Chapter Ninety-Six: Evil!

March 21 is an ordinary day, but nothing but ordinary in the eyes of basketball fans, as the NCAA tournament is in full swing, especially in St. Joseph. After decades of years, their team has finally made a breakthrough and has come to the stage of competing for the round of 16.

Connecticut Center Arena is very noisy, people put their own labels on themselves to support the team, sails are flying, banners are flying, and shouts and shouts are all in one. Basketball is a sport suitable for all ages, and college basketball is even more so, where everyone crosses races, colors, genders, ages, careers, and everything they can cross, gathering together to cheer, for glory, and for spiritual belief! But there is no way to cross the label color, the white and blue colors in the field are straight and distinct, and they are out of place. The slogan of the white team is "tame the pony from Philadelphia", and the slogan of the blue team is "Hunt the fat and delicious wild white-fronted civet of the jungle".

Once again, ESPN chose to broadcast the game live, which is a sign that the game is extremely eye-catching. It's more likely that St. Joseph was stained with the light of Connecticut, and in any case, everything will be decided tonight. The round of sixteen, for St. Joseph's, means an unprecedented success, and for Connecticut, it's just a road! With this very different expectation, the competition officially began.

Connecticut started directly to the top three, plus Rudy and Chels, which bullied the Yale team to grab the three-point rush. St Joseph's lineup remains unchanged, and Smith's return still gives Martleley a little more confidence.

Smith still couldn't reach the jump ball, Chels controlled the ball across half court and handed the ball to Boone, and it was Kelly who wanted him to bully the opponent. The difference in height, weight, and strength is obvious, and Kelly becomes a breakthrough in Connecticut. The difference between this game and the last one is that Smith is back, Smith is also tall, he can deal with Armstrong perfectly, plus Kelly, who has an excellent top defense, is staring at Boone, Larry's defense of Villanueva is at a disadvantage, but it is barely qualified, Martin against Rudy, can't suffer. That's what Matleley thinks on the defensive end.

Boone arched forward on the left side, Kelly was on the back burner, and the situation didn't seem to change. Boone was so deep that Kyle had to risk his way over to help harass him, but in the end, Boone didn't do it hard, passed the ball out, and Chels ended the offense with an open three-pointer. It's a pity not! This guy didn't wash his hands in the toilet or forgot to read the Bible in the morning!

The rebounds were firmly controlled by Kelly, and finally there was no need to be afraid of the rebounds being blown up by Kang Da like in the last game. Kyle advanced quickly with the ball, Connecticut stepped back quickly, had no chance, handed the ball to Smith, and Kyle began to run.

On the offensive end, St. Joseph was still helpless. Connecticut's people are all one step defense within three points, shrinking the basket, and the space is narrow, that is, the breakthrough is not the shooting. No matter how you run or cut, they are unmoved, and Larry is pulling Villanueva around, but it doesn't affect much at all. Herbert couldn't, and passed back to Kyle.

There was no negotiation, and Kyle had to play with Smith to block and dismantle. Armstrong clung to Smith, making his already slow movement unable to move, but it didn't matter, it was enough, pulling a big man out, and the space under the basket was much larger, enough for him to perform.

Rushing around Smith to the left, Chels was abandoned by Kyle again, Kelly and Boone were entangled under the basket, ready to be a second human wall, and Rudy was on the right side with Martin, too far away to help the defense, but he rushed to the bottom of the basket, obviously to snipe Kyle. As for keeping an eye on Larry's Villanueva, he can pose a threat to Kyle, but that guy obviously believes in Larry's three-pointers, he just scares two steps closer, and then there is no more! Kyle stepped forward to bypass Kelly, who was entangled with the enemy, and only Rudy's defense was left under the basket, and Kyle watched the lonely Martin stand in a corner, without passing, and he chose to go on his own.

Hasten! Change direction! Facing Rudy, the two collided together, and then switched hands to the layup. As soon as Kyle made a move, before he landed, he watched as the ball was slapped directly by a large hand that suddenly came from behind. Amaze! Kyle looks back and it turns out to be Boone chasing the big hat.

Originally, passing it to Martin was the best choice, but he was stubborn, and he was covered with a hood and turned to deserve it. There was no time to lament any more, and Kyle quickly returned to the defense. Chels has already sprinted with the ball, how can he do it if he doesn't catch up! Connecticut didn't have a chance, so they had to settle down, they were very rare to pass the ball, very patiently pulling space, and finally found that it was all useless, and the St. Joseph's defensive formation was not chaotic at all. With a pass to Villanueva, time was running out, and he could only rely on Larry to break through the hard, and he was caught between Martin and Larry, and he forced his shot to go wide.

Attacking and defending in different places, it's still the same routine, Kyle breaks through the penalty area by blocking and dismantling, and passes the ball to Martin, who is struggling to shoot under the shroud of Rudy, and no!

In the next round, Boone chose to force Kelly and was fouled by the five-short athlete.

Then Smith also replied with a mistake, this guy may not be happy, apologize for Kelly!

Back St. Joseph's defense was still strong, and Rudy didn't make a strong three-point shot in the final moments. Armstrong took the frontcourt rebound and shook his majesty, but unfortunately there was no rebound.

Larry cut to receive a pass from Kyle and didn't make a pullup jumper. When Kelly grabbed the rebound, he and Boone got entangled together, and they both fell to the ground, with a wide-eyed expression, looking at each other affectionately, and their hands were constantly moving, rubbing and pulling back and forth. In the end, the referee couldn't stand it anymore and forcibly separated the two, one technical foul per person, which ended the relationship between the two.

After this little episode, the game had to continue, Villanueva used the rhythm to break through and was blocked by Smith and Larry, forced to stop the ball, and was seen through the line by Kyle during the pass, and was tackled.

Just when Kyle thinks his chance has come, break through! Hasten! Change direction! Breakthrough! Change direction again, jump on the basketball and score. Before he had time to perform the excited action on the spot, the cheers of the St. Joseph's students in the audience were blocked by the referee's gesture before they could be spoken. Walking! It's actually walking!

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In the first five minutes, the two sides launched a thrilling tug-of-war, full of flesh-to-flesh collisions, blood and blood burning, you come and go, fierce and abnormal. It's about their iron-striking skills, and the baskets look crooked! I didn't get a point, and I swallowed both eggs.

The audience was depressed! The coaches are depressed! The players couldn't figure it out either! I'm afraid the most uncomfortable thing is the two live broadcast commentators of ESPN, what a sin! Why bother! Choosing such a peculiar style game for live broadcast, what about the ratings?