Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Game That Can't Be Defended
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"Wake Forest is in trouble again, this is the second time this season so far that Wake Forest has been locked in a struggle, the University of Kentucky temporarily led Wake Forest University 46-43 at the end of the first quarter, and the best player of the half was the University of Kentucky playmaker Tony Deck, Mike, please comment on the performance of the two teams in the last quarter," the CBS commentator said to a smiling and happy middle-aged man next to him.
"Hehe, Kentucky performed very well in the last quarter, and Wake Forest couldn't limit their scoring at all," Coach K said with a happy face, as the best head coach in the league at the moment, CBS invited him to be the guest commentator for this game held in the league.
Originally, Coach K didn't want to be angry here, the person he hated the most was Zhuang Fei, and this year his team was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA, and he blamed Zhuang Fei for this crime, if it wasn't for the 50 points lost to Wake Forest in the end, which seriously hit the confidence of the Duke players, Duke would not go home in the first round, which is what Coach K thought.
However, it was really difficult to resist CBS's invitation, and he reluctantly agreed in the end, but he didn't expect that Kentucky was able to compete with Wake Forest, and even had a slight advantage. This made Coach K very happy, cleared his throat and continued.
"It's not a surprise to me personally, I know Kentucky well, we used to be rivals, five years ago we eliminated them in the Final Four and won the championship, of course, the players at that time are not here now, but Kentucky has always been in the top five in the league, and this year if it weren't for Wake Forest, they would have been the No. 1 seed in the country, and everyone obviously underestimated Kentucky's strength before the game."
"Tony Deck, the best point guard in the league at the moment, the first team in the United States last season, the soul of Kentucky, although he is not a point guard who is good at organization, but his scoring ability is the strongest of all point guards, if you look at the technical statistics, you will find that his three-point shooting percentage is higher than that of Szzczebiak and Ray Allen, this is a very dangerous player, it is obvious that Decker showed his threat in the first quarter, it is obvious that the Chinese coach is not prepared for Decke, It seems that he put all the jīng power on Anthony Walker, but he doesn't know that Tony Decker is the soul of Kentucky, maybe this game will be ruined because of this mistake by the Chinese"
"Anthony Walker, the best small forward in the league at the moment, of course, if you say Carter is the best, then I agree, the comparison between the two is indeed controversial, but it is clear that Anthony Walker and Decker are also a super level player, and Wake Forest also focused on taking care of him in the first quarter, but unfortunately, no one in Wake Forest can guard against him, because Wake Forest's outside line is too short, which is the biggest flaw of Wake Forest, and the height of the five people on the court except Duncan is really not good, I know you have been discussing the small lineup of the Chinese recently, I admit, the small lineup is very dynamic, play more beautiful, but don't forget, basketball is always a long-term sport, any vitality, athletic talent is needed height as a guarantee, this game Kentucky will teach Wake Forest a lesson, what is the essence of basketball"
"Derek Anderson, this is a very good core player, everyone is talking about Ray Allen and Iverson, in fact, I think Derek Anderson is also a top five shooting guard in the league, he is on par with Szczebiak"
"Walter McCarty, there are not many inside lines in the league who can float on the outside and shoot three-pointers, McCarty is undoubtedly the best among them, have you found out, if McCarty pulls to the outside to shoot, Duncan can't follow him at all, as for Stephen Green, I don't think anyone expects much from him He is the worst of the starting lineup at Wake Forest, Duncan wipes his ass every day, and it is even more obvious after the tournament starts, but today, Duncan can't take care of his teammate anymore, Because he's in trouble himself."
"Mark Pope and Muhammad are not star-level centers, but the two are very special, Muhammad is defensive, he got the chance to start this game, his size caused a lot of trouble for Duncan, of course he still can't defend Duncan, but he doesn't need to defend Duncan, he just needs to make trouble for Duncan, so that Duncan can't take care of other teammates then he succeeds, at this point Muhammad is very good"
"These are Kentucky's advantages, their advantage is on the outside, the center position is full of corner sè players but defensive sè, also for Kentucky, Wake Forest's advantage is also obvious, Duncan and Carter are also players they can't defend, this comparison is a test for coach Ricky Pitino and the Chinese, because their opponents can't defend, Ricky Pitino's team advocates full-court pressing, but it's clear that Wake Forest is not afraid of full-court pressing at all now, Even for Carter, the full-court pressing is the best hint of his wanton attack on the basket under the basket, and the Chinese man-marking is also ineffective, McCarty's shooting range, Anthony Walker's height, these are all undefensible factors for them"
"In short, this game is a game that cannot be defended, the key to victory is the offense, who has a better offense, who has a higher shooting percentage will win, I believe that both teams will make adjustments in the second quarter, of course, the first change of formation will naturally be the current score behind Wake Forest" Although Coach K doesn't like Zhuang Fei very much, but as a famous coach in the NCAA, his professional level cannot be questioned.
After his set of professional analysis, the CBS commentator next to him was dumbfounded, and no guest could say such a long thing as soon as he said it.
Although the CBS commentator didn't quite understand what Coach K's long comment meant, he still thought Coach K was very powerful.
'Both teams came out of the dressing room and it looked like they were all relaxed and there was no pressure'
"Hey, sure enough, as Mike said, Wake Forest once again sacrificed a small lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, and Stephen Green went off the court again."
"This is a very wise choice, this is a signal for Wake Forest to strengthen the offensive, and the Chinese are starting to fight with Kentucky to attack"
Zhuang Fei is very depressed, really depressed, because today he feels that he has been pitted by the dynasty system for the first time, Zhuang Fei attaches great importance to this game, and he attaches great importance to it when he gets the Kentucky player list, because this team is full of NBA players, more than Vic Forest, of course, Zhuang Fei is most familiar with Anthony Walker, one of the twin stars of the future Celtics, and there are no accidents in the dynasty system, Anthony Walker's ability is as high as 83, which is the highest in Kentucky, So in this game, Zhuang Fei's defensive focus is Anthony Walker. This is a very correct decision in Zhuang Fei's opinion.
But at the beginning of the real game, Zhuang Fei knew that he was wrong, and it was very wrong, Kentucky's number one player was not Anthony Walker at all, but the point guard Tony Deck, Tony Decker had an ability value of 74, ranking third in Kentucky, and his reputation in later generations was not very loud, not to mention compared to Anthony Walker, even compared to Derek Anderson, it was this player who was ignored by Zhuang Fei who became the best player in the first quarter of the game.
When Zhuang Fei suddenly woke up to the fact that there were many players in the NCAA who were unsuccessful in the NBA, and were ready to make adjustments, he suddenly found that Kentucky was a team that Wake Forest couldn't defend at all, and there was no way to focus on defense, because the four of them in the starting line were all players with very strong offensive ability, and their abilities were very average, and there was no legal person to mark, because McCarty could pull out to shoot, Stephen Green couldn't keep up at all, and Anthony Walker's height also made Zhuang Fei puzzled.
What if you can't defend it? Zhuang Fei thought about it for a long time, and finally his heart was crossed, and he directly prepared to attack against attack. Once again, he made a small lineup and took down Steve Green, who was useless in the starting lineup.
"I hope I can overwhelm Kentucky offensively" Zhuang Fei still has some confidence in the team's offense, after all, Wake Forest is the team with the highest points per game in the NCAA, averaging 98 points per game, which is absolutely against the sky in the NCAA. It was also the first NCAA team since time immemorial to become the first team in the NCAA to keep a clean sheet
"Daddy, can we win," asked a young boy sitting in the second row behind the Wake Forest bench, the middle-aged man next to him. The little boy is worried because now the team he is backing is lagging behind.
"Chris, we're going to win, my coach told me this Wake Forest is an invincible team," replied a boy a few years older than him next to the boy.
"That's right, we will be invincible," said the middle-aged man, smiling and patting the little boy's forehead.
This reassured the little boy a lot, and then the little boy shook the poster in his hand tightly. Silently closing his eyes, he was praying for the team.
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