Chapter Ninety-Eight: Breaking the Three High Lineup

Kyle's two assists didn't intimidate Jim, and he was confident that his three-high would have no problem against St. Joseph, just like the qualifying game.

Chels rushed to the basket with Boone's block, Kyle chased after him, he had a gut feeling that his shot would be blocked, so he just slipped to the bottom to disrupt St. Joseph's defensive formation, the idea was good, but Yale no one was out of position, he had to hand the ball to their ace.

Illanineuve was depressed, and before the game, he learned that he was ranked fifth on the authoritative NBA draft prediction website, and the excitement and excitement took over, his years of hard work were recognized, his ability was affirmed, his future was bright, and there was no doubt about his smugness, surging confidence poured into his heart, and longing filled his mind. But the situation was different from what he imagined, he didn't slash 20 or 30 points, the team didn't have the upper hand, and they didn't pull everything down, they were still two points behind, and his own score was only a pitiful 6 points, or a 2-of-10 shooting rate, which was enough for him to grieve.

If the team is unfortunate enough to go out of the tournament, then everything will be in vain, and his draft pick will fluctuate indefinitely until he reaches the bottom. People will say, look! Without Gordon and Okafor, Villanueva is nothing and he simply can't lead the team far. This would leave him speechless and infinitely lower his assessment of strength, and Villaneuve knew that victory was the best answer. So at this moment, his eyes were red, his whole body was hot, his thin body seemed to be full of energy, and he vowed in his heart to remove the stumbling block of St. Joseph, if the data looked a little better, it would be more perfect! He can't afford to miss this goal, it's the leader's duty.

Facing Martin's close-fitting biting defence, Villanueva swung the ball from side to side in an attempt to get rid of interference, hitting Martin with his chest, striding strongly, leaning and steady. Villanueva saw the basket in the afterglow, not far away! But at this moment, he felt strange, the ball that slapped on the floor did not rise to his palm with the arc, looked down, and was startled, what about the ball? At the same time, he felt his body suddenly lighter, and his body leaning on Martin's strength was unbalanced, and he almost fell! This brought him back to his senses and was robbed! He was stunned!

Blackmailing Will was fast, and when he saw Villanueva pushing Martin, he slowly moved this way. Just as Villanueva was focusing on the basket, he struck, strode hard, stared at the ball and bounced off the line, reached out for the ball, and made a steal without realizing it. caused Villanueva's dream of becoming a leader to collapse in an instant, and I didn't want to believe that he was actually robbed!

Ransomware Will's first reaction to getting the ball was to give it to Kyle, for the simple reason that he couldn't get up and running with the ball. Kyle picked up speed when he got the ball and ran forward with all his might. Connecticut reacted to a lot of people, but only Rudy could keep up with Kyle's rhythm, Lesmail Will was light without the ball, and the speed was not slow, Chels was half a body behind Legion Will, and as time went on, the distance continued to widen, he wanted to run fast, but his small broken steps could only be at this speed, and he couldn't do anything.

Kyle arrives at the bottom of the basket and jumps at the same time as Rudy, entangled in the air, Rudy wants to entertain Kyle with a hot pot, Kyle doesn't give him a chance, hits the ground and passes back, when Kyle rushes out of the basket, Leo Will is already hanging from the basket, gritting his teeth and looking fierce.

In the next few rounds, the Connecticut offense repeatedly stopped and made strong shots, which was very inefficient, while Kyle used the block to break through the ball and keep adding points to the team. By the time Ransomware Will received another dunk from Kyle's pass, the situation had already been reversed.

"Ransom Will isn't high, but it looks like he's no worse than Kyle in terms of speed and explosiveness, and it's really a hot dunk that makes people's blood boil. I'm very optimistic about this guy, it's cool! Danny was crying wolf beside him.

"Yes! Martelley made the right choice, with Lester Will coming on to add energy and attacking power, and they now look to have broken Connecticut's big man bucket. It's the defensive counterattack, Kyle and Smith blocking and dismantling, the two offensive tactics work very well, the advantage of flexible speed is highlighted, and Jim is time to adjust. Brandi was the first to say it.

A seven-point lead is already a small advantage for a half-time score of more than 10 and 20 points! There was still a last minute left on the clock, and Jim, as Brandi expected, immediately called a timeout. He saw the reason why the three-high tactics that were able to suppress the small squad of St. Joseph in the last game were broken by the opponent today. Everything is Herbert! When a seven-foot-long man stands under the basket, it is equivalent to a natural defensive barrier, the last game was Kelly, his height was originally a disadvantage on the inside, and he was destined to be bullied, so they were invincible in qualifying.

But now the situation is completely different, Smith sits under the basket, uses his height to protect the frame and fill the position, and the four little ones line up all the way to take care of each other to help defend, which creates the consequences of Connecticut's repeated offensive blockage and frequent mistakes, and Smith reveals his intangible value at this moment. And on the defensive end, Connecticut's three highs are dragging their feet and can't keep up with the rhythm! And it can't effectively uncover the offensive momentum of St. Joseph's, why? Smith pulled a tall one out, the space was bigger, three small ones interspersed with running positions, Kyle broke through with a block, who would dare to stop? Who's on the inside? No matter how bad St. Joseph's few small three-pointers are, there will always be a few empty seats! The good guy in their minds, Attack Black Hole Kelly has gone down to the bench.

At the end of the timeout, Connecticut replaced Armstrong with Panlar, the offensive wood, and the game continued.

The substitution had an immediate effect, as Chelles and Villanueva broke through and fired a back shot back to Villanueva, who burst through to draw the defence and pass it to Panral. Panlar shook Martin, who turned back to save, little by little, and then calmly made a three-point shot, hit!

Then St. Joseph's final attack, Smith made a shaft in the middle, Kyle passed to him, he passed it out to Martin, the ball slipped twice, returned to Smith's hand again, and then cut to Lesmail's hand again, everyone was patiently looking for an opportunity, when there were four seconds left, the ball was back in Smith's hand, Boone was actually a step away from him, Smith felt offended, and shot with a straight arm.

The result was that Boone didn't take him lightly and the ball didn't go in! At halftime, at 26:30, Connecticut trailed by four points into the second half.