Chapter 14: Tough Encounters (Part II)
There was a hint of anger in Jordan's heart, but he forced himself to suppress the impulse. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info was tricked by himself in that attack just now, and he also fell into a big fight. Anyway, it's still a long time, I have time to fight with you!
Anjie knows that the key to the outcome of this game is the control of the inside, and only when he opens up the situation can his teammates get a chance to break through or shoot. The next game will depend on who can take control of the box first between him and DeAndre Jordan.
Jordan Jr. was unaffected by the ball and his performance on the court was still active. In the case that weight and strength are not dominant, An Jie is obviously very difficult to resist the violent impact of Little Jordan. In this offense, Jordan Jr. pushed away An Jie in a few clicks and made a layup on the spot easily under the basket.
No one can defend all the balls, but An Jie found a very bad signal in the opponent's attack just now. DeAndre Jordan is much stronger than Anjie thought. After An Jie began to train himself every day, he hadn't been at an absolute disadvantage in strength for a long time. However, the confrontation with Jordan Jr. just now reminded him of the feeling he felt powerless when he faced Morris and Asarkin for the first time in training.
This time, the Whirlwinds' offense was not handed over to anyone else to complete, and Mike Taylor honestly passed the ball to Anjie, who was still in a good position. An Jie's flexible footwork made him like a fish in water on the offensive end, and with a standard turn and a low hand layup, An Jie made another game. Other players have shown occasionally, but most of the time the ball is in the hands of the two centre-forwards.
The game continued unhurriedly in a brilliant hand-to-hand fight between the two big men inside, until four minutes and 23 seconds into the first half, when Rickard called a timeout. At the moment, they are tied with Texas A&M University, and they both scored 11 points.
"The others have to find a way to support Anjie! Don't be fooled by the media hype before the game! This is the Iowa State University Whirlwind team against the Texas A&M University Farm Kids, not a one-on-one game between Anjie and DeAndre Jordan! You yourself said that if you work hard alone, you all have to work hard! Don't forget how we won the previous game, our wholeness! I want to see your wholeness!" Rickard's voice was almost hoarse, but he had to maintain this volume to make sure his players could hear what he was saying in this noisy environment.
After Ricard finished speaking, Divac, who had been sitting on the bench, stood up and walked towards Anjie.
"It's a tough fight. Divac asked.
"Yes, he's a lot more physical than I thought he would, and it's hard to limit him on both the offensive and defensive ends. Anjie told his coach the truth.
"You're using your weaknesses to compare them to other people's strengths, and of course you're struggling. Don't forget that poor basketball fundamentals are Jordan Jr.'s biggest drawback, and if you catch the opponent's shortcomings, you can win him. And let me remind you that if you don't want to be entangled with him all the time, the best way is to let him go. With that, Divac winked at Anjie.
Rickard overheard that look in Divac's eyes, and he understood what that look meant, and his back went numb.
This old demon, he didn't teach more good things to An Jie, but he taught a lot of these bad tricks. I only hope that An Jie can handle that degree and not be self-defeating.
The two sides returned to the court, and Texas A&M University still dominated Jordan Jr.'s individual singles. On the side of the Whirlwind team, after being reminded, An Jie and his teammates have walked out of the state of playing four people by one person, and they have become the whirlwind team that never stops running.
Mike Taylor hits mid-range shot.
Cruz hit a two-pointer from long range.
Both of these goals were scoring opportunities created by the Whirlwinds with aggressive off-ball movement and complex and tacit off-ball blocking.
As long as An Jie restrains Jordan Jr. on the inside, then there will be more and more opportunities for other teammates. If a team's defensive backbone is pinned, it is not an exaggeration to say that the team's defensive quality has dropped by half.
Texas A&M head coach Carter Robertson frowned on the sidelines. The Whirlwinds' offense has shown signs of improvement, and on their own. Jordan Jr. is not in the slightest help to his teammates' offense tactically, and his blocking awareness is poor, and he can't go with his subconscious. Now he will only blindly ask for the ball to play singles, and after entering the state of playing singles, he will rarely pass the ball out again. However, who made this guy hot lately and broke the record of consecutive goals in one fell swoop. Let's let him continue to play alone and wait and see, anyway, Jordan Jr. is really playing well now.
It was with this in mind that Robertson did not change his tactics and continued to let Jordan Jr. solve the problem on his own. So in the offense of Texas A&M University, DeAndre Jordan once again leaned on Anjie to receive the ball.
Together with little Jordan again, An Jie kept repeating what his teacher Divac had just said in his head. Catch the opponent's shortcomings and you can win him.
Poor basketball fundamentals and low basketball IQ are two of DeAndre Jordan's biggest shortcomings. Such an opponent is easy to deal with, didn't Divac teach himself such a trick......
DeAndre Jordan really couldn't come up with any other tricks, and he started backing Anjie when he came up, hoping to continue scoring in the same way.
For the first time, he felt the resistance behind him, and he also took a big step forward with the advantage of strength.
The second time, he still felt that An Jie behind him was trying his best to stop him, but it was all in vain.
In the third swoop, he decided to swoop through the skinny defender in one fell swoop and score again. However, contrary to what he imagined, when he made the third effort towards An Jie, he felt that his back was empty, and he lost his center of gravity due to excessive force.
An Jie only deliberately made the illusion that he wanted to fight him to the end when he made the first two efforts, in order to make the little Jordan who was full of self-confidence go all out backwards in the third time. And when Little Jordan really went backwards with all his might, An Jie deliberately took a step back, causing Little Jordan to go up empty. Little Jordan, who lost his center of gravity, couldn't control his steps, and walked four or five steps in a row holding the basketball before he stabilized himself and didn't fall.
"Toot!" the whistle sounded, no doubt about the walk, the ball exchanged.
"What the!" little Jordan spread his hands and looked innocently at the referee. But rules are rules, and steps are steps.
"You opportunistic fellow!" little Jordan roared at Anjie in dissatisfaction. Only Morris knows the character of An Jie, no matter how provocative and dissatisfied you are, An Jie will not respond easily. He will only respond to the other party's provocations with actions. You must know that Morris was the first person to use a mouth cannon at Anjie and was so embarrassed that he didn't get a word of response.
"Haha, not bad, yes. Divac is clapping his hands below, and if he wants to dominate the inside line, he can't do it with brute force alone.
DeAndre Jordan became angry and agitated after the ball, and his movements began to be out of his brain's control. So in the next attack of the Whirlwind team, An Jie kept luring Jordan Jr. with his footsteps, and finally deceived a foul.
"I didn't touch him, he bumped into him!" Jordan Jr. shouted at the referee next to him. The referee just beckoned him to go back and stand up, otherwise don't blame him for being polite.
However, An Jie only made one of two free throws this time, and when he made the first free throw, An Jie's shooting action was not well controlled, and the ball was a little crooked. It also means that he now owes Rickard and Divac fifty push-ups each.
Jordan Jr. once again singled with the ball, and Anjie kept disrupting DeAndre Jordan's offensive rhythm with a small action of grabbing the jersey behind his back. Taking advantage of Little Jordan's lack of concentration, An Jie's center of gravity suddenly moved forward and reached up from behind to slap the basketball in Little Jordan's hand. Anthony Ben immediately picked up the ball and quickly advanced to the opposition half, completing a beautiful one-stop dunk to fully show his athleticism in front of people, which was also Ben's first goal so far in the first half.
With this goal, the difference in points on the field was also widened to six points. 29-23, Carter Roberson had to call a timeout.
"DeAndrew, calm down! You're behaving like this in the hands of that big Asian man!" Robertson kept reminding his immature kid that the center on the other side was taught by Divac's old fox, and he could come up with a thousand different ways to stimulate Jordan Jr.'s nerves.
"You rest off the field first, and I'll send you on the field when you're calm. Robertson patted Jordan Jr. on the shoulder, and then went on to lay out the tactics for the other players. Little Jordan let the towel on his head, and he didn't move, he didn't say a word.
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At this point in the game, both sides also switched to their own rotational lineups. The Whirlwinds now have only one starter on the court, Anthony Ben, who will withstand defensive pressure when Anjie is not on the field.
To everyone's surprise, when DeAndre Jordan was not on the court, Texas A&M University's offense improved and played well. It's just a little bit worse defensively.
"That's not good news for the kid. Divac muttered to himself.
Yes, Carter Robertson has already seen the change in the team at this moment. DeAndre Jordan has little tactical effect on the offensive end of the court, and he can't play anything other than his own singles. The reason why they were able to win the first three games was because Jordan Jr. played too well personally. However, today, Jordan Jr. met a smart guy, he will not spend so much time with DeAndrew, just now he made DeAndre a walk and a foul can already see the clues.
Robertson began to hesitate in his mind at this moment, and when he thought about it, Texas A&M University had relied on a smooth offense to chase the difference to only two points. The team played quite well, and if DeAndre didn't play well against that Asian kid in the next game, then he would have to press Jordan Jr. to the bench.
Who is the king of the interior line in the Big 12 League? Who can have the last laugh between the traditional center of the technical flow and the center of the physical strength type? The prologue has just begun.