king of defenders

Chapter 18 DePaul University

Moments later, players from the DePaul Blue Devils arrived.

A group of tall people walked under the leadership of the coach and team leader, exuding a fierce aura.

Among the group of people, there is one person who is particularly eye-catching, and many people are watching him pointing and talking non-stop-this person is Marcus Hayward, the ace player of the Blue Devils.

"That's Marcus Hayward, the ace of the Blue Devils." Evan Hopps narrowed his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and introduced to Meng Yun: "He is 202 centimeters tall. Excellent quality, comprehensive skills, outstanding scoring ability, and strong rebounding ability, he is a sophomore this year, and last season, he scored a double-double in 5 games."

"Oh?" Meng Yun was surprised and looked over.

Marcus Hayward is a black man, not handsome, but he has a special temperament, as if he will become the focus of attention wherever he goes, and he is confident in every gesture.

As if sensing Meng Yun's gaze, Marcus Hayward looked over, collided with Meng Yun's gaze, and thought to himself: "What's going on? From this Asian, I actually felt a hint of danger. "

It was just a feeling, very mysterious, and it was taken as an illusion by Marcus Hayward. He shook his head, looked away from Meng Yun, and didn't pay attention to it.

Players from both sides have already arrived and started their respective warm-ups.

Evan Hopps took Meng Yun to the field to warm up. While warming up, he introduced other members of the team to Meng Yun.

The Davidson College Wildcats currently have a total of 17 players, including two Sequoia players, but although these 17 players are all on the list, strictly speaking, only 14 players can play, and one of the other three players is injured. A sick Sequoia player, one of the other two is an ordinary Sequoia player, and the last one is Oliver Matthew.

In fact, even among the 14 players who can play, when it comes to the regular season, some people will not have the opportunity to play. These are just marginal people.

Meng Yun in the past was a marginal man, commonly known as a drinking fountain watchman!
Evan Hopps introduced it once, and Meng Yun basically remembered his teammates, and made a brief acquaintance with everyone.Meng Yun found that most people are easy to get along with. After all, Oliver Matthew cannot represent everyone on the team.

After a warm-up, the players returned to the field.

The game is about to start, the coaches of the two sides spread out the tactical boards and began to arrange tactics.
"Patrick Chaplin, Evan Hopps, Ronald Brook, John Hope, Andy Thackeray, wait for your starters." Danny Klemans announced the starting list , and then spread out the tactical board, "In terms of offense, with Evan as the core, he is the starting point of our offense. We will start from the inside first. Andy, advance to the frontcourt and give the ball to Evan as much as possible. Others People pay attention to pull away. Ronald, John, you two need to run more and cut more, you know?"

The crowd responded.

Danny Klemans said again: "On the defensive end, we have to be careful of the opponent's ace player Marcus Hayward. His scoring ability is very strong, he breaks through sharply, and shoots accurately. Ronald, you must die Follow him, don't let him out of your sight, even if he goes to the bathroom, you have to follow him."

This is of course just a metaphor, but it can also be seen that Danny Klemans is serious. Ronald was shocked, and quickly said solemnly: "Yes, coach."

Afterwards, Danny Klemans gave a few more instructions and arranged a few tactics. Then he put away the tactical board, clapped his hands and said, "Be serious. Although it's just a warm-up match, this is our Davidson College game." At home, with so many people in the audience watching, you must not lose face, you know?"

"Yes." Everyone roared in unison.

Meng Yun did not get the chance to start. Although David Tester stated that Meng Yun would be allowed to play and that he could be given more playing time, he did not say that he would start Meng Yun.

What's more, even if he said so, Danny Clemens would not agree. In Danny Clemens' view, Meng Yun is just a rookie, and he hasn't even trained in the team for a day. His understanding of Meng Yun is limited to his side, and almost nothing else. He will never put such a player in the starting list.

"Oliver Matthew is still not good." Meng Yun glanced at Oliver Matthew, feeling a little disappointed. He thought he would be able to start, but it wasn't.

Obviously, Oliver Matthew can only affect David Tester, not Danny Klemans.

But looking at it from another angle, Meng Yun thinks this is a good thing. If even Danny Clemens and Oliver Matthew are in cahoots, then he should really be worried.

This time, DePaul University led the team only as an assistant coach. After all, it was just a warm-up match. His name was Steve Epstein, and he was a tall, thin, serious white middle-aged man.

At this time, Steve Epstein also spread out the tactical board and made some arrangements, which are basically the same as Davidson College. The core of Davidson College is Evan Hopps, who is a power forward, so Davidson College The offensive strength of DePaul University is inside, and the core player of DePaul University, Marcus Hayward, is a small forward. In addition, the other two good players, Solomon Burt and Gerald Hughes are both outside, so they The offense is biased outside.

That is to say, one focuses on inside offense and the other focuses on outside offense.

As for the defense, it's the same, they all ordered to guard against the opponent's ace player.

"beep"

The whistle blows and the game begins.

Players from both sides came to the court. DePaul University's starters are center Allen Michael, power forward Harry O'Neal, small forward Marcus Hayward, shooting guard Solomon Burt, and point guard Gerald Hughes. .

At the beginning of the game, Marcus Hayward, the ace player of DePaul University, showed outstanding personal strength. When Gerald Hughes advanced to the frontcourt, Marcus Hayward quickly ran up to get the The ball, and then made a "pull away" gesture to his teammates, and began to single Ronald Brook.

Continuously dribbled the ball under the crotch, and then suddenly turned his wrist. Instead of connecting with the previous movement, he accelerated suddenly and broke through from the right side. The speed was very fast. Ronald couldn't block it, so he could only quickly turn around and chase.

Passing Ronald, Marcus Hayward hugged the ball and took a jump, jumped up facing Evan Hopps, found a physical confrontation in the air, and with the strength of the rebound, the ball was singled out. With a throw of the hand.

Swish!
The goal was scored, 2:0.

At the beginning of the game, the ace players of both sides staged a head-on collision, which ended with Marcus Hayward winning and hitting the ball.

But Evan Hopps quickly retaliated, got the ball in the low post, turned his back to the defender, raised his right hand, made a fake pass, and then suddenly turned around and bypassed the defense in an instant Man, he slapped the ball on the floor, and there was no one in front of him. He made a layup and scored two points.

"Hopps, Hopps"

In the auditorium, many people cheered and applauded Evan Hopps.

After all, this is the home court of Davidson College. Most of the audience are students and fans of Davidson College. They are naturally excited when they see Evan Hopps score a goal.

"Oh, interesting." Marcus Hayward raised the corner of his mouth.

DePaul University launched a counterattack. Gerald Hughes is very strong, with excellent ball handling and organizational skills. He passed the ball, and Solomon Burt took the ball and shot it, and he hit it too.

Marcus Hayward, Gerald Hughes, Solomon Burt, the current troika of the DePaul University Blue Devils go hand in hand, giving Davidson College a blow.

Davidson College still relied on Evan Hopps, but the opponent did not give Evan Hopps an easy singles chance. Seeing him get the ball in the low post, someone immediately assisted in defense.

Evan Hopps frowned, and instead of playing hard, he chose to pass the ball.

On the other hand, at DePaul University, Marcus Hayward had no scruples. He didn't care about what was reasonable and unreasonable, and he didn't follow the tactics. He got the ball and played singles, but he was able to score.

With the assistance of Solomon Burt, Gerald Hughes and others, after more than four minutes in the first half, Marcus Hayward scored 6 points alone. DePaul University scored 11:6, 5 points ahead of Davidson College.

"Evan Hopps is very calm, but too calm. As soon as he sees the opponent's defense, he will divide the ball. Although it is right to pursue reasonableness, he must not lose his momentum." Meng Yun sat on the sidelines, frowning secretly, "Marcus Hayward, on the other hand, seems to be playing unreasonably, but he can always score. In this way, we are suppressed by the opponent, and it is not surprising that the score is behind."

Just then, Danny Clemens called a timeout.

Not only Meng Yun saw the situation on the field, but Danny Klemans also saw it, so he knew that the fight could not continue like this. He called a timeout, then turned his head, and said to Meng Yun: "Get ready, wait for you Come on, replace John Hope."

"Me?" Meng Yun was both surprised and delighted.

Danny Klemans frowned and asked, "Why, don't you want to?"

"No, of course not." Meng Yun stood up abruptly, clenched his fists quietly, and finally waited for himself to play.

(End of this chapter)