Vol 2 Chapter 75: opponent

Being able to reach the finals really exceeded many people's expectations. In their view, Buddy Hild can completely withstand An Luo's strong offensive performance. After this strongest point was offset, the University of Oklahoma has the advantage.
But the game is like this, no one can tell until the last minute.
Buddy Hild’s downturn has caused great damage to Oklahoma. Accustomed to his one-season outbreak, losing the chain at such a critical moment will definitely have a big impact on his draft market.
With this, Anluo has made a lot of profits.
After the game, the party did not leave the Ruiland Stadium immediately. Because next, this venue will have another semi-final. The Eastern Division champion eliminated the University of North Carolina Tar Heels from the University of Notre Dame, against the Central and Western Division champions, and staged a Jedi reversal victory over the No. 10 seed Syracuse Oranges of the University of Virginia.
This is related to who will compete for the championship a day later, they will naturally not miss it. So after the press conference, Alford brought the players to watch the game in the audience.
The two teams in this semifinal have played against each other before. In the a-League Civil War, the University of North Carolina double-killed Syracuse in the regular season. This time, they have a psychological advantage. But Syracuse University is also holding a sigh of breath, and the weak soldiers will win. After being suppressed for a long time, they can often burst out very powerful forces.
Reyland Stadium is the home stadium of the football team Texans. The vast space of the stadium allowed the last three final four teams to average only 30 field goals. Until the semi-final ended earlier, it created a field goal rate of 70. Large stadium The controversy that is not conducive to creating a high hit rate has temporarily come to an end.
In this game, North Carolina is wearing a white home uniform, while Syracuse is wearing a traditional orange jersey.
University of North Carolina coach Roy Williams continued to use the starting lineup that has been used in the Naa Championship this season, and Syracuse coach Jim Burheim did not make changes to the starting lineup. After all, the two teams all the way to the final semi-finals, the lineup has already run very well.
At the start of the game, Bryce Johnson of the University of North Carolina opened the scoring for a jumper. Syracuse University immediately responded, Trevor Cooney received an assist from his teammate and scored a layup to score for the Orange.
The offenses of both sides come and go. North Carolina started to try three points under the opponent's second and third defense. Unfortunately, it feels cold. All the first 8 shots were missed. Syracuse University’s senior core Trevor Coone led the team to play steadily. Freshman supernova Richardson and substitute Taylor Layden each hit three-pointers.
Then Syracuse's hand feel dropped, and the University of North Carolina repeatedly hit the paint to score. However, Bryce Johnson, who set a double-double record for North Carolina in a single season, took a break due to two early commits. Fortunately, Meeks, the other core of the Twin Towers, continued his tough play on the big stage and scored frequently inside. Then Syracuse began to make consecutive mistakes, and North Carolina seized the opportunity to help the team lead the opponent by 9 points after two consecutive mid-shots by substitute senior player Joel James.
Syracuse University head coach Jim Burheim immediately called a timeout. There was a problem with his team and some adjustments must be made.
After coming back, Syracuse’s offense still did not change much. The free throw percentage was particularly poor, and North Carolina made a 23:12 offensive. In the end, the University of North Carolina ended the first half with 39:28, leading by 11 points.
Although North Carolina missed all 10 three-pointers in the first half, they maintained a high two-pointer percentage. Kennedy Meeks contributed 9 points, but Bryce Johnson, who fouled twice early, also had 8 points and 4 rebounds. At Syracuse, the senior core Michael Bernarder contributed 8 points, and the freshman supernova Maraki Richardson, who had previously contributed to a super reversal, felt a little worse and got 6 points.
In the second half, he changed sides and fought again. Marcus Page's field goal rate was still not high, only one of seven shots. And Trevor Cooney from Syracuse University is a three-pointer. Next, North Carolina's defensive strength began to gradually strengthen, the players of Syracuse University were slightly uncomfortable, and there were consecutive turnovers and steals. During this time, Bryce Johnson began to continuously use his height advantage to score unsolvable jumpers. The double control also sorted out the offense in an orderly manner, and North Carolina hit a 70 field goal percentage.
Seeing that the game was about to lose control, Jim Burheim called a timeout again. After returning, Trevor Cooney began to hit three consecutive points, leading the Orange Army to chase points. North Carolina also started to make mistakes and was hit with a 7:0 offensive. Although then Marcus Page shot from beyond the three-point line to stop the team's bleeding. However, Syracuse University took advantage of North Carolina's consecutive mistakes, and Malachy Richardson used his super strong body to make a layup, chasing the difference to only 5 points.
Roy Williams, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, finally couldn't hold it this time. He called the first timeout of the game, and then scolded his players severely. Then take out the tactical board and start arranging tactics.
After the timeout, Marcus Page finally recovered his feel. He first used the gap blocked by his teammate's screen, hit a three-pointer, and made a fast break to help Justin Jackson score a layup.
After returning from the last timeout, North Carolina firmly held the lead, and their paint scores were already a 44:22 lead at this time ~EbookFREE.me~ and they led Syracuse University with 43:30 in rebounds. Since then, Syracuse University has no momentum to catch up. The University of North Carolina has entered the finals for the first time since winning the championship in 2009, and it is also the tenth time in their history that they have entered the Naa Championship finals.
In terms of statistics, four of the five starting players at the University of North Carolina scored in double figures. Bryce Johnson failed to make his 24th double-double of the season and scored 16 points and 9 rebounds. The heroes Kennedy Meeks and Justin Jackson scored 15 and 16 points respectively. Joel, one of the backcourts Berry contributed 8 points and 10 assists, and Marcus Page contributed 13 points with three consecutive three-pointers in the second half. For Syracuse University, Trevor Conney scored 22 points, including 4 of 8 3-point shots, while super freshman Marachi Richardson scored 17 points and 5 rebounds. It is a pity that the team's poor free throw percentage and field goal percentage did not make them stage a major reversal again.
Anlo thinks this game is much more exciting than the previous game against Oklahoma. Although both sides had made many mistakes in the game, they were able to adjust quickly. This is a trait that a strong team must have. As a winner, the University of North Carolina is very strong, but Anluo feels that the opponent's perimeter defense is not enough to cause too much trouble for himself.
Unlike An Luo, Alford saw something deeper. In this game, the University of North Carolina has scored more than 50 points in the paint zone! This is undoubtedly a severe test for the inside defense.