Chapter 106 106, Sixteen into Eight
After winning Detroit, North Carolina successfully entered the top 16 team, and soon, the opponent of 16 into 8 was also determined, that is, Savile University.
Originally, the two teams were in a five-five situation, but because of Cheng Lei's outstanding performance, this situation was broken, what was the most terrible thing on the field? The unknown enemy is the most terrifying, and Cheng Lei, for all the other teams, is that unknown existence.
Coach Roy is now in an extremely comfortable mood, when luck comes, he can't stop it, just imagine, if Cheng Lei is tapped in advance by other schools, then this competition, his team will be bad.
Now, he wants to treat this guy to a good meal, and as a scout for the school, he has the most credit.
Now Cheng Lei is only showing his defense on the field, just imagine, if the opposite side sees Cheng Lei's offensive ability that is not weaker than the defense, will the other party have the urge to die?
Cheng Lei is just defending now, it's useless for the opponent to study, he doesn't attack, you always have no way to take him, this NCAA championship, Coach Roy has a lot of confidence to win.
Cheng Lei Judging from the situation of the game, although he does not attack, he has a good vision, and his awareness is good enough, and he can always pass the ball to the most comfortable teammates at the first time.
A week later, the 16-8 game began, and the stadium was filled to capacity.
Almost every team that made the cut sent scouts to watch the game, and they had to collect as much information as possible about Cheng Lei in this limited time.
Because of the first game of his appearance, his super-godlike defensive ability made every team have to pay attention to this yellow-skinned Chinese.
As for Cheng Lei, he experienced the tension of the first game, and now, I feel that the NCAA is just like that, as long as he plays normally.
Savile University, the strength is definitely not weak, the team that can enter the top 16, there will definitely be no weak team, the style of the team is also very prominent, they have a very strong breakthrough player, the outside line is matched with three shooters with strong firepower, and then, a tall center.
The offense is mainly based on breaking through the ball, and the style of play is very similar to the previous Cavaliers, Cheng Lei estimates that Saville's tactics are also learning the playing style of Cavaliers James.
This kind of lineup may be a little easier to play against other teams, but in the face of North Carolina, just being pinched in the door, Cheng Lei can defend their breakthrough hand very well, and if he can't break through, then he can't create a favorable long-range shooting opportunity for his teammates, and his strength will drop a lot.
Victor Rubin, as the first breakthrough player in the team, is arrogant and looks down on Cheng Lei, he doesn't think Cheng Lei can defend himself, and thinks that the coach is just exaggerating Cheng Lei's defensive ability.
At the beginning of the game, Savile University did not choose the outside line as the first point of attack, and uncharacteristically tested the defensive formation of North Carolina with his heart.
Saville's center Jamie Barry actively asked for the ball in the interior position, which made Payne, the main center of North Carolina, a little uncomfortable for a while.
Jamie Barry's technical characteristics are biased towards projection centers, and when he plays on weekdays, he also basically stands on the outside, and it is really rare to play the inside line like this.
A careless gesture from Payne gave Jamie Barry a good chance to turn around and score the first goal.
Moreover, when it came time for North Carolina to attack, they tacitly defended Payne with a sandwich, making North Carolina's offense useless.
They have thoroughly studied the game between North Carolina and Detroit, Cheng Lei will not attack, the court is equivalent to four to five, as long as they control the inside line of North Carolina, then, the winning chance will be very big.
In fact, they also actively implemented the coach's tactics, and also achieved good results, as soon as they came up, they played North Carolina 4-0.
After the inside line was opened, North Carolina's originally outward expansion defense consciously shrank inside, which gave Saville's outside line a good opportunity to shoot.
Rubin felt his chance.
In the face of Cheng Lei's individual defense, Rubin didn't pay attention to it at all, just this Chinese kid looks at his body that is not too strong, can he fight against himself? Look at the muscles all over his body, but they are much stronger than him.
It is this muscle that allows Rubin to have some advantages in the counterpoint.
With a brutal breakthrough, Rubin took the initiative to find Cheng Lei for a physical confrontation with the strong inertia that rushed up.
Bang... Bang...
The muscles of the two kept colliding together, Rao is Cheng Lei's physical fitness was extremely good, and in the head-on confrontation, he was also retreating slightly, and the method of discharging his strength in Sanda was perfectly used by Cheng Lei.
Sometimes, when there is a lot of power, it is not necessarily a win.
The moment Cheng Lei collided with Rubin, he blocked his chest with his arm, his body quickly retreated a little, and after unloading part of the force, Cheng Lei was catching up.
Although Cheng Lei lost some positions, he still maintained a good defensive position, so that Rubin could not easily break into the free throw line.
When Rubin broke through, Saville's outside pitcher moved quickly, and after a few mutual blocks, a good position appeared, and Rubin also passed the ball directly.
Lewis opened his hand and hit a three-pointer.
If you don't attack at this point, the opposite side will be more unscrupulous to wrap up the inside line, so that Payne on the inside line will be very uncomfortable.
After realizing this, Cheng Lei began to take the initiative to ask for the ball.
The Savile players believe that Cheng Lei has no offensive ability at all, so the defenders, obviously, let Cheng Lei stand on the outside.
"Wow, Ray actually wants to attack!" Williams smiled knowingly and passed the ball straight away.
Cheng Lei, who had no one to defend, three points was not trivial, he took aim, adjusted his position, and then shot and the ball went in.
Cheng Lei deliberately slowed down his movements, the purpose was to make Saville's players think that his ball was just dribbling and throwing it in.
"Don't worry everyone, this guy is just lucky!" Saville's team said.
Sure enough, Cheng Lei's decomposed incoherent shooting is easy to be regarded as a layman for shooting.
Although Cheng Lei can prevent Rubin's breakthrough, Saville's outside can always find good three-point opportunities, and the score has been pressing North Carolina.
At the end of the first half, Savile was 45-40, leading North Carolina.
At halftime, coach Roy rearranged the defensive strategy, focusing on defending their three outside shooters, as for the offense, there is no need to worry, as long as Cheng Lei is throwing a three-point in, the opponent will definitely have scruples, and will not blindly wrap the inside.
"Ray, in the second half, you must guard against Rubin, don't let him easily break into the inside," Coach Roy looked at Cheng Lei and said.
"No problem!" Cheng Lei said confidently.
"Show Saville some of your offensive prowess, or they'll underestimate you!" Coach Roy continued.
Winning this game, you will enter the quarterfinals, it's time for Cheng Lei to show his strong offensive ability, I believe the rest of the opponents will have nightmares when they sleep.