Orson didn't see what Rappers was going to do, but he knew he couldn't do it without a small lineup now. If he doesn't use the small-ball tactics to rush, the point difference may be 20 points, which he can't accept.

You must know that before the start of the game, he swore to tell the players that Arizona had an absolute advantage in this game, but he didn't expect to be beaten by the opponent at the beginning of the game and couldn't take care of himself. If you end up losing the game, you're really slapping yourself in the face, which is not fun.

In desperation, Orson called a timeout to get Terry on the pitch. Although he firmly believes that the team will regain the advantage on the field after changing to a small lineup, he always feels a little aggrieved. After all, he usually takes the initiative to change to a small lineup to take away the opponent in waves, but now he has to change people in advance under the pressure of the opponent, and the result is no different, but the mentality is diametrically opposite.

So when it came time to lay out the tactics, Orson seemed a little irritable, waving the tactical board and shouting at the players: "You all run for me later!" Run! Got it? We're going to let our opponents eat dust behind our ass! You have to always remember that we're the best team in the entire NCAA at playing small-ball, and the Villanova guys are just copying us, there's nothing to be afraid of! ”

Orson's big mouth seemed to play a role, and after the game restarted, Arizona's offense was still playing well, and the tempo of the offense slowly picked up. But it didn't take long for Orson to discover that there was a big hole in the small-ball tactics that the team had been using very well, and that was rebounding.

In fact, for most teams that play small-ball tactics, rebounding can't be called a problem at all. While they will pull off centers to increase the tempo of the game, the opposing center often can't keep up with them, giving them time and space to scramble for rebounds. If the opponent also pulls down the interior in order to adapt to the rhythm of the game, then the average height of the two sides will be almost the same, and it is good to rely on their ability to grab rebounds.

But Villanova is different, they also use small-ball tactics to compete with Arizona, but they still put an inside line on the court, and that is Brand. Usually Brand is bullied by opponents with his height advantage from time to time when he plays inside, but now he has become an inside monster on the court, and fighting for rebounds and secondary offense is simply a piece of cake. What made Orson even more frightened was that Brand was able to barely keep up with the super fast offensive rhythm of the two sides, it was hard to imagine that his burly body had such speed, and Orson felt that his three views were about to be subverted.

Why has the center always occupied an important position on the basketball court? The reason for this is that they are able to grab more rebounds with their height, and rebounding is undoubtedly the lifeblood of the team. It may be possible to win a game by losing rebounds, but no team can win all games that lose rebounds because they have fewer offensive rounds than their opponents, and their shooting percentage obviously can't always be kept to an extreme perverted level.

Arizona's small-ball tactics certainly helped the team open up the situation on the offensive end, but they couldn't guarantee a shooting percentage or a rebound, and the seemingly sharp offense was just a tree without roots and water without a source.

Sure enough, Orson's worries soon became a reality, and the defensive system itself was not very easy to crack, combined with the elite level of movement speed of Maddie and Battier, it was a nightmare for all offensive players. Villanova surrounded the interior with a bucket while harassing Arizona players from beyond the three-point line, forcing them to solve problems with mid-range jumpers.

Although the "magic ball theory" has not yet been born, many people know that the mid-range is actually the most cost-effective way to attack, and the shooting rate is not as good as the basket offense, and the bonus is not as good as the three-point shot.

The Arizona players were clearly not comfortable scoring in this area, with the exception of Bibby and Terry, the rest of the players were completely reduced to blacksmiths, with a continuous "clang" of iron and a laugh at the rebounding balls. Bennett Davidson, the tallest Arizona player on the court and swingman at the third and fourth positions, wanted a piece of the pie from Brand, but got nothing, grabbing only two rebounds that bounced far and almost to the three-point line, which was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

With Brand collecting rebounds under the basket, Villanova's players simply fired unscrupulously from outside the three-point line, anyway, now that they have an absolute advantage inside, why not make the most of it?

Putting aside the fact that Villanova's outside shooting percentage in this game is really amazing, even if their outside shooting is average, it doesn't matter, Brand can always reload most of the balls they missed. If you feed it so crazily, no matter how inaccurate the three-point shot is, it will be forcefully lifted, which is the advantage of having an advantage in rebounding.

Looking at Villanova's small-ball tactics, Orson almost cried, and he couldn't wait to stand up and yell: "You cheat!" "In his opinion, the small-ball strategy is a quick offense and defense without the involvement of the inside, how do you make a brand and blow up our interior line on the court? Can you still play small ball well?

But he can't say such brazen words at all, no one stipulates that the small-ball tactics can't be on the inside, look at Villanova, put Brand in the fifth position of the small-ball tactics, and don't play well?

If Chang Wei knew what he thought, he would definitely laugh out loud, it was his idea to let Brand play the No. 5 position in the small ball strategy, and he also formulated a targeted training plan for Brand. Before crossing back, Chang Wei, as a trainer and fan, was clear about the trend of basketball development, and the small-ball trend would come soon, in this context, a large number of new centers who could be inside and outside came into being, and a large number of players who were originally just hovering between the No. 3 and No. 4 positions did not hesitate to top the No. 5 position in the small-ball tactics, and now Chang Wei is at best just taking precautions.

In fact, at the end of the 90s of the 20th century, the small-ball tactic was still a relatively advanced tactic, which is why the University of Arizona often blocked and killed people this season. It's a pity that Chang Wei put a new type of center forward that is more advanced and more in line with the historical trend on the stage ten years ahead of schedule, and in the face of the so-called small-ball tactics like Arizona, which still has a lot of room for improvement, it is properly crushed.