Since Chen Junhao decided to come to Missouri University, Smith had to face the problem of how to arrange Chen Junhao's position in the team and how to coordinate his relationship with other players. This "position" does not refer to his position as a "point guard" on the court, but his position in the team.

A team can only have one core player. Anthony has been Missouri's ace core for the past two years. He led the team to the quarterfinals for two consecutive years, which is an unprecedented good result for Missouri. His core position cannot be shaken.

But Chen Junhao is not inferior to Anthony at all, and his overall talent is even above Anthony. At least in addition to his personal attack ability, he can make other teammates perform better. People with this potential have always been the best candidates for the team's core.

In the past, Smith always had troubles about his team's difficulty in finding an excellent core player. He never thought that he would have a day when the players were too good. It was actually a luxury. A solid fortress is always the easiest to break from the inside. If this problem is not solved well, it may cause the team to fall apart in an instant.

Chen Junhao's proactive humility seemed to have solved the problem. The friendship between Chen Junhao and Anthony also made Smith believe that the conflict did not exist. However, when the warm-up training was really underway, Smith realized that the problem had not been resolved, and the contradiction was just temporarily hidden.

Whether it was during the practice game, against the Iowa State University Tornado, or the current game against Indiana, it was obvious that Chen Junhao's talent was not really displayed, not even half of it. He suppressed his offensive hope and also suppressed his offensive passion.

The Chen Junhao that Smith met in the past was the ace core who was passionate and inspired to lead his teammates forward with his strong football skills. His domineering and his passion made Smith still feel excited when he recalled the situation that day. Smith admired his courage and admired him for his courage that day, and admired him for his tactical core at the age of 16. What he envied even more was that the players under him were all older and more famous than Chen Junhao, but they all performed such tactics without complaints or even willingly.

As he said, recruiting Chen Junhao is not as simple as recruiting a qualified point guard. Ambitious Smith is thinking about establishing a Missouri dynasty in the NCAA college basketball industry. And with Missouri's current player configuration, who said it is impossible? Isn't Chen Junhao in the second year of college? After some training, Mario, a first-year student, will definitely be a top player in the United States.

In Smith's vision, Chen Junhao should be the leader of Missouri after Anthony. But how should Anthony be arranged when he is still in the team? The team does not need two leaders. Anthony's leadership status has been erected in the past three years of games and cannot be shaken. In this way, Chen Junhao can only temporarily rank second.

In Smith's vision, Chen Junhao, Anthony and Anthony added Carman, and three points supported a surface. The attack iron triangle attack combination composed of three people is enough to sweep all NCAA teams. But the prerequisite for all this is: Chen Junhao, Anthony and Carman must truly integrate into Smith's tactical system, form a tactical combination, and play the role of the combination. The so-called combination effect is one plus one greater than two.

The current situation is that Carman and Anthony performed more freely with the cooperation of Chen Junhao, but Chen Junhao himself lost his true nature as a super player and became a role player who completely assisted others. This is something Smith had not expected.

When Chen Junhao was not on the court, although the pace of the game was slower, the efficiency of the attack lineup led by two super attackers would not be reduced at all. When Anthony was not on the court, Chen Junhao led a group of substitutes to still make a refreshing attack, which was verified in the first game. However, when Anthony and Chen Junhao were on the court, the result must be that Chen Junhao's talents were buried under Anthony's light.

Facing a team like Indiana, Missouri's attack power is now strong enough, and there is almost no team that can do better in terms of offense alone. But once they encounter opponents with stronger defense, it is a big question whether they can still be so outstanding.

Since he realized the problem, he had to start solving it, but Smith had no way to find a solution to the problem in an instant. Anthony was not wrong, he always played like this. Chen Junhao was not wrong, either, Smith arranged him as a point guard, and he perfectly performed the duties of a point guard. He sacrificed his shots to guide the team's strongest attack firepower, and he succeeded.

If you change a coach, you may not think there is anything wrong with your team. Since Chen Junhao made such a choice and the team has indeed shown strong momentum, wouldn’t it be too worrying if you are worried?

After finding the crux of the problem and exposing the hidden contradictions early, there will always be solutions. This is what Smith thinks now.

The game was fierce on the court, and the two sides fought back and forth and couldn't solve it. The Missouri Tigers led by Anthony gradually gained the advantage, gradually widening the score. Five points, tens, and eleven points! When the gap widened to fifteen points, Indiana suddenly scored a small climax and scored five points in a row. Then the two sides maintained a 10-point gap and the score continued to rise. Missouri steadily maintained the advantage, but could not further expand the advantage. Indiana still maintained the hope of winning the score.

Off the field.

Smith asked Chen Junhao beside him, "Did you see clearly the situation of the game on the court?"

"Yes!" Chen Junhao nodded slightly.

"Do you have anything to say about our team's offense?"

“Very strong.”

"Then why can't we break the score?"

"Our defense poses little threat to them. The opponent's tactics of dismantling are really beautifully used. However," Chen Junhao looked back at Smith, "Coach, do you really have no way to deal with their dismantling?"

Smith asked back, "What do you think?"

"There may be no way to completely crack it, but you should have a way to suppress the coach to a certain extent."

Smith smiled and nodded to admit.

"Then why are you..." Chen Junhao wanted to speak but stopped, but his questions were not spoken.

"Because I need Indiana's offense to give more pressure to our players on the field. Once the score is too high, Indiana's morale will be bleed." Smith said this sentence in Chinese.

Chen Junhao grew his mouth in shock. After looking around for a long time, his teammates were cheering for the players on the field loudly and whispered: "If Jason and Mike knew that coach, you were intentionally putting them into a tough battle, I don't know what expression would be."

Smith laughed and said, "If they were smart enough, the rest time just now wouldn't be asking for a mix of defense.

Chen Junhao smiled and looked at Anthony and others on the court with sympathy.

Smith looked at the running players on the field and said, "In fact, even if you don't adjust your defense, there is still a way to curb Indiana's offense. It's just that Jason and the others can't do it."

Chen Junhao thought a little and understood it. As long as he disrupted the opponent's offensive rhythm and forced the opponent to stabilize and slow down the rhythm, he could curb the opponent's attack to a certain extent. Chen Junhao is a defender player, and his understanding of the rhythm of the game is much deeper than that of players in other positions. Basketball games are not just about taking turns to attack and defend. The momentum, fighting spirit, rhythm, and sudden changes in scores... can affect the players in the game to varying degrees and affect the final result.

While the two were talking, the Indiana head coach saw that he could not make the score, so he called a timeout and tried to adjust his tactics. After Anthony and others returned from the field, Smith first watched the performance of the beautiful cheerleaders on the field with interest for a while, then he lazily looked at Anthony and asked: "Jason, are you tired? Do you need a rest?"

Anthony wiped his sweat and replied, "I've only been fighting for more than ten minutes, so I'm not tired."

"Very good." Smith said, "Then our tactics remain unchanged, and the lineup will not be adjusted before the end of the first half. Don't be stingy with physical strength, do your best to open the score." He turned to Kaman and said, "Mac, the opponent's No. 9 (Indiana's power forward Dior) is the core of their tactics. You can find a way to curb him and don't let him get close to the penalty area easily. There are Jason and Paul in the interior to help you defend, so you don't have to worry." He finally gave the players a little tip. However, Chen Junhao was sure that if it weren't for the opponent's coach adjusting tactics, Smith would have continued to remain silent.

Kaman nodded, "I get it."

After explaining this sentence, Smith seemed to have used up all his interest in speaking, and waved his hand and said, "Go on the stage."

The referee's whistle sounded at the same time, and the time was really accurate.

The game started again, Indiana replaced the inside center Campbell, and the substitute center figure was taller than Campbell. It seemed that Indiana was about to open the gap from the inside.

The Missouri Tigers' ball. Charlton dribbled the ball and broke through, passed the ball, Pierce cut the ball in the air, Anthony received the ball one-on-one and made a shooting posture, and passed the ball suddenly before the opponent blocked it. Pierce received the ball in the neutral, Dior rushed to block it. "Bang!" The basketball bounced up on the floor and fell into Carman's hand. Mike Carman carried a single print on the back and printed the Dianna substitute center Griffer, turned around and shot with one hand, "Swish!" The basketball fell into the basket accurately.

Naturally, such a beautiful cooperation and such a neat goal are always inseparable from the enthusiastic cheers and cheers of the home audience. Indeed, no matter from any aspect, the tactical cooperation of these five people on the court can afford the praise of "wonderful" and "beautiful".

Indiana counterattacked quickly. However, when Dior was in the interior, he found that Carman, who had been sticking to the interior, rushed over and opened his hands to block his way.

Turning around and changing direction, suddenly accelerating and running... Dior tried to run away with his pace, but Mike Carman, who is known as the team's first move-in positioning technology, is really impeccable in defense. His rich experience in fighting with many strong players is incomparable to young opponents. Carman, who is cautious in the front of the penalty area, also gave in a step. Because Dior's shooting ability at high positions is quite limited, even after breaking up and getting the ball is not very threatening. In the Indiana Iron Triangle, Dior is often responsible for supporting the ball, and his excellent support and running ability is used to make balls for his teammates. But he himself is always a power forward, and the farther away from the basket, the less threatening he has. Staying on the outside, he used his teammates to dismantle as a cover, but the less inside-out running involvement, the threat is greatly reduced.

Kaman's defense was quite successful, but Smith's adjustment did not have an immediate effect. There were too many opportunities to attack one side in the basketball game. The basketball's outside line was transferred, and Kassel received the ball and shook it against Charlton one-on-one and suddenly took a step back and shot, "Swish!" three-pointer!

This is how basketball games are. Even if you do your defense perfectly, it is impossible to completely block all the opponent's goal opportunities.
Chapter completed!