The teammates rushed towards Li Ao again.
At this moment, their emotions of excitement, surprise, and fear emerged together.
If Li Ao hadn't noticed that Arenas was about to make a shot, Arenas would have taken the shot... It's not impossible to make the shot!
Arenas scored 29 points and 7 assists in a single game tonight. Both points and assists set new college career highs.
This performance is amazing!
In terms of stability, they have encountered a better scorer this season, Eddie House.
But in terms of oppression, Arenas is even worse!
And Li Ao ended that potential danger!
Granville was so excited that he jumped directly on Li Ao's back. Li Ao restarted a round of hugs. His teammates on the bench also rushed into the field and surrounded Li Ao.
But when it came to Sam Clancy, he turned around and left... only to hear Li Ao mutter: "It's really unsociable."
Sam Clancy: [○･｀Д´･○]
As expected, I don’t have to make this friend!
Amid Henry Bibby's shouts, Li Ao and his teammates returned to the bench.
Henry Bibby made personnel adjustments and replaced Sam Clancy with Shelby Jordan, giving the latter a chance to circle the corner.
Granville, Li Ao, White Mamba, and Brusenthal continued to play.
The break passed quickly and players from both teams returned to the court.
The Wildcats fielded a starting lineup of Gardner, Arenas, Richard Jefferson, Michael Wright, and Woods.
The referee blew the whistle to start overtime and threw the ball into the air. Woods relied on his outstanding bounce speed and the longest wingspan among the 24 players tonight to easily win the jump ball. The Wildcats attacked first!
Gardner received the ball and passed it to Arenas. Arenas advanced to the frontcourt and continued to play singles against Li Ao's defense!
Li Ao's defense is still the same, covering the regular shooting space, making Arenas more difficult to shoot, and allowing Arenas to use more technical changes to shoot.
Arenas made 10 of 19 shots in regular time, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, plus 6 of 8 free throws to score 29 points. Arenas was highly confident. He made a sudden stop and took a step to get rid of Li Ao's interference, and took a long two-point shot... This shot Crooked!
White Mamba protects the defensive rebound.
In the transition between offense and defense, Granville broke through and passed to Brusenthal. Brusenthal caught the ball inside the free throw line and attracted Richard Jefferson to cover up. Li Ao went around behind Brusenthal. Brusenthal Sental got excited and played a pass behind his head. Li Ao was almost intercepted by Arenas who rushed up, but luckily he was able to protect him.
Arenas rushed over and turned around to grab it again. Li Ao raised the ball, took off, and shot...
The 'killer' effect is still there!
Overtime, count the 'remaining time of the game'!
'Catch and shoot expert', mid-range shooting +3, 'Killer', mid-range shooting +10, the overall mid-range shooting soared to 87!
Tonight, he had a good touch and hit the mid-range shot again!
With 9 of 11 shots and 3 of 4 free throws, he continued to set a new personal scoring high with 21 points in a single game, the first time in his college career that he scored 20+ points in a single game!
In the transition between offense and defense, Arenas continued to play singles, more determined than in the previous round.
But facing Li Ao's defense, Arenas made an emergency stop jumper!
Brusenthal held on to Woods to protect the defensive rebound!
Li Ao's eyes lit up, it's finally time!
Arenas's attack just now took more energy to perform technical movements, and his shooting force was no longer controllable!
The reason - serious decline in physical strength.
Compared with Li Ao who tries his best not to do unnecessary things on the court, Arenas is completely opposite. He definitely does a lot of unnecessary things that he can do.
Speaking of defense, Arenas is obviously a black hole, but he consumes no less energy than a defensive player like Rick Anderson.
The same goes for the offensive end. Arenas loves to show off his skills. The better his condition, the more he loves to show off.
It would be okay to change to an ordinary opponent. When he met Li Ao, who was much taller and wingspan than him, and had good defensive stability, Arenas played into overtime, but his physical strength was only enough to support him to use his skills to get rid of Li Ao's shooting interference. When it came to shooting By the time, I was already exhausted.
In the transition between offense and defense, Brusenthal attacked from close range, turned around and took a step, grabbed the ball and jumped to avoid Woods' interference, and hit the layup!
101 to 97, the Trojans lead the Wildcats by 4 points!
When the Wildcats were on offense, Gardner did not pass the ball to Arenas this time. He advanced to the frontcourt and singled out Granville. He faked a break and made a step-back three-point jumper...it went in!
The Trojans players looked serious, the game is not over yet! The situation is still serious!
Arenas is not the only strong player on the other side.
When Shelby Jordan served Granville, he first laughed, and then gave two instructions on how to adjust the defensive end.
Granville has long been used to it, automatically blocking the previous sentence, nodding, and then advancing to the frontcourt, breaking through and launching an attack.
Facing Granville's breakthrough and Brusenthal's close-range scoring threat, the Wildcats' defense began to shrink inside.
Li Ao keenly discovered the changes in the opponent's defensive end, slipped to the baseline and made a wide circle to the right at a 45-degree angle.
Brusenthal received the ball on the left side of the three-second zone and passed a long pass to Li Ao.
Li Ao caught the ball at a 45-degree angle and shot two points...hit again!
Granville and Brusenthal pushed the opponent's defense inside, and White Mamba was there to contain him from outside the three-point line. Seeing that Li Ao had good touch, White Mamba took the initiative to go to the bottom corners on both sides. It was Li Ao's performance time!
In the next few rounds, Li Ao made two shots one step outside the free throw line, one shot on the left side of the free throw line, one shot on the right side of the three-second zone, one counterattack and follow-up layup... 5 times After taking the shot, except for the shot on the left side of the free throw line, all the other 4 goals were scored!
During this period, Gardner played very well, scoring 4 points and providing an assist to Michael Wright. The Wildcats scored 6 points, which was already very good in terms of overtime performance.
But he couldn't hold it back and Li Ao suddenly exploded and scored 8 points in a row!
111 to 106, the Trojans' lead expanded to 5 points!
No. 0 on the opposite side also scored 29 points. No. 0 of the Wildcats couldn't stand it anymore!
In the past few rounds, he has been opening up space on the wings, watching helplessly as the opponent's No. 0 scored and caught up.
He wants to fight back!
Richard Jefferson, who was serving, saw that Arenas was also about to serve and could only serve to him.
Arenas advanced quickly, his momentum was like a short gun with the safety on, and he was filled with murderous intent.
Li Ao stayed at the top arc. Now he was so excited that he seemed not to feel tired.
Arenas wanted to make a sneak attack and faked a breakthrough, but instead of moving forward, he directly took a step horizontally and jumped out.
Li Ao, who was highly focused, judged the opponent's movements, quickly moved sideways, jumped and stretched out his hands.
Arenas's take-off height is not as high as before. Although Li Ao's take-off height has also been affected, his jumping is average, and his height and wingspan are his advantage.
Li Ao successfully interfered with this ball!
Arenas made a three-pointer!
Michael Wright actively rushed and hit the ball, but unfortunately he only hit the ball from the left side of the basket to the right side of the basket. Granville took it back and grabbed the rebound and counterattacked!
The angry Arenas continued to be angry and ran back hard. Not to mention, he did a really good job blocking this time. When Granville rushed into the three-second zone, Arenas was right in front of him.
Granville didn't stop, diving into Arenas' arms while pushing the ball to the right.
Li Ao followed up to catch the ball, took off with one step, and pushed the ball toward the backboard... and hit the board into the frame!
With 14 of 17 shots and 3 of 4 free throws, Li Ao continued to set a new personal single-game scoring record, scoring 31 points!
113 to 106, the Trojans' lead expanded to 7 points!
The Wildcats called a timeout, and Root Olson was in bad shape. The remaining hope was dashed by the impulsive Arenas.
But at this point, he has to use Arenas more and more, otherwise he will not even have a chance to struggle.
He sent out a lineup of Gardner, Arenas, Luke Walton, Michael Wright, and Woods to fill the offense.
On the other side, Henry Bibby made the opposite choice. With 1 minute left and a 7-point lead, he replaced Nate Hale, Li Ao, Shelby Jordan, Jarvis Turner, and Charlie. Si's combination focuses on defense.
After the timeout, Gardner stepped back from the outside and fired a three-pointer... He missed. Michael Wright grabbed the ball and threw it to Luke Walton. Luke Walton missed the three-pointer... Woods made a tip-in, too. Not entering.
This time Charles protected the defensive rebound and hit three irons in a few seconds. The hopes of the Wildcat players were completely shattered.
Nate Hale received the ball and protected it. After advancing to the frontcourt, it took time. The Wildcat players did not press anymore and their mentality was lost.
At the end of the 35-second attack time, Nate Haier passed the ball to Li Ao. Li Ao caught the ball and made a mid-range shot... but was knocked down by Michael Wright. The shot was destroyed, but he got two free throws.
Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li Ao made two free throws, 115 to 106, and the Trojans secured the victory!
Although Gardner finally caught the ball and rushed to the frontcourt and hit a three-pointer more than one meter away from the three-point line, he could not save the defeat.
Li Ao chased back and picked up the ball and sent it to Nate Haier. Nate Haier caught the ball and threw it on the ground and ignored it. With only 4 seconds left, the Trojans players and coaches had already poured into the court to celebrate. The referee did not stop this behavior. Nate Hale threw the ball on the ground, and Gardner, who was two meters away, had no intention of picking it up.
Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the long whistle sounded at the end of the game.
Relying on Li Ao’s 33 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Granville’s 12 points and 11 assists, White Mamba’s 21 points, Trey Pagnier’s 19 points, and Brusenthal’s 15 points and 11 Board, Shelby Jordan's 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block... The Trojans narrowly defeated the Wildcats 115-109, starting an 8-game winning streak!
Some people are happy and some are annoyed. The Wildcats suffered their second defeat of the season and their record became 6 wins and 2 losses.
They thought they had a chance to win tonight, and Arenas exploded like that.
But the guy on the opposite side, who was surrounded by reporters after celebrating, stole the victory!
It's just that a certain No. 0 player was too dazzling tonight and had some outrageous operations on the defensive end, which made only one Wildcats player hold a grudge tonight.
Especially Arenas and Michael Wright formed a strong relationship with Li Ao.
Michael Wright's idea is simple - find an opportunity to take off the opponent's pants.
Apart from this, it's just the unhappiness of losing.
Arenas regards Li Ao as his enemy, and he vows to defeat Li Ao every time he fights against him.
On the other side, Li Ao, who scored the highest score in the game, became the subject of the post-match interview for this nationally broadcast game.
"Leo, congratulations on leading the team to victory."
"Thank you. This is not due to me alone. Without my teammates, we couldn't win this game... It just happened that I became the key person."
Is this humility? Or is it immodest? The reporter felt that the latter was more. He continued: "The fans may not know you very well. Please introduce yourself first, such as what you like to do. Of course, I think your favorite is basketball. Besides basketball, thing."
"What I like to do, apart from basketball, is probably singing, dancing, and rapping. I also know a little martial arts, which is called Tieshanko. Let me show it off..."
As Li Ao spoke, he wanted to play a set. The timeless melody had already reached his throat, which was just the right time to express all the things he liked.
"Ahem, cough, cough, next time, definitely next time." The reporter wiped his sweat and interrupted Li Ao who wanted to perform.
Looking at the other party's ready-to-move look, God knows how long this martial arts performance will last. He didn't expect that this polite and reserved international student would be so expressive.
He changed the subject: "I heard that you have good academic performance and you just started learning to play basketball. What kind of opportunity made you choose to become a basketball player?"
When Li Ao recalled this incident, he felt that it had been a long time, several months. He subconsciously responded: "I beat 'Little Ranbir' that day... Ahem, Shelby and I had a fierce confrontation. , the coach probably took a fancy to my talent in confrontation and felt that I had great defensive potential. He asked me if I wanted to join the great Trojans. I wanted to refuse at the time because I felt that the Trojans were not great enough. "
“You don’t think the Trojans are great enough?”
"Yes, the Trojans are not great enough, but I, my teammates, and coaches will make the Trojans great and become the pride of the Trojans!"
