ATPnovel Chapter 171 A Talented Player Without a Shooting Skill Package
Chapter 171 A Talented Player Without a Shooting Skill Package
Chapter 171 A Talented Player Without a Shooting Skill Package
After a few days of adjustments, the Cavalry will go away to challenge the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Since there are no star players in the team, the students of the University of Pittsburgh naturally became Zhao Qiang's fans.
When Zhao Qiang warmed up and came out, the students of the University of Pittsburgh burst into cheers instantly, and everyone shouted Zhao Qiang's name.
Zhao Qiang's outstanding performance in the NCAA in the past year and the defeat of the mighty Lakers have made him as popular as Duncan.
Now, all the media are discussing which of the two can become the No. [-] pick in the NBA next year.
During the introduction, Zhao Qiang had louder cheers than the players of the home team, which made the players of the Pittsburgh Panthers very upset.
Pittsburgh Panthers players feel like they're wearing green hats...
With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.
In the last game, Duncan's absolute dominance inside made Maggette feel ashamed and extremely embarrassed.
So in this game, Maggette held back his energy and planned to vent it. At the same time, the big black dragon wanted to vent...
Facing the opposite white center Alex, Maggette easily competed for the jump ball, and the Cavalry got the first offense in the opening.
Due to Dooling's excellent performance in the training games in the past few days, Anzuo put him in the starting list before the start of this game.
This can also be regarded as a reward for Durin's hard training.
Xiaode advanced with the ball and handed over the basketball to Zhao Qiang.
In fact, the cavalry team didn't have any complicated tactics. The team's biggest tactic was to hand over the damn basketball to Zhao Qiang.
The team's starting point guard Xiaode is more like a catch-and-shooter.
The core player of the Pittsburgh Panthers is their power forward Ryan, who is 203 cm tall, has a wingspan of 213 cm, and has an astonishing jump height of 101 cm. He has extremely strong physical fitness, and can even be described as a burst.
However, Ryan's shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, his shooting ability is not good, his shooting percentage is 41%, and his three-point shooting percentage is only 26%.
It can be said that Ryan is a player who relies entirely on his body for food.
This season, Zhao Qiang's game strategy is to not attack first, feed the ball to his teammates first, help his teammates find the touch, and then start the scoring mode by himself.
Zhao Qiang holds the ball, observes the situation on the field, and looks for passing opportunities.
Facing Ryan's defense, the big black dragon directly reached out for the ball without any fear, signaling that he wanted to play singles.
Zhao Qiang understood and passed the basketball to the big black dragon inside.
Although Ryan's physical talent exploded, he looked a little thin, so the big black dragon planned to rely on his strong body to eat Ryan hard.
But after the big black dragon contradicted Ryan three times, he found that he was still standing still, not moving at all.
This made the big black dragon feel extremely depressed.
On the other side, Zhao Qiang saw that the big black dragon did not challenge Ryan. He knew that Ryan looked a little thin, but his core strength was strong, so he had a good defensive ability.
Of course, this is also related to the puffiness of the big black dragon...
Although the big black dragon didn't push Ryan, he still wanted to save some face, so he took a step back, opened up the space, and prepared to make a mid-range shot.
Seeing this, Ryan rushed forward with a stride, and jumped high, trying to block the big black dragon!
Snapped!
Ryan fanned the big black dragon's shot directly out of the field!
The students of the University of Pittsburgh immediately exclaimed. They not only admired Ryan's wonderful blocking, but also were surprised by his terrifying bounce.
Even the "victim" Big Black Dragon felt unbelievable. He had never seen such a jumping player with his own eyes. He even thought that Ryan might be able to jump better than Carter.
At the moment of being blocked, the big black dragon even felt as if Ryan was going to jump over his head...
After Ryan finished blocking, he still didn't forget to show off his muscles in front of the big black dragon, and at the same time kept saying "garbage" in his mouth, which was quite provocative.
Although the big black dragon is a pistachio in his daily life, he has a bad temper on the field.
Hearing Ryan's provocation, the big black dragon suddenly became angry and wanted to go up to greet Ryan.
Since Maggette was the closest, he immediately pulled the big black dragon away to prevent him from conflicting with Ryan.
Maggette, who has always been calm, knows that the game has just begun, and the big black dragon must not get on top.
Once the big black dragon takes the initiative to come forward to conflict, the big black dragon will definitely be expelled, and the team will lose his defensive pillar.
"Hey, if you're still my teammate, let me teach that brat a lesson!"
For Maggette to pull himself, the big black dragon is very incomprehensible.
In the next second, Maggette told the big black dragon the pros and cons, hoping that he could calm down.
"Listen Bro, no matter what happens, I'll always be by your side."
Maggette looked at the big black dragon firmly, and patted him on the shoulder.
The big black dragon let out a long breath, and knocked Maggette's chest with his right hand, indicating that he would not have a conflict.
Zhao Qiang served from the sideline and passed the basketball to Du Lin who was ambushing at the top of the arc.
After Du Lin received the basketball, facing the empty defense in front of him, he directly raised the knife and hit a three-pointer easily!
The Cavalry led 3-0 at the start!
As a shooter, During will not easily let go of such a shooting opportunity.
Seeing that Du Lin was so confident at the beginning, Zhao Qiang was also very pleased. He knew that Du Lin was capable of becoming a top shooter. If he strengthened his defense, he would even become the top 3D that every team wanted.
It's the turn of the Pittsburgh Panthers to attack, and the team's main control is John, who is 196 tall.
Due to the emergence of "Magic" Johnson, which changed the definition of the point guard position, many NBA teams in the 90s liked to choose rookies with tall point guards.
This has also led many players who play shooting guards to practice point guard skills in middle school, hoping to become the next "magician".
Obviously, John is a product of this era.
Because of his tall stature, John basically has the opportunity to be misplaced on the NCAA field.
However, John, like Ryan, does not have a shooting skill package, and his shooting percentage is even more eye-catching than Ryan.
This is why before the start of the season, the major sports media were not optimistic about how good the Pittsburgh Panthers could achieve this season.
The reason is that the shooting ability of the two core players of the team is really poor.
Facing the media's pessimism, both John and Ryan wanted to prove themselves in this game.
Because the Cavalry has a lot of traffic this season, the two know that there will be a lot of media attention to this game, and they feel that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
John took the initiative to single out Xiaode, who is 185 tall, and wanted to rely on his physical advantage to dominate.
John didn't make any fake moves, just pulled up and hit a three-pointer.