Chapter 90: The Taste of Failure
The players on the field rushed, the audience shouted and cheered, accompanied by dynamic music, the wolf howl of the DJ, and the sound of the sky and the earth, constructing a wonderful basketball game scene. For the first time, Kyle sat quietly on the bench and listened, and he was fascinated! Sitting here before, if it weren't for garbage time, there would have been no atmosphere at all at that time, and he naturally couldn't have had any special feelings. If it weren't for the pause, he would have been out of breath at that stall, his brain was severely deprived of oxygen, and he couldn't extricate himself from being fully integrated into the game, and he still had a hairy mood to immerse himself in it and be a real spectator.
But as soon as this tranquil and subtle state of mind rose, it was interrupted by Martelley, and it was time to play! The game has reached the stage of bayonet red, and it is time for the final showdown!
Martelley switched to a five-man lineup again, and Jim played his strongest hand. The score was 51-54 and Connecticut led by three points.
Kyle possessed the ball past half court, lowered his shoulders and strode to the right, but Chels was fast and had a disadvantage in strength. Kyle takes two steps against him, and he's completely a rear-end sports car, and he can only eat dust behind Kyle. The big man in Connecticut reacted quickly and immediately set out to help, and Kyle certainly wouldn't be so stupid and get into the cracks of these obscuring people. When the opponent started to act, he used his right foot as the axis on the spot, turned and stepped back to open up the distance of Chels, and shot from medium to long distance.
Middle! It's a good start. Kyle slid his clenched hands and retreated.
Not to be outdone, Villanueva broke through and retreated to return two points, Kelly was beaten again with a bag all over his face, and he was not in the mood to spray those trash words, and he was beaten out of hallucinations! What else is there to say?
When Kyle came back, he chose to run, Martin and Levier passed back and forth, and finally Martin jumped and threw a shot, the action was very powerful, but the ball did not go in. There is nothing to do with Kelly, and there is nothing else to do with St. Joseph, and there are giants over 6.7 feet tall under the basket, and there are three of them at 2.08 meters, but unfortunately all of them are Connecticut players.
Rudy took advantage of Villanueva's block and broke straight in, Larry and Lelegion Weir couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and watched Rudy shake past Kelly and dunk.
Kyle watched them perform at the three-point line, and felt that Rudy's progress was really great, and the breakthrough was already in shape! And the pride of Connecticut can't help but lament that Kyle has changed.
Then Larry's reluctant shot didn't come to a halt! Boone directly rolled Martin and put the basket again!
The situation looks like it's going to happen, his teammates' hands are dropping, and disaster is coming, and Kyle's heart is moving.
It turns out that the first half was not evenly matched, but people sleepwalking! Now that Connecticut is concentrating and familiar with the rhythm of the five-small lineup, he quickly pinched St. Joseph's life and beat him to death! As soon as the singles were opened, the defense of the five-small lineup was useless, Villanueva, Rudy, and Chels all had three-point baskets, and Boone also had mid-range means. They pulled out, they definitely had to follow, to the distance that the Yale team couldn't run and harass, and the singles were more accurate than the other. Completely minimizes St. Joseph's agile speed advantage.
If you can't defend it, you can't attack it now, and you can't make mistakes to your opponent, so this lineup will be scrapped.
Kyle decisively signals for a timeout! Martelley was expressionless! He also knew that this was a problem, and in the current situation, he couldn't either, the gap in strength was obvious, and he couldn't think of any good countermeasures.
"Adams, Morin come on, come on for Legion Will and Martin." Martelley pondered for a moment before deciding. Since we can't fight fast, we can only fight big and fight steadily and steadily. "Pull away and let Maureen single, I think it's time for you to perform! Kyle, break through more, give me a chance to shoot resolutely. ”
The previous sentence told Morin that it might just be an experiment, and the second half of the sentence is the actual arrangement of Martelley, and the meaning is obvious, Kyle! It's time for you to step up!
This lineup lasted less than three minutes before it was stopped by Connecticut. Morin couldn't beat either of the defensive masters Boone and Armstrong, Adams was a soy sauce player, and the Connecticut Iron and Blood Twin Towers directly abused Adams out of the shadows. If you can't attack or defend, you are talking about St. Joseph's double height. That's how big the distance of talent is.
Martleley then tried to bring on Martin in place of Adams, and the result was no different. Trying to take down the offensive burden Kelly and replace it with Lelegion Will, it's still the same. And with such a toss, the score difference has come to 18 points.
In the end, Martelley still dispatched a five-small lineup, which is the most reliable. But this is only to stop the bleeding, and there is no momentum at all.
Five minutes before the end, Kyle turned on the ball dominance mode, broke through the layup, turned around the middle of the jumper, stepped back on the weak side, and the three-point shot, he used whatever means he could, but he did not save the team's decline.
The score was fixed at 81:95, St. Joseph missed the Great East Conference championship, and Kyle's undefeated golden body was also announced. The defense can't hold it, the offense can't lead it, that's what it's all about. Kyle is full of helplessness, even more sad than the time he played South Florida, when he at least saved the team, and now he can't do it! He finally tasted defeat, bitter and depressed.
Connecticut is definitely the best of the best! That's Kyle's conclusion. Kyle was originally inconsistent in mid-to-long-range shooting, and breakthrough was the means he relied on to survive, but tonight he couldn't do anything, he met his nemesis! Connecticut's twin towers should be the three towers at the same time to be their real strongest lineup. Kyle broke through and faced the three men who were nearly seven feet tall, but he couldn't find a crack between them. These guys are tall and strong, with defensive skills and most importantly physical talent. There is no solution at all, unless there are a few three-point gunners who fire in infinite runs on the perimeter, which should be a perfect breakthrough, but unfortunately St. Joseph does not have such a gunner.
Kyle's stats in this game are still beautiful, 33 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 3 steals, but 10 of 25 shots are not very good-looking, he broke through and was entertained by Connecticut four times in hot pot, and Kyle's mouth was foaming! Larry scored 10 points on 3-of-9 shooting, Martin scored 7 points on 3-of-8 shooting, Kelly scored 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting, and Ransomware Will scored 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting. St. Joseph's overall shooting rate is only 34%, which is miserable, which is a very fast pace to score 81 points, and under normal circumstances, such a shooting rate can only be 40 or 50 points.
Connecticut's interior double-high rebounds both exceeded 10, Villanueva scored 22 points and 8 rebounds, Rudy scored 20 points and 6 rebounds, Chels scored 6 points, Panlaar scored 5 points, Boone 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Armstrong had 7 points and 10 rebounds. They barely qualified their shooting percentage at 42 percent, but they had more than a dozen more rebounds than St. Joseph's, and the reason why they only won by 14 points in the end was that they also had more than a dozen more turnovers than St. Joseph's.