Chapter 026: The Blood of a Superstar
"Smack!" The basketball was fanned directly out of the bottom line. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A roar, that is because Ruan Erniu showed dominance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends at the beginning of the game.
A black face, that's because Joaquin Noah is very depressed after paying the price for his underestimating enemy.
"Are we watching the NCAA, or are we watching the NBA?" This is the shocking feeling of countless spectators after the start of the game.
Billy Donovan crouched on the sidelines with his hands crossed, and he didn't have the idea of an immediate timeout, but he believed that his players, and the experienced Florida Five Tigers, would not be easily defeated by the predicament in front of him.
The game is long, and a momentary win or defeat does not mean the final win or loss. No one would have imagined that before they knew it, an "invisible bomb" had been installed on the players of the UCLA.
In the 7th minute of the first half, Afflaro made a subconscious shoulder and elbow movement in the face of Lee Humphrey's breakthrough.
Strictly speaking, in such a crucial game, it was a foul that could be blown or not. But the referees in both games today seemed to be the ones who were addicted to blowing penalties, and with a sharp whistle, UCLA's main player Aaron Afflaro actually received his second foul of the first half.
Coach Ben Holland waved his hand dissatisfiedly, and if Afraro is replaced at this time, it will obviously not be good news for UCLA, which is expanding its lead. If he doesn't, it will be even worse if he fouls again.
Holland's hesitation finally gave him a more serious consequence, and in just half a minute, Afflalo received another foul on Taulin Green, and before a quarter of the game passed, the team's second scorer in the regular season had already committed three fouls (NCAA rules, 5 fouls graduated, mentioned earlier).
Frustrated, Afflaro sat down on the bench and pulled a towel over his bald head. There is nothing more desperate than watching from the sidelines when the team needs them most.
With this foul by Afflaro, the scales of the game began to shake again.
Ruan Erniu still has the advantage on the inside, but Noah and Horford, who are gradually relieving, have also found a way to deal with it. No matter how powerful a TC person is, he is still a person, and they are two people.
Lorenzo Mata simply couldn't keep up with this level of matchup, with Noah and Horford taking turns attacking him to force Nguyen to expend more energy on the defensive end. When Ruan Erniu attacked, they went around, rotated, and clamped, and tried all kinds of means to block Erniu's play.
If you don't watch the game, who would have thought that it was Ruan Erniu who was targeted at a height disadvantage, this world is crazy!
If the inner line is due to the existence of Ruan Erniu, UCLA still has a little advantage for the time being. That on the outside, especially at the point of Cory Brewer, UCLA has been completely suppressed.
The reason is very simple, that is, the "Prince of Cameroon" Bamert, shortly after Afflaro was substituted, also received his second foul of the game and had to be temporarily rested.
Ben Holland scratched his scalp and slammed the tactical board the empty bench. Despite the most difficult preparations, he still did not expect his team to fall into the foul swamp in such a short period of time.
And without the restraint of Bahmert's inside-level defensive strength, Corey Brewer was like a dragon entering the sea, and soon became the first player in the Florida Trident to break out.
Long shots, breakaways, steals, and air cuts, Corey Brewer turned the game around with his explosive scoring ability. Florida managed to overtake the score, and now the suppressed side has become UCLA, which is struggling to catch up.
The first 20 minutes of play finally ended in an airtight rhythm.
At 35:41, the score leader was the Florida team.
Before the game, no one could have imagined that the two teams would fight so fiercely. The commentators focused their discussion on the scale of the blowing penalty. It was clear that the early departure of Afflaro and Bamert was a key reason for the turning point in the first half.
What's more serious is that the team's interior meat shield Lorenzo Mata has also committed two fouls, and as long as he is not careful in the second half, he will be immediately sent off. In a way, his fate is in the hands of Horford and Noah.
In the audience, a black man with a head shaped like an egg was quietly taking notes in a notebook with a pen in his hand. If you weren't a professional basketball reporter, you'd probably think that this uncle was the owner of a fruit stand. Of course, his true identity is far from simple.
His original observation targets were Noah and Horford, but now he is focusing more on Ruan Erniu, a TC person. He had a hunch that the TC man would do something unimaginable in the second half.
In the UCLA locker room, Ben Holland constantly demanded that his players control his fouls effectively, but he couldn't come up with a better way to do it now. Ben Holland is not the system in a basketball novel, and there is no way to make his players completely supermen who can't foul with a single command.
"Ben, it's too difficult to catch the ball right now, the French and the Dominican are stuck to me like two pieces of plasticine, and I want to use some new tricks to break up their defenses!" Ruan Erniu said as he drank water.
Ben Holland looked at Ruan Erniu, the only consistent scoring point, and said, "What are you going to do?"
Ruan Erniu put down the water bottle and said in a firm tone: "Please allow me to take the ball directly to the front court from the first moment I grabbed the rebound, I want to temporarily grab the business of Darren and Russell, I want to be the starting point of the offense!"
Ben Holland opened his mouth in surprise, he never expected that Ruan Erniu would make such an unbelievable request at such a moment.
Ben Holland suddenly remembered what his cousin Luke Holland had said to him: "Genius? The genius of the United States is really like the stars in the sky." How many geniuses are there to become superstars? Why is Kraft Nguyen different? Because he is not only a genius, but also a monster who can evolve himself in competitions, he is born with superstar blood!"
Ben Holland straightened his suit and said in front of all the players: "As long as you can win the game, let alone the offensive starting point, it is the right to fire unlimitedly, I can give it to you! But if you can't do it, I will press you to the bench at any time!"
Ruan Erniu smiled and said, "I will never let you down!"
The second half of the game began, and it was the Florentians who were the first to make a move.
Lee Humphrey hit two 3-pointers in a row from the outside, and the score gap was instantly stretched to more than 10 points.
Darren Collison took the ball across the half-court, and Nguyen Er Niu, who raised the high post, received the ball.
Palmert dodged Noah with an open cut, and just when he thought he could boost his momentum with a dunk, Corey Brewer came out and blocked his dream with a block.
The ball, which was fanned into the air......