Chapter 166: Zhao Qiang Starts Scoring Mode
During the Cavaliers' defensive round, Zhao Qiang took the initiative to switch to defense in front of Tiny. He wanted to contribute to the team on both offense and defense at the beginning of the second half.
Zhao Qiang has defended many top defenders, so in front of Zhao Qiang, Tiny looked a little immature and even a little clumsy.
Zhao Qiang saw the right opportunity, stretched out his hand, and directly stole the basketball from Tiny's hand. He made a wonderful defense on his first defensive switch.
After Zhao Qiang completed the steal, he immediately made a fast break and went straight into the opponent's penalty area.
Because Zhao Qiang's steal was too sudden, the Wake Forest players did not replay it in time this time.
Facing the empty defense, Zhao Qiang jumped directly with both feet and completed a two-handed dunk!
Before Zhao Qiang landed, he slapped the backboard with his right hand and made a very domineering celebration.
Zhao Qiang's two-handed shot also instantly ignited the University of Virginia students in the basketball hall.
The students shouted Zhao Qiang's name crazily. There is no doubt that Zhao Qiang has been the brightest star at the University of Virginia in the past year.
Everyone knows that if Zhao Qiang can lead the University of Virginia Cavalry to win the NCAA championship, his name will definitely be written in the history of the school.
However, today's opponent, the Wake Forest University team, was very strong and had a superstar like Duncan on the team. They did not keep the University of Virginia students excited for too long.
Every time the Wake Forest team encountered difficulties, they could rely on Duncan's hard-hitting ability to break through.
There is no way, Duncan's personal ability is too strong.
At this time, Zhao Qiang was able to fight the almost complete Duncan for 300 rounds, and the fight was back-and-forth, which is already commendable.
Duncan first hit the boards on the offensive end and scored two points. Then he also dominated the defensive end, showing that one man can block everything.
One person stood inside and supported Wake Forest University's defensive system.
Duncan defended Maggette, and when Maggette turned around to attack the frame, he directly sent a nail-biting block, and Maggette was completely unable to find the way.
But a jaw-dropping scene occurred next. After Duncan completed the block, he did not pass the basketball to point guard Tiny, but advanced with the ball by himself.
When Xiaode saw this, he immediately stepped forward and tried to steal. He instinctively thought that big men, especially centers holding the ball, were looking for steals!
However, when Djokovic stepped forward to block and made a move, Duncan dribbled the ball behind his back like a defender and successfully avoided Djokovic's steal.
This scene not only shocked Xiaode, but also shocked all the fans present.
Everyone couldn't believe it. Duncan, who was so huge, could actually complete the passing moves like a defender, and he used them very easily and freely.
After Duncan advanced past halftime, he did not intend to hand the basketball over to Tiny. Instead, he continued to advance into the penalty area without braking.
Cavalry insiders Maggette and Da Heilong were completely dumbfounded. In their dazed moment, Duncan advanced to the free throw line with the ball, then made an exaggerated three-step layup straight to the basket, and finally finished with one hand with his right hand.
Split and dunk to complete this attack.
In this offense, Duncan only took 10 seconds from blocking the shot in the backcourt to finishing with a dunk.
A player who is 211 centimeters tall can dribble from the backcourt to complete an offense. This was still a rare product in the 1990s. Everyone was still very frightened by this. No one dared to imagine what it would be like for a center to dribble.
Of course, if these people knew that more than 20 years later, a 226 cm tall player could play like a point guard, they might go crazy...
Although everyone was frightened, Zhao Qiang was still very calm. After all, in his previous life, he had seen many big players dribbling like a guard in games.
It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack. Zhao Qiang directly advanced with the ball. Facing Anthony's pressing defense, Zhao Qiang made a false breakthrough to the left, and then immediately stepped back and shot.
brush!
Three point hit!
In the first two minutes of the second half, Zhao Qiang had already scored 8 points in a row.
Obviously, Anthony can no longer completely restrain Zhao Qiang, and his defensive power is gradually decreasing.
beep!
The head coach of the Wake Forest University team immediately called a timeout to interrupt Zhao Qiang's offensive momentum.
Through pre-game video analysis, the Wake Forest head coach knew very well that Zhao Qiang has a strong three-point shooting ability. Once he finds his shooting rhythm, it will be a series of attacks that can widen the point difference in an instant.
Through video study of Zhao Qiang, Wake Forest head coach believes that Zhao Qiang is very likely to be an era-changing player, greatly increasing the role of three-pointers in tactics.
As for the Cavaliers, Anzo still arranged to defend Duncan. With Zhao Qiang on the offensive end of the team, he was not worried, but how to restrict Duncan on the defensive end had always given him a headache.
"When you two are defending Tim, you must go forward and defend, don't let him catch the ball easily, even if you have to pay for a foul."
Anzuo said to Maggette and the big black dragon.
Anzuo understood that limiting Duncan in this game was the key to winning the game.
The timeout ends and the game restarts.
According to Anzuo's defensive arrangement, the Big Black Dragon directly went around to defend, not giving Duncan a chance to catch the ball at all.
Although Daheilong seems to be a rough guy, his skills are relatively good among forward players, and his defensive awareness is above average.
That's why Anzuo has always arranged for the Black Dragon to defend Duncan instead of the team's center center Maggette.
Tiny dribbled the ball for a long time and found that there was no chance to pass it to Duncan. He immediately changed his tactics and passed the basketball to Anthony, the team's second offensive core.
Anthony has always defended Zhao Qiang, but this time Zhao Qiang finally came to defend Anthony.
Since Anthony is much taller and bigger than Zhao Qiang, he can easily complete back-to-back moves against Zhao Qiang.
As a fan of Jordan, Anthony has also practiced low post singles skills many times in private. He hopes to use this move to finish this round.
Zhao Qiang originally thought that Anthony could only make mid-range jumpers and had no other offensive skills, but he didn't expect that he was still a skilled player.
However, in his previous life, Zhao Qiang had studied a lot of Kobe Bryant's game videos, so he had a deep understanding of this low-post back-up technique.
Although Anthony had used all his strength to complete this set of back-up combos, in Zhao Qiang's eyes, the speed was still too slow, lacking the fluency and coherence of Naha.
So when Anthony half-turned around and wanted to finish the jump shot, Zhao Qiang cut the basketball out of Anthony's hands with a steady movement, then made a fast break and finished with a layup!
Chapter completed!