NBA basketball rhythm monster

The game between the Texas Longhorns and the Louisville Cardinals has just settled. In another matchup in the first half, the Duke University team defeated Michigan by seven points and successfully advanced to the semifinals. It will become

The Longhorns' semifinal opponent.

At the same time, the two teams in the lower half also stood out in a brutal battle, with the Longhorns' old rivals Kansas Jayhawks and New York Syracuse University becoming the final winners.

Since Li Luo was both a father and a mother in the last game, he changed the situation on the court by himself. Coach Barnes was very humane and exempted him from the team's daily training for one day. But Li Luo had no time to spare.

After staying, I went directly to the gym to do yoga to restore my physical fitness.

When Li Luo heard that the top four were announced, it was already the morning after the quarterfinals.

Kansas versus Syracuse? This is an old rival from a previous life.

This result made Li Luo couldn't help but lament whether he had encountered a trick of fate.

In a previous life, the Kansas Jayhawks met the New York Syracuse University Orangemen in the finals.

At that time, Jayhawk was very high-spirited. Under the guidance of two seniors, namely

In the future, Thunder, True, One Man, One City, led by big brother Collison and Bulls 3D player Hinrich, will make great progress.

The technical characteristics of these two Kansas Twins are in one word: stability.

Compared with last year, this Kansas team has really managed to become strong when it encounters strong situations, and is as stable as an old dog when it encounters weaknesses.

The experience of Syracuse University is a bit shabby. As a well-known comprehensive university in New York State, Syracuse University’s cultural courses have never been good (Lame Biden is also a famous alumnus of this school.)

But in terms of sports, the school's results are mediocre.

In 2002, the Orange team failed to enter the NCAA tournament, and had to resort to the next best thing to participate in the nit tournament (nit invites 32 schools that failed to participate in the ncaa tournament every year).

This resulted in the entire team being unranked in the 2002-2003 pre-season evaluation.

In this basketball desert, the emergence of Carmelo Anthony brought an unprecedented dawn to this school.

Anthony, who was a freshman, dominated the overall situation without any strong teammates and was invincible. (Teammate Hakeem Varrick entered the NBA in 2005 and played a marginal role in many places. He also played for Liaoning, so he is not considered a strong support.

) He ranked first on the team in scoring, playing time, rebounds, outside shooting, free throws and frequency. In his first season in college, he averaged 22.2 points, 10 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, which was the highest in the NCAA.

The strongest first-year player in history.

In the finals, he scored a perfect triple-double of 20 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists to win the game and won the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

After that, Anthony chose to participate in the draft, and Syracuse University suddenly returned to the underdogs.

It can be said that how people in Cleveland view James as a champion, people in Syracuse, New York, view Anthony.

They were all hometown teams, both for the first time in history. They fell apart after winning the championship, and the glory of the championship was fleeting.

There is a saying that says a lot about Anthony’s career:

Divide Anthony's basketball career into three people, and all three of them will undoubtedly enter the Hall of Fame.

During the NCAA, Anthony, a freshman, won the NCAA championship with his hometown team and was awarded the MVP.

During the NBA period, he was an All-Star for many times, and his career total score exceeded the 28,000-point mark. (He played against the Hornets in January this year.)

During the Olympic Games, he won three Olympic gold medals (2008; 2012; 2016).

Which sign is not a resounding boss?

Such a historical scorer is still struggling to pursue this championship ring, which makes people lament the cruel competition in the NBA.

(No wonder people often tease Anthony by calling him An Lu Bu. His fate is really a bit like Lu Bu during the Three Kingdoms period. He was powerful but could not find a way to win. Instead, he wandered in many teams. In the later years of his career, he struggled

Even if you are willing to sacrifice everything for the championship, things always go wrong. When the Blazers and Lakers are fighting, you find that you are the bigger one? I can't believe there will be turtles this year. It's really a matter of fate!)

At this time, due to the changes brought about by Li Luo's butterfly flapping, the opponents in the final will meet in the semi-finals in advance. It's very interesting.

Of course, Li Luo silently cheered for the Kansas City people. After all, the Longhorns had the upper hand in this old rival's encounters several times. If they could defeat Syracuse University in an upset and enter the finals, they would also have a psychological advantage.

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But if you want to be the champion, the best way is not to hope that you will meet a weak team, but to become the strongest. You still have to take it one step at a time.

Thinking of this, Li Luo immediately got up from the bed and was going to find Coach Barnes to watch all the videos of Duke University this year.

The style of the Duke team can be described in one word - elegant!

As a well-known prestigious school, Duke University has produced many NBA players. Among them, the most notable one is Grant Hill. This ill-fated genius whose early style is known as the successor of God.

Of course, the story that follows will inevitably be regrettable.

Geniuses are always rare, but the following Elton Brand, Carlos Boozer and Shane Battier are all outstanding graduates of Duke.

Since the playing style is very dependent on the team, players from Duke University will often have this characteristic in the NBA.

It has the strength, that is, it has strong combat power and can be plugged and used.

He has a good brain, high technical and tactical skills, and can accept the coach's arrangements to do dirty work.

But too much emphasis on teamwork and developing an elegant style of play makes it difficult for Duke players to have the unruly energy that comes from lower-level players.

And this kind of gritted teeth and hard work is exactly what a team leader needs.

Therefore, compared to other prestigious schools, it is difficult for Duke to produce all-powerful figures.

It's true that the second and third bosses are quite good at it.

And there was officially such a team in front of Li Luo.

Compared to the Longhorns' twin stars, Duke's team can't find any strong points. Every teammate scores about the same, taking the most shots, and SG, who scores the most, averages just over 13 points per game, but there's trouble.

right here,

Duke's players all have good half-volley shots and over 30% of their three-pointers.

The entire team appears to be well-trained, and the team's free throw shooting percentage has been around 80% throughout the season.

It's properly emulsified.

Their good tactical qualities prevent them from losing their position when defending. Li Luo and Ford still have the ability to try one-on-one, but the rest of their teammates definitely don't have this ability.

By the way, it is simply a mini version of the Pistons.

Li Luo couldn't think of a way to break Duke's iron barrel formation for a while. Li Luo inexplicably increased a lot of pressure.

ps: I originally thought that sports novels were unscientific enough, but what kind of script did the women's football team get yesterday? They reversed two consecutive games, fell behind by two goals in the final, and came on as a substitute to win? Oh yeah!