At halftime, Mark Thief secretly leaned next to Sun Yue, who was closing his eyes and recuperating: "Boss, do you know what your current data is?" Sun Yue didn't understand what Mark meant, Mark continued: "Boss, you have 7 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists now, as long as you get 3 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in the second half, you can get a triple-double." ”

Sun Yue's eyes flashed, and he didn't say anything, as if he wasn't interested in Sanshuang, but just glanced at Mark lightly.

Mark immediately understood what Sun Yue meant, and secretly pulled Taft and Henderson in the corner of the away team's dressing room.

The second half started with the Wolverines heading into the second half with a 12-point lead, and now the situation is very favorable to them, as the saying goes: "Winners don't change cards," and Coach Tom has no intention of changing tactics. Coach Tom just told the Wolverines players not to be careless, and although a 12-point lead was enough, there was no room for error in a win-win game, and no mistakes could be undone.

Cowboys head coach Eddie Brown. After a long period of reflection in midfield, Sutton changed his team's defensive strategy. In the second half, the Cowboys stepped up their defense in the high post and in the box, giving up marking on the wings. This is also Eddie. Sutton has pored over scouting reports about Sun Yue, who is shooting the highest three-point percentage of any of his 3-pointers at 46.3 percent. Moreover, Sun Yue and Taft's blocking and dismantling attacks are basically more frequent in the middle.

Eddie. Sutton knew that doing so would allow his team to completely unwind the flanks. But if they don't, the penalty area and both wings will be exposed, so that Sun Yue will continue to punish himself with passes and individual attacks, and continue to play like this, which is no different from a slow death.

But the flaws of this defensive strategy are also very obvious, not only is it impossible to defend the three-point shot on both wings, but it is also difficult to defend the cut-in of the wings.

Eddie. Sutton also had to make this choice, and for a team like the Wolverines with no obvious shortcomings, they could only focus on defending one area and relax the defense in the other.

On the first offense of the second half, the Cowboys' offense also had some changes. Graham relied on the inside to provide him with cover, then relied on an inside cut to attract three defenders, and then passed the ball to George, who was ambushed on the wing. Lucas III.

It's a pity, George. After Lucas III didn't get any ball in the first half, his hand didn't warm up at all, and with a "bang", the basketball smashed on the basket and bounced high. Graham also wanted to rush to the front court to rebound, but was blocked behind him by the outstretched arm Taft, while the Cowboys' center was stuck outside the box by Henderson, who was half-crouched and slumped down, and several people under the basket watched Sun Yue on the outside easily pocket the rebound.

At this time, Mark on the outside showed a smug smile, and Taft and Henderson would do this of course because under Mark's explicit, they stuck the opponent's player who wanted to grab the rebound, creating an easy opportunity for Sun Yue to grab the rebound.

Mark didn't know that he helped Sun Yue design a strategy to grab the board to get a triple-double for the purpose of currying favor with Sun Yue, and it was not intended to coincide with the famous "card front" tactics in later generations.

Coach Tom knows what his disciples are thinking by looking at his players' performance on the court, but he is not prepared to stop the players' behavior, not only can they help the team control the backcourt rebounds, but he also hopes that Sun Yue can play a beautiful stat, after all, the University of Michigan has not produced an NBA star in several years.

In the second half, the Wolverine's first attack, in the face of the opponent's heavy defense in the middle, Sun Yue directly used Gibson's cover to pull to the left three-point line and hit a three-pointer.

And the Cowboys' star Joey. Graham also found his touch, not only hitting back-to-back shots from the free-throw line, but also passing the ball to an open George with a trap. Lucas III, George. Lucas III was the Cowboys' highest-shot three-point shooter. Lucas III calmly made a shot and finally found his touch and hit a three-pointer.

Not long before the start of the second half, the Cowboys narrowed the margin to single digits, "Guys, it's okay, it's just that these Cowboys are lucky enough to give them a little bit of points, let's do our own defense, and they will soon lose without a fight." ”

Sun Yue just said a few words to encourage his teammates, and the whole Wolverine team calmed down the impatience because of being chased by consecutive points, this is the role of the core of the team, not only to lead by example on the basketball court, but also to be able to hold down the court at any time, and let other players know what to do.

Sun Yue began to prepare to lead his teammates to continue to attack the city, and it was Claude, who broke through to the three-point line with the ball, to pass an open shooting opportunity. Due to the Cowboys' strict defense of Sun Yue, the flanks on both sides were completely out of defense, and when Claude received Sun Yue's pass, there was no one to defend three meters away, but Claude's shot from a large vacancy actually missed.

The "stuck" tactic can be used not only on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end. Taft and Henderson used their arms to entangle each other's interior lines under the basket, and the interior lines on both sides were completely in a state of total destruction, and Sun Yue rushed into the interior and used his arm span to re-remove the pop-up basketball.

Sun Yue took the basketball out of the basket and seemed to be ready to dribble the ball back to the outside and reorganize the offense. However, Sun Yue's eyes were aimed at Taft under the basket, but there was no one to defend, and it is estimated that the attention of the Cowboys players was on Sun Yue. Sun Yue suddenly turned sideways and stopped his body, and just now in his right hand, which was still in volleyball, picked up the ball and threw it back hard, and the basketball reached the hand of Taft who was ambushed under the basket in a beautiful arc, Taft caught the ball and jumped up, there was no one in front of him, and he dunked and scored!

And the two defenders next to Sun Yue were still staring at him, but they didn't expect Sun Yue to make such a commotion, grabbing the rebound in the front court and pretending to dribble out without looking at the pass behind the person, although this pass only added two points to the Wolverine, but the damage to the Cowboys' players was unlimited, and they knew for the first time that the ball could be worn like this.

"It seems like I've got 10 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists now, and I just need 3 more rebounds to get a triple-double." 3 rebounds may not be easy for Sun Yue as a point guard in normal times, but now with the help of the "card forward" tactic, it is estimated that there is no difficulty.

"It seems that today is the time to show a triple-double to those who question and criticize me."