Basketball Myth: Super Guard

"What happened? Tennessee scored seven points and we didn't score a single goal here."

"Holbert is not in a good state today. He made 0 of 2 shots, and so did everyone else. All of them were blacksmiths. This feeling is too bad."

"Come on, Syracuse University!"

Almost all the fans of Syracuse University in the audience felt very depressed when they saw the beginning of the game. Some people complained unhappily, and some people cheered for Syracuse University.

All kinds of voices came into his ears. Holbert knew it couldn’t go on like this. He had to break the scoring drought. He ran back to get the ball, and then made a gesture. Kent came up to pick and roll, and Holbert threw off the defense. The man took two steps forward, and then made an emergency stop jumper.

Swish!

Finally got in.

"Phew." Holbert breathed a sigh of relief. Before, he made 0 of 2 shots and felt really bad, but the main reason was that the opponent's defense was very oppressive.

The opposite of Holbert is Gordon. Gordon is not very prominent in scoring. He is not a core player at the University of Tennessee, far less than Josh, or even worse than the inside twin towers Scott and Fields. The reason why he was able to play the starter is mainly because of his excellent defense.

Offense doesn't work, defense makes up for it.

Under Gordon's defense, Holbert played very hard. The previous two shots all ended in blackmail. Fortunately, this time he finally scored, breaking the team's scoring drought.

"You're lucky this time." Gordon sneered and decided to further strengthen his defense.

After Holbert broke the scoring drought, Syracuse University also began to score, and soon Jefferson used his killer in the low post to score with a small hook.

Then Felton also cast a long two points.

However, on the offensive end, Syracuse University was still unable to limit the University of Tennessee. Josh had the absolute upper hand against Cole, but Syracuse University did not dare to double-team easily. Because the University of Tennessee has two towers on the inside, once a double-team is used, either the inside will be seized by the opponent, or the outside will be missed.

It's not a good choice to double-team the opponent's core players when they are already in a disadvantageous situation, and it will only make the situation worse.

In desperation, I had to switch defenses.

"Cole, let's switch." Holbert shouted to Cole, who went to guard Josh and Cole to match Gordon.

Seeing that the defender was replaced by Holbert, Josh just chuckled and still played very resolutely. He is tall and has long arms, excellent physical fitness, and rich scoring methods. His technical characteristics are actually very similar to Holbert. Similar, and no matter which aspect, it is a little bit stronger than Holbert.

Although it was only a little bit, given the similar technical characteristics of the two, this little bit was enough to give Josh the upper hand.

......

A few minutes passed in a blink of an eye.

On the court, Josh stuck Holbert with one hand and asked for the ball with the other.

When a teammate passed the ball over, he pinched the ball around his waist, turned halfway, turned from the back of the basket to the face frame, took a step across with his right foot, and swayed his shoulders, making a move to break through.

Holbert subconsciously shifted half a step to the left, and at the same time retreated, leaving enough distance to react, in case he got too close and was passed by one step.

But at this moment, Josh suddenly retracted his right foot and made a breakthrough to the left. Holbert moved quickly, but saw Josh suddenly retreat and then made a jumper.

Swish!

With a bang, the ball went in.

When the ball hit, the score between the two sides became 17:7, and the University of Tennessee had a 10-point lead.

"Hey, I can't even change it to Holbert."

"Damn, it's not even halfway through the first half. We are actually 10 points behind. Is there any hope of winning this way?"

The fans all looked ugly.

Coach Fox called for a timeout, didn't blame the players, just made personnel adjustments: "Qin, Jimmy, you two, go on, replace Cole and Holbert."

Hearing this, Holbert and Cole trembled in unison. Holbert opened his mouth unwillingly, but thinking of the current score, he finally closed his mouth and sat on the bench without saying a word. .

In fact, Holbert's strength is not weak, on the contrary, he is very strong, but he is relatively unlucky. He met the University of Tennessee, and his direct counterpart is Gordon, who is known as the "defensive leader" of the University of Tennessee. Then he and Kerr switched defenses. He went to guard Josh, the core player of the University of Tennessee, and deceived Josh, who happened to be very similar to him in terms of technical characteristics and physical fitness, and was a little bit stronger than him.

Just a little bit, but Holbert was helpless.

"Jimmy." Coach Fox spread out the tactical board and arranged: "Wait for you to guard Josh. He has excellent physical fitness and comprehensive skills. Be careful."

"Well." Butler nodded, his eyes full of fighting intent.

Coach Fox is still very confident in Butler's defensive ability. In terms of defensive ability, Butler is definitely the top at the small forward position.

Afterwards, Coach Fox looked at Qin Hao and said, "Qin, your task is to score points. We are now 10 points behind and we must catch up as soon as possible. I'm not sure if the opponent will make personnel adjustments, if Gordon continues to play. , should be against you. He's a great defender, don't mess with him, take advantage of your shooting ability, and use your teammates' screens and pick-and-rolls."

"Understood." Qin Hao understood and nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, Coach Fox spent two tactics on the tactical board, both with Qin Hao as the core.

In the past month or so, Coach Fox tailored several tactics for Qin Hao and Butler based on their technical characteristics.

For example, Qin Hao has three-point accuracy, so he has developed several three-point tactics for him, and he and Butler have a tacit understanding, and also specially designed pass-cut tactics for the two of them...

"beep......"

The whistle blows, the timeout ends.

Qin Hao narrowed his eyes and shouted, "Jimmy, it's time for us to play!"

"Hehe." Butler gave a weird laugh and licked his lips, "I couldn't wait."

At this time, the first half actually played less than seven minutes, but Holbert and his team allowed the University of Tennessee to score as many as 17 points, and the defense was really bad.

Players from both sides returned to the court, and the University of Tennessee only replaced guard Kenny with backup guard McRae, and the other four remained unchanged.

So when Qin Hao came to the frontcourt, Gordon rushed to him, opened his hands so that the referee could see, but his body was close to Qin Hao, exerting physical pressure on Qin Hao.

"This guy is like a candy bar." Qin Hao frowned slightly, but he understood Holbert somewhat.

Granted, Gordon's defense was uncomfortable.

Holbert is an offensive player with the ball. After he gets the ball, he must dribble the ball before he can perform a series of technical moves.

Gordon's candy cane defense made it difficult for a ball-handling offensive player like Holbert to have the opportunity to shoot from the outside, and even if Holbert used a breakthrough to pass Gordon, there was still the twin towers of the University of Tennessee inside. , he wants to score is still not so easy.

But Qin Hao is different from Holbert!