Chapter Twenty-Four: The Beast
Coovers and his teammates also arrived in Ames with the determination to win, and if the final sprint is successful, the team may still be invited to the March Madness Tournament, and Coovers' own draft pick may be much higher. But today, from www.biquge.info the first second of the game, Cooffs was completely passive.
"Mike Taylor broke through! He didn't choose his good mid-range pullup jumper, Taylor went straight inside! Coopers made up for it, how was Taylor going to face the mountain between him and the basket?! Taylor made a layup! Oh no, this is a pass! A no-look pass in the air after a jump, Anjie is now unguarded, dunked! Oh my God, how many times did Anjie dunk today? Four times! The crowd was only halfway through the first half, Anjie had already dunked four on Coopers's head, I have never seen Anjie so aggressive!" The commentator Philips's mouth didn't have time to rest at all, and today's game was fast-paced and very exciting. I don't know why, the entire Cyclones team has a very strong desire to attack, and it is like two teams in the previous three games.
"Good play, Anjie, pay attention to Kouvers' shot!" Ricard's passion was also ignited by the players on the court, and he stood on the sidelines from the beginning of the game to command and shout, not even sitting for a minute.
Kufus was also anxious, seeing that his draft pick had fallen so low, he couldn't afford to lose to a guy who didn't even participate in the draft. However, judging from the previous rounds of fighting, he couldn't stand up to this seemingly emaciated Asian on the inside, and he couldn't play on the inside, so he had to give full play to his long-range advantage.
Kufus didn't even step into the three-second zone this time, he didn't stand still after making a pick-and-roll for his point guard, and he didn't cut inside like most centers, but instead dropped back and ran to the top of the three-point line.
Although An Jie knew that this guy had a good three-point shot, he still habitually withdrew a little after the opponent completed the blocking.
"This kid is still too young. Divac knew that Anjie's defense had failed this time.
Kouvers got an open three-point shot at the top of the three-point line, and Angel was a small step from the free-throw line.
Coops received the pass, looking at Anjie running towards him, he was not nervous, this guy was still far away. With a soft shot, the ball flew in a very high arc, but that didn't stop it from crashing into the basket accurately.
"Damn!" An Jie rushed forward with all his strength to interfere, but after all, there was nothing to do. He scratched at his hair in frustration, it was just stupid to lose points this time.
Coopers finally had some confidence in his heart, and his scoring drought was finally broken. It seems that although this Asian center is strong in interior defense, he is weak in outside defense. Coops decided to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and he planned to use his peripheral firepower to kill Angel.
However, can a center who can only shoot from the outside still play as powerful as he should?
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After a skillful pick-and-roll with Mike Taylor, Anjie held the ball directly from outside the free-throw line. In front of him was still the Greek who was guarding the three-second zone with open arms. The pair of thick arms kept waving in front of An Jie's eyes, interfering with An Jie's vision to observe the basket.
Sink your shoulders and step to the right. Anjie has never hit the opponent's penalty area so directly, which is more like the style of play of the physically strong Morris. And today, facing such an opponent, An Jie finally tasted the sweetness brought by the superiority in strength. He pressed his left shoulder against Coopers' chest and relied on his strength advantage to force a breakthrough.
After forcing a breakthrough, Anjie was half a body ahead of Kufus, but half a position was enough for Anjie. He kicked his feet on the ground, and all the muscles in his legs were tense. After the fierce force, An Jie used his long arms to hold the basketball high, and then directly smashed the ball into the basket. What about Couffs? He jumped and found that he couldn't reach Anjie's basketball, let alone block it. All he could do was silently watch the yellow-skinned guy finish his show in the back.
"This kid ......" The corners of Morris's mouth on the hospital bed curled slightly, and the picture just now reminded him of the scene when he first met An Jie. It's just that he "abused" An Jie like this at that time.
The basket let out a painful "moan", the basketball hoop kept shaking, An Jie hit hard again and again, and he had no intention of backing down in the face of Coopers. It's the fifth time, and this is the fifth time An Jie has done this today. And An Jie promised in his heart that there would be the next one soon!
After hearing that Kufus's form has improved a lot recently, scouts on NBA teams are interested in him again. However, judging from today's performance, Koufus is even at a disadvantage against such a thin opponent, so what deterrent power does he have on the inside after entering the NBA. The scouts sitting in the audience shook their heads, and Koufus's order dropped quite a bit before he knew it.
Anjie's nimble inside footwork and superb back-to-back skills were what Kufus feared the most before the game, and there were already many people who had done experiments for Kufus, and he didn't want to be the next victim. But he never imagined that this opponent would not need those things at all when facing him, because he could score points with a simple and brutal forced breakthrough. Is that bad for his own strength?Coopus began to worry about his future.
Performance! Performance! Couffs wanted a chance to perform. He faithfully carried out the order in his heart, and a 2.13-meter big center kept wandering outside the three-point line, without even planning to step into the three-second zone.
"Leave it to you, buddy!" Seeing that Kufus was still going to solve the problem with shooting, Anjie turned to Asakin behind him and admonished.
"Don't worry, I'll carry the forbidden area. ”
An Jie smiled slightly, walked out of the inside line and ran towards Kufus.
When a hungry lion walks out of his territory and prepares to go out to kill, then the end as a prey must be very miserable.
Koufus received a pass from his teammate outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, Anjie still didn't stick tightly, and Kuvers was ready to shoot without thinking, he didn't want to waste his hot hand now.
Just like just now, jump, aim, shoot. But when Coopers jumped to the highest point and was about to throw the basketball in his hand, a long arm quickly stretched out from under his nose.
"What!?, that guy was just two steps away from him!" Cooffus couldn't believe that Anjie could block it so quickly.
One of the shortcomings of interior players is that they shoot slowly, which is more noticeable the longer the range. The slower the shot, the more time An Jie can pounce. In order to avoid blocks, interior players rely not on quick shots, but on their own high shots. However, the advantage of Kufus's high shot was wiped out in front of An Jie, who used an almost volleyball smash to fan the basketball thrown by Coopers directly into the audience.
Anjie glared into Coopers' eyes when he landed, but he didn't say a word.
"Don't think that if you escape outside the three-point line, you can escape my pursuit!" That look had already helped An Jie say this.
Kufus looked at An Jie's eyes and felt a little furious, what is this for? Is he still going to fight with himself in a regular season? The unlucky Greek, An Jie is not targeting him or has any dissatisfaction with him, he just wants to give Morris a gift and has to work so hard. It's just a pity that Coopers was unlucky enough to become a victim of Anjie's plan.
Ohio State throw-ins was taken, and Anjie still didn't use a close defense against Coopers. But even so, after receiving the ball, Coofs did not dare to shoot rashly again. He knew that there was a raging creature in front of him staring at him.
The inside line can't move, and the outside line doesn't dare to vote. Anjie's deterrence on the defensive end has completely nailed Covers, who can now only act as a midfielder on the court, constantly blocking or responding to teammates.
Coops stopped on the offensive end, but Anjie didn't!He continued to wreak havoc on the inside, and Coopers felt like his body was going to fall apart. Who said this guy is just a technical center, and his rough way of playing today has no skill at all.
An Jie's two jerseys were completely soaked, but he didn't feel tired at all.
Off the field, Divac was already smiling from ear to ear, and Anjie's thin body has always been the biggest obstacle to his development. Although Coopers' own strength is really not good, An Jie actually has a complete advantage in the confrontation when there is so much difference in weight. Whether it is Asakin, who is now a teammate, or Kufus, who can't find the north on the field, Anjie has proved with his own efforts that he can overcome the weight disadvantage with training, not to mention that Anjie's own weight is also rising with the strength of his upper and lower limbs.
"This kid may ..... No, he's definitely going to do better in the NBA than I am. Divac leaned back in his chair with ease, and Anjie had nothing to worry about in this match.
The camera in Wu Hua's hand has not stopped working since the beginning of the game, and there are too many things that can be captured in this game. Exciting and wonderful dunks again and again, fierce blocks, of course, he also photographed the rare murderous eyes on the face of the modest and shy big boy in life.
"Oh!" With another exclamation from the audience, Wu Hua raised the camera in his hand again and pointed at An Jie.
It was only when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the half-time that Coopers finally had a chance to breathe. That damn 20-minute half, it was more tiring for him than he usually played the whole game. For at least the next fifteen minutes, Kufus didn't have to be stared at by the yellow-skinned guy all over his body.
At 42-55, the Whirlwinds led by 13 points at halftime. Twenty minutes remained, but Coopers felt powerless. He just wants to end this damn game now and get away from that damn Chinese quickly.
The Whirlwinds played a perfect first half, and the way they completed their offense was a delight for fans. Outside the gymnasium, there was only icy goose feather snow, while the temperature inside the gymnasium was almost melting.