Chapter 35: Jeremy Lin VS Curry
Harvard University eliminated Kansas State University, which ranked more than 20th.
Davidson College also came in the next place, knocking out Gonzaga University, which ranked seventh.
However, in terms of the following grams, Davidson College is far stronger than Harvard University in terms of combat effectiveness on paper, after all, it is also a basketball powerhouse ranked 10th in the United States.
Even so, the match has received a lot of attention, even more so than the favorites Memphis, Kansas and UCLA.
The reason is very simple, many people want to see if Wang Xiao's undefeated record will end here. 、
Since Wang Xiao joined Harvard University last year, half a year has passed, Wang Xiao and his Harvard have always maintained a winning record, although it is in the Ivy League with a low average, it still makes many people feel incredible.
What's even more incredible to them is that even in the NCAA Championship, Wang Xiao and his team have continued to win.
Facing Kansas State University in the round of 64, almost no one believed that Harvard could defeat Kansas State University and Beasley, but the result was that Harvard easily defeated Kansas State by a large score, and Plain, who has been unknown in the Harvard team, defended Beasley all the time, making it completely out of shape, and he didn't even score 20 points in the whole game.
So many people are curious to know if Harvard University can maintain a record of winning all against the stronger Davidson College in the round of 32.
In this case, the game of both sides begins.
It was Davidson College who won the jump ball.
Harvard is used to this situation, because the tallest height in the Harvard team is 2.06 meters Plain, and compared to many teams, Harvard's interior line has a huge disadvantage in terms of height.
However, Harvard is not afraid of those teams that mainly attack from the inside, because Wang Xiao has specially designed a set of trapping tactics for this situation, and it is based on the premise of Jeremy Lin's outside defensive ability.
As long as it's not the kind of interior line with a particularly good passing vision, there is a good chance that the ball will be cut off.
Davis College doesn't have that kind of strong center, they are similar to Harvard, they also play the main outside line, and their core is Stephen, who is still a sophomore. Curry.
When Curry received the ball and advanced, Wang Xiao's solemn words seemed to be still in Jeremy Lin's ears.
"Curry's speed isn't the best among guards, but it's definitely not slow, and he's very good at using his rhythm to break through, and while defending him for three-pointers, you have to be careful not to give him a chance to break through."
Standing in front of the library with his body lowered, Jeremy Lin stared at each other.
Although his body was motionless, Curry suddenly felt a feeling of suffocation.
Instinct told him that the yellow-skinned guy in front of him was very strong and quite difficult.
Jason. Kidd's defensive ability is probably second only to Gary "The Glove" among point guards. Payton, who knows how to use his physical advantage to press opponents, has a strong defensive IQ.
Like Battier, Kidd is a defensive player with his brains.
This is also the key to his foothold in the second place on the all-time steal list.
Using Kidd's growth template card, Jeremy Lin's defensive talent has gradually moved closer to Kidd, especially after Wang Xiao used a lot of training skills to help Jeremy Lin practice this ability, although Jeremy Lin's current defense is not comparable to the peak Kidd, but even if he is immediately airdropped on the NBA court now, his defense is definitely the top existence among the point guards of 30 NBA teams.
Wang Xiao believes that this kind of defensive ability should not be something that Curry can cope with in college.
And so it is.
Curry tried to break through but couldn't find any chances, so he waved his teammates to block the pick-and-roll.
After using the pick-and-roll to separate from Jeremy Lin, Curry once again played against the Harvard scoring guard, who has a relatively large defense.
Wang Xiao also considered this situation, he had already explained to every player that if Curry blocked and changed the defense, then the defender had only one task, to prevent shooting or breakout.
Compared with Curry's breakthrough, Wang Xiao is most afraid of his three-point shooting basket with lethal power like a nuclear bomb!
Sure enough, seeing that the defender was too close to him, Curry immediately chose to break through and rush inside.
However, his actions happened to fall into the trap set by Wang Xiao.
Curry, who rushed into the box, immediately saw a player coming up to him, this man he knew, Plain.
When studying the video of the Harvard-Kansas State game, it was this guy who defended Beasley the whole time, making the latter in a state of no shooting and hitting iron frequently.
This guy is extremely capable defensively, and it's the kind of defense that thinks with the brain, not physical talent.
Curry wasn't sure if his change of pace would be able to fool the other side, and immediately glanced at his teammate who was being guarded by Plain.
The latter immediately understood and silently followed.
Curry jumped to the basket and stuck with Plain, who was following him on the defensive side, then bent down to hand the basketball to his teammates.
The latter received the basketball and immediately pulled it up and prepared for a powerful dunk.
However, at this moment, a yellow-skinned hand reached out like lightning and slashed hard into the basketball in the player's hand.
All of this was so powerful that Curry's teammates couldn't hold the basketball at all, and their hands were suddenly empty.
It's Jeremy Lin!
He didn't know when he appeared next to Curry's teammates, sliced the basketball between the flashes of lightning, and the super basketball slammed forward.
On the front side, there were already Harvard players running forward, and the basketball fell into his hands with incredible precision, while the other Davidson players were still far behind.
With an easy layup, Harvard scored the first point of the game.
When the coach of Davidson College saw this, his heart couldn't help but sink.
While watching the video of Harvard's game, he noticed a problem.
Harvard has a lot of steals when they play against other schools, and they can always read the game and stop the basketball pass in the gap between the opponent's passing and receiving of the ball.
This is enough to prove that the opponent's defense is doing quite well, whether it is the coach or the players, they have a very high sense of smell or awareness in this regard.
In response to this, the coach of Davidson College also deliberately told the players not to transfer the basketball in a large area as much as possible, and to use more hand-to-hand passes to reduce mistakes.
Curry did just that, but the basketball was broken.
And once Jeremy Lin has the ball in the backcourt, the efficiency of the fast break under the long-distance pass is amazing, he can always accurately pass the basketball to the hands of the fast break player, and across the distance of half the court, the accuracy and power are still not guaranteed to be just right.
"This game...... It's not easy to fight! ”