Chapter 23: Tactical Adjustment

Indiana had the ball, and Moore came to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing the Bulldogs' zone defense, he tried to break through as before the timeout, attracting Mike Green's defense, but suddenly smashed the ball to the ground, passed To Tangnell who mentioned the free throw line above, the latter turned around after receiving the ball and made a mid-range shot.

brush!

Since the Bulldogs defended a 2-3 zone defense and could not take into account the position of the free throw line, there was no one around Tangnell to interfere, and the basketball went into the net hollow.

At 26:32, Indiana recovered 2 points.

Zhang Yu touched his chin with his right hand, but did not respond.

The round changed, the Bulldogs attacked, and Curry beckoned for Drew to come up and play the pick-and-roll, but Moore stuck hard and didn't give Curry a chance to cover.

Curry was hit twice by Moore's hidden tricks, a little annoyed in his heart, and simply waved his teammates to disperse and wanted to single-handedly fight Moore.

He kept changing directions, trying to shake Moore away, but Moore sank his center of gravity and didn't shake at all. He moved back and forth agilely, always standing in front of Curry, and when Curry wanted to forcefully rush past Moore , he pulled Curry's jersey with his hands with experience, so that Curry could not start up.

In the end, Curry could only make a hasty three-pointer before the offensive time ran out, but it was outrageous under Moore's interference.

The rebound was caught by Tang Nell, who was stuck in the position. Curry shook his head with some self-blame, and quickly returned to defense.

When Moore dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Zhang Yu suddenly stood up and shouted:

"Plan B (Plan B)!"

As the Bulldogs look at him, he holds his left hand up, two fingers out.

McKenna glanced at Zhang Yu nervously. Although he didn't know what Zhang Yu's plan B was, it was definitely not a good thing for Indian State University.

Moore came to the top of the arc and broke through Graves again. Although the latter tried his best to follow up, the gap in talent made him helpless. Mike Green could only meet and help defend as before.

Moore reflexively lobbed the ball toward the free throw line, where Townell was standing there reaching for the ball.

But the basketball didn't reach his hands. Curry appeared in front of Tangnell and intercepted the ball!

He took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and Graves, who was left behind by Moore, was the first to rush forward, received a pass from Curry, and made an easy layup.

26: 34.

McKenna saw clearly from the sidelines this time. Although the Bulldogs still defended the zone defense, they changed from a 2-3 zone defense to a 3-2 zone defense. Three people were mentioned on the line, and Curry no longer clinging to the zone. With Cole, the strength of the frontal defense has been greatly improved, and the original free throw line has also been locked.

But correspondingly, only Drew and Campbell are responsible for the bottom line position, and the defense of the bottom corners on both sides has become much more empty.

McKenna stood up and shouted:

"Give Cole more cover, the opposite corner is the weak point of defense! Moore, pay attention to Cole's position and pass him more!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yu proudly.

McKenna is not afraid that Zhang Yu will hear his arrangement. If Zhang Yu wants to crack his tactics, he must change the defensive formation, which is in his hands. It would be better if Zhang Yu doesn't change, and he can break the Bulldogs' 3- 2 zone defense.

Zhang Yu put his arms around his chest, and just glanced at McKenna lightly, without expressing anything.

The Indian State players barely heard the head coach's instructions amidst the din of Butler fans.

Cole no longer simply stood outside the three-point line to open up space, but began to move flexibly like a loach. Both Tangnell and Woz actively covered Cole.

But the Bulldogs still strictly guarded the 3-2 zone defense and remained unmoved. Cole quickly ran out of the gap. Moore had been paying attention to his position and passed the ball immediately upon seeing it.

After Cole received the ball, he adjusted and made a three-pointer, but it may be because he has been stuck on the defense. His touch has not been opened yet. The ball hit the back edge of the basket and bounced high.

There was chaos at the basket. After some scrambling, the falling rebound was missed by Campbell. He swung his elbow horizontally and swung it left and right to clear a space. No one looked at him and passed the ball directly to Curry.

Curry took the ball forward and accelerated to the frontcourt, but Moore was faster and stopped by his side, constantly reaching out, trying to grab the basketball in his hand.

Curry tried his best to fight against Moore, and stumbled to the frontcourt. Seeing that his rhythm was in chaos, he was about to be successfully intercepted by Moore.

Curry had an idea, and suddenly lifted the ball up, as if to shoot. Moore was nervous at this time, and he jumped up to block the block reflexively, but Curry put the ball down again, and when Moore fell, he shot towards him. With a bump on his body, he threw the ball into the air.

"Di!"

The referee's whistle sounded, Moore fouled a three-pointer, and Curry stood at the free throw line.

The replay of the ball was played on the screen in the middle of the court. The fans saw Moore being tricked by Curry, laughed and cheered everywhere.

But Moore waved his hand angrily, but didn't dare to make too many moves. The referee was looking at him with a sparkle. This is the home of the Bulldogs. He made a technical foul and let him know what home court advantage is.

Curry chewed on his braces, slouched to the free-throw line, took two dribbles, and raised his hand for the first free throw.

McKenna frowned. He didn't like Curry's sloppy look. In his opinion, basketball should be a high-intensity physical confrontation, and it should be a bloody hand-to-hand fight. Looking at this baby face, he knows how to shoot a three-pointer from the outside , the distance is still so far, and he keeps shaking his head, it's really out of shape.

If the kid was playing under him, he would definitely correct it all.

The most important thing is that his shooting is really accurate...

McKenna glanced at Zhang Yu with some jealousy. The young man has no other skills, but he is lucky. He picked up a good seedling, but he just couldn't train him, which is a pity.

Curry naturally didn't know that McKenna coveted him, and he made the last two free throws steadily.

At 26:37, the point difference came to double digits for the first time.

The Indian State offense faced the standard 3-2 zone defense of the Bulldogs. With the help of his teammates, Kerr got an open opportunity in the left corner. This is also the weakness of the 3-2 zone defense. Moore passed the ball In the past, Cole shot the ball very firmly.

brush!

This ball also lived up to the expected hollow hit. At 29:37, Indian State University recovered 3 points.

In the next few minutes, Curry was a little embarrassed by Moore's uninterrupted physical confrontation and sent several turnovers, while Indian State University relied on Cole's off-ball movement to get several opportunities, but his hit The rate is not too high, and a few open shots hit the iron, which didn't cost the Bulldogs' 3-2 zone defense too much.

In the end, at the end of the first half, the Indian State University 36:42 Bulldogs, the point difference was narrowed to 6 points.

Zhang Yu frowned slightly. This point difference did not meet his expectations. In his vision, the team should at least lead by more than 10 points.

He dared to let the team defend the 3-2 zone defense because Cole's NCAA career three-point shooting percentage was only 38.6%, and his output was not high, and he let Curry stick to Cole first, disrupting his rhythm and touch , not worried that he can shoot the Bulldogs to death, and the facts have proved that Cole's shooting can't kill people, but Curry's abnormality under Moore's oppressive defense is something he never expected.

He vaguely remembered that he had seen it in his previous life, and Curry seemed to perform poorly in his first college game.

It seems that even for superstars, experience is indispensable.

Back in the locker room, Zhang Yu waited for the players to rehydrate and wipe off their sweat before saying:

"We played well in the first half. We are still leading now, but the advantage of 6 points is not safe. I need you to continue to attack in the second half, expand the point difference to more than 15 points, and completely defeat the opponent! I don't want to delay the time until In the last few seconds, Indian State University is a very resilient team, and no one knows what will happen if it drags on for a long time."

The players nodded in unison, Zhang Yu glanced at Curry, and continued to arrange tactics:

"We played like this in the second half..."

In the visiting team's locker room, McKenna was very proud of the adjustments he made, and encouraged his disciples:

"Continue to play like this in the second half! Cole strengthens his off-ball running. If Butler's guys keep defending the zone defense, they will shoot them dead! Moore, you treat that No. 30 well and teach him a good lesson... that Chinese look I only learned zone defense from Lickett, and I won't make adjustments at all. We have to help Butler and let them change to a reliable new coach. This game must be won!"

"Understood!" The Indian State University players responded loudly with high morale.

15 minutes passed quickly, the second half of the game began, and the two sides returned to the field.

The Bulldogs had the ball, Curry held the ball, and Moore started to press directly from the backcourt, constantly trying to steal.

And Curry's current confrontation ability is really not strong, he can only barely protect the ball and move forward.

Curry came to the frontcourt and wanted to call Drew to cover, but Moore's defense was very oppressive. He is an old fritters. stumbling block...

As a child who grew up in a black community, Moore was familiar with street tricks and used them with ease, making it impossible for Curry, who had never experienced them, to parry.

Snapped!

Moore seized the opportunity and made a quick shot. He slapped Curry's hand heavily from an angle that the referee couldn't see. The basketball was out of Curry's control. Jumping to the frontcourt, rushing into the penalty area, stepping up and taking off, dunking the ball heavily into the basket with both hands.

Curry chased after him and pulled his jersey hard, but he couldn't stop it, and instead gave Moore a chance to add a penalty.

After landing, Moore took the overlord step, which caused boos from the audience.

He triumphantly walked to the free throw line, but missed the free throw.

At 38:42, the point difference was chased to 4 points.

Curry angrily went to the referee to argue, but the referee said it was a clean steal.

Zhang Yu shook his head. Could it be that Curry hasn't had a cylinder since college?

He waved to the bench:

"Ben, you go on and replace AJ!"

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