Seeing Villanova's starting lineup, Carter was stunned, and blind people could see that Maddy was playing small forward in this game, and he instantly had a feeling of being fooled. Why did I swing to the number two position in a hurry to compete with you, but you ran to the third position? Can this still be a pleasant game? You coward! Coward!

But Carter was helpless, and Villanova was clearly prepared, which meant that Maddy's starting small forward was at least the lineup they had tried in practice. Of course, like his head coach, he didn't tune in to the Western Conference finals, and Maddie's playing the No. 3 position was not a whim of Villanova, a set of tactics that had matured and was Villanova's secret weapon.

Rappers originally planned to hide the small-ball lineup until the final, but Chang Wei convinced him. He stood on the sidelines, and his heart echoed Chang Wei's words: "Now the players' physical fitness is fully enough to support them to play another game based on a small-ball lineup, and the remaining two teams in the final four are relatively weak, and Villanova has a high probability of beating them with a regular lineup." Of course, good steel has to be used on the blade, and now against North Carolina, you can use the small ball lineup. ”

As the team's trainer, Chang Wei knows the state of every player in the team well, since he said that the players are still very physical, Lappers chose to believe him, so he directly sent the small ball lineup to fight North Carolina to the death.

After the start of the game, Haywood helped North Carolina get the ball, which was also one of the shortcomings of the small ball lineup, and they really struggled to dominate when jumping the ball. However, Villanova's players were used to it, and when Haywood flicked the ball to Shamond, they receded like a tidal wave and quickly got into their position.

Instead of a combined defense this time, Rappers used one-on-one marking. Every head coach knows that there are two major weapons needed to crack the joint defense, one is a sharp breakthrough, and the other is an accurate three-pointer. Regardless of whether the North Carolina players' three-point accuracy is for the time being, their breakthroughs are definitely sharp enough, and Shamond, Carter and Jamison are all great attackers.

However, in this way, the defense of Carter has become Selestende, who is completely unable to compare with Carter in terms of height, strength and agility, which means that Lappers has completely given up on his point and let Carter take what he wants. Lappers believes in the team's offense more than the defense, and it doesn't matter to him that Carter scores alone.

But Chang Wei knows how terrifying Carter's scoring ability is, even though he is only a college player now, but in his previous life, he was indeed the league's top scorer at one time. In the 2001 Eastern Conference semifinals, he and Iverson had a rivalry that made many fans talk about it, and although Carter's Raptors were eventually eliminated by the 76ers, who also became the Eastern Conference champion that season, he averaged 30.4 points per game in that series, and his scoring ability was not inferior to Iverson.

Rappers didn't care that Chang Wei didn't care, and after persuading the manager to send a small-ball lineup, he quietly met with Celestead. In fact, Chang Wei's method is also very ordinary, and any player will choose such a defensive method when facing an opponent who is taller and stronger than himself, that is, to go forward.

Celestead has always been used as a scorer, but he has seen it around the front defense, and he has never eaten pork and seen a pig run! Although Chang Wei was not sure what kind of lineup North Carolina would send at the time, he thought that Smith would never send a regular starting five again, after all, North Carolina's regular lineup had proven to be unable to beat Villanova in the regular season, so why take the humiliation and suffer another defeat in the same way?

Obviously, Chang Wei's prediction came true this time, and when Selesstad saw that he was going to face Carter, he not only did not fear, but felt a little excited. Although his status in the team is not low, it is a world away from Carter, whose reputation throughout the NCAA is also unmatched. But now Celestead has only one thought on his mind: If I keep this guy at bay, will I also be the focus of media coverage?

This kind of brainhole makes him extremely aggressive on the defensive end, and as soon as Carter is ready to receive the ball, Selesstad will immediately block between him and the ball carrier, and use his not very wide back to jam the position. Shamond could certainly hoist the ball to Carter, but he is cautious by nature, and when there is a danger of a steal on a pass, his first choice is always to change the spot, rather than risk being tackled and counterattacking and continue to pass the ball as originally planned.

In fact, Celestead and Carter have formed a mismatch, and in terms of size, Celestead is undoubtedly at a disadvantage, and choosing to defend around the front at this time has made Rappers's eyes light up. He originally thought that Celestead would have to endure the humiliation and be blown up by his opponent in this match, but now he gave himself a big surprise on the defensive end.

Carter was also irritable, he hadn't received the ball for more than a point. Obviously, the guy who is opposite him is just a nobody, but his defense around the front makes him feel very uncomfortable. Carter has always thought that the defense around the front will only appear on the inside, but he didn't expect that he would now enjoy such "treatment", which made him a little at a loss for a while.

On the contrary, Selestamed has become more confident and more proficient in judging the opponent's passing routes. Of course, he couldn't completely freeze Carter, but once the latter received the ball, he rushed up like a mad dog and bit wildly, forcing Carter to pass the ball out again and become a frustrated off-ball shooter.

In Chang Wei's memory, Carter didn't develop a pretty good ability to run off the ball and shoot the ball until he was too old to be the main player on the team, but in the early days of his career, the ball-handling offense was always his first choice, even if he once had a historic point guard like Kidd by his side.

When he saw Selesstad turn Carter into an off-ball shooter, Chang Wei smiled a little sinisterly, starting to play without the ball means that Carter has been abolished more than half of his skills, unless Smith comes up with a response in a short period of time, it will be difficult for Carter to make much contribution to the team in this game. You must know that just three minutes into the game, Celestead had already hit two three-pointers to score 6 points, 1 rebound, and 1 steal, and overfulfilled the task.