After scoring the goal, Li Kaiming felt the hot touch in his palm. He stretched out his palm with some unfinished content, and then held it again.
The moment he raised his head, his eyes met Hayward's opposite.
Hayward is relatively easy-going and has almost no conflicts with others on the court, but this does not mean that he is a softie on the court.
At the last moment of the game, the yellow-skinned guy on the opposite side was able to respond to his three-pointer. As a stable lottery pick, he naturally had the pride of being a high-ranking draft pick.
Even putting aside his pride as a basketball player, as a man, in front of the public, there was another man opposite him who wanted to compete with him and take the victory away from his hands, but he refused!
A domineering energy that had not appeared for a long time emanated from Hayward's body...
Butler's point guard Zach Hahn dribbled the ball just past half-court, and Hayward had already stretched out his hands to him, "Zach, give me the ball!"
Zach was a little surprised. Although Stevens often arranged for him to pass the ball to Hayward in the middle of the court, Hayward basically did not actively shout at him for the ball.
Today, Hayward seems to have changed a person, from a gentleman to a bandit.
After Hayward got the ball, he immediately asked Andrew Smith to come up and pick and roll.
He also wants to beat Li Kaiming!
This time, Li Kaiming was careful. After following Andrew Smith to the top of the arc, he stood slightly higher than last time to prevent Hayward from shooting another three-pointer.
Hayward's eyes were also very vicious. Seeing that Li Kaiming was worried about his three-pointer, he hesitated while dribbling the ball outside the three-point line, as if he was about to shoot.
Seeing this, Li Kaiming took a small step forward.
But Hayward suddenly broke out at this moment, made a scissor step, kicked off the ground with his hind legs, and broke through Li Kaiming's defense in one step!
His perimeter defense is a little ridiculous.
Li Kaiming was lifted out by Hayward, and Memphis' penalty area was naturally smooth.
Witherpoons in the bottom corner saw Li Kaiming being broken through, and before Hayward made a layup, he rushed to the basket and raised his hands in the air, forming a cover for Hayward.
But Witherpoons's supplement went bad. Although he avoided Hayward's direct attack on the basket, it left a huge gap for his defender.
Matt Howard is a guy with a very tough hand. The more critical moments come, the more stable his hand becomes. He is almost the most powerful type of role player.
Although Li Kaiming took a few steps back to defend Hayward, he immediately switched defenders with Witherpoons and moved toward Howard in the corner.
But there is still plenty of time left for Howard.
He faced Li Kaiming's defense without changing his expression and calmly shot a three-pointer.
The shot goes in, and Howard's style of play is just like himself, unpretentious but deadly.
56:65, the score difference returned to 9 points again. There are still four and a half minutes left before the end of the game.
In the commentary box, Koslov could no longer hide the smile on his face, "Li Kaiming seems to have no way to deal with Hayward's duel. If this continues, Memphis will be in danger..."
From what he said, it seemed that he felt sorry for Memphis, but anyone could tell that this guy's tone was full of yin and yang!
Obviously, he has stood from the perspective of Memphis and placed all the responsibility for failing to beat Butler University on Li Kaiming!
But on the court, Li Kaiming did not take Koslov's words seriously, or in other words, he did not hear Koslov's words at all.
At this time, all his attention is on the game, time, breathing, feel...
He has never felt these things on the playing field so clearly.
Every movement he made seemed to come naturally to him, and didn't seem unreasonable at all.
For example, now, after a pick-and-roll with Kemp, Kemp, who was double-teamed, passed the ball to Li Kaiming, and Li Kaiming, who got the ball, faced the help of Butler's baseline defender.
Butler's meaning is very simple. As long as Li Kaiming doesn't rush, everything else is easy!
But they were wrong. Li Kaiming neither rushed to the penalty area nor passed the ball to Daniel Mack in the bottom corner. Instead, he shot directly from mid-range!
Feeling the force exerted on his body when shooting, Li Kaiming experienced a smooth feeling that he had never experienced before, just like a person who had been constipated for a week and took a pill of Kaisel, silky and natural.
And his teammates and coaches were not in a good mood!
The faces of Kemp and Williams have become very ugly.
Since Li Kaiming came on the field this time, he has directly transformed into lone wolf mode. He can't see other teammates at all. He just throws the ball when he gets it!
As teammates, they naturally know that Li Kaiming's mid-range shots can only be said to be so-so. It is good to get one occasionally. At such a critical moment, choosing to shoot mid-range shots against the defense is almost an act of war criminals in their eyes!
Pastner's expression was also very dissatisfied. It didn't matter that he didn't play the last three-pointer according to the tactics. After all, the ball was scored and he didn't say anything. But why did this guy suddenly look like a different person?
He was even ready to waste a timeout later and replace Li Kaiming!
This is the national semi-finals, not a child's play. Even if you are Jordan, you have to stop beating me!
In the commentary box, Koslov was so happy that he didn't know what to say. He just kept shaking his head and sighed, "Li Kaiming, is he going to self-destruct today?"
Sharpe and Matt Bullard are also question marks.
From the bottom of their hearts, the two of them were very optimistic about Li Kaiming, otherwise they would not have violated Koslov many times during the commentary process and spoke for Li Kaiming.
But even they didn't understand Li Kaiming's two consecutive shots!
Stevens's face was as calm as the water's surface, and it seemed that no matter what happened during the game, his mood would not fluctuate.
In full view of everyone, Li Kaiming's mid-range shot drew a parabola, and then fell into the basket with a swish!
58:65!
Li Kaiming scored two in a row!
Stevens' eyes fluctuated for a moment, and he turned his gaze to Li Kaiming's face, hoping to see surprise or other expressions in the latter's expression.
But unfortunately, no, he only saw a serious face, and there was no change in expression because of this goal.
Why is he unhappy? Shouldn't you feel excited when you score a goal?
Stevens had some doubts in his heart.
Li Kaiming's expression seemed to mean, shouldn't the goal be scored?
Why does he have this expression? Does he have no idea about his mid-range ability?
A wave of doubts swept through Stevens' mind, leaving him so confused that he couldn't figure it out for a while.
In the commentary box, Koslov's mouth was almost filled with anger!
Seeing that the "objective and impartial" commentator didn't know what to say for a moment, Sharp stood up immediately next to him.
"It seems that Li Kaiming didn't just throw it away, he came prepared!"
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