Sanders, who was guarding Casey Green, thought it was a real screen when Dan Dickau ran over for the first time. When his teammates went around, they realized that the quality of Casey Green's screen was not high.
So when Casey Green turned around, he didn't even notice.
Who knew that this was a solid screen, blocking Caron Butler two meters away from Lu Yu.
The previous eight attempts were all fake, and the screen for Dan Dickau was also fake. Everything was waiting for Lu Yu to come out from the bottom corner, until Lu Yu passed by Casey Greene.
Blake Stepp passed the basketball to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu jumped to catch the ball, faced the basket, and shot a three-pointer.
"Whoosh!"
The basketball hit the net.
The fans at the scene immediately applauded, and Mark Foyo also nodded with satisfaction.
The complexity of this tactic is much more complex than the flex, diamond, and horns commonly used by the team before. It is also the secret weapon of the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
From the very beginning, the team regarded Lu Yu as its core.
Especially on the defensive end, Lu Yu almost took over most of the team's defensive tasks, from the defensive axis to the offensive axis. Except for the play style that allowed Lu Yu to fire unlimitedly, there was no set of tactics for Lu Yu.
Be prepared.
This is an incredible thing for any team.
As the team's star player, Lu Yu's role has always been to check for leaks and fill in the gaps. This is also because the team does have various flaws and has to do so as a last resort.
But offensive tactics are rarely designed specifically for Lu Yu.
Even with unlimited fire, they only use some simple pick-and-rolls, and sometimes they don't even use pick-and-rolls.
This is the only tactic that the team has practiced before but has never used in a game - Lu Yu's tactic.
On the other side, Connecticut Huskies head coach Calhoun frowned.
Although the fight was still back and forth on the court.
But his mind kept flashing back to the tactic Lu Yu had just run. It looked very similar to the positioning screen used by the team, but it didn't feel like it. What kind of tactic was it?
From a playing point of view, it is indeed a positioning cover.
Dan Dickau's pass was a false position, and then Casey Green turned around and provided Lu Yu with a true position cover.
Very simple tactic.
For Gonzaga's No. 10, all he needs to do is shake off the defender through this run and throw the ball in.
But this tactic is also difficult.
Because you have to cast accurately.
But Calhoun always felt that this tactic was different from ordinary positioning screens.
With ordinary positioning screens, the defensive side can already determine the position of the person who is covering for you. Even if there are two positioning screens in a row, as long as they can bypass or switch defenses in time, they can still cause interference.
But this tactic is difficult for the players to react to.
From the initial round of eight, if a player has a defensive hole, it is estimated that when the basketball is in Lu Yu's hands, it will be a straight-line breakthrough.
End of round eight...
etc!
Calhoun's thoughts suddenly got stuck on Round Eight.
A combination of bypassing eight and positioning screens?
He gradually gained some insights and planned to call a timeout to make arrangements after watching two more rounds.
…
"beep!"
The referee blows the whistle for the timeout.
The score on the court scoreboard was 27:19, with Gonzaga leading by eight points.
Originally, according to the Connecticut Huskies' tactical plan, every player on the field had the ability to score, which allowed the Gonzaga Bulldogs to lose sight of one thing on the defensive end.
Unexpectedly, Gonzaga's defense didn't panic.
Connecticut scored, and they were not upset. They turned around and hit another one to return the favor.
The two sides went back and forth, and as a result, Connecticut's shooting percentage was not as high as Gonzaga's.
The main reason is that they are still very unfamiliar with the Gonzaga Bulldogs' tactics, and they always feel at a loss when it comes to defending.
On a few shots, Caron Butler went around to catch up with Lu Yu, but Casey Green, who was covering the ball, went straight down again. With a flick of Lu Yu's wrist, the basketball led Casey Green straight to the basket.
"Bang Dang" means a slap in the face.
On the sidelines, the head coach of the Connecticut Huskies said to the players: "Caron, your speed is a bit difficult to match the opponent's No. 10, so let Albert follow."
He chose misplaced defense at this time.
In fact, it was a defensive formation that used Lu Yu as a shooting guard at the beginning.
He even regrets that he was too rigid at the beginning.
"Albert, when you are with Lu Yu, you can't take a step away or bite him to death. Their tactics are nothing more than a combination of circumnavigation and positioning cover. You should pay attention to two points. The first is when circumnavigating eight, don't give Lu Yu any chance.
The second opportunity for Yu to directly break through is Lu Yu's movement after falling into the bottom corner. Once he has a tendency to move towards the positioning post, he must be caught even if he is pulled."
Albert Morin nodded excitedly.
He had long wanted to teach No. 10 Lu Yu a lesson, but unfortunately he never had the chance.
Now the opportunity has come.
On the other side, the Gonzaga Bulldogs did not make any deliberate arrangements. Mark Foyo just let the players continue to play. He was very confident because the changes in this tactics did not stop at this point.
…
Lu Yu received the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, and Albert Morin stared at Lu Yu fiercely.
Lu Yu glanced at the Connecticut Huskies' defensive positioning, which was obviously much tighter in the corner. He smiled and patted his head, and his teammates immediately understood what he meant.
At this time, Dan Dickau in the corner used Casey Green's screen to pull outside the three-point line. Lu Yu dribbled the ball to the elbow and passed it to Dan Dickau who was cut off.
After passing the ball, Lu Yu started to speed up.
From the right elbow area to the right bottom corner, and then from the right bottom corner along the baseline, he made a big circle and came to the left bottom corner. Albert Morin was so angry that he wanted to curse, so he followed Lu Yu
Along the way, we encountered at least three sets of positioning piles.
As a result, Lu Yu ran to the left corner and prepared to run back.
He quickly retreated.
Who would have thought that at this time Lu Yu would make a V-shaped movement and run directly outside the three-point line. Mo Lin wanted to follow, but found another positioning post.
He was so angry that he stamped his feet.
Just walking all the way, he had to force Lu Yu to keep up, but now he couldn't keep up at all.
Lu Yu received a pass from Dan Dickau from the top of the arc. Tariq Brown, who was guarding Dan Dickau, rushed over, but Lu Yu didn't care about him at all and just made a time difference before rushing in.
He stopped suddenly and hit the target.
The depressed Albert Morin ran back with his head sullenly. Lu Yu walked up to him and said with a smile: "Thank you for sneaking around with me like this. Next time... continue."
…
The Gonzaga Bulldogs rarely get the ball in Lu Yu's hands, but when it does, they basically use tactics to get out of the open space, catch the ball and shoot.
Every shot is accurate, but so far I have missed one shot.
If there is no chance, Lu Yu can choose to pass to an open teammate, or choose to quickly enter singles mode.
It's a good thing that Connecticut didn't let Caron Butler and Albert Morin switch to defend Lu Yu. This switch almost prevented Morin from shutting down. What's more, Morin was originally Connecticut's leading scorer, but following Lu Yu
After running so many laps, my physical strength plummeted.
The shooting is also inaccurate.
My legs for layups also became weak.
Originally the two teams were playing against each other, but now it's the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Connecticut Huskies.
Erha just can't beat the Bulldog.
Not a heavyweight.
Connecticut head coach Calhoun couldn't sit still. The score on the field had reached 41:29, and the team was already twelve points behind.
It was only now that he realized what Gonzaga's tactics were.
Damn the detours, damn the positioning and covering.
This is obviously Popovich’s favorite “zipper” of the San Antonio Spurs!
It may not be accurate to call it a zipper, it should be a variation of the zipper.
Because Mark Foyou made many changes based on the zipper, and even changed the original zipper tactic beyond recognition, it’s no wonder that Calhoun didn’t recognize it for a while.
On the other side, Gonzaga Bulldogs head coach Mark Foyo was gesturing at the tactical board. Lu Yu pursed his lips and looked worriedly at Connecticut not far away.
"Calhoun should have discovered the zipper tactic now, so the following game..."
He looked up at the dazzling lights above the arena and muttered to himself.
