"Calm down, Shabazz, I need you to be calm enough!!" The head coach of UC said eagerly to Napier that if the core is not rational, UC will definitely lose this game, "What you have to do is to lead this team, not to pay the first foul in less than 4 minutes on the court!" ”

Napier nodded wordlessly, his stimulated heart had gradually returned to stability, and the hot blood in his brain had slowly cooled.

I couldn't help but glance sideways at the dark-haired Chinese kid on the opposite bench, who was surrounded by his teammates and listened to the instructions of Coach K. Basically, all of Duke's team members are standing or sitting around Addison, even Jabari. Parker is like that – to the outside world, Parker is the first and biggest player on the Blues, but in fact, the real tactical initiator of this team is Addison, who directs the team's on-court action.

"What do you think of this opponent, Add??" Old K put down the tactical board, looked at Addison and asked.

The brown-haired boys spread their hands noncommittally, and it is impossible to ignore the strength of Kangda who can make it to the NCAA Finals. But let's be honest, with this team as an opponent in the Finals, Addison wasn't too excited, at least from the opening minutes.

Shabazz. Napier is good, but it's just good, and the intensity of his relationship with him is not even comparable to that of Elfried of Louisiana. Peyton's exploding head.

"The next tactic is the same as before, Jabari, to blow up the big forward who doesn't understand the situation of Kangda, and it's better for them to see you with the ball and take the bag. And then our outside line takes over the game, you know? Coach K didn't take the tactical board, so he said straightforwardly, "Eddie, it's up to you to decide what to do on the field, since you're not very satisfied with Napier's opponent, let him feel the gap." ”

The boy nodded, and Jabari beside him. Parker held up his hand, "I have a question, sir." ”

"What's the problem?"

"You asked me to blow up that stupid big guy, so I wanted to ask what is the definition of 'blowout'??" With a wicked smile on Parker's face, the guy's bad taste is back again.

Old Coach K glanced at Parker lightly, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Do you know how Jordan treats his opponents...... That's the definition of 'blasting', Jabari. ”

***

After returning to the court, Addison walked to the free throw line, took the basketball sent by the referee from the baseline and gently brushed it, feeling the rough grain texture on the leather.

Two distinct shouts rang out in the stadium, fighting each other. Duke fans cheered on their main point guard, while the UConn camp erupted in loud boos and a variety of subtle and explicit expletives in hopes of influencing Addison's free throws in a way that would affect Addison's free throws.

However, this method is just an extravagant hope, and the Chinese boy's mid- and long-range projection is indeed unstable, but his free throw shooting rate is close to 90%, which is the highest free throw shooting percentage on the team.

Slap the ball twice, stare at the basket and raise your arms, the center of gravity of your body is slightly raised, and the basketball is out of the control of your palm and plunges into the basket.

"That's what I've always been weird about, Addison's shooting is known to be inconsistent, but he rarely makes mistakes with his free throws, isn't it a type of shooting?" Bill. Wharton voiced his doubts, and as an admirer of Addison, he didn't want the boy to be trapped in his entire career by a 'shooting inconsistency' flaw.

"It's a matter of confidence, Bill, especially for a kid like Addison, who is so talented in basketball." Brown Sr. hit the nail on the head, "You can look at his reports this season, and while his shooting has been inconsistent, he's shooting close to 50 percent overall. Because Addison rarely shoots beyond 10 feet from the basket, most of his individual offense is done by breaking into the near-hoop area. Thank God, who gave him good ball control and the physicality that even many black people would be ashamed of? At least in the NCAA, basically no one can completely limit his breakthrough. ”

There are some differences between NCAA games and NBA, and the game is divided into two halves, one for 20 minutes.

Coach K replaced Parker and Addison for 10 minutes in the first half, and began to rotate the lineup one after another.

Kangda was very uncomfortable in the past ten minutes, and although the head coach rearranged his tactics, he still couldn't find a suitable breakthrough.

Shabazz. Napier is the only core of UConn's squad and the only player in the current squad with excellent offensive ability with the ball.

This is the characteristic of Kangda, and it is also its most obvious shortcoming, which should be the weakness of all single-core teams. Napier is a star player in the NCAA, and as a senior, he has a good chance of being named to the All-NBA Team this season.

But Addison is the most effective at defending against a type like him who is not particularly physical, and has good skills.

Under the pressure of the Chinese boy's long hands and long legs and strong upper body strength, Napier was taken care of a little scrambled, which is a rarity for a star player in his senior year.

Napier was dumbfounded, and the result was that Kangta's overall offense was blocked and the rotation was disjointed. In the past, Napier first tore apart the opponent's defense through personal firepower, and then created offensive space for his teammates, but now the core of the team is limited by the opponent, and the rest of the players at UConn don't know what to do, and their individual offensive ability with the ball is really limited.

This year, Kangda's strength is still good, but in fact, it is not at the level of being able to enter the finals...... To be honest, it was able to knock out North Carolina and Michigan in the tournament, which really surprised Addison.

But a one-man team is a one-man team after all, even the young and vigorous Jordan was suppressed in the first round of the playoffs for many years, not to mention that Napier still has a chasm gap between him and Jordan.

In Addison's opinion, the strength of the University of Connecticut is far less than the University of Kentucky he played against in the quarterfinals, and the Kentucky who is known as the 'Five Tigers' has good offensive ability with the ball except for the center, and that was the only time Duke University scored overtime in the playoffs, and it was also the most difficult game in Addison's memory.

In comparison, Kangda's firepower and overall lineup are indeed a little stretched.

For ten minutes of the first half, Duke attacked one wave after another. Parker kept mentioning the free-throw line and even the three-point line to catch the ball and hit the No. 4 spot at Connectn. No matter how strong the Kangda defensive system is, which has not improved offensively, it is showing signs of collapse under such an almost non-stop onslaught.

Addison took the mobility of the old K-Coach team's large and four-small lineup to the extreme, and every time he switched from defense to offense, he was almost free of gaps, and every counterattack could be converted into a score.

After 10 minutes of the first half, the margin was widened to double digits, which made the head coach of Kangda pale for a while, and even the shouts of Kangda's supporters were much weaker.

"Connecticut's roster is not far from Duke's, and apart from Napier, Connecticut has no player in the top 30 of the mock draft this year. In addition to Addison and Parker, Duke also has Rodney. Hood and Madson on the bench. Neil, these two players can play the main team if they go to other universities. "Hubby. Brown analyzed the situation on the court, objective and ruthless, "And Addison makes this already excellent lineup even more terrifying, any team that can guarantee 100% firepower output needs to be careful, not to mention that they are Duke Blue Devils." ”