Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Final Four

Kyle, who was kicked out of the house, was depressed, but what could he do? Self-inflicted! He banished the unhappiness from his mind and pondered Martelly's words in silence. There is no retention! No sadness! There's nothing wrong with that, and that's where the most anomalies lie.

St. Joseph's Yale team can get to this point, Kyle's credit is needless to say, if there is no Kyle, St. Joseph's will fall to the dust again, and the fish belly will once again become their label, this result is definitely not what the school is willing to bear, all this Matleley is not unaware. But why is he indifferent? This is debatable. Was it Matley who recruited another high school talent? Or is his head showing funny? Or maybe the old man still holds a grudge against Kyle for insulting him in the first place. Kyle doesn't know! Listin's presence made him more inclined to believe that it was the latter. But so what? "March Madness" is about to begin, and when everything is over, won't it be over, what else is there to worry about? But Kyle still feels uncomfortable, Martelley! He respects the division commander very much, and he doesn't want him like this! It's a little sad to think about.

Shaking his head, these were also forgotten by Kyle, and the most important thing in front of him was the game in two days. Smith's ban is missing this important link, and the blow to St. Joseph can be imagined. Just like the game against Louisville, Smith was sent off, and the Yale team directly lost an inch and didn't figure it out. In the end, it was the five-small lineup suggested by Kyle that played its role, and Louisville, who was caught off guard, was directly knocked down.

But two days later, their opponent was not Louisville! It's the star team of the Great Eastern League, the championship favorite of the mighty University of Connecticut. From the point of view of configuration, St. Joseph lost first. Although Kyle is known as the best in the Great East League, his teammates' talent is very limited, except for Kyle, Larry and Smith are the most famous! But looking at their physical talents, everyone will shake their heads and sigh.

Secondly, the characteristics of the players in the Yale team are very distinct, and they are easy to be targeted and killed. For example, Kyle's three-point shooting is not consistent enough, and it happens from time to time that he shoots 0 shots. Herbert Smith was slow to move and was prone to out-of-position and looting. Larry's breakthrough has always been a pain in his heart, and his progress in the past six months has been very limited. Martin's three-point shooting is also a hurdle, and his breakthrough ability is barely qualified in the college league. Kelly is a blue-collar worker, what earth-shattering can you expect him to do? And his height is an Achilles' heel. Blackmailing Will is a bit of a presumptuous, but very immature, count on him! It's like waiting to die. Others are on the bench and can't be expected to do more.

St. Joseph's advantage is that the chemistry is good and the cooperation is tacit, but without the axis of Smith, how can this work. As for the five-man lineup, they can eat Louisville because they are defenseless and their talent is not outstanding. But Connecticut is different, they have talent, speed and vitality, the bench strength is still very strong, the interior line is an absolute advantage, the rebounding masters are all top, and there must be at least five or six outstanding board-grabbing experts. How to play this game, Kyle has no bottom in his heart.

Two days passed in a flash, and Connecticut's home stadium was full of people. As a traditional powerhouse, last year's champion, the audience has an invisible momentum, which can give people a sense of oppression, maybe it is the deep heritage, maybe the atmosphere is rich, maybe it is the belief in victory, and St. Joseph's chaotic and chaotic arena has a clear difference.

Connecticut's starting point guard is Chels, who replaces Marcus, and who cares where Marcus is? Shooting guard Panlar, small forward Rudy Gay, power forward is still Villanueva, and center Boone.

St Joseph's side were a little more conservative, while Martleley didn't play in a five-man lineup. Instead, use the center of Adams, who is better defensively and stronger than Morin, and the rest of the personnel remain the same.

The game started, and Connecticut got the first attack of the opening game. Chels dribbled the ball across half court to Villanueva, which was their strongest point. The last time Kelly suffered a big loss, he has been indignant, and today again, Kelly vowed to save some face.

"Man, where are your eyebrows? Did it get to the asshole? Kelly began his offensive.

But he was greeted with a direct turnover jumper and hit!

"I think you should focus more on defense instead of waiting for me to blow you up and then crying for Mommy!" Villanueva's response was violent, it was to get you.

"Good luck! Hope you can keep it all the time, no problem patients. ”

"Wow! With you, I have always maintained my self-confidence, and you, a disabled person with incomplete limbs, can't stop me at all. Villanueva retorted.

The two retreated to the front of St. Joseph's court, and did not forget to fight with their mouths. In fact, Kelly's idea is very simple, if he can provoke the other party like Herbert did in the last game, it would be good to get rid of Connecticut's first card, no matter how you look at it, you will make a lot of money! It's a pity that the hairless hero didn't react much, it is estimated that there are more people who have attacked him with this defect before, and he has become numb, so it's no wonder.

Kyle controlled the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, Adams came out to block the pick-and-roll, Kyle burst in, Chelles and Boone blocked it, and Adams followed up quickly. It's useless, no one in Connecticut pays attention to Adams, it's just to defend Kyle, Kyle has no choice but to pass the ball to Martin on the weak side, this kind of ball he certainly can't give to the follow-up Adams, who doesn't have as accurate shooting and vision as Smith.

Martin feints, but Panral ignores him. In this case, Martin can only break through! But it didn't work out well, and he didn't dare to go in near the box, with Boone and Villanueva waiting quietly under the basket. Or give the ball to Kyle. There were only ten seconds left, and Kyle couldn't, so he had to break through Chels again, and turn around and shoot after the march, which was very difficult! Luckily, the goal went in.

In the next few rounds, Connecticut either played either Villanueva alone or Boone alone, or played their strong point advantage and went up and down. St. Joseph's can only rely on Kyle to burst points, or Martin to cut in, or Larry to pass and run. Kyle was struggling, the game was too tiring, and most importantly it was inefficient.

Seeing Kyle out of breath, Martelley had to call a timeout and replace Adams, who was a drag on both ends of the floor, and replaced him with Ransomware Will. The five-small lineup is on, which is St. Joseph's last killer feature, and if it doesn't work out, then Kyle is their last hope.

Jim had a sulky breath in his chest. It was when Kyle was injured and hospitalized, that time when he and Marcus visited, he felt insulted, he hated Kyle in his heart, and this game became the best time for him to lose his temper, he wanted to cripple St. Joseph. Martleley called a timeout, and Jim knew that St. Joseph would definitely go up to five small lineups, and he was prepared to deal with it with four big and one small, that is, to replace Panlaar with big center Hilton Armstrong. This tactic was developed by him after studying it for a long time, that is, relying on joint defense, height, and position to compress the space on the court, Jim didn't know the effect, but he had the capital to try.