I'm really not a superstar

Chapter 80
"Dear viewers and friends, the second half of this season's NCAA tournament finals has begun! Who will win the championship trophy? Is it Kansas or Memphis? Let us wait and see!"

As the second half of the game began, the excited voice of the commentator appeared on the TVs of thousands of households.

Far away in Houston, in the Rockets' office, a group of bigwigs also became excited.

This is not because they still have much interest in the potential target Joey Dorsey. In fact, Dorsey's disastrous performance in the first half has already made everyone's hearts feel cold, especially in the heart of the boss Alexander. The first impression was really bad.

What made everyone excited suddenly was not only the curiosity about the final result of the game, but also the sudden addition of a small "lucky head"!
In order to increase the fun of watching the game, during the intermission, the owner Alexander suggested a small gamble, each paying $100, betting on who would win the championship trophy.

Small gambles are fun, such "small games" are part of NBA culture. Jordan and Kobe once fought with teammates and even staff in the locker room for a small gamble of 20 dollars.

To everyone in the room, $100 is a small amount of insignificant money. Since the boss wants to play, everyone is happy to accompany him.

The boss, Alexander, did his part and overwhelmed the leading University of Kansas. In his words, "Kansas has already won at the starting line."

General manager Mosaic and head coach Rick Adelman followed closely behind, staying consistent with the boss.

And Fagan, Frank Billingbury, and BJ Johnson chose Memphis. They know how good the University of Memphis is.

More importantly, they are supporters of Joey Dorsey. Although Dorsey played like shit in the first half, he had to finish his appointment with tears in his eyes!
Now they and Dorsey are grasshoppers on the same rope. In front of the boss, there is no retreat except to support Dorsey.

Fortunately, after the adjustment at halftime, Memphis entered the state relatively quickly in the second half.

On the first attack in the second half, Rose didn't hold the ball too much. During the rushing process, he suddenly passed the ball to Dorsey. Dorsey made the ball faster and immediately passed it to CD on the outside.

CD faked a shot, feinted, grounded the pass, and smacked the ball into the hands of Robert Dozier, who was about to come down inside.

Dozier catches the ball and dunks in one go.

The score was moved to 44:41.

Kansas served, but as soon as Chalmers received the ball, he felt a strong pressure.

Derrick Rose is tightly wrapped around him!
Memphis used a full-court press in the second half!
The change in defensive strategy made Kansas very uncomfortable. Chalmers tried to get rid of Rose's entanglement with the ball, but Rose stuck close to him like a gangrene.

After getting rid of Rose several times in a row, he failed to get rid of Rose. Seeing that he had stayed in his own half for too long, Chalmers could only pass the ball.

But Memphis' full-court press and man-to-man are in unison, and everyone is surrounded by opposing players.

After much difficulty, Chalmers saw Darrell Arthur make a gap and came to meet him, and he quickly passed the ball.

But as soon as the ball went out, a big black man suddenly came out from behind Arthur, stepped up to grab it, blocked in front of Arthur, and blocked the ball first.

It was Joey Dorsey!

Dorsey deliberately sold a loophole to create an opportunity to grab, and he was caught by him.

It's just that his state is really not good, but he didn't catch the ball at the first time, but was blocked.

Formed a 1/2 ball situation, Arthur and Dorsey rushed to the ball at the same time.

Fortunately, Dorsey was a little bit ahead of Arthur. His hand touched the ball first, and he threw the ball forward.

It's hard to say whether it was an unintentional clearance or an intentional pass.Still, it turned out pretty well, with the ball flying to Antonio Anderson on the perimeter.

The "poor man's version of Iguodala" also has a big heart. He catches Fei with his hands up, leans over to scatter his hooves, and makes three-pointers from the outside.

Go in!

Hands up and down, score three points!

The score was tied to 44:44!

After 45 seconds in the second half, the score was equalized, and the two teams returned to the same starting line!
Except for the fans and gamblers of the two teams, the rest of the fans are the ones who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement. The more stalemate and fierce the game, the more exciting they watch!
The commentator is also very good at creating an atmosphere, yelling from the commentary booth: "Beautiful! A three-pointer that is enough to go down in history! Maybe this goal will change the championship! What happened during the intermission! Card Coach Lipari once again showed his amazing ability to correct mistakes! His team took only 45 seconds to close the previous disadvantage!"

In Houston, everyone in the office was happy and sad.

Although it was only a small gamble of $100, it divided the people in the house into two distinct camps.

The boss, Alexander, is naturally dejected. As a billionaire, he "hundreds of thousands every minute", and $100 is not enough to eat a bowl of "chop suey noodles".He didn't care about the money, but mainly because he was too embarrassing in front of his subordinates. He just said "win at the starting line", but before he even started, his position was tied by others.

The boss is not happy, and Mosaic and Adelman can only put on the appearance of a common enemy.

In the other camp, BJ Johnson didn't dare to make trouble in front of the boss. He could only watch his mouth and nose, nose and heart, like an old monk in meditation.

Fagan and Mr. Billingbury didn't care so much, and clapped their hands and cheered.

Moreover, Fagan did not forget to see the needles, and said a few words for Dorsey: "This three-pointer, more than half of the credit should be credited to Dorsey! His astute steals and precise passing can at least account for a part of it." 80% of the ball's credit!"

Alexander looked displeased, and snorted coldly: "That ball was a blind pass, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a clearance!"

"How could it be a blind pass? Leslie, this is an NBA-level player. Every ball is a manifestation of skill and consciousness..."

Before Fagan finished speaking, Adelman said: "From the point of view of a professional coach, that ball is definitely a blind pass!"

"..."

Fagan was speechless now.

However, the old man Fulan Billingbury next to him said: "It doesn't matter whether it's a blind pass or a precise pass, these are not important, the key is that Memphis' style of play has changed, and this Joey West's style of play also changed, which was the key to their quick equalizer in the second half."

The old man is highly respected. Although he is only a columnist, his qualifications and knowledge are there. His views are authoritative, and even Adelman cannot easily deny them.

And the old man's vision was indeed "poisonous", and he explained the crux of the problem in one sentence.

Both Dorsey and Memphis have indeed changed their style of play.

The defensive full-court pressing is obvious, and it has indeed achieved certain results, but this is not the most critical.

The key is that in the offense, the DDM tactics that the team relies on for survival are running smoothly!
DDM tactics (the Dribble-Drive Motion Offense) are fundamental to the University of Memphis.There was no Rose last season, and they also reached the top 8 with this tactic.If he hadn't met Oden who was in full swing, he could have gone further.

And this year, with super point guard Derrick Rose, it has given wings to this tactical system.

Rose played smoothly and vividly in the DDM tactical system, and by the way, led his teammates to also play with ease. Memphis' "Iron Triangle" is famous.

It is precisely because the team is running so smoothly and the individual is so wonderful that people forget the role of the DDM tactical system in the team, and even mistakenly think that Memphis is relying on Rose's talent and the Iron Triangle's personal ability to achieve such results.

Relying on the personal abilities of the stars, the team may become a strong team, but if it wants to compete for the championship, it must be based on a perfect and smooth tactical system.

Now, in the final, when the team encounters difficulties and the two ends of the iron triangle are firmly restricted, the importance of the tactical system is revealed!
Speaking of it, the smoothness of the team's tactical system in the second half is closely related to the change of Dorsey's style of play.

During the intermission, he carefully considered his current physical condition and decided to change his style of play, reduce holding the ball and play team basketball.

What he said to Kashuai was not just flattery, but actually his real thoughts and decisions.

In the previous games, as the inside pillar of the Iron Triangle, his offense with the ball accounted for a large proportion, but now he voluntarily gives up the offense with the ball, completely transforming himself into an axis, and only does one thing well , That is to keep moving, catching and transferring.

DDM tactics emphasize non-stop dribbling, breakthrough, and distribution.The defender is the core, but to run smoothly, the inside is the key.

Because he bears the heavy responsibility of receiving and transferring, like a screw in the core component of a precision instrument, it looks inconspicuous, but it cannot function at all without him.

When Dorsey put down his thoughts on collecting data and turned himself into a screw, the team's DDM tactical system began to operate efficiently and smoothly.

Memphis attacked, Rose broke through Chalmers' defense, facing Brandon Rush who came to defend from a diagonal stab, he chose to split the ball, and the ball was passed to Dorsey inside again.

Sasha Cowan, who was behind Dorsey, did not dare to neglect, and held Dorsey tightly, preventing him from turning around.

But Dorsey was not prepared to play singles at all, and the ball was passed to the outside.

The two of them have pinned down three defenders.

The outside CD received the ball, and after attracting the opponent's attention, he immediately crossed the ball and the ball reached Anderson's hands. At this time, the opponent's defense line was completely messed up.

Anderson hadn't shot yet, and made another pass, but Rose had already pulled out to catch the ball!
Rose catches, shoots, hits!

Memphis' offense is extremely fluid.

Although Dorsey was only a part of it, he neither scored nor assisted in this attack. Ordinary fans may not have noticed it, but in the eyes of real professionals, they all saw the way.

"Good job, Dorsey!" Kashuai praised loudly from the sidelines.

And far away in Houston, Rockets coach Rick Adelman shines.

Isn't this the insider of the Princeton system that I was looking for so hard? !
(End of this chapter)