This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 69 A ray of victory

"We need to strengthen our defense and cut off the connection between the opponent's inside and outside lines. Rich, you need to stand in this position and pay attention to defending at any time. When encountering a pick-and-roll, except for Lamar, the rest of the players adopt a defensive strategy of switching defenses. The speed must be fast, Zhou, beware of the corner three-pointer of the opponent's No. 14 player, his left corner three-pointer is 10% higher than the right corner three-pointer, and North Carolina's No. 50 inside player, once Ask for the ball at the basket, don't go around the front, he has absolute height, try to push him away from the basket, let him shoot uncomfortable."

Coach Jim used the tactical board to draw tactics continuously, paying more attention to the arrangement on the defensive end.

The game is 9 points behind, and the pure mutual attack cannot win the game, and must make achievements on the defensive end.

Zhou Lin's foul crisis was temporarily lifted, so Zhou Lin must also start to cause some trouble for the opponent on the defensive end.

Tony Skin was on the bench at the last critical moment of the second game, and Blair gained the trust of Coach Jim.

It is also because the work of the team's point guard is constantly weakening due to the arrival of Zhou Lin, and this part of the responsibilities can be replaced by Zhou Lin and Lamar Butler, and Skin's offensive ability is not enough. His outstanding performance and defensive loopholes allowed him to stay in the spectator seats at critical moments.

Back from the timeout, the University of North Carolina had the first wave of possession, and the opponent also adjusted the final lineup.

Wes Miller, Danny Green, David Noll, Rayshaun Terry, Tyler Hansbrough.

This is an incomplete starting lineup, but it is a relatively mature lineup with both offense and defense.

At the last minute, Coach Williams still trusted players who had played in the NCAA for many years.

Although Danny Green's scoring ability is not outstanding, he will be the most suitable player at the moment. He has a height, a defense, and a three-point threat.

In fact, the fourth grader, Wes Miller is a small steel cannon. Lamar Butler is still very difficult to defend. Zhou Lin tore the defense in the first round. Fortunately, Blair stood on the defense. On the line, switch positions at once.

Blair's defense is still very good. He can defend from a six-foot guard to a six-foot-[-] forward. He has been chasing Miller, and at the same time he is constantly giving the opponent some verbal and physical interference.

In this round, according to the defensive tactics arranged by Coach Jim, the Patriots executed well and did not give the latter a big chance. The time kept counting down. When there were only 35 seconds left in the 3-second round, David Noll, swaying from side to side with a pick-and-roll, cut to the inside to receive a pass from Miller, and then collided with Lewis, but the referee did not blow the whistle, but announced that the shot clock was up.

In this regard, Coach Williams was also very unhappy to communicate with the referee.

After defending one, the Patriots had a chance to chase points. Zhou Lin made a cross step and passed David Noel with his footsteps. Facing the defending Hansbrough, Zhou Lin directly hit the ball to the ground. Jay Lewis on the inside.

This was originally a chance to score two points, but at this moment, Miller did not know when he appeared under the basket, and his judgment was accurate. He directly stabbed from the bottom up, causing Lewis to lose control of the ball. .

Let this round that had a good chance of chasing points end in a mistake.

But looking back, Hansbrough's shot also missed.

At this stage, the inside players on both sides have hardly rested. It can be said that their physical strength is much greater than that of the outside players.

Another missed shot on either side.

From the end of the 6-minute timeout to 4 minutes, the scores on both sides did not increase, and the difference was still 9 points.

Watching the time go by, Zhou Lin took the initiative to ask from the outside. The Patriots were behind and were eager to score. Blair also came up in time to pick and roll Zhou Lin. Zhou Lin got into the inside, almost facing three double teams. , Hit the basket and scored.

The personal score came to 23 points.

79-72, 3'49 left.

In the next round, Hansbrough received the ball inside and made a feint, shaking Lewis. Blair went up to help defend and missed Danny Green on one side. Will Thomas went up to make up for it. Green was not greedy for merit, but turned to David Knoll on the right in an instant. Time was running out, and Zhou Lin pounced on him, trying to block the latter.

But David Noel was a fake shot, and at the moment Zhou Lin took off, he turned slightly to one side, trying to create Zhou Lin's defensive foul.

At this moment, the annoying whistle sounded again.

Zhou Lin felt that he hadn't touched the latter's body, but David Noel fell down.

This is the experience of an old ball skin.

The referee gave a foul, leaving Zhou Lin and Coach Jim speechless.

Although David Noel's three free throws only hit the first two, but it also brought the score to 9 points again, and also caused Zhou Lin's fourth foul.

81-72.
This round is too deadly!

"Don't be depressed, there is still time."

Lamar Butler saw the coach making the number four tactic gesture, and slightly met Zhou Lin's eyes.

3'19.

Zhou Lin saw that there was not much time left, and he knew what Coach Jim meant.

Now it takes 3 points.

After halftime, Lamar Butler gave the ball to Zhou Lin. At the same time, Blair came up to pick and roll. Facing the defending player, Zhou Lin directly passed the ball to Butler behind him. With the help of Zhou Lin and Lamar The height and thickness of the ball blocked Miller, and Lamar Butler barely had an offensive space.

3 points dry pull!
Lamar Butler, who has played hard for the entire game, hit a three-pointer at a critical moment!

"Good job!"

Zhou Lin gave Lamar Butler a high five.

"There are still six points!" Butler pointed to the scoreboard.

81-75, and 2'49.

There was still a six-point gap between the opponents. The Tar Bells continued to play at a slow pace. Guard Miller controlled the pace. It took about 27 seconds before they began to plan their offense.

In this critical offensive round, it was Lewis who stood up. He made an offensive foul by Hansbrough on the inside. The latter attacked with an elbow and was caught by the referee.

2′17, on the premise that the opponent was deadly defending the outside three-pointer, Zhou Lin chose to play a pick-and-roll attack with Will Thomas on the inside. Under the premise that Zhou Lin attracted enough defensive attention, Will Thomas A rare two-point hit from the left corner.

1′48，81-77，爱国者队只落后4分。

The Patriots are on the offensive, and victory is not out of reach.

It seems that the originally dark sky has finally ushered in the first ray of light...

(End of this chapter)