Chapter 327 Waiting

The ball rights returned to the hands of Russia.

Bowles did not express any objection. He knew in his heart that he had indeed received the ball before landing. From the time he threw the ball towards Xiao Han and the ball was back into his hands, there was almost no interval during this period. He finally understood what Xiao Han's reaction speed was in the coach's mouth.

When Conley was double-teamed, Thad Matt was ready to close his eyes. He knew that a mistake was inevitable, but unexpectedly, before he could see clearly what happened, Bowles fell off the field. Thad Matt was just happy, and then the ball flew towards Xiao Han who was rushing up.

The ball cannot be blamed by Xiao Han, because if it weren't for him, Duke had already completed a steal. Xiao Han's sudden appearance at least destroyed Duke's fast break opportunity. Thad Matt was about to make a gesture to make the players not be discouraged and quickly returned to defense, but unexpectedly saw the referee awarding the ball to the Russian University.

Many people, including Lao K, did not see Xiao Han's move to send the ball back to Bowles, but the referee on the sideline was right next to him, and he could see clearly. In addition, Bowles did not complain at all. Everyone knows that at that moment, something that blinded everyone's eyes happened.

Duke changed his defensive strategy. Coach K has realized that as long as Xiao Han holds the ball, he can't defend himself at all in his current state, so he can only prevent him from receiving the ball. Duke's players are indeed very strong. After Coach K issued the order, no matter who switched to Xiao Han, the only way was to immediately go forward and hold him tightly, entangle with him, pull the jersey, and pull the arm small movements also began to appear.

After calling two fouls, the referee regarded Duke's defensive action suddenly changed against Xiao Han as normal. Because this involves a phobic scale issue, Duke's defensive method is like that. The referee can't just pose a defensive foul, so the referee can only relax the scale. It is not a big move, so he simply doesn't blew the whistle. Of course, if the Russian University of China adopts the same method, the referee will treat everyone equally.

The problem now is that although the referee does not mean to be anyone, the established fact is that this scale has caused the Russian University offense to fall into a quagmire. Xiao Han has always been around, so Kang Li naturally cannot force the ball to him, so he has to settle for the second best and seek cooperation with other teammates. Without Xiao Han's single-player attack weapon, the Russian University offensive efficiency immediately declined.

Xiao Han tried to use speed to get rid of it, but the results were very little. Duke obviously regarded Xiao Han as the number one threat. As long as the defensive player did not follow Xiao Han, the second player would immediately come forward to fill the position. Even if the others were let go, Xiao Han would not be given any chance.

It is naturally impossible for Duke to use this kind of defense throughout the game, but coach Thad Matt knew that if the solution was not found immediately, then before Duke changed his defense, the Russian defeat would have taken shape.

Conley tried to feed Oden in the inside, but with McRoberts's assisted defense, Uncle Oden's offensive success rate was not very high, barely 50% of the shooting rate. After Cook faced Nelson, his physical fitness was not outstanding, and his shooting rate also dropped rapidly. Slowly, Conley's own breakthrough layup also became a major offensive method for Russia's major, but Conley's shooting rate has never been higher.

Offense and defense are complementary. When Russia's major offense is blocked, the players' defensive enthusiasm is naturally reduced accordingly. Duke uses defensive counterattack as the main strategy. Duke, who has the championship background, implements this tactic called the only way to win the championship, and is naturally easy to use. Both sides are right to make decisions. As McRoberts began to frequently fire artillery at the basket and at long distances, the score gap was slowly widened.

Xiao Han has been replaced because when he is on the court, it will be more difficult for Russia to attack. Since joining the team is still short, Russia has no tactics specially formulated for Xiao Han. In this situation, the only way to catch the blind.

The game is not a simple number game where one plus one equals two. Russian University can certainly create a chance to catch Xiao Han through a series of pick-and-roll and covers, but because he has never conducted this kind of coordination with running training in advance, blindly changing his playing style will only make the team's playing style more chaotic and completely confusing the players on the field.

Not every player is a genius. Most people follow the tactical game arranged before the game. If they try new ways of playing in the game, the players will lose their clues and don’t know what they should do. At that time, they will not become pillars standing on the court, and the game will also become a game made by Xiao Han, the other four people grabbing. Of course, this is not a tactic, but it is obvious that Thad Matt’s trust in Xiao Han has not reached this level, otherwise Xiao Han would simply receive the ball directly from the backcourt and transport it to the frontcourt for singles.

Whether on the court or on the court, Xiao Han knew the situation of the game very clearly. Duke's style of play was very smart, and he took advantage of the weakness of the Russian team's immature team, limiting one or two key points, making the Russian team's offense no longer smooth.

Xiao Han's view is different from others. In his opinion, it is better to say that it is Conley instead of his problem. His body is too thin and his technical characteristics are not fully formed, which makes Conley easily defended by Bowles on the court. If a team's point guard can only make some simple passes and catches, then this team will probably have little hope.

It’s not that he looks down on Conley. As long as he gives the ball to himself, Xiao Han is actually sure to solve this situation quickly. It’s very simple. If Xiao Han is the one who controls the ball, with Bolles’ ability, Xiao Han can dominate the ball at will, no matter whether it is creating opportunities for his teammates or playing solo by himself, there is no problem.

But this is impossible. In THAAD Matt's mind, Conley's core defender is stable and unshakable. With this preconceived idea, what Xiao Han and THAAD Matt value more is how to play his scoring ability and pass the ball as much as possible, as long as he plays a cameo when Conley is not on the court or performs sluggishly.

So the root of the problem is that although Thad Matt trusts Xiao Han, in his heart, Xiao Han has not yet risen to the position of being a star in the team. Not to mention Oden for the time being, even Conley, Xiao Han can't compete with him. Thad Matt cannot have the courage to replace Conley's starting position and let Xiao Han replace him. Thad Matt has been struggling with whether to let Xiao Han play the sixth player or the starting shooting guard, which is too petty.

Xiao Han did not make a move, he stayed honestly off the court, watching the score being pulled away by Duke step by step, without saying a word. He was able to start in the second game, and although he was replaced in the middle, he was already very satisfied. Now, he was waiting, waiting for Thad Matt to make the decision to treat the dead horse as a living horse, and waiting for the opportunity that had to be forced to turn the tide.

Waiting is a virtue. Only by learning to wait can you seize opportunities.

Thad Matt was weighing the trade-offs in his mind, but the first thing he considered was whether it was a mistake to let Xiao Han start today. Because if Xiao Han was the sixth man, Thad Matt would be more comfortable with his use. Anyway, that piece would not work, let him take the ball, instead of worrying about whether he would replace Conley like now.

Sometimes people are so strange. Thad Matt clearly knows that Xiao Han's ability and potential are better than Kang Li, and he also predicts that Xiao Han will definitely become an amazing person in the future, but he just doesn't have the courage to directly let Xiao Han play the main control and Kang Li play the substitute.

Perhaps, Xiao Han's super scoring ability made Thad Matt be lucky and always wanted to put these two people on the court at the same time. But now, Kang Li can't open up the situation for the team, isn't it time to make changes?
Chapter completed!