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Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Unlike the Sun Devils who pursue fast whirlwinds, the Trojans prefer to grind half-court battles, and their rhythm is very slow, wishing to play each round for 35 seconds. Such a slow-paced game is undoubtedly a good thing for Xu Hao and the others. torture.

From another point of view, this rhythm of the game allows the Trojans players to run more complex tactics and create open shots for the main scorer.Their starting point guard Hackett is also a guard who can score and organize, but he is not the team's scoring point. Gibson on the inside and Lewis and DeRozan on the outside are the team's killers.

As a freshman, DeRozan's performance is worthy of his national ranking in high school.Of course, his performance outside the three-point line is almost a mess, but after coming to the elbow zone, his shooting percentage will be greatly improved.In other words, he is a player whose main scoring method is mid-range shooting, which makes people think of the two masters Jordan and Kobe.

But when facing the Sun Devils, DeRozan's strength immediately became his weakness, because Hayward and Cooks, who took turns defending him, did not need to pull beyond the three-point line at all, as long as they guarded against his Just break through.

DeRozan, who had been playing smoothly before, felt like he was caught in a sticky spider web, as if he was a little restrained in everything he did. This was a feeling he had never experienced before.But he should be thankful that Xu Hao is not responsible for defending himself. If it was Xu Hao, he might not even have a chance to make a shot, let alone create opportunities for his teammates.

Even so, Hackett and Gibson's pick-and-roll is still in full swing.Gibson is a strong insider with amazing bounce. Although he doesn't have the ability to shoot from the outside, his down attack has made the Sun Devils suffer a lot.Ayers tried to step forward to stop, but was called a blocking foul by the referee, almost giving the opponent 2+1.

The pick-and-roll is actually a very simple tactic, but as long as it can be practiced well, it will produce huge power.Hackett and Gibson are such a very skilled pick-and-roll combination. The Sun Devils can't come up with any good defensive strategies. This also makes the scores of the two sides always bite, forming a tug-of-war situation, and no one can get out first. take the lead.

After careful consideration, Evans called the first timeout of the game.When the players gathered around, he took out the tactical board and said while writing and drawing: "The opponent played very patiently, which is their advantage, but I don't want to see them continue to be patient. So next we To give full play to our strengths, everyone run for me!"

"Xu, you are the engine of the team. You can control the pace of the game yourself. Just remember one thing, that is to overwhelm them with speed. Speed ​​up the passing of the ball, so that they have to keep up with our rhythm. Do you understand? ?”

Xu Hao nodded to show that he understood, isn't it just to increase the speed?It wasn't the first time for the Sun Devils players to play this kind of game. Xu Hao's goal was not so much to speed them up, but rather to prevent these guys from going too far on the court.

After the timeout ended, the Trojans players quickly found that the game was different. The opponent obviously accelerated the rhythm of the offense, but on the defensive end they could only be forced to speed up, otherwise they would give the opponent an open shot.

It has to be said that the physical fitness of the Trojan players is still good. Although they like to grind their positions, they can barely keep up with the Sun Devils players by virtue of their talents.After Xu Hao led his teammates to play two consecutive transitional attacks, he realized that he couldn't play purely fast. The opponent could easily see through all the changes by simply speeding up, so it was meaningless.

Due to Xu Hao's strong tactical adjustment ability, Evans gave him a lot of autonomy. As long as he does not violate the coach's basic intention on the field, he can decide how the team should play, and then direct his teammates to move according to his ideas. .

The way Xu Hao chose is very simple, that is, he and Harden take turns holding the ball and cooperating with teammates.When one of them holds the ball, the other focuses on running without the ball, and the identities of the two can be switched at will.Both Xu Hao and Harden are good singles players with the ball. When they constantly switch between with the ball and without the ball, the opponent will be stunned.

According to Trojans head coach Tim Floyd's pre-game arrangements, both Xu Hao and Harden are the focus of the team's defense. Of course, whoever has the ball will have a higher priority.But the problem now is that it is difficult for your defense to adjust so quickly. One second you were focused on blocking Xu Hao, and the next second you were going to besiege Harden. How could it be that simple?

So the Trojans were in a tragedy. They pinched one of them but couldn't stop the other. What made them even more desperate was that both Xu Hao and Harden could accurately give the ball to the opponent in the midst of heavy siege. At most, transition to other teammates.The result of both wanting to limit is that neither can limit, and the scores of the two sides began to slowly widen.

Of course Xu Hao was the one who took the lead. No matter how Harden is, he is the number one scorer of the Sun Devils with an average of 20+ points per game. Naturally, he also enjoys the treatment of focusing on defense, which gives Xu Hao a lot of opportunities.He received a pass from Harden in the corner for two consecutive rounds, and then slammed the ball into the basket before the defender rushed to the basket, which directly confused the opponent.

Under the leadership of the backcourt duo, the Sun Devils played a 7-0 spurt, opening the point difference to double digits for the first time in this game.Floyd quickly called a timeout. He needed to make some targeted arrangements for the team's defense. At the same time, he also wanted to interrupt Xu Hao and Harden's scoring touch. In his opinion, these two guys were too scary. .

The perimeter defense of the Trojans is actually passable, but it is not enough when facing Xu Hao + Harden. Floyd can only let DeRozan also participate in the perimeter defense, giving Hackett and Lewis Filling in the gaps.In the previous game, DeRozan's defense was not very good, but Floyd does not have a good card now, so he can only make DeRozan hard top, hoping that he can rely on his advantage in speed to come back. Slightly limit the opponent's large-scale rotation.

The siege of the three quickly stopped Xu Hao and Harden from continuing to score points, but the Sun Devils in other areas formed a situation where more players played less.Especially Hayward, as a tender newcomer, he was not taken seriously by the opponent, which made him very angry, and the consequences would be very serious. I don’t know if the Trojans can bear his anger ...

(End of this chapter)