Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Iron Strikes Hot

As everyone left the court, the players on both sides pulled apart, and with the referee's signal, the game began, and Herbert managed to turn the ball to the backcourt, and Kyle controlled the ball steadily.

"Herbert Smith is really high, Yale gets the first chance to attack, let's see how Kyle responds." The narrator continued his work. "Kyle gives the ball to Martin and starts to run away, what's going on? This is not Kyle's style. ”

'It's a smart thing to do, to give enough trust to your team-mates, and every player has to have a sense of the ball in order to perform, and if you don't even touch the ball, it will be a huge disincentive for the players. Tony agrees with Kyle's approach.

The truth of the matter is that as soon as Kyle reached the top of the arc, he was caught in the middle of a moment, and he missed the best opportunity to attack, and he had to pass. Pulled away by Martin's singles, Kyle interspersed with runs, Martin's breakthrough proved to be really unreliable, flashy, beautiful a few crotch, then turned, and then the ball was gone. Kyle was helpless and quickly retreated, Herrera was not good at dribbling, and he was not fast, and was blocked by Kyle at the free throw line. With no more opportunities to break the game, Herrera had to wait for his teammates to settle down and get the ball to Chris Tuft, the heart of the Panthers.

"Chris singled with his back, Smith is not on the same level as him in terms of strength, Smith was hit by Chris and retreated, Martin came over to help defend, Chris did not hesitate, turned over and jumped, unfortunately, the ball came out of the frame." The narrator talks eloquently.

"The Panthers didn't make a mistake in their choice, Chris is their strong point, it makes perfect sense for him to open up the situation, and unfortunately, Chris is not very lucky with this ball." Tony asked, as if he was right?

Kyle is a sprint when he gets the ball, and he wants to break through before the Panthers' defense is underformed, and he can choose between a layup and a split shot. Filia couldn't keep up with Kyle's pace at all, and was thrown away by him, accelerating, changing direction, and then turning past Herrera to score a layup.

"That's the characteristic of Kyle, his breakthrough is very rhythmic, very powerful, and fast, the Panthers didn't retreat quickly enough this time, and Kyle easily played a defensive counterattack, Yale is such a routine, the Panthers must stay focused and vigilant." Tony spoke his mind.

The crowd booed as Kyle scored, and the decibels were so high that it felt like the entire arena was going to be overturned. When the Panthers attacked, they shouted "Attack" in unison. That's the atmosphere, that's the heritage, that's the basketball culture, and St. Joseph didn't work so hard.

The Panthers' offense was still the same, pulling away from the singles, and the result was still the same, and once again the frame came out, and Chris was so unlucky that it drove the home fans crazy.

Kyle and Smith block and dismantle, Smith hits the shot, and the luck is not much better.

In the next few rounds, there was more physical contact, the defensive intensity was very high, and the two sides turned on the iron mode, table tennis, you come and go, so lively.

The commentators were bored, and the guest Tony was drowsy, but the audience on the sidelines was still enthusiastic, and the voices were wave after wave, lamenting that the Panthers missed the shot and cheering for the Yale team.

In the opening five minutes, the Yale team only scored two points thanks to Kyle, and the Panthers had zero eggs. After the Panthers' Franky missed a three-pointer, Matley couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout. Don't look at the Yale team leading, but this is on the road, and if you can't pull the score away quickly, then you are at a disadvantage, you must know that the Panthers are this kind of slow-paced team, they can slowly grind with you until they grind you to death.

"Kyle, I need your firepower, release your energy, everyone move, don't stand and watch your teammates attack, you have to give Kyle enough help. You know? The Panthers are more anxious than we are, keep a good mentality, do a good job on the defensive end, and keep going. "The purpose of Martelley's pause is to tell Kyle how to attack, that is, unlimited firing rights, Kyle currently only shoots once, which is extremely unreasonable in Martelley's opinion, the pre-game arrangement is very inapplicable to the current situation, Martelley is very helpless, who would have thought that the two sides would play so hot. Now it's time to play the role of a star, and he can only hope that Kyle will break the deadlock.

Kyle is also very helpless, the reason why he distributes the ball so evenly is because the defense of the Panthers makes him very uncomfortable, as soon as he is ready to break through, the opponent quickly closes and blocks, he doesn't want to force a brute play, he can only choose to divide the ball reasonably. But his teammates have bad hands, they just can't shoot into the frame, what can he do? Martin missed three mid-range shots, Larry was heavily guarded and threw a three-pointer missed, Smith didn't make a mid-range shot, and Kelly didn't make a layup. And Martin, who can control the ball, shows extremely low breakthrough ability, and can only assist the transition ball at all, and now that Matleley is betting on him, Kyle can only bite the bullet.

'You guys did a good job, especially against Kyle, keep going, block him before he breaks through, apart from Brandi, everyone else tries to help defend as much as possible, it's our home stadium and we have to win the game. Attack more resolutely, don't hesitate. "The Panthers' coach is much calmer.

The game started again. Kyle gesticulates while holding the ball and yells. "Pull it all apart."

Larry and Martin pulled to the wing, Smith pulled to the top of the arc to block and dismantle, Kelly was in the middle of the basket, there was no way, Kelly had no shooting ability, so he could only nest there. This tactic is also often drilled by Martelley, and now it's time to test its power.

"It seems that this timeout Martelley arranged a single for Kyle, which was a helpless move, and Yale had a lot of chances, but the ball just couldn't get into the frame. Kyle moved, dribbled rhythmically, changed direction with heavy shoulders, Filia was left behind, very fast, with the help of Smith's delay blocking, Kyle burst in, Herrera came over to help defend, but unfortunately it was a slow beat, Kyle crashed into him, started to get ready for a layup, Randy pounced, double bag, is there this ball? Fake a real pass, Kelly catches the ball, there is no one in front of him, and he dunks directly. It's a perfect break-through pass, that's what Kyle is capable of, that's what talent does. Yale found a solution to the offense, and it's really amazing, and I'm starting to like Kyle, he's calm, he's big-picture, he's not rushing, he's got a lot to come. Tony was thrilled.

Kyle's beautiful and graceful movements, fast and powerful, instantly won Tony's heart, he wasn't a Pittsburgh graduate, he's a New Yorker, and he doesn't have much affection for the Panthers. He was simply applauding Kyle's play, and he was greeted by a raging storm.

"That stupid pig down there, get out of the arena."

"Where did the dog bark here, FKY."

"You garbage deserve to be a guest on Pittsburgh TV, get out."

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Tony listened to these foul words in his ears, and his face was as red as purple sauce, such an unqualified fan? Are these still students from the prestigious University of Pittsburgh? But this is normal, and the "March Madness" was much more excessive than that.