[System]: Mission progress 4/5.
At the same time, a translucent holographic screen appeared in front of Li Kaiming.
In the commentary box, Koslov's expression was already very ugly, and his eyes were full of disbelief.
On the other side, Matt Bullard and Sharp also had shocked looks on their faces.
They never imagined that they would see inside skills that are close to being lost in the NCAA.
Beside the University of Memphis bench, coach Pastela also had doubts in his eyes.
Since he coached Li Kaiming, he has almost never seen the latter polishing hook-like movements during training.
But in today's game, Li Kaiming actually used this technique, which he had never shown before, to defeat the strongest defensive team in the NCAA!
Stevens resisted the desire to call a timeout and rarely shouted at the Butler players on the court, "Don't let him get near the penalty area!"
If we follow Li Kaiming's previous technical characteristics, Butler's defensive strategy can be said to be straight to the point.
But no one could have imagined that in less than a week, Li Kaiming would be able to expand his offensive area beyond the penalty area!
In the stadium, most of the fans were dumbfounded!
Before the game, many major sports media made predictions about the match between Butler University and the University of Memphis. Most predicted that Memphis would be as ugly as the previous six teams.
Especially the home field advantage bonus, which is equivalent to giving Butler another buff on top of his terrifying defense!
As a result, after getting such a bonus, the University of Memphis not only played back and forth with Butler, but even the most tightly defended penalty area was penetrated by the Chinese boy on the opposite side!
In the NCAA, there are no defensive three seconds and zone defense is allowed. Under such league rules, the penalty area is almost no man's land for the offensive team.
Almost no one can make a difference in the NCAA's restricted area.
Unless you have the destructive power of an NBA All-Star insider!
But now, for such a team with the strongest defense in the league, the penalty area has become like a road, and Li Kaiming can score points at will.
It seems a bit ridiculous!
The Butler University players' momentum became a little weakened because of Li Kaiming's consecutive goals.
They knew in their hearts that they had spent the most effort and energy to restrict the opponent, but the results were still unsatisfactory.
No one likes this feeling.
Especially Andrew Smith, who mainly defended Li Kaiming, became a little decadent.
Hayward's performance is still very stable, and his psychological quality is much stronger than others.
Therefore, after seeing his teammates all get into the opponent's rhythm because of a ball, he knew that this was the time for him to stand up.
Hayward, who came to the frontcourt and received a pass from the defender, forgot about passing and rationality for the first time.
He waved at Andrew Smith, and after the latter came up to cover, he suddenly accelerated with the ball and dodged the opposing defender.
Li Kaiming followed Andrew Smith to the top line. At this time, Sally was stuck behind Smith and could not defend Hayward, so the task of defending Hayward fell on him again.
After entering the three-point line, Hayward faced Li Kaiming's defense and suddenly stopped for a jump shot more than one meter away from the latter!
Li Kaiming originally wanted to wait for Hayward to come in and throw himself into the trap, but he didn't expect that he pulled out directly from the mid-range.
After he threw himself out as a habit, he realized that the other party had already taken action and he had just arrived.
Hayward is a player with an offensive kaleidoscope. Facing such an almost open defense, he can naturally score easily.
After the goal was scored, the audience burst into cheers!
Butler's other players also have light in their eyes again.
Yes, why must I guard you? Make it seem like you can defeat us by attacking!
Even if we can't score, we still have Hayward!
When Butler's players let go of the psychological burden of guarding their opponents, the spirit of the entire team immediately became different.
The next moment, the Memphis players saw Butler's true strength.
In the Memphis offensive round, after Li Kaiming got the ball this time, the center and the two forwards were double-teamed extremely quickly.
Seeing this, Li Kaiming could only quickly pass the ball to Sally in the bottom corner.
After Sally came on the court, he always consciously looked for the latter to pass the ball.
For no other reason than because this guy is the most reliable three-point shooter on the entire team.
But this time Butler did not leave space for Sally so easily.
The moment the ball reached Sally, Hayward, who was still ready to move under Li Kaiming, rushed in front of Sally, and at the same time opened his arms, covering Sally within his defensive range.
Sally's three-pointers are very accurate, but that is when no one is guarding him. He is only suitable for open three-pointers without confrontation. Top-up shots are not his strong point.
So he could only pass the ball out again.
This time it was Elliott Williams who caught the ball.
Williams' singles with the ball is definitely among the top five in the entire NCAA.
He has the size of a striker, coupled with the control and shooting of a guard, which results in him having many scoring methods.
This is also the reason why he can definitely enter the NBA.
But this time, Williams encountered tough problems.
His first step was very fast, and he passed his opponent Leandeker in one step.
But Butler's defense was not that simple. He passed Leandeker, and Hayward and Matt Howard came behind him.
If Williams continues to break through, he will be surrounded by three parties.
As a last resort, he could only take a mid-range shot near the penalty area in the middle.
Williams' hand didn't seem to be very good tonight. The mid-range shot hit the front of the basket, and the rebound was finally obtained by Andrew Smith.
Li Kaiming quickly returned to the defensive position to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.
Hayward directly asked for it from Smith's hand. After he moved to the frontcourt, outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right side, facing Sally's defense, he suddenly hit a chasing three-pointer!
Sally didn't expect, and even Li Kaiming didn't expect that Hayward would throw it right after halftime!
It was too late for Sally to try to defend, so he had to watch the ball go into the basket with a swipe, causing a splash!
Lucas Stadium erupted in loud cheers again!
Koslov directly turned into a Hayward fan, "The amazing Hayward, he has hit three consecutive shots! He led Butler to regain his momentum again!"
Stevens nodded with satisfaction. Hayward was indeed his most valued disciple, and he had lived up to his careful cultivation.
But Pastner's face didn't look good. A few minutes ago, he was still excited, and he actually beat Stevens and called a timeout first.
But after a while, Butler regained the lost advantage. At the critical moment when the opponent was gaining momentum, even if he didn't want to call a timeout, he had to call it.
He immediately signaled to the referee and called the first timeout of the field.
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