Chapter 111 Coach Gordon's Adjustments

Nie Chuan gritted his teeth and had to seal Owen. If he continued like this, CBU would be in the lead at the end of the first quarter, and DK would enter the next quarter with pressure.

Ou En turned his head to look in Nie Chuan's direction and smiled calmly.

It was as if the goal just now did not reach his peak.

Not only Nie Chuan, but also Carlo and Montenegro's running range was larger than before. Carlo cooperated with Ewing, one on the left and one on the right to put pressure on Christen who was holding the ball, and Carlo took the ball away when he turned to avoid Ewing.

As expected of one of the most sensitive power forwards in the league, Carlo dribbled past Wright's defense and was about to cut into CBU's free throw line.

But at this moment, CBU's power forward Thomas rushed up, Nie Chuan blocked Thomas for Carlo, but at the moment when Carlo was going to layup, he was blocked by CBU's center. But this was just a fake move by Carlo. He made a nimble step and went for a layup again, but he didn't expect Owen to rush out and slammed down Carlo's ball.

The audience sighed with regret.

Carlo was not discouraged, but quickly returned to defense with his teammates.

Owen passed the ball to small forward Christen, who was very fast, but was stopped by Nie Chuan.

Christen had no choice but to quickly pass the ball back to Owen. Reese's quick movement cut off Owen again.

Just when everyone thought Owen would pass the ball, he took a step back and suddenly jumped up.

"This has to be a fake!" shouted commentator Espenson.

At this time, Owen's position was just past the center line, and no one thought he could hit the target.

But this is not a fake move!

Reese seemed to see Owen's intention and jumped high, but the arc of Owen's shot was very large, and no matter how strong his jumping ability was, he could not reach it.

The ball drew an exaggerated arc in people's sight and fell into the basket.

"Oh! This is definitely the longest shot so far!" commentator Robert was extremely excited.

Nie Chuan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Ou En to have such a skill!

This is not a coincidence, nor is it luck, it is Owen's strength!

Ben in the stands also opened his mouth in disbelief: "Oh my God! Owen Whishaw is simply not a human being!"

"Why, you can't shoot the ball from such a long distance?" Seton asked with amusement.

"Well..." Ben scratched his head, "When there's no one defending, maybe one or two out of ten can hit the target?"

"If you don't have such confidence, don't take such a risk. It's just shooting anyway, just use the method that is most comfortable to you." Seton replied.

This ball was like a heavy punch to DK, almost breaking his bones.

Ewing came to the place where Owen had stood and looked at the basket for a long time.

Nie Chuan took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes. The first quarter was about to end. Ewing had made a lot of progress, Carlo was also very agile, Montenegro was still the king of the basket, and Reese was cold and sharp. Each of them had the ability to score, and was no weaker than Christen or Thomas.

Since cooperating with Reese and double cutting into the basket cannot pose the imagined threat to CBU, it is better to return to the most traditional way.

Nie Chuan came to Ewing's side and whispered, "On that ball, Owen Whishaw was just one person."

Ewing nodded and lowered his voice: "Don't worry, I just think this guy is a monster, I'm not scared by him."

Nie Chuan stepped back with a smile, turning his head to look at Reese.

Reese nodded, seeming to understand what he wanted to do.

"There are only three minutes left in the first quarter. I hope DK can control the rhythm." Larven frowned worriedly.

CBU's offensive remained fierce, with Owen and Christen as the center of their attack.

Just when Christen passed the ball to Owen, there was a "snap" sound and the ball was intercepted by Reese.

Although Christen was surprised, he immediately teamed up with Owen to double-team Reese, who then made an extremely quick pass to Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan ran with the ball like the wind, passing CBU's power forward Thomas and point guard Wright, causing the audience to exclaim.

Christen and Owen had already caught up, and saw Nie Chuan throwing the ball into the basket.

Christen and Owen both jumped to intercept, but what they didn't expect was that the ball didn't even hit the basket, but just slid along a parabola. Reese on the other side caught the ball in mid-air and dunked it, causing the basket to shake.

Such tacit understanding is simply unbelievable.

"I even wonder if Nie Chuan and Reese share the same brain!" Ben rubbed his head.

"It seems that Nie Chuan is going to return to being a pure point guard." Seton said.

"Ah? Why? He can compete with Raven Harvey on the court. He has strong scoring ability!" Ben asked puzzledly.

"But if he returns to the most traditional point guard, the other four people on the court will become scoring weapons."

As Seton expected, Nie Chuan rushed towards the CBU area with the ball, and Owen quickly returned to defense, keeping pace with Nie Chuan all the way.

Reese was guarding on the left side of Nie Chuan, and the high-speed running of the three of them touched the hearts of all the audience at that moment.

Just before entering the three-second zone of CBU, Nie Chuan stopped abruptly, while Owen and Reese stopped on both sides of him.

Just when the commentators were sighing that it was the first time they saw someone able to keep up with Nie Chuan's sudden stop, unexpectedly Nie Chuan made a ground pass. Everyone thought he was going to pass the ball to Reese, but unexpectedly the ball was caught by Ewing.

Ewing stepped back and came to the three-point line.

The moment the ball bounced, Owen realized who Nie Chuan was actually passing the ball to, and he accelerated towards Ewing.

But before he could take three steps, Nie Chuan stood in front of him.

Ewing jumped up and shot. Although the distance of this shot was not as far as Owen's, it was precisely because of this that Ewing's shot was calm and unhurried.

DK finally caught up with the gap.

But Owen was not content with this. In the next round of offense, he received a pass from Wright. Facing the double defense of Nie Chuan and Reese, he turned like a ballet, bypassed Nie Chuan to the left, went straight to the basket, faced Carlo and Montenegro, dribbled sideways and turned back in an instant, made a layup, and turned the world upside down!

All this happened in just over a second.

"Owen now is like Reese in the last five minutes of DK vs. CBU last year. Once he gets going, no one can stop him." Commentator Engel applauded.

The first quarter ended with Owen's wonderful layup.

DK is 4 points behind CBU.

This is not an irreversible gap, but Owen Whishaw's performance can indeed be described as "arrogant".

Nie Chuan lifted the collar of his T-shirt to wipe his chin, then followed his teammates back to Coach Gordon.

Everyone was drinking water or wiping their sweat, but their attention was all in front of Coach Gordon.

"Everyone played very well in the first quarter. I can hardly say what you did not do well. But I think everyone felt that it was not easy to beat CBU like this, so we had to make adjustments."

In an instant, the slightly relaxed mood became tense, and everyone looked at Coach Gordon.

"Owen Whishaw and Christen, as the core of CBU's offense, must be broken up. Owen is too arrogant, we must spare one person to watch him one-on-one. No matter what happens, this person is only responsible for watching Owen, and everything else will not be affected."

Although keeping an eye on Owen is a tactical arrangement that everyone thinks must be implemented, who is the right person to do it? If Peris is to keep an eye on Owen, DK's scoring ability will be greatly weakened. Montenegro needs to take care of the basket, Ewing needs to handle the outside, and Nie Chuan is also needed to play the role. Should Carlos be sent?

Nie Chuan and Ewing both looked at Carlo.

Carlo shrugged his shoulders. "Why are you looking at me? Do you think I'm incapable of keeping an eye on Owen Whishaw?"

"You have the ability to put pressure on Ewing. But as for keeping an eye on him..." Ewing shook his head.

Carlo raised his fist as if he was going to hit Ewing.

At this time, Reese spoke up: "I'm here to look after Owen Whishaw."

"What? How can this be possible? Your scoring ability is the best among us!" Nie Chuan shouted.

Reese raised the corners of his lips and flicked his finger on the tip of Nie Chuan's nose: "So who got the highest score in the last game?"

Nie Chuan was dumbfounded. He looked at Coach Gordon, thinking that the coach would not agree to this out-of-the-box "suggestion".

Unexpectedly, Coach Gordon patted Reese on the shoulder and said, "Then Owen Whishaw is in your hands!"

Nie Chuan looked at Carlo, Ewing and Montenegro again. They actually had no objection to this decision?

"I can also keep an eye on Owen..."

Coach Gordon shook his head and looked at Nie Chuan seriously and said, "Listen carefully. Once Owen is blocked by Reese, your activity area will be much wider than before. You have ball control and dispatching abilities that surpass Wright. Since you can be evenly matched with Raven, your scoring ability under the basket is not inferior to CBU's power forward Thomas and small forward Christen. What's more, you have Carlo to help you. Or do you not have the confidence to cooperate with Carlo?"

"No! Of course I have this confidence!" Nie Chuan shouted.

"very good!"

The whistle for the start of the game sounded, and Nie Chuan looked at Reese's back. This was the first time that Reese had helped someone else.

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