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Chapter 13 Battle?Take lightly!
Chen Xiao didn't panic. The higher altitude allowed him to have a good vision, and his excellent dynamic vision allowed him to observe that besides him and the two defenders, there were also teammates Maple and Maipu on the inside line. The only defender in front of the brothers was small forward Barnes.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Xiao had an idea in his mind.

First of all, Henson's defense is not a joke. He is slender and strong like an octopus. He has a wingspan of 2 meters. With his long arms waving, he has a huge defensive area.

If you pass the ball easily, there is a high probability that you will add a mistake for yourself.

Chen Xiao wrapped his hands tightly around the ball, raised his arms high, and after making a fake pass to return the ball to the outside line, he quickly flicked the ball towards the basket.

There was a bang, and the ball hit the backboard and bounced into the hands of Miles Plumlee, who had already rushed into the basket. Seeing that the ball fell into his hands, Maipu hurriedly used his legs to pour the ball into the basket.

The "exquisite" pass made the North Carolina fans silent, and only the Blue Devils fans who were 30 kilometers away from the "expedition" cheered.

After Maipu scored easily, he gave Chen Xiao a thumbs up, "Nice pass!" Maipu gestured to Chen Xiao.

After some embarrassing Chen Xiao coughed twice, he readily accepted Maipu's compliment. Our idea just now was indeed so subtle, "One-handed rebound pass shocked everyone! Who said that the center forward can't pass the ball?" Chen Xiao has already arranged the commentary for this week's top five NCAA balls in his heart.

After turning around, Chen Xiao returned to his own 3-point line and faced Harrison Barnes.

At this time, North Carolina coach Roy Williams really realized that Baker was right. Duke chose to use big center Chen Xiao to defend Barnes.

Barnes chose a three-pointer for the first attack, but he didn't make a shot, only one goal, but he didn't seize the opportunity.Williams chose to remain calm, folded his hands on his chest, and acted like a famous coach who was calm and breezy.

In this attack, Marshall, who was dribbling the ball slowly across the half court, turned to look at the coach on the sidelines. Seeing that the coach had no instructions, he chose to continue to hand the ball to Barnes.As a teammate, he still believes in Barnes' ability. The guy on the opposite side, no matter how high the predicted pick is, he can't defend Barnes with a height of 2 meters, right?

It's a pity that Chen Xiao's system does not provide the function of detecting other people's voices, otherwise Chen Xiao might want to say to Marshall, "30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, don't bully the center forward!"

For Chen Xiao, this defense was a real test.

As a talented player who grew up on the basketball court, Barnes's IQ is not low. Facing the interference of Chen Xiao's long arm, this time he chose to break through as the direction of attack.

Without feinting or threatening steps, Barnes quickly dropped the ball, lowered his center of gravity and rushed towards Chen Xiao's side.

Even though Chen Xiao had detected the opponent's intention the moment Barnes dropped the ball.

However, with the lateral movement speed of "64", even he who reacted in time could not completely block Barnes' breakthrough route with a simple sliding step.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao's turning speed and body flexibility were acceptable. When Barnes was about to pass Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao had already switched from a sideways posture to a chasing posture.

At this time, the two have chased me from the three-point line to the elbow area.

At this time, Chen Xiao had already started to adjust his pace, looking at the "ignorant and ignorant" little black eagle in front of him, he was ready.

After breaking through Chen Xiao, Barnes decided to use a powerful split button as the end of this attack.

One step, two steps, the black eagle soaring into the air faced the basket that was getting closer and closer, and was just about to exert force with its wrist, when a burst of force struck, the basketball that was originally under its control was hit out of the baseline with a "bang".

Chen Xiao, who had finished chasing caps, saw that Barnes had lost his footing due to the aerial confrontation, as if he was about to fall.Subconsciously, he stretched out his hands to support the falling Black Eagle.

From flying to wing breaking, it took less than 3 seconds.Barnes, who was leaning in the air, thought he was going to fall hard.

As a result, he was protected by Chen Xiao when he landed, and Barnes blushed when he remembered the nonsense he had uttered before the match. At the same time, he couldn't help feeling grateful.

"Crabs are not meat, I owe you one." Barnes said softly to Chen Xiao who saw that he was standing still and let go of the ball to serve.

Chen Xiao didn't take it seriously and waved his hand.

At the end of halftime, with Chen Xiao's excellent offensive and defensive performance in the opening game and the follow-up containment effect, Duke led by 40 points 32-8.

Because North Carolina adopted a defensive strategy of continuous harassment and flanking against Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao's halftime statistics were mediocre, scoring only 7 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the halftime.

……

In the home locker room at Dean Smith Arena.

Williams, who was laughing heartily before the game, can't laugh now. Looking at the halftime statistics, although North Carolina is only behind by 8 points, the pre-match arrangement has completely lost its effect.

The core of the team, Harrison Barnes, has a poor 4 points and 2 rebounds, which means that the advantage of his team has lost its effect.

The original idea of ​​Barnes bullying the small was shattered. Who can North Carolina rely on after losing its only advantage?
Insider Zeller, Henson?
They are great, even now they are only 8 points behind because of their desperate performance, but they have tried their best.

Defender Marshall, Bullock?

They didn't play as well as Seth Curry and Austin Rivers on the opposite side. They made 10 of 6 three-pointers and rained three-pointers in the Dean Smith Arena.

Facing the dull atmosphere in the locker room, Williams tugged at his white hair, but couldn't think of a good way.

……

With the whistle at the end of the game, the Duke University Blue Devils defeated the University of North Carolina Tar Heels with a score of 87 to 70.

After the game, Chen Xiao, who originally wanted to run away, was blocked by reporters from ESPN and had to accept an interview.

"Congratulations, Chen, how does it feel to beat North Carolina?" The female reporter with the ESPN logo on her chest raised her head and asked Chen Xiao.

"It feels good. There is no better moment than this. As a member of the Blue Devils, we have been training hard for this moment." Chen Xiao looked down at the floor and answered while wiping his sweat with a towel.

"Currently, you have maintained a record of unbeaten victories not only in the Atlantic Coast League, but also in all NCAA competitions. What are your goals for the upcoming March Madness?" the female reporter continued to ask.

"Of course it is the championship. The goal of the Duke Blue Devils is always to be the champion." Chen Xiao didn't even think about it, and directly gave a standard answer and said something from his heart.After all, we have won consecutive victories until now, not to mention the championship, it is too hypocritical.And old beauties eat one set.

After the declaration of the championship was released, the interview ended.

And this is North Carolina's home court. Even if Duke wins, you can't stay on the court for too long. Besides, you still say that you want to compete for the championship.

After accepting the interview, Chen Xiao hurriedly left the stadium, returned to the away locker room and finished packing, and the group took the team bus back to Durham County.

(End of this chapter)