When the basketball was handed over to Caron Butler again, Connecticut's offense finally opened up. After receiving the pass at 45 degrees, he hit a mid-range shot without any sloppiness. Lu Yu was beaten by Connecticut's big shot.
Forward Johnny Selvey was blocked behind him and he didn't have time to squeeze through.
When the basketball started moving, Connecticut used forward screens to allow Caron Butler to face as many Gonzaga players as possible except Lu Yu.
In this way, the deficiencies in the defensive abilities of other Gonzaga players were exposed.
The most important thing is that they sent their big center Suleiman Wien. It doesn't matter if he can't make a shot. Wien will grab the rebound and throw it out, allowing other players to continue shooting. Even today's hand feels cold.
Albert Morin both hit a three-pointer.
Casey Green tried his best, but it was difficult to grab the rebound from Wayne, who was ten centimeters taller than him.
After Calhoun, the head coach of the Connecticut Huskies, discovered that Gonzaga was using a zipper tactic, he directly changed it to a zone defense. No matter how much Lu Yu ran, it was all in vain.
Seeing that his running was ineffective, Lu Yu directly chose to launch a fierce singles attack in the elbow area. Mo Lin was a little shorter, but had a strong lower body. He kept pushing Lu Yu with his thigh and pushing him with his hands from time to time. Lu Yu quickly changed direction and then
The brakes floated backward in the air and threw the ball. Such a backward shot made Morin only look up, unable to make a move.
Such a fadeaway shot reminded Mark Four of Michael Jordan in his prime with the Bulls.
Lu Yu is really similar to Jordan in some aspects.
Top defensive level, excellent scoring ability, excellent passing vision, if it is inferior, perhaps Lu Yu's physical fitness will be much inferior to Michael Jordan.
Moreover, these abilities of Lu Yu are relatively outstanding compared to his opponents in the NCAA, but they may still be lacking in the NBA.
But he's still young, isn't he?
Wayne grabbed another rebound from Casey Green's head, turned around, squeezed Casey Green away, and dunked with both hands.
Mark Foyou took a look at the score, 43:33, and the point difference had been caught up to ten points.
The players on the field played very hard, but when Connecticut found a way to defend and got a feel for the offense, Gonzaga became a bit passive.
Although Lu Yu is also scoring, judging from the scene, there are too few opportunities for big gaps now. No matter how good he is in flex cuts and post-ups, his success rate is not higher than in the gaps.
When there is a situation where the shot cannot be made and the rebound cannot be obtained, Connecticut's backhand is a counterattack.
Compared to Connecticut, it was much easier. Although they were behind, but because they were behind, their mentality became a risk-taking mentality. As long as there was an opportunity, the players would not hesitate to take the shot. If the shot was not made, they would grab it and continue to shoot.
Neither side has any plans to change their playing style.
The confrontation continued like this in the first half, and continued until the seventh minute after the start of the second half.
77:77,
Just when the two sides were tied again, Mark Foyo called a timeout.
At this time, there are still more than ten minutes before the end of the game, and the combined score of the two teams has exceeded 150 points. This is definitely a super high score in the NCAA, and it also shows that the offensive success rate of both teams is quite high.
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Gonzaga took advantage of Connecticut's defensive holes in the opening period, while Connecticut gradually caught up with the score after reacting.
Mark Four glanced at the opponent. Logically speaking, Connecticut would make its last rotation at this time. During this period, seven or eight minutes before the end of the game, the main players would be replaced.
In other words, Connecticut's main players will get about four to six minutes of rest time.
"Lu, are you sure there's nothing wrong?" Mark Foyou glanced at Lu Yu, who was sitting on the sidelines and eating a banana.
Lu Yu didn't say anything, just nodded and continued eating bananas.
He needs to replenish his strength.
This was the key to him winning this game. None of the three breathing methods had an effect on physical strength. He had to eat bananas to quickly replenish his strength.
Thunder breathing method also continuously stimulates muscles and eliminates soreness.
He didn't want cramps to affect the outcome of the game at the most critical moment of the game.
Gonzaga has used this method of using Lu Yu during the bench rotation to win games before, but it was not used much because it was not used in most games and the game was wasted before the bench's final rotation time.
Today is different. If this trend continues, Gonzaga may lose.
When the timeout was up, Mark Foyou waved his hand: "Lu, it's your turn to play, attack with all your strength."
Lu Yu came on the field with a group of substitutes. When the opposite Connecticut coach Calhoun saw this situation, he couldn't help but yelled: "The hell don't let people rest, do they?"
In fact, this method of competition was first proposed by Lu Yu. In fact, the reason is very simple. It is the most famous word in China.
Tian Ji races horses.
Mark Foyo's sword was extended, and Calhoun had to take it.
But how to pick up?
Send the main force at this time?
In the last few minutes of the game, do the main players still have physical strength?
You must know that in order to compete for rebounds, score every attack, and defend every possession, Connecticut's players consume a lot of money.
If you don’t become the main force, do you have to rotate normally?
What if Lu Yu ruins the game in just these few minutes?
Just like at the beginning of the game, let Gonzaga open the score to more than ten points and then send the main force to chase?
Can you still chase me back?
It took almost ten minutes to catch up and the score was even. Now Gonzaga is doing this again. Who can stand it?
Calhoun frowned, but finally insisted on normal rotation.
He was praying, praying that the substitute could restrain Lu Yu's scoring a little bit, or at least not let Lu Yu increase the score too much.
Lu Yu dribbled the ball and walked slowly at the top of the three-point arc, just staring at Marcus Cox, who was guarding him. Marcus Cox was 193cm tall and was a defensive guard with speed and body.
, Calhoun sent him up just to use his speed and body to restrain Lu Yu a little.
Cox felt a little guilty when Lu Yu saw him, but he still didn't dare to be distracted and just stared at the basketball in Lu Yu's hand.
Just as he was adjusting with Lu Yu's front and rear feet, Lu Yu moved. Lu Yu first swayed his body from side to side, and then accelerated and broke through from the right side. Even though Cox reacted quickly, Lu Yu was still caught by Lu Yu.
Yu Shengsheng squeezed through half of the body, and the opponent's center wanted to make up the defense, but Lu Yu stopped and took action before he could make up the defense.
Basketball hits the board into the frame.
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Lu Yu received a pass from his teammate and reversed the movement with his crotch. Cox tried to reach it but failed, so he had to step back to maintain a defensive distance.
Lu Yu made a shooting posture. Regardless of whether he was going to shoot the ball or not, Cox raised his center of gravity. Just when he just raised his center of gravity, Lu Yu suddenly took back his shooting posture and accelerated.
Rushed past him from the right.
"Fake, I was deceived again."
However, he reacted quickly and followed up with two consecutive cross steps. Not only did he catch up, he also surpassed Lu Yu... overtook?
Calhoun on the sidelines couldn't bear to watch and covered his eyes.
Lu Yu's forward body suddenly stopped, and he pulled the ball back from behind.
The worst thing at this time was Cox, who had just crossed the steps and rushed out. In desperation, he quickly pulled his forward body back, but Lu Yu had already planned to pull back, and he was completely physical
Instinct reaction.
Cox wanted to stop his body forcibly, but his body didn't listen to him at all. His upper body was pulled back, but his legs were still running forward. The result was-
He lay on the ground and looked up to see Lu Yu taking off and shooting easily.
Lu Yu threw the ball in again. There was no reason why he couldn't make such an unguarded ball.
