The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

In the basketball gymnasium of Bergen Catholic High School, the atmosphere was a bit dignified. They just defeated their opponents and broke into the state championship game for three consecutive seasons did not seem to make them excited.

All this stems from their final opponent, Stuyvesant High School, the biggest dark horse of the season.

What was it like for the Bergen Catholic players last season when Stuyvesant broke into Division I state with an undefeated record?

The answer is, it feels like there is another food delivery guy!

Yes, this is the real answer. Although Stuyvesant was very popular in New York and even in the United States at the beginning, for Bergen Catholic, who has won 10 state championships in the past 8 years, he is just a newly promoted. He didn’t pay much attention at all, and at most he paid attention to it. After looking at their core Zuo Li and Curry, the rest didn't even bother to collect information.

However, at the beginning of the new season, Bergen Catholic found that they were wrong, and they were wrong too much. They thought they were cooking, but it turned out that it was me! ?

The first time the two teams met, Zuo Li beat them all by himself. The core of the team's offense, Calvin, was beaten to the point of autism, and it took a week to recover. The second time they were beaten by the blood of all the villains, Stuyvesant. It was close to 30 points, creating the biggest loss point difference of their team in 8 years. You must know that when they played against Oak Hill, they only lost by 20 points at most.

And when Stuyvesant once again won the state finals, the Bergen Catholic players were silent. This is their last chance. If they fail, they will witness the birth of a legend, and they will also be pulled from the throne.

Are they willing to give up the championship?

Of course they don't want to. They are only one step away from the Triple Crown, and no one will give away the victory easily. Therefore, after the semi-finals, they did not disband immediately, but carried out extra training under the organization of the coach. At the same time, the coach also Repeatedly emphasized the need to limit Stuyvesant's offensive core - Zuo Li.

"Zuo Li likes to break through from the right, but his left hand is also balanced. His personal singles strength is very strong. When he gets the ball, he has to try his best to keep up with his rhythm. Once he breaks through, he immediately double-teams. His footwork is relatively good in singles. Single, but the success rate is quite high, especially the turn around in the penalty area, the success rate has reached 8% this season, Noah, you have to be responsible for defending him alone, because of the presence of the Curry brothers, we can't double-team." The coach kept writing and drawing with the tactical board, basically about Zuo Li, which shows how much pressure Zuo Li put on him.

Noah nodded frequently, but he really wanted to ask, after talking so much, how to defend against Zuo Li.

It seemed that he could see the problem in Noah's eyes. The head coach's eyes were a little dodgy. Seriously, if I knew how to guard against Zuo Li, wouldn't I have said it earlier? Those who are taller than him are not as fast as him, and those who are faster than him are not as fast. He is tall, has strong personal skills, and also has inside skills. He can pass the ball and pick and roll. He can also create opportunities for teammates near the center line. Except for his rough inside skills and poor shooting, there are no disadvantages if he is a little thin. .

Otherwise, can he be rated as a five-star high school student as a sophomore? After so many years, who else can have this kind of treatment except for Oden and James back then.

So this defense is already the best defense that Bergen Catholic can take.

It is indeed the best way to defend. Any coach knows how to defend a player who can't shoot well, but whether he can defend it is another matter.

For example, James, everyone knows his weaknesses, but talent crushing is so unsolvable, and the future Greek monster Antetokounmpo is the same. When the talent is enough, all the targets will be invisible.

Zuo Li is the same!

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On June 6st, Children's Day, the New York High School Division 1 League ushered in the final battle, and Stuyvesant and Bergen Catholic met for the third time.

At the beginning, Bergen Catholic showed a very crazy defense, especially against the left side. They let the team's fourth position follow closely, and once the left side attacked with the ball, they immediately began to double-team.

And more often, Zuo Li had to face the siege and interception of three defensive players. In the first three times, Zuo Li didn't have a good chance to attack.

That gave Bergen Catholic an 8-4 lead at the start.

Throughout the first quarter, Bergen Catholic showed the strength of his two consecutive championships, with a high defensive intensity. Although there were a lot of fouls, the 20-12 point difference in the first quarter was real, and such a low score also proved How high is the defensive strength of the game.

"NICE!" As soon as the second quarter came up, Noah smashed the basketball in a good mood, and blinked at Zuo Li, but Zuo Li ignored it...

This made Noah very upset, Ma Dan is looking down on me, I am a future super center!

Calvin also complained about his boss, you were beaten up by us in the first quarter, what are you still talking about, fuck him!

So Calvin's eyes signaled that Noah understood and ran back, and Calvin passed the ball directly. This was an alley-oop dunk.

Rannoah's eyes were fixed on the basketball, and his legs were fully exerted. He even thought about how to humiliate this contemptuous Asian kid after dunking.

What do you think you can do if you win two games against me, the championship is still ours!

However, the Stuyvesant fans on the sidelines immediately let out an exclamation. After Noah received the ball in the air, he jumped up and raised his right arm at the same time!

The cute girls of the sideline cheerleaders covered their mouths with their hands!

"It's so high." Elizabeth Olsen had stars in her eyes.

Snapped!

Zuo Li held down Noah's ball directly in front of the basket, and then in Noah's incomprehensible eyes, Zuo Li roared and slapped the ball away!

This is a super block block!

After completing the block, Zuo Li turned his head and looked at Noah with disdain and said, "Do you think you can win if you lead in the first quarter? The championship is still ours!"

Noah: "???"

"It's a brutal block!" The commentator said teasingly: "Noah must know that this is New York's block leader this year."

The scouts on the sidelines frantically output on paper. This time, both the timing and the height of the block are higher than Noah's. This defensive ability is stronger than it was a few months ago.

Zuo Li's performance continued. Taking advantage of the other party's mood swings, Zuo Li and Curry completed a double-team.

Then he grabbed a backcourt rebound, dribbled the ball himself to launch a counterattack, and dribbled the ball under the crotch at the three-point line to pass Noah, and went straight to the basket to complete the dunk again!

Zuo Li led the team to fight back!

At the end of the second quarter, Stuyvesant had evened the point difference, and in the third quarter, Zuo Li came up with two assists, and the Curry brothers opened up the point difference with one three-pointer each!

Bergen Catholic was unable to catch up, and Stuyvesant raced all the way, playing more and more smoothly, and finally defeated his opponent 90-76 and won the New York State Championship!