothing remarkable at all, and it can even be said that it is not worth mentioning.

But for someone who has been able to play in a highly competitive league like the NBA for 14 years and has played in more than a thousand games, there is certainly a reason.

Collison is a standard blue-collar center who is used to doing some dirty work inside.

Like many big white post players, Collison has average bounce and slow steps, but has outstanding rebounding ability and is very fierce on the defensive end.

Even in the NCAA arena, within a few rounds of the match, Wang Chong felt the full malice of his opponent when he was playing and the iron elbow that was ready to swing straight towards his body at any time.

In terms of confrontation, Wang Chong definitely does not have an advantage. After all, he chose Durant's growth template, not Antetokounmpo's. Compared with confrontation ability, his advantage now is still in space.

Several times in a row, Wang Chong ran without the ball, caught the ball in the mid-range and immediately shot.

Collison's pace of pursuit slowed down a little, and he could only watch helplessly as Wang Chong hit the mid-range shot steadily. Twice, he even had his defense in place, reaching out and completely blocking most of Wang Chong's field of vision, but the latter Still successfully invested.

<divclass="contentadv">This is all thanks to the only badge Wang Chong currently has, which is CIC Master.

Unlike others, Wang Chong has the blessing effect of the badge when shooting mid-range shots. Not only does his shooting rate increase, but the impact he receives when facing defensive interference will also be reduced.

Wang Chong, who is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 08 meters, is already difficult to interfere with his shooting. With the effect of the badge, his shooting rate is quite excellent.

If the first quarter of the game was Wade's personal performance, relying on his ability to break through with the ball and hit the basket to create killing points, then the star of the second quarter became Wang Chong.

In the previous few games, he has conquered the team coach and other teammates through his performance, and it is natural for him to become the team's second tactical core point.

The University of Kansas has been very serious about targeting Wang Chong, but there is no good way to target Wang Chong's mid-range shooting with almost no blind spots.

The score was tight for a while.

But in the third quarter, Marquette found a breakthrough.

It was the team's ace player Wade who changed the situation.

In one-on-one defense, Wade directly stole Hinrich's dribble, and caused a defensive foul during a fast break counterattack layup, making the score 2+1.

Immediately afterwards, Marquette relied on its tenacious defense to prevent an attack from the University of Kansas. In transition, Wade cooperated with Wang Chong in the pick-and-roll and then split the ball and assisted Wang Chong in scoring a mid-range shot.

Marquette University scored 5 points in a row and took the lead.

The NCAA college tournament is different from the NBA professional league after all. Since the players are all students, their competition experience and ability to withstand pressure are obviously insufficient. Seeing that the previous lead was completely ruined, the University of Kansas played obviously impatiently.

Collison knocked down Wang Chong with an elbow while holding the ball in the paint and directly received his fifth foul of the game.

Hinrich then made another low-level mistake and passed the ball directly out of bounds.

The momentum of the University of Kansas has completely collapsed, and the players are playing more and more chaotically. Even if the coach roars loudly on the sidelines and calls timeouts continuously to regain his momentum, it is already too late.

To regain the momentum, the first task is to limit the opponent's offensive rhythm.

But neither Wade nor Wang Chong could defend them. Even if they could attack, for the University of Kansas, which was already lagging behind, it was just a waste of time to quench their thirst.

As the game time passed by, the anxious expressions on the faces of the University of Kansas players became more and more intense, while the expressions of astonishment on the faces of media reporters and fans on the sidelines also became more intense.

Marquette is actually going to win?

Such a little-known dark horse team actually made it all the way, defeating two major seed teams, the Kentucky Wildcats and the University of Kansas, and entered the NCAA finals?

But isn’t that the beauty of March Madness?