Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 76 I'll Play Small Forward
In Western culture, it is not a bad thing to treat people as dogs, because dogs enjoy the same treatment as people in foreign countries, so there are often words related to dogs in their spoken language.

For example, lucky dog ​​means lucky.

There is also big dog, which means something like a big guy.

Therefore, using "two dogs" to describe this game is not a dirty word, not to mention, the names of these two teams are originally dogs.

In this game, the winning side will become the champion of the NCAA Big East, representing the Big East and entering the final four.

The Connecticut Huskies will be dubbed "two ha" by domestic fans 20 years after the popularity of short videos.

But in the United States, in Connecticut, this sled dog, which is determined and tenacious in the wind and snow, represents the long history and tradition of this basketball team!

The NBA players who came out of this team include Ray Allen and Richard Hamilton. In the 1995-1996 season, under the leadership of Ray Allen, Connecticut staged a big reversal in the Big East championship game. A rare 4-12 was played in 0 minutes, and they narrowly beat Georgetown by 1 point.

In 1996, Ray Allen chose to join the NBA.

That same year, Hamilton joined Connecticut.

Milton filled the final piece of the puzzle for Connecticut with aggressive running and scalpel-like shooting.

In the 1998-99 season, Connecticut made it all the way to the final four, then reached the finals, defeated Duke and won the championship, and Hamilton also won the honor of MOP.

Connecticut, which became famous for one season, has since transformed into one of the teams that master players yearn for.

Lu Yu casually listened to his teammates telling about the history of Connecticut.

Especially this guy, Blake Stepp, who barely stopped his mouth from getting on the bus to the game arena.

"Lu Yu, are you familiar with Connecticut?" Blake Stepp asked angrily when he saw that Lu Yu didn't care.

Lu Yu thought about it for a while, then nodded: "Very familiar."

"Is it because of Caron Butler?" thought Blake Stepp.

Lu Yu smiled slightly.

"No."

The Connecticut basketball team that Lu Yu is familiar with is actually not their men's basketball team, but the Connecticut women's basketball team.

Because that was the dream of the second daughter, Gigi, Gianna.

Reggie Miller once recommended Gigi to play at UCLA, but Gigi was reluctant. She just wanted to go to Connecticut. She loved this team, and the women's basketball team of the Connecticut Huskies also welcomed Gianna very much.

It can be said that Gianna's entry into Kangda is a certainty.

But all unfortunate things took away the life of Nao Ni, and also took away another young player who is very likely to make history in the US women's basketball team. After that accident, in the practice match between Connecticut and the US women's basketball team, the school Two seats were vacated on the sidelines and a No. 2 jersey of Concordia was put on.

That's Gigi's number.
With Lu Yu's memories, time continued to pass, and soon Lu Yu was awakened from his memories by the voices of his teammates. It turned out that he had arrived at the competition arena.

Going into the locker room, changing jerseys, binding feet, warming up, everything went in an orderly manner.

The huge arena was crowded with fans, not only fans of the Gonzaga Bulldogs who had come from afar, but also fans of the Connecticut Huskies who had traveled thousands of miles to Minneapolis.

Lu Yu shot a few baskets at will, looking for the feeling of shooting.

Suddenly, a player came to the University of Connecticut wearing a purple jersey.

At first Lu Yu thought it was Caron Butler, but when he turned around, he realized that he didn't know the person who came over.

It's not that I don't know him. I knew his name when I watched the video analysis.

Albert Morin.

Mo Lin walked to Lu Yu's side, glanced at Lu Yu, and said in a mocking tone, "You are Lu Yu?"

Lu Yu nodded lightly, then raised his hand and threw the ball out. The basketball crossed a perfect arc in the air and fell into the basket with a swoosh.

Maureen pouted: "I heard that you are quite arrogant."

Lu Yu: "????"

How can I have a sense of seeing myself changing into Charlotte in seconds.

"I'll guard you for a while, don't worry, I'll let you go back to Spokane if you lose."

Maureen turned around and left after saying this.

From the beginning to the end, Lu Yu didn't even say a word except nodding his head. He didn't realize until Mo Lin left - is this person sick?

Blake Stepp rushed out from the side, winked and said, "Can you bear this?"

"if not?"

"Of course, you have to swear out of righteous indignation and blow him up in the game?"

"Such a simple thing, still swear?"

Lu Yu took a basketball thrown by his teammate indifferently, and after one step made an emergency stop, he easily threw a ball in the middle distance, and the basketball was a steady hit.

Blake Steppe looked at Lu Yu with admiration. This kind of pretence was indifferent, as if a spring dream had no trace, and it was simply a role model for him to learn from.

Lu Yu really didn't take Albert Morin to heart.

Although Albert Morin is the top scorer of the Connecticut Huskies, he is too short, only 190 in height. Just now he stood beside Lu Yu, and Lu Yu even felt that even 190 was false.

The link that worries him the most about Connecticut is their No. 3 small forward, Caron Butler.

Don't look at Caron Butler averaging only 15.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game this season, and his tactical position in the team is only second, but you must know that Gonzaga's weakest link is on the front line superior.

Connecticut's playbook isn't known yet, but it's safe to assume that their head coach, Jim Calhoun, won't miss such a big weakness for the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

What's more, they still have the advantage of Caron Butler on the front line.

Back in the locker room, when Mark Foyo introduced the opponent's players, he really focused on Caron Butler.

"Caron Butler will definitely be the core of their offense, although Albert Morin is their leading scorer, but from what I know about Calhoun, his focus in this game will definitely not be Maureen, so we have to be careful."

It appears that Mark Foyo is also concerned about Calhoun's deployment.

In the history of Connecticut, there are several important time coordinates:

For example, in 1996, they won the Big East Conference Championship for the first time,

Another example is 1999 when they became NCAA champions for the first time.

And 1986 was also a memorable year for Connecticut. In this year, head coach Jim Calhoun left Northeastern University and came to Connecticut.

Because of Calhoun, there is Ray Allen.

In order to enhance the team's attacking stability, head coach Calhoun did everything possible to get Ray Allen in his hands, in order to fight against Georgetown.

In order to establish Ray Allen's absolute core position in the offense, Calhoun clearly told his disciples: "If you don't pass the ball to Allen, then I will put you on the bench."

Calhoun is such a hardcore coach.

He is also a wise coach.

He will definitely seize the opponent's weakness and strike hard without showing any mercy.

"Caron Butler is 201cm tall and weighs 98kg. He is a scoring flank. He can catch the ball and shoot very well. The speed is slow, the overall situation is not good, and the most important thing is the poor defense, one-on-one often can't keep up with people."

Mark Foyo glanced at the audience: "However, these shortcomings of his do not seem to be shortcomings for our striker."

As soon as these words came out, Blake Stepp was the first to be unconvinced.

But when I thought that Caron Butler was really hard to guard, I shrunk again.

At this moment, Lu Yu suddenly stood up.

"Coach, Butler's defensive task, leave it to me."

Mark Foyo was taken aback.

"what do you mean?"

Lu Yu glanced at the tactical board that was painted like graffiti, and the lights in the locker room were particularly dazzling.

"That's right, this game brings Blake back to his familiar shooting guard position, and I'll play small forward."

In this case, Connecticut's spear will only meet Gonzaga's hardest shield.

As game time approached, the Gonzaga Bulldogs players came on the scene.

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