Li Ao is currently a sophomore and has two years to play in the NCAA, so there is nothing wrong with him.
Justin Jones's expectations for Li Ao were already very high, but Li Ao's opening two goals still made his eyes shine.
Mainly in the second attack, the ball did not pass through Li Ao's hands, but Li Ao still played a supporting role.
He has always felt that Duncan's support ability is not weaker than that of Garnett. Garnett has higher assists and can organize the offense on his own at specific moments. However, Garnett should organize the offense with the ball. His support without the ball is no better than Duncan's. better.
After two more years of training, he believes that, not to mention another Duncan, entering the NBA, an All-Star with full support ability and first-class defense will not be a big problem.
It's just that...it is rumored that the Trojans are the team with the most perfect teamwork this year. He watched two rounds, and this evaluation is not overly exaggerated.
But he felt that the teammates around Li Ao were not worthy of Li Ao's support ability.
The offense in the second round just now could obviously have more changes and create better shooting opportunities, but due to their strength, the teammates couldn't do it.
This is an obstacle to the continued development of Li Ao's response capabilities, and it is an unsolvable problem.
The Trojans are already at the top of the university in terms of strength and have the strongest team-level lineup.
It's not that his teammates are not good enough, but that this genius' talent in support exceeds the needs of college basketball.
He doesn't care much about Swift and the White Mamba. The Grizzlies are a strong contender for the No. 1 pick. If they get the No. 1 pick, he suggests picking Kenyon Martin.
Kenyon Martin's physical fitness is slightly worse than Swift's, but the former beats the latter in terms of golf intelligence.
And the White Mamba... if a player like this can still have a stable three-pointer in the NBA, it will be useful for strong teams, and maybe he can become a regular rotation, but it will be useless against a bottom team like the Grizzlies.
On the court, the two teams began to attack each other.
To be able to reach the Sweet 16, the Tigers' play style is simple, but the intensity is enough, and the strength is still good. It is one level better than the Tigers the Trojans encountered in the first round, but it is the strength of the top 32. , which was much weaker than the Academy Badgers the Trojans faced in the second round.
In the opening game, the Tigers relied on Swift's impact and Jabari Smith's support, and their offensive efficiency was good, scoring 9 points in less than 5 minutes.
But the Trojans are firmly in control!
Henry Bibby's strategy tonight - head-on!
There is no need to use any extra brains to deal with the offensive and defensive style of the Tigers head-on.
At the beginning, they showed obviously stronger strength than their opponent.
Coupled with Swift's excessive defense against Li Ao, the Trojans easily scored 14 points in less than 5 minutes.
Henry Bibby even saw Li Ao's defensive end counterattack against Swift. That was obviously not a good choice, but he did not stop it.
As young people, it's normal to be impulsive.
But he didn't have any extra tolerance for that kid, yes, absolutely not.
You will definitely encounter stronger opponents and stronger stars in the future, and you will need to practice in targeted attacks.
The score difference reached 5 points, and the Zhanhu team called a timeout.
The commentator predicts that the Tigers will strengthen their teamwork. Such a head-on confrontation is obviously no match for the Trojans' team offense.
But after returning from the timeout, the Tigers made no other changes except replacing Brian Beshara with the faster Ronald Dupree, who was ranked 69th among high school students in the United States in 1999.
The style of play is still the same, with the pick-and-roll to initiate the offense, Torres Bright splits the ball and rushes in to score the ball, and Jabari Smith supports the ball in the high post or cuts in to catch the ball and attack the frame.
A goal could be scored, but this timeout did not bring substantial improvement to the offense or defense. The Trojans on the opposite side steadily maintained their lead.
As a result, the head coach of the Zhanhu team was sprayed by the commentator.
John Brady is also desperate!
His strongest player has almost no sense of teamwork. Swift's current counter-running, flank screening and cutting in, and finding suitable impact routes during counterattacks are what he spent a year patiently teaching last year. Swift can only do so this year. It's really not that he doesn't want to cooperate with these attacks.
Playing like this now, at least he can guarantee points and play as a team... But he has already accepted his fate. He calls for timeouts and substitutions. If a team member breaks out, that's great. If not, then no.
At the end of the first half, the Trojans' lead reached 9 points, leading 53 to 44.
Li Ao played 8 minutes at the beginning, and after a 5-minute break, he played for more than 5 minutes. He scored 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Both steals and blocks were obtained by Swift.
Swift's brain circuit is particularly strange. After he was blocked, he was not stupid enough to say that he didn't notice that Li Ao was targeting him.
But when faced with such a target, he not only showed no fear, but trembled and kept running back to attack.
When the opponent targets him, he uses more violent attacks to defeat the opponent's flanking attack.
Only in this way can he show his dominance as a frontline shark!
However, he calls himself "Frontline Shark" and others are willing to call him that because the real Shark came from this school. He can dominate the Southeast Division, but in the Crazy Three...
Therefore, for Swift, Li Ao got 1 steal and 2 blocks, Shelby Jordan, who came on the bench, got 1 steal, and Granville got 1 steal.
Tonight, the Tigers performed well in long-range shooting from the wing. If Swift didn't have that "consciousness as a shark" that he somehow had, the Tigers, not to mention taking the lead, would at least be able to narrow the point difference to an even smaller point instead of being defeated. The Trojans walked and played.
It was time again for the Trojans offense, looking to take a double-digit lead at the end of the first half.
Li Ao moved to respond.
He was targeted by Swift again.
Li Ao curled his lips and prepared to look for another opportunity in the second half. The 'Fishing Master' had already completed two of his three goals, but he still had no chance to dunk.
He tried it once before and was slapped back by Swift.
The quasi-second overall pick, when there was a confrontation and facing the baseline, turned around and stepped up directly during the confrontation, cutting his midfielder into the partition and sending him flying.
His physical fitness is too strong. As an inside player, Swift can move faster in short distances than an outside player.
Li Ao ran from the outside to contain the defense. When he came to the free throw line, Swift on the left side of the three-second zone stepped into the three-second zone, ready to block Li Ao's cut at any time.
Shelby Jordan took the opportunity to help Sam Clancy block the defender. Sam Clancy cut in to receive the ball from Nate Hale and threw it from close range...
The opportunity was good, but unfortunately it was a little bit wide, and it hit the neck of the basket and bounced high.
When Sam Clancy saw the ball flying out, he knew it was deflected. After landing, he immediately pressed forward, jumped up next to the opposite substitute center Brad Bridgewater, and tipped in...
Brad Bridgewater, 208 centimeters tall, averages 4.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.6 blocks per game. He is a decent white center.
He didn't stand in a good position in advance and didn't hinder Sam Clancy at all.
Unfortunately, Sam Clancy's tip-in was too strong, and the ball hit the neck of the basket and bounced up again.
Sam Clancy was not discouraged, but was so excited that he took off again... and got stuck.
Swift moved in and sandwiched Sam Clancy with Bridgewater. Sam Clancy struggled to take off, but couldn't... Wait, why is there an extra hand on top?
The two insiders holding Sam Clancy also saw the hand. Without giving them a chance to think about what was going on, the three people huddled together were knocked forward and they collectively jumped half a step forward.
The three of them cursed Fake at the same time, stood firm, turned around, and saw Li Ao falling from the sky.
The screams and cheers were deafening!
Li Ao's extra dunk! And there are three people apart!
Seeing Li Ao pointing his sword with his right hand and blowing a kiss, the three of them were very angry.
The difference is that Sam Clancy is filled with grief and anger - this bastard even dunks on his teammates! As expected, we can’t get along!
…
Li Ao's extra dunk helped the Trojans enter the second half with an 11-point lead.
The effect of that dunk was not only to open the point difference to two points, but also sounded the clarion call for the Trojans to charge.
In the second half, with the two starting starters Li Ao and White Mamba not present, Granville, Trey Paganier, Shelby Jordan, Sam Clancy, and Charles started the game with an 11-game lead. 6, widening the point difference to 16 points.
In the middle of the second half, the point difference once widened to 21 points. However, as Li Ao left the game with 5 fouls, the Trojans tightened their offensive and sent on Nate Hale, Trey Pagnier, and Malaji Thurston. , Shelby Jordan, and Evanisco, the Trojans' rhythm suddenly slowed down, and the scoring speed also dropped. Basically, the two guards played alone.
At this time, the Zhanhu Team also began a desperate counterattack, attacking with all their might.
However, the Trojans' lineup was defensive and slow. In more than 8 minutes, although they only scored 9 points, their opponent only scored 13 points.
At 8:53 pm, the final whistle sounded.
92 to 75, the Trojans defeated the Tigers by 17 points and won the Elite Eight!
The cheers of the fans at the scene reached a climax again. At the end of the half, they were actually confident that their team could win the game. But when they really won and reached the quarterfinals, the joy was indescribable. Able to express with cheers.
After venting his emotions, the Energy Solutions Arena also shouted "We want a championship"!
Li Ao tried hard to control his pace and not follow 'Little Ranbir' around the field...but he still couldn't hold it back.
He happily walked around the court with his arms spread wide and shouted "We want the championship"!
…
"My dear, Leo, you are so handsome! Look at your buttons, there are three of us, my dear, my dear..."
"That Swift said this is just a kid's game and he's waiting for you in the NBA. Humph, Leo, you'd hate him as much as if you went to the NBA!"
"That Swift is so annoying. When our school team reporter interviewed him, he cursed! The most important thing is that he cursed you! Leo, why doesn't your coach let you participate in the interview? That mouth of yours will definitely piss him off. !”
"..."
"..."
When she got back to the hotel, she was pulled into her room by the hospital assistant's aunt. Then the hospital assistant's mouth was like a machine gun and she didn't stop.
At first Li Ao responded with a few words, but later he found that the other party was so excited that he didn't care what he answered. Before he came back, the hospital assistant aunt who returned to the hotel after the game had read all the news on the Internet and TV. Now it's A stage to express inner joy and complain about dissatisfaction.
So Li Ao said "Hmm", "Auntie is right", "Hmm"... while looking at tonight's harvest.
11 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks, 2 turnovers and 5 fouls, and got 265 achievement points.
In the second half, he had 1 steal and 1 block against the quasi-second player, but the price he paid was that he was ejected for 3 fouls in the half.
But by that time, they had basically secured the victory, and he started to fight against the potential second place player regardless.
This was actually praised after the game. He was blocked by the opponent in the first half, which was called a bloody slap. The ball flew to the other side of the center circle.
This definitely needs to be regained.
No matter how he got it back, he blocked Swift three times and dunked once in a single game, and he seemed to have won.
Tonight's three tasks are all completed.
"Become an elite:
The host has led the team to win the elite eight spot. Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 3000 achievement points, 1 level 3 skill upgrade card, and 1 silver level equipment upgrade card. "
"Only thirty:
The host has led the team to achieve 30 consecutive victories. Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 1,000 achievement points and 1 level 2 skill upgrade card fragment. "
"Fishing expert:
The host completed 3 blocks, 2 steals, and 1 dunk against Stromaier Swift. Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 2,000 achievement points.
The host has completed all the goals. Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 1 bounce attribute point.
Congratulations! The host's bounce has been increased from 79 to 80, and the bullet speed has been increased from 83 to 84. "
The rewards for the latter two tasks are really small, and the attribute points are very good, but the difficulty is high. It means that if you encounter the most difficult task, it is probably impossible for another person to complete it.
"Become an Elite" has such generous rewards, Li Ao estimates, purely because it is a mission for the Elite Eight.
The Tigers really didn't deserve to be in the Sweet 16. They were just lucky enough to meet a weak team in the second round.
Regardless of this, it’s good to get the reward!
Bounce to excellence! The bullet speed is just a few steps away from being top-notch!
This is the only physical quality where his explosive ability is stronger than his basic ability.
Obtaining 4,000 achievement points can make up for the 5,000 points spent on drawing fragments before.
He regretted a little. If he had known that today would trigger a task to obtain level 2 fragments, he would not have drawn it that day.
Today's task was completed quite easily. He also had to dunk on Swift, which cost him a lot of brain cells. In the end, those brain cells were wasted. It was Sam Clancy who helped him create the opportunity to dunk.
What a good teammate!
But this teammate ignored his thanks after the game and snorted at him with a disgusting expression.
The task of 'fishing expert' reminded Li Ao of the Shark from the same city team.
Needless to say, Swift's self-proclaimed striker shark has not yet been ridiculed. At least in college, his strength is on the line, relying purely on physical fitness, and he is a first-class performer.
Although Swift was blocked several times, his final statistics were still good, with 14 points, 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 blocks. His physical fitness was simply amazing.
Last year's No. 1 pick Elton Brand's rookie contract was $14.93 million over four years, and No. 2 pick Steve Francis' contract was $13.81 million over four years. In other words, this guy has nearly $15 million without any brain-braining. A US dollar salary is waiting for him to collect. Maybe there will be a team willing to take a gamble and give him a contract after the rookie contract ends.
Li Ao is now very curious, wondering if the Grizzlies were unlucky enough to select this guy.
Li Ao opened the props section, which contained two new props and two cards.
Use it, use it!
"The host uses the silver-level equipment upgrade card. The object used is the experience bracelet. Congratulations to the host. The equipment: the experience bracelet has been upgraded from white level to silver level."
"Experience Bracelet (Silver): When the host performs various basic basketball skills or technical training, it will receive a 15% training result bonus."
"The host uses the level 3 skill upgrade card. The object of use is: Abort. Congratulations to the host. The skill: Abort is upgraded from level 2 to level 3."
"Suspension Level 3: When making a sudden stop for a jump shot or a sudden stop for a catch-and-shoot shot within the mid-range range, the basic skills of the emergency stop are +3, and the emergency stop skills are +3; the impact of the shooting caused by the emergency stop is greatly reduced; after successfully completing the emergency stop, the shooting At this time, the host's body core strength control and shooting force are slightly improved."
It increased from 5% to 15% in all aspects, which was higher than Li Ao expected!
'Stop', a powerful skill for emergency stop jump shots, is in line with the offensive skills he will strengthen next. It is a perfect match. Thank you, General!
But what makes Li Ao most happy tonight is that the mid-range shot has reached 83, and the lateral movement has exceeded 85, reaching the first-class level.
Practical combat is really important!
…
30 consecutive wins!
The Trojans have gathered the attention of the entire North American sports world.
When the TV hosts reported on them, they exclaimed - the Trojans will go all the way to win the championship!
And if they really win the championship, they will be another team that has won the championship after more than 20 years!
From being predicted to be on the verge of going crazy before the season, to now going straight to the Elite Eight with 30 consecutive wins, the term "legendary" has gained more and more recognition.
As the Trojans gained momentum, Li Ao once again became the focus - the picture of him dunking on three people went viral on the Internet.
There was no way to choose him. The media really didn't praise him specifically, but the Trojans players. The one with the best playing style was Sam Clancy, no one else.
Li Ao, who is handsome and has outstanding performance, is used as the cover every time. It is difficult not to become popular and attract bad actors.
From being called a player who no one knew about on their team to now being the center of attention across the country...the Trojans players have all adapted.
Last night, it was rare that no one went to have fun. Even Shelby Jordan went back to the hotel to sleep with his girlfriend.
'Who would have thought we would be here today'.
This sentence always reminds the Trojans players.
The higher they climb, the more they realize how difficult it is. They have reached this point and cannot let go.
The next day, on the afternoon of the 25th, they came to the Energy Solution Arena to prepare for the game.
The Tigers took advantage and advanced to the top 16, and the Trojans also took advantage and easily advanced to the quarterfinals.
The next opponent is different!
The Purdue University Steam Oven Workers, like them, are a true championship-level team with top pitchers in the NCAA!
(End of chapter)
