On December 22, 2013, the Duke University Blues hosted Elon University Phoenix.

The game is about to start, and players from both sides are standing in the tunnel ready to play.

When it was Zhang Zifeng's turn to play, he found that the Blue Devils fans were cheering for him more and more, even more than Hood.

It seems that his efforts have won their support and he is beginning to identify with himself.

Zhang Zifeng stretched out his hand and clapped hands with the fans on both sides and ran into the stadium.

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Elon University starters: Point Guard: Williams, Shooting Guard: Danny, Small Forward: Grant, Power Forward: Travis, Center: Ranbier;

Duke starters: Cook, Hood, Parker, Vince Law, Jefferson;

Elon University Phoenix is not a strong team, and they were beaten by Duke University as soon as the game began.

Parker scored frequently on outside shots, and Hood was also in good hands today, hitting two three-pointers.

Jefferson, who has always served as a blue-collar insider, has rarely taken a stand and flaunted his power on the inside.

Duke University blossomed inside and out, firing on all fronts.

Zhang Zifeng sat on the sidelines and watched Duke play a gorgeous offense.

Zhang Zifeng has a hunch that today's game will enter garbage time early, and he may not have too much playing time today, and most of it may be garbage time.

But it's just right, you can use it to practice shooting and use the game to test your feel.

Sure enough, 8 minutes and 23 seconds into the first half of the game, Lao K replaced Cook, Hood, and Jefferson with Thornton, Zhang Zifeng, and Plumlee, and let Parker play with three substitutes.

As soon as he came up, Zhang Zifeng took the initiative to run to the top of the three-point line arc to help Thornton make a block, and as the season progressed, Zhang Zifeng and Cook, Thornton and several guards became more and more proficient in blocking and dismantling.

Phoenix's point guard Williams was completely blocked by Zhang Zifeng, and Thornton burst forward with the ball.

Scoring guard Danny had to make up for it, and at this time the misalignment was formed, and Thornton passed the ball directly back to Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng's attack was average before, and the tactics set by Lao K for him were very simple.

One is to help the point guard or small forward block and cover, and then cut inside, and score a layup when he has the opportunity to catch the ball.

The second is to go to the bottom corner and stay to attract the players away, give Parker them space to play alone, and shoot from a distance when they have the opportunity to catch the ball.

In the past, Zhang Zifeng's shooting rate was very bad, and many times he didn't dare to shoot when he received the ball, so he passed the ball back and then let Cook and Parker organize the offense.

After several days of high-intensity shooting training, the former feeling was slowly picked up again.

Goal after goal in training gave him a lot of confidence.

Now Zhang Zifeng is no longer afraid of shooting, as long as he receives a pass, he dares to shoot.

In the face of Williams, who was about 10 centimeters shorter than himself, Zhang Zifeng jumped up directly after receiving the ball!

Williams is right in front of Zhang Zifeng, although he is a little shorter, he is also 1.85 meters tall.

Even though Williams immediately flew in, Zhang Zifeng still shot firmly and confidently, without hesitation.

He's confident!

The basketball flew out of Zhang Zifeng's hand, and he rushed into the net with great energy.

When Zhang Zifeng turned around, he raised his hand and raised three fingers, signaling for the three-point shot.

Parker sent over and slapped Zhang Zifeng's buttocks and encouraged, "Yes, Jack, you should, don't worry about it!" ”

Duke fans didn't care what the Chinese had been like before, and now that he had scored, they cheered with joy.

At 11 minutes and 13 seconds of the first half, Parker burst inside and passed the ball to Zhang Zifeng, who was waiting in the bottom corner.

Jump, shoot.

has trained thousands of shots, and now shooting is familiar to Zhang Zifeng.

"Huh!"

The ball hollows into the net.

It's really very comfortable to listen to that crisp sound.

At 26 minutes and 33 seconds in the second half, Zhang Zifeng received a pass from Cook and hit another three-pointer on a jumper at the top of the three-point line.

Zhang Zifeng played 14.5 minutes, made 3 of 9 shots, contributed 9 points, 2 assists, and 2 rebounds to help Duke University beat Elon University 93-61.

On January 1, 2014, Duke University played away to the Hodge team of Virginia Tech.

As the league progressed, Duke's basic tactics and the characteristics of each player were analyzed by the opponent clearly.

The University of Kansas lost, but it gave other teams experience over Duke.

Now, the other teams are looking to control the tempo and play positional battles against Duke University.

In this game, the Virginia Tech Hodge team opened the team with the team's two tallest high school forwards, 2.11-meter Chandler and 2.09-meter Odom, and the twin towers tactics focused on Duke University's interior line.

From the beginning of the game, the Duke team had a very bad hand on the offensive end, and frequently hit iron.

This is the disadvantage of the team with outside shooting as the main tactic, when the player feels the hand, it is really the Buddha blocking and killing the Buddha, the god blocking and killing the god, and the collapse of the opponent can be shot.

But if you don't feel good, you can't shoot any way, and you can shoot under the basket and slide out of the frame, then you really want to cry.

To make matters worse, in the absence of dominance on the inside, Duke couldn't control the rebounds and was pressed by the Hodges of Virginia Tech.

Lao K called five timeouts, and the frequent substitutions did not become a situation.

In the end, they lost 75-89 on the road to the Hodge team of Virginia Tech.

Zhang Zifeng played 16.3 minutes, shooting 4-of-15, scoring 12 points and 2 assists.

On January 5, 2014, back at the home court, Duke University made a three-point rain and hit 22 three-pointers. Among them, Zhang Zifeng made 5 of 14 three-pointers, scored 15 points and had 4 assists.

The final whistle blew, Georgia Tech 57:110 Duke University.

On January 11, 2017, he was a guest on the University of Florida alligator team.

In the last game, the University of Florida lost to Duke University 74-84, and today it played at home, and in the shouts and cheers of the fans, 79-88, the University of Florida took Duke University down and avenged it.

Zhang Zifeng played 18.5 minutes, scored 15 points and 4 assists on 5-of-12 shooting, but unfortunately failed to help the team win.

On January 15, 2017, Duke University continued its road trip to take on the Louisville Cardinals.

In this game, Zhang Zifeng worked hard, played 20.4 minutes, shot 6 of 17, scored 18 points, 3 assists, and 5 rebounds. He also made the Cardinals' core two-way guard Kevin Weir almost couldn't find the basket, shooting 4-of-21 from the field, including 1-of-6 from three-point range, for just nine points.

But even so, Duke still lost 69-78 in Louisville.

Parker had a sluggish overall game, shooting only 4-of-15, including 0-of-4 from three-point range, and only scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 turnovers from the free throw line.

Opposite him, the Cardinals' guard swingman "Superman for All" Luke Hancock, scored 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting, with four assists and two steals.

With two consecutive defeats on the road, Zhang Zifeng returned to Duke University.