At the 16th minute of the first half, Su Bei got his third foul and was replaced.
Later, if Azubuike hadn't "surged on the wrong knee," he could at least have improved his statistics to that of a quasi-All-Star scorer like Monta Ellis. Now his breakthrough skills are average, but his physical talent is too strong. His speed and confrontation made Su Bei very uncomfortable.
That's the cost of Wake Forest's foul play.
Except for Su Bei's 3 times, Justin Gray and Chris Ellis both had 2 fouls, and everyone else had fouls.
Kyrie Arthur goes into battle.
In the subsequent games, the two sides continued to see the score. The performance of first-year Rondo and the performance of second-year Paul cannot be said to be exactly the same, they can only be said to be not much different.
After all, Rondo's hand is much better than Paul's.
Hayes, Azubuike, Morris, Joe Crawford, and Rondo would all later play in the NBA. Chris Paul was the only one at Wake Forest University to support the scene.
At the end of the first half, thanks to Chris Paul's outburst and foul tactics, Wake Forest lost first and then won, leading the University of Kent by 2 points with a score of 38-36.
Come back in the second half of the game.
Su Bei was thrown on the bench, as if he had been forgotten.
Don't ask, just ask that Subei is not indispensable.
On the court, during Wake Forest's offensive round, Chris Paul also stood on the top of the card.
"Kyri Arthur ran back and got rid of Kelana Azubuike, cut and received a pass from Chris Paul, and hit a close mid-range shot on a panicked save by Chuck Hayes."
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"It's the connection between Chris and Kyrie Arthur again, the dunk under the basket, scored by Kyrie Arthur..."
After receiving continuous feedings from Chris Paul, when returning to defense, Kyrie Arthur glanced at Su Bei on the bench. The meaning in his eyes did not need to be described in words, and you could know what he wanted to express.
It's just that if you Su Bei knows how to do it, he can do better or something.
Su Bei's face was solemn, because not only Kyrie Arthur, but also Eric Williams could easily eat the pie sent by Chris Paul.
Bang-dang——!
Seeing Eric Williams hanging in the southeast corner, falling back to defend, and high-fiving Chris Paul, Su Bei was a little depressed.
“I didn’t expect that even eating cakes in this era would have to be so inward-looking!”
However, Su Bei soon felt relieved. After all, what Zhongjiahua is best at is this kind of copying homework operation.
Moreover, it happens to be the kind that can copy the person who wrote the homework to death.
Carey Arthur was originally Wake Forest University's starting small forward. He has comprehensive skills. Although his three-point shooting is not as accurate and stable as Su Bei's, his dribbling and passing are much better than Su Bei's.
Now that he has learned Su Bei's pie-eating skills and become an enhanced version of Kyrie Arthur, it is normal for head coach Purcell to forget about Su Bei and let Kyrie Arthur go to sea to make money.
On the court, Kyrie Arthur, who was eating cakes continuously, also sent out an assist after receiving the ball, allowing Chris Ellis to hit a two-point mid-range shot from close range, not to mention Su Bei's position.
Of course, Kyrie Arthur couldn't stop Azubuike's breakthrough. Fortunately, he picked up Subei's strategy again, preventing breakthroughs but not shooting. If Azubuike breaks through, he will immediately foul and interrupt, or If he accumulates enough fouls, he can be sent to the free throw line to implement the 1+1 free throw rule in the second half.
Not to mention, with the sudden rise of Kyrie Arthur, Wake Forest University took advantage of the situation and widened the point difference to 5 points.
After all, Wake Forest University was a team that reached the Sweet 16 last season. The University of Kentucky is a famous school with a much higher reputation, but its strength is really not much better than Wake Forest University.
Orlando Smith, the head coach of the University of Kentucky, adopted the lineup and technical and tactical style of the famous coach Rick Pitino in 1999. After winning a championship, he failed to lead the Wildcats to break out of the Elite 8. go out.
If someone like Hayes can be used as a center forward, his natural upper limit will not be that high.
Six minutes into the second half, Kentucky's offense had problems and continued to attack.
“Kentucky’s shooting was really hard to come by.
The problem of free throws has always been there, and now the mid-range shooting is not in good condition. Wake Forest University gradually grasps the rhythm of the game. "
"In response to Kentucky's shooting problem, Wake Forest used not only foul tactics but also zone defense to force their shots away from the basket..."
Off the court, Orlando Smith's face was very ugly.
Rajon Rondo's ability to organize and pass is really amazing. He threads the needle and delivers shells to the University of Kentucky, no worse than Chris Paul.
The defensive ability and rebounding ability also show the basic skills. After all, Rondo's physical talent is too good, fast, long wingspan, and huge hands...
Especially with a height of 1.85 meters, he magically has a wingspan of 2.13 meters. He can be said to be the number one long-armed monster.
Lu Xun once said that if you take too big steps, you will easily break your eggs.
Rondo is too long, which is not always a good thing. It is difficult to develop his shooting touch.
Azubuike didn't make a mid-range shot from the outside, and now Rondo didn't make a shot either. All the outside shots fell on Joe Crawford, and Hayes didn't make a shot inside either.
After Rajon Rondo was touched by Chris Paul, Wake Forest's defense began to shrink tightly, and Kentucky's offense was completely misfired.
Then, Rajon Rondo held the ball in the middle and was put away more than one meter away by Chris Paul. He took a sudden step and missed the two-point shot. Wake Forest University counterattacked and Chris Paul hit two points.
Orlando Smith can't sit still again.
He took Rondo off the court, and at the same time, he also replaced Randolph Morris and replaced starting point guard Gerald Fitch and another senior player John Cook.
This player plays power forward, is only 2.01 meters tall, and does not have an afro. Standing next to Hayes on the court, he looks the same height.
“The Wildcats are short in the paint again. Cook and Hayes guarded the University of Kentucky’s inside line for two years, but their upper limit in the NCAA finals was not high.
Randolph Morris, who is 2.08 meters tall, was recruited this year to rebuild the University of Kentucky's interior combination. Unexpectedly, when we fell behind in the game, our coach Orlando Smith was actually going to follow the old path. "
"He is just a softie. If he continues with this lineup, even if he wins against Wake Forest University today, his future prospects will be to compete in the NCAA Elite 8.
Our University of Kentucky Wildcats are a prestigious school, is this the pattern?
If this is the case, it would be better to lose this game than to compete for the Elite 8 every year and rely on luck..."
On the court, with the two first-year players Rondo and Morris coming off the court, the two new senior players immediately made contributions.
Gerald Fitch was one step away from the three-point line, and suddenly he shot a three-pointer, and with a bang, he hit the three-pointer.
Gerald Fitch entered the NBA by borrowing the backdoor of senior Pat Riley. Then he partnered with Wade in the backcourt, played more than 20 games, and then... left the NBA and became a scorer in a certain European league. Wang, finally went to the CBA to pan for gold.
Although he is not good at organizing assists, his shooting is still good. The number of three-pointers ranks among the top 5 in the team's history at Kitaki University.
With three-point shooters on the field and Joe Crawford's mid-range threat, Wake Forest finally did not dare to shrink so much anymore. Then, Kentucky's offense began to be dominated by Hayes.
You read that right, he just can't shoot. Hayes, who will always be left out in the NBA, used his strong butt, S-level strength, and bottom plate like an old tree to beat Chris Ellis continuously under the basket. .
The University of Kentucky, with the counterattack of four senior players and one junior player, beat Wake Forest University with a 10-2 shock wave in 5 minutes, turning the situation behind.
At this time, with more than 6 minutes left before the end of the game, Wake Forest University was ahead by 3 points.
Another 3 minutes passed, and Wake Forest University, under the defense of the University of Kentucky, could not open up the offense, and the deficit expanded to 5 points.
At this point, there is not much time left for Wake Forest University.
Wake Forest University needed a 3-pointer, and Coach Prosser thought of Jiangsu University.
"Su, you go on the court next and shoot that damn 3-pointer for me..."
Su Bei stood up, moved his body, and replaced Justin Gray, allowing Su Bei to play shooting guard.
It seems that Joe Crawford, who is 1.93 meters tall, is easier to bully defensively.
"Do you want to spend 3,000 rage points to buy "energy beans?" "
yes!
The moment he returned to battle, Su Bei used "energy beans" to explode his mid-range shooting skills.
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"Su Bei replaced Justin Gray. It seems that Wake Forest University is going to bet on 3 points from the outside. They can't score inside at all."
"Chris Paul broke through and attracted the defensive energy of the University of Kentucky. He made another back pass and passed the basketball to Kyrie Arthur on the weak side. Kyrie Arthur did not mess around. He passed the ball to Su who had just appeared. Bei, catch the ball and take off..."
Joe Crawford made a desperate save, but...
Su Bei jumped up, put away the basketball, dribbled past his defense and entered the inside.
referee! !
Violation! !
The referee held his whistle in his mouth and did not blow it.
Got cheated!
After understanding what was going on, Joe Crawford looked for Su Bei.
I saw Su Bei, one step forward from the free throw line, shooting two points from behind.
Hayes's defense was too late.
Swish——!
"Su Bei came on the field and immediately made a contribution and scored 2 points."
"The difference between the two sides is only one three-pointer... Wake Forest still has a chance."
Later, Gerald Fitch shot a three-pointer to kill the game, but with a bang, the basketball missed.
No matter how strong Hayes' butt is, his height disadvantage is there, and the rebound was grabbed by Eric Williams.
"Wake Forest attacked, Chris passed the ball to Su Bei...
No, with a feint, he broke into the paint and Chuck Hayes chose to foul, allowing Chris Paul to execute the 1+1 free throw rule. "
Swish——!
Swish——!
Chris Paul's free throws were not missed and he made two free throws to narrow the point difference to 1 point.
At this time, there is more than 1 minute left in the game and 35 seconds of attack time. Wake Forest University estimates that it only has one offensive round.
At this time, the University of Kent will definitely be locked up to the end, and the time consumed will not be explained.
At this time, Orlando Smith called a timeout.
He just said a few words when calling timeout. At this point in the fight, he had nothing to say.
Rajon Rondo was hesitant to speak. At this time, thousands of offensive tactics were passing through his mind, but his defense was completely broken by Orlando Smith's words.
"The University of Kentucky is in the lead. What we need to do is maintain our current advantage. Next, defend well..."
Hey hey...
The attacking side is our University of Kent!
Rajon Rondo wanted to steal the head coach's tactical board, but the only result was that instead of the head coach listening to his tactics, he scolded him, and then he would be thrown to the bench for the rest of his college basketball career. Eating dust.
On the court, come back from timeout.
The University of Kentucky served the ball from the sideline and was tightly defended by the entire court. It finally took the ball across half court and avoided Wake Forest University's steal, but could not avoid a foul.
“Wake Forest committed 9 fouls in the second half and implemented the 1+1 free throw rule.
It was an opportunity and the foul was on John Cook and his free throw shooting was pretty crappy..."
Bang-dang——!
John Cook's first free throw was indeed missing.
Chris Paul, with the help of "Card" Eric Williams, grabbed the rebound and immediately launched an attack.
Su Bei tried his best to get rid of it, moved left and right, turned back and ran back, but it was of no use. He was very focused at this time, and Joe Crawford did not lose the defensive player.
The current time is still 58 seconds. Chris Paul consumes the attack time. At 30 seconds, he continuously dribbles the ball, changes direction in front of his body, and breaks through hard to the inside.
Gerald Fitch, who did not dare to commit a foul, could only fight and retreat so that he could enter the penalty area and work with his teammates to bring Chris Paul to justice.
"When he rushed to the corner on the right, Chris stopped suddenly and lifted the ball. Fitch and Hayes both jumped out...
Will Chriss take the shot as the backer of this game...
He chose to pass the ball, just like Jordan that year, changing the angle, but passing the basketball to Su Bei at the three-point line. This was too risky. "
"No matter how accurate Su Bei is, he only has one role player. I feel burdened, can he still be accurate?"
"Azubuike didn't give up. He rushed over and jumped high... Su Bei did the trick again. He didn't take a shot at 3 points. He flicked the shot and passed Azubu who was flying in the air. gram……"
"Hayes pounced again, but Su Bei had already jumped high, and with a soft wrist, he threw the basketball in his hand..."
"Will this go-ahead goal happen?"
The corners of Su Bei's mouth curled up slightly. After the shot landed, his toned and slender figure slowly turned around...
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