Chapter 15: The First Battle of the Spartans III.

The referee's whistle blows, and the second half of the game between the Wolves and the Spartans begins.

In order to achieve the purpose of attacking the Spartans' interior, Coach Tom adjusted the starting lineup for the second half: 203cm point guard Sun Yue; 198cm shooting guard Mark; 201cm small forward Ryan. Gomez; 206cm power forward Henderson; 208cm center Taft.

The starting lineup in the second half removed Claude, the starting small forward who had a poor hand in the first half, and replaced it with a more comprehensive junior forward Ryan. Gomez.

Now this lineup is more than two meters tall except for the shooting guard Mark, who is 198cm tall, and the height advantage of the Wolves is quite obvious.

At the start of the second half, the Wolves poured the ball into the team.

Sun Yue controlled the ball at the top of the arc, Mark and Gomez ran to attract the Spartan defense, and Taft cut to the basket.

In the past, the Wolves also played according to this tactic, because the former main point guard Lance's passing vision and passing awareness were not good, and he could not grasp the fleeting passing opportunity, the opponent would generally not hesitate to close the formation, and Taft, who cut into the air, lost the best offensive opportunity.

Now, Taft has just cut into the penalty area, and Sun Yue, whose eyes are still watching the running position of his outside teammates, suddenly directly hit the ground with a tricky angle, passing through the entire defense of the Spartans to Taft's hands.

Taft reached for the basketball, cleverly used his 118kg weight advantage to easily squeeze away the opposing guard, and turned to play the cricket ball with one hand. The score of both teams is 36:33.

When it was the Spartans' turn to attack, Shannon Brown received a pass on the right side and broke through Gomez, causing a foul on Henderson, who was defending under the basket, and went to the free throw line to score two points to help the Spartans continue to bite the score.

But Xiangnong Brown was not happy at all, he felt that his light was completely suppressed by Sun Yue, his rival in love.

In his plan, this year is his third year at the Spartans, and he has finally become the core of the Spartans, helping the team win the top ten league championships, enter the national championship, become the Mop of the NCAA finals, and then go to the NBA through the draft to play, drive a luxury car, live in a villa, and then embrace Ledlow into his arms.

Xiangnon Brown, who had already received damage, gave him a hammer again.

According to the arrangement of Coach Tom's midfield, Sun Yue began to keep stuffing the ball into the two inside lines of the Wolves team, and the height advantage of the Wolves lineup was undoubtedly displayed at this time, and the Spartans were beaten inside without any power to fight back.

The Spartans players did not dare to relax the outside projection of the Wolves, and Taft relied on the basket to beat the Spartans a little bit by relying on strong shots and pick-and-rolls.

Taft's arsenal is well-stocked, he can attack from the low post, turn to the baseline and hit the board with one hand, and have a nice little hook hand. To defend him, you need a taller and stronger inside player than Taft to push him out of the box in order to limit him.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Coach Izzo hurriedly replaced the team's 2.11cm tall and 125kg substitute center forward Paul. Powell, Powell is completely playing the role of a meat shield in the Spartans, moving slowly on the defensive end, and can only rely on the basket to score on the offensive end, and the Spartans rarely play time on weekdays.

Powell soon proved to Coach Izo that it made sense to press him to the bench, and after Powell came off the bench, Sun Yue was keenly aware of Powell's slow footwork.

He kept beckoning Taft to come out and block for him, and then bullied Powell for not being able to keep up with him, or straight through to score, or pass to Taft to end the offense.

In the face of Sun Yue and Taft's blocking and dismantling cooperation, Powell, who was slow-paced, was directly beaten into a sieve. For the Spartans, replacing Powell is like a slap in the face of poison, and if you don't accept it, you will die, and if you take it, you will die.

In just five minutes after replacing Davidson, the score of the two teams changed from 41:37 to 52:43, and the Spartans had begun to collapse.

Coach Izzo, who had no choice but to remove Powell, who was not performing well, and continue to use the starting lineup at the beginning, could only ask the outside players to come in to help defend the inside players of the Wolves.

Such defensive requirements naturally fulfilled several outside players of the Wolves team, frequently hitting mid-to-long-range shots. Especially small forward Ryan, who came off the bench in the second half. Gomez impressed Sun Yue even more, and the main scoring means of this short and stout swingman in the third and fourth positions were low-post back-to-back singles and turn-back step-back jumpers, as well as open-post catch-and-shoot jumpers.

And Gomez also has a good 3-pointer. The shooting is very accurate, but the dribbling ability is average, and the shooting anti-interference ability is relatively poor. But under Sun Yue's organization, he got a lot of open shots, and his performance on the offensive end was quite consistent, allowing him to contribute double-digit points even when he didn't play much time.

The game was played without suspense, and the Wolverines won 83-67 on their home court to get the NCAA 2004-2005 regular season off to a flying start.

All the Wolverines burst into the field and began to celebrate in the heart of Chrysler Center Stadium. And Coach Tom, who has always been serious, did not stop the carnival of his disciples, and after many years of coaching experience, he naturally understood the truth of one by one.

At Mark's suggestion, all the players of the Wolves team threw the hero of the victory - Sun Yue high, and Sun Yue scored 16 points, 11 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals in this game.

The fans of the Wolves in the audience also began to chant Sun Yue's name, and the Wolves, who had been pressed and beaten by the Spartans in recent years, were rarely able to win against their opponents, and this victory was the first victory over their opponents in nearly three years. Fans of the Wolves have seen the hope of the team's rise from Sun Yue.

Tom. Zoe walked over to the Wolves bench and shook hands with Coach Tom and congratulated: "Coach Tom, congratulations on your victory, you have chosen a very good point guard, he is a great guy, you must have a good record this season." ”

"Thank you, Coach Izzo, and good luck with you." At this time, Coach Tom had to praise himself, when giving Sun Yue a full basketball scholarship, many people in the team management objected to giving a valuable full basketball scholarship to an unknown Chinese point guard, but fortunately he insisted on choosing Sun Yue under the strong recommendation of his old friend Mike, and the original persistence was exchanged for today's victory.

Tom. As an NCAA coach, Zoe has an extremely vicious vision, Sun Yue's talent is extraordinary, and the other positions configured by the Wolves around him are also very suitable, and the current Wolves team lineup is reasonable and strong, and it seems that the Wolves are a strong contender for the championship of the top ten leagues this year.

When the game was over, Sun Yue hurriedly wanted to go back to the locker room to take a shower, but was stopped by a reporter from the University of Michigan, who was actually Ledlow and her best friend Rachel.

"Hi, I'm Christine. Ledlow, a special correspondent for the University of Michigan's Wolves, is Rachel. Demita, our special guest. "Kristen. Ledlow winked mischievously at Sun Yue.

Next to Rachel. When Demita heard Ledelow's words, she couldn't help but roll her eyes, and directly interrupted the ambiguous conversation between the two: "Skipper, hello, today's game between the Wolverines and the Spartans was very close, and you were once overtaken by your opponent in the first half, what do you want to say?"

???? It was actually the 2k goddess Rachel, Sun Yue, who had not visited the Tiger Fight Forum in his previous life, recognized Rachel at a glance, and quickly replied: "The Spartans played very well, Xiangnon Brown is an excellent basketball player, in the face of this kind of opponent, we can't have the slightest slack, fortunately we did well in many aspects of the game." We withstood their counter-attack in the third quarter, and the victory was the result of the team's efforts. ”

Ledelow hasn't forgotten his job either: "In the first half, you hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Wolverines a one-point lead, what do you think of that three-pointer? ”

"Haha, that's a normal three, we need it, and I shot him, and luckily, the ball went in, and that's it." Sun Yue's sophistication in answering questions made the two women feel like they were interviewing an NBA star who had been famous for a long time.

Rachel went on to ask, "What do you think of the Spartans on the defensive end of the game for the Wolverines in their first regular season game of the season?" And how did you deal with it?" This kind of question is not easy to answer, and if you have too low a rating of your opponent, you will appear to be too arrogant, and if you have too high a opinion of your opponent, it will be a little hypocritical.

Sun Yue smiled slightly: "Spartans are full of energy, play tough, very aggressive, you have to realize that this is the regular season, every game is a fight for every inch of land, no matter what happens in the game." We all knew they were going to fight back, and luckily we withdrew. ”

Ledlow saw that Sun Yue wanted to hurry back to the locker room to take a shower, and hurriedly asked one last question: "skipper, about your first NCAA preseason, how many points do you give yourself, a total of 100 points." ”

"I think I played okay, I should be above the passing line, and the important thing is that our team won, so I give myself 80 points."

After answering the four questions, the two also let go of Sun Yue, who was in a hurry to take a bath, and at the same time, Ledelow did not forget to let Sun Yue remember to invite her back. Stumble.