Chapter 10 Invalid Jordan Rules!
9:8, the Huskies take the lead for the first time since the start of the game!
Lu Feng immediately scored a three-pointer after returning from the timeout. UCLA's confidence became even less.
Tracy Murray received the ball again, but instead of cutting inside, he made a mid-range shot and missed.
Doug Meekins used his rebound speed to grab the rebound and passed the ball to Lu Feng.
Lu Feng caught the ball, and Darrick Martin directly fouled him. The fast break failed to start.
"Tsk, that's all you can do!"
The Huskies kicked off, but Lu Feng failed to catch the ball, and UCLA directly double-teamed.
After Lu Feng kicked off the ball, he reached the three-point line and saw two people from UCLA waiting eagerly.
Seeing the opponent's defense, Lu Feng passed the ball without thinking and started running without the ball.
The Huskies have practiced Lu Feng's off-ball movement tactics a lot in March. Lu Feng's outside-inside-out Curry style movement, Doug Meekins and Jeff Brown provided timely off-ball coverage.
Lu Feng successfully caught the ball in one step inside the three-point line.
The two pursuing defenders were blocked by Wuqiu's screen, and UCLA's inside defense failed to keep up. Lu Feng directly caught the ball and shot——
Whoa!
Starting with 4 of 4, Lu Feng scored 9 points in a row!
Double-team me? Can you hold me?
Jordan's Law?
Sorry, that doesn’t work for me!
Jim Harrick watched Lu Feng score again from the sidelines and shook his head helplessly.
He is so strong even without the ball and cannot be restrained at all. Where did the Huskies find this monster...
Jim Harrick shook his head and sighed: Tired, destroy it quickly~
Lu Feng was worried at first that UCLA's off-ball double-teaming would get him into trouble, but after running a play, he found that he was overthinking it.
With his current speed and explosive power, as long as he plays without the ball, no one can stop him!
The only thing that limits Lu Feng is his physical strength and accuracy of catching and shooting.
But it is a pity that Lu Feng does not lack both of these. No one in UCLA can guard him.
Moreover, the Huskies originally played a combo guard swing in the backcourt. Lu Feng and Eldridge can both control the ball and play without the ball.
Therefore, even if Lu Feng switches to playing without the ball, there will be no problems with the team's operation.
As a result, Lu Feng ran, caught the ball, shot, ran, caught the ball, and shot again and again...
Unknowingly, Lu Feng's score is getting higher and higher...
In addition, the other members of the Huskies team, except for Doug Meekins, who can only eat cakes, all four have good shooting abilities.
Lu Feng played without the ball to attract double teams and created many 4-on-3 opportunities for others, so not surprisingly, the rest of the Huskies also opened up.
Except for the first 4 shots, in the rest of the first half, Lu Feng took the ball without exception, which also caused great trouble to UCLA.
He is like a wallowing loach on the court. Whenever UCLA's double team relaxes a little, he will catch the ball and take a shot.
But when the double-team became tight, he used various movements to disrupt UCLA's defense.
At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 41:52, with the Huskies leading by 11 points!
Lu Feng made 11 of 16 shots in the first half, 4 of 6 3-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 28 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
The team's second-highest scorer was not Eldridge, but Jeff Brown, who made 6 of 6 in the first half and unknowingly scored 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
Eldridge only took 7 shots in the first half, and scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists on 3 of 7 shots.
Lu Feng was a little confused after reading the halftime statistics.
He felt like he didn't play much, but in the end he actually took 16 shots and scored 28 points in the half. Is this what the NCAA is all about?
In the first half, I almost kept running, catching and shooting, running, catching and shooting. I didn't feel as strong as before on the court.
You know, in the first half, except for the beginning, Lu Feng's remaining shots were either quick pulls after pick-and-rolls or fadeaway jumpers, or some catching the ball. The timing of the shots was not particularly good.
And for Jeff Brown, Lu Feng didn’t even remember what happened to his 6 shots, but he actually scored 12 points in all of them!
Lu Feng had previously imagined that he could average 30 points per game in the NCAA like Durant.
Originally, he thought it would be difficult to average 30 points per game. After all, an NCAA game only averages about 70 points. But after halftime, he found that he had been overthinking it.
The NCAA of this era is completely different from the one he knew 10 years from now. The games are played much faster and the scores are frighteningly high!
Averaging 30 per game is simply not enough. He has every chance to average 35 per game!
"At the end of the half, Washington led UCLA by 11 points 52:41. This was a result that no one expected before the game. Washington completely suppressed UCLA!"
"And don't forget, the Washington Huskies scored 52 points in the first half. Although UCLA is an offensive team, their defense is not that weak. Last season, they averaged 82 points per game while also
Limiting the opponent to only 74 points, 41 points in the half is definitely UCLA's normal level, but Washington's offense, which scored 52 points in the half, was obviously stronger, and UCLA couldn't defend it at all!"
"Last season, the strongest offensive team was LMU led by Hank Gathers. They averaged 112 points per game last season, and the Huskies will be a big challenge for LMU this year.
I'm looking forward to the game between the Huskies and LMU. Hank Gathers and Lou will be another pair of Earvin Johnson and Larry Bird in the 1990s!"
Note: LMU averaged 112 points per game in the 1988-89 season, and even more terrifyingly averaged 122 points per game in the 1989-90 season! Before the Bulls’ double dynasty, influenced by the Celtics and Lakers in the Magic Birds era, the NCAA was full of
For all kinds of offensive teams, basketball is a circle, with a 20-year cycle of offense and defense.
“I think it’s because the Washington Huskies brought in coach Lynn Nance this year, who went 25-5 at St. Mary’s last season and won the ACC Conference Championship and ACC Coach of the Year.
Coming in completely frees up the Huskies offense."
"Hey man, isn't it because of the road? He scored 28 points in the first half with only 3 free throws and 16 shots. This kid is crazy!"
"UCLA conducted various double teams on the road in the first half, just like the Pistons did against the Bulls Jordan, but last season Jordan changed his style of play. He reduced the ball-handling offense and post-up singles and became a
Pitchers who catch and shoot are the same as they are now. In this year’s Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons failed to guard Jordan. The Jordan Rules have failed!"
When people later looked back on Jordan, they saw in the highlights a Jordan full of pull-ups, dunks and post-ups. But in fact, Jordan's main offensive method since 1988 has been running, catching and shooting.
Kobe's style of play is more like Jordan before 1988. Jordan after 1988 is more like Klay who doesn't shoot three-pointers. His strongest weapons are running without the ball and catching and shooting.
Chapter completed!