God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 154 The Strongest Rival

After defeating Michigan State University, Chang Wei and the others just went back to the locker room to rest for a while, and then returned to the arena to wait for the next game.Anyway, when they played before, the players of the remaining two teams also watched the whole game in the auditorium. At this time, they just used the exclusive seats for those players again.

Soon the second semi-final game started, the two sides were the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina.Since Carter and Jamison participated in the draft one after another, the overall strength of North Carolina has declined a lot, otherwise they would not have been placed as the No. 8 seed in the Southern District by the selection committee. They are also among the top four of this year The team with the lowest division pick.

Although the University of Florida is not the top seed in their division, it is still better than North Carolina. Most importantly, Chang Wei feels that the University of Florida has much more "acquaintances" than North Carolina.According to the list of players given by the two teams, North Carolina's Chang Wei only knows one Heywood. This guy who was put on the bench at the beginning has become North Carolina's starting center. The statistics are pretty good, but Chang Wei doesn't know much about him other than him.

Florida is not the same, they are very familiar with the inside and outside Gemini Chang Wei, this team relies on Mike Miller on the outside and Haslem on the inside.Moreover, after careful observation, Chang Wei also found that there was a big white man with a familiar face sitting on Florida's bench. After comparing the list, isn't Nima Bonner who later played for the Spurs?Although it is difficult for this guy to become the main force under Mr. Bobo, he is still very deterrent as a three-point anti-aircraft fort.

Of course, Florida's starting lineup is not without weaknesses. If you say you play the twin towers, you can play the twin towers. The heights of the two insiders Haslem and Harvey are exactly the same at 2 meters, the same height as the forward Miller.Shooting guard Wicks is 03 meters tall, and he can still cover this position, but then came a point guard Dupe who is 1 meters tall. At first glance, the overall height is a head shorter than his opponent. Thank goodness for not being directly blown up by the opponent.

North Carolina coach Goodrich is not an idiot either. Seeing Florida's small lineup, he ordered his players to give the ball to the inside at the beginning of the game and let Haywood play directly in the low post. Anyway, the latter is 2 meters tall. 13. Even though Florida's interior combination is strong defensively, the height gap cannot be made up.

Sure enough, holding on to the opponent's weakness is the best way to play. Originally, Haywood could only be regarded as an upper-middle insider in the NCAA, and had not yet reached the top level. But now facing an opponent who is a head shorter than himself, he His performance was like Chamberlain's possession. He used back hooks, footsteps under the basket, turn dunks, and low post singles. The effect was quite good. In the first 5 minutes of the game He scored 10 points and 4 rebounds alone.

Not to be outdone by Florida, the two guards took turns rushing in carrying the explosive package, and when Haywood came up to defend, they passed the ball outside the three-point line.But Miller's touch in this game is very average. During the regular season this season, his three-point shooting rate is close to 35%. He made three consecutive shots and all his rebounds were directly confiscated by the opponent.Although it was a long distance away, Chang Wei knew that he must be blushing with shame. As the team's outside leader, this shooting percentage is really embarrassing.

Now Florida's coach couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and walked anxiously on the sidelines, yelling at the players on the field from time to time.Seeing this somewhat handsome coach, Chang Wei couldn't help but his eyes lit up... Don't get me wrong, his orientation is fine, it's just that he saw another famous person in his previous life.That coach's name is...Billy Donovan, yes, he was the head coach of the Thunder in his previous life. Chang Wei didn't expect that he was already nesting at the University of Florida.

Although Donovan doesn't seem to have the style of the future, his IQ is still enough. Seeing that the team was behind, he quickly called a timeout and began to arrange tactics for the players.The distance was so far that Chang Wei couldn't hear what he was saying at all, but he felt that Donovan was very passionate, and the tactical board was about to hit Haslem's head...

After Donovan's roar, Florida finally returned to normal levels. At the same time, Donovan also put Nelson on the backup point guard, so that Florida's backcourt would not have a height disadvantage.It has to be said that Nelson played a greater role on the field than Miller, because his touch is quite fiery, and he hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, and he is about the same height as Wicks. Thanks to his excellent performance of 12 points in the half, Florida came from behind at the end of the halftime and led North Carolina by 37 points 34 to 3.

The second half completely turned into a game between the outside and the inside. Here, Nelson shot wildly in the middle and long distances, while Haywood continued to play singles with the ball inside.However, in comparison, Nelson took advantage. Haslem had completely given up attacking, and he was holding Heywood firmly to prevent him from turning around.With his extremely tough style, he even defended Heywood twice for 3 seconds, which undoubtedly made the fans drop their glasses all over the place.

To make matters worse, when Goodrich came on as a substitute to create some rest time for the starters, he was horrified to find that the team's number one substitute, Pep, was in a very bad state. The score was opened by Florida's substitutes.Although the point difference is not very big, Florida has tightly tightened the fence, and North Carolina's piecemeal scoring makes it impossible to see the hope of a comeback.

In the end, Florida still established the victory with a wave of scoring climax at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half. It defeated North Carolina 71 to 59 and successfully played the Finals with Colorado State.Chang Wei looked to the side. Everyone, including the head coach McKay, was lost in thought. Obviously, everyone was thinking about whether they could break through Florida's inside barrier if it was him. Throwing three-pointers outside is not always a problem.

However, Chang Wei still underestimated McKay's mentality. When the fans were about to leave, he stood up and looked around, and said seriously, "Everyone, tell me, where are we going to have supper?"

Depend on!It seems that it is still impossible to guess him with the thinking of a normal person, Chang Wei rolled his eyes at McKay helplessly.

(End of this chapter)