Chapter 18 The media are liars
Seeing the team's center take the lead in dunking and scoring, the audience was silent for a moment, and a cheer of "boom" broke out, and the sound of cheers and whistles was endless. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info almost all of the people who came to watch the game were hardcore UCLA fans, but in their impressions, it seems that they have never seen such a concise and bright but powerful combination. Thinking about the poor performance against Michigan State the other day, they couldn't help but cheer for the team.
The reporters in the media table also widened their eyes in disbelief. A young reporter swallowed and whispered, "Why is this tactic only being used now?" It's all a warm-up game, and you still play the hidden strength? It turned out that he thought that the Bruins deliberately did not expose their tactics in the last game.
An old reporter with gray hair next to him glared at him fiercely and reprimanded: "Stupid, think about it, like you said, there is no need for the team to hide its strength in the warm-up stage, so this tactic should be the result of their focus on training in the past few days, and Coach Holland's level is still so high." โ
"How is that possible? Just a few days, developing a new tactic? The young journalist retorted unconvinced. The old man whispered hatefully: "You kid be quiet, this is just a variant of the blocking and dismantling tactics, or a strengthened version, the blocking and dismantling can almost be said to be one of the simplest offensive tactics, it is not difficult to be familiar with this tactic, the most important thing is the idea!" If you can come up with this tactic, you will soon be able to apply it to actual combat. โ
More surprised than the reporters was Self, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai in the coach's seat, and he couldn't help but look at Holland, who was sitting on the other side of the scoreboard, who was also turning his head to look at him, smiling and nodding. The corners of Self's mouth twitched, and he smiled stiffly, thinking: It must be those boys who tried their luck and played a tactic on the field temporarily, how could they have found a way for the backcourt combination to coexist in a few days? It must be a coincidence, yes, it must be so!
The manager made eye contact off the pitch while the game continued. Chalmers was solid in bringing the ball to the opposition half, looking for opportunities beyond the three-point line. I have to say that the quality of Kansas' players is really good, and their center Cowan used his height and weight to keep Loew firmly behind him and signal to Chalmers for the ball.
For Chalmers, it's drowsiness and a pillow, and he's worried about how he and Rush will be able to get past the opposing perimeter defense, while his center is already in position. Overjoyed, he quickly dodged Westbrook's claws and hoisted the ball inside.
Cowan received the ball and sat back, but Loew was caught off guard and knocked backwards. He was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward, preparing to hold Cowan back again. But Cowan wasn't incompetent, as the big man from Russia turned quickly after hitting Kelรถf and scored with a low-handed layup.
Looking at Loew with an angry face, Ye Feng stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Kevin, don't care, this is just the beginning, we will return him later, let them know that the inside line of our Brown Bears team is not a place where they can come and go when they want!" Loew clenched his fists and nodded vigorously.
As the two talked, Bamot sent a baseline kick and Westbrook shouted, taking possession of the ball himself through the half. Ye Feng and Loew looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly came to the opponent's half to prepare to attack. Seeing that Ye Feng was about to do the same again, Westbrook hurriedly made a gesture and told him to play the second tactic.
It's a relatively simple tactic, and Westbrook's breakaway shots are the foundation of that tactic. However, this is not a big problem for Ye Feng, although he is very confident in his skills, he is actually an excellent team player, and it would be better if there was a chance to make him a little lazy.
And this time is undoubtedly a good opportunity to be lazy. Looking at the scrappy Westbrook, Ye Feng pulled to the bottom corner and pinned Rush on the outside. In the face of Chalmers' defense, Westbrook smiled contemptuously, not even willing to make feints, and directly relied on speed to eat the opponent.
Seeing that Westbrook obviously didn't take himself to heart, Chalmers's heart was nameless, but he knew very well that he would definitely be inferior to the opponent if he fought hard, considering that the Bruins' Bamot three-point shot was not accurate, he quickly called the team's small forward Arthur to pay attention to the defense.
Arthur thought a little more, he was confident in his movement speed, and his poor offensive play against Bamot in the position defense was used as a flank defensive gate most of the time, so he almost completely let Bamot go and chose to flank Westbrook with Chalmers.
Westbrook felt very uncomfortable under the wrap-up between the two, and although he was explosive, Arthur's height and constant physical contact interfered with his rhythm on one side, and Chalmers was also carefully timing his steals on the other. With two fists and four hands, Westbrook always feels like he's going to be tackled the next moment, with the extra care of Kansas' two main players.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Bamot, who had been let go by Arthur, and with everyone else in the spotlight, he had to pass the ball to the senior, who had joined the team a year before him. Bamot saw a basketball flying out of the crowd and subconsciously took it in his hand, but was stunned just as he tried to move the ball out: Love and Westbrook were in the basket, Ye Feng was in the weak corner, and Shipp was targeted to death by another Kansas forward, Darnell Jackson. For now, there are few better options than to attack with the ball yourself.
Thinking of this, Bamot's face suddenly darkened, but he still took a step inside and threw the ball directly. Seeing his stiff posture, Arthur almost burst out laughing, he just took a few steps to Bamot's side, symbolically extended his hand, and turned around to grab the rebound.
Sure enough, only a "bang" was heard, and Bamot's jumper smashed directly into the basket, and at this time, UCLA only had Loew and Westbrook on the inside, and Kansas was Cowan, Chalmers and Arthur, and it seemed that they had the upper hand. But who is Westbrook? It's already embarrassing enough to make a breakthrough just now, and now if you want Kansas to grab the rebound, how can you mix it up as the captain?
He yelled, "Kevin, get stuck in that big guy's position!" Loew had some idea of what he was going to do, and quickly clinged to Cowan to keep him from jumping easily. Westbrook stared at the basketball that was still in mid-air, and suddenly jumped to grab the ball with all his might. But how could a Kansas player possibly let him get an offensive rebound so easily? Although Cowan was limited, on the other hand, UCLA's side was also equivalent to the lack of Loew's rebounding brush, and they still dominated the basket.
While Westbrook jumped up for the rebound, Arthur and Chalmers jumped at about the same time, targeting the basketball that smashed out of the frame. Seeing both men fighting hard for rebounds, Westbrook calmed down. Now the situation is very delicate, although his bounce is strong, but the rebound is not close to the basket, he has no ability to dunk directly, and if he takes the rebound off, it is likely that Arthur and Chalmers will make dumplings again, maybe a turnover. So the best way to do it now is ......
Westbrook touched the ball in mid-air and turned around to shoot the ball beyond the three-point line before Arthur and Chalmers, and the person standing there waiting to catch the ball was ...... Ye Feng!
The faces of the three Kansas people changed: When did this guy get to this position? And most importantly, there was no one around him! It's a big vacancy! It turned out that when Bamot made a shot, Ye Feng guessed that the ball basically couldn't go in, so when the ball began to fall from the highest point, he consciously moved to the strong side.
Although there was still a cautious Rush by his side, Ye Feng had already thought of a way to get rid of the defender: when he came to the top of the arc, he recruited Bamot to make a no-ball cover! Rush, who was guarding him, was firmly blocked behind him, while Ye Feng happily landed at the 45-degree three-point line. Westbrook also realized that Ye Feng ran out of a big vacancy, so he confidently shot the ball directly out of the three-point line.
Seeing that Ye Feng successfully received the ball, Jackson hurriedly dropped his defender and rushed towards Ye Feng. But Ye Feng didn't seem to be disturbed at all, he didn't make any adjustments, and jumped directly, even if Jackson's hand almost closed his eyes, he still threw the ball steadily.
The basketball crossed a beautiful arc, and the sound of "swish" went directly into the frame, leaving no chance for a few people under the basket to fight for rebounds. The Kansas crowd looked at the basketball that fell to the ground with a blank expression: How could this damn three-point shooter get the ball so easily?
Jackson and Rush were ashamed of not squeezing into the three-second zone. One of them was blocked by Bamot and couldn't chase Ye Feng, and the other had the intention to block the shot but was still a beat slower, in their hearts, Ye Feng's goal meant their incompetence! And Arthur is also ashamed: Chalmers will not talk about it, after all, his physical fitness is not top-notch, but as a forward, he actually let a point guard give the rebound to his teammates on the head, which is simply unreasonable!
Of course, compared to Kansas, UCLA is much more cheerful. Westbrook gave Ye Feng a military salute lightly, and said with a smile: "Ye, thanks to you this time, otherwise I will lose face!" Ye Feng shook his finger and said, "Russell, you owe me a meal!" Just as Westbrook was about to "fight back", Loew grabbed them by the neck from behind: "Please finish this meal, beat them first!" โ
The goal hit Self again, and he looked at the media booth without tears and cursed in his heart: This is what you call a "rabble without cooperation"? The media are liars!