Chapter 43 Wheel War(1/2)
The score came to 5:0.
The Jayhawks continued their offense.
The Wildcats tightened up on defense.
The offense of the Jayhawks' interior players is the key, and Su Yi and Curry help the interior players with defense.
Shooting guard Sean Taylor had no chance to penetrate the ball, so he passed the ball back to small forward Brad Morningstar.
Morningstar was about to catch the ball when suddenly a gust of wind blew around him.
Su Yi came too fast like a tornado!
As a man with a lot of movement speed on defense, this kind of hooky pass is basically a free pass.
Morningstar subconsciously felt that there was someone behind him, but this speed of defense had subverted his perception as an amateur player.
He just wanted to touch the basketball with his hand, but Su Yi's long arm directly swatted the ball away, leaving him no chance.
In a flash, the elementary school student Curry switched offense and quickly came to the frontcourt.
Shooting guard Sean Taylor followed Curry and returned to defense at full speed.
However, just when Curry was about to go for a layup, he suddenly slammed the ball on the floor behind him.
Sean Taylor, who is 1.93 meters tall, looks back.
Su Yi, who was following closely behind, caught the basketball, leaving him almost no time to react.
Su Yi is like a demon lord descended from heaven and an evil god entering the world.
He slammed the basketball into the basket with both hands.
This powerful inertia naturally knocked Sean Taylor aside.
This wonderful dunk also won a few whistles from the audience.
Obviously, the University of Kansas did not enter the state at the beginning and showed its true strength.
Two more rounds later, Stephen Curry hit a big three-point shot one step away from the three-point line.
The Davidson College Wildcats lead the University of Kansas Jayhawks 14-4.
It achieved a double-digit lead at the beginning, which can be said to be a dream start.
The state of the Jayhawks has also attracted much attention from all walks of life, and their opening performance has also been criticized by many people.
"There is no doubt that this year's Jayhawks have not shown a good competitive state. They are completely different from last year's Jayhawks. If they cannot effectively reduce their mistakes, it will be difficult to go further in March Madness." ESPN Gold Medal
Narrator Doris Burke doesn't mince words.
However, their head coach Bill Self was sitting at attention, his expression not changing at all.
As a traditional prestigious school, the University of Kansas has a strong ability to adjust.
Their tactical system is very rich, and the players have gone through a lot of training in normal times.
Every player on the Jayhawks is a screw.
I have to admire the strong dominance of the NCAA coaches. The players almost have no thoughts of their own, but are machines that can only execute tactics.
In his opinion, the Wildcats' little climax just now was just an act of beating their old master to death with random punches.
Jayhawk was beaten to pieces by Su Yi just now, mainly because he didn't understand him.
After just a few rounds, the Jayhawks players determined Su Yi's identity: a defensive leader with outside shooting ability.
Sure enough, the defensive strategies of the players on the field changed.
With big center Cole Aldridge guarding the interior, the Jayhawks expanded their defensive coverage.
Curry received intense attention from two defenders.
This Brad Morningstar is pestering Su Yi like a dog-skin plaster. Although his defensive ability is not that strong, he is just for consumption.
The pressure from big center Cole Aldridge on the inside radiates to the outside.
After all, the Jayhawks are a top-notch team, and this can be seen from the defensive aspect. Their defense changes are very good.
Su Yi and Curry's pick-and-roll is also difficult to break their zone defense.
Basketball's outside conduct for the Wildcats can only rely on the personal abilities of Su Yi and Curry to attack.
On offense, the Jayhawks moved power forward Marcus Morris to the high post to catch the ball.
Andrew Lovedale likes tough opponents, but Marcus Morris has a certain job.
He has a certain ability to make open mid-range shots, which makes Lovedale unable to use them.
Center Cole Aldridge faces Ben Arison in the paint, and his hook is also a relatively stable way to score.
The Jayhawks are gradually finding their groove.
The Wildcats mainly rely on Curry and Su Yi's strong shooting, and their shooting percentage has dropped a bit compared to before, and Cole Aldridge can protect the backcourt rebounds well.
After all, the Jayhawks are a strong team. Compared with those rotten teams in the Southern Division before, both offense and defense are obviously not on the same level.
The score gap tends to get closer.
With 7 minutes left in the first half, the score on the field was Wildcats 26:21 Jayhawks.
The score was brought back to five points.
Seeing the score approaching, the atmosphere at the scene finally became noisy again.
At this time, the Jayhawks requested a substitution.
Small forward Morningstar, who was opposite Su Yi, was replaced.
What was replaced was Mario Little, a top defensive player: a small forward with a height of 1.98 meters.
After Mario Little came up, he still clung to Su Yi like a dog-skin plaster.
Su Yi instantly understood that the opponent was using a wheel battle to consume himself.
However, Curry has been facing double teams from the opposite side. Curry, who has always been tightly guarded, has not had a high shooting percentage recently.
There are no scoring methods in the team now, so someone must step up!
Su Yi made a crazy move, and Mario Little followed Su Yi ghostly behind.
Finally, Su Yi took advantage of Ben Arison's screen to catch the basketball.
Mario Little gets into a defensive stance.
As a small forward over two meters tall, Su Yi 83's ball-handling attributes can move the ball smoothly, almost like a defender.
After two feints, Mario Little wanted to take the ball, but Su Yi turned around and passed him cleanly.
Facing the big center Cole Aldridge under the basket, Su Yi had already increased his speed and forced Aldridge to get a layup.
The score was back to seven points.
This goal can be said to be Su Yi's disintegration of the Jayhawks' defense purely by relying on his personal ability.
However, faced with this kind of consumption in turns, Su Yi's physical fitness also began to decline.
What's more, Su Yi has to help the inside line on the defensive end, so it is difficult to find opportunities against this kind of defense on the offensive end.
The scores of both sides increased alternately, and the scene could be said to be extremely heated.
Finally, Su Yi found another opportunity to catch the basketball, faced Mario Little and made a free shot, hitting two points.
The current score is 40:33.
With two minutes and thirty seconds left in the first half, the score gap continued to return to seven points.
Su Yi was obviously getting better at it, and he felt that he could defeat this clingy guy.
On the next dead ball, the Wildcats requested a substitution.
The person that McKillop wanted to replace was Su Yi, who had just scored.
Su Yi was unwilling to give up, but he also understood what McKillop meant. He couldn't get ahead. The most critical moment would be behind him, so he had to maintain sufficient physical fitness.
Small forward Nelms walked onto the court.
After Su Yi was replaced, the Wildcats' offensive and defensive levels obviously declined.
Cole Aldridge and Marcus Morris are giving it a go.
The Wildcats can only rely on Curry to run the offense.
The score difference was gradually getting closer at the end of the first half.
The score has become Wildcats 44:41 Jayhawks.
University of Kansas coach Bill Self folded his arms and watched all this silently.
As well as the entire second half, in his opinion, it was only a matter of time before the score was overtaken.
The fans of Davidson College were also watching on tenterhooks during this period, and it was obvious that the momentum was on the opponent's side.
At the beginning of the second half, the game continued to be stalemate.
To be continued...