Seeing Li Ao being put into the starting lineup, Sam Clancy felt even more uncomfortable than being kicked out of the team.
When they were both substitutes in the past, even though the gap between him and Li Ao was getting bigger and bigger, they were both substitutes. Anyway, in his opinion, everyone was the same and they were always full of motivation.
Now that the opponent has become the starter, he is still the substitute, and most of his anger has dissipated. He has been in good health since yesterday.
Unexpectedly, Li Ao actually offered to replace him!
Sam Clancy was shocked. He was back again and said to Li Ao: "You still have to rely on me to be the starter. One day I will take away your starting position!"
Li Ao replied: "If the lead is lost because of you going up, it will be embarrassing for you."
This made Sam Clancy really worried. He could also see how powerful the opponent's defense was.
At this time, Shelby Jordan interjected: "Leo, didn't you let him go? If the lead is gone, shouldn't you be blamed?"
I wipe it!
Are these two competitors on the same side?
Li Ao didn't know how to retaliate for a while, and he was ready to reason.
He moves his shoulders, makes fists with both hands, bends his arms, downwards, and exerts force - the bat muscles open!
Shelby Jordan quickly sat back in her chair.
Just be poor for a while.
He was robbed of the starting lineup. He was about to graduate after this year, so he could accept it. In just a few months, Li Ao could no longer lose to him in defensive role, so he was convinced.
Taking the opportunity to stir up Li Ao's anger, he felt happier.
But this guy doesn’t have martial ethics!
If they don't agree, they want to take action.
Pooh! Still a college student.
Sam Clancy was much braver and said loudly: "Yes, yes, you want me to go up. It's you who should be embarrassed when the advantage is gone!"
After saying that, he quickly ran into the venue.
There's no way this guy can hit his teammates on the court, right?
Looking at the genius operations of his two wise teammates, Li Ao put away his muscles speechlessly and walked onto the court.
When the teammates were messed with by these three people, they couldn't help but laugh, and their highly nervous emotions relaxed a little.
Granville, White Mamba, and Charles returned to the field. After their emotions eased, they felt their thoughts became clearer.
The timeout ends and the Academy Badgers attack.
As the ancient saying goes, at the end of the timeout called by the Academy Badgers, Dick Bennett successfully revived the morale of the players that had been low due to the early start.
Who knew that the Trojans actually called a timeout immediately afterwards, and he could only emphasize again the details that the defense should pay attention to.
As the old saying goes, it has declined again. After being done like this by the Trojans, the morale of the Academy Badgers suddenly dropped a lot.
Mike Kelly advanced to the frontcourt and shuffled in the top arc, and the Academy Badgers continued to play a crazy pick-and-roll run.
Dick Bennett insists on playing like this, and whether or not he can create open shooting opportunities.
And it can reduce physical consumption on the offensive end.
Their style of play is very consuming. The number one goal in the beginning is to consume the opponent's physical strength and touch. There is no need to attack the inside at this time. It is best to make long-range shots, defend and then counterattack to score.
However, Mike Kelly, who was shuffling the cards, suddenly discovered that he could no longer deal cards to his teammates in the middle and long distances!
The opponent actually made targeted adjustments to their random attack!
Suddenly he thought it was a civil war in the division!
And it was against championship-level teams such as the Spartans and the Steam Furnace Workers.
In games outside the competition area, they played better in the civil war stage of the competition area. Even the crazy Sandu played better in the civil war stage of the competition area. In addition to their own defense being at a ceiling level, there is also the fact that their opponents do not understand the characteristics of their play style. Like ignoring their downtrodden offense.
For more than a dozen games, their opponents had no control over their offense. Tonight, they suddenly encountered a targeted defense on the offensive end. Mike Kelly was very uncomfortable seeing his teammates running.
He had no choice but to do it by himself and rape Granville!
Granville's small body couldn't withstand it. Mike Kelly broke through and entered the inside, but Charles and Li Ao made up the defense in time. Mike Kelly's anti-aircraft cannon throw hit the basket, and Li Ao guarded the defensive rebound.
The College Badgers retreated quickly and switched offense and defense. Granville, Li Ao, and White Mamba continued to cooperate in a small area.
It is worthy of being a ceiling-level team in college defense. In the timeout just now, the College Badgers did a better job of restricting the cooperation of the three players.
But Li Ao still has a gun!
Sam Clancy cut in from the left wing to catch the ball. When he rushed up, Dunn, who was blocking him, was completely unable to stop him. He could only grab Sam Clancy's shooting hand.
Although he successfully destroyed Sam Clancy's shot, Duan also sent it to the free throw line.
Dick Bennett on the sidelines scratched his head anxiously.
The offensive end was actually targeted by the opponent, but this is not important now.
Why would the opponent replace the No. 3 small forward at this time?
It was just as unexpected as the other party moving Li Ao from the bench to the starting lineup!
Although Sam Clancy is not as strong as Trey Pagannier, who is an excellent player, but in terms of cutting into the frame and counterattacking, Sam Clancy is far stronger than Trey Pagannier.
The defensive adjustments Dick Bennett just made are not enough now!
Everything has a limit. Even if they are a strong defensive team at the college ceiling level, they cannot withstand such a toss from the opponent.
And the opponent didn't give him any chance to breathe, and came up with a set of consecutive combination punches!
He had just finished making adjustments, and the other party also made prejudgmental adjustments!
Henry Bibby's mood on the opposite side is completely different - today is a good day, everything you want can come true...
In his opinion, Sam Clancy actually has many advantages, which are basically related to his physical fitness. For example, he is very good at catching the ball while moving. He has grown to a body of 102 kilograms and can open his unicorn arms to deflect interference from the ball. His ball ability is very good, and it was difficult for Li Ao and Shelby Jordan to get around him during team training.
Under the pressure brought by that kid, Sam Clancy made better and better use of his physical conditions.
The shot was fouled, and Sam Clancy got two free throws. Although he only made one of the two free throws, the damage was already done.
Not only that, Sam Clancy also played a miraculous role in defense!
The Academy Badgers had no chance of long-range shooting. They made random moves in pick-and-rolls, often messing up the opponent's defense. However, their ability to find shooting opportunities with normal outside movement was getting worse and worse.
Mike Kelly chose to adjust his offense, directing his teammates to play pick-and-roll passes, focusing on the inside.
The score difference has reached 9 points, and there is no need to worry about physical strength or anything else.
Charles directed his teammates to play zone defense. He guarded the basket, and Li Ao and Sam Clancy escorted him from the wings, locking down the College Badgers' offense!
College Badgers players have one thing - good physical strength.
The offense they are good at is to consume their opponents crazily in the first half of the game. When both sides' physical strength drops significantly, their physical advantage comes and they can use their rich low-scoring experience to defeat their opponents.
But now less than a quarter of the game has been played, both sides' physical strength is on the line, and the Academy Badgers' offense - pounce!
The College Badgers could only frantically raise confrontations and increase their defensive efforts, but the effect was limited.
The trio of Glanville, Li Ao, and White Mamba had already torn a hole in their defense. Sam Clancy was stabbing the hole crazily. The knife was not sharp enough and lacked skill, but it was powerful enough!
When Sam Clancy began to attract the defense, Li Ao also went inside more and did not attack hard. However, he took advantage of the fact that the player guarding him was shorter than him to sneak in a few hooks and score a few points.
The Trojans didn't open up the point difference as quickly as at the beginning of the game, but they opened up the point difference like a blunt knife, which made the Academy Badgers players crazy.
The Academy Badgers players' defensive movements became more and more intense. Seeing that a certain No. 0 player also became more aggressive, Henry Bibby replaced Shelby Jordan in time.
'Little Laimbeer' came on the court with a hug-style block, and then faced the opponent's center Mark Shawver without any fear.
In the end, the College Badgers didn't dare to take action. They had also heard of this bastard's bad reputation. Hearing about it a hundred times was worse than seeing him. He had such a strong villain temperament.
Unlike a certain No. 0 who has a good face and a dark hand, this guy can tell at a glance that he is a gangster.
And the players from the opposite side quickly gathered around...
The referee immediately separated the people on both sides and gave Shelby Jordan a technical foul.
However, although Shelby Jordan received a technical foul, he single-handedly suppressed the opponent's momentum and acted as a deterrent to the opponent's malicious defensive actions.
Alarm bells were set off for referees, too, with more calls being made for rough play by the Academy Badgers that went beyond normal defensive play.
The balance of victory tilted in favor of the Trojans.
Henry Bibby was extremely excited on the sidelines. He was going to lead the team to the Sweet 16!
There was just one thing that felt strange to him - he initially thought that the two people in the team who had the worst relationship with that kid and had the deepest grievances, now actually became that kid's gun and shield!
One offense, one defense, these two people became the key helpers around the kid tonight.
That's not to say that their roles are more important than those of Granville, White Mamba, Charles, etc. That's obviously not as good as them.
But the role these two played at a specific point in time cannot be replaced by anyone in the team.
After the first half, the Trojans scored 29 points. After scoring 12 points in the first 5 and a half minutes, they only scored 17 points in the next 14 and a half minutes, which looked quite miserable.
But compared with their opponents, their scoring has been explosive.
After the opening 4 points, the Academy Badgers only scored a three-pointer by Duan, Mark Shawver scored two points with a strong attack inside, and Jon Bryant, who came on the bench, scored two goals with a single shot by Sam Clancy. to 4 points.
The Academy Badgers only scored 13 points in the first half!
29 to 13, the Trojans led by 16 points entering halftime.
In the second half, the Academy Badgers, who came back from a break, tried to fight back.
Mike Kelly, Jon Bryant, and Mark Shawver began their singles attack.
Mike Kelly played 12 minutes in the first half, dealing cards on the offensive end for two-thirds of the time, and was in good physical condition.
Mark Schauffer can contain him from close range.
These two performed OK on the offensive end in the second half.
But Bryant was in misfortune. He encountered Li Ao's defense!
Encountering Bryant, who was not as tall or as heavy as him, Li Ao turned on "Heavy Pressure Level 1", which brought an extra sense of oppression to Bryant! As the matchup lasts longer, the sense of oppression becomes stronger!
Bryant scored 4 points in the last few minutes of the first half. After playing 11 minutes in the second half, he only scored two points. The opponent's No. 0 committed a steal and fouled. When the number of fouls was reached, he scored 1+1 free throws.
Even if the three main attackers perform well, the offensive firepower of the Academy Badgers is not necessarily better than that of the Trojans. Now one person is locked up. After playing 11 minutes in the second half, the Academy Badgers only scored 14 points, while the opponent scored 19 points. !
When Henry Bibby called a timeout and sent out the lineup of Nate Hale, Trey Pagnier, Shelby Jordan, Rob Erez, and Evanisco, Dick Bennett on the opposite side also Most of the main players were replaced, leaving only the unwilling Mike Kelly with four substitutes.
27 to 48, 9 minutes left, 21 points to chase... Dick Bennett is very confident, they don't have that ability!
Although he had definitely lost, he didn't have any strong negative emotions.
When he took over the Academy Badgers, the team was nothing.
Over the past few years, they have become stronger step by step, and now they have the strength of Crazy Three. There is nothing to regret.
You must know that since the College Badgers won the national championship in 1940-1941, they have only made three triples twice in the past 60 years. When he was nearly 70 years old and was deceived into joining this team, he initially had to Regret as much as you regret.
But he still tried his best to build a system for this team that had been in decline for decades, and built up the confidence of this team to win. After a few years, he finally returned to the crazy three.
And he also trained a good successor for this team. The assistant coach he brought from the Green Bay Phoenix, Beau Ryan, an assistant coach who shares his basketball philosophy, is ready to retire after this season. I can't do it anymore.
As long as the successor continues the current style and adds the right players, there is no big problem in guaranteeing a crazy three.
The only regret he felt was that he was unable to take this group of children who worked so hard to go further in the last year before retirement.
The eyes came to Bryant, who only scored 6 points on 2 of 8 shots in 16 minutes tonight.
Listening to the fans at the scene shouting "Leo" crazily, and seeing the guy's 13 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists on the big screen, he recognized this guy's strength.
The beauty he fell in love with at first sight ran around the court and ran to the bench on the opposite side, jumping up and down in front of that guy. Now that he saw this scene, he was no longer angry.
That guy is really strong. Only such a strong man is worthy of such a beautiful woman. He chose to fulfill...
Bryant was frantically adding to the drama in his mind, and his teammates on the court gradually accepted the reality.
This year, that’s it.
At 7:58 pm, after nearly two hours of play, the final whistle sounded.
The fans at the scene chanted "Sweet Top 16!". After the main players were replaced from both sides, the shouting did not stop, and some people kept shouting.
After the game, the whole audience cheered!
The few Academy Badgers fans in attendance also gave the Trojans a round of applause.
I am really convinced that I lost.
They are not people who cannot afford to lose. They have been losing for decades. If they get here this year, they will fight again next year!
62 to 44, the Trojans defeated the Academy Badgers by 18 points and advanced to the Sweet 16!
The fans at the scene were shouting and shouting, and the content of the shouting became "Prestige Te Pian", and the Trojans players also circled the field to cheer with everyone and shout their dreams together.
Sweet 16, one step closer to that coveted trophy!
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After the game, Li Ao wanted to go to the press conference, but was rejected by the middle-aged handsome man.
Seeing the middle-aged handsome man's expression of "I'm afraid of you", Li Ao complained, "You have a bold temper and a petty one", and then fled back to the locker room.
After joking with his teammates, Li Ao went to the bathroom to take a shower.
"Sweet season:
Goal: The host needs to help the team reach the top 16. (completed)
Congratulations to the host for the reward: 3000 achievement points, 1 random equipment (to be collected). "
"I am the pioneer:
Goal 1: Score in double figures. (Host score: 13 points, completed)
Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 1300 achievement points.
Goal 2: The total score of opposing players is less than 10 points. (Host opponent player score: 8 points, completed)
Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 1600 achievement points.
The host has completed all the goals. Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 1 random defensive skill (to be received). "
Li Ao looked at the reminder that the task was completed and sang Wu Kun happily.
In addition to the 240 achievement points gained from 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, the income in one game tonight exceeds 6,000!
Tonight's rebounds reached a new high. He was one rebound away from getting a double-double. He was a little regretful.
But after the score difference exceeded 20 points, he took the initiative to leave the game and let his teammates play for a while.
Originally, Henry Bibby was still thinking about whether to let him play for another two minutes. He was only 1 rebound away, so it shouldn't be difficult.
He took the initiative to go down, which saved Henry Bibby from the trouble.
Because the opponent he was defending had already scored 8 points at that time. If he continued to play and was so far ahead, it was very likely that the opponent would score a goal.
The system judged that the man he was guarding scored, not the one-on-one defense he originally thought. Before garbage time, the Academy Badgers' one-on-one performance was very poor.
According to the system's judgment, if his teammates are not completely thrown away and he fails to prevent the opponent from scoring when he covers up and flanks, it will be deemed that he failed to defend. However, he is very active in covering up defense, and sometimes he will be charged a foul.
He can't just wait for his teammates to completely miss out on talents and then go to make up defense. Makeup defense is not as effective as flanking and assisting defense. This is the most basic thing on the defensive end.
Seal the win, a double-double, irrelevant.
After taking a shower and drying his hair, Li Ao put on a white sweatshirt and received his reward!
It's random equipment, of course it has to have a sense of ceremony, so he brought his clothes in advance.
It can be regarded as a lucky draw, and I am confident that I can enter the top 16.
But I didn't expect that there would be more gains, and I also got a defensive skill!
Really thanks to Sam Clancy and Shelby Jordan.
The impact of the former gave him more shooting opportunities, and the latter's supplementary defense also helped him a lot.
He gave instructions in his mind, and the prompt to receive the reward came.
"The host has received 1 random equipment... Congratulations to the host for getting the equipment: Card Master's Balance Bracelet (Silver).
Card Master's Balance Bracelet (Silver): When the host stands still or controls the ball outside the top arc three-point line for 3 seconds, the ability to predict the position and movement of teammates is slightly improved, and the passing accuracy is +3.
Note: After standing still and before passing the ball, there must be no breakthroughs (including fake moves) and positional movements (including fake moves); the effect of improving the prediction of teammates' positional movements depends on the host's own awareness of organizing offense. "
The equipment is good equipment, and it is silver level equipment to start with, but the name is...Card Master? This guy is a card dealer!
Li Ao frowned. Why did he feel that his growth path was extending in a strange direction?
Putting away his weird thoughts, he issued a command in his mind, and another prompt to receive the reward popped up.
"The host has received 1 random defensive skill... Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Siege Level 1.
Siege level 1: When the host moves in positions such as supplementary defense, assisting defense, shrinking, flanking, etc., the speed (burst acceleration) +2. "
Good skills, Li Ao is very satisfied, it directly helps his team's defensive ability.
The achievement points increased to more than 27,000, and I got a silver-level equipment, a new skill, and top 16. It’s really sweet!
(End of chapter)
