Chapter 36: The First Starter (Part II)
No matter how bad the defense is, there will always be a defensive expert in the team that doesn't pay much attention to defense.
Just like Ragabel in the Suns who once set off a bombardment storm, and Doug Christie in the Kings who played a gorgeous offense with the Princeton offensive system.
John Berenne knew that the core of the current Duke University was Zhang Zifeng, in order to limit him.
John Berrenne set up a 1-2-2 combo at the timeout, with Applelin coming off and the team's best defensive specialist, Derrick Wharton Jr., coming on to mark Zhang Zifeng.
John Berreen shouted at Derek Wharton Jr. in the locker room, "That No. 14 on the other side is as thin as a monkey, you have to fight him physically and put pressure on him." Stick to each other, drag him down, and exhaust him. Got it? β
"Yes, Coach!" Derek Wharton Jr. shouted.
After returning from the break, Zhang Zifeng felt that the defensive intensity was completely different.
Zhang Zifeng ran very erratically like a slippery loach, trying to shake off Wharton.
Walton's foothold in the team is on defense, and if he doesn't do a good job, he doesn't know if he will be able to play in the next game.
For the sake of the opportunity, Wharton decided to stick to Zhang Zifeng to death.
He is like Zhang Zifeng's shadow, he follows Zhang Zifeng all the time, making it difficult for Zhang Zifeng to catch the ball, let alone shoot.
In the past, Zhang Zifeng may have no choice but to do so.
But the dribble pull-up jump shot that has been trained for so long is just to cope with this situation.
Zhang Zifeng ran to the outside line, stuck the opponent with one hand, and raised the other hand to signal the pass.
Cook saw it and immediately passed the ball over.
Zhang Zifeng faced Wharton with the ball,
Wharton stared at the ball in Zhang Zifeng's hand, lowered his center of gravity, and opened his hands.
Zhang Zifeng continued to dribble under his crotch, observing while dribbling,
As soon as he saw Wharton's body move to the right, Zhang Zifeng immediately took a step to the left and accelerated his cut.
Wharton forcibly changed his pace and chased Zhang Zifeng sideways.
Zhang Zifeng made an emergency stop, pulled the ball back to his right hand, cut in from the right, and jumped high near the free throw line - a quick stop jump shot.
Wharton's raised right hand could not affect Zhang Zifeng's mentality at all, and he was confident and quick to shoot.
The ball smacked and simply fell into the net.
30:32γ
After Zhang Zifeng clapped hands with Cook in celebration, he began to run back to the half of the court to defend.
Opposite Stauskas is Hairston, although Hairston's defense is better than Hood's, but it is also difficult to deal with Stauskas.
Stauskas, after then covering the ball, made a quick shot and scored two points for the University of Michigan with a beautiful mid-range shot.
32:32γ
Seeing that Zhang Zifeng still scored 2 points under his own defense, Wharton was very unhappy.
Wharton followed more closely, and he almost hung on Zhang Zifeng.
Seeing that Wharton followed so closely, Zhang Zifeng thought to himself: "Hmph, I'll see who gets tired first!" β
In order to get rid of Wharton, Zhang Zifeng ran more.
As the minutes passed, Duke University, under the leadership of Zhang Zifeng, has been pressing the University of Michigan, with a maximum margin of 8 points.
The University of Michigan clung to the score with their superior scoring ability, making it impossible for Duke to pull the score away.
At 14 minutes and 39 seconds of the first half, Zhang Zifeng was rested and Hu De was up.
Zhang Zifeng came off the field, and the form on the field changed again at this moment.
Riding on his head to the Chinese who have always looked down on him, Hood can bear this breath.
As soon as he got on the court, in order to prove that he did not lose to Zhang Zifeng, Hood hit the basket many times and scored a lot of points, but the rhythm fell into the control of the University of Michigan.
With a two-minute break off the court, the University of Michigan almost leveled the score.
Lao K really couldn't see it, so he could only replace Zhang Zifeng with him.
At halftime, at 49:52, Duke led by three points.
In the locker room, the managers of the two teams have nothing to say about the attack, but only tell them to seize more opportunities.
However, both managers were very unhappy with their respective teams' defence, and both particularly strengthened their defense during the break.
At the start of the second half, both teams were much more active defensively.
Zhang Zifeng feels that as the core of the team, he should take the lead, and he is even more attentive in defense.
Opening shot, Michigan's possession.
As soon as Glenn Robinson III got the ball, Zhang Zifeng wrapped himself up.
Glenn Robinson III glared at Zhang Zifeng.
This bastard stared at himself the whole time and made himself act very badly.
"Damn bastard!" Glenn Robinson III shouted, "You're not a fucking bitch, don't get so close!" β
"You have the ability to score goals!" Zhang Zifeng shouted.
"We'll see!" Glenn Robinson said.
Zhang Zifeng lowered his center of gravity and opened his hands to defend Glenn Robinson.
Glenn Robinson III's shoulders sank, accelerated!
Zhang Zifeng moved his footsteps, clinging to Robinson III.
Under Zhang Zifeng's defense, Glenn Robinson III shot iron.
Plumlee grabbed the rebound and threw it to Zhang Zifeng.
Zhang Zifeng ran to the front with the ball.
Glenn Robinson III hurried to catch up.
The front court used cover, and Zhang Zifeng entered the penalty area.
gave Zhang Zifeng many times to sabotage his own good deeds, Glenn Robinson III was angry, "Foul will stop you too!" β
As soon as he hit the basket, Zhang Zifeng jumped up and prepared to dunk.
Glenn Robinson III caught up from behind and slapped Zhang Zifeng the hand.
Syllable!
A loud sound echoed through the arena.
The severe pain instantly rushed straight to the cranial nerves, and the ball in his hand was unsteady.
Abandon?
No, Lao Tzu will not give up when he dies.
Zhang Zifeng gritted his teeth and threw the basketball in his hand towards the basket, and stumbled when he landed before he stood firm.
The referee's whistle sounded immediately, but Zhang Zifeng didn't have the heart to care, he hurriedly raised his head.
The basketball hits the rebound, bounces off the basket, and after two turns, plunges headlong into the basket.
Seeing the ball, Zhang Zifeng waved his fist excitedly. βYESοΌβ
Glenn Robinson III watched this scene dumbfounded, and there was only one thought in his mind, "Lao Tzu should have slapped this bastard to the ground at that time!" β
What made Glenn Robinson III even more uncomfortable was that the referee ran over and shouted, "The goal is valid, the hitter fouls, and a free throw!" β
There was no doubt about the sentence, and even if Glenn Robinson III regretted it, there was nothing he could do.
Seeing Zhang Zifeng standing at the free throw line, Glenn Robinson III could only curse in his heart, "He can't score this free throw!" No penalty! No penalty! β
It's a pity that Zhang Zifeng's performance disappointed him.
49οΌ55γ
Running, covering, passing, air cutting, all kinds of coordination are constantly rising. Zhang Zifeng kept running and breaking through.
He led the attack of the entire Duke Blues with his brilliant performances.
"That Chinese did really well!"
"Yes, I thought he was just a defensive sapper at first, but I didn't expect him to be so powerful even offensive!"
"It's not bad, Parker is injured and now he's the main point of attack for the Blues."
"Seriously, I don't understand, this Chinese is so powerful, why did Coach K not put him in the starting lineup before. That Hood doesn't deserve to be compared to him! β
"yes, that's weird!"
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Zhang Zifeng's outstanding performance made the discussion of him among the Blue Devils fans in the audience everywhere.
At 31 minutes and 22 seconds in the second half, Zhang Zifeng once again used the cover to run out of the empty position and made a successful shot.
At 69:77, Duke had an eight-point lead.
When the fans of the Blue Devils saw it, they immediately stood up and shouted loudly, in their opinion, they were going to have the last laugh in this strong conversation.
Just when the Blue Devils fans were happy, the next game was a change of color.