Second half of the game.
Zhang Jun was double-teamed crazily by the Georgia Institute of Technology. Darren Collison and Mbah a Moute felt cold, and the two were 0 for 8 from beyond the three-point line.
Georgia Tech once pulled the score close to double digits.
Under such circumstances, Alford decisively made substitution adjustments, replacing Mbah a Moute and Darren Collison, who were not feeling well, and taking captain Aaron Afflalo and Michael Roll.
Zhang Jun was pushed to the small forward position, directly facing Thaddeus Young.
Sid looked at Alford hesitantly and said: "Coach, although Zhang Jun is tall and has long arms, he is thin after all. He can play the small forward position, but he is far from being able to match up with Thaddeus Young." the point."
"Even Mbah a Moute couldn't guard Thaddeus Young, let alone..."
"Sid!" Alford interrupted directly.
Sid was startled, he was a little shocked by the serious expression on Alford's face.
Alford continued: "Haven't you discovered that, from a certain point on, this team has been Zhang Jun's team."
"Aaron Afflalo is the captain of this team, but Zhang Jun is the core and leader of this team."
"He should take on the responsibilities of a leader at this time and defend the opponent's strongest player!"
on the pitch.
Zhang Jun has completely analyzed the characteristics of Thaddeus Young's playing style.
He is a left-handed player with excellent physical fitness and perfect attacking skills as a forward swingman. He is a type of player who is strong and has excellent confrontation ability.
But Thaddeus Young lacks personal and stable singles skills, and almost always scores by athletic ability and physical talent. He is the kind of player who plays with his body.
The biggest disadvantage is that the shooting is unstable!
If Zhang Jun remembers correctly, Thaddeus Young missed all three mid-range shots before, and they missed absurdly, and once was hollow outside the basket.
"Give him a shot!"
Zhang Jun determined the defensive strategy and took the initiative to choose the defensive method of taking two steps back.
Thaddeus Yang was stunned for a while, but still chose to hit the basket with a light grunt.
boom!
One library!
Zhang Jun was pushed back a step, but did not lose his defensive position.
boom!
Erku!
This time, Thaddeus Yang exerted significantly more force, and Zhang Jun stepped back two steps in a row.
Thaddeus Young has gained a very comfortable offensive space, and he chose a one-step jumper from the waist.
Snapped!
A clear and piercing sound of basketball slapping suddenly appeared above the arena.
"The sky, I have the final say!"
Zhang Jun took off high and came forward, and slapped the basketball fan that was about to enter into the air.
Thaddeus Yang couldn't help swallowing when he looked at Zhang Jun, who was jumping extremely high, "This kid, his physical talent is not weak."
Off the field, Sid explained excitedly with fists clenched.
"It's not that the bounce is not weak, it's that Zhang Jun's arms are really exaggerated."
"Height of 201cm, wingspan of 218cm!"
Alford said: "This is why I say that Zhang Jun has been wasting his defensive talent. He could have become a very good top defensive leader."
Sid said: "Zhang Jun's defense is not lazy, and he is very clever in defensive tactics."
"He just doesn't have good defensive habits, and he can't grasp the details of defense."
"It would be nice to have a top defensive specialist give him a good job."
In Alford's view, only the NBA can provide Zhang Jun with such a platform and opportunity, and judging from Zhang Jun's performance this season, there is a high probability that this teenager will land in the NBA.
After defending the ball, Zhang Jun's counterattack was very fast.
Aaron Afflalo sent a wonderful pass to help Zhang Jun take off successfully.
That is to say, relying on this ball, he played with momentum, and blasted a 6:0 offensive high slot in one go.
Georgia Tech's head coach even called two timeouts failed to help the team reverse the decline.
In the end, he won the game 75:69.
.........
December 23rd.
Last out-of-conference game before Christmas Eve.
Although the NCAA committee stipulates that all teams must end their out-of-division games before January, the experienced Alford wisely compressed the schedule very densely at the beginning.
It is to strive to end the schedule outside the competition zone around Christmas.
This is accumulating energy for the competition in the competition area.
Compared with fighting outside the competition area with major alliances that have no direct interests, fighting against directly competing opponents in the competition area will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of the game, and it will also be extremely bloody.
Both the defensive strength and the level of confrontation will increase significantly.
Alford wants players to have more time to prepare for this level of competition.
Of course, the invitation during this period also made it difficult for Alford, because even in games outside the division, no team is willing to play with him.
After all, it is the twelve undefeated teams among all NCAA teams.
"The NCAA men's basketball program has nearly 1,000 schools participating and is divided into four divisions."
"There are a total of 343 teams at the D1 level, which are divided into four divisions: East, West, West, and South. Each division also includes several leagues."
"It's not easy being a dozen undefeated teams from that many teams."
Sid couldn't help but praise.
More importantly, there are still a few teams that are very good against the Bruins.
To be able to defeat all those strong teams and achieve such results, even if it is historically brilliant, it has only done this twice in history.
This season is the third time.
"But there is no D1 team willing to play against us in the upcoming invitational tournament~www.mtlnovel.com~ I can only take the next best thing and contact the D2 level school."
"Although the strength of this level of teams is not too weak, there are a few teams that can successfully enter the championship every year, but the talent of the players is too low, and it is difficult for our players to gain matchup experience."
Alford said with some regret.
He didn't let the team gain game experience as soon as possible in games outside the division, so he was very worried that his players would not perform enough against fierce and extremely talented players in the competition in the division.
West Germany patted Alford on the shoulder in relief and said: "We have done a good job, and the players have also played against strong teams in advance."
"You said, have faith in them."
on the pitch.
"It's the last game outside the division, and the brothers cheer up."
Zhang Jun patted the floor to remind his teammates.
After two full months of training and combat, all team members have cultivated an incomparably tacit cooperation and a sense of trust.
They were already inseparable, inseparable from each other.
At this point, captain Aaron Afflalo has made a great contribution.
The last time Darren Collison and Mbah a Moute's poor hand feeling almost caused the team to lose the game, Aaron Afflalo took the initiative to enlighten them after the game and accompanied them to complete the post-match extra training.
In order to give up soda, French fries and hamburgers for many years, Love often tosses and turns at night and cannot sleep, and his stomach often growls with hunger.
At this time, Zhang Jun, Ba Mote and Aaron Afflalo would kindly send Nila's photo, take out the letter, and read it to Love.
"You chase me, if you catch me, I will let you hehehe..."