Chapter 53: Golden Three!
Wagner is on top!
As soon as the game began, Memphis head coach John Calipari could see that Wagner was being by Chen Xiao.
John Calipari is young, only 42 years old this year, but he has a very rich resume.
After graduating from college 20 years ago, he worked as an assistant coach for Larry Brown, who was at the University of Kansas at the time, and was a protégé of Larry Brown, and he is still the younger brother of Popovich, the current head coach of the NBA Spurs.
After spending time with Larry Brown, the 29-year-old was invited to become the team's head coach at the University of Massachusetts.
At the age of 29, he became the head coach of a major team in the NCAA Division I League, and Calipari is definitely a 'teenager' talent.
And at a young age, he did a great job in Massachusetts.
In his final year as a coach, he led the University of Massachusetts to the NCAA Final Four.
In the semifinals, he lost to the University of Kentucky, the champion of the NCAA that year.
After that, Kalipari was a little disheartened, feeling that there were some things that he had not understood in the past few years of leading the team in college, and he needed to relax and relax, and he needed to be enlightened.
After turning down offers from the University of Massachusetts and the NCAA, Calipari wanted a change of circumstances and went to the Nets as a head coach for a few years, only to find that he still hadn't figured it out.
Finally, I remembered my teacher, Larry Brown.
So, he ran to Larry Brown again, and continued to be an assistant coach for Larry Brown in the Philadelphia 76ers.
Soon, it didn't take long.
Calipari finally realized what he wanted by Larry Brown's side.
So, after a four-year hiatus, Calipari returned to the NCAA with the DDM tactics he had learned, and came to the University of Memphis.
So the question is, what is DDM tactics?
This tactic is not unusual, that is, the defender uses his ball control skills and speed explosiveness to forcibly bring up the rhythm of the game, forcibly use his personal ability to tear apart the opponent's defense, and after tearing the opponent's defense, he is free to kill or divide.
In a word, this tactic is a more direct and brutal breakthrough strategy.
This tactic is extremely demanding on this core defender, and ordinary people really can't meet his requirements.
The physical talent is explosive, and it doesn't matter if you shoot the basketball, but the passing has to be pretty good.
Wagner is the player he has been looking for for a long time to be the right player to be at the heart of his tactical system.
Offensive skills such as shooting are very rough, but the physical talent is really explosive, and there is no problem with passing and control skills.
As a protégé of Larry Brown, who has been a head coach on both NCAA and NBA teams, he is more or less a famous coach.
However, if you want to poach Wagner, he and the University of Memphis are not attractive enough.
In order to get this third genius in the United States, he can be said to have signed a lot of unequal treaties with Wagner in private.
The main reason for such a big concession is that his tactical system is not afraid of Wagner's selfishness.
Just a little bit of teamwork.
And this is also the reason why Wagner has been so willful this season and no one cares.
It was not only Wagner himself who bullied the store, but more importantly, Calipari's own indulgence.
And Calipari didn't feel anything wrong with his indulgence.
His DDM tactical system is to indulge the core defenders of this tactical system enough, and if you are too constrained, you will lose the essence of this tactical system.
So, according to the character of the head coaches of other NCAA teams, Calipari couldn't sit still at the start of the 0-7 start of this game at the University of Memphis.
But Calipari is an outlier among NCAA head coaches.
Obviously, he has seen that Wagner is on top, but he is still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and even thinks that Wagner is still a good thing.
"Which big outburst of Iverson and Kobe Bryant didn't originate from above?"
He was enlightened in the 76ers and succeeded.
The ideal type at the heart of his tactics is Iverson!
"Believe in your talent, in the NCAA, no guard is more talented than you, not even Jay Williams, as long as you can move forward, any short-term difficulties can be overcome, Da Juan, look at everything like Iverson!"
At the 7-0 down timeout, Calipari did not criticize Wagner at all, and even encouraged Wagner to be more irritable and up-to-head.
On the pitch, Wagner, encouraged by the team's head coach, had no intention of changing his style of play.
His easy-to-play style was originally the one that is now admired by the University of Memphis.
I can't change it if I want to.
However, Wagner also learned to be smart.
Marquette University's defense is very fast, and it is not enough to blindly rush to the basket, so he has to add some shots.
The combination of internal and external talents finally allowed him to give full play to the advantages of his physical talents.
Therefore, in the first attack after the pause, Wagner did not run over Chen Xiao and hit the basket as before, but used the cover of the team's center Chris Marcy to block Chen Xiao and directly pulled out outside the three-point line.
Wagner's offense was haphazard.
Judging from his 30% shooting rate, he actually makes 6 three-point shots per game.
This time it's a little single-gear, which is to make a show.
In fact, there is no defense to throw off, and it is very difficult to shoot.
Judging from Wagner's shot, there is a bit of a combination of Kobe and Iverson.
Don't tell me what is reasonable or unreasonable, and don't tell me that it is difficult or not.
Do you think I'm calling it a block and a dismantling to play tactics and cooperation?
Are you kidding?
If I don't find a taller defender in front of me, how can I lean back, how can I be so picturesque?
Of course, Chen Xiao's close-fitting defense that clearly hopes for Wagner to break through makes Wagner not so easy to shoot.
That's why it's called a pick-and-roll.
But in any case, although Wagner is still in the head, he can be regarded as changing his style of play.
However, Chen Xiao, who incarnated as the 'Avenger' in this game, didn't care at all.
In terms of this guy's shooting efficiency, if he wants to score, sooner or later he will have to kill inside, it depends on how long he can hold back.
Chen Xiao doesn't care about Wagner's change of play, but someone does!
Wade, who was pulled out by Memphis center Chris Massey, was the one standing in front of Wagner.
Marquette University's defensive rotation, the tallest Brackson can't come out.
No matter who comes out to block the dismantle, it can't be Braxon, it can only be Wade and Ron Howard.
This time it was Marcy who pulled out, so it corresponded to Wade.
Why is Wade so ugly?
Of course, it's because of being by people like Kobe and Iverson!
8 to 3!
After this three-point pull-up shot that was very much in the spirit of Iverson and Kobe, Wagner faced the boos of the audience, and next to Wade, he made the same attentive celebration as Iverson.
This action made Wade uncomfortable.
On the side, Chen Xiao looked at Wagner, who was listening, and then looked at Wade, who looked uncomfortable, and really wanted to laugh in his heart.
Whether Wagner's strength is comparable to Kobe Bryant and Iverson, it's hard to say.
But this person's ability to pull hatred, that's really good.
After all, he's a super genius.
He was the only one who slapped others in the face before, when did he ever be slapped in the face by others?
Once again, it was Marquard's turn to attack, and this time, Diner, as the team's dribble guard, didn't even get a chance to dribble, and was directly sent by Wade to the bottom corner of the front court, where he stood obediently.
After Wade dribbled past half the court, he didn't look at his player McFad, but after blocking and dismantling with Chen Xiao, he replaced Wagner in front of him.
"Marquard's turn to single Wagner against Wade this time!"
"Wade was by Wagner's three-pointer just now!"
Scouts on the sidelines and in front of the TV, journalists and experts are excited again.
"This time you must guard against it!"
'Listening attentively' in front of Wade just now was originally intentional by him.
His purpose in this game is to create a big news of 'Destroy the Eye of God, Dry Lightning Man, and Abuse the Ice Prince'.
At the beginning of this game, he was careless when Chen Xiao scored such a goal, and this time, it is impossible for him to continue to be KOped!
Wagner doesn't think he's going to be knocked out, and in fact, a lot of scouts and pundits on the sidelines don't think he's going to be knocked out either.
Wagner, though not tall, is as tall as a small steel cannon.
It's very strong, and the next plate is very stable.
But......
is such a small steel cannon, stunned by Wade all the way back pushed from the three-point line to the free throw line!
"Wade's official weight is less than 5 pounds more than Wagner's, but the difference in strength between the two is so great......"
"Wade's core strength is too strong, right?!"
I thought that the situation was open, but it turned into such a one-sided, and the audience and experts next to me were already stunned.
Even Chen Xiao was a little surprised.
"When Xiao Tai sat on me before, he never used all his strength?"
Jump, turn, sideways, lean, kick, stuck, shake your wrists!
After pinning Wagner to the free-throw line, Wade threw the basketball out of his hand with a very standard Way-style mid-range shot.
"Xiaotai, it's all pressed like this, it's still a small kick, it's still in the air, don't you want to be so sassy!"
Wagner can't jump even when he is suppressed, and you still do the movements so completely, is this to teach Wagner to slow down the movement in the eyes of him?
That's too humiliating, isn't it?!
After Chen Xiao was shocked, she was happy!
almost rushed directly to Wade and praised it.
If Chen Xiao singled Wagner in the opening game, it can barely be regarded as a KO.
So Wade this time, it's not just a knockout, it's just a crushing of players of different levels!
The feeling of Tyson punching Chen Xiao in the face.
Brush it up!
The basketball thrown by Wade fell hollow into the Nets!
9 to 3!
In the face of Wagner's provocation, Wade humiliated Wagner back in the simplest, most direct, and fastest way!
Wade's singles result made Wagner and many scouting professionals on the sidelines doubt their lives.
Because it's on the scout's little book.
Now Wade is the fifth pick, and Wagner is the sixth.
The strength and talent of the two seem to be about the same.
Even the style of play is similar.
But what about the direct alignment between the two just now?
"Is this the difference between the fifth and sixth picks?"
"If Wade is the fifth pick, Wagner probably doesn't even have the fifteenth pick!"
Wade and Wagner's heads-up just now is a crushing game!
At this time, many NBA scouts on the sidelines who have come to their senses are already whispering.
Even after the start of the game, the head coach of the University of Memphis, Calypari, who had been sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, was shocked by Wade's super strong single.
"Is Dajuan really the most talented guard in the NCAA?"
For the first time, Calipari became suspicious about it.
There is no doubt that Marquette's offense and Wade's singles this time are an even greater humiliation for Wagner.
As a combination of Kobe Bryant and Iverson, how could Wagner possibly stand such humiliation.
Looking back, when it was Memphis' turn to attack, Wagner didn't care about the strategy of opening up the space to shoot blue first, and then rushing later.
Everyone is already riding their faces, if they don't ride back, is it still little Iverson, little Kobe?!
Wagner took advantage of the cover of his teammates to rush past Wade, who wanted to press him in the half, and once again used his super physical talent to press Chen Xiao to the basket.
This time Wade's half-time pressing was a bit reckless and underestimated.
I really want to play a big game while the iron is hot.
This is also in line with Wade's style.
At the same time, it has to be said that Wagner's singles experience is indeed rich, and he is very keen to detect Wade's intention to suddenly press.
Therefore, after successively breaking through Wade and Chen Xiao, the two Marquette trios, Wagner's morale was greatly boosted.
"As long as I get rid of Ron Howard in front of me and dunk this basketball into the basket, this offense will allow me to complete one and three of my picks, and my draft pick will take a step forward!"
Wagner's morale continues to rise!
It's just that......
Another familiar 'pop' sound!
And it's Chen Xiao again!
The morale-boosting Wagner was not able to fool Ron Howard with his feints.
Instead, after the feint, he slammed into Ron Howard, and then was stealed again by Chen Xiao.
In fact, Ron Howard can break it himself, but thinking of Chen Xiao's sparkling eyes next to him, Ron Howard just raised his hands high.
Ron Howard pressed down Wagner's offense, Chen Xiao completed the steal, and threw the basketball to the front court, and Wade, who had just failed to press, had once again swept the entire half like lightning!
Every time Wade's run, it will really give people a feeling of lightning coming, fast and fierce, quite visually impactful!
Bang!
After receiving Chen Xiao's long pass, Wade once again hung on the basket of the University of Memphis!
Listen to the loud sound of the frame behind him, and the loud cheers from the Cincinnati fans behind the sound.
Wagner felt like his head had exploded.
“Golden Three!”
“Golden Three!”
“Golden Three!”
The neat "Golden Three! "In Cincinnati, it rings at the Riverside Coliseum!
'Goodeng Sri' is an abbreviation for Marquette Mitaka.
It's like the Michigan Five is called 'Fab Five'.
“Golden Three!” It's also very easy to shout.
However, no matter how easy it is, in the past, it was basically only Milwaukee fans who would shout.
And this time, after Ron Howard, Chen Xiao and Wade completed this perfect three-person connection, the Riverside Coliseum in Cincinnati also rang out with the audience's 'Golden Three!' 'Hurray.
For a moment, Stephen Rogan in the stands didn't even think he was at Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
But......
11 to 3!
The score is still pulling apart!
Marquette Mitaka smashed Wagner's 'Mitaka connection' this time, not to mention the fans at the scene, even he was a little enthusiastic.
“Golden Three!”
This is the Golden Three, which has ruled C-USA this season and taken the whole of America by storm!
Looking at the three people on the court who stretched out their right hands at the same time, Steve Rogan seemed to really see a golden light on them.
Wait a minute?
Why don't you have three fingers out?
A slap in the face?
Or five fingers?
PS: Historically, Wade has been the most long-range scorer in the C-USA league this season, and he is also very efficient, and Wade University already has a very good mid-range hand.
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