Chapter 280: Old K's Busy Christmas
On December 25th, the same Christmas afternoon, our Mr. Mike had a busy day, and today he once again locked himself in his study, what are you going to ask him to do in it? It's not like watching the video of the game between Wake Forest and Michigan yesterday afternoon, he's been watching it for almost a whole day since the results came out yesterday afternoon, and the lights in the study haven't been turned off since yesterday, and finally his wife nagged him uncomfortably to turn it off, but... Looking at Mr. K, who re-entered the study after eating casually, his wife could only sigh and walk away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the study, the video of yesterday's game was played again...
"Alas..."Coach K sighed heavily, and the troubles and worries in this sigh were already overflowing.
Duncan and Juwan on TV. The two Howards are preparing to jump ball...
At the beginning of the first quarter, the basketball was shot by Duncan, who had a stronger bounce and high jump height, Billups got the ball, Stephen received the ball and burst into the free throw line and then made a back pass, the ball went to Rodgers, and at the same time Wallace blocked Ray for him. Jackson and Jamie. Kim two, the opportunity is fleeting, Rodgers shot, maybe it was just the beginning of the hand is not hot, the basketball smashed the basket twice or came out. Just in Jay. Rose said "This rebound is mine" when a shadow flew over his head, who was it!?
A very domineering rebound, Wake Forest, took the lead, played with his ass and looked back at Rose with a red face and a shocked face, and at this time Duncan with a wooden face was hanging on the basket.
Just 6 seconds into the opening game, Duncan grabbed an offensive rebound and made a dunk, which was amazingly efficient. And his opponent Zhu Wan. Where's Howard? He was still at the top of the penalty line arc just after bypassing Wallace and the others who were huddled in a heap, and rushed into the penalty line.
Seeing this, even Coach K, who has watched it 10 times, frowned unconsciously: the inside line...
The reality of the inside line is not good, and even worse than imagined. Hill, Antonio. Lang, Kainer. John, the first two are juniors and seniors, and the potential of the first two seniors has long been exhausted, and the back John, although he has come out of the shadows of last summer, his potential is really not amazing, of course, this is relative to Webb, Duncan's level, if you want to compare with Howard in the video at this time, maybe he is still a few points weaker, but it is not too bad, but even Howard, who is much stronger than John at the moment, is much inferior to Duncan, the core of the Wake Forest at this time, not to mention John, who is not as talented as the former, and has not yet tapped out his potential? As for Antonio and Thomas, forget about it, now he may not be able to suppress John, who is steadily improving, let alone Duncan, who is more than one level stronger than John.
Then Michigan point guard Ray Jackson carefully and slightly difficult dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and the basketball finally came to Michigan's current boss after many twists and turns. Howard in his hands. His opponent was Duncan, and the final result was self-explanatory, his turnaround jumper was slapped directly on the rebound by Duncan, and then Duncan jumped up twice to take down the basketball that bounced off the rebound, and then dodged Howard's long throw, and the ball went to Billups, who received the basketball and dribbled to the court, and finally Billups, who held the ball, was chased back by Ray in one step within the penalty line. Jackson intercepted, but unfortunately, this was not the end, and the intercepted Billups casually threw the ball to the rebound and ran away. Jackson hesitated when a strong wind blew past him, and when he looked back, a Wake Forest player had already taken off, it was Jackson!
Wake Forest's first counterattack was another 6 seconds, Duncan got a block, a defensive rebound, Billups also got an assist, and finally Stephen's one-handed dunk, and Wake Forest played 4-0 at home in less than a minute, which was a good start.
The point difference is not huge, but the inner things are obvious: point guard, interior! The point guard, the only Michigan Five Tigers who did not enter the NBA, one is an experienced and pure point guard, Billups is different from the current point guard in the general sense, he is one of the outstanding representatives of the classical flow point guard. Wake Forest Interior: A jack-type defender – Wallace, a technically top-notch, physically explosive forward – Duncan, and what does Michigan have on the other side? Ohmae--Zhu Wan. Howard, he's just a stalwart inside line with top-notch skills and top-notch physique, yes a stalwort! Because he is still a lot away from the core in every way, whether it is technical, physical, or potential. As for their center, the nature is quite similar to that of Wake Forest, their centers are all protectors under the basket, but the difference between the two sides is still a big difference, the opening minute, the Michigan center has not squeezed under the basket, this is not the core area where you can dunk by jumping on the spot under the basket, according to the NBA, this is already out of the three-second zone, and the two are very different in strength. However, if you can't get into the basket as a basket protector, what good are you?
Like previous Wake Forest opponents, Michigan, without Webb, could not hold back Wake Forest's offense under the basket. It's not crushing, but Michigan is being suppressed. Wake Forest point guard Billups can break through and shoot from long range, and the opponent Michigan is just an NCAA star point guard who can't make it to the NBA, and of course it's extremely smooth. To use an image analogy, Billups's current offensive skills are not as good as Rodgers' passing, that is, breakthrough and shooting, he is not as good as Rodgers in shooting but surpasses Jackson steadily, and he is not as good as Jackson in breaking but also surpasses Rogers, so he can also be regarded as a sudden pass and shoot all three, in the NCAA this is the almighty, don't want it, and the most tragic tiger in Michigan is a meal of chopping melons and vegetables. And this year's Duncan is different from last year's four-in-two, last year he played 6 points in physical flow and 4 points in technical flow, among which maybe Weber is really not weak, or maybe the team's rotation group is too vegetable, he is saving physical fitness?! However, no matter what, with Webb's Michigan Duncan, he only dared to use 6 points of strength on tough play, you must know that in the previous 30 games, his label in front of people was the Flying Devil (big basic), and in the face of Michigan Duncan, who has lost Webb, he used his fan nickname to dominate the game. In a situation where the inside line is crushed and the outside line is also a hole to exploit, how can Michigan win? Other positions, Jay.. Rose did somewhat suppress Rogers' rhythm, but Jamie. Kim can't stand Jackson at all, his offense is too murderous, but he is not the most murderous offense in the whole team of Wake Forest, and he will witness with his own eyes in the second half what it is: the strong have their own strong midmen, and a mountain is still high.
Wake Forest relied on the local advantage to pull the score bigger and bigger, although this trend is gradual, but this is a hard power difference, completely unacceptable Michigan reversal, even if Howard and others are full of spirit to face the battle, but the disadvantage is not as long as the fight to the death can be easily recovered.
With both the big forward and center dominant, Wake Forest was firmly in control of the rebound, and this situation lasted until the end of the first quarter, 62:33, which was the score of the first quarter between the two teams.