Chapter 61 Ranking in the top eight
"It's okay, Earl, leave it to me. You have to run and stop fighting with him."
After watching Earl Clark's single, Terrence Williams recognized the facts for Earl Clark.
This is a bit harsh.
But Earl Clark knew that this was the temperament of Terrence Williams. He was a very straightforward person, and therefore, what he said was always true. Even Terrence Williams thought that he could not beat Lin Lin.
Ri, that shows that even if he becomes serious, there is still a big gap between him and Lin Ri.
Earl Clark immediately prepared to change his style of play.
From the beginning to the present, his most efficient style of play is to catch the ball while running without the ball, and then choose whether to shoot directly or break through. This style of play made it difficult for Lin Ri to adapt at the beginning.
However, Lin Ri's ability to defend without the ball improved after that, and coupled with this guy's provocation with foul language, he simply gave up this style of play...
Now it seems that he is constantly swimming in Lin Ri's trap, and he can hardly tell where to go. In the words of Mr. Ben Shan, he was deceived by Lin Ri and became lame.
Fortunately, Terrence Williams woke him up with a word.
Earl Clark is a smart man. When he realized that he could no longer follow Lin Ri's rhythm, he began to run without the ball frequently.
Although this means that he will be sprayed with all kinds of trash talk by Lin Ri again, from the fact that Terrence Williams singled out James Harden in the next round, it can be seen that his doing this is definitely effective.
Even if he still couldn't get rid of Lin Ri, in this way, he made Lin Ri no longer have time to worry about James Harden's back, and could no longer defend James Harden in time.
Just fight like this!
Earl Clark found a way to make the team better, found a channel to contribute his energy, and his whole expression was no longer full of gloom.
The two teams entered a tug-of-war. Although the Sun Devils already had a 7-point advantage, they could not continue to expand their advantage. The Cardinals used Earl Clark's off-ball movement to contain Lin Ri's defense and freed Troon.
Williams' pressure on the breakaway end allowed the Cardinals' offense to keep up with the Sun Devils' offense even when Earl Clark was locked down.
Pitino looked at the situation, especially the way Earl Clark was running hard, with a bit of relief in his eyes. This was what he expected to see Earl Clark look like on the court.
As long as this guy has the fighting spirit, even if he is "watched to death" by Lin Ri alone, he can still play an role on the court.
This is a really great guy!
Pitino has the greatest expectations for his three disciples who are currently on the draft prediction list. In his opinion, as long as this guy can have a fighting spirit and compete, then he has great potential.
He may become an All-Star player, but he is afraid that even if he reaches the NBA, he will still be in the same situation now, and his great talent will really be in vain!
It’s time to take action on Terrence Williams…
Sandel looked at Terrence Williams, the Cardinals' current core "engine" on the field, and muttered to himself.
In fact, he had already discovered a weakness of Terrence Williams, but Lin Ri was still in the process of "training" Earl Clark at that time, and his idea was to solve Earl Clark first, and then deal with Special.
Rencs Williams takes action, otherwise these two people support each other, and it is not an easy thing to limit.
And now, this time has finally arrived.
Lin Ri can already completely restrain Earl Clark by himself. Even if he can't step aside to defend James Harden, that's enough!
"Start forcing Terrence Williams from the backcourt and start double-teaming him when he enters the midfield. Remember, the harder you double-team, the better! If there is an opportunity to steal, don't let it go..."
For this reason, Sandek also called a timeout and laid out the entire strategy in detail.
After the timeout, Terrence Williams also clearly felt that he was being targeted.
James Harden began to press him from the backcourt, forcing him to speed up and run towards the midfield.
"Get in touch, get in touch!"
Pitino had a premonition of something and shouted anxiously, asking the Cardinals players to rush forward to assist Terrence Williams.
He shouted just in time.
It's just that the Sun Devils are already in position.
Steve Jones pressed forward directly when Terrence Williams passed the midline, and together with James Harden, they formed an encirclement.
For some reason, Terrence Williams didn't rush to pass the ball when faced with a double team. Instead, he stopped and dribbled, trying to isolate James Harden and Steve Jones by leaning on his back.
But the problem is, they are double-teamed by two people at the moment. Just being so close together and not being disturbed is a bit taken for granted.
James Harden and Steve Jones successfully completed the double-team.
James Harden looked fierce and hugged the ball directly.
Terrence Williams is someone who can get the ball stolen so easily, and he has his hands tightly holding the ball.
The two people struggled directly.
"beep!"
A real fight was about to begin.
The referee quickly blew the whistle.
Scramble!
"fxxk!" Terrence, who was sitting on the ground still holding the ball, cursed.
"Damn it!" James Harden, who was lying on the ground and almost being thrown out by his own inertia, slapped the floor fiercely, as if he was not satisfied with the result.
His angry look was somewhat "Lin Rihua".
Sandeck on the side looked at him like this and muttered: It seems that irritability is also contagious!
Of course, it was obvious that this irritability was "contagious" very well, and this bloody spirit helped them win a chance to jump the ball.
"Damn it, why can't Terrence get rid of this old habit?" Pitino cursed secretly. He had already guessed by looking at the Sun Devils' formation that Sandak was going to target Terrence William.
James had a bad habit of stopping and directing after halftime to defend!
Many experts say that Terrence Williams will be the next McGrady, especially his all-around skills, which are quite similar to McGrady when he was still with the Raptors. He is everywhere from the defensive end to the offensive end.
But if you ask Pitino to say what aspect of this guy is most like McGrady, he will definitely say: The bad habit of stopping to direct after halftime is the most similar!
This will actually cause the team's entire movement to stagnate as he stops. It may seem like he has the commanding ability, but in fact he holds the lifeblood of the entire team in his hands.
What's more, in Pitino's view, it's true that Terrence Williams looks like McGrady, but McGrady doesn't have difficulty choosing. Terrence also has a problem, that is, when faced with an emergency, he is the almighty
Instead, his skill became a burden, and he simply didn't know which method to choose to deal with emergencies.
Just like the situation just now, he obviously has many ways to deal with the double-teaming of James Harden and Steve Jones, such as passing the ball directly to the receiving person. Although it is a bit difficult, he has this ability; another example is following James
Harden's breakthrough from the other side, his ability to change directions drastically and his strong physical fitness can also ensure that he can do this.
But he chose the method that left Pitino most speechless. He actually stopped the ball on the spot and tried to resist the double-team by turning his back.
This...is really true!
Pitino was truly speechless to a certain extent.
"beep!"
Jump ball on both sides.
Terrence Williams relied on his better physical fitness to get the ball, but unfortunately the ball was eventually taken by Lin Ri. Although it was a jump ball near the midfield, after Lin Ri got the ball,
James Harden quickly stepped down with a "oooo", and in the blink of an eye, the two of them had left everyone behind.
"Boom!"
Then came the "Harlem Linkage" performance that has almost become a classic in the minds of Arizona State University students. Lin's powerful dunk made the audience once again become a sea of cheers.
This was not just a fast break, the balance of victory also began to tilt at this moment.
Terrence's bad habits are not easy to correct.
But now is the time when the Cardinals must hand the ball over to Terrance Williams.
I'm tired too!
Terrence Williams wanted to shout this, but he never thought that his obviously handsome stop-and-dribble command would become the Cardinals' breakthrough in this game.
He could only subconsciously remind himself not to stop the ball at the first moment of the half again.
But then there was a new problem... He was used to this kind of attack, and suddenly he was asked not to stop the ball. For a moment, he didn't know what to do when he rushed over. He entered with a little dazed mind.
The next second the Sun Devils were in the penalty area, they were surrounded, and then he became even more panicked.
In panic, the ball was snatched away by James Harden.
Then came another fast break opportunity.
The way Lin Ri charged up made Earl Clark, who had originally planned to chase and defend, give up his plan. He was already very embarrassed tonight, and he didn't want to make it even more embarrassing.
James Harden passed the ball back off the board. Lin Ri grabbed the ball and turned around to find that no one was guarding him, so he did a "crotch dunk".
The scene is boiling again!
Moreover, this time the cheers from the audience on the sidelines lasted much longer than usual, because Lin Ri made the "game over" gesture again!
The first time he made this gesture was when he played against the University of Memphis in the opening game of March Madness. Compared to the then and now irritable Lin Ri, when he made this gesture, he was a little more domineering and domineering.
!
This infected the audience on the sidelines, causing all the fans to cheer continuously.
Earl Clark was locked up by Lin Ri, and Terrence Williams was targeted on the offensive end because of a bad habit. The Cardinals were unable to play anymore, although they still had a player named Thor.
The guy is here, but for such a guy who is a bit of a "tool man" like Jeff, it's okay to count on him to be the icing on the cake, and it's fine to count on him to provide some help in times of need, but if you count on him to turn the tide, it's better to go to bed early!
"Whoosh!"
Jeff hit the last goal of the Sun Devils in this game. Less than a minute after he hit the ball, the game ended. The Sun Devils defeated the Cardinals 80-68 and successfully entered the NCAA this season.
Chapter completed!