Chapter 20 Kemba Walker
Wu Huang looked at Jerome Dawson in the opposite half. According to the scout report of his team, he was a traditional PG. He was good at defense and had a mediocre offensive talent, but could faithfully execute the team's tactics.
This type of player has a low presence on the court, rarely has any highlights, but there are no major mistakes.
At the beginning of the game, Tabitt easily won the ball and USC launched a defense.
The rules of NCAA are different from those of the NBA and international basketball, such as offensive time. Since 1985, the NCAA began to introduce 45 seconds of offensive time, and later shortened to 35 seconds, which has been used to this day.
Dawson received the basketball and drove slowly to the frontcourt, without any concern about the 8-second violation.
According to the NCAA rules, the offensive party must bring the ball to the frontcourt within 10 seconds after serving at the baseline, while in the NBA, this time is 8 seconds. However, like the NBA, the NCAA also has a 3-second limit when attacking. That is, the offensive players must stay in the paint area for no more than 3 seconds.
The biggest difference between the two leagues is that the NCAA does not have a 3-second limit to defend, and defensive players can stay in the penalty area to defend, so players like Tabit become extremely threatening. If he doesn't come out, it will be difficult for the offensive party to attack the basket.
Emperor Wu couldn't find the opportunity to intercept the ball, so he didn't snatch it rashly, just stand in the position.
Dawson transferred the basketball to the wing, and Kangda's wing players then hung the basketball into the inside. This style of playing is a bit like the Houston Rockets. In the words of a teacher, this style of playing is INSIDEOUT. When you pass it out and play it back, you hit it out and you hit it back. If you break out, he will defend it, and then you score. If you shoot from the outside, you will have a hit rate. Such a team is difficult to defend.
As soon as Tabit got the basketball, Gibson came over from the weak side.
USC plays a 122-area tight end. As soon as Tabit catches the ball, players close to the distance will step forward and attack.
AJ Price received a basketball from the outside and shot at the start, winning the first point of the game, which was a three-pointer.
Tabit and Yao Ming are still incomparable. His offensive ability is very poor, which is mainly because he has been in contact with basketball too late and his basic skills are not up to standard. In fact, he has not developed offensive ability until now. His specialty is defense and second attack after grabbing frontcourt rebounds. His scoring is basically based on dunks and bargains.
The scout at the University of Southern California didn't know where to get the news, but actually said that Tabit's offensive ability has improved significantly, which is really a bit unreasonable.
The only thing Tabit has strengthened on the offensive end this season is his ability to support him, thanks to his height advantage, and he can throw the basketball to his teammates on the outside after being double-teamed.
After three minutes of the game, the USC players soon discovered that they overestimated the big man. The guy had just made a tip-in at the basket. After the basketball fell, it almost hit Gibson, causing laughter in the arena.
Floyd was looking for scouts on the sidelines to see if this guy said that Wu Huang had a bad sense of football last time, and the new and old debts will be settled together this time.
Wu Huang felt a little funny when he received the serve in the backcourt.
Until now, he only scored three-pointers once, but unfortunately he didn't hit.
In the last attack, Wu Huang passed the ball to Bart after pick-and-roll, but unfortunately the latter's layup was defeated by Tabit.
Although this big black guy is not powerful on the offensive end, his power on the defensive end cannot be underestimated.
During this attack, Wu Huang transported the basketball to the frontcourt without calling for a pick-and-roll. The shoulder on the side of the dribble shook to the left, and Dawson could only move half a step along.
Wu Huang took the opportunity to pull the ball and change direction a little. He used his better explosive power after more than a month of training and broke through the opponent in just one step.
The Kangda player hurriedly made up for defense. Wu Huang did not go deeper and rushed to the free throw line and stopped jumping. The basketball was shot in a graceful posture and fell into the basket with a "swish".
The fans at the scene finally echoed applause and cheers for Wu Huang's wonderful goal. This was the first point he got in this game and the first point in his college career.
Wu Huang is a right-handed player, his shooting posture is a bit like Lei Allen, his elbows are slightly inward, his viewing level is almost the same, his shooting speed is also very fast, the arc of the basketball flying is slightly higher, and the parabola looks very good. Most of his goals do not touch the frame, and they go straight into the net.
Jerome Dawson's defense was too close this time. Kangda's scout report recorded the characteristics of Wu Huang's pre-university. It said that his basketball IQ is high and his shooting is accurate, but he has no breakthrough ability. Therefore, Dawson's close defense was not problematic, so it can only be blamed for the inaccurate intelligence.
Jim Kahon frowned on the sidelines. The Chinese just made a breakthrough without any delay, and it didn't look like he didn't have the ability to break through.
Kangda attacked, and this time they found that USC no longer double-teamed Tabit. Center Barnard held Tabit behind him and prevented the big man from entering the paint area. Other than that, he could do whatever he wanted.
Tabitt has no scoring ability outside the penalty area. Even in the penalty area, he actually doesn't have many scoring methods. As long as someone resists him, Tabitt can only use his height to grab rebounds.
Jim Kahon didn't care that Tabitt could not score. He played four small men with extremely strong scoring ability on the court to make up for Tabitt's lack of scoring ability. This big black man originally played the role of the defensive cornerstone + rebound guardian in the team.
The loophole at USC is not in the inside line at this moment, but in the second position. Nathan Bowch faces AJ Price who is good at shooting. He is very weak in this game. He can't defend against the opponent's breakthrough or the opponent's shooting, and is completely blown up!
Despite this, USC was not much behind in the score. Three minutes after the game started, Wu Huang finally entered the game state. He first broke through and then scored two points after a quick stop jump shot, then played pick-and-roll with Gibson, and shot again from the mid-range shot. His shooting ability was indeed as accurate as written in the Kangda Scouts report.
The UConn players began to pay attention to their defense against Wu Huang, but this Chinese once again showed the ability that scouts did not have in the report.
Wu Huang played pick-and-roll with his teammates on the outside for a consecutive period. After breaking through, he attracted the defense, he assisted Gibson to make a layup and assisted Bart to make a three-pointer.
Jerome Dawson was soon beaten up. He found that he could not predict what the Chinese in front of him would do next?
Will he pass the ball or attack himself?
Wu Huang's quick shot after pick-and-roll and elusive passes made Kang Da player very embarrassed. To be honest, this Asian pass technique has not reached the point of taking advantage of the situation, and it is not a difficult-to-steal hit to the earth. The ball speed is not particularly fast, but it is always elusive. Kang Da player cannot guess his passing intention and cannot predict the steal.
If Wu Huang's passing masters the essence, it is a word "strange". His passing timing is elusive. This is also a temporary solution for Wu Huang before he practiced his passing skills. Once he is targeted to defend, it will be difficult to feel so comfortable.
At 13:15 in the first half, the score was 17:16, and the University of Southern California led Kang University by one point.
During this period, Wu Huang was the best player in the game. He first used his personal offense to help the team hold on to the score, and then successively cooperated with his teammates in pick-and-roll, used breakthroughs to activate the entire team, and successively provided assists to his teammates. In just 7 minutes, he scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. His performance lit up everyone's eyes.
The two teams then replaced the substitute lineup, and Floyd still did not replace DeRozan. Now even home fans think that DeRozan may be injured, but fortunately they found an unexpectedly excellent point guard.
The NCAA game is only divided into two halves, each playing 20 minutes each and resting for 15 minutes in between. This is another difference from the NBA game.
Emperor Wu rested for five minutes off the court, but in these five minutes, everyone saw the difference between him and not on the court.
Kangda not only overtook the score in the past five minutes, but also widened the score difference to 8 points in one breath.
Newly played Kemba Walker and Jerome Dawson are completely two types of players. The former was famous for its explosive power in high school. It seems unstoppable when rushing. Speed, footsteps and aggressiveness can be perfectly combined. Kemba Walker can score anywhere on the court, and can use step back, change directions, and various fake moves to get rid of the defense and create various shooting space for himself.
Mugakin is actually a point guard of this type, but he is one level short of explosive power, speed, and impact. He is completely suppressed when facing Kemba Walker.
"Hugo, this kid is no slower than you." Bart couldn't help but praise Kemba Walker, who fell to the ground after a layup, still waving his fists.
"He is indeed very fast. He has to make predictions on defense. It will be too late to intercept after he breaks through." Wu Huang is best at defending breakthrough madmen like Kemba Walker. What he is most reluctant to deal with is Curry who met in Nike's peak game. Harden has an opponent who is not bad in health, but likes to play with skills and brains, because it is difficult for such players to predict, and he himself has this style.
Before the two finished speaking, Kemba Walker accelerated from the midfield, first forcibly breaking through Mugakin, then accelerated again outside the three-point line, and forcibly overtaken Edmund Tamar, finally rushed to the basket, jumped into the air and dodged Gibson's block to push the ball up.
In this round, Kemba Walker passed three people in a row and played with the entire defense line of USC.
Emperor Wu applauded Kemba Walker on the sidelines. The ball was really exciting.
The fans at the scene were also stunned by the little man. Kang Da’s substitute guard was so exciting, how could he play as a substitute?
Floyd was very dissatisfied with Mugakin's defense, so he made a substitution arrangement in advance and replaced Mugakin with Emperor Wu.
At the 8th minute and 22th of the first half, the score was 21:29.
Kemba Walker's offense was two plus one. After making a free throw, his personal score had reached 8 points. It took him only five minutes to get the same score as Wu Huang.
Chapter completed!