king of defenders

Chapter 257 The First Round of the Tournament ([-])
"It's amazing that Davidson College is so strong and has been pressing the University of Iowa."

"Yeah, I thought they were dark horses at first, and it was just luck to enter the championship. But now it seems that's not the case. They have strength, and that Chinese is also very good."

"Where is there a weak team that can enter the championship? That Chinese, um, seems to be called Meng. Well, let's call him Meng. The name of the Chinese is really hard to remember. He plays really well, with fast speed and overall situation." Look strong, break through sharply, see that he is not at all inferior to Williams in the confrontation, and his organizational skills are also very good."

"He's still a freshman. Luckily for Davidson, he picked up a treasure."

“That Evan is also good”

Many people have given recognition to Davidson College's 9-minute performance. Even fans who did not pay attention to Davidson College before can't help but feel that their eyes shine, especially Meng Yun and Evan. very obvious.

In these 9 minutes, Davidson College scored a total of 18 points, and almost half of the points were related to them. Even if they were not directly scored by them, there was also an indirect relationship.

However, some people always support the University of Iowa and are not optimistic about Davidson College.

One person said: "It's only 9 minutes, and the University of Iowa is only 4 points behind. Maybe it was not in a good state at the beginning, but they will be able to adjust quickly. The strength of the University of Iowa is not comparable to Davidson College. In comparison."

"It's only halfway through the first half, it's still early."

"Although Davidson College is leading, it may not be able to lead forever. Not to mention strength, it is experience and background. Davidson College is a bit short."

Not all of these people are fans of the University of Iowa, and there are many neutral fans among them. Their views are not unreasonable. In fact, Meng Yun is also worried about this.

The experience and heritage of the University of Iowa is indeed better than that of Davidson College.

"beep"

The whistle blows and the timeout ends.

The two sides came back again, and Davidson College has Gordon, Smith, Thomas, John, and Bradley on the side, which is equivalent to a pure substitute lineup.

The University of Iowa also sent a pure bench lineup.

However, on the court, the gap between the two substitute lineups was quickly reflected. Perhaps it was a little nervous about killing more, and the state of several players at Davidson College was not good.On the other hand, at the University of Iowa, the few substitute players are mostly sophomores and juniors, who have experience in championships, and they are not nervous at all when they are on the court, and they are very relaxed.

Another point is that the University of Iowa's bench lineup is indeed very strong, and the strength is balanced, with almost no weaknesses.

As a result, Davidson College fell into a disadvantage.

"Our background is still a bit weaker." Danny Klemans shook his head and sighed, quite helplessly.

"There is no way around this. The team has not been able to enter the championship in recent years, and even the regular season is difficult to enter the top eight. The foundation is too poor." Mason Carr couldn't help but sigh.

The former head coach was David Tester. That guy was a scumbag. He had Evan, Andy and other players under him. He barely made it to the league championship game last season. It can be said that he has made no achievements in the past few years.

David Tester was killed, everyone was happy, but Mason Carr was very depressed, because the lineup left to him was too poor.

As far as the depth of Davidson College's bench is concerned, there are times when they are beaten in the regular season. Although the players have grown a lot now, they are still not enough to face opponents like the University of Iowa.

On the bench, Meng Yun couldn't help frowning.

The situation on the court is not optimistic. On this stage, facing strong opponents, Smith, Gordon, Thomas, and Bradley seem to be unable to play all of a sudden, and they are completely dependent on John.The other party is not a fool, he has rich experience, and when he saw this situation, he immediately double-teamed John.

In this way, John was restricted, and the others could not score, but in a short while, Davidson College's 4-point lead was eroded, and the University of Iowa overtook and gradually expanded its lead.

"It can't go on like this." Meng Yun looked at Mason Carr.

Mason Carr and Meng Yun agreed, and immediately called a timeout and made a substitution: "Evan, Patrick, you replace Smith and Gordon."

Davidson College made a substitution, as did the University of Iowa.

After this substitution, the situation of Davidson College is slightly better, but it is still not optimistic. From leading to falling behind, it will not be so easy to lead again.

"ball."

Evan asked for the ball, then played singles, carried it back twice, and made a half-turned jump shot. The basketball bounced on the rim and was rebounded by the opponent.

Fight back!

The counterattack of the University of Iowa was very fast. Williams advanced with the ball and rushed to the frontcourt in a blink of an eye. Then he changed direction and accelerated, throwing off the defender and scoring a layup.Even though he was suppressed by Meng Yun before and did not perform well, it does not mean that he is weak. When Meng Yun is not around, he has shown his strength.

"22:27, the University of Iowa leads by 5 points."

"Yeah, in just a few minutes, they went from 4 points behind to 5 points ahead. It seems that Davidson College is still weaker, not their opponent."

"Davidson's background is terrible."

In the auditorium, fans were discussing, and many people looked at Meng Yun.

Meng Yun's pupils contracted, and he was eager to try. He looked at Mason Carr. The team was behind and the point difference was getting bigger and bigger. He had to play, and the team needed him to play.

"Yeah." Mason Carr and Meng Yun looked at each other and nodded, "Get ready, you go." After speaking, he looked at Andy, "Andy, you go too."

When the University of Iowa had a fruitless offense and Davidson College got a rebound, Mason Carr requested a substitution, replacing John and Smith with Meng Yun and Andy.

There is no need to rearrange tactics, because this is not a problem of tactics, but a problem of players. The strength of the lineup cannot match others, and even the most exquisite tactics are useless.

Seeing that Mason Carr was replaced by Meng Yun and Andy, the Wildcats fans in the auditorium were also relieved. It can be considered that Meng Yun was replaced. It was heart-wrenching to watch it just a few minutes ago.

"come on."

"Play well and bring the score back."

John and Bradley walked off the stage, high-fiving Meng Yun and Andy.

At this time, the Wildcats are basically the starting lineup, Patrick, Evan, Andy, Meng Yun, only Ronald has not yet come up.

Over there, Coach Carroll frowned and asked for a substitution.

He had previously replaced Williams and Harrington, and now he simply replaced small forward Charlie and shooting guard Taylor, but he did not replace power forward, and he still replaced backup power forward Knight, because Allen and Evan's matchup didn't take advantage.

Allen is better at offense, not good at defense, and his confrontation ability is weak. In fact, he and Evan have many similarities, but they are not as good as Evan.

This is a bit tragic.

Two similar players, even though you may be only slightly weaker than the other, will still be completely overwhelmed by the other because you are weaker than the other in every way.

On the contrary, Knight, although his scoring ability is a bit worse, well, it can be said that he basically has no scoring ability, but he has strong confrontation ability, dare to fight hard, and has a fierce defense. It's better to cause some trouble for Evan than for Alan.

(End of this chapter)