"Accepted at a critical moment, the host will face off against the strongest outside line in the division. The mission: the strongest pitcher is triggered."
"The best pitcher:
Goal: The host needs to limit Eddie House's total score to less than 30 points in this game.
Reward: Skills related to catching and shooting. "
Reward skills, but Li Ao didn't have many surprises in his heart.
This is mission impossible!
They already have 17 points, and they have scored 12 points in a row in the past 4 rounds!
Let’s not talk about whether he can guard Eddie House. Even if he is capable, his playing time is only so much. After he is replaced, how can this super scorer who seems to be the strongest pitcher in the pac10 league continue to score points? ?
It's clear that they can't guard this guy. This super pitcher is in an explosive state. He just scored 40+ in a single game a few days ago.
"I'm a small forward... No, no, I'm a power forward! I'm so big and he's so small. Ask me to guard him as a point guard. Coach, are you kidding me?" Li Ao gestured with his hands to show the size. Is it right or wrong? I kept questioning it.
Henry Bibby asked, "You don't want to continue playing?"
"Promise to complete the mission!" Li Ao immediately changed his words, but then added: "It's not my fault if you can't prevent him."
Henry Bibby ignored Li Ao. He was annoyed. What could he do if he couldn't prevent it? It was already unpreventable.
He continued to make personnel adjustments, and Nate Hale was replaced.
This high school student ranked 89th in the United States is quite satisfactory and is worth developing, but it just didn't work tonight.
Granville and Shelby Jordan were replaced. The opponent's tallest player was 6 feet 9 inches, which is 206 centimeters. He directly pushed Brunson Val to the center position.
As for the last position, Henry Bibby saw that there was no big man on the opposite side, and his heart crossed, and he went to Sam Clancy!
The unhappy Sam Clancy was stunned for a moment when his name was called. He didn't talk as much as Li Ao, but he immediately stood up and came on stage!
Henry Bibby had never found Sam Clancy so pleasing to the eye. His husky-like energy made him satisfied just by looking at it.
But the transformation of this former genius high school student was brought about by Li Ao, which made him even more unhappy.
…
The atmosphere in the University of Phoenix Stadium became increasingly frenzied. Players from both teams came back on the court, and fans throughout the stadium were chanting Eddie House's name.
Rob Evans has not made any personnel adjustments, and is still the core combination of dual point guards + Avi Slater, plus the five-man team of Tommy Smith and Sean Redhag.
He wanted to crush the Trojans in one fell swoop and seal the victory at halftime!
However, when he saw the opponent fielding a lineup of four large and one small, a question mark popped up over his head.
Moreover, the opponent seemed to be the three people in positions 2-4. They didn't interact with each other on the field. It was obvious to the naked eye that they didn't like each other.
In fact, Shelby Jordan has never provoked Li Ao since he returned to the team. Every time he talked to Li Ao, he smiled playfully and did not give Li Ao any chance to beat him again. But when he got to the court, he looked like everyone in the game, including his teammates. Opponents are treated equally.
Did you give up or get panicked?
Either way, it's great.
The referee blew the whistle to continue the game, and Rob Evans waved his hand. Boys, charge...well, after the timeout, the Trojans attacked first.
He retracted his waving hand angrily. It didn't matter, they would soon be able to continue their wild ride.
Granville received the ball in the middle line and advanced. After his teammates were in position, he broke through and launched an attack. He easily passed Eddie House and attracted Alton Mason's supplementary defense. After restraining the opponent's two defenders with his own strength, Granville returned. Pass to Li Ao who went around the free throw line.
Unlike the Bruins, who had never seen Li Ao, the Sun Devils did not let him shoot casually. Tommy Smith expanded out of the middle and stood in front of Li Ao for the first time.
At the same time, Avi Slater and Sean Redhag went to the basket to cover Brunson Val.
At this moment, a muscular man rushed to the basket, and the ball came. The pass from the direction of the free throw line tore through the opponent's frontcourt defense. Sam Clancy received the ball and jumped high with one hand. Smash the ball into the basket!
Li Ao was happy to provide an assist when he came on the field!
Henry Bibby feels like he has found a way to utilize Li Ao's passing talent.
In the last game, he took the initiative to add the ball to Li Ao for distribution in the tactics, but Li Ao was in a hurry. He got 1 assist, but made 2 turnovers in 9 minutes, and that 1 assist was not a tactic. middle.
But by not assigning support tasks to this boy, he can actually do a good job.
Kevin Henderson felt like he had seen a ghost. There was a huge difference between actual combat and training.
Actual combat is far better than training!
It's very...different.
Others are as fierce as a tiger in training and have a strength of 5 on the field. The genius of their Trojans is just different.
However, the Sun Devils' defense is mediocre. They have defensive discipline but no strong defensive ability. Li Ao's support this time cannot change the fact that the firepower is not as good as the opponent's.
The key point is to defend that guy!
Seeing Li Ao guarding the top arc, the entire Trojans team was worried.
Eddie House scored 40+ points in a single game in the last game, which is not very rare for this college super shooter. This guy had 40+ points in a single game 4 times in 31 games last season, almost tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The historical record of 40+ points in a single game five times in a single season.
Eddie House, who advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, looked at Li Ao at the top of the arc. When he came on the court, he felt that the opponent's lineup was strange. He did not expect that the opponent actually used a two-meter-high striker to defend him.
However, there are many two-meter defenders in college, and it's not like he hasn't encountered minor problems before.
Eddie House advanced to the frontcourt, faced Li Ao's defense, and started to show off his skills with a continuous crotch dribble!
Listening to the exclamations and screams from the scene, Eddie House felt very proud. He was the king of this stadium!
He completely ignored an oriental face he had never heard of before. The image of him stepping back and shooting a three-pointer after knocking over this unknown opponent had already appeared in his mind...
"Snapped"
The crisp sound of hitting the ball reached Eddie House's ears. Before he could react, the two-meter tall man in front of him had already touched his face!
He didn't hit the ball with his hand. He reacted very quickly. He was shocked and angry but immediately turned around to grab it... Li Ao pushed it away with his butt, controlled the ball, and advanced the counterattack!
Eddie House was not thrown away. He chased closely, tried hard to fight back, and kept reaching out, but Li Ao directly pushed his butt against him, and the ball was protected very steadily, but his movements were a bit ugly...
It doesn’t matter if you move ugly, as long as you look handsome.
At this time, Li Ao didn't pay attention to the problem of posture at all. He protected the ball all the way to the opponent's basket. He grabbed the ball with his left hand and separated Eddie House with his right hand who wanted to go around in front. He jumped on the spot and dunked the ball with one hand like a passerby. Click into the box!
Li Ao turned around and retreated without even looking at Eddie House.
He felt so good when he heard the fans at the scene go from cheering and screaming, to screaming in fear, and now to boos and curses.
When Eddie House breaks through normally, he may not be able to defend against it, and when playing as a team, he is even more confused.
But this guy is not a point guard with good skills or excellent physical fitness, and he is just playing around...
It's a pity that the 'perfect warm-up' effect is gone.
But once the COSCO shooter feels hot, he will still choose to dunk directly if he is selected again.
Eddie House, who was receiving the serve again, came to the front court and saw Li Ao looking at him with his eyes narrowed, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his smile was three parts mocking, three parts proud, and four parts careless... He just tried to calm down. His emotions went wild.
This bastard!
He is the king of the pac10 league!
Li Ao didn't expect that he just imitated the expression of 'Little Laimbeer', and Eddie House actually started dribbling with his crotch again...
(￣ェ￣;)
(*ΦωΦ*)
Although Eddie House is a senior, his ball handling is only at the NCAA's excellent level. The upper limit in this regard has been reached. After arriving in the NBA, he will directly become a pure shooter.
Li Ao easily caught the flaw in Eddie House's aggressive dribbling and reached out for the ball again... Unfortunately, he didn't get it out. o(╯□╰)o
Eddie House was frightened by Li Ao's sudden pressure. He quickly squatted down and pulled the ball back, took a step away, and hugged the ball tightly.
Li Ao took advantage of the situation and pressed forward, but did not reach out rashly to avoid fouling.
His defensive choice was correct. Alton Mason ran out to take over. Under his interference, Eddie House could only choose to pass the lob. A muscular man pushed past Alton Mason and grabbed the ball.
Sam Clancy!
Eddie House and Alton Mason fought hard to catch up and caught up, but Sam Clancy's violent tendons looked scary, and the two did not dare to press forward and steal.
Sam Clancy is like a hungry wolf among sheep, rushing into the enemy's inside line, leaping high, and violently filling the frame with both hands!
Henry Bibby stood up excitedly and pumped his fist. After noticing the gazes of the people around him, he quickly sat down and looked like he didn't care.
Really on guard!
The first ball was okay, but Li Ao made a sneak attack and hit the ball unexpectedly.
But the second defense showed how good Li Ao's defensive awareness was.
The footwork is not particularly good, but it is a basic skill that can be practiced. The timing is different, that is talent!
There are also defensive options after forcing the opponent to stop, which may seem ordinary, but are actually very good.
But he still doesn't care, yes, he doesn't care!
╭(╯^╰)╮
And that guy with a brain full of muscles really got it right...
Sam Clancy came back arrogantly after dunking, triggering a riot among the fans at the scene. The boos and abuse were even more violent than in the previous round.
He glanced at Li Ao who was guarding the top arc with a look - you work hard to defend and support, I will enjoy the joy of scoring goals, you! Just to help me!
Li Aoba sighed. This teammate really didn't look very smart.
The Sun Devils did not call a timeout, but Rob Evans held back. The score was still 11 points ahead, 37-26, and he believed Eddie House could calm down.
Eddie House did not disappoint Rob Evans and really calmed down.
And he was afraid of being angered by Li Ao, so he simply stopped holding the ball. He picked up the ball and sent it to Alton Mason, then ran forward without the ball.
In his opinion, Li Ao was even more hateful than Shelby Jordan.
Can't this guy just be a pretty boy? What kind of basketball do you want to play and what kind of talent do you have?
Eddie House started running, Alton Mason and Avi Slater started the attack together, and the Sun Devils' teamwork immediately started to work.
However, Eddie House was uncomfortable playing without the ball.
When Li Ao counterattacked before, he didn't see how fast Li Ao was. Now that Li Ao didn't have the ball in his hand, he was shocked to find that the opponent's two-meter-long opponent seemed to be a little faster than him!
He decisively gave up the idea of relying on running positions to easily get rid of Li Ao's cool shooting, and took the initiative to integrate into the tactics and use the cover.
Eddie House calmed down, his running skills and experience were not comparable to those of Kapono and White Mamba. He had just the right time to get around the pile and successfully got rid of Li Ao's pursuit.
Tommy Smith received the ball from close range and released the ball immediately. Eddie House just caught the ball when he ran to the left corner. The cooperation was extremely smooth!
Eddie House caught the ball and shot a three-pointer...
The cooperation was very good, and the timing of the shot was also grasped. However, his previous rhythm of scoring 12 points in a row was gone!
"哐"
The crisp sound of the iron sounded, and Brusenthal protected the defensive rebound!
The Sun Devils retreated like a wave, and the Trojans were unable to continue their counterattack.
But Granville received the ball and advanced quickly, hitting the opponent who was not on a stable footing, and hit the ball with a high throw from close range!
28 to 37, the Trojans went on an 8-0 run to narrow the point difference to single digits, and Rob Evans called a timeout!
Eddie House returned to the bench with an annoyed look on his face. Rob Evans did not blame him, but said: "Eddie, don't be discouraged. There is no need to compete with a newcomer. You just need to perform normally. He is not at all." Your opponent."
Eddie House nodded, his irritated and annoyed mood calming down a lot.
On the other side, Henry Bibby made personnel adjustments and replaced Brusenthal with White Mamba. Granville, Li Ao, Sam Clancy, and Shelby Jordan continued to play. The opponent did not He won't use a big center anymore. Although he has the advantage of eating at the basket, leaving a big center on the defensive end will be a hindrance, and he will seize the time to make tactical adjustments.
The Trojans' two timeouts in the first half have been used up. Unless the opponent also uses the remaining timeout, they will not have complete tactical adjustment time in the first half. Not surprisingly, Henry Bibby I think the timeout on the opposite side will not be called again.
After finally narrowing the point difference, whether we can seize the opportunity to gain momentum depends on the last few minutes of the first half!
…
After the timeout, the Sun Devils attacked. After replacing the starting lineup, they still played as a team.
Eddie House continued to give up the ball, allowing shooting guard Turner Hill to take charge.
He took Li Ao to run. Although he was unhappy that Li Ao was one minute faster than him, he was able to control his emotions.
The head coach said it well, as long as he plays normally, this guy who should be sold to Hollywood and screamed at him will never be able to guard against him... After running a few steps, he started to curse!
The Orientals, who were very calm in defense before, suddenly changed their defense!
Li Ao spared no effort to pursue Eddie House and never let go of his hands. Whenever Eddie House changed direction, Li Ao took the initiative to fight against him and scratched the opponent's itchy flesh. , twist it on the back, pull it on the waistband...
Eddie House was furious - is your wretched defense worthy of your face?
