king of defenders

Chapter 197 Unrestricted right to fire
With Meng Yun's three-pointer, the score became 17:16, and Davidson College was still 1 point behind.

At this time, the first half was just over half, and the two sides played normally at 17:16, but coach Smith of St. Joseph University was obviously not satisfied with the score, and called a timeout with a gloomy face.

"Substitution." Coach Smith made a substitution, replacing Douglas and McAdoo who were on the outside line. Obviously he thought the two of them played badly, especially Douglas.

This is also true. Douglas' defense against Meng Yun was not in place, allowing Meng Yun to take whatever he wanted, and to rush as he wanted, without being able to limit it to the slightest.

After the substitution, Coach Smith spread out the tactical board: "Defense, defend, you must do a good job of defending. The offense wins the audience, and the defense wins the game." Although they are not a purely defensive team, they are indeed based on defense. After all, with an inside combination like Connor and Ferguson, based on defense is a suitable tactical system for them.

But their defense was obviously not good in the past few minutes.

"We are now leading by 1 point, but I am not satisfied with this result." Coach Smith said straightly with a straight face: "We are the defending champions, and the opponent only barely entered the top eight last season. Now half of the first half has passed, I think we should be at least five points ahead."

A group of players lowered their heads and muttered to themselves, the opponent is not weak, otherwise how could Saint Louis University lose to them in two consecutive games?
But they dare not speak out.

Coach Smith also skipped over this and continued: "Remember, you must guard against the opponent's No. 1. His speed is very fast, so you can't let him speed up easily and press him. We have no problem inside, but The perimeter must be defended well, and only when we defend well can we counterattack and widen the point difference."

A group of players nodded.

Here, Mason Carr also made a substitution, replacing Ronald, Evan, and Patrick with Gordon, Thomas, and Smith, and then said: "Gordon, Smith, pay attention to protecting the rebound. Thomas, you have to Move up, don't wait for the ball, and make a conscious air cut." After finishing speaking, he looked at Meng Yun, "Meng Yun, you have to attack more later, and use all your scoring abilities. I will give you unlimited firepower , Let go of the fight."

"Unlimited fire rights?"

This is exclusive to Evan. The coach actually gave himself "unlimited fire rights"?Meng Yun's heart shook, he couldn't help being excited, and nodded heavily: "Yes, coach."

Mason Carr warned again: "Give Meng Yun more screen pick-and-roll later, and open up a little more space."

The two sides are arranged, and the timeout is over.

After returning, St. Joseph University scored one, a successful tactical coordination.

Turning from defense to offense, Meng Yun still controlled the ball, passed it to Andy after reaching the frontcourt, and then moved quickly by himself, circled the baseline, using his own speed and the cover of his teammates to throw off the defender, and came to Receive the ball at a thirty-degree angle to the left.When the ball was passed, Meng Yun raised his hand for a three-pointer without hesitation.

boom!
Did not enter.

The St. Joseph University players breathed a sigh of relief. Before they could be happy, Gordon yelled, grabbed the rebound, and passed it to Meng Yun.

This time Ning Yi still made a decisive three-point shot.

Swish!
Goal in, hollow hit.

"That's right, just be firm." Mason Carr nodded secretly. He gave Meng Yun the unlimited right to fire. If Meng Yun didn't dare to make a move, it would be terrible.

Fortunately, Meng Yun's confidence and courage have improved a lot after the adjustments in these few games. He dared to fight and fight hard. Even if he missed the first three-point shot, it didn't affect him. The second shot was still decisive, and then The ball goes in.

With this goal scored, Davidson College tied the score.

Coach Smith frowned, his face was very ugly, he yelled at the field, reprimanded his players, telling them to keep up with Meng Yun.Just now I told you to guard against Meng Yun, and Meng Yun scored another three-pointer in such a short while. No wonder Coach Smith became angry. They are the defending champions. What shame is there for a freshman player to score so many points?

It has to be said that Smith has a prejudice against Meng Yun.

Even if Meng Yun's performance today is good enough, Smith himself has repeatedly emphasized on defending Meng Yun, but in his heart, he does not regard Meng Yun as a player who can control the game and beat them.

Even though they were defeated by another Chinese player Xiang Long not long ago, Smith doesn't think Meng Yun is comparable to Xiang Long at all-Xiang Long averaged nearly 30 points per game this season, does Meng Yun have it?

Smith thinks that Meng Yun is not as good as Xiang Long, which is not wrong in itself, but he overlooks one point, that is Meng Yun's terrifying progress speed and extraordinary talent.

In the game against Saint Louis University, Meng Yun scored 26 points.

This is something Meng Yun has never done before, but facing St. Louis University and facing Werner Rodney, Meng Yun inspired a super state, beating Werner Rodney and scoring 26 points.

Meng Yun has already done it once, wouldn't there be a second time?
Swish!
St. Joseph's University scored.

After the last timeout, the two sides played for a few more minutes, and each made some personnel adjustments in the middle.

Coach Smith also replaced the main players such as Connor and Ferguson to rest, and replaced McAdoo again, allowing McAdoo to play with substitute players.

I have to say that St. Joseph University is very strong, and the defending champion is no joke. In addition to the excellent starters, their bench players are also very good, with amazing strength, far surpassing Davidson College.

This is the essence of the defending champion.

"Counterattack!"

Meng Yun shouted, quickly advanced to the frontcourt, made a pick-and-roll with his teammates, and then passed the ball back to Gordon, but Gordon had no chance and could only split the ball.

Davidson College's current lineup is Meng Yun plus John, Smith, Gordon, and Thomas. The opponent's defense is very strong, so the offensive end mainly relies on Meng Yun and John, and it is difficult for others to score.

After a circle, the ball still returned to Meng Yun's hands. The defender rushed forward. Meng Yun made a tentative step, and then suddenly started. The speed was too fast for an instant, and he passed the opponent with one step, and then jumped to the inside. Going in against the defense.

"Is this Chinese boy so strong in confrontation?" Coach Smith frowned. Meng Yun's performance subverted his cognition. It was very different from the Chinese players he had seen. The common problem of Chinese players with poor confrontation ability was Meng Yun. It doesn't exist. After killing the inside line and facing the defender, Meng Yun can still score the ball in the fierce confrontation.

At this time, more than 25 minutes had been played in the first half. Under the leadership of Meng Yun, Davidson College's bench lineup actually held up St. Joseph University by 23:2, only [-] points behind.

And just a few tens of seconds later, Meng Yun steals the ball, then launches a fast break, one-stop to the frontcourt, ignoring the pursuers behind him, stepping into the free throw line with one foot, flying like a one-handed dunk.

(End of this chapter)