At two o'clock in the afternoon on March 28, the dome stadium was once again filled with fans from all over the country, but looking around, the blue and white Memphis theme colors still accounted for a lot. Obviously, today's game is not good for Memphis. , and it counts as half a home game.
But there are also many fans wearing orange Tennessee-themed T-shirts, because Knoxville, where the University of Tennessee is located, is not far from St. Louis, only 450 miles.
Twenty minutes before the game, today’s starting lineups for both sides were shown on the big screen.
University of Memphis Tigers: Point guard Willie Kemp, shooting guard Elliott Williams, small forward Daniel Mack, power forward Wesley Weatherspoon, center Kaiming Li.
University of Tennessee Volunteers: Point guard Bobby Mize, shooting guard Quinn Connington, small forward Ronaldo Wallich, power forward Emmanuel Negedu, center Wayne Chism.
Tennessee head coach Bruce Bohr is a fat white man who looks affable. In an interview with the media before the game, he said that No. 34 Li Kaiming on the opposite side will be their main focus.
But he did not make as extreme a change to the starting lineup as Tom Izzo did. It seems that the specific adjustments made at the tactical level will not be known until the game.
Pastner was also full of confidence, standing next to the bench, with his hands folded across his chest and his eyes looking straight ahead.
The referee signaled the players from both sides to enter. At half past two, the game began!
beep!
With a whistle, the referee threw the basketball high, and the Midwestern Division finals officially kicked off!
Li Kaiming's powerful leg strength exploded instantly, and the ball jumped into Kemp's hands with a single ejection!
The Tennessee players looked normal and quickly returned to the half court, ready to defend.
In the first round, Li Kaiming played a two-man turn with Kemp. After he set a screen for the latter, he immediately went down from the top of the arc. As soon as he ran across the free throw line, Kemp's pass was delivered to him. .
After the two of them cooperated, Tennessee center Wayne Chism had lost his defensive position against Li Kaiming, and could only watch the latter dunk with two hands!
2:0! Memphis wins first!
After dunking, Li Kaiming was a little confused. Didn't Bruce Bohr say that he made adjustments for me? That's it? This has not been adjusted!
Pastner on the sidelines also frowned in confusion. Can't he guard against such a simple tactic? How did Tennessee reach the finals?
When it is Tennessee's turn to attack, their players' personal abilities are relatively balanced, so there is no obvious offensive core. They play according to the tactics and take action when the ball is in the hands of whoever has the opportunity.
For example, now, the opposite small forward Wallich, with the help of a double screen from his teammates, received the ball from the point guard near the free throw line, and attacked the penalty area without hesitation!
The restricted area is Li Kaiming's home base. How could such an important restricted area be allowed to be violated by an unknown person?
So he immediately pounced on him, and the [Copper Wall and Iron Wall] badge immediately activated, blocking Wallich's layup!
Li Kaiming, who got the rebound, was even more confused!
Something is wrong with Tennessee today. In the past, all teams tried to avoid his rim protection when attacking. How come this Tennessee player is like a moth to a flame, just go to him when he sees it?
wrong! There must be a ghost!
On the other hand, when it was Memphis' turn, Li Kaiming followed the coach's arrangement and caught the ball at the waist. After turning around and passing his opponent, under the influence of the [Anti-interference Shot] badge, he faced the Tennessee defender with difficulty. scored.
4:0!
After the layup, Li Kaiming glanced at the opposite bench while returning to defense, and saw the fair and fat Bruce Bohr standing on the sidelines with a faint smile on his face, as if It's not them that's lagging behind, it's Memphis.
So weird!
Li Kaiming immediately felt a deep sense of crisis in his heart. There must be a conspiracy on the other side!
Otherwise, this is abnormal. How can anyone fail in the regional finals?
In the next round, Tennessee small forward Wallich got the ball again, and then dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area.
Li Kaiming made a big block and slapped away Wallich's layup. When he was about to run back for a fast break, the projection of the system flashed in front of his eyes.
[Fatigue]: +1
Grass! Li Kaiming came to his senses instantly!
This Bruce Bohr looked kind, but he didn't expect to be so sinister!
Bruce Bohr did prepare before the game, and the focus of the preparation was indeed Li Kaiming, but the core of his strategy was not to avoid the latter, but to consume the latter, and it would be best to get the latter into foul trouble!
If Li Kaiming hadn't activated the badges continuously, causing his fatigue to increase, he wouldn't have been able to discover the opponent's plan!
Bruce Bohr really has his way. He is worthy of being a coach who can reach the finals with a civilian lineup.
Li Kaiming's current attributes are almost invincible among NCAA insiders, but his only drawback is that he lacks physical strength!
In past games, he has always been able to score high scores in a very short period of time. On the one hand, this is because his technical level is overwhelming, and on the other hand, he has to play like this. Achieve the highest efficiency in the shortest possible time.
Most of the previous teams were taken away by a wave during his short burst, and the remaining teams, even if they withstood his burst, paid the price of double-teaming him, thus giving teammates The open position was taken away by a wave of his teammates.
Therefore, when Li Kaiming only needs to work hard on the defensive end, he can play for a long time. If it is a high-scoring game, his playing time is relatively short.
Bruce Bohr obviously conducted a lot of research on Li Kaiming's previous games to discover this pattern from the minutiae of the games.
So it's not surprising that he decided on this strategy, because he not only wanted Li Kaiming to score high points on the offensive end, but also put his best effort on the defensive end.
He is going to exhaust Li Kaiming to death!
And Li Kaiming, who realizes this, will let him get his wish?
Bruce Bohr, if you want to exhaust me to death, right? Then I will blow up your inside line to the point where even if I go down, you will not be able to catch up!
The game continued, and this time facing Tennessee's defense, Li Kaiming was not polite at all.
He directly positioned himself at 45 degrees on the right side and shouted to Kemp on the outside, "Give me the ball!"
Kemp hesitated, but still passed the ball to Li Kaiming. Next to the court, Bruce Bohr watched Li Kaiming playing more and more energetically, with a smile flashing on his face.
You guys are still too young. What's the use of getting a few more points? If you can't win, it's just a number!
Li Kaiming, on the other hand, ignored it and hit Tennessee center Chim with a two-handed dunk!
boom!
The basket rack let out a miserable cry as he tore it apart!
Both Bruce Bohr and Pastner frowned.
Both of their coaches naturally know where Li Kaiming's shortcomings are, but currently, this guy's dunks are even more powerful.
This guy seems to have done this on purpose...
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