Chapter 101: The three-point shooter is online
Lamb and Tang Tian crossed the run, and Oriage and Smith blocked in the high and low positions.
Lamb's movement has kept Duke's defensive attention from the floor, and he is, after all, Connectn's second-leading scorer.
At this moment, Tang Tian quietly slipped to the bottom corner of the right side.
Walker saw the pass and shook his hand.
Tang Tian did not hesitate after receiving the ball, and shot directly.
"Huh!"
The ball swirled in the air and crossed an arc before falling steadily into the net.
Tang Tian hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up in the first half!
The Kangda fans at the scene cheered constantly, and this three-point was quite comfortable!
"Ryan, leave the others alone, the people who follow you." Coach K reacted quickly, and he immediately recognized the change in Kangda's tactics and shouted at Kelly.
Tang Tian doesn't average many points per game, but he is the player with the highest three-point shooting percentage in the tournament so far.
Many coaches don't realize this, but Coach K is very well prepared before the game.
Duke's offense, Irving went to the front court to give the ball to Smith and ran the tactics, and he didn't attack as hard as in the first half.
Duke's tactical coordination, Smith distributed the ball to Singler, and Singler leaned on Tang Tian's layup on the side.
"Bang!"
However, as soon as the ball was shot, a hand came out from the side and slapped his shot out of the field.
Oriarchie!
Singler's face was full of surprise, Oriache was still under the basket one second, why did he get out of the restricted area the next second?
When did he move so fast?
Duke's sideline ball, Smith breaks, Kelly cuts to the basket, and he has shaken off Rosec Smith.
Smith raised his hand and passed the ball inside.
"Smack!"
But as soon as the ball was shot, it was cut off by Lamb in front of him!
After Lamb broke the ball, he rushed to the front court, and after confronting Irving, he caused the latter's beater to foul.
The whistle on the scene continued, and after Kangda came up in the second half, there was a significant improvement at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
Coach K frowned at this time.
His insight is very strong, just now Kangda's two consecutive waves of defense, the players are like doping, Oriage's movement speed, Lamb's concentration, is not like what they can usually have.
It felt like I was playing at 120 percent.
What the hell happened to these guys at halftime?
Lamb hit both free throws, and Constanta hit Duke with a 5-0 spurt as soon as the second half came up.
"Carey." Coach K made a tactical gesture to Owen at this point.
Owen nodded, and when he got to the frontcourt, he motioned for his teammates to pull all the way away.
Kangda's defensive concentration is too high now, and Duke will suffer when he plays tactics, and Coach K is repeating his old trick and letting Irving play alone like in the first half.
There is a ceiling on hard work, and in the face of absolute talent difference, the improvement will not have much effect, and when Owen plays a few times in a row, Kangda's morale will fall back, and this defensive state should naturally disappear.
Irving continued to change direction early, and Walker pressed hard to keep out the space to break through.
Owen dribbled the ball from behind his back, shook out a bit of space, and then changed direction in front of his crotch.
A series of dribbles dazzled, and although Walker was trying hard to follow, he was still caught by Irving and broke through.
Irving hit the inside to meet Oriage's small lever, causing the latter's batter to foul.
There was a burst of cheers from Duke fans, and Irving was Duke's simplest and most effective nuclear weapon.
Irving hit both free throws, and Duke still led by 17 points.
Kangda's offense, Tang Tian's running position did not get a chance, whether it was Kelly, but the substitution after the blocking, Tang Tian was closely followed.
Duke is not going to give him the same open spot as he used to be.
Tang Tian took the initiative to block and dismantle Walker after seeing it, and after dismantling it, Walker held the ball and killed it.
He was fierce and looked a little enraged by the ball in front of Owen.
Duke's defense shrank in under Coach K's shouting, and just then, Smith ran to the outside to make a block for Tang Tian.
Walker didn't make a shot after bursting into the penalty area, slipped around and then threw his hand and passed the ball out.
Tang Tian received the ball, just the space that Smith blocked for him, the opportunity was fleeting, he did not hesitate and made a decisive shot.
"Huh!"
With the knife in his hand, Tang Tian hit two three-point shots in a row!
The cheers of the UConn fans exploded.
They remembered Tang Tian's 7 shots and 21 points against Georgetown University in the regular season, and Tang Tian's three-point shot that killed North Carolina when he scored 8 in 16!
Their three-point shooter is already online!
Coach K was obviously stunned at this time.
He knew that Tang Tian would be the point of attack in the second half of Kangda, but looking at this posture, this is not only the point of attack, but also the main point of attack? Even Walker's offense is covering for him?
He didn't wait for Irving to dribble past half court, and directly reached out and called a timeout.
"Mason protects the penalty area, and the others keep an eye on that Don, don't, don't give him another chance to make a three-point shot!" Coach K spoke significantly higher in decibels this time than before.
After the timeout, Duke's offense, Irving continued to eat Walker, successive crotch succession to change direction in advance, and then suddenly Shammgod.
Walker still didn't keep up with Irving, who this time went straight ahead of Oriage's defense and scored a quick layup.
The margin is back to 16 points.
Walker took the ball to the front court and continued to play.
This time Tang Tian was really entangled by death, no matter how he borrowed to block and dismantle the position, Duke didn't give him a chance.
This is the limitation of open three-pointers, and it is also the biggest difference between Novak and Ray Allen and Thompson, most of the offense of the latter two relies on catch-and-shoot three-point shots after tactical runs, and Novak must run in a good position and wait for the ball to be shot.
It may seem like a subtle difference, but open threes and catch-and-catch threes are two completely different concepts.
However, Tang Tian's running drew the attention of Duke's defense on the court, and Lamb's air cut received Walker's pass and layup.
Kang Da came back in the second half and scored 4 attacks in a row!
The score difference was narrowed to 14 points at once!
"Defend! Defend! ”
The streak of scoring piqued the passion of UConn fans.
"Come on, Blue Devil!"
However, at this moment, the Duke fans on the opposite side also began to chant slogans, and the numerical advantage made their decibel overshadowing the UConn fans.
Irving continued to single Walker up front, scoring twice in a row, and he's now full of confidence.
The front of the body changes direction, the back dribble receives the front of the body, the crotch is connected to the inside and outside, and Owen still flies up beautifully.
The moment Walker's center of gravity changed, Irving changed hands and was ready to break through from the left side.
"Smack!"
But as soon as the ball left his hand, it was slammed off by Walker!
Although Walker was scored by Irving, he was not discouraged, but kept watching, and at 120% of the time, he finally succeeded in defending once!
Irving chased after Walker from behind, and Walker didn't go to the front court, but threw the ball to the weak-side three-point line.
Over there, Tang Tian's first fast attack was already in place.