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Chapter 46 The Perfect Leader! (New book, please collect monthly tickets and recommend tickets)
Dean Smith Center, after the restart, with 2:04 left in the first half, the Tar Heels have the ball.

Evans, who came on as a substitute for Paul, was almost passed by Felton while defending. Fortunately, Qin Yue stepped forward in time to delay the Tar Heels' attack.

But soon, Felton noticed the gap in the paint that Qin Yue had left because he was helping his teammates.
At this moment, behind Qin Yue, Marvin Williams was ready.

However, in order to bypass Qin Yue, Felton's subsequent overly conservative lob pass also left Qin Yue with a certain amount of reaction time and space to return to defense.

On the court, Qin Yue, who always maintained a high level of concentration, turned quickly and successfully blocked Marvin's shooting angle before he could shoot.

On the sidelines, Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams was shocked by the coordination, flexibility and even reaction speed Qin Yue showed in this defense.

In Coach Roy's opinion, Felton's conservative lob pass did indirectly give Qin Yue a chance to perform.

Can.
"His agility combined with his height and weight completely defied my perception of the sport of basketball."

Currently, in the visualization data of the [Mountain Top] system, Qin Yue's agility attribute has reached a score of 75.

Compared with those small guards in the NBA, Qin Yue's current agility attribute is not high.

But, as Coach Roy said, when Qin Yue's height and weight are matched with his current agility, he is like an aircraft carrier that can make a quick turn on the court.

On the court, Qin Yue, who completed the aircraft carrier turn, successfully helped Wake Forest defend this defensive round.

Next, it's their turn to attack.

At the top of the arc, facing Marvin's defense, Qin Yue did not rush to attack.

Unlike most of its previous opponents, North Carolina tonight was not only disciplined, but also had strong overall coordination on defense.

In college basketball, where there is no defensive three-second rule, blindly playing one-on-one and reckless charging are tantamount to suicide when you encounter an opponent of the same level as you.

On the court, after patiently observing North Carolina's defense for a while, Qin Yue took the initiative to call Gray over to pass the ball to him.

Because through observation, Qin Yue noticed the gaps on the flanks exposed by North Carolina when defending the double-team.

Just to take advantage of this gap, Wake Forest had to take a detour after Paul was ejected.

This is the most interesting thing about the sport of basketball.

Sometimes when you want to eat your opponent in one breath, you may end up knocking out your teeth.

Only by looking at the overall situation and finding the weaknesses in your opponent's defense can you be invincible.

On the court, as Qin Yue and Gray completed the hand-to-hand cooperation
In an instant, the situation changed.

Since Felton couldn't get around the pick-and-roll, Malvin had to help him move forward to delay it.

But at the same time, Qin Yue, who quickly moved to the right and continued to serve as a wall for his teammates, opened up the situation for the Devil Deacons in an instant.

In order to prevent Evans from getting an open shot directly from the outside, Sean May had no choice but to expand his defense.

But Marvin, who had previously helped delay Felton, was unable to return to Qin Yue's defense in the first place.

Seeing this, Qin Yue immediately removed the cover he had given to Evans and quickly moved down.

At this time, Gray, who saw Qin Yue's running position, gave him an alley-oop pass without hesitation.

Bang-dang——!
In the Tar Heels' penalty area, Qin Yue jumped into the air to catch the ball and slammed it in!

"Wonderful!"

On the sidelines, Coach Roy couldn't help but applaud Wake Forest's attack in his heart.

"He made the most of his teammates and broke down our zone defense with pick-and-rolls and off-ball movement."

At this moment, what Coach Roy appreciated was not Qin Yue's smooth slam dunk, but Qin Yue's on-the-spot response in breaking through North Carolina's double-team defense.

Coming back, the Tar Heels have the ball.

While adjusting his breathing, Qin Yue quickly completed his observation of North Carolina's offensive position.

"Felton mainly broke through on the court tonight and didn't take many three-point shots. Instead, Rashad McCants deserves attention."

On the court, after quickly reviewing the previous performances of the five North Carolina players in his mind, Qin Yue, who was in the inside and could see North Carolina's offense clearly, immediately directed his teammates' defensive positions.

"Justin, stick with Rashad."

"Ronnie, press boldly, I will back you up at any time."

"Jamal, don't give Marvin a chance to cut!"

Under Qin Yue's command, North Carolina's offense suddenly came to a standstill.

It’s a pity that college basketball has a long 30-second shot clock.

On the court, after two consecutive tactical failures, the Tar Heels still had a few seconds to launch an attack and successfully found Sean May who retreated to the right baseline through a large-scale transfer.

Then, the latter made a long-range two-point jump shot.

Seeing this, Qin Yue did not put pressure on his teammates after the defense failed, but said to Ellis, who was not following Mei, with a confident look on his face: "Don't panic, in the next round, I will respond to them with offense."

Looking at Qin Yue
Especially when he noticed Qin Yue's calm and composed expression, Ellis immediately understood what a leader was.

North Carolina is very strong.

But we have Qin Yue.

Dean Smith Center, Wake Forest's offensive possession.

Qin Yue, who always keeps his word, immediately moved to a high position to receive the ball after noticing that North Carolina changed to man-to-man defense in this round, and gestured to his teammates to create space for him to play one-on-one.

Why is Qin Yue unwilling to be a traditional inside player in this life?
The answer, of course, is for this moment.

Throughout the history of the NBA, no matter how dominant you are in the paint, you will always encounter a fatal problem at critical moments.
That is, you need to rely on your teammates to pass the ball to you.

In 2004, after traveling east to Miami, O'Neal hinted through the media that he had a conflict with Kobe because of Kobe's unreasonable shots on the court.

But here comes the problem.
If the Lakers could pass the ball to O'Neal on every attack, why couldn't the Lakers win the championship before Kobe grew up?

Is it because O'Neal's historic axe is not sharp enough?

In fact, fans who have watched that Lakers game know it very well. It is precisely because the Lakers cannot pass the ball to O'Neal in every round that they need Kobe to take on those strong attacks that O'Neal cannot complete.

This summer, Qin Yue worked hard to hone his skills in order to acquire the ability to hold the ball and play singles in higher-level competitions.

Qin Yue knows very well that only by getting rid of the trap of the traditional inside line can he dominate his own destiny at the critical moment.

On the court, Qin Yue made Marvin feel tremendous pressure the moment he got the ball.

In terms of speed, Malvin can indeed keep up with Qin Yue.

But because he was unable to compete with Qin Yue in terms of strength, at this moment, he could only adopt a half-step defense to face Qin Yue, just like those defenders who had faced Qin Yue before.

This is the core reason why Qin Yue, this tank, can always race like a Ferrari.

After all, you really let Qin Yue rush up on the court.
Then from the three-point line to the restricted area, he only needs three steps to solve the problem.

However, this half-step defensive method is extremely dependent on Qin Yue's feel.

Because Qin Yue is not the future Zion who doesn't know how to play after being let down half a step, nor is he the Draymond Green who can only stick his butt out at the top of the arc.
Boom-!
On the court, Qin Yue jumped up quickly after a powerful blast and completed a jump shot at a height that Marvin could not reach in an instant.

When——!
Unfortunately, due to the high-intensity confrontation on both offense and defense tonight, Qin Yue failed to make the shot.

But the next second.
With the badge effect successfully triggered, Qin Yue, who had predicted the basketball's landing point in advance, grabbed the ball back in the blink of an eye, turned around and slid into the basket, gently sending the basketball into the hoop. "Good luck."

On the court, Qin Yue thought with a smile on his face.

Whether in the past life or this life, Qin Yue loved to laugh.

Because boys who love to laugh will always have good luck.

On the sidelines, on the bench of Wake Forest, Mr. Prosser's heart was melted by Qin Yue's smile at this moment, "Damn, why is this kid's smile so charming?"

Sunny, confident, tenacious and strong.

On the court, in addition to helping the team capture the city, Qin Yue can even provide emotional value to his teammates and coaches.
Mr. Bruno Fernandez, who always complains and frowns on the field, have you learned how to be a team leader? (Note ①)

Before the end of the first half, Wake Forest successfully defended North Carolina's final attack.

On the scoreboard, the score is 34 to 33, away from home.

Although Wake Forest unexpectedly lost Paul tonight, the sense of security that Qin Yue brought to Wake Forest made the audience in front of the TV and on the scene fully feel Qin Yue's personal charm.

During the halftime break, Coach Roy adjusted North Carolina's defense.

In the second half, North Carolina's other 6-foot-9 forward, Javad Williams, made his debut.

On the front line, since Marvin Williams alone can't deal with Qin Yue
Coach Roy's response is also very simple:
——Another Williams.

"I don't care how many points the other players of Wake Forest can score. Watch Qin to death. Watch him to death at all costs. Even if you send him to the free throw line, don't let him score easily on the court."

This is the foundation of the powerful North Carolina team.

Historically, Jawad, who was once a teammate of LeBron James, is a forward with certain shooting abilities.

Although in the NBA, he has many shortcomings.

But he is definitely a top wing in college basketball.

Freshman Malvin is athletically gifted, and senior Jawad is experienced.

At the Dean Smith Center, right at the start of the second half, North Carolina used their level far beyond that of other teams, making Qin Yue feel an unprecedented defensive intensity.

As long as Qin Yue has the ball, he will definitely be surrounded by the two Williams.

Generally speaking, passing the ball is the best solution in this moment.

But Evans, who is usually very accurate, has been suffering from the attribute of being lame in critical moments since he missed the three-pointer that could have tied Connecticut last season.
When, when, when.

On the court, after missing three consecutive three-pointers in open space, Evans, who was so embarrassed that he even blushed, was soon kicked by Qin Yue.

"Is my pass that hot?" Qin Yue questioned Evans with his burning eyes.

Hearing this, Evans, who was someone close to Qin Yue but failed to deliver at this time, could only lower his head silently.

Ronnie Evans was not very effective tonight.

Seeing this, Mr. Prosser decisively replaced the ball with another pitcher from Wake Forest, Taron Downey.

then
Downey raised Prosser's blood pressure with a turnover and an unnecessary defensive foul.

At this moment, Qin Yue suddenly missed Chris Paul.

On the court, in order to break North Carolina's double-team, Qin Yue did not insist on attacking with the ball.

Knowing that he could only trust Gray at this time, he immediately increased the frequency of pick-and-rolls and hand-offs with Gray on the offensive end, and searched in his mind for the tactics that Proserpine had designed for him, which was the most suitable tactic to break North Carolina's defense at the moment.

In addition, if the offense fails, the only way to avoid being left behind by the opponent is to defend well.

Fortunately, tonight, under the leadership of Qin Yue, most of North Carolina's offense can only be launched from the outside.

When, when, when.

In the second half, Wake Forest's offense stagnated due to some players' poor performance. Meanwhile, North Carolina's offense entered a cycle of missing shots due to Felton's inaccuracy.

At this moment, Felton also missed Chris Paul.

Because every time he faces Paul on the court, Felton feels that he is in exceptionally good shape.

In Felton's eyes, just like Chinese people must put sugar in rice dumplings, he must face off against Paul on the court to be full of power.

There is no way around it. Paul in college was indeed the dream opponent for Felton, Nelson and Deron.

Until the future enters the NBA
Paul, who has enhanced his ability to fight, has greatly reduced the number of people in the "Eat, Sleep and Fight Paul Group".

The camera returned to the court. In this Kobe game that could be called "Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick", North Carolina was the first to break the scoring drought and completely ended this farce of missing shots.

Malvin showed his ability to play both the three and four positions in college basketball, hitting a three-point jump shot after receiving the ball from the outside.

Again.

Although in the NBA, Marvin's mediocre will become indecent.
But in college basketball, he is indeed an all-around warrior.

But in return, Wake Forest immediately retaliated.

Through the Flex tactics, Qin Yue hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc.

In this offense, Wake Forest started with a typical Flex tactic 2-3 stance, forcing Qin Yue to sink into the low post on the right side.

Revi held the ball near the free throw line on the left, while Gray took the initiative to go inside to serve as a wall for Qin Yue.

Since Qin Yue was likely to have a chance to attack the basket at the moment Gray formed a wall for him, the three forwards of the Tar Heels all responded by shrinking their defense.

At this time, as Qin Yue cleverly retreated to the three-point line, Levi immediately passed the basketball to Qin Yue.

This improved version of the Flex tactic is one of the tactics that Prosser carefully created for Qin Yue based on his characteristics.

In the process of specific implementation, it has many developments and changes.

But no matter how it develops and changes, it has one notable feature, that is, Wake Forest can take advantage of Qin Yue's suppression in the low post and develop offense around Qin Yue.

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The double-teaming method is also helpless against this tactic.

Because in the process of launching this tactic, even if Qin Yue has the ball, he will quickly pass the ball to his teammates through hand-to-hand.

Some fifteen years later, this play would become famous through the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic.

In this life, due to various coincidences, Skip Prosser and Mike Malone, a pair of close friends across time and space, both discovered the power of their respective cores under this set of tactics.

The Dean Smith Center gradually became quiet that night.

Because with Wake Forest's Flex tactics showing its power
The principal, the son of China, the quasi-No. 1 pick in the NBA, the pride of Wake Forest, the overlord - the man with the above titles used his basketball IQ to toy with the entire North Carolina defense.

If Qin and Yue were not created, the world would be in darkness forever!
On the court, after four consecutive attacks, Qin Yue led the Devil Deacons to stop the Tar Heels and personally pressed the damn mute button.
In front of the TV, because Kupchak guaranteed his credibility, Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who was watching the game, said something meaningful to him at this moment, "Mitch, how great would it be if we could play badly?"

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Note ①: Bruno Fernandes, the captain of the Premier League Internet celebrity Manchester United, is famous for his love of complaining to teammates and referees, and his gloomy face that conveys negative energy on the court. It is worth mentioning that Fernandes received three red cards as the captain of Manchester United only halfway through the 24/25 Premier League season. Currently, under the leadership of Fernandes, Manchester United is striving for a "precious" Premier League relegation spot.

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