Vol 2 Chapter 78: Evenly matched

"Beep..."
The referee blew his whistle to signal the players to come on the court and the game began.
An Luo gathered his teammates, gathered in a circle, shouting "~~l~a~"
Ten years later, once again set foot on the battlefield for the team's twelfth championship. For the elderly, all this seems to be the same as ten years ago, but it is completely different.
Ten years ago, in the semi-finals, using his excellent defense to block the Louisiana State from the finals, he was the ultimate champion in everyone's eyes. And their opponent, Florida, is not even a strong team.
As a result, they did not show their defensive skills at all in the finals, but their offense was restrained by the opponent's excellent defense. In the end, the team lost 57:73 to the University of Florida led by Joe King Noah, passing the twelfth championship in team history.
This time, I believe Alford will not take the old road of predecessor Ben Holland.
In the jump ball session, Alex still did not disappoint everyone. He pressed Bryce Johnson and slapped the ball into Holiday's hands. The North Carolina players quickly retreated to their own area at the moment Holiday started. It was Marcus Page who played well in the last game defending Anlow.
This guy An Luo is quite familiar. He is too thin and fast enough to prevent a defender who is taller than him. In fact, Marcus Page is a point guard. North Carolina placed a pair of point guards in the backcourt, and Marcus Page was pushed to the second position.
An Luo, who is 190 cm tall, rarely has the advantage in matchups. This time, he certainly won't be polite. He directly asked for the ball at a 45-degree angle, ready to try North Carolina's defensive strategy.
In this case, you usually have to double-team yourself.
Sure enough, as soon as An Luo received the ball, another point guard at the top of the arc, Joelberg II, immediately rushed forward. But An Luo did not pass the ball right away. He was surrounded by the two and felt the strength of the opponent's defense.
In fact, it is very simple for two people to defend against one. An Luo tried to get rid of it, but did not succeed. Fortunately, he has a good control of the ball and is prepared in his heart so that he has no mistakes. In the end, with Holiday's response, An Luo handed the ball to the opponent and ran back to the top of the arc. Holiday took Joelberg II into the paint area. But he did not choose to layup, but once again passed the ball back to An Luo's hands. The latter faced Marcus Peggy, who was a head shorter than himself, and set up a turret with a heavy gun and scored three points.
Looking back, Joelberg II of North Carolina moved quickly. Then, under the cover of his teammates, he directly accelerated through the outer line of defense. The shrinking of Alex's defensive position gave North Carolina a chance to rush inside, but this does not mean that the defense is weakened. Alex quickly followed when the opponent rushed in, and then slapped the ball that he threw to the basket and shot it out of the sideline.
This slap made the audience boil. They love to watch such scenes.
North Carolina serves the bottom line and has more than 10 seconds of offensive time, which is completely enough. After being capped, their offense was safe. Bryce Johnson made a turnaround jumper for Joker Golowman and hit two points.
Afterwards, the two sides drew with you and the score several times.
The outside shooting percentage is not as high as the previous games, but their mid-range efficiency is very high. This benefited from Anluo's strong containment force, which completely liberated Holiday on the offensive end. The latter seemed to have swapped roles with An Luo, he became a shooting guard, and An Luo became an organizer.
North Carolina still continued their strong inside attack. Especially Bryce Johnson, with his strong personal ability, he continued to beat Jok Goloman in the paint to help North Carolina firmly cling to the score.
With 8 minutes left in the first half, Justin Jackson finally made the first three-pointer of the game for North Carolina, and the two sides fought 19:19.
This three-pointer was the turning point in the first half of the game.
Anluo scored two consecutive three-pointers to help the team open the score. Just when everyone thought it was about to rise, they themselves suddenly cut off the power. Alford originally wanted to let Anrodo rest for a few minutes, after all, in this game, Anro was facing a double double team, and his physical strength was a bit heavy. But in just 3 minutes, he was caught off guard by the opponent.
Joelberg II, who was liberated from the defensive end, became an offensive arrow. He not only made two three-pointers, but also succeeded in layups. However, without Anluo's restraint, the offense was not smooth and the hits dropped sharply.
North Carolina played a wave of 13:2, not only tied the score in one fell swoop, but also surpassed by 5 points.
Alford hurriedly called a timeout. It was only 1 minute and 30 seconds before the end of the first half. He didn't say much to the players, just emphasized defense. The reason why he called this timeout was mostly to interrupt the opponent's offensive momentum.
After the timeout was over, Alford once again sent An Luo on the field. He needs An Luo to grab some points, or at least a tie, so that he won't be passive in the second half.
An Luo, who reappeared, strengthened his personal offense according to Alford's arrangement. In the first half, he was indeed lazy. Of course, Holiday's fiery touch is also the main reason why he was able to paddle.
But now Holiday feels bad and the team can't play offense. It's time for him to stand up.
In the last minute and a half ~EbookFREE.me~ An Luo faced the University of North Carolina's double flanking attack. Under the cover of his teammates, he made two three-pointers. And on the defensive end, he successfully defended a middle distance from Marcus Page. Had it not been for Kennedy Meeks to grab the rebound and make a strong hit. It's time to overtake the score.
In the end, the first half ended with 1 point behind North Carolina at 33:34.
The score is not high, but the game process is quite exciting. And the players on both sides played well.
For North Carolina, Joelberg II played well in the first half, shooting 6 of 7 and 3 of 3 from three-pointers. One person scored 15 points and became North Carolina's biggest lead. Bryce Johnson scored 9 points.
Here, although An Luo has fewer shots, his efficiency is as high as ever. Throughout the first half, he only shot 5 times, hit 4 goals and scored 11 points. But with 4 assists, this has created a new high in personal assists in his naa career. In addition, Holiday got 10 points.
This result is not satisfactory to the coaches of both sides, but they are acceptable.
However, the audience was very satisfied. A close match is what they want to see.