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Chapter 59 PJ. Tucker's Trouble

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"Lamar, great pass!"

Zhou Lin happily bumped into Lamar Butler's chest, and there was no gap between the two after the knot was opened.

Going back to the other end of the court, although LaMarcus Aldridge can still shoot difficult mid-range and post-ups on the offensive end, the Texas Longhorns without PJ Tucker are still on the defensive end. , Constantly being torn apart by the Patriots.

14′23, Zhou Lin dealt the card at the top of the arc, the ball was given to Will Thomas who cut inside, the latter broke through and passed the ball to the right corner, Lamar Butler received the ball, Aldridge swooped came out and interfered with Lamar Butler's shot with his long arm, but Lamar Butler, although he missed LaMarcus Aldridge, still chose to pass back to Zhou Lin who was still at the top of the arc. Zhou Lin almost Without any pause, he quickly passed the ball to Tony Skin in the left corner. Tony Skin hit the ball and stuffed the ball into Jay Lewis' hands. Jay Lewis made a fake shot, Attracted the attention of Daniel Gibson and Brad Buckman who were defending, and finally the ball went to Will Thomas's hands, and Will Thomas, who ended up in the end, made another dunk that ravaged the basket.

13'12, Tony Skin and Jay Lewis made a pick and roll, Tony's ball was given to Jay Lewis, Lewis went down and gave it to Zhou Lin who cut inside again, although Zhou Lin missed the shot after receiving the ball , but fought the rebound and sent the ball to the outside Lamar Butler. Lamar Butler shot very fast and hit the bull's-eye with one hit.

At 12′26, Zhou Lin broke through the defense of Mike James. Facing Aldridge who was supplementing the defense, he passed the ball to Will Thomas. Will Thomas passed the ball to Lamar Butler who was ambushing outside. Lamar Butler blocked the player who helped defend, and the latter directly hit 3 three-pointers at the bottom of the field.

9′15, Jay Lewis singled inside, missed the hook, Zhou Lin, Jay Lewis and Will Thomas, the three of them scrambled for rebounds, and the ball hit seven times before it hit the ground, and finally Will Thomas He took the floor ball and found Lamar Butler in the chaos. He shot the crazy Lamar Thomas. Without hesitation, he raised the knife and took the fourth three-pointer.

At 7'30, Rick Barnes was forced to call a timeout again.

The frustration on the defensive end has caused many stagnations in the offense.

The Patriots in the away game are 23 to 15, leading the host Longhorns by a full 8 points.

In about 7 minutes after the last timeout, the Patriots scored 11 points, of which the small pitcher Lamar Butler scored 9 points. Including the previous points, the Patriots scored 15 points. There are 4 three-pointers, and the hit rate so far is 100%.

The most terrifying thing is that 23 of the Patriots' 20 points came from assists, and all sports scores have at least three passes.

This is very difficult for Rick Barnes to accept.

"You make your opponent catch the ball so comfortable!"

Rick Barnes slapped the tactical board, wishing he could take off his suit and play.

"PJ, the team needs you, and now you need to control your fouls."

"Coach, I see."

Is there any PJ Tucker's Longhorn team's defensive level, which is at least one and a half levels worse. Now as long as PJ Tucker can control the first half and stop fouling, then his foul crisis in the second half can be lifted.

Jim, on the other hand, is also aware of this problem.

"Listen, boys, it was a good game, but the difficulty is not over. The Longhorns are a tough team. They will improve their defense in the next round. Tucker got two fouls on his back. , he is the strongest shield on the Longhorns side, but now the shield is in jeopardy so, I need to hear the referee whistle again on PJ Tucker."

"Do everything possible to let PJ Tucker get the third foul early!"

PJ Tucker, as the representative of the tough defense on the Longhorns, got into foul trouble, but he became the most vulnerable target on the court.

Indeed, with PJ Tucker, the Longhorns found their offensive rhythm in the following time. The previous second-leading scorer, Daniel Gibson, missed four consecutive shots. , finally found the crosshairs on the outside, and hit the second three-pointer of the game at 17 minutes into the first half.

Aldridge still continued his touch, constantly showing his strong personal ability in the mid-range and low positions, and his natural dislocation advantage allowed him to score consecutive points.

The Patriots did not completely extinguish the burning flame.

Although Lamar Butler did not continue his touch, he hit two irons in a row, and he had some physical crises. He was replaced by Blair with about 3 minutes left in the first half, and Blair played for less than 10 seconds. Within [-] minutes, he received a pass from Tony Skinner, succeeded in the mid-range, and hit his first goal in his NCAA career.

On the Patriots side, they also began to put pressure on PJ Tucker in various ways.

Blair is a low-profile version of PJ Tucker who is two inches shorter but has a lower center of gravity. After he came up, it was difficult for PJ Tucker to squeeze into the inside with a strong body, and Blair is also the kind of player who likes to talk trash, and PJ Tower PJ Tucker greeted each other and constantly disturbed PJ Tucker.

As for Zhou Lin, he still didn't easily shoot from the outside, but kept getting rid of PJ Tucker's death entanglement through off-ball pick-and-rolls.

Of course, if PJ Tucker uses too much force, Zhou Lin doesn't mind making his third foul of the game.

With 2′15 left in the first half, Zhou Lin scored the sixth point of the game with a layup, and all three goals were in the penalty area.

At 1'56, Zhou Lin received another pass from Blair in the middle distance, and made an air cut and made a layup.

In the next round, Blair and PJ Tucker entangled in the corner and formed a scrimmage, but PJ Tucker kept chasing the referee. He believed that this time the call was inaccurate, and Blair was behind Tucker. Applause vigorously

"Shouldn't this be called a foul?"

PJ Tucker's eyes were burning with anger, and he was even annoyed because he failed to win the entanglement with the rookie Blair.

Of course, Blair, who was two inches shorter than his opponent, did not win the scrimmage.

PJ Tucker held the ball and breathed a sigh of relief. Facing Blair was a breakthrough on the right. Blair stepped up to block it. Tucker subconsciously elbowed the way, and Blair also fell down. He clutched his chin, feeling a little painful tumbling.

Drip!

The referee gave an offensive foul without hesitation.

PJ Tucker received his third personal foul with 58 seconds left in the first half.

Rick Barnes went up to the referee and tried to change his mind, but the referee decided the call was correct.

(End of this chapter)