Chapter 25: Goodbye Old K

To be honest, Chang Wei is still a little dissatisfied with Lao K, although he is now mixing well at Villanova University, and the team's record is also thriving, but no matter how much Villanova is not the strong team that has reached the national championship 12 times in 13 seasons and won a championship in the future, and now their reputation is much worse than that of the old giant Duke.

At the beginning, Lao K did not choose Chang Wei, which meant that he had cut off a broad road for the latter, and it was obviously much more difficult to debut from Villanova. With this in mind, this game is not only Villanova's whole team gearing up and planning to give the big brother a dismount, Chang Wei himself is also looking forward to the opponent's loss.

However, he also has to admit that the old K is worthy of being one of the greatest coaches in the history of the NCAA, and to be honest, there are no real stars on the Duke team right now, at least not as much as Thomas or Bobby Jackson, who was the opponent before, but they are firmly at the top of the ACC league with their team tactics.

Under the tutelage of Lao K, four players in the team scored double-doubles, the team's scoring leader Trajan Langton averaged 14.3 points per game, his backcourt partner Jeff Caper averaged 12.4 points per game, starting small forward Roshawn McRiod averaged 11.9 points per game, interior pillar Greg Newton averaged 10.4 points per game, and three other players averaged more than 5 points per game.

Although Villanova has two big generals, Thomas and Erwin, it is still difficult to beat Duke, and Rappers is also far behind the old K in terms of on-the-spot command. But Chang Wei is still very confident in the team, it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong in superstar basketball and team basketball on the basketball court, as long as it suits the team's current situation and has achieved good results, then there is no problem, and the current Villanova may not be able to wrestle with Duke.

However, formulating tactics has nothing to do with Chang Wei, he only needs to pay attention to the player's game status. Judging from the performance in the training session, Thomas and Lee are in good shape, especially Thomas, who is already very talented, and after Chang Wei's targeted training, his performance is getting better and better, and it is clear that he is Villanova's big killer this time.

Lappers also saw it very clearly, and before the game began, he specially told other players to try to give the ball to Thomas as long as they had the opportunity to open the situation on the inside. Everyone should be shocked that Thomas's performance has conquered them, and the inside line is indeed Villanova's strong point, and it is completely acceptable to give the ball to Thomas first in the inside singles.

However, Rappers' arrangement was met with a blow shortly after the start of the match. Lao K seems to have seen through his tactics a long time ago, and directly let Mike Chappell on the bench start, he has only one task, that is, to pester Thomas, even if he directly fouls, he will not let Thomas score easily, and he is completely a-stirring stick.

Don't look at Chapur's height of 2.06 meters, but he plays a swing guard in Duke, although his strength is not as good as Thomas, but first, the height is enough, and the second is that the movement speed will be relatively faster, so that he can defend Thomas It can be said that he has taken a good move, Lao K is indeed a talent, not to mention, the bold use of people will exceed nine out of nine head coaches.

But Lappers is not one to sit still, let alone him, and even Thomas, who is already in trouble, intends to play in a different way. Don't look at him as stupid and coarse, he actually likes to ponder the situation on the field, plus Chang Wei consciously increased his passing training, I can't score points, can't I pass the ball?

Seeing Thomas instantly transform into a high-ranking transfer station, Lao K's face sank, but Rappers was happy on the sidelines. Originally, he wanted to call a timeout to rearrange his tactics, but he didn't expect Thomas to find a solution so quickly, it seems that this kid is really worth cultivating. The top pick in next year's draft has basically been decided on Duncan, a senior at Wake Forest, and Thomas doesn't think about it, but if he can mix in the top three, maybe there will be more young talents on the team next year.

His eyes involuntarily fell on Chang Wei, who was separated from him by two seats, and he almost died of anger at first glance, everyone else was sitting upright, or cheering up the players passionately, only Chang Wei, the kid, was lazily half-lying on the seat, drinking the sports drink in his hand calmly, as if this game had nothing to do with him.

Lappers was so angry that his teeth itched, he quietly changed his position, sat next to Chang Wei, and said angrily: "Chang, your calm expression is very unreasonable, do you think the outcome of this game is dispensable?" ”

Chang Wei shook his head and said: "Mr. coach, you are concerned about chaos, I am different from you, I know what strength Thomas is, and I also know how hard he works in training." To put it mildly, it has a lot to do with me that he can perform like he did today, so I believe he can handle this situation, otherwise I would be sorry for my training with him. ”

Seeing Chang Wei's calm appearance, Lappers felt quite emotional in his heart, but he didn't say anything, but continued to turn his attention to the game, keeping a close eye on the situation on the field.

Thomas is a well-trained passer, and while his passing is not flashy, it is very practical and often hits the target. What's more, he also has a range shot, and if the interior player opposite him stays behind the basket and lets him out, his shot will cost the opponent dearly.

The reporters on the sidelines felt that this game was a little unreal, before they all thought that Villanova University was just an upstart and could never compete with Duke, but now it seems that the two sides are evenly matched, and Villanova did not suffer as expected, and even had a slight advantage.

Thomas didn't score at all except for two free throws at the beginning of the game, but he dished out five assists just halfway through the first half, and there were countless other indirect assists, so it can be said that he single-handedly revitalized the entire team's offense. And Villanova's outside players are also very competitive, shooting three-pointers in full swing, and fighting against Duke.

The shooting percentages of both sides were not low, which also made the number of rebounds much less, and the post players didn't have to put much effort into this area in this case, and Thomas didn't even sweat much when he was replaced for a break. Originally, he wanted to continue playing, but Lappers insisted that he go off the court to recuperate, and it is not the habit of the NCAA to let a player play more than 30 minutes per game.