God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 149 Making History

"Fingering! Flanking! We have to double-team Palesio. In the second half, everyone should stop thinking about physical strength. If physical strength is insufficient, I will replace you and rest. When you are on the court, just concentrate on doing it." One good thing is to give me all I can to stop Palessio from driving the rhythm!"

Orson yelled loudly at the players in the locker room at halftime that Palessio was really good in the first half, and Wisconsin didn't have a player who could stop him one-on-one on the defensive end. That's why Orson asked the players under his command to double-team after the start of the second half, and not to give Palesio another chance.

Double-teaming is double-teaming, Orson has no intention of restricting Palesio's scoring, as long as he cuts off his passing route.He is not afraid of a single player scoring crazy points, but he is afraid that the opponent will attract the defense and try to keep the rhythm, especially when facing a team with scattered firepower like Colorado State University. He would rather let Palesio score 30 points than Would like to see him send out 10 assists.

But as soon as the second half started, Orson found himself very wrong, and his understanding of Colorado State was still not deep enough.In the previous 20 minutes, he had seen Palesio's shooting ability, but he hadn't experienced the opponent's ability to finish at the basket, because most of the time, Palesio would hit the basket to complete the offense. Very few times.

However, when Wisconsin double-teamed, the guy who had been a bit of a player in the first half suddenly exploded.Facing Wisconsin's double-team, Palessio can always find a pass gap between the dodges, or just before the double-team is formed, he suddenly accelerates and walks away. As long as it is the latter, he will rush Score at the basket.

In the previous few games, West and Korver performed very well, which gave the head coaches of other teams an illusion that Colorado State University relied on these two rookies this season, but only People inside the team know that the most powerful is still the captain Palesio, he just prefers to help his teammates score now.

After receiving the instruction of the head coach, Palesio has regained the self of last season, and he seems to be much more relaxed than last year.This has a lot to do with the current player configuration of Colorado State University. The teammates are strong, and the opponent's defense does not dare to press too hard. Last season, Palesio sometimes felt like a [-]v[-], but in this game he But he is very relieved, because he knows that no matter what kind of difficulties he encounters, his teammates will always be by his side to fight side by side with him.

Breakthroughs for reverse layups, step-back three-point shots, European step low-hand picks, self-throwing dunks, open shots after consecutive passes... Palessio simply regards the game as his own training ground, A series of dazzling scoring methods made people dizzy, and the reporters on the sidelines were amazed. They didn't expect that there would be such an outstanding guard in the small team of Colorado State University. Top defenders on par.

Wisconsin's double-teaming has become a joke, but it can't be helped. They are very average overall, and it can be said that they have no weaknesses, but this also means that they do not have an absolute strength. Whether it is offense or defense, they There is no single player.So for Palesio's unreasonable force, they were completely helpless. Double-teaming was already the upper limit that Orson could bear. How about three-person double-teaming?While Palesio is restrained, others cannot be suppressed.

But Orson knew that it would not work, but he still asked the players under his command to continue to keep the pressure on Palesio. In fact, he still had a little calculation in his heart. Orson's physical strength will drop, and Orson is betting that Palesio's physical strength is not as terrifying as it seems.However, Palesio's physical strength can be said to be bottomless. He has trained under Chang Wei for two seasons, and it doesn't matter if he is allowed to play the whole game.

Now Wisconsin's defense is indeed very strong, but Palesio has not paid attention to it. Instead, he continues to use his containment power to pass the ball to his teammates and mobilize the opponent's defense to the greatest extent.Both sides seem to be desperately exhausting their opponent's physical strength, and it depends on who can consume more energy than the other. Anyway, Chang Wei has full confidence in Colorado State University in this regard.

Sure enough, with the last 5 minutes and 27 seconds left in the second half, the physical fitness of the Wisconsin players collapsed directly. Their running speed and enthusiasm on the court have dropped by more than one grade than before.Of course Orson wanted to replace the substitutes, but now that Colorado State is so aggressive, he will definitely be beaten directly if he replaces the substitutes.It’s fine if the score difference is too big, and you just throw in the towel, but now Wisconsin is only 7 points behind, and Orson thinks there is still a chance to catch up.

If the team loses, then the season is over, and it's useless to preserve physical strength; if the team wins, then it enters the final four, and the rest time is still enough.So Orson gritted his teeth and continued to let the main force fight on the field, hoping to recover the point difference in the last five minutes or so.

But McKay also saw Wisconsin's physical problems. He decisively replaced Patrick and Ford with Svensey and Goodwin, forcing the team's offensive and defensive speed to a higher level.Now Colorado State's lineup on the court is the best among all their five-man teams, and McKay's change to this lineup means that he wants to kill his opponent directly with a stick.

How can Wisconsin stand up to such a fast pace of offense?It was still at the final stage of the second half, they were unprepared and were directly overwhelmed by the opponent's indiscriminate bombardment. They couldn't defend themselves and couldn't score the ball at the same time. Orson called a timeout impatiently. But the point difference has been stretched to 13 points, and the morale of the team has plummeted.

Orson knew that the team's general situation was over now, no matter how he changed players, no matter how he changed his tactics, he couldn't change the final outcome.The Colorado State University is naturally rejoicing. This season's NCAA Final Four spot has been firmly held by them.

However, such a result is still within Chang Wei's expectations, and Colorado State this season can be regarded as taking advantage of the low overall level of the NCAA.But as long as you can win the championship, who cares about your overall level?Didn't the Rockets also take advantage of the two years when Jordan retired for the first time to win two championships in a row?
(End of this chapter)