Chapter 86: Stevens Gets Interested
Seeing Memphis crack his joint defense tactics in an instant, Stevens raised an eyebrow.
This Pastner doesn't seem to be as easy to deal with as others say.
He turned his head to look at the other side of the court, but saw that Pastner was also looking towards him, and from a distance of more than ten meters, Stevens could feel the powerful battle intent revealed in the latter's eyes!
Interesting!
The corners of Stevens' mouth immediately hooked up a touch of arc, he can lead the team to play all kinds of history-making achievements in his early thirties, and he naturally has the pride of being a strong man in his heart.
Although he did not completely look down on Pastner, as he said to the outside world, he thought that the latter was a person who had no tactics at all to hold his thighs.
Because in the eyes of someone like him, it doesn't make a difference to all the other coaches, whether you're Pastner or Paster.
But just now, after seeing the will to fight in Pastner's eyes, his heart also fluctuated slightly.
It's been a long time since I've met such an interesting opponent, Pastner, since you want to fight, let's have a good fight!
The game on the field continued, and everyone didn't realize that in addition to the hard-fought confrontation on the court, under the court, an invisible struggle was gradually becoming fierce.
Butler attacked, and after the point guard came to the front court with the ball, he gave the ball to Hayward.
Hayward's scoring ability isn't particularly top-notch in the NCAA, and his ability to predict being drafted in the lottery is more because he has a very rare trait of a ball-handling forward, and he can handle the ball!
Since LeBron James entered the league, coupled with Pat Riley's vision of the future of basketball, the market prospect of a ball-handling forward with the ability to handle the ball has expanded a lot in an instant.
Until then, players in each position have their own things to do, and the players have their own role, like parts on the team's huge machine, pushing the team forward.
However, after entering the new century, there are more and more so-called swing man positions, which leads to the player's position on the court began to become blurred, no longer like before, the dribble can only control the overall situation is the point guard, as long as your passing skills are enough, even if you are a center, there is a place in the NBA.
As a representative of young coaches, Stevens was naturally keenly aware of the advanced nature of this trend, so he was the first to adopt this team building model at Butler University.
That is, let the forward Hayward hold the ball to sort out the team's offense!
And Hayward lived up to expectations, taking advantage of this shareholder wind, not only to make a name for himself, but also to lead Butler University to the Final Four.
After Butler held the ball, he immediately stretched out his hand to signal to Smith, Li Kaiming saw this, and immediately followed Smith up, Daniel Mac was blocked by Smith's mountain-like body, and was stuck behind Hayward, so he had to shout loudly to Li Kaiming, "Change the guard!" โ
As early as before the game, Pastner said that Hayward's scoring tools are extremely rich, and there are almost no dead spots on the offensive end, so he can't leave too much space.
So Li Kaiming immediately made up for it, but Hayward did not break through, he played very reasonably, and he had to make the most correct choice every time, and now, the most correct choice must be to pass the ball to Smith.
After Li Kaiming and Daniel Mac switched defenses, Smith immediately came to the penalty area, and then stuck McKe behind him, Hayward saw that Smith was in place, and immediately made a high pass to send the ball to Smith's hands safely.
A heavy center like Smith, after arriving in the penalty area, facing Daniel Mack, who is a head shorter than him, is like a great white shark seeing a small shrimp, and easily wiping Mike clean!
Seeing that the inside line was easily scored by Smith, Li Kaiming couldn't help but sigh.
The audience at the scene erupted in tsunami-like cheers, and their home team scored!
Turning around, Memphis attacked, and this time Butler University still chose to defend 2-3, so Camp handed the ball to Williams again and let the latter handle the ball.
Similarly, Li Kaiming stepped forward to cover, but this time Butler did not choose to switch to one-on-one, but the entire upline formation shrank one step inward, that is, let Williams take a step!
Seeing this, Williams immediately drove full throttle and smashed in with the ball!
And Li Kaiming took a step out of the penalty area, if he blocked it, it would be to block Williams' breakthrough.
But his exit didn't bring Smith out, who remained safe in the box, waiting for Williams to come up and defend the basket.
At this time, there were three defenders around the penalty area, even if Williams' breakthrough ability was strong, he couldn't go up against the three people, so he could only jump up and pass the ball to Li Kaiming, who was unguarded, when he burst into the penalty area.
Li Kaiming, who received the ball, was a little embarrassed, because he was inside the three-point line at this time, but he was outside the penalty area, and the shooting space was not enough.
His mid-range shot was a collegiate-level passing line, so this shot missed the basket under the interference of Howard, who pounced!
Damn it!
The opposite side obviously has an understanding of his attack area, interferes outside the penalty area, and guards strictly inside the penalty area.
Stevens on the sidelines smiled slightly, you Li Kaiming is powerful, but you are not invincible, as long as you stay away from the penalty area, your attack power will be reduced by half!
Just when Li Kaiming was annoyed, the system's task prompt suddenly appeared in front of his eyes!
[System]: Host, please use your hook hand to punish the other side!
ใMissionใ
Rating: B
Basics: Hit 5 shots with a hook in the first half. Rewards: 10-15 attribute points, 100-200 points. Failure Penalty: 15 attribute points are deducted at random.
Advanced: Score at least 15 points in the first half. Reward: Three badge upgrades. Failure Penalty: None.
Grass!
Li Kaiming can't wait to punch himself!
How did you forget the [Hook Master] badge you just got, since ordinary shots are easy to be affected by defense, then use the hook hand!
After all, the 50% disregard for defense is much more sure than his unreliable three-point and mid-range shots against his opponents!
On the commentary seat, Koslov saw that Li Kaiming missed the shot, and immediately activated his fast-running brain and mouth, "Li Kaiming's inside skills are still very good, but Stevens doesn't seem to let him into the inside, maybe he will be wasted now, two, it seems that your prediction is going to fail......"
Listening to Koslov's yin and yang comments, the corners of Brad and Sharp's mouths twitched!
Your conclusion is too early, isn't it enough to be slapped in the face when you open the champagne in advance?
But these words cannot be said, and Koslov, as a veteran commentator and reporter at CBS, still has to give face.
So Brad coughed lightly, "This is only the second round, let's see!" โ
When Koslov next to him heard this, his lungs were about to explode!
You two guys are here to fight against me today! By the way, can you two die?
But Sharp didn't seem to see Koslowoff's cannibalistic gaze, and just set his eyes on the court.
[Today's second update, thank you for your support]