One Guard

Although at the beginning of the game, Yiyang ignited the audience with a dunk, so that when Duke guard Nolan Smith advanced the ball, the boos of the fans completely flooded the entire Lucas Stadium.

But for the mighty Duke, they have encountered much greater difficulties than this countless times. The No. 1 guard's strong opening can indeed greatly boost the morale of his teammates, but the Blue Devils will use their own stronger responses to attack their opponents.

Nolan Smith had barely crossed the halftime line, and Duke's players were already functioning like a precision instrument.

Although Kyle Singler's running speed is not fast, his sense of position on the field is extremely good. This perfect team player is best at running without the ball, and Duke center Brian Zubeck will also appear in the right position to do off-ball pick-and-rolls for Singler.

All of Duke's tactics are being carried out step by step. It seems that the scene seems to be tepid, but in fact the sharp knife has already been drawn!

Seeing Singler running out of space to ask for the ball, all the commentators exclaimed that Duke got the chance so easily.

Nolan Smith started to pass the ball, but when the basketball was passed, everyone was dumbfounded.

The basketball didn't fly to Singler who was asking for the ball at the left corner, but to the right corner! Everyone thought that the end point of this offensive would be Singler, but in fact, Jon Scheyer, one of Duke's three carriages, was the real starting point of this offensive!

"Exquisite movement! Singler's feint even deceived us who can look at the audience!" Reggie Miller shouted in surprise, Duke's starting No. 2 Scheyer directly pulled up and shot .

As a junior player, Schayer's performance has become more stable year after year. He was still tepid in the past two years, but this year he has become one of the most indispensable attack points under the old coach K. The good fortune of this white guard in shooting is unmatched by many star players.

This three-point shot from the bottom corner was unbiased and hit the heart! 3 to 2, after Yiyang successfully dunked in the opening game, the Blue Devils responded immediately.

"This is Duke. It looks tepid, and the scenes are never exciting. But they always score goals and win games in this slightly dull situation. Bulldogs must be careful, Du Ke is best at making his opponents die slowly and comfortably!"

Although suffered a blow, the fans at the scene soon became active again. Yiyang waved for a pick-and-roll from outside the three-point line. Everyone knew that this lightning-fast guy was about to break through again!

"Come on, come on..." Old K looked at Yiyang who was about to make a breakthrough, instead of worrying, he looked forward to it. This guy who has been coaching the team longer than Yiyang's age has a lot of ways to deal with these brats.

Matt Howard's pick-and-roll is in place, and Yiyang starts directly as usual. However, the moment he started to speed up, Yiyang found that there was a high wall in front of him! Yiyang, who had no time to brake, bumped into Brian Zubeck. It stands to reason that Zubeck's weight should not be affected by this collision, but this smart white center fell back by himself, looking like Yiyang Yang's violent impact made him fall down.

"Beep beep!" The referee blew the whistle and awarded Yiyang an offensive foul!

"What!?" Stevens was the first to refuse. He put his hands on his head and yelled at the referee.

"This should be a blocking foul!" Although Stevens is usually gentle, but when it's time to be hot, this young coach will never back down.

"Go back to your position, coach! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!" The referee ignored Stevens' scolding and signaled the game to continue.

Old K raised the corners of his mouth slightly off the field. Generally speaking, in order to defend Yiyang,

The defensive player's position should keep a certain distance from him. But old K did not take the usual path today, and let Zubeck, who was defending Matt, post it directly. He didn't expect a big man like Zubeck to keep up with Yiyang, but he used some unique ways to make Yiyang deflated.

Caught off guard, Yiyang didn't have time to slow down and bump into the defender, so he would naturally be called a foul. Of course, all of this is not over yet. Old K's schemes are usually linked together. By the time you react, you're already deep in it.

Although he was called an offensive foul, Yiyang's mood is still stable. As long as Yiyang guards against Zubek's unexpected premise just now, he won't be fooled a second time.

This calm Chinese defender defended conscientiously. Nolan Smith did not dare to entangle with Yiyang too much. He quickly played the ball and let Singler handle the offense.

But this time, Nolan Smith did not stand still after the ball was out, but used Zubeck's off-ball pick-and-roll to go deep into the basket.

Yiyang hurriedly bypassed the pick-and-roll and followed. Sure enough, when Nolan Smith cut in, Singler also passed the ball over Hayward's head.

"Nolan Smith got the chance to attack the rim, but to be honest, the gap in athletic ability between him and Yi is very large. I doubt whether Nolan Smith can successfully score this goal."

As soon as Reggie Miller finished speaking, Yiyang accelerated and rushed to Nolan Smith's side.

Nolan Smith, who inserted from a 45° position on the left, had just stepped into the paint with his toes, but he took three steps straight to layup!

It stands to reason that now Yiyang is still guarding Nolan Smith, and the Bulldogs power forward Willie Wesley is also guarding the basket. Nolan Smith had no chance at all.

But this guard who played under the old coach K would never be so reckless. The reason why he chose to force a layup was precisely the old K's arrangement!

I saw that Nolan Smith didn't fly towards the basket after taking off, but tried his best to lean on Yiyang! Yiyang raised his arms reflexively, but unexpectedly, his palm lightly patted Nolan Smith's forearm.

"Beep beep!"

"What's the matter!?" Hearing the sound of the whistle, Stevens, who was sitting in his seat, immediately "bounced".

"Butler No. 1, Yiyang, defensive foul!" The referee rushed to the technical stage and made his own verdict.

This time, Yiyang was a little angry. He originally wanted to rush to the referee to question, but after thinking about it, as far as basketball rules are concerned, he was indeed a foul. Although this foul was found by someone else.

"Defensive foul! This is not good news for the Bulldogs. The game has just started, and he has received his second foul! We saw Ronald Norid has taken off his coat and stood on the field On the other side, Coach Stevens had to replace him!"

Nolan Smith stepped to the free throw line and made the first free throw steadily. After the free throw was dead, Stevens beckoned Yiyang to leave, and Yiyang walked down with his head down, looking unwilling.

Stevens knew that once Yiyang was targeted by Old K, it would be quite dangerous. He would rather lose Yiyang for a few minutes than to leave Yiyang with five fouls. After all, compared to a dark horse like Butler. The referee's whistle will also be more biased towards Duke.

"It's okay, it's okay, we'll go back right away! Remember, try to avoid too much physical contact with them! These guys are very cunning!" Stevens patted Yiyang's shoulder to express comfort, and also Yang took the towel handed over by the staff and sat down quietly.

This cold point guard didn't seem to have any emotional fluctuations, but in fact, his heart was already burning.

After that, the Bulldogs played very hard without Yiyang. Duke's tight defense makes it difficult for Hayward and Mark to get opportunities on the perimeter, and Norrid does not have the ability to help his teammates create opportunities like Yiyang.

Therefore, the Bulldogs chose to let Matt Howard play hard inside first.

Matt. Howard's efforts were very effective. The first time he hit Zubeck hard, he made the opponent a foul. But it is a pity that Matt only made one of two free throws.

After two attacks, Matt Howard was still tough. He continued to make kills at the basket and stood at the free throw line many times. However, in the face of the NCAA "1+1" free throw rule, Matt Howard stood on the free throw line twice in a row and failed to bring even a single point of benefit to the Bulldogs!

The high-intensity defense blocked the Bulldogs' offense, and on Duke's side, Singler finally opened fire from the outside. On the first shot, he directly hit a three-pointer!

Old K may have realized that Matt Howard, who is very active today, would be a problem, so he gestured on the sidelines, signaling the players to attack the inside more.

A little too excited. Matt Howard was indeed very active in defense, but soon, he also received two fouls. The Bulldogs faced another foul crisis, and Stevens had to replace Matt Howard.

Originally, after losing Yiyang, facing Duke's tight defense, Stevens could rely on Matt Howard to attack the city. But now after losing Matt Howard, the Bulldogs don't even have a point where they can force the inside. Afterwards, the Bulldogs experienced a three-minute scoreless period. During this period, Duke succeeded repeatedly under the continuous offensive of the three carriages.

When Hayward finally broke the scoring drought with a corner three-pointer three minutes later, the Bulldogs were already ten points behind Duke! And there are only nine minutes left before the end of the halftime game!

"Timeout, timeout!" Stevens had to call a timeout, nine minutes, a big gap, he had to make some changes!

Yiyang fouled twice with his back, even if he played on the field, it was still very dangerous. But in this kind of game, Stevens has no choice but to take risks!

"Also! Get ready to play! Be careful not to be reckless on the defensive end! I want you to put more energy on the offensive end, create opportunities for your teammates, and lead the whole team to attack!" Stevens finished speaking, directly Squatting on the ground, he made detailed arrangements on the tactical board.

The powerful Duke and the old K coach only took half a half time to push Butler into a desperate situation.

The Bulldogs No. 1 returned to the stage with a major mission, and immediately, fans at Lucas Stadium saw the hope of reversing the game.

Because of that Chinese defender, he never disappoints.