God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 153 Return to normal
Although Chang Wei despised McKay's behavior of picking fruit in his heart, there was nothing he could do.Firstly, this task was indeed given to him by McKay, which means that he had a hand in it from the beginning; secondly, McKay is the head coach, and he has the final say on what lineup the team will start in the second half.Besides, Chang Wei is also thinking about the victory of the game. Since McKay believes that West and Korver can already appear on the court, let them compete with their opponents on the court!
McKay knew that their mentality had returned to a normal level, but Izzo didn't.Although he has a lot of experience, he is not a superman, nor does he know how to read minds. When he saw that Colorado State University had the same starting lineup, he was secretly delighted in his heart, and he was even more sure of victory. go up.He saw the performances of West and Korver in the first few minutes of the first half, but subconsciously thought that it was the pressure of public opinion that made the opponent bite the bullet and let them continue to start.

So before kick-off, he hurriedly called Captain Peterson over and told him to direct his teammates to find West and Korver to fight more on the offensive end, and to let him go on the defensive end depending on the situation.The first offensive ball in the second half belonged to Colorado State University. By the time they sent the ball out, Peterson had conveyed the coach's instructions to his teammates.

When Palesio, who broke through with the ball, transferred the ball to Korver in the bottom corner, Michigan State didn't take the defense seriously at all. Hutson, who was closest to Korver, just stretched out his hand and made a gesture, and there was a point under his feet. None of them moved.Korver was calm, he took a deep breath, pulled up and shot, the basketball drew a beautiful arc and obediently got into the basket.

Izzo didn't take Korver's three-pointer to heart. After all, he is also a full-time three-point shooter. 5 of 0 shots in the first half does not mean that he was unable to hit three-pointers throughout the game.But then Korver's performance made his eyes widen. Peterson's emergency stop jump shot was forcibly blocked by Korver. You must know that he has always been a loophole in the team's defensive system, so domineering It is the first time in this season that the blocked shots were blocked.

After blocking Peterson's shot, Korver dribbled to the frontcourt by himself and hit a chasing three-pointer in less than 20 seconds when the Michigan State trio returned to the defense. 6 points alone.Izzo's face suddenly became very ugly. Korver's performance undoubtedly slapped him in the face severely, and now he can only expect West to perform poorly.

However, Izzo soon discovered that the opponent didn't intend to fulfill such a small wish. Although Colorado State University seemed to focus on the outside line of offense, the inside line was not just playing soy sauce on the sidelines.Whenever they missed a shot, West would frantically fight for offensive rebounds under the basket, not to mention grabbing the opponent's rebounds, and even the rebounds that Ford was holding were caught. He snatched one.After grabbing the rebound, West did not give the ball to the outside to let his teammates reorganize, but directly pulled up and shot, or used the footsteps to complete the layup. The high shooting rate made Michigan State's insiders look confused. force.

Although Colorado State's offense played well after Svensey and Goodwin played in the first half, most of the time they still liked to disrupt the battle and never let go of the position, which also led to a sharp increase in the team's overall turnover rate.Now after replacing Korver and West, the team's speed has not dropped much, but the offense has become more efficient, and because of West's presence, the strength of the interior defense has been greatly improved. Michigan The small players from the State University got blocks in a row under the basket, and the worst thing was that they were interfered with the layup. For a while, the Colorado State University's basket became a restricted area.

Both offensive and defensive ends exerted their strength at the same time, and the difference between the two sides was instantly opened.Peterson has indeed grown into a good wing scorer, but he obviously didn't get any help, because among the five positions, only Korver, who was facing him, was barely defensive, so everyone passed the ball one after another. Here's to him, and hopefully the No. [-] star on this team can sort things out.

But it is obvious that Peterson alone can't score as well as all the people of Colorado State. Even Patrick, who has always been defensive and weak, scored two three-pointers from the bottom corner, which shows the extent of their firepower. How strong it is.Both sides are desperately scoring, but the efficiency and shooting percentage are very different, and the score is also opened up by Colorado State.

Actually, in Chang Wei's opinion, Izzo still has a good card in his hand. Now Michigan State University's roster also includes Jason Richardson, the guy who won the dunk king in his previous life.It's a pity that Richardson is still a freshman rookie. Although he averaged 15.7 minutes per game, he can only contribute 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds, and he doesn't even have a main position.

McKay does not intend to replace the bench, and with Colorado State's current state, it is more than enough to play the entire second half.Especially West and Korver, two guys who have been holding back for a long time, are extremely energetic and want to prove themselves, even if they are allowed to continue a few rounds of overtime after the end of regular time, it will be fine.

With the last 3 minutes and 24 seconds left in the game, Palesio's three-pointer opened the gap to 21 points.Michigan State had tried many times before to narrow the gap, but whenever they wanted to gain momentum, there were always players from Colorado State who stood up and directly suppressed their momentum.It's okay to say once or twice, and the constant coming and going like this is simply torturing the nerves of Michigan State players, including Izzo of course.

Now that Colorado State University has finally widened the point difference to a very safe distance, Izzo sighed and replaced the main players one after another, which also meant that Michigan State University gave up resistance.The substitutes of the two teams played absent-mindedly. In the end, the score of the whole game was 77 to 65, and Colorado State successfully entered the final.

Such a result undoubtedly surprised everyone, because in their view, Colorado State University's dark horse road this season came to an end. They did not expect that they could eliminate last season's runner-up and reach the finals.The Colorado State University players are even more excited. Now they are only one game away from the highest glory. No matter how hard they work, they plan to grit their teeth and fight for this victory.Although they have now set a new record in team history, no one does not want the final championship, and leaving an NCAA championship title to their alma mater is undoubtedly the best gift.

(End of this chapter)