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Chapter 46 Advance to the Final Four
The UCLA Bruins advanced to the quarter-finals after their game against the Mississippi State University Bulldogs. As long as they win the next game against the Duke University Blue Devils, they can advance to the final four again and attack the defending title.

Paul Pierce was ejected for punching someone in the game that has ended, and he was also suspended for one game. This makes Paul Pierce regretful because he will not be able to participate in the next semi-finals. game.

Liu Han’s 55-point performance in the last game made him the focus of the media and fans, and also made him the focus of all NCAA coaches, because they must now face up to this Eastern boy with a super high three-point shooting percentage No team can ignore such a big threat.

Durham, North Carolina, USA, is where Duke University is located. Duke University is also a traditional strong team in the NCAA. They are led by the less than 50-year-old head coach Mike Krzyzewski Has achieved good results in the NCAA competition for three consecutive years.

"Mike, the point guard of the Bruins is really not easy to defend. He is 1.9 meters tall. He has good speed and explosiveness. The most important thing is that his three-pointers are really accurate and his defense is also outstanding. In the next game we will It's not easy," the Duke assistant coach told Mike Krzyzewski.

"Yes, he is indeed a very good player, but what I value more is his team awareness in previous games. Why haven't I heard of this player before? Is he from Huaguo?" Nicknamed "Old Coach K's Mike Krzyzewski has always been a coach who attaches great importance to teamwork.

"Yes, he is only a sophomore this year, and he won the championship with his teammates last year, but at that time he was just a good shooter, and he was only responsible for shooting on the field, but now it seems that their head coach did a good job, It's not easy turning a good shooter into a good point guard."

"Is their main small forward going to miss the game between us?" The old coach K has not received the news that Pierce will be suspended.

"Yeah, just got the news that he's going to be suspended for one game, which is good news for us, maybe we can try to double-team their point guard."

"No, if it was last season I would double-team him, but not now, he is not the kind of player who can't pass the ball, so double-teaming won't work, since their tactics are mainly outside, then we Just keep an eye on their perimeter, and we also play small ball tactics. In this game, we defend desperately and drag the rhythm of the game into a quagmire. Our chances of winning will be greater than theirs."

On March 1996, 3, the game between the UCLA Bruins and the Duke Blue Devils began at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles.

The Bruins' opening lineup caught Blue Devils old Coach K by surprise. The Bruins head coach didn't start the game with his previous lineup. He moved captain Thomson to play power forward at the four. , Let the center Kevin Horford, who was originally a substitute, start the game. The Bruins lineup is obviously not going to play a fast offensive tactic.

At the beginning of the game, Kevin Horford, who won the jump ball, gave the ball to Liu Han. After receiving the ball, Liu Han took the ball steadily to the frontcourt. The center forward who had been behind Liu Han was just in place to cover Liu Han. The switch was in place, and the switch player caught up with Liu Han, who was dribbling the ball to the right side of the field at 45 degrees. But at this time, power forward Thomson also mentioned to go up the line to cover Liu Han again, and Liu Han dribbled the ball around After Thomson suddenly made a high toss, Kevin Horford, who was misplaced because of two screens, was already near the basket, and the player defending him was Chris Collins, the point guard of the Blue Devils, who was 1.9 meters tall and underweight. The 180-pound Chris was obviously no match for the 2-meter Kevin. The center of the Bruins jumped high and completed the attack with a wonderful alley-oop, 0-[-].

Seeing the Duke University coach arranged by the Bruins on the field, he decisively ordered the team's main center forward to play. The old coach K did not expect that his tactics were completely seen through by the opponent.

Duke's offense, Duke, which has not yet had a dead ball opportunity to complete the substitution, has to continue to play small ball tactics according to the head coach's arrangement. Facing the shrinking defense of the Bruins, the Blue Devils, which lack outside firepower, really have nothing to do well The method, to be honest, no matter which team in the current NCAA except the Bruins, there is not much outside firepower.In the era when zone defense is not allowed, powerful inside players are always the most valued.Duke's play ended with a shot clock running out.

Thomson, who became the captain, grabbed the rebound. After he was arranged by the head coach to become the captain of the team, he did his duty. Although the movement speed is not fast, he can still block the position well with his generous body.

After receiving Thomson's pass, Liu Han dribbled the ball across the half court steadily. He did not bring up his speed as fast as before. The team's tactics in this game were mainly based on the inside line, so the game The rhythm cannot be too fast, otherwise the inside players in the team will not be able to keep up.

Liu Han, who came to the frontcourt, was waiting for the center forward at the top of the arc. Kevin raised it to cover Liu Han. This time, Liu Han made the illusion of moving to the right to attract Chris, who was on the other side, to try to bypass Kevin. He used the cover to chase and defend Liu Han, but Liu Han changed his direction and changed the direction of the breakthrough.Liu Han, who broke through the defense of the Blue Devils, met the opponent's defense. Instead of breaking through again, he threw the ball to Thomson, who was already at the top of the arc. The large size of the split line is two points.After training with Liu Han for a while, Thomson can shoot almost to the three-point line. Although it is not accurate, it is enough for an inside player.The Bruins led 4-0 at the start.

After the dead ball, Duke replaced the team's main center, and the team returned to traditional tactics.With the support of a strong center, the Duke Blue Devils have shown their team strength. The team's offensive tactics are very resolute. Every player's position on the field is to support the offense of his teammates. The center in position hit a small hook, 4-2.

The offense of the Bruins is still tepid. Liu Han did not enter the state of soaring points at the beginning of this pizza. The head coach told Liu Han before the start of the game that he should lead the game first. The rhythm of teammates, wait until the opponent's defense against him begins to relax before starting to shoot with all his strength.

The offense of the Bruins is very smooth. Although Paul Pierce is missing the key point of attack, all players are very focused thanks to Liu Han's leadership.The game entered a stage of stalemate between the two sides.

On the sidelines of the auditorium, the LaBeouf family came to the game. Li Rui and Nasha each held a child. I don't know if it was due to heredity. The two children did not cry because of the noisy atmosphere of the stadium.

"Three-pointers, Liu, you should shoot three-pointers, don't pass the ball to those unreliable teammates, he should play like the last game. This kid seems to need me to give him a good talk How can I be more aggressive." LaBeouf has always regarded the lonely hero as his idol.

Safina was also dissatisfied with Liu Han's performance in the first few minutes of the game. She preferred to see the handsome performance of this silly big man who shot a three-pointer and ignored it.

About 8 minutes into the game, the Bruins took a 16-13 lead over Duke by three points. In the first 8 minutes of the game, Liu Han only relied on free throws to score two points, but he got 4 assists. Almost all attacks were completed under Liu Han's organization.

The two sides gradually replaced substitute players on the court, but Liu Han was still on the court. The head coach of the Bruins, George, did not intend to let Liu Han rest in this game. The Bruins, which lacked Paul Pierce as an offensive point, had to rely on Liu Han to organize the offense.

"Liu, bring up the rhythm, bring up the rhythm, let's play the second plan." The head coach George on the sidelines shouted loudly at Liu Han on the field.

Liu Han, who received instructions from the head coach, began to speed up the pace of the game after coming off the bench. Duke's substitute players were not inferior, but facing the Bruins substitutes organized by Liu Han, they began to show signs of failure.

In the next 5 minutes, Liu Han first relied on two three-pointers from the outside to widen the gap to nine points, and then he stole the opponent's pass and then widened the gap to two with a layup. number of digits.Duke's backup was limited by the Bruins on both offense and defense.

(End of this chapter)