Chapter 55 Gambling
During the intermission, Emperor Wu took his cell phone and saw the text messages sent by three girls. He secretly cheered himself up. He said today that he would kill the damn bearded man, but the bastard dared to steal the limelight?
Harden's performance today is indeed very outstanding. He met twice at the beginning of the season. His progress made Emperor Wu secretly feel a sense of crisis. Didn't he say that the scholar should not look at him with admiration for three days? The ancients really did not deceive me. These guys who are called geniuses are not easy to deal with. If his progress speed is not fast enough, he might have been overtaken by the bearded man this time.
Think about Curry and Evans whom he met more than half a year ago. What will these geniuses who were better than him at that time have made progress now? And Rubio, the golden boy who is famous in Europe, is said to be not even Nash as a template for him. How awesome will he be?
"You have made progress, and my skills are not to stop moving forward. The bearded man wants to compete with me and then lengthen his beard a few cm before talking about it." Wu Huang decided to strengthen his personal offense in the second half. He did not have only one mode, and the "scoring mode" is also his area of expertise.
The second half of the game started again, with a score of 36:38. In terms of scores, this was a stalemate final.
"Dear, I know you are the best." Christine whispered to cheer for her boyfriend. Emma Watson burst into laughter. Her best friend seemed to have really fallen in love with this hugo.
After Wu Huang appeared, he stretched out a thumb in the direction of his parents, which was also a way to cheer himself up.
"It's up to you." Wu Huang whispered to DeRozan before the start of the game.
"No problem." DeRozan knew his mission, and Harden's big ass was not feeling well.
In the first half, Harden's big butts were urged by Emperor Wu and went to DeRozan again. In the end, even Bart, who was two meters tall, couldn't bear it and was almost overturned. It is said that even Barkley couldn't help but pay attention to this side when commenting on other games. This is what it means to suck the butts.
Wu Huang received a serve from his teammate and made his first attack in the second half. He did not intend to fake the opponent. Equalifying the score was a good encouragement to his morale. He only believed in himself in this key goal.
Strictly speaking, Wu Huang is not a pure point guard. He has a side that desires to score and a selfless side. This combination of contradictions may make him an alternative in the 190s, but modern basketball is increasingly inclined to score. At the same time, some people particularly like to be generous with the past and the present, which gives him a place to work. This is an era when double-energy guards are prevalent.
In the first attack in the second half, Wu Huang chose to be strong. He did not even seek the cooperation of his teammates. He first let his teammates run without the ball to distract his opponent, and then a simple change of direction broke into the inside.
The University of Arizona did not expect Wu Huang to start the scoring mode so soon. By the time he realized, Wu Huang had already made a layup in a flash and scored two points again.
Harden had to respond to Wu Huang's offense. USC chose the second and third positions, concentrated its defensive forces in the inside and released the three-point line.
Everything in this world follows a principle - there are gains and losses.
Therefore, when the two teams have similar strengths, they must make decisive choices. Teams that are timid must be the bottom of the team. The strong team will make a decision as soon as possible after a stalemate is formed. Regardless of whether the choice is correct or not, at least they will not lose the game because of hesitation.
The price of USC letting go of the outside line was that Harden made two three-pointers in the early part of the second half, but they did not let their opponents score in the penalty area, so it was difficult to figure out whether the gains and losses were calculated or not, and the scores of the two teams continued to rise alternately.
Wu Huang has been using his personal abilities to score points continuously. Yahoo Sports has been questioning Wu Huang's breakthrough ability, but today Wu Huang has been using breakthroughs to score points for the team, which is tantamount to slapping the face in the face.
When this Chinese firmly made damage to the basket, many people saw his explosive power and speed advantage. Derek Glaser of the University of Arizona was nearly 10cm shorter than Emperor Wu, but he still could not stop his breakthrough.
Groom Albert commented fairly: "Hugo is not just a shooter, he is a scorer. He can attack the basket, grab rebounds and play fast breaks, and he can also shoot mid- and long shots. He is an all-around scorer."
Harden does not think his scoring ability is inferior to that of Wu Huang. In the second half, he became an offensive competition between the two teams' core players.
Floyd chose to press Jeff Ayers in the inside and insisted on hitting and staring at people on the outside, allowing DeRozan to continue defending Harden alone.
His plan is very simple. Arizona also chose to defend man-to-man in the second half, and did not use double-teams to deal with Wu Huang. At least in the area above the free throw line, they did not double-team.
At this time, it was a direct contest between the two pairs of core members. Derek Glaser's defense of Emperor Wu is definitely not as effective as DeRozan's defense against Harden. Although they can't defend against each other, DeRozan is still under the halo of genius. He is stronger than Harden in terms of athletic ability and can cause more trouble for Harden.
So in this case, Wu Huang can naturally play a greater threat than Harden and have more chances to score.
Arizona State also made a choice, they doubled all the ball holders near the penalty area, but put the high area on the U.S. to shoot.
One on both sides is betting on the opponent's three-point shots, and the other is betting on the opponent's two-point shots, and the end is still the personal abilities of the two core players.
Wu Huang and Harden soon discovered their shortcomings, and their high jump shots and three-pointers did not achieve the performance of their coaches and fans at critical moments of the game.
In the first ten minutes of the second half, Wu Huang made 3 of 8 shots and Harden made 2 of 7 shots. Neither of the scores helped the team open the score.
At the 11th minute and 11th second in the second half, the score was 46:46, and the two teams tied again.
At this time, the test became the on-site arrangement of the coaches of the two teams. It depends on who responds faster and who has more preparations before the game, and who can get closer to the victory of the game.
Floyd and Scott Pera are both excellent head coaches, but the latter was coaching in the high school basketball team last year and only started his NCAA career this year. In terms of coaching experience, Floyd's more than ten years of NCAA coaching experience and five years of NBA coaching experience are undoubtedly richer, and he is also more prepared.
At the same time, the two teams have different core positions, and they have played a certain role at this moment. Don’t forget that Wu Huang is a point guard, and he can not take scoring as the top priority. But Harden is a shooting guard. As the name suggests, he must take scoring as his responsibility and organization as the supplement, otherwise he will steal the task of a point guard.
Floyd called a timeout and decisively asked Emperor Wu to go aside. He re-formed the tactics with DeRozan and Gibson as the offensive points. Emperor Wu returned to his organizational core.
Scott Pera was not so decisive. He was able to get the position of Arizona State head coach, and thanks to bringing Harden to Arizona, he did not dare to let Harden hand over the ball.
"Hugo, what is a great playback?" Floyd asked as he paused.
"Control basketball, the initiator of tactics, can pass the ball to the right players at the right time, and must also have the ability to end the attack by yourself." Wu Huang understood what his coach meant and answered in a bad mood.
"Demar, what is a shooting guard?" Floyd praised Wu Huang for his overall view. He answered this way, obviously knowing his plans, so he asked DeRozan again with great relief.
DeRozan was suddenly stunned by asking. At this moment, his IQ was a little insufficient, and he looked confused and didn't know how to answer.
"Idiot!" Floyd cursed in his heart, and there was no way, so he could only look at Emperor Wu again.
Chapter completed!