The game came as scheduled, looking at Maddie who was warming up on the court, Smith looked at Carter beside him suspiciously, and asked in a low voice: "Vinnce, is this what you said was done?" I didn't see anything wrong with him! ”

Carter shook his head blankly, and muttered, "This is impossible, he was still standing in place in a daze when I left!" Maybe because it's just a warm-up now, he won't be so calm when the game starts. ”

Smith nodded suspiciously, now he can only believe Carter's explanation, and the reporters of the major media are already seated, there is no chance to make an extraneous move, if Carter is still allowed to go over and "chat casually" with Maddie, when the time comes, combined with the state of Maddie's game, it is still unknown how big the media will hype this topic.

Smith basically followed last season's starting lineup in this game, and it was clear that there was a hint of shame. Point guard Shamond, small forward Carter and power forward Jamison are the starting lineups, and Zwick, last season's starting point guard, has been drafted and replaced by sophomore Ed Kutta, with Okuraja still at center.

It's arguably a replica of last season's strongest North Carolina lineup, which was previously eliminated by Villanova in the national championship with this starting lineup, and now Smith is playing this lineup again, and the intention is self-explanatory.

Contrary to North Carolina, Villanova's starting lineup has nothing to do with last season, point guard Brown, scoring guard Maddy, small forward Battier, power forward Brand, and center Allen. Among the starting five Tigers, only Brown has had the experience of fighting against North Carolina before, and the other four are all pink newcomers facing North Carolina, but from another point of view, North Carolina doesn't know much about them, so it can't be said who takes advantage and who suffers.

From the perspective of starting alignment alone, Maddie has a big advantage, Kuta, who replaced Zwick as the starter, is only 1.88 meters tall, while Maddie is a guy who can swing to the No. 3 position, so he is basically crushed in terms of height. However, Rappers also knows that with Smith's experience, he will never let Kuta directly face Maddie, but he doesn't care too much, the team's playmaking tactics have been practiced very well, and he just needs to adapt to everything now.

Sure enough, it was Carter who stood next to Maddie when he jumped the ball, not Kuta, and it was clear that Smith thought Maddie was more of a threat, but more deeply, he probably wanted Carter to continue to suppress Maddie as he had done before.

Okuraja is a pocket interior player who is not much taller than Jamison, and is far less than Aaron, who Laperster wants to put in the starting line to assist Brand on the inside, who easily flicked the ball to Battier, who was not under defensive pressure, and Battier gave the ball to Maddy, who was free from the defense.

After seeing Maddie get the ball, Carter waved his arms while letting his teammates quickly return to defense. He thinks he knows this cousin very well, and in the past, as long as Maddie got the ball at the beginning, he would definitely rush to the opponent's basket as soon as possible, and at this time, it seems to be a good choice to let him disconnect from his teammates and complete a steal or block.

But Carter was disappointed, and after Maddy dribbled the ball through the midfield, he lowered the tempo of the game. He stopped two steps beyond the three-point line, turned sideways to protect the ball away from Carter, and although he didn't direct his teammates to run, his eyes were always on the position of each player on both sides.

The NCAA has 35 seconds in an offensive round, giving players plenty of time to play more elaborate and complex plays. Suddenly, Maddie saw Brand move to the high post and pulled Jamison out by the way, and Battier quickly ran back to the basket, and Brand used his thick body to block both Kuta and Jamison.

Looking at Carter who was waiting in front of him, a smile appeared on the corner of Maddie's mouth, and after he made a very realistic tentative step, he suddenly raised his right hand and threw it so casually. Carter turned around in a daze, and all he saw was Battier's figure falling from the basket, a beautiful aerial relay!

The entire arena fell silent before a deafening cheer erupted. Although it is true that this is the home stadium of North Carolina, and it is true that most of the fans who come to North Carolina are there, they will still cheer loudly for every wonderful shot that appears in the game, which is the most simple and persistent devotion to basketball.

Villanova's aerial relay undoubtedly conquered their critical gaze, Brandra went to the high post and gave Battier an off-ball cover, Maddy predicted in advance and easily gave the ball to the most suitable position, Battier jumped high to complete an extremely stretched crotch change dunk.

Of course, others are not without contributions in the process. Allen kept Okuraja behind him on the side of the three-second zone to prevent him from running to the basket and disrupting Battier's offense; Brown has already filled in for Battier's position in the bottom corner of the perimeter, and if the latter wants to pass the ball, he can shoot a three-pointer.

Carter's mouth opened wide in surprise, he didn't see the coordination between the other players at Villanova, just purely surprised by Maddy's choice of pass. When did this guy become so willing to share the ball? According to his usual style, shouldn't he have forced a breakthrough with the ball and then completed the attack himself in that round just now?

He began to wonder if this was the real Maddie, and Carter couldn't believe that one person could change his style of play in just one summer. No, it's not the style of the ball anymore, it's the personality that can make a guy obsessed with playing alone learn to pass the ball to his teammates, is Villanova really so incredible?

But soon Carter discovers that his brain hole is too big, and Maddie is still the same Maddie as before. Shamond's pass to Okuraja on the inside was directly tackled by Brand, and Maddie was already running towards the North Carolina half with long legs. Although Jamison has returned to the defense in place, and Battier is also in the empty position on the weak side, Maddie still shot a dry three-pointer against Jamison's defense, and what made Carter crazy was that this shot actually hit!

Looking at the radiant Maddie, Carter really didn't know what kind of expression he should use to face the head coach. A wild assist, a strong shot that defied the defense, and it was clear that Maddie was not affected by his words yesterday and quickly got into the game. Carter expressed his helplessness about this: Your confusion yesterday will not be faked, right?