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"Cuckoo!"
" What just happened?!"
"In the alley-oop, James Harden used Zhang Jun's pick-and-roll to throw the ball into the sky. The giant Zhang Jun pressed Thabet's hands to force the ball into the basket!!!”
"Box!"
On the court, the entire basketball hoop buzzed from Zhang Jun's bombardment!
The first half of the Top 16 game between Arizona State and the University of Pennsylvania ended after Zhang Jun and Harden completed a dunk.
37 to 21.
Arizona State entered the locker room with a 16-point lead.
Judging from the first half of the game, the University of Connecticuti had no resistance.
Zhang Jun's offensive and defensive tactics were simple and crude, but the results were impressive.
In the first half of the game, Arizona State's offense was still focused on Harden and Zhang Jun's pick-and-roll.
Thabet was having a hard time defending. He had promised to block Zhang Jun before the match, but he couldn't block a single one. Instead, he was blocked twice by Zhang Jun.
On the defensive side, Zhang Jun stood firmly inside the paint. UCT's offense would die as soon as it entered the three-second zone. Tabeet even ate three hot pot shots from Zhang Jun in a row.
If it weren't for the fact that the outside shooters of the University of Connecticuti had played well, they would have ended up in a much better position than their opponent, the University of Oakland.
In the first half as a whole, Zhang Jun easily got 20 points, 14 rebounded and 5 blocked shots. Zhang Jun also let the University of Connecticuti's Thabet only get a pitiful 3 points and 3 rebounded.
As the points gap widened, the Arizona State University fans kept cheering in the ATT arena.
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"Harden and Zhang Jun's pick-and-roll combination is almost unsolvable. Zhang Jun's lethality in the paint is too scary. As long as he can receive the ball in the paint, the success rate is almost 100%.”
"James Harden is a great passer. He has a lot of balls that are directly fed to Zhang Jun's mouth. With Zhang Jun's ability, it's hard not to score.”
ESPM's commentator, Booker, also shouted crazily.
Harden was indeed very suitable to partner with a pancake center. In his previous life, Capella played like a super giant when he met Harden.
Zhang Jun was comfortable with a passing scorer like Harden.
Not every defender could attract the defense and send the ball to him.
Some defenders were reluctant to pass the ball, and some defenders who wanted to pass the ball did not have Harden's ability to adjust their offense at any time.
Although Zhang Jun was comfortable in the first half, he didn't dare to relax.
If Zhang Jun were to participate in the draft, he would need to perform well.
Zhang Jun knew his own abilities, but NBA scouts didn't. They needed to use Zhang Jun's data and actual performance to judge his strength.
Zhang Jun's understanding of a good performance was to win and then produce good statistics!
With good data, the media, scouts, and fans would be willing to praise his talent.
Therefore, as long as he was on the court, Zhang Jun would try his best to grab the rebound every round, and the defensive end would try his best to run and interfere.
The effect of doing so in the first half was not bad, and the team led by a large margin.
The second half of the match began very quickly, and Zhang Jun continued to dominate the match.
For a player of Thabet's height, Zhang Jun was his nemesis.
Thabet was a player who relied on his height and weight, but his athletic ability was only above average.
It was undeniable that Tabit had his own advantages.
Before he met Zhang Jun, Thabet could make full use of his physical advantage to get into position in the low post and press the defenders behind him. His hands were good, and he could catch the ball well regardless of the speed and distance of the pass. His passing skills were also good, and he had top-notch blocking ability.
These were his advantages, but when he faced Zhang Jun, he couldn't use them.
First of all, he couldn't get stuck in the card. He could only get stuck when Zhang Jun didn't want to.
Secondly, Zhang Jun could easily shake him up. Of course, Zhang Jun usually didn't need to shake him up. If he received the ball in the three-second zone, Zhang Jun only needed to stand straight and dunk the ball in.
Block? Zhang Jun was the only one who covered him, not him.
In the second half of the game, Thabeet frequently played in the low post, but he had no advantage at all. He was very uncomfortable with Zhang Jun.
Thabet wanted to change his style of play. He wanted to run. His movement speed wasn't slow, but he still couldn't outrun Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun was bigger than him and seemed to be more agile than him.
The result of this was that Thabit couldn't get Zhang Jun on the offensive side, whether it was in the face or behind the basket. The defensive side couldn't interfere with Zhang Jun too much.
The more he fought, the less confident Thabet became. Like Griffin, he was unable to escape the result of being beaten up by Zhang Jun!!
"Beep beep beep!"
Amid the cheers of the Arizona State University fans, the Sun Devils won the game 77 to 47.
“MVP！”
“MVP！”
“MVP！”
The fans cheered in unison when the camera zoomed in on Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun, who had scored 33 points, 25 rebounding, 12 blocked shots and 4 assists, deserved the cheers.
In this game, Zhang Jun rebounding almost 90% of Arizona State's shots and blocked 12 shots.
What did 12 blocks mean?
Whenever an offensive player encountered Zhang Jun's layup from the inside, Zhang Jun would fan the ball out. It was as if Zhang Jun had added a door to the basket.
If it weren't for the fact that the UCT's outside shooting percentage was not bad, they wouldn't even have gotten 47 points.
Zhang Jun's consecutive triple-doubles and double blocked shots shocked the media and scouts.
As soon as the match ended, the reporters from all the major media outlets swarmed toward Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun was now more popular with the reporters than Harden.
Of course, there were reporters around Harden. He was a popular rookie after all.
The reporter asked Harden," James, you made a lot of difficult three-pointers today. Why are you so determined?”
"Didn't you notice that I only do that when Zhang is inside?" Harden asked. Zhang standing inside has a high chance of getting a rebound, so I'm so determined.”
"What order do you think Zhang will be selected?”
Harden shrugged." First pick. I think he's the best player.”
Harden had been helping Zhang Jun build up momentum during the interview. He knew that Zhang Jun lacked exposure, so he bragged about it desperately.
On the other hand, Zhang Jun was relatively humble in front of the reporters.
Faced with the flattery of the reporters, Zhang Jun replied calmly,"My teammates are great. Their success rate in offense is very high. We are a team and we are all working hard for the same goal.”
As for the topic of Tabit, Zhang Jun no longer cared.
They had to build up momentum before the match and suppress him during the match. There was no need to attack him after the match.
Zhang Jun would lose sometimes, so he still needed to save some character.
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