Volume 1 Western Cowboy Chapter 023 Wayne User Manual
Wayne's wonderful performance even overshadowed the Cowboys' real star Tony Allen.
The main reason is that the independent offensive ability that Wayne demonstrated today was really amazing.
In the past four warm-up games, Wayne's offense was basically catching the ball and shooting or catching the ball under the basket.
A scene like the one just now, where he broke through the three-point line and then made a quick stop and jump shot, has never happened before.
But in fact, the attack just now was purely accidental.
Wayne really wanted to shoot a three-pointer at first, but he didn't expect the opponent to jump so quickly.
So Wayne took the basketball back and broke through with the ball.
After the breakthrough, Wayne wanted to easily make an open mid-range shot.
But no one expected that Harrison would abandon his opponent to come up for defense.
But by that time, Wayne had already flown into the air.
What else can I do?
The result of forcing the pass will only make things worse, so you can only shoot!
Although he was disturbed by Harrison, Wayne found that shooting under this level of interference didn't seem difficult.
Firstly, Wayne's wingspan is longer than his opponent's. Secondly, the release point of his straight-arm shooting package is very high.
Moreover, it also has anti-interference effect.
So even though he was slightly disturbed by Harrison, Wayne still easily made the shot.
It feels so good to score a goal by pulling the trigger on the opponent's head... It's a bit intoxicating!
Wayne felt that he had found a way to score points...ah, a way to help the team.
"Little Wei is amazing. His shot just now was so steady." Coach Zhang applauded and praised him.
Yu Jia on the side shook his head. You just said this ball was unreasonable...
Harrison was so angry that he couldn't express it in words after being shot in the face by Wayne.
He was the All-Big 12 first-team center last season and the Big 12's blocked shot leader last season!
How could the limelight be overshadowed by an unknown player last season?
The Buffaloes' star player was in urgent need of regaining his face, so next, Harrison increased the intensity of his attack on the basket.
He rushed towards Holmes like a wild boar under the basket, pushed Holmes away completely, and then jumped up from the spot and dunked with both hands.
This shot really showed the momentum of "Russian Shaq".
Holmes is feeling miserable. If you have a grudge, go find Wayne. Why are you looking for me? It's not like I shot you in the face...
The score was 4-4, and the two sides were in a very tense situation. And this tense situation lasted for five minutes.
During this period, Tony Allen and Wayne attacked from both sides, overwhelmed the Buffalo team's defense.
No matter how strong Harrison is, he is just one person and cannot create clones.
He can only take one of Wayne and Teacher Tony into consideration.
As for the Cowboys, there is really no way to contain the giant Harrison.
Five minutes later, the score became 12 to 10, and the Cowboys entered the timeout with a 2-point advantage.
Wayne and Tony Allen scored 6 points each for the Cowboys' 12 points.
Wayne's consecutive mid-range shots and that earth-shattering behind-the-back grab have made him the undisputed key player at the moment.
The on-site cameras were also constantly giving close-ups of Wayne, and commentator Gotley was already talking to his partner about the possibility of Wayne making it to the NBA.
"I don't know if Wade is not planning to participate in the draft next year, but I think there must be a lot of NBA teams eyeing him."
"Yes, ever since the rumor that he defeated Rasheed Wallace appeared, many scouts have appeared at the Gallagher- Eibar Arena. So far, the strength shown by Wayne is quite strong."
Looking at Wayne on the big screen, Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia looked at each other in surprise.
"Today, Wayne and Harrison's performances were indeed equally matched. No wonder he was so confident before the game started."
"There will be Chinese players participating in the draft again... That's great, that's great." Zhang Weiping smiled slightly.
Is now the next golden age of Chinese basketball?
Many people are discussing Wayne's future, but Wayne is currently only focusing on the current game.
"Wayne, you take a rest for a few minutes." As soon as Wayne sat on the bench, Sutton came up and patted him on the shoulder.
"Ah? Oh..." Wayne was a little surprised because it was not yet his regular break time.
Besides, I didn’t perform badly today.
"Haha, don't think too much, I just need you and Harrison to play at the same time. Listen Wayne, I need you to double-team Harrison later, and then on the offensive end..."
After the timeout, Sutton squatted directly in front of Wayne and began to draw up the tactics.
Wayne, who was just a small substitute last season, is now treated like a tactical core.
After Sutton finished the arrangement, he looked up at Wayne and said, "You have a heavy task, which will directly determine the outcome of this game. Even so, I hope you don't feel pressured."
"Don't worry coach, I will do my best."
Wayne waved his hands. Pressure? What a joke!
Wayne was so happy to have such an important tactical position!
With a tactical position and shooting rights, Wayne now has the basic conditions to become a NCAA star.
As for Coach Sutton's plan... Wayne believes that he can definitely execute it well.
After the timeout, the Buffalo team indeed took Harrison off the court.
Harrison's sturdy body makes him invincible in the penalty area, but it also makes him bear greater physical energy consumption than others.
Sutton had already studied the Buffalo team's rotation rules, so he could easily follow the opponent's substitutions.
The future Hall of Fame coach is no mere decoration.
During Harrison's absence, the Buffaloes were completely beaten to the ground. The originally evenly matched game became a one-sided situation.
In just three minutes, the score difference was widened to 8 points.
So, after another timeout, Harrison had to get back on the field.
His mission is to narrow the gap.
And Wayne's mission is to prevent him from completing his mission.
"Wayne, do you remember what I just said?" Old Sutton walked up to Wayne again. The key to the game was here.
"Of course." Wayne stood up and stretched his body.
The show goes on!
"Huh, Harrison is finally on the court." In the stands, Carl Sweet saw Harrison stand up from the bench and stretch.
As the Pacers' key target of investigation, Sweet has been following Harrison for more than a day or two.
Although the Pacers are a championship-contending team, it doesn't mean they don't care about rookies.
So, the new NCAA season has just begun, and Sweet, as a scout for the Pacers, was still sent here as soon as possible.
Sweet was still willing to give a high evaluation of Harrison's performance in the few minutes before the rest.
He has a lot of low-post offensive skills and his physique is also very impressive.
It's obvious that the Cowboys' defense has absolutely no way to deal with Harris.
Sweet believes that Harrison can definitely lead the team to reverse the disadvantage.
In the first attack after the timeout, Harrison lived up to expectations and got the ball in the low post.
Sutton stood on the sidelines with his arms folded across his chest, watching Wayne's every move.
After Harrison got the ball, he didn't hesitate and immediately pushed it forward.
Holmes wanted to die; he felt his ribs were on the verge of breaking.
"He still plays so easily." Sweet said to himself. He was already waiting for Harrison's goal.
Harrison turned around and squeezed to the basket to attack the rim, but this time, what was waiting for him was not an easy breakthrough, but the Chinese student who claimed to be only 2.06 meters tall but raised his hands so that he could not see anything.
" Double team, Wayne has a good grasp of the timing of his movement! Now Harrison has no space, let's see how he will deal with it!" Gottry stood up. The Cowboys should have done this long ago!
After Wayne blocked Harrison, Harrison had no space to shoot at all.
Although Wayne's current low-post defense ability is not strong and his strength is also at a disadvantage, the presence of Holmes completely makes up for these shortcomings of Wayne.
"Damn, it's you again!" Harrison gritted his teeth. Wayne almost became the nightmare of the Buffalo players today.
First Carter was fucked from behind, and then he was cummed on the face... Harrison didn't want to let this skinny guy succeed again.
So, Harrison got hot-headed and forced himself to stretch his arms and try to make a layup despite being defended by two people.
Although Wayne did not block the ball directly, he still put great pressure on Harrison as he was equipped with the penalty area deterrence badge.
Harris missed the layup and Wayne didn't have time to jump a second time, but he just stretched out his hand and grabbed the defensive rebound before everyone!
"Beautiful!" Sutton waved his arms gently. Wayne's tactical execution ability was really clear.
His timing for double-teaming was perfect and he was very decisive.
But Wayne's task is not as simple as double-teaming. On the offensive end, he has more important goals.
Sweet shook his head. Harrison was easily hot-headed, a problem that was exposed last season.
Unexpectedly, after a year of growth, he had made almost no progress in this area.
This is a huge deduction because the Pacers already have a hot-headed guy...
Harrison's face was full of black lines. Wayne was like a fly hovering around his ears, making him anxious and helpless.
This time, Harrison was planning to defend the basket directly. Since the NCAA does not have a three-second defense rule, he only needs to squat in the restricted area, and the impact of Graham and Tony Allen will be greatly hindered.
But at this moment, Harrison saw Holmes suddenly set up an off-ball screen.
The next second, Wayne passed by Holmes, shook off his opponent, and ran to the right corner.
Harrison hesitated for a moment, he hadn't decided whether to switch defense and follow.
But the Cowboys would not wait for Harrison to think it over before making the next move. John Lucas, the metronome, passed the ball the moment Wayne was in position.
Wayne shot as soon as he received the ball, and his opponent was simply unable to catch up with this shot.
Not surprisingly, Wayne's three-pointer went into the net.
He had a good touch today and had already scored 9 points before the end of the first half!
Seeing Wayne perform well right from the start, Coach Zhang couldn't help but say, "Wayne really doesn't look like a traditional inside player. He runs without the ball and gets outside the three-point line to catch the ball and shoot. This is the style of play for outside players."
"But it's effective." Yu Jia nodded in agreement.
"Well, he can create space. Now the big guy from the Buffalo team is in big trouble." Coach Zhang is a former member of the national team after all. Although Wei Ping's quotations are somewhat funny, you would be wrong to say that he doesn't understand basketball.
He had seen through Sutton's strategy and Wayne's role in it.
"Sutton really trusts Wayne. Although it is his first time starting in an official game, the task is very difficult."
"You mean, Wayne is equivalent to a tactical core?"
"Yes, a very important tactical core."
After scoring the goal, Wayne looked past his opponent and met Harrison's eyes.
Looking at Wayne's provocative eyes, the strong Harrison exploded.
But do you think he would be like a fool and face the double-team again and then get slapped in the face by Wayne?
Please, there are no such stupid villains in reality, and there are not so many face-slapping plots.
This time, when Harrison realized that he was double-teamed again, he calmly passed the ball to his teammate who was left open by Wayne.
The latter took a big step to the basket, ready to do a two-handed dunk to scare the opponent.
result……
Snapped--!
Wayne blocked the opponent's dunk. His large defensive range was enough for him to rush back from Harrison to his opponent and complete the defense.
It was the second block of the game, and to Cowboys fans, it was routine.
What's two or three blocks? If Wayne doesn't have five or six blocks in a single game, it's not exciting.
"It's Wayne again. Today he was like a sharp knife that stabbed into the heart of a buffalo! The size of a sharp knife may not be comparable to that of a buffalo, but the damage done is never measured by size."
Amid Gotley's passionate shouts, the Cowboys had already attacked.
The tactics are still the same as before, Lucas controls the ball, Holmes sets an off-ball screen, and Wayne uses the screen to go outside the three-point line to receive the ball and shoot.
But this time, when Wayne bypassed Holmes, Harrison chose to switch defense immediately!
Harrison couldn't stand the humiliation of being bullied by a "soft guy" who could only shoot from the outside.
Wayne caught the basketball as he wished, but there was no longer anyone in front of him.
When Wayne looked up, he saw the hairy ape face.
He could even feel the hot breath coming out of Harrison's nose.
"Now your tactics won't work." Harrison raised the corners of his mouth proudly, but Wayne disagreed.
He held up the basketball with one hand and then threw it in seemingly casually.
The basketball was like a sharp scalpel, cutting through the Buffalo team's defense and being passed accurately to Tony Allen who cut into the basket.
At this time, because Harrison was pulled to the outside by Wayne, no one in the penalty area could stop Tony who was rushing forward.
With a beautiful layup, Tony Allen widened the gap to 13 points!
After Harrison came back on the court, not only did he fail to close the gap, but the gap widened.
"Sorry, this is how our tactics were arranged, and I still made it." After completing the assist, Wayne spread his hands to Harrison, then turned around and bumped fists with Teacher Tony.
"This...that pass just now was so beautiful, fast and accurate. But the action looked very casual." Sean couldn't help but waved the towel. Wayne's performance in the regular season was not only not bad, but even better than in the warm-up match!
Three-point shooting, defense and passing, if the Cowboys want to implement the tactics mentioned above, their core players must have these abilities.
And Wayne did exactly these three things.
As the tactical core today, Wayne perfectly implemented old Sutton's plan!
"So I say, there are still many places for that kid to explore."
Sutton said, sitting back on the bench with ease.
This was the first time in this game that he looked so relaxed.
The initial version of "Wayne's Instruction Manual" has begun to be gradually improved in Sutton's hands.
