Seeing Memphis crack his zone defense in an instant, Stevens raised his eyebrows.
This Pastner doesn't seem to be as easy to deal with as others say.
He turned to look at the other side of the court, only to see Pastner looking towards him. Even from a distance of more than ten meters, Stevens could feel the strong fighting spirit in the latter's eyes!
interesting!
The corner of Stevens's mouth immediately curled up. He was able to lead the team to achieve various history-making achievements in his early thirties, so he was naturally proud of being a strong man.
Although he did not tell the outside world that he completely looked down on Pastner, thinking that the latter was a person who had no tactics at all.
Because in the eyes of people like him, there is no difference between all the remaining coaches, whether you are Pastner or Pastor.
But just now, after seeing the fighting will in Pastner's eyes, his heart fluctuated slightly.
I haven’t encountered such an interesting opponent for a long time. Pastner, since you want to fight, let’s have a good fight!
The game on the court was still going on, and no one realized that in addition to the head-to-head confrontation on the court, an invisible struggle below the court was gradually becoming more intense.
Butler attacked, and after the point guard came to the frontcourt with the ball, he handed the ball to Hayward.
Hayward's scoring ability is actually not particularly top-notch in the NCAA. He can be predicted to be selected in the lottery. It is more because he has a very rare trait of a ball-holding forward, he can handle the ball!
Since LeBron James entered the league, coupled with Pat Riley's vision of the future of basketball, the market prospects for ball-handling forwards with the ability to handle the ball have expanded a lot in an instant.
Before that, players at each position have their own things to do. Players perform their duties, like parts in the huge machine of the team, pushing the team forward.
However, after entering the new century, more and more so-called swingman positions have appeared, which has caused the positioning of players on the court to become blurred. It is no longer like before, only the point guard can control the situation by dribbling the ball. As long as your passing skills are sufficient, even if you are a center, you still have a place in the NBA.
As a representative of young coaches, Stevens was naturally keenly aware of the advancement of this trend, so he took the lead in adopting this team building model at Butler University.
That is to say, let striker Hayward hold the ball to sort out the team's offense!
And Hayward lived up to expectations. With this style, he not only made a name for himself, but also led Butler University to the semi-finals.
After Butler held the ball, he immediately stretched out his hand to signal to Smith. Seeing this, Li Kaiming immediately followed Smith up. Daniel Mack was blocked by Smith's mountain-like body and got stuck behind Hayward. He had to shout loudly towards Li Kaiming shouted "Change defense!"
As early as before the game, Pastner said that Hayward has extremely rich scoring methods and almost no blind spots on the offensive end, so he cannot be left with too many openings.
So Li Kaiming immediately made up for it, but Hayward did not break through. He played extremely reasonably and made 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 Mack switched defenses, Smith immediately came to the penalty area and stuck Mack behind him. Seeing Smith in place, Hayward immediately made a high pass and delivered the ball steadily to Smith's hands.
When a heavy center like Smith arrives in the penalty area and faces Daniel Mack, who is a head shorter than him, he is like a great white shark seeing a little shrimp, and easily eats up Mack!
Seeing Smith easily score inside, Li Kaiming couldn't help but sigh.
The audience at the scene burst into cheers like a tsunami, and their home team scored!
Turning around, Memphis attacked. This time Butler University still chose a 2-3 zone defense, so Kemp once again handed the ball to Williams and let the latter handle the ball.
Li Kaiming also stepped forward to cover, but this time Butler did not choose to switch to one-on-one. Instead, the entire formation on the line shrank a step inward. In other words, he let Williams go!
When Williams saw this, he immediately went to full speed and charged in with the ball!
Li Kaiming, on the other hand, took a step outside and exited the penalty area. If he blocked inside, it would hinder Williams' breakthrough.
But his withdrawal did not bring out Smith. The latter still stayed in the penalty area, waiting for Williams to come up and defend the basket.
At this time, there were three defenders around the penalty area. No matter how powerful Williams' breakthrough ability was, he could not advance against three people. So when he broke into the penalty area, he could only jump up and pass the ball to no one to defend. Li Kaiming.
Li Kaiming was a little embarrassed when he received the ball, because he was inside the three-point line at this time, but outside the penalty area. There was not enough space to shoot. He broke through the three opponents and blocked the penalty area, so he could only shoot directly.
His mid-range shot barely reached the passing line at the college level, so the shot missed the basket due to the interference of Howard who rushed over!
Damn it!
The opponent obviously knows his attack area, interfere outside the penalty area, and guard strictly inside the penalty area.
Stevens on the sidelines smiled slightly, Li Kaiming, you are powerful, but you are not invincible. As long as you stay away from the penalty area, your offensive 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 to severely punish the opponent!
【Task】
Rating: B
Basics: Make 5 shots with a hook in the first half of the game. Rewards: 10-15 attribute points, 100-200 points. Failure penalty: 15 attribute points are randomly deducted.
Advanced: Score no less than 15 points in the first half. Reward: Three badge upgrades. Failure penalty: None.
Grass!
Li Kaiming wished he could punch himself!
Why did I forget the [Hook Master] badge I just got? Since ordinary shots are easily affected by defense, then use the hook!
After all, his 50% disregard for defense is much more reliable than his unreliable three-pointers and mid-range shots thrown at his opponents!
In the commentary box, when Koslov saw Li Kaiming's missed shot, he immediately started his fast-moving brain and words, "Li Kaiming's inside skills are still very good, but Stevens doesn't seem to let him enter the inside. Now maybe he will It’s useless, you two, it seems your prediction is going to fail..."
Listening to Koslov's sinister comments, Brad and Sharp's lips twitched!
It's too early for you to draw this conclusion. Isn't it enough to open the champagne in advance and get slapped in the face?
But these words cannot be said. As a veteran commentator and reporter of CBS, Koslov still needs to be given the face he deserves.
So Brad coughed lightly and said, "This is only the second round, let's wait and see!"
When Koslov next to him heard this, his lungs almost exploded with anger!
You two guys came here specifically to fight against me today, right? Can you two die if you follow my words?
But the two Sharps didn't seem to see Koslov's cannibalistic gaze, and just focused their attention on the court.
[Second update today, thank you for your support]
