This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 67 Zhou Lin's Foul Trouble

"The opponent is a very good team. We must play our own rhythm, share the ball and play our aggressiveness at the same time."

"Run more actively, protect the rebounds in the backcourt, and play defensive counterattacks. The fight for rebounds is not only the responsibility of the inside players, everyone must concentrate on participating."

"Will, you can try to shoot at this point, Lamar, try to divert the ball, Zhou, you have to be more decisive and faster."

During the timeout period, Coach Jim clearly pointed out that the team became hesitant on the offensive end, lacked ball sharing on the offensive end, and did not protect enough rebounds.

"Every player is part of the game and trying to change the course of the game."

Zhou Lin's game today was not only average, but also offensive.

The team relies heavily on Zhou Lin's connection. Zhou Lin's tactical status is getting higher and higher internally. However, Zhou Lin, who averaged nearly 7 assists per game, has not sent even 1 assist today. The opponent's ability to cut off the offensive connection It is too strong.

After returning from the timeout, Zhou Lin's touch began to pick up. Although the North Carolina Tar Bells cut off the connection between Zhou Lin and his teammates, Zhou Lin began to hit some difficult goals.

At 7′25, Zhou Lin received a pass from Lamar Butler. He stepped forward from the left corner to face the pincer attack from Hansbrough and David Knoll, and hit two points.

At 6′23, Zhou Lin grabbed the offensive rebound and sent it to Lamar Butler on the outside. The latter did not shoot immediately, but passed back to Zhou Lin who found a shot near the free throw line. Zhou Lin hit two points.

At 6′13, the Patriots made a good steal and made a fast break from the third line. Zhou Lin hit David Noel from the outside line and hit a 3-pointer.

Under the leadership of Zhou Lin, the Patriots played a wave of 15-8 offense.

At 3'09, he caught up to 27-32.

Zhou Lin felt better. Although his overall hit rate was only 12 of 5 and 6 of 2 three-pointers, he also scored 12 points in the first half and sent out his first assist, assisting Campbell with two fast break points.

Seeing the score gradually approaching, University of North Carolina's core insider Hansbrough finally couldn't sit still, first blocked Thomas' layup under the basket, and then hit Zhou Lin under the basket. Made Zhou Lin's second foul.

35-27.

Zhou Lin's offensive touch continued.

Facing Hansbrough, who had switched defenses to him, he made a breakthrough layup and scored the 14th point of the game.

35-29.

The turning point of the game also occurred when only 1'26 was left in the first half.

Wes Miller broke through Lamar Butler's defense, and Zhou Lin had no choice but to appear in the assist defense position.

Wes Miller didn't brake in time, but Zhou Lin didn't stand up completely, and the two collided with each other with a bang.

The referee gave Zhou Lin a blocking foul without hesitation!
"Damn!"

Zhou Lin was in a bad mood. In this short 2 minutes, he received two fouls, raising the total number of fouls to three.

Coach Jim replaced Zhou Lin in advance, and there was still more than a minute left. If Zhou Lin committed another foul, then the opening stage of the second half would be impossible to play anyway.

At the end of the first half, the Patriots at home were 31-39, trailing by 8 points.

The point difference is not too big or small, but Zhou Lin's foul crisis is very serious.

"Listen, everyone has to protect Zhou Lin, he has committed three fouls, and there are still 20 long minutes in the game."

Coach Jim said worriedly.

"Zhou Lin, try to avoid unnecessary moves on the defensive end."

If Zhou Lin can spend the first 10 minutes of the second half smoothly, the remaining two fouls will probably support Zhou Lin until the end of the game.

"I see!"

"It's not a key goal, so don't let it go."

Coach Jim was still very worried, because he knew very well that the opponent's head coach, Roy Williams, would definitely make a big fuss about Zhou Lin's three fouls.

Zhou Lin is really important to the Patriots.

In order to help Zhou Lin reduce his foul troubles, Coach Jim even put Lamar Butler on the bench in the second half and let the substitute Blair start the game in the second half.

The small guards of the University of North Carolina are a bit strong in impact. Once they break through the back line one-on-one, Zhou Lin has to make up defenses, and he is likely to lose his fouls.

And Zhou Lin did restrain his actions on the defensive end at the beginning of the second half. He did not make easy moves on the defensive end and raised his hands high so that the referee could clearly see his clean defense.

On the positive side, Zhou Lin began to adapt to David Noel's defense, and his reading of defense gradually deepened as the game progressed, even though the University of North Carolina wanted to cut off Zhou Lin's connection with his teammates.

But it is also true that the intensity and focus of the defense cannot last every minute and every second.

What's more, those difficult goals made by Zhou Lin in the first half also shook some of the determination of UNC's defense.

Under the superposition of the two situations, Zhou Lin finally began to recover the attributes he should have, and the eyesight endowed by his own height is also one of the reasons why it is difficult for the University of North Carolina to stop him from passing the ball.

At 18′06, Zhou Lin dealt the card at the top of the arc, and Blair slipped to the bottom line with no ball cover, received a pass from Zhou Lin and made a layup.

At 17′23, Tony Skinn steals Bobby Fresso and passes the ball to Zhou Lin, forming a two-lane fast pass with him. Zhou Lin throws a peach and hugs plums, and passes to Tony Skinner, the basket Easily hit two points.

15′05, David Noel made a dribble error, Zhou Lin dived into the ball, resulting in a scrimmage, and Zhou Lin also got the ball right this time, and he directly allocated it to Lamar Barrett , the latter hit a three-pointer.

Under Zhou Lin's strong recovery, the Patriots gradually regained all their sense of offense, amidst the cheers of the home fans.

The Patriots played a 17-9 offensive climax, directly tying the score.

48-48 tied.

After Royce Williams called a timeout, David Noel, who gradually lost control of Zhou Lin on the defensive end, was replaced by defender Danny Green.

Danny Green is also a defensive and long-range defender, but he still looks a little green at the moment.

Danny Green, who played only 3 minutes in the first half, showed his true qualities as a pitcher. Facing Zhou Lin, he hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to help the team continue to lead.

After all, Danny Green's size is a lot smaller than Zhou Lin's. After Zhou Lin received the ball, he just sat inside and punched.

Two pushes, turned around, layup, but at the same time Danny Green made a face-covering movement and fell down.

Zhou Lin put the ball into the basket, but the whistle sounded at the same time.

Everyone is watching the referee's gestures.

But in the next second, the referee's gesture made all the fans stop doing it.

Offensive foul!

(End of this chapter)