This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 60
PJ Tucker gets his third foul.

If it weren't for his teammates to stop PJ Tucker who was about to get angry with the referee in time, maybe he would get a technical foul.

Rick Barnes replaced PJ Tucker to prevent him from receiving another foul in the last tens of seconds of the first half. In that case, PJ Tucker in the second half would have to Reduce playing time, even if he barely plays, it will be difficult to show his deterrent power on the defensive end.

Although LaMarcus Aldridge made a buzzer-beater at the end of the first half.

But the score was further widened.

39-28.

爱国者队这边拉马尔.巴特勒15分，周林8分4助攻3篮板，杰.刘易斯6分7篮板，托尼.斯金4分3助攻，威尔.托马斯，4分3篮板，里奇.布莱尔2分1篮板1抢断。

长角牛队，拉马库斯.阿尔德里奇12分5篮板，丹尼尔.吉布森6分3助攻，PJ塔克2分2篮板2助攻。

With an 11-point score advantage at halftime, the Patriots have a huge psychological advantage.

Wake Forest University, who played averagely on the field, trailed by 5 points in the first half and had internal strife. Now against the University of Texas, one of the strongest teams in the league, they led by 11 points at the end of the first half. The University of Washington, a strong team that almost won.

Is it strong when you meet the strong?
Or... are you fighting the elite?

Or maybe the George Mason Patriots have the potential to be a giant killer.

"Texas Longhorns, to hell with them."

"As long as we give 100 percent, we can beat any team."

During the half-time break, Coach Jim affirmed the hard work of the players and the sharing of the ball, and also poured a lot of chicken soup into the team, so that at the beginning of the second half, the fighting spirit was high, and there was fierceness in the eyes, but it was like Same as the team behind.

No adjustments were made to the starters of the two sides in the second half.

Rick Barnes did not deprive PJ Tucker of the starting qualification for the second half. Facing the embarrassing situation where there are only two fouls left and he will be sent off, PJ Tucker's playing is also declaring the tough attitude of Texas. It is also testing pressure with the referee.

However, the Patriots players who had just been fed a large bowl of chicken soup did not slack off because of their double-digit lead, but became more excited and fighting.

Lamar Butler, who opened the game, continued to show his good touch and hit the first 3-pointer in the second half.

His hit rate reached 7 of 5 shots, which can be called terror.

In this game, in front of the high school star player Daniel Gibson, they had the advantage.

The two have similar styles of play, except that Daniel Gibson has a stronger body, so he won't be regarded as a loophole on the defensive end.

Of course, in the first half, LaMarcus Aldridge, the opponent's player with the best touch, was still strong in the second half. Coach Jim has already changed three players to defend him alone, but in the case of single defense, Aldridge's No one can stop the shot, and the shooting rate is almost 100%.

However, this is also acceptable to Coach Jim. Aldridge scored two points and couldn't kill anyone.

Zhou Lin, who only scored 8 points in the first half, also opened up the 3-point range in the second half, because PJ Tucker was assigned to defend Will Thomas at the fourth position at the beginning of the game, and he was facing the The foot moves slowly on a lot of Aldridge.

Aldridge didn't dare to defend outside easily. Zhou Lin hit the first three-pointer at 18'12 in the second half and became the third player to score in double figures in the game.

Zhou Lin and Butler's two three-pointers also hit Rick Barnes hard in the face.

Facts have proved that it is not so easy to defend a special player like Zhou Lin. Although LaMarcus Aldridge is a fast-moving insider, Zhou Lin is an outside player. This is a natural mismatch.

Aldridge was also a little embarrassed by Zhou Lin, who was shooting left and right.

The only person who can limit Zhou Lin is PJ Tucker. Otherwise, once Zhou Lin, as the engine of the team, puts full pressure on the inside players, not only Zhou Lin, but other players may also be motivated.

The score was further enlarged.

16′23，爱国者队以47比34，领先着13分。

PJ Tucker also switched to defend Zhou Lin under the behest of Rick Barnes.

As long as PJ Tucker can stop being whistled by the referee within 10 minutes, then PJ Tucker is safe.

Moreover, PJ Tucker was also specifically told not to be fouled by opponents.

Because the thin Patriots players can easily win the sympathy of the referee, and the coach of the Patriots knows this very well.

PJ Tucker controlled his emotions, but also restrained his movements, especially the elbows and shoulders that were easily whistled.

But it is also a very painful thing for him to restrain his strong upper body strength.

His breakthrough is not fast on players in the same position, so the players he is often facing are tall thirds or standard-sized fourths.

Zhou Lin belongs to the third position exceeding the standard, but his speed is much faster than that of PJ Tucker. With his long arms, PJ Tucker has very few chances to shoot from a long distance.

As for breakthroughs.

PJ Tucker basically walks on the right, so it can be clearly judged that Zhou Lin just needs to stand on the right and wait to block him, and PJ Tucker’s emergency stop jumper is not his conventional weapon. It's okay to drop it once in a while.

Of course, it is still useful for PJ Tucker to play. Daniel Gibson received support from PJ Tucker several times and started to hit in the middle and long distances.

Time is passing fast.

At 12'23 seconds, Blair made his debut again, got a pass from Zhou Lin as soon as he came on the field, and made the second goal of the field, the first three-pointer in his NCAA career.

Today's Longhorns home basket is friendly enough to the Patriots.

There are about [-]% of the three-pointers, even higher than the two-pointers.

When the Patriots players raised the ball from the outside, the home fans were worried, but praying was useless.

At 9'15, Zhou Lin made a breakthrough, and PJ Tucker, who was worried about getting the fourth foul and didn't make too much effort, scored the ball from the right and gave it to Jay Lewis at the basket, allowing the latter to score double digits.

7'23, Zhou Lin received the ball at the top of the arc, the small Tony Skin, a reverse running side cut, after receiving Zhou Lin's pass, he made a layup, and caused Aldridge's foul, scored 2 +1, Zhou Lin also got the 8th assist of the field.

By the time Rick Barnes called a timeout at 6'14, the host Longhorns had fallen behind by 53 points 69-16.

(End of this chapter)