Chapter 33 [Psychological Shadow, Playing at the Beginning]

Michigan opened the game with a wave of flow, and Coach Bennett did not ask for a timeout, and the magic weapon they relied on to survive was joint defense, and in the face of fast attack, the fastest return to defense was like this.

Wisconsin attacked, Barry blocked and dismantled, dribbled into the three-point line and was entangled by Guo Xu. He couldn't get rid of the ball and turned left and right, this time he forcibly turned around and shot, leaned over, dodged the block and missed the basket, Randy grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed it to Guo Xu.

Guo Xu took a one-handed long pass, the force was just right, and the ball was accurately sent to Richardson. Richardson got rid of power forward Beal and got three steps in front of him, jumped with both feet, and the big windmill dunked the basketball with his right hand.

11-0, Guo Xu's second assist.

This wonderful dunk detonated the audience, countless spectators applauded, and Bennett reluctantly asked for a timeout.

He had to make adjustments, and his pre-game setup was all disrupted to focus on defending Cliffes' breakaway and Peterson's three-pointer, both of whom are recognized as the centerpieces and have both won the top 10 league players. As a result, after the start of the game, the main attack was two first-year youngsters.

Richardson has top-level physical qualities and has long been targeted by many NBA scouts, and it is normal to play power forward with fast speed and difficulty in guarding; Guo Xu directly made Bennett's head bigger, and strictly prevented him from being in the team's plan at all.

Isn't this kid an ordinary substitute? How does it look more like a core than Cliffes today?

After the players left the field, Izzo didn't use the tactical board and said loudly: "Solid defense, don't lose your position when you mark people, help defend near the penalty area, and defend alone in other positions." Try to play a counterattack, if they are in position, Martin singles with the ball in the middle, pay attention to Guo and Randy's no-ball cover on the right side, and if Guo is out of position or runs out of space, pass the ball to him. ”

Briefly emphasizing tactics, Izzo called Cliffes to his side and said, "Martin, you are the core of the team, everyone knows that." I need you to put your passing first today and not force a challenge to their perimeter defense specialists. Pass the ball to Guo more, the opponent will be very uncomfortable, and we will definitely win. ”

"I see." Cliffes nodded solemnly.

He's not a selfish man, and he's happy to create chances for Peterson in the Big Ten League, who was voted the best of the year in a matter of what Clifts is doing to give up the ball.

On the other side, Bennett emphasized mixed defense and no substitutions. The opponent quickly counterattacked, and it was definitely not possible to keep defending together, he couldn't solve important problems, and he didn't know how to prevent Guo Xu's "X factor". Not to mention that Bennett was unprepared, even Izzo didn't know his disciples.

The game continued, James covered Barry, Barry broke through, Randy changed the defense and pushed it outside the penalty area, Guo Xu chased after the defense, the two formed a bag, waving their arms to be airtight, so that Barry could not pass the ball smoothly to the inside teammates who cut the air.

Barry passes to the receiving outside teammate, and then wants to transfer the ball to James to attack the inside, and the more mobile center Randy has already chased and defended in place. After passing a few times, it was still a heads-up in the end, Al missed a layup under the interference of Cliffs, and center James grabbed the rebound in the front court, and scored on the second offensive board on the left side. 11 to 2.

Wisconsin struggled to break the scoring drought, and the disadvantage was obvious.

Michigan offense, Barry is also a "mad dog" style defense, close entanglement, making it difficult for opponents to receive the ball, difficult to turn, and ensuring that he shoots in the presence of interference. He restrained Arenas in this way.

Guo Xu looked for opportunities to catch the ball by constantly running without the ball, while consuming the opponent's physical strength.

In the time loop, his biggest improvement is in stamina, and no one can train like him in a continuous overdraft fashion. In reality, as long as people exercise excessively, they must rest the next day, and it is inevitable that they will be sore, but Guo Xu will wake up in bed after a good sleep, and he can continue to practice, and improving endurance is naturally twice the result with half the effort, and it can be used by ordinary people for at least two years a year.

He has been circulating for a year and a half, on the surface he is less than 19 years old, he actually has the physical conditions of many juniors and seniors, and he has far more experience in competing with masters than college players, and it is impossible for Barry to make him unable to catch the ball, and as soon as he catches the ball, it is an opportunity.

Guo Xu received the ball one meter outside the three-point line on the right side and opened the distance between Barry, dribbled the ball to his right hand under his crotch, and gently probed his right shoulder, holding the ball to the left side quickly, slamming twice, and successfully passed.

Guo Xu's speed and agility are now outstanding in the entire NCAA, and he can even beat Cliffs, who booked the NBA lottery show, and it is a piece of cake to beat Barry alone. Barry forcibly moved sideways to keep up, the 191CM center of gravity was too high, the center of gravity shifted, and he sat on the ground with a butt.

Guo Xu took the ball in the middle and stopped urgently, glanced at Barry, hesitated for a second, and waited for the opponent to get up before jumping for three points. The teammates all pulled away, no one made up for Guo Xu, and the ball went in!

14 to 2, Guo Xu's personal 8th point.

Woodson shouted, "My God, it's Jason's three points again!" What did he do? If you don't shoot immediately after shaking your opponent down, you look at each other as if you're thinking about life. ”

Horvath laughed: "He started so well that it was hard to believe that he was just a role player who was a substitute for the team, averaging 15 minutes per game, and that goal could have left a psychological shadow on Barry Hill from now on." ”

Not perhaps, the shadow area of Barry's psyche is too large to be calculated. He took the ball to the front court, Guo Xu sprayed trash talk provocatively, retreated more than two meters away, straightened up, and made a gesture of please with his right hand.

"Are you okay with your ankle? Vote for one, I won't guard against you. ”

Like Jack Lehmann, Barry is a breakaway-oriented guard and is not good at shooting threes. In the time loop, Guo Xu read Wisconsin's information countless times, keeping in mind the characteristics of his opponents, but he didn't go to the scene to watch them train.

If it was training, Barry could still score in the big vacancy, but he had just been shaken down and made a big ugly, and he hadn't played in the limelight, and his mentality began to be impatient. Stimulated by Guo Xuyi, he chose to pull out three points in the middle and shot very positively, but the strength was not grasped well, the ball bounced out of the frame, and the rebound was grabbed by Richardson.

Guo Xu received the ball in the backcourt, Barry failed to shoot a three-pointer, and became even more impatient, and went directly to the gambling steal.

Guo Xu's provocation does not mean that he despises his opponent, he wants to use this way to make Barry's mentality unbalanced and more conducive to playing. He turned and noticed Barry rushing up, dribbling the ball from his left hand behind his back to his right hand, changing direction and dribbling to the front court at full speed.

Barry didn't turn fast enough after an emergency stop, and he didn't pull Guo Xu if he wanted to foul.

He took three steps from the middle to attract small forward Charlie to make up for the defense, jumped up and split the ball with both hands to the bottom right corner, and Peterson got an open shot at his most accurate point and hit a three-pointer steadily.

17 to 2, Guo Xu's third assist.

Horvath sighed: "I think Wisconsin's dark horse road ends here, the difference in strength between the two teams is too big, and this game is likely to be a one-sided slaughter." ”

"Being 15 points down still has a chance for a team that wins offensively, but Wisconsin has always won on defense," Woodson said. Coach Bennett was in a hurry when he stood on the sidelines, he probably wanted to make a substitution, but there was no dead ball. ”

Almost used up 30 seconds of offensive time, center James missed a strong attack in the low post, Michigan quickly counterattacked, Guo Xu stepped back on the left side to shoot three points and missed, Richardson rushed to grab the rebound in the front court, and the second offensive shot caused a foul.

He hit both free throws to make it 19-2.

Bennett replaced Barry Hill with 184CM tall backup point guard Frank Redott, a bit late, and Wisconsin has already been spent.