The audience at the Davidson College Basketball Hall was already packed.
During this period of time, the Wildcats made a name for themselves, and naturally everything went up.
It not only attracted a large number of fans from surrounding cities, but also attracted a large number of scouts and media reporters to come to watch the game after hearing the news.
Before the game started, in the Wildcats' locker room, head coach Mike Lopp followed his usual practice of instilling chicken soup for the soul into the players.
"Boys, cheer up! As long as we win this game, we will have a complete victory and a perfect ending!"
The Wildcats players were excited after hearing this.
Although the results in the preseason will not be counted in the subsequent regular season, it is not easy to win a complete victory, which will greatly enhance the team's morale.
"Okay, boys, it's time for us to go out and win the damn game!"
"The Wildcats must win!" all the players shouted in unison.
McClop nodded with satisfaction, pushed open the locker room door, and led his disciples toward the court with their heads held high.
Amid the enthusiastic cheers and shouts of the fans at the scene, the Wildcats players ran out of the tunnel.
Arriving on the court, Sun Yi heard fans shouting his name, turned his head to the audience, smiled, and waved to the enthusiastic fans.
After the first few warm-up matches, Sun Yi also gained a group of fans and became somewhat famous.
After the entrance ceremony, players from both sides took the field one after another for warm-up activities.
Not long after, the warm-up activities ended, and the starting players from both sides came to the center circle to prepare for the jump ball.
During the jump ball session, Whiteside won the basketball and gave the Wildcats the first opportunity to attack.
Curry dribbled forward and was met with pressure from Evans as soon as he reached the three-point line.
Dabai Bian immediately stepped forward, set up an off-ball screen, and blocked Evans' path.
But this time the pick-and-roll cooperation failed, and Evans squeezed past with his strong body.
In fact, the quality of Whiteside's pick-and-roll is not high. His previous opponents were too weak and there were no problems. But now facing Evans, who has NBA strength, his weaknesses are naturally exposed.
Without a successful breakthrough, Curry naturally couldn't beat Evans. After all, there is a huge gap in physical fitness between them.
Sun Yi quickly ran past Curry, received the basketball from hand to hand, immediately jumped up, and threw the basketball in his hand.
The chasing small forward Barton of the University of Memphis looked confused and failed to make any interfering movements. He did not expect such a situation to occur.
"Is the information the coach gave me wrong?!"
According to the information obtained by Barton, Sun Yi's playing characteristics tend to be a violent small forward type, but it does not say that he has a mid-range shot.
Swish! Hollow into the net!
After scoring, Sun Yi raised his right hand high in celebration and enjoyed the cheers and shouts of the fans.
After more than a month of shooting training, he finally improved his mid-range shooting attributes to 70 points, thus producing a qualitative change.
"Improved mid-range shooting ability is different. The shooting stability is much better."
Sun Yi was very happy. He had a stable scoring method and would not be easily targeted by his opponents.
The ball transitions and Memphis attacks.
Evans dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, looked at Sun Yi who was thirty or forty centimeters away from him, and frowned.
"This guy underestimated my shooting ability. I must make him pay for his stupid behavior."
Evans immediately raised his hand and jumped to shoot.
Sun Yi has conducted actual combat drills with a simulated Evans tool man in a virtual dreamland, and is very aware of Evans' shooting habits.
The moment Evans took off, Sun Yi immediately pounced on him and stretched out his arms to interfere.
"This training point is really worth the money!"
Evans saw a big hand suddenly appear in front of him in the air, and his shooting rhythm was affected. He could only throw the ball in an awkward posture.
Bang!
The basketball bounced off the front of the basket and was grabbed by Whiteside.
Curry received the pass and immediately started to advance towards the frontcourt and launch a defensive counterattack.
At the same time, Sun Yi quickly stepped in and tore apart the University of Memphis' defense.
Just when the defensive attention of the University of Memphis players was focused on these two people, Whiteside quickly rushed into the penalty area, received Curry's pass, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.
4:0!
"Good shot! Very tacit fast break cooperation, the running of the Wildcat trio is perfect, textbook teamwork."
Reggie Miller, the commentator for this game, commented.
Returning to the court, Evans dribbled forward to the top of the key to organize the attack.
When he saw Sun Yi still adopting the previous defensive position, he did not take it lightly.
"Haha, I won't be fooled again. It's my turn to take action next and let you see a tank-style breakthrough."
Evans lowered his shoulders and lowered his center of gravity, kicked off his right foot, and rushed toward the three-point line as quickly as possible.
Upon seeing this, Sun Yi immediately moved sideways and ran to take a position on Evans' route in advance.
Through actual combat drills, Sun Yi discovered that Evans is good at breaking through with his right hand, and relies on his strong body to squeeze through.
At the same time, this is also one of Evans' weaknesses, because he is too inclined to break to the right and is easily guessed by his opponents.
Therefore, the opponent will position himself early to deliberately let him hit, causing him to commit an offensive foul.
Seeing this situation, Sun Yi did not confront him head-on. His small body could not resist Evans' collision.
Immediately, Sun Yi fought and retreated, and at the same time stretched his arms to interfere and prevent Evans from making an emergency stop jumper.
Evans was very happy when he saw that Sun Yi didn't dare to fight against him physically, but he didn't think so anymore.
Although Sun Yi fought and retreated, giving Evans a certain space to shoot, his defense was not out of position and he could block shots at any time.
"Fuck! This guy is really not a man. I don't believe you don't have to defend like this when you are in the penalty area."
Evans felt helpless, like a fist hitting cotton, with nowhere to go.
When Sun Yi saw Evans rushing into the penalty area, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he did not retreat anymore, ready to accept the impact.
The fat sheep finally took the bait!
In the flash of lightning, Sun Yi and Evans collided together, staggering back two or three steps before regaining their balance.
"Damn it! It almost knocked me out. This guy is too strong."
Sun Yi regained his composure and stretched out his arms to interfere.
On the other side, after Evans knocked Sun Yi away, he adjusted and made a small throw.
Whiteside, who had already been prepared in the penalty area, came from the side, jumped high, and slapped the rising basketball away.
Curry followed up and grabbed the basketball, turned around and ran towards the frontcourt.
When Evans saw this, he knew he was being targeted.
The guy in front of him is just used to attract hatred, the other two are the key figures in this defense.
After Evans figured it out, he quickly turned around and pursued the defense.
The Wildcats launched a defensive counterattack. Curry came outside the three-point line to attract the defense and passed the ball to Sun Yi who followed up from the right.
Sun Yi received the pass, took a big step, and after physical confrontation with Gilder who retreated to the basket, he threw the ball towards the backboard.
The basketball bounced off the frame and missed.
Sun Yi immediately took off a second time, jumped up before Gilder, stretched out his arm and put the ball into the basket.
Gilder shook his head helplessly when he saw this. He had to admit that the guy in front of him shot too fast.
On the sidelines, University of Memphis head coach John Calipari had a headache. He was beaten 6-0 at the beginning, and the situation was a bit bad.
But he did not ask for a timeout. He wanted to wait and hope that the players could solve the problem themselves.
But what he didn't expect was that because of his hesitation, the University of Memphis missed a good opportunity to adjust and lost the game.
