Li Kaiming's words were resounding, and upon hearing his encouragement, the eyes of Williams and others immediately turned red!
Before the start of the season, some media said that Memphis might not even make it to March Madness this season, but under the leadership of Pastner, they made it through all the way and finally reached the coveted national championship.
But the media and fans are not optimistic about them because of this. Instead, they think they will travel in the first round, and after Maryland, they will think they will travel in the second round...
It wasn't until they defeated the powerful Michigan that some people gradually began to be optimistic about them...
These guys in Memphis have come a long way from being looked down upon! Now most people still don't think highly of them, so what?
Didn't you guys have a good opinion of this before? We still made it here! Your optimism really doesn’t matter to us!
Coleman and others, who had just come on stage, were even more angry. What do you mean? As soon as we came up, you thought we were destined to lose?
No one likes this feeling, and this group of people in Memphis are full of anger at this time, and they want to prove their anger!
Game start!
Memphis has the ball and serves from the frontcourt.
Li Kaiming stood at the free throw line this time. Williams passed the ball to point guard Harvey, and then immediately came over to give Li Kaiming a screen. Seeing this, Wallich immediately shouted to his teammate Chim, " Change defense!"
Harvey followed the tactics and gave the ball to Li Kaiming. At this time, Li Kaiming received the ball at the left waist, facing the small forward Wallich who was a head shorter than himself.
Wallich was afraid that Li Kaiming would use his height to hit him with his back, so he stuck closely to the former when he switched defenses, fearing that Li Kaiming would directly pull him out.
But he thought wrong. At this time, Memphis was in a scoring drought, so it was natural to choose the most reliable way to score.
The closer you are to the basket, the higher the probability of scoring!
So, the moment he caught the ball, Li Kaiming quickly turned around, took a big step, and left Wallich behind in the blink of an eye!
Wallich only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and the mountain-like figure that was in front of him just now had disappeared!
After the start of the second half, Tennessee no longer chose to let Li Kaiming score easily. Therefore, when Li Kaiming got rid of Wallich, the No. 11 player Connington on the other side with a 45-degree angle instantly covered him!
When Li Kaiming rushed to the basket and was still two steps away, Connington also defended him in time!
However, Li Kaiming naturally would not be defeated by this simple defense. He suddenly changed the ball to his left hand, then rounded his left arm and passed the ball with great force. The basketball flew like a cannonball into the hands of Sally at a 45-degree angle!
As a pure outside shooter, Sally would naturally not give up such a simple scoring opportunity. The moment he got the ball, he raised the ball, jumped, and then fired from outside the three-point line!
Wallich, who was passed by Li Kaiming, immediately pounced on him, but it was already too late. When he pounced in front of Sally, Sally was already at the highest point of his jump, so he could only straighten out helplessly. arm, trying to disrupt Salley's shot.
I have to say that Sally's three-pointer is really not a cover!
The ball didn't even touch the basket. There was only a crisp sound of the net being brushed, and the basketball flew into the basket!
38:29! The Tigers widen the gap!
Wallich clapped his hands in frustration and signaled to his teammates that the ball was his problem.
In Tennessee's round, as soon as the ball was served from the backcourt, in just three seconds, all the Tennessee players rushed to the frontcourt!
It can be seen that Tennessee's players have a lot of energy. It's almost the last ten minutes of the game and they still have enough energy to serve and fast break!
Li Kaiming stood in the penalty area, loudly instructing his teammates to defensively change positions, and successfully defused Tennessee's fast break.
When Tennessee saw that the fast break was pressed, the point guard immediately handed the ball to Connington, and then the remaining four people spread out on the outside, setting up a posture for Connington to challenge Sally!
Bohr's preparations before the game seemed to be extremely sufficient. Even the substitute players had targeted tactics tailored for him.
Although Connington does not play a high role in the starting lineup, facing Sally's single defense, his body and skills have the advantage!
Li Kaiming did not follow the opposite center out. After most of the game, he knew that Qim had no three-pointers at all, so he was not afraid of his outside line at all.
Sally, on the other hand, had almost no chance of defending against Connington's duel!
So he chose to stay in the penalty area and help Sally protect the last line of defense!
All eyes were on the two of Sally. Connington held the ball, took a step back, suddenly burst out with strength, kicked off the ground, and when he was still an arm's length away from Sally, he suddenly pushed the ball to the left with his right hand. , a change of direction, and at the same time lowering the right shoulder, avoiding Sally's confrontation!
One step over!
This Sally is really worthy of defending against thousands of people. He was defeated by such a simple push and a change of direction, and Connington is not a particularly fast defender!
Seeing Connington rushing in, Li Kaiming immediately opened his arms to greet him!
When Connington saw Li Kaiming rushing over, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. He was still far away from the basket, but he suddenly made a throw!
Even Li Kaiming was confused by this guy's behavior!
what's the situation? Are you afraid you are an undercover agent?
As expected, the ball hit the front edge of the basket, and the subsequent rebound was collected by Li Kaiming.
When Bruce Bohr saw Connington taking action hastily, he gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice, "Damn it!"
No one expected that Connington, who could pass Sally with a handsome breakthrough one moment, would change from a tiger to a rabbit when facing Li Kaiming the next moment, without even having the courage to challenge the latter!
Li Kaiming grabbed the rebound, passed it to Harvey, and came to the frontcourt to start grinding the position.
This time he chose to play a pick-and-roll with Harvey. After the screen, Harvey faced the double-team of the two and passed the ball to Li Kaiming through the gap.
Harvey's passing skills are obviously not as good as Kemp's. Li Kaiming had to bend down, like a monkey fishing for the moon, to get the ball.
Although there were no mistakes, the opportunity to attack the basket was lost immediately, and the opponent's defense also made up for it!
Li Kaiming did not stop the ball, but took a dribble and took three steps directly towards the defender.
Qim's speed is too slow compared to Li Kaiming. Even if Li Kaiming takes three steps from the same place, he will be thrown away by half a body. If things continue like this, Li Kaiming can easily advance with this ball!
But Tennessee's perfect defensive rotation saved Chim again. Power forward Negedu on one side let go of his opponent Coleman and blocked Li Kaiming's offensive line!
Seeing that Li Kaiming was about to hit two defenders, he suddenly took the ball and swung it!
Chim and Negedu's expressions changed greatly, and they immediately took a step forward, fearing that Li Kaiming would shoot directly!
However, Li Kaiming did not take action. Instead, after deceiving the two of them away from the basket, he suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball under Qim's crotch.
Qim instinctively put his legs inward, trying to block the pass, but in Li Kaiming's view, his action was like slow motion at 0.5 times speed. The ball had already been passed, and Qim was still maintaining a Funny inner pussy pose...
Li Kaiming's pass was not a random pass, it was well prepared. Coleman, who was let go by Negdu, had quietly slipped to the basket at some point. After receiving Li Kaiming's pass, he immediately took off on the spot, a Two-handed slam dunk!
41:29! The point difference returns to double digits again!
