Chapter 19: The Jedi Strikes Back

After the chaos subsided, the Bruins were on the verge of collapse, and the team's backup point guard Hudson? White was sent off, and what made the Bruins players even more desperate was the team's main point guard and captain, Teus? Edney was also ejected for hitting someone in the chaos, Teus? Edney was originally a hot-tempered guy, and the team's head coach, Jim? Harrick sat on the bench with his head on his hands, silent, seemingly completely in despair. The Bruins players looked at the 47-28 score at halftime and seemed unable to let out a desperate wail.

Liu Han didn't participate in the brawl on the field, he just stood quietly on the sidelines and clenched his fists, the "silly" smile that had always been on his face disappeared, and his brows furrowed tightly. Liu Han grew up in the ridicule and discrimination of his peers in the village since he was a child, and his grandmother brought some atonement-like education to Liu Han to develop an optimistic attitude since he was a child, he never got angry because of other people's eyes, nor did he get angry because others ridiculed him because of some of his "stupid" actions, but today he did feel a trace of anger, and he wanted to vent his anger accumulated because he had been unable to play.

George? Krent rushed to the field as soon as the chaos ensued, and he pulled away Obonor, who wanted to make a move, but didn't have time to pull away the hot-tempered Teus. George returned to the field with the players and his first thought was how to salvage the current situation, he did not think that the current situation was in his favor, and the team's poor performance would accelerate the head coach Jim? Harrick's departure.

George looked at Jim, who was slumped on the bench and didn't say a word? Harrick, the current situation also makes George feel a little tricky, and the biggest difficulty for the Bruins right now is that they don't have an experienced point guard. The only two of the Bruins' two qualified point guards have been ejected.

"Raise your heads, now is not the time to bow your heads and repent." George's slightly harsh words made most of the players look up, and the head coach Jim? Harrick moved as well, but did not get up or speak.

'To repent of being eliminated and to have a year to repent after coming back, what we need now is a second-half performance that will allow us to leave here with our heads held high.' George's encouraging words brought the players back to their senses, and they ignored the head coach Jim? Harrick.

"I don't want to say anything more about your previous performances, I just want you to remember that what you lose on the pitch can only be won back from the pitch, and you can beat them with your ability and will. We're in a tough situation right now, we don't have a point guard, so it's useless to stick with the old tactics and we're almost 20 points behind the opposition, so you're going to have to wait a little while and try your best to catch up. George's words were charming, which calmed down the somewhat flustered and agitated players.

"When the game resumes, I will arrange for Liu Han to play and let him control the ball, he basically has no experience as a point guard, so you need to pick up the ball when passing, but there is no problem with his basic dribbling skills, I can guarantee that. The opponent's tactics on the field are to fight desperately on the counterattack, so pay attention to the speed of the defense, and only need George after the attack is shot? Zidike came to fight for the frontcourt rebound, and the other players were the first to go back to defense. In the defense, they are directly prevented from breaking through, and after the breakthrough, the other players should pay attention to the rotation of the defense, and be more resolute. As for being on offense, Han, what do we need to do next in offense? You tell everyone! George took the conversation to Liu Han, who was listening carefully to his tactics.

"Shoot threes because three points are more than two." Liu Han used a simple truth to prove his words.

"Yes, shoot threes, the opponent's interior height is insufficient, George has a great chance to grab the rebound, and Liu Han is something they won't expect at all, we're behind now, we need to chase points, show your courage, use it where you need it, come on, boys, tell me what we need?" George shouted as he slapped the tactics board.

The Bruins boys of the "Three-Point ......" were inspired by George's infectious words.

"Tell me where your courage is?"

"Hereโ€”"

"Where are we going?" "Sixty-four!"

"OK, play, boys."

The Bruins' collective shout drew boos from the Stanford spectator on the sidelines.

The break wasn't over yet, but the Bruins' lads got on early, with Obonno bringing everyone together and captain Teyus, the oldest and most experienced player in the squad, was absent.

"Hey, I said buddy, this is my last championship game, and I'm definitely going to the NBA after that, I don't want to leave a bad regret here, think about Han's shooting percentage in training, we need his three points to take us to the round of 64, so, we're going to play with our lives, aren't we?"

"yes, we're going to die."

After the break, the Stanford players also took the court, and the Stanford small forward who caused the chaos was also ejected, but this did not have much impact on Stanford's strength.

The game continued, with Stanford University attacking first. Liu Han directly targeted the opponent's point guard, and the opposing player was a little contemptuous when he saw that he was defending himself with a yellow player who had never seen before, because there had never been a yellow man in this arena, and most of them stayed in the laboratory and classroom. But Liu Han, who is tall and has long arms, directly gave the opponent a dismount, the point guard of Stanford University tried to break through Liu Han's defense by himself, and when Liu Han crossed in front of the body in disguise, he cut off the ball directly at the right time, and Liu Han, who struggled to squeeze away from the opponent and grab the ball, directly ran to the opponent's half with the ball.

The Stanford point guard realized that he had made a mistake and quickly turned back to the defense, and he kept trying to catch up with Liu Han behind him, but found that Liu Han was quite fast with the ball, and he was never able to catch up with the opponent.

Liu Han quickly came to the opponent's half with the ball, and he did not slow down when he was close to the three-point line, which made the chasing player behind him think that Liu Han was going to choose a layup or dunk to end the offense, so the Stanford University player behind Liu Han chose to run directly to the basket, but what the player didn't expect was that Liu Han jumped directly as soon as he reached the three-point line, projected three points, and the ball crossed a beautiful arc and fell straight into the net.

Liu Han turned around and ran directly to his half after making a shot, and this slightly arrogant action caused the audience to boo.

"Well done, our 'shooting machine'." Liu Han, who returned to his own half, high-fived his teammates who greeted him one by one.

Liu Han's three-pointer leveled the score at 31-47. The point guard at Stanford University, who dribbled past half court, began to be wary of Liu, and he passed the ball to the player who came up to pick him up as he got close. Stanford's ability to beat the Bruins in the regular season does stand out, their No. 4 power forward has a very good ability to receive passes and shoot, and after a series of runs and passes, the power forward who holds the ball in the corner position passes the ball to Sam, who shook off the Bruins shooting guard by running back? Jackson's defensive teammates, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Han had been watching the changes on the court intently, and when the Stanford player began to run back, he let go of his defensive player and went straight to the inside, and a sturdy hat made the audience let out a burst of exclamation.

Obonno, who grabbed the ball and was fanned out by Liu Han's big hat, quickly ran forward with the ball. There's no denying that Stanford's overall pace is still very fast, and by the time Obonor ran towards their half with the ball, the four Stanford players were already in place.

Obonno chose to stabilize the ball when he saw that he could not launch a counterattack, but he saw Liu Han who had run to the three-point line at 45 degrees on the weak side at this time, because the Stanford players were afraid that the opponent's number one star Obonor would directly impact the inside, so their defensive position was very contracted, and Liu Han did not have a Stanford defender next to him.

Obonno passed the ball to Liu Han as soon as possible, and Liu Han hit another three-pointer after receiving the ball. The score became 34-47.

Liu's two three-pointers made the Stanford players feel that the Bruins player was a big threat.

In the next Stanford offense, Liu's kraft candy style defense caused the opposing point guard to lose his rhythm, and the player accidentally dribbled the ball to his own foot, and the Bruins were lucky to get the ball.

Liu Han took the ball across the half court after receiving the serve from the sideline, and he stretched out his left hand to gesture to his teammates on the court, which was the gesture agreed upon during the tactical training organized by George, which means the tactics of the whole team in the next training session. Liu Han passed the ball to Sam, who came up to answer? Jackson then ran straight to the left baseline.

The Bruins' tactical change surprised the Stanford players, because in their eyes, Liu Han was the point guard, but now it is the scoring guard who holds the ball, and Liu Han just runs without the ball.

Bruins center George? Zidik ran out of the inside to Sam with the ball? Jackson made a screen, which was successful, and Sam ran with the ball to a 45-degree angle on the right side of the court. George, the center who finished covering Sam, fell to the baseline position again, which happened to Liu Han running past him, and George's tall body blocked the Stanford point guard who was chasing Liu Han. In the bottom right corner to Sam? Liu Han, who passed the ball from Jackson, made an empty shot and hit another three-pointer, bringing the score to 37-47. In less than two minutes, the Bruins managed to pull the score to just 10 points.

Liu Han's three three-pointers halted the game directly, and Stanford's coach called a timeout.