This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 83 A Better Start
Lamar Butler likes to do this kind of thing very much, running to the backcourt the moment the opponent scores. This is the fourth or fifth time this season he has had such an easy scoring opportunity.

A short, thin, and small second player who can't jump high, Lamar Butler has paid far more than the average player, and he needs to be more willing to use his brain than other players. The four years of basketball experience have also allowed Lamar Butler to grow fully.

In fact, with the addition of Zhou Lin this season, the scoring data of Lamar Butler, who was given away part of the shooting rights, has dropped. His 13.5 points are much lower than last year's 15.7 points. The number of points has also changed from 7 shots per game last year to 5.2 shots per game, and his shooting percentage has dropped from 43% last year to 41%, but his efficiency is indeed improving, and his sense of presence is stronger.

His steals, assists, and even rebounds are the highest in four years.

He has become a better player, from a statistical brush to a player who can provide energy for the team.

Looking back, the Huskies quickly organized an attack. Marcus Williams and Hilton Armstrong completed a pass and cut cooperation. Hilton Williams, who was standing in a high position, passed the ball to Marcus who cut inside. S. Williams, under the defense of Tony Skin, the latter seemed very easy to get rid of. Facing the not-so-tall Patriots inside group, he easily scored with throws.

In fact, this is a very experienced team and a team that is used to big scenes.

Among the five starters, except for the second-year student Rudy Gay who did not participate in the 2004 championship process, the remaining four are Josh Boone, Hilton Armstrong, Denham Brown, and Marcus Williams Stella was all, but at the time they were Ben Gordon, Emeka Okafor, and supporting roles around Charlie Villanueva.

4-2.

Both teams hit the first three possessions.

After Tony Skin received the ball, he immediately increased his speed. In order to deal with the big men in Connecticut, Coach Jim explained at the beginning of the game that no matter who it is, after receiving the basketball, it must run quickly. forward field.

The speed of the two big men on the opposite side cannot keep up with you, and besides Zhou Lin, there is almost no good way to attack the positional battle.

And now Zhou Lin has obviously become the most important player of the opponent. It is not a wise move to let Zhou Lin play from the beginning.

Zhou Lin followed up, Tony Skin passed the ball quickly, Zhou Lin quickly inserted, and Rudy Gay defended with him.

Zhou Lin is still a bit taller than Rudy Gay, but compared to Zhou Lin, whose height and wingspan are not much different, Rudy Gay, who seems to have wider shoulders and back, has a wingspan that belongs to The elite class is between seven foot two and seven foot three.

In fact, Rudy Gay's height, about six feet eight, is around 2.03 meters.

Of course, in the United States, the data on physical testing is not strict about height, and there are two types of height, one is barefoot and the other is wearing shoes. Among the data given by the NCAA league before One, Gay's height of 2.06 meters should be wearing shoes, while Zhou Lin's [-] feet [-] is barefoot...

In history, there have also been people who falsely reported their height in order to improve their picks, but they were completely dismantled in more rigorous physical tests.

One of the more regrettable ones is Beasley. In college, he has always advertised his height of 2.04 feet 201, but he drained the water in the more rigorous NBA draft physical test. His real height is less than [-] feet [-], only With a height of [-] meters in shoes, the bare feet are only about [-] cm.

And the height difference of about 5 cm has become Beasley's weakness.

In college, because the height of opponents in the fourth position is generally not particularly tall, Bees, who has both strength and speed, can use good skills to abuse opponents wantonly, so no one will be entangled in his height.

In the more competitive NBA league, the height of 2.04 meters is probably just a standard size three.

Beasley is a power forward, the size of a small forward, this kind of dubious player, in the NBA environment, most of them are watered, and Beasley, who is the second most expensive player, finally faded out of the NBA league. Personality reasons dominate, but in fact, the mismatch between play style and size also plays a big role.

Back to the game.

Zhou Lin, who had been observing his teammates, made a feint attack after breaking through to the middle distance. Instead of firing immediately, he sent a diagonal pass to Lamar Butler.

Zhou Lin is used to starting the game as a feint point, first to see how his teammates feel.

Lamar Butler got half a chance, Marcus Williams gave him half a step away, but Lamar Butler didn't hesitate at all, and shot directly with his bow.

Lamar Butler has a bit of a nerve knife attribute. If he is accurate, even if an NBA star stands in front of him, he will probably be able to shoot correctly. No one needs to worry about his shooting confidence.

The ball hit the back edge at the first time, but after a bounce, it fell into the basket.

5-4, the Patriots made the first three-pointer of the field.

Lamar Butler also started to celebrate the pistol blowing the barrel at that time.

"This is the first time in history that this team broke into the top 32. At the beginning of the game, there was no jerky. Even if they faced the No. Their determination came together."

"They're also scary. After the win over Kentucky, the Patriots seem to have awakened the wild in their bodies."

"Yes, the suspense is still there. This dark horse seems to have the possibility of creating a historical miracle."

Although the Patriots are not tall enough, the zone defense they are guarding also makes the current University of Connecticut players a little uncomfortable.

Marcus Williams originally wanted to come up with a response ball, but he failed to make a shot. Four people from the Patriots rushed to grab the rebound. Under the premise that Jay Lewis held off Hilton Armstrong, Zhou Lin and Wei Al Thomas, United grabs the rebound.

Launched a fast break, Tony Skinn was quick on the ball, and rushed forward, Lamar Butler shot Xu Huang from the outside, but directly stuffed it to Zhou Lin who was cutting in, Zhou Lin ended up with a dunk this round.

After Zhou Lin finished dunking, even Armstrong came to the enemy's half.

7-4, 17'14 left in the first half, the Patriots continued to lead.

The Patriots players celebrated each other and then flew chasing local players to the second half.

In fact, the mental state at the beginning of this game is much better than when they faced the University of Kentucky the day before yesterday.

Because the Patriots are on the way to create miracles, no matter where they go next, they are making history.

Coach Jim gave all the players a psychological massage before the game to make them more comfortable.

Fight with the mentality that even if you can't win, you have to give the opponent a difficult game as a challenger.

(End of this chapter)