Chapter 66: Vertical and Horizontal
Granger's face is green, and Battier is a complete slap in the face! Can you still make others pretend to be happy? Is there a dragon like you who steal and break fast at the beginning?
Villanova's players didn't care what he thought, they rushed up and high-fived Battier, and the dunk was so morale-boosting. Looking at Battier, who was a little different from usual, a ridiculous thought suddenly surged in their hearts: Could it be that we really still have hope of winning this game?
The ball was back in Boston College's hands, and Granger took a few deep breaths and shouted at his teammates: "Continue to give me the ball later, it was just a small accident, I will definitely blow that guy up in this game!" Starting point guard Woodward shrugged, since Granger wants to get back on the court, let him play!
Yes, even though Battier started the game with a one-on-one dunk, they insisted that their team would win in the end, and all the opponent's efforts were just a death throes.
Woodward slowly dribbled past half court and gave the ball to Granger at the first time. For the team's scoring champion, Woodward knows a lot, this guy's strength is really good, but his personality is too stubborn, if he doesn't give him the ball now, he may have to put on a stinky face after the game, so why bother?
Granger certainly knows what he thinks of his teammates, but he's too confident to take it all for granted, and he's been a great performer in the previous games, and his teammates have been sloppy but have been more indulgent than him. Unfortunately, this time he hit a headfirst into an iron plate.
In the past, Battier has been solid defensively, in other words, he will not rush to the top, but this game his defense was full of aggression. As soon as Granger made a crotch switch, Battier stabbed the ball out quickly, and Lynch, who was already watching from the sidelines, reacted quickly, quickly snatched the ball away, and scored a layup on a fast break counterattack again.
Skinner frowned on the sidelines, he stood up sharply and shouted at the court: "Don't ask for the ball to play Antonio alone, let the ball move, they only have one man to defend, don't give him a chance!" ”
Granger twitched and nodded with difficulty. He did want to continue to ask his teammates for the ball and singled Battier, but now that the coach has spoken, he can't continue to be willful.
In fact, Lappers would love to see Granger continue to play with the ball, didn't he see that he couldn't break through Battier's defense at all? But Skinner is not stupid, he has seen Granger's problem and immediately asked him to make adjustments, so how should Villanova deal with it? Rappers's face was full of anxiety.
Chang Wei raised Erlang's legs on the side, Battier in this game is definitely abnormal, no matter what tactics the opponent uses, his task is to score, score, and score again, or how to be worthy of Dantley's scoring talent?
After Granger gave up singles with the ball, Boston College's offense became smoother, and the only thing Battier could do was to keep filling in on the outside, and he was also lacking on the inside. The Boston College players clearly saw this, and instead of daring to shoot outside the three-point line, they gave the ball to the interior again and again, allowing Corey to crush the opposing center.
The effect is really good, and Corey is also very competitive, and he usually doesn't have many shots, he has a good grasp of every shot, and has eight points and three rebounds in less than five minutes.
Boston College, however, has always been in a backward position, and for the simple reason that Battier broke out. Whether it's a breakaway with the ball or a three-pointer from the outside, he can easily put the ball in the basket, and his shooting percentage is not far behind that of Corey. By the time Corey scored eight points, Battier had already scored 14 points, almost twice as many as the former.
But this is not the most important thing, maybe because the core players have set an example, or maybe they really don't want to lose so aggrievedly, several players transferred from the second team have played very hard, which has invisibly helped Battier reduce the pressure. They certainly didn't have the same shooting percentage as the likes of Maddy and Brand, but they were still superior in terms of willpower, at least for the first five minutes of the game.
Although Chang Wei blessed Dantley's talent card, Battier was still willing to pass the ball to his teammates who were in the open position. Biggs, the team's second center, is undoubtedly the one who benefited the most, although he lost to Corey when he jumped the ball, his ball quotient is not low, and the tactical execution is also very good, repeatedly blocking and Battier and then attacking the basket, 5 points, 5 rebounds are not much worse than Corey.
Now the performance of the two coaches is completely reversed, Rappers sits firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, the corners of his mouth showing a smile that cannot be concealed, but Skinner is pacing back and forth on the sidelines like an ant on a hot pot, his eyes full of anxiety and doubt.
Originally, he wanted to beat the water dogs, but he never expected the game to turn out like this. Doesn't it mean that the main forces are basically hospitalized? Didn't you say that they didn't have much time to practice together before the competition? Now what's going on? If Villanova can easily defeat his opponent without a major general, Skinner absolutely does not believe it, but is it useful to not believe it? The facts are in front of you, the score is 25-29, and it is Boston College that is behind!
Although the difference in points between the two sides is not large, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Villanova still has a slight upper hand, which no one expected before the game started. Before, everyone thought that Villanova should at least be the lagging side even if it was not directly defeated, but now they are ahead! And from the scene, it doesn't look like the weak side at all.
The reporters in the media table were all confused, and they suddenly felt that every report, every sentence, and every word they had written before was a slap in the face. What Villanova is in deep trouble, what Battier is struggling to stand alone, it's all nonsense, and they clearly feel like their faces are being beaten.
Lappers didn't seem to remember the reports and analyses he had read before the game, and even the sadness on his face disappeared, but his wrinkles were smoothed out with a smile. He really didn't expect Battier to play like this, the team is still in the lead, you must know that he thought the best outcome was to lose less ugly.
But now it seems that it can really work a miracle!