"How did it happen? The University of Tennessee scored 7 points, but we didn't score a goal here."

"Holbert is not in good shape today. He made 0 of 2 shots. So did the others. They all hit irons. This feels too bad."

"Come on, Syracuse University!"

Almost all Syracuse University fans were in the audience. They felt very depressed when they saw the start of the game. Some people complained unpleasantly, and some were cheering for Syracuse University.

All kinds of sounds came into his ears, Holbert knew that this could not go on, he had to break the scoring shortage. He ran back and asked for the ball, and then made a gesture. Kent came up for the pick-and-roll, and Holbert threw off the defense. The man took two steps forward, and then suddenly stopped for a jumper.

Huh!

Finally got in.

"Huh." Holbert heaved a sigh of relief. Before he made 0 of 2 shots, he did not feel good, but the main reason was that the opponent's defense was very oppressive.

Confronting Holbert is Gordon. Gordon is not very prominent in scoring. He is not a core player at the University of Tennessee. The main reason why he was able to start is due to his excellent defense.

The offense is not good, the defense will make up for it.

Holbert played uncomfortably under Gordon's defense. The previous two shots all ended in iron, but fortunately, he finally made it this time, breaking the team's scoring shortage.

"You're lucky this time." Gordon sneered and decided to further strengthen the defense next.

After Holbert broke the scoring drought, Syracuse University began to score. Soon Jefferson used his assassin in the low post to score with a small hook.

Felton then also scored a long two-pointer.

However, on the offensive end, Syracuse University is still unable to limit the University of Tennessee, Josh has the absolute upper hand against Cole, but Syracuse University does not dare to double-team easily. Because the University of Tennessee has twin towers on the inside line, once a double-team is used, either the inside line will be seized by the opponent or the outside line will be missed.

Double-teaming the opponent's core players in an already disadvantaged situation is not a good choice, it will only make the situation worse.

In desperation, I can only change defense.

"Cole, let's change defense." Holbert yelled at Cole, who was to defend against Josh, and Cole came to confront Gordon.

Seeing that the defender was replaced by Holbert, Josh only chuckled and still played very resolutely. He is tall and has long arms, excellent physical fitness, and rich scoring methods. The technical characteristics are actually very similar to Holbert. Similarity, no matter that aspect, is a little better than Holbert.

Although it's only a little bit, this is enough to give Josh the upper hand when the two have similar technical characteristics.

......

A few minutes passed in a blink of an eye.

On the court, Josh stuck Holbert with one hand and asked for the ball with the other.

When his teammate passed the ball over, he pinched the ball to his waist, turned halfway, from the back basket to the face frame, straddling his right foot, and swinging his shoulders to make a breakthrough.

Holbert subconsciously moved half a step to the left, and at the same time withdrew, leaving enough distance to react, in case he got too close and was passed by one step.

But at this moment, Josh suddenly retracted his right foot and broke through to the left. Holbert moved quickly, but when he saw Josh suddenly retreating, he shot a jumper.

Huh!

With a soft sound, the ball is scored.

When the ball hit, the score between the two sides became 17:7, and the University of Tennessee was already 10 points ahead.

"Hey, I can't prevent it from changing to Holbert."

"Damn it, the first quarter is not over yet, we are behind by as much as 10 points. Is there any hope of winning like this?"

The fans all looked ugly.

Coach Fox called a timeout, did not blame the players, just made personnel adjustments: "Qin, Jimmy, you two go on, replace Cole and Holbert."

Hearing this, Holbert and Cole trembled together, Holbert opened his mouth unwillingly, but thinking of the current score, he finally closed his mouth and sat on the bench without saying a word. .

In fact, Holbert's strength is not weak, on the contrary very strong, but he was relatively unlucky, met the University of Tennessee, and he directly confronted Gordon, who is good at defensive and known as the "defensive vanguard" of the University of Tennessee. Then he and Cole switched defenses. He went to defend the core player Josh of the University of Tennessee. He tricked Josh and happened to be very similar to him in terms of technical characteristics and physical fitness, and he was a little better than him.

Only a little bit, but Holbert was helpless.

"Jimmy." Coach Fox opened the tactical board and arranged: "Wait for you to defend against Josh. He has excellent physical fitness and comprehensive skills. Be careful."

"Yeah." Butler nodded, his eyes full of warfare.

For Butler's defensive ability, Coach Fox is still very confident. In terms of defensive ability, Butler is absolutely top in the position of small forward.

Afterwards, Coach Fox looked at Qin Hao and said: "Qin, your task is to score. We are now as much as 10 points behind and we must catch up as soon as possible. I am not sure if the opponent will make personnel adjustments. If Gordon continues to play , Should be against you. He is very defensive, don't get entangled with him, make good use of your shooting ability, and rely more on the screens and pick-and-rolls of your teammates."

"Understand." Qin Hao understood, nodded and promised.

Subsequently, Coach Fox spent two tactics on the tactical board, both of which were based on Qin Hao.

During this more than a month, Coach Fox tailored several tactics for Qin Hao and Butler based on their technical characteristics.

For example, Qin Hao has three-point accuracy, and he has developed a few three-point tactics for him, and he and Butler cooperate with each other tacitly, and specially designed pass and cut cooperation tactics for the two of them...

"beep......"

The whistle sounded and the timeout ended.

Qin Hao narrowed his eyes and shouted, "Jimmy, it's time for us to play!"

"Hey." Butler gave a weird laugh and licked his lips. "I can't wait."

At this time, the first quarter actually played less than seven minutes, but Holbert and the others allowed the University of Tennessee to score as many as 17 points. The defense did not do well.

The players on both sides returned to the court. The University of Tennessee only replaced guard Kenny and replaced it with backup guard McCray. The other four remained unchanged.

So when Qin Hao came to the front court, Gordon rushed towards him, opened his hands for the referee to see, but his body was close to Qin Hao, exerting physical pressure on Qin Hao.

"This guy is like a piece of brown candy." Qin Hao frowned slightly, but he understood Holbert somewhat.

Indeed, Gordon's defense is very uncomfortable.

Holbert is an offensive player with the ball. After he gets the ball, he must dribble the ball before he can do a series of technical moves.

Gordon’s cowhide-style defense makes it difficult for Holbert, an offensive player with the ball, to have the opportunity to shoot from the outside, and even if Holbert used a breakthrough to break Gordon, there is also the University of Tennessee’s twin towers inside. , It is still not so easy for him to score.

But Qin Hao is different from Holbert!