The invincible kryptonite of basketball

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Early the next morning, after the victory party, the UConn team boarded a plane and headed to Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina.

The game between UConn and North Carolina will be played in Charlotte's largest stadium, Bank of America Stadium, in two days.

This 19-year-old arena is the home of the North Carolina Panthers of the NFL (American Football League). watch the battle.

"North Carolina's style of play has not changed from the past. Their core tactic is to grab offensive rebounds and seek second offensive opportunities. Therefore, protecting defensive rebounds will be the core part of our next game. Alex, Art, Taylor, you must be mentally prepared, whether it is blocking people or rushing..."

After arriving in Charlotte, Calhoun did not rush to arrange the team for game training, but took the players to start tactical analysis in the training hall.

In the last game against the University of Arizona, Tang Tian's tactical advice directly changed the situation of the two sides in the second half, which made him realize that tactics are extremely important when playing against strong teams.

After analyzing the tactics, he asked Oli to take the other team members to do basic training first, and then asked Tang Tian and himself to go back to the office alone.

Ollie looked at the two leaving with mixed emotions, but in the end he just shook his head.

Tang Tian's tactical advice in the last game showed that he is indeed very talented as a coach, which he really can't compare to.

An 18-year-old boy has such a talent, he should be envious and jealous, but remembering what Calhoun told him before, he should not be so narrow-minded as a coach, and he should learn more about how to get along with the players.

"Do you have any good tactical suggestions for the next game?" When he arrived at the coach's office, Calhoun asked Tang Tian directly.

Tang Tian didn't know what Cahon was looking for at first, but when he heard him ask, he couldn't help but smile wryly.

This Cajon really treats him as an assistant coach?

However, as an old coach who has coached in NC for 40 years, Calhoun can be considered to be able to let go of his figure.

Chapter 83 The Morris Brothers

Kahong humbly asked for advice, and Tang Tian also hoped that Kangda could go further, so there was no reason not to say so.

"I think Shabazz can be used as the starting two." Tang Tian said.

"Double point guards?" Calhoun was a little surprised by Tang Tian's proposal.

"Well, North Carolina likes to grab offensive rebounds, which means that their formation on the court is pressing forward. This style of play can grab offensive rebounds, but if they can't, retreating must be a problem. With two point guards, we can launch a defensive counterattack immediately." Tang Tian continued.

Calhoun was silent for a moment, then suddenly slammed the table.

"That's right! Why didn't I think of it!" Calhoun felt that he had been coaching the NCAA for 40 years, and he couldn't think of such a simple cracking method.

Tang Tian didn't laugh. Calhoun is actually not bad, but there is still a difference between the NCAA and the NBA. The NCAA's lineup changes a lot every year, and teams from different leagues may play against each other once a year. Not as good as the NBA.

He has coached for more than 20 years in his previous life. Although the time is not as good as that of Calhoun, his knowledge of tactics is much deeper than that of Calhoun.

"Tang, you are really a coach." In addition to being excited, Calhoun looked at Tang Tian with a little excitement.

"I just liked to read some books related to basketball tactics since I was a child." Tang Tian explained casually.

In fact, if he is willing, he can go to the NBA to apply for a coach and become the new basketball godfather.

It's just a life that has been lived once, and it would be too boring to do it again.

On the contrary, this year's experience at UConn made him like the feeling of being a player, and it also inspired his love for basketball as a player.

Calhoun nodded with a smile, and he didn't ask any further questions. Tang Tian had too many doubts, and if he really looked into each of them, he might have to become Sherlock Holmes.

Tang Tian provided Cajon with a new tactical idea, and Cajon soon began to implement it in the training session.

I can feel that the players are a little excited.

After several rounds of competition, the confidence of the players has greatly increased. Although they know that there is still a certain gap between the strength of the team and North Carolina, it is not as big as imagined. This targeted tactic is like adding a big weight to the balance of victory. , will definitely bring a big surprise to North Carolina.

The tactical idea provided by Tang Tian has two cores: one is to protect the defensive rebound mentioned by Calhoun before, and the other is to launch a defensive counterattack.

Connected, that is, after the inside line protects the defensive rebound, it must give the ball to the defender as soon as possible, and then the defender will launch a counterattack at the first time.

Oriachi is tall, which allows him to have enough passing vision. Walker and Napier are fast, and the counterattack can advance to the frontcourt in the first place.

So this tactic is completely feasible for Kangda.

After two days of training, because the tactics are relatively simple, the players have basically mastered them.

Now they can't wait to play North Carolina.

On the day of the race, Olsen delivered the cake again in a new Maserati Quattroporte.

Tang Tian smiled wryly when he saw the car.

Does this Olsen family have a mine?One supercar in one city.

The cake this time is different from the last time. The last time it was cheese, this time it was Vienna Chocolate Almond.

Compared with the last time, she was obviously more prepared and more attentive this time.

The delicious milk chocolate melts slowly on the tongue with the sweet almond taste. The crushed almonds in the cake are full of taste, and are released with the scent of cocoa, which is perfect and delicate in the mouth.

After Tang Tian ate a piece, he really felt that Olsen was simply a top cake maker.

While he was feeling delicious, he also became more and more curious about why her family would not eat such delicious food.

When he brought the cake back to the hotel this time, Walker couldn't resist eating a piece.

"Let's go to the supermarket, or I will finish eating your cake." Walker said after swallowing.

There is a supermarket near the hotel, and they happened to go to buy something to eat.

Walker originally wanted to buy one casually, but he didn't expect that Vienna Chocolate Almond Cake happened to be sold in the supermarket, so he bought it directly with a happy face.

Now he can eat cake with Tang Tian on the court.

The two went shopping in the supermarket and bought some other food, but when they were walking towards the cashier, they unexpectedly saw two tall figures, and they looked almost exactly the same.

The same face, the same sloppy beard, the same cut cut, the same height, and even the same tattoos.

Apparently it's twins.

"Brother Morris." Walker said after seeing it.

Tang Tian nodded.

The Morris brothers are the absolute core of the University of Kansas this year. His elder brother Markieff Morris is 2 meters tall and plays a power forward with a low-post offense and mid-range. His younger brother Marcus Morris plays a small forward with a COSCO Focus on distance shooting.

Both of them have both offense and defense, especially the younger brother Marcus, who averaged 17.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game this season.

Tang Tian, ​​the Morris brother, also knew in his previous life that even in the NBA, he is a player with starting strength.

Kansas, as the No. 2 seed in the Western District, besides the Morris Brothers, also has talented freshman Thomas Robinson, as well as Jeff Vichy, Josh Selby, Tyshawn Taylor and others with NBA talent.

Although their strength this year is not as good as Duke and North Carolina, they are definitely second only to them.

If there is no accident, they will advance to the elite eight, and they will also be the opponents of UConn or North Carolina in the Western Conference Finals.

"Let's go say hello," Walker said.

Although it is a potential opponent, it is still necessary to say hello when you see it.

"Can you tell them apart?" Tang Tian asked.

"...It seems impossible." Walker thought for a while and said.

"Then how did you say hello in the past? Hey Marcus? Or Hey Markieff? Isn't it polite to call someone Morris directly?" Tang Tian said with a smile.

Walker nodded after listening, as if it made sense.

"Hey, Kemba." Not long after Tang Tian spoke to Walker, Brother Morris spotted them first and came over to say hello.

"Hey..." Walker didn't know what to say at the moment.

"Hey, I'm Tang." Tang Tian smiled and stretched out his hand to one of them.

"Marcus." Marcus Morris smiled and reached out to Tang Tian.

"Markieff, I know you. You defended Derek Williams before, and your defense is very strong." Markieff Morris then extended his hand to Tang Tian.

Watching Tang Tian shake hands with the two of them one after another, Walker suddenly felt a little silly.

Chapter 84 The Status of North Carolina

But no matter what, Tang Tian asked the two brothers to report their families, and finally distinguished them temporarily.

"You go to North Carolina tonight, and we'll go see it." Marcus said.

"I look forward to meeting you guys in the conference finals," Markieff continued.

The two brothers spoke one sentence after another, as if they were talking about cross talk.

It is said that there will be a special telepathy and tacit understanding between twins, and it seems to be true.

"So do we." Walker said.

After winning against Arizona State University, his confidence is now skyrocketing.

So what about the death zone, what about Duke of North Carolina, he just wants to defeat them one by one and finally win the championship, let those so-called experts take a good look, Kang Da is far stronger than they imagined.

After a few simple greetings, Walker and Tang Tian went to the cashier to pay.

"It would be good if we played Kansas first." Walker couldn't help but said that Kansas is weaker than North Carolina. If Kansas is played first and then North Carolina, it will be like Arizona. There will be a further transition.

"Actually, it's going to be harder for us to play Kansas than North Carolina." What Tang Tian said next surprised Walker.

"Kansas's inside line is stronger than North Carolina's. Our inside line is only one Alex. If Alex is beaten down, our inside line will basically be gone." Tang Tian said.

Walker nodded thoughtfully after listening.

What Tang Tian said is the truth, not to mention North Carolina and Kansas, they played against San Diego State University before, and after Oriachi went down, the University of Kangda's inside line would be completely useless. If it wasn't for Ma Zhuke's sudden attack, they would have already Got knocked out.

"But in fact, whether it's North Carolina or Kansas, we all need an absolute advantage." Tang Tian continued.

"Huh?" Walker looked at Tang Tian suspiciously.

"You." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"North Carolina's Marshall, and Kansas' Tyshawn Taylor, one has a terrible confrontation and one has a lot of turnovers. You can beat them one-on-one."

Walker froze for a moment, then smiled and patted his head.

Although what Tang Tian said was correct, it made him a little embarrassed.

The game between North Carolina and UConn is close at hand, not only the fans of the two schools, but also the attention of the NBA far exceeds other games.

North Carolina's full name is North Carolina Tar Heels, also known as North Carolina Blue. It has 5 championships, second only to UCLA and Kentucky in the NCAA, and beats rivals Duke University in the same city.

Of course, what makes North Carolina so famous is not only his performance in the NCAA, but also because of one person, Michael Jordan.

Jordan's statistics in North Carolina did not explode, and he averaged only 17.5 points per game in his sophomore year, but this was a request from his mentor Dean Smith to suppress his desire to score and let him drive his teammates to play team basketball.

This approach allowed Jordan to form a selfless playing style and a tough character in the future, helping him become the "God of Basketball" that dominates the NBA.

In layman's terms, North Carolina made Jordan, and Jordan also made North Carolina with his future performance.

Because of Jordan, the popularity of North Carolina in the United States is actually overshadowed by super famous schools such as UCLA, Kentucky and Duke.

Take the place where the competition was held as an example.

In theory, according to the rules, the competition should be held in a neutral city, but there is no absolute neutrality in this kind of thing, because basically there are NCAA schools in big cities, it is nothing more than the strength of these schools.

It is even more impossible for the NCAA to place games in small cities for the sake of neutrality. They also want to make money, so when choosing addresses, bias is unavoidable. In addition, these locations were selected a year ago, and bias is It's more obvious.

Charlotte is located in North Carolina, where both Duke and North Carolina play games in Charlotte, which is a home game for both schools.

The battle is imminent, and Charlotte can be said to be mobilizing the whole city. The local sports media does not even report the NBA game, but pays attention to the game all the time.

Around 6 o'clock that night, the Charlotte Bobcats played against the Phoenix Suns at home.

The Bobcats are now ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference and are making the final sprint to enter the playoffs, while their opponents, the Suns, are in a similar situation. This game is crucial to both sides, and it can be predicted that it will be a fierce battle.

However, the number of spectators at the game set a new low for the season, and the attendance rate was less than [-]%. The sparse scene looked a little miserable.

Vince Carter is a member of the Suns. Because he is a North Carolina alumnus, the reporter chatted with him before the game.

"Vince, the attendance at the scene tonight is not very high. Have you encountered this situation before?" the reporter asked.

"Yes, of course, it happens every March." Carter nodded.