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Chapter 12 Maddie?
Two hours before the game, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Dean Smith Arena, named after Michael Jordan's mentor Dean Smith, is already full.

What is about to start is the NCAA focus game, a duel between rivals.

North Carolina VS Duke.

In the home locker room, North Carolina head coach Roy Williams received information about the players starting for the game.

On the paper it is impressively listed:

F Mason Plumlee;

F Miles Plumlee;

F Xiao Chen;

G Austin Rivers;

G Seth Curry.

Williams turned the paper over, checked that the back was blank, and turned the paper back to the front.

The message on paper was succinct, and if the names are not mistaken, Duke had three big men in the starting lineup at the same time.

There's nothing special about the guards, and Seth Curry and Austin Rivers have been a common backcourt duo for Duke this season.

But the three insiders are the first time Duke has used them this season.

"It seems that Krzyzewski prepared a surprise for us." Williams said to the assistants around him.

"Is he going to use the 2-meter-tall Plumlee brothers or the 11-meter-tall Austin Rivers to defend Harry?" Williams asked the assistant coach Baker next to him.

"Maybe he is planning to use Chen Xiao to defend Harry." Baker shook his wits, and was actually close to the answer.

After all, the two of them burst out laughing.

"Chen Xiao, who is 2 meters tall? He's great, but he can't defend against our Black Hawk." Roy Williams stopped laughing and said firmly.

After the pre-match session, the players are ready to kick off.

Chen Xiao, who was recalling the technical characteristics of Barnes in his mind, felt that someone was staring at him.

Turning around, Harrison Barnes was eager to try.

The look in Barnes' eyes told Chen Xiao that Barnes was gearing up to give him a good look, and Barnes might even be fantasizing about dunking him on the head.

Chen Xiao, who was just planning to try his best to limit Barnes, suddenly raised his defense to the highest level.

Even if you don't get 20 points today, you have to restrict Barnes.

Chen Xiao's heart was ruthless, and he was ready to fight.

With the whistle of the referee, Chen Xiao, who was more focused and bigger, easily helped the team win the ball for the first time.

Little Rivers, who was in charge of the ball, raised his fist according to the tactics, signaling Chen Xiao to enter the low position.

While running to the inside, Chen Xiao observed the defensive pattern of North Carolina's inside.

It was discovered that North Carolina had indeed arranged targeted arrangements for him.

The strength of North Carolina is that it has more than one Harrison Barnes.

There are also twin towers on the inside of North Carolina. Last season, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) was a 2-meter tall Tyler Zeller and last season's ACC best defensive player was 13 meters tall. John Henson.Both of them have the first round of quotations.

White big center Zeller defends Chen Xiao from the front, and John Henson, who looks like an octopus, is ready to supplement the defense from the side at any time.

In just a few steps, Chen Xiao's mind turned a thousand times. During Zeller's continuous confrontation, Chen Xiao stood in a low position on the right side of the basket with a little force, and stuck Zeller firmly behind him with his generous back.

Seeing that Chen Xiao was successfully claiming the position, Rivers threw the basketball into the inside lane without hesitation.

After receiving the ball, Chen Xiao held the ball with his back to Zeller's right hand. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Hansen slightly in front of the basket.

Immediately exerting force backwards, with a "bang", Zeller's tense body leaned back sharply. Seeing a light behind him, Chen Xiao put down the ball without hesitation and turned around to break through the bottom line.

Immediately afterwards, there was another "bang", this time it was the groan of the basket.

Another iconic Chen Xiao attack.

Chen Xiao was beating up Zeller as a Maple, but the two really look alike.

Both are the second of three brothers, with an older brother and younger brother.

And both of them are quite white in appearance, but Plumlee has one-eighth black blood, so he is actually counted as black.

Even though it was just an attack, Chen Xiao had already marked Zeller as "out of line".

This man's strength is about the same as that of Mason Plumlee. If they form a one-on-one match, don't hesitate to catch the ball and take it directly.

Duke's first attack was easy, and it did not disturb the North Carolina players' psychology. After all, Chen Xiao's prediction of the draft pick was not fake.

But looking back, Duke's defensive position caused waves in the hearts of North Carolina players, especially Harrison Barnes.

Chen Xiao was standing an arm's length away from him. Barnes scanned his surroundings and the position of his feet. He was standing one step away from the three-point line, and Chen Xiao was indeed the closest to him.

So according to Duke's favorite man-to-man defense, his defender is Chen Xiao.

North Carolina guard Kendall Marshall hesitated, but still beckoned Barnes to come over and catch the ball.

According to North Carolina coach Roy Williams' pre-match arrangement, this game will be dominated by Barnes.

Although Barnes' defense is somewhat unexpected, the coach's arrangement still has to be implemented.

After stepping forward to get the ball, Barnes waved his hand and signaled his teammates to pull away.

He will start to single Chen Xiao from outside the three-point line.

Looking at Barnes, who was pretending and acting a lot, Chen Xiao began to speak.

"Harry, as 'McGrady', you should go straight for the three."

Barnes didn't know what to say. He was indeed considered to be Tracy McGrady before, but that was his high school template.

And his name is Harrison, not Harry.The relationship between him and Chen Xiao didn't seem to be simplified to that of Harry.

After being disturbed by Chen Xiao's words, Barnes made a three-threat move as usual. Seeing that Chen Xiao retreated a little bit, he immediately pulled up and shot.

It seems that he still likes his high school template very much.

Although Chen Xiao withdrew a little later, the general principle was that the "prevention of sudden release" did not change. Seeing that Barnes's toes had left the ground, Chen Xiao quickly stepped forward, and he did not try to take off to block the shot.

Instead, he straightened his arms as hard as he could in the direction of Barnes' shot point, and straightened his fingertips.

The slight touch of the middle fingertip told Chen Xiao that he had blocked Barnes' shot.

The ball lost its upward force and fell quickly, Chen Xiao turned around and copied the ball in mid-air.

After passing the ball to Rivers, Chen Xiao ran forward, and the next attack was still Duke's most familiar low-post tactic.

Catching the ball was still as easy as last time, but the difference was that North Carolina didn't give Chen Xiao the time to play on his back this time.

As soon as the ball passed out of the defender's hands, John Henson rushed towards Chen Xiao with his unique and somewhat strange steps.

Chen Xiao, who received the ball, was facing the encirclement of two people, as if he had been locked in a cage. He could only observe the dynamics of the court through 4 black and white "cage bars" of different lengths.

(End of this chapter)