pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 349 Mission Completion
The UCLA team only scored 11 points.

However, the performance of the substitute players made Barton decide to let them stay on the court in the second quarter to buy more rest time for the main players.

These players are also very competitive, and they played an unexpected performance at the beginning of the second quarter. The choice of shots and selfless dismissal make it impossible to see that they are five substitute players.

"These boys really have something to offer." Because the performance of the core players in the team was too shining, the brilliance of these substitutes was completely covered up. Button was relieved that even in the case of very limited playing time, they did not give up. They still kept training and studying. Even if they only played for a few minutes in a game, they were willing to persevere.

Their dreams are no darker than anyone else's.

"Are they really substitute players?" The amazing performance even caused teammates to question them, and their strength on both ends of the offense and defense remained undiminished. This made the Marquette players who had already played a high-tempo quarter also have physical problems, and the offensive rhythm dropped significantly.

For a substitute player, their playing time is fragmented, and they cannot have a clear playing time like the main players. They are likely to be replaced in the next second, but they don't know when they will play again.

Therefore, as long as they have the opportunity to play, they must spare no effort.

Such a reckless style of play, although a little rough, is very effective. The eyes of the Marquette University players said it all. The physical strength of the two teams has narrowed the gap between the two teams.

Substitute players have always given people a kind of "nervous knife" on the court. When they perform poorly, they can't bear to look directly at them. But if they are in very good condition, their performance can even be comparable to the core of the team.

The current situation at UCLA is like this. There are five "nervous knives" standing on the field, competing with Marquette University with incredible offense. Although their tacit understanding with each other is obviously stagnant, they insist on evaluating their personal ability to send basketballs to the basket again and again.

In the middle of the second quarter, ucla has only sent out two assists in the past half of the quarter, which is obviously not a typical game for ucla, which averages more than 30 assists per game.

One of the most important reasons why UCLA's players were able to match the performance of Marquette University was that Marquette's players were not very familiar with the five new players. Even if they had made sufficient preparations before the game, the substitute players, especially the relatively low-ranked substitute players, did not receive so much attention, and the relevant information was relatively scarce.

However, the substitute players are only substitute players after all, and there is still a certain gap between them and the starting players. First of all, they are far behind the core players in terms of mentality and adaptability.

After all, their game experience is still not rich enough, and they have not played high-intensity games.

After half a quarter, Marquette University has gradually adapted to the rhythm of UCLA's game, and also explored the shortcomings of the five players.

When the game went smoothly, their offense was overwhelming and unstoppable, but once the offense went wrong, the impact would be a chain reaction. In addition, their self-regulation ability was not outstanding, making it difficult for them to adjust in a short period of time, and some even affected the performance of the entire game.

"Your performance really surprised me." William said to the players facing him, "I didn't expect your substitute players to be so good."

"Look down on the substitute?" The other party responded.

"I don't look down on the substitute." William said slowly, and at the same time his back began to move, "It's just time for you to understand the gap between the substitute and the starter."

William only used one movement, steady, precise, and ruthless, and his fingertips directly touched the opponent's basketball. The basketball was released and the steal was successful.

"What a quick move." The opponent was stunned. He didn't see when William made the shot, let alone how he broke the ball.

After completing the steal, William directly dribbled the ball and rushed towards the UCLA basket, and the five UCLA players quickly returned to defense.

"I can't catch up!" The five of them were already running with all their strength, but the gap between them and William did not decrease at all, and the distance seemed to be getting wider and wider. This is a very strange phenomenon. Under normal circumstances, the speed of dribbling is much slower than the speed of returning to defense without the ball.

However, they were still no match for William.

"How can he advance so fast?" Alice was surprised when she saw William's speed. His dribbling speed was almost the same as the fast break speed without the ball.

"Look carefully at William's dribbling." Louis patiently explained to Alice, "The distance of each of his dribbles is much greater than that of ordinary dribbles, so that he can directly attack the basket with the least number of dribbles, and when he advances, he is not "dribbling" walking, but "chasing the ball". It is much faster to make up players, so this gap appears."

Alice nodded slightly, "It seems that UCLA's substitute players have stretched to the limit." UCLA's returning players saw that there was no way to catch up with William, so they gave up chasing and watched William's back rushing towards the basket.

boom! ! !
William even completed a 360-degree turn and "exploded the basket" without anyone guarding him. The audience couldn't sit still and stood up and applauded.

With William's physical condition, it is quite easy to complete such a difficult dunk. The height of the flight and the stretch of the rotation are impeccable. Even in the dunk contest, it will be a high-scoring action.

This is actual combat, and it is not easy to be able to do this.

Marquette University even broke UCLA's "magic tactics" through this dunk, which caused a great blow to the confidence of the substitute players. In the subsequent games, the performance of the UCLA players was obviously a little weak.

From super offensive firepower to collective misfire, UCLA only took one round.

"It's reached the limit." Barton walked slowly towards the technical table, and applied for another substitution adjustment.

It was "five up and five down" again, but this time all five of UCLA's main players returned.

The moment the teammates rubbed shoulders, Oscar spoke highly of their performance on behalf of the team, "The mission was accomplished very well, and we will leave it to us."

(End of this chapter)