Lian Dao got the basketball passed over by Vucevic.
There is only Danny Green beside him.
North Carolina head coach Rowan Williams emphasizes oppressive one-man defense. Tyler Hansbrough, the core inside line, has excellent physical fitness, defensive skills and defensive awareness. He does not need to pull out to defend the pick-and-roll, he only needs to be in the basket.
Just be ready to prevent breakthroughs and air cuts near the frame at any time, which can ensure that North Carolina has good frame protection efficiency.
At the same time, North Carolina is also one of the teams with the fewest fouls. Hansbrough is willing to block positions to let his teammates grab rebounds. North Carolina's defensive rebounding rate is also among the best in the league.
As for Danny Green, who later became famous for his defense and three-pointers, his defense at this time had begun to take shape.
He also asked the head coach to defend Lian Dao alone.
Defending alone, Lian Dao naturally didn't touch him.
Lian Dao prepared to attack the first ball on his own, but his teammates had no chance.
Rowan Williams places great emphasis on off-ball follow-up from the perimeter, and North Carolina players are not allowed to risk stealing and missing players.
Therefore, under the leadership of Royin Williams, North Carolina's defensive turnover rate is also at the bottom of the NCAA, and they rarely miss anyone.
They rarely give their opponents open three-point opportunities, and the teams that have played against North Carolina have very low three-point shooting percentages.
This is also the reason why Rowan Williams laughed when he saw Southern California's original lineup. When playing against them, don't think about high assist numbers. You can only use various ball-handling and strong shots to solve the problem in the mid-range.
However, in order to make a mid-range shot, you must first break through the North Carolina Steel defense line composed of Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Danny Green.
For the first ball, Lian Dao directly assumed a triple threat posture. For Lian Dao, the triple threat posture is the best.
Danny Green didn't get too close, he knew Lian Dao had the ability to break through.
So he always maintains an optimal defensive distance.
This distance is enough for ordinary players, but Lian Dao...
As expected, Danny Green made a fake shot and moved forward, then dribbled and turned around to pass Danny Green.
But Danny Green reacted quickly and immediately returned to defense.
Lian Dao then pulled the ball backwards in disguise, then stepped back and shot.
Get rid of Danny Green.
"brush!"
3:0.
Although the goal was scored, it also put pressure on Lian Dao.
Danny Green is like a piece of candy, it's really not easy to get rid of him.
Lian Dao's opening three-pointer also excited USC fans.
"Oh, Sickle's familiar opening three-pointer, this seems to have become a ritual for the University of Southern California." Barkley said in the commentary box at this time.
For this game, TNT sent Barkley and Kenny Smith as commentators for the finals.
This damn fat guy also got his wish. Although he missed the USC commentary in the semifinals, fortunately, TNT decided to let him and Kenny partner to commentate in the finals!
"Charles, don't be so excited. The iron walls of the University of North Carolina are not that easy to deal with!" Ken, your favorite thing to do is to pour cold water on Barkley.
Just when they were arguing in the commentary box.
The University of Southern California has set up a defensive formation.
Although it is a 3-2 zone defense, Southern California did not stick to zone defense this time, nor did it insist on one-on-one defense like the University of North Carolina.
Instead, there are only mutual changes between zone defense and man-to-man.
USC's defensive focus is on the outside. Although North Carolina has Tyler Hansbrough on the inside, their main way of scoring is still relying on outside shooting.
Therefore, Tim believes that as long as they hold the three-point line, they have guarded more than half of it.
But North Carolina's offensive style today surprised USC.
North Carolina head coach Rowan Williams started today by focusing on the inside.
They will use Tyler Hansbrough's intimidating power inside to force USC to shrink its defense, thereby creating space for outside players.
Although Vucevic has improved rapidly, he can perform high pick-and-rolls and grab rebounds, but he really can't guard against Tyler Hansbrough, who is flexible and has a variety of offenses.
Three minutes into the game, Hansbrough launched attacks in the mid-range one after another, using mid-range shots and face-to-face attacks to score 6 points in succession on Vucevic. He indeed fulfilled the team's tactical requirements, alone in the game.
The inside opened up the situation.
Tim also understood his opponent's intentions, but North Carolina did have an advantage inside, so it had to make adjustments, so USC began to shrink its defense to a certain extent.
Also assisting Tyler Hansbrough.
But USC didn't call timeout.
9:6.
USC still leads the way.
Although Vucevic couldn't guard Tyler Hansbrough on the inside, North Carolina couldn't guard Lian Dao on the outside, and Lian Dao also responded to North Carolina with three three-pointers: Single defense doesn't work.
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There are only two timeouts in a first half, whoever uses them first will suffer a loss.
Although the University of North Carolina is three points behind, as the championship coach Rowan Williams is also quite pivotal.
Still let Danny Green guard Lian Dao alone.
Lian Dao's three-pointers in the opening game also raised his NCAA single-season three-pointer record to 181.
"I will make the 182nd three-pointer in front of you!" Lian Dao said with a smile while dribbling the ball, looking at Danny Green who was following him like candy.
This sentence made Danny Green very angry. The fact that he had not defended the previous three three-pointers was enough to make him angry.
Unexpectedly, this guy also imitated Larry Bird and talked trash.
I looked at the information before and didn't find that this guy can talk trash.
It's not that Lian Dao doesn't know how to talk trash, he has never thought of talking trash before.
However, Larry Bird's words today made him think that trash talk can be a very lethal weapon if used properly.
Although Danny Green wanted to fight back immediately, he had nothing to say after being knocked down three three-pointers in a row.
Lian Dao accelerated the dribble from outside the three-point line, and then received the ball, which directly shook the already frightened Danny Green and broke through.
In the same way as the first ball, Lian Dao faked a breakthrough this time, then pulled back and shot a three-pointer from the outside.
12:6
"Look, I told you that you were going to shoot a three-pointer, but you couldn't guard it. Your best defense couldn't be a lie, right?" Lian Dao whispered close to Danny Green when he returned to defense.
I have to say that trash talk is really useful. Although Danny Green didn't say anything, Lian Dao discovered through defensive confrontation that this guy's movements were getting bigger and bigger.
To irritate the opponent is of course to make him lose his mind, because if the defensive strength exceeds the allowed range, it becomes reckless and will be counterproductive.
Moreover, Lian Dao's constant shooting of three-pointers from the outside gives Danny Green a sense of "I will continue to shoot three-pointers from the outside." Therefore, even if Danny Green adjusts his mood in a short period of time, it will be because of Lian Dao's previous
He has good shooting awareness and prioritizes defending his three-point shot.
At this time, Lian Dao will have the opportunity to break through the defense, thereby disrupting the University of North Carolina's defensive formation and creating opportunities for his teammates.
Although it is fun to attack the opponent from the outside, this method is too easy to be restricted. He needs to use breakthroughs to disrupt the opponent's defense and try to activate his teammates.