super heavy artillery

Chapter 163
"Di..."

The referee blew the whistle in his mouth to signal the players to come on and the game began.

An Luo gathered his teammates, formed a circle, and shouted "U~C~L~A~"

Ten years later, UCLA once again embarked on the field of competing for the team's No.12 championship.For the old UCLA people, all this seems to be the same as it was ten years ago, but it is completely different.

Ten years ago, in the Final Four, UCLA, which used its excellent defense to block Louisiana State University from the finals, was the ultimate champion in everyone's eyes.And their opponent, Florida, is not even a strong team.

As a result, they played timidly in the finals and did not show their defensive strengths at all, but their offense was restrained by the opponent's excellent defense.In the end, the UCLA team lost 57:73 to the University of Florida led by Joakim Noah, passing the No.12 championship in team history.

This time, I believe that Alford will not follow the old path of his predecessor Ben Holland.

In the jump ball link, Alex still did not disappoint everyone.He overwhelmed Bryce Johnson and slapped the ball into Holiday's hands.The North Carolina players quickly retreated to their own area the moment Holiday started, and Marcus Page, who played well in the previous game, defended An Luo.

An Luo is quite familiar with this guy.Too thin and not fast enough to defend against taller and stronger defenders.In fact, Marcus Page is a point guard.North Carolina put 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 an advantage in matchups.This time, of course he will not be polite.He asked for the ball directly at a 45-degree angle, ready to try North Carolina's defensive strategy against him.

In a situation like this, it is generally necessary to double-team yourself.

Sure enough, as soon as An Luo received the ball, another point guard at the top of the arc, Joel Berry II, immediately rushed forward.But An Luo didn't pass the ball right away. He was surrounded by the two of them and felt the strength of the opponent's defense.

In fact, it is very simple for two people to defend against one person.An Luo tried to get rid of it, but it didn't work.Fortunately, he handled the ball very well and was prepared in his heart, so he made no mistakes.In the end, under the support of Holiday, An Luo passed the ball to the opponent hand-in-hand, and immediately ran back to the top of the arc.Holiday took Joel Berry II into the paint.But he didn't choose to layup, but passed the ball back to An Luo again.The latter faced Marcus Pegg, who was a head shorter than himself, and setting up the fort was a heavy shot and scored three points.

Coming back, North Carolina's Joel Berry II made a quick push.Then under the cover of his teammates, he directly accelerated and broke through UCLA's perimeter defense.The contraction of Alex's defensive position gave North Carolina a chance to rush inside, but this does not mean that UCLA's defense has weakened.When the opponent rushed in, Alex followed up quickly, and then slapped the ball that was thrown to the basket out of the sideline.

This slap made the audience boil.They love to watch scenes like this.

North Carolina sent the baseline ball, and there were more than 10 seconds of attack time, which was completely enough.After being blocked, their offense played very securely.Bryce Johnson posted up Jock Goloman, a turnaround jumper, and hit two points.

Afterwards, the two sides came and went, and the score was tied several times.

UCLA's outside shooting percentage is actually not as high as in previous games, but their mid-range efficiency is very high.This is due to An Luo's strong containment force, which completely liberated Holiday on the offensive end.The latter seems to have switched roles with An Luo, he has become a shooting guard, and An Luo has become an organizer.

North Carolina still continued their strong inside offense.Especially Bryce Johnson, who relied on his strong personal ability to continuously force Joc 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 battled to 19:19.

This three-pointer was a turning point in the first half of the game.

An Luo scored two consecutive three-pointers to help the team open the score.Just when everyone thought that UCLA was about to rise, they suddenly cut off the power.Alford originally wanted An Luo to rest for a few more minutes. After all, in this game, An Luo faced a double team, and his physical strength was a bit exhausted.But in just 3 minutes, he was caught off guard by the opponent.

Joel Berry II, liberated from the defensive end, became North Carolina's offensive arrow.Not only did he hit two three-pointers, but he also made successive breakthrough layups.As for UCLA, without the restraint of An Luo, the offense was not going well, and the hits dropped sharply.

North Carolina played a wave of 13:2, not only tied the score in one fell swoop, but also overtook it by 5 points.

Alford hastily called a timeout.At this time, there are only 1 minute and 30 seconds before the end of the first half.He didn't say much to the players, he just emphasized defense.Most of the reason why he called this timeout was to interrupt the opponent's offensive momentum.

The timeout ended, and Alford put An Luo on the field again.He needs An Luo to grab some points, at least it should be a tie, so that he will not be passive in the second half.

An Luo, who reappeared, strengthened his personal offense according to Alford's arrangement.For the first half of the time, he was indeed lazy.Of course, Holiday's fiery touch is also the main reason why he can paddle.

But now Holiday doesn't feel good and the team's offense can't start. It's time for him to stand up.

In the last minute and a half, An Luo faced a double attack from the University of North Carolina. Under the cover of his teammates, An Luo made two three-pointers.And on the defensive end, he successfully defended against a mid-range shot by Marcus Peggy.If it wasn't for Kennedy Meeks grabbing the rebound, he made a strong hit. It's time for UCLA to overtake the score.

In the end, UCLA ended the first half with 33 point behind North Carolina at 34:1.

The score is not high, but the game process is quite exciting.And the players on both sides played well.

For North Carolina, Joel Berry II played well in the first half, making 7 of 6 shots, including 3 of 3 three-pointers. He scored 15 points alone and became the biggest contributor to North Carolina's lead.Bryce Johnson scored nine points.

On UCLA's side, although An Luo took fewer shots, his efficiency remained as high as ever.In the entire first half, he only took 5 shots, hit 4 goals and scored 11 points.But there are 4 assists, which has created a new high for his NCAA career in personal assists.In addition, Holiday scored 10 points.

This result is not satisfactory to the head coaches of both sides, but it is acceptable.

However, the audience at the scene were very satisfied.A close match is what they want to see.

(End of this chapter)