Chapter 41: I Can Play
The tactics executed by the Bulldogs on the court are not complicated - blocking.
After Turyaf blocked, Blacktop drew the defense of Bobby Jones and Nate Robinson, and Turyaf went down to an easy layup.
The key to the success of this combination was that Bobby Jones and Nate focused their defense on Bulldogs defender Blackstopp, leaving Turyaf empty, while Anthony Washington, the Eskimos' best defensive awareness, was still resting on the bench.
In the same routine, Bobby Jones, who was supposed to defend Turyaf, went to help defend the center under the basket, thus letting go of Turyaf, Turyaf received a pass from the center, faced Bobby Jones, who was in a hurry to return to the defense, and stepped into the restricted area with the help of the center's block, raging the Eskimo Dogs' basket.
There are no complicated routines, only the most primitive blocking and dismantling.
In fact, their blocking and dismantling are not good, sometimes only blocking is not dismantled, sometimes Turiaf does not shoot after dismantling, but they can't withstand the NCAA 30-second offensive time is durable enough, they have no chance to block and dismantle twice, and if they don't have a chance twice, they will not play three times, and they will eventually choose players with high shooting percentage as the endpoint.
It doesn't matter if they can't score, if they can't score, they will go back to the backcourt to defend seriously, and if they can't score, they won't let the Huskies score easily.
The players of the Gonzaga Bulldogs are only average in terms of individual ability, but their coaches are able to bring out their individual characteristics to the fullest with the simplest of tactics.
The whole team is desperately defending, trying to attack, trying to defend against every attack of the Huskies, trying to score every goal.
This steady style of play is a headache for Lorenzo Romar.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are like hedgehogs curled up in a ball at this time, so he has no way to start, and can only follow the rhythm of the opponent and attack and defend like squeezing toothpaste with the opponent.
The score was staggered, with five minutes left in the game, and the score had just reached 46:43
Gonzaga led by three points.
Lu Fei's shoulders were swollen, the ice cubes were applied to it, his body was leaning on the chair, the camera lens passed by from time to time, and the TV screen showed Lu Fei's injury, Gu Tang stood at the door of the duty-free shop and watched with a worried face.
"Gu, this Chinese player is injured and should not play again." Mentor Charles said.
Gu Tang's heart was full of worry.
Suddenly, the TV scene swept past the Husky Dogs' bench, and she saw Lu Fei remove the ice pack and stand on the sidelines to move his shoulders.
What is he going to do?
Lorenzo Romaar frowned and asked worriedly, "Lu, are you sure you want to play?" ”
"Yes, Coach."
"But your shoulders ......"
"Didn't the doctor just say, it's just a muscle strain, and the reason why it is swollen is because it was hit by the center of the pit bull, which is not very serious."
Lorenzo Roma hesitated.
Lu Fei walked over, he wanted to win this game, and he didn't want to give up yet.
"Coach, I can play."
Lorenzo Roma looked at him with a determined look that looked like a man, like Michael Jordan, a member of the team when he was an assistant coach in North Carolina.
The fifth game of the finals in 1997, the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain. Jordan had a high fever of 38 degrees before the game, was severely dehydrated, and was so weak that it was difficult to walk. And that crucial game could not be missed, Jordan insisted on playing, playing 44 minutes and scoring 38 points to lead the team to victory.
After the game, Jordan collapsed in Pippen's arms, and he would persist if the game required it, even the illness could not stop God's progress.
The young Chinese player in front of him really has a lot in common with Jordan back then, excellent physical fitness, efficient tactical understanding and execution, and this unyielding will, which can't help but make Lorenzo Roma full of expectations for Lu Fei's future.
Lorenzo Romar nodded in agreement.
At this time, he waved his big hand, and Lu Fei came on the field.
The player who came on was Wilcon Roy.
Wilcon Roy walked over and gently hugged Lu Fei.
Lu Fei smiled: "Leave the following game to me, I will definitely bring the victory back to Seattle." ”
Will Conroy nodded.
He has been playing for more than 30 minutes in a row, and his physical strength has long been overdrawn, and after sitting on the bench at this time, he gulped down water, but his eyes did not leave the court for a moment.
Lu Fei came on the field, and the fans broke out into warm applause.
The huge shouts were filled with the fans' respect for Lu Fei to be able to walk on the field again, as if this was already the home stadium of Gonzaga from time to time, and Lu Fei was the king of this stadium.
Although the score was behind, the game was not over.
"I'm glad I beat you with dignity." Blacktop stood in front of Lu Fei.
Lu Fei smiled: "Wait until the end of the game to see who said it to whom, okay?" ”
The last five minutes of the game.
The Eskimo team has Lu Fei as the playmaking guard, Nate Robinson as the shooting guard, Brandon Roy as the small forward, Bobby Jones as the power forward, and Anthony Washington as the center.
This is a set of offensive lineups, and at this time, it is a matter of who has the more ferocious attack.
Nate Robinson and Brandon Roy were fierce on offense and kept the score tight.
Every inch of the court is a battle, every ball can collide with a huge spark, the two sides just played two rounds, each received a technical foul, Anthony Washington almost fought with the opposing center for grabbing the position, remember Lorenzo Roma yelling off the court not to be impulsive.
Lu Fei didn't stop it, at this time everyone was holding a fire in their hearts, and this impulse was definitely the best motivation for the last five minutes.
Lu Fei stood quietly in the backfield and waited for the opponent to dribble through the halfcourt.
Lorenzo Romaar looked at Lu Fei's slightly thin back compared to other players, but at this time he felt as steady as Mount Tai.
The center of the Bulldogs is strong Anthony Washington, which was arranged by their coach Mark Fu, Anthony Washington only needs to be fouled one more time to be sent off, and as long as he succeeds in beating Anthony Washington, the Eskimo Dogs' defensive system will collapse.
Marc Fu saw it very accurately, after several adjustments by Lu Fei, Anthony Washington has become the defensive core of the Huskies, and his mobility can quickly fill the defensive holes of every backcourt player.
Makefu saw this, the last few offenses were arranged to play the inside line, and the guards kept breaking through, Anthony Washington had some scruples and didn't dare to make moves, so the opponent played a few times.
Lorenzo Roma is now in a dilemma, he does not dare to replace Anthony Washington, but keeping Anthony Washington on the field has become a target for the opponent.
"Everything still depends on Lu Fei's play."
Lu Fei did not disappoint him, his body was like the wind and took the ball from the hands of the pit bulldog center who was playing on Anthony Washington's back.
Anthony Washington smiled, he knew that as long as the basketball was in Lu Fei's hands, he would just follow it and run to the frontcourt.
Lu Fei quickly advanced to the basket, Blacksterp in front of him was already in front of him, opened his hands, and he also saw Anthony Washington following behind Lu Fei, he yelled: "Ronnie, guard against that big man." ”
Ronny Turiav hurriedly blocked Anthony Washington's way.
At this time, Blackseed suddenly found that the basketball in Lu Fei's hand was missing.
At a forty-five degree angle, a golden figure soared into the air, it was Brandon Roy. The basketball appeared in Roy's hands at some point, and it was a split dunk with one hand.
The score was 57:56, with the Huskies trailing by one point with 38 seconds remaining.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and all the fans stood up.
Mark Fu called a timeout.
Lorenzo Romaar frowned and said to the players: "This defense must be successful, the opponent will definitely consume time, and don't foul, they can't score, we still have time to play an attack." ”
As expected, it took 28 seconds for the opponent to shoot by Blacksterp, the basketball arc was obviously wrong, it was tilted to the side, and the rebound was taken into the arms of Anthony Washington.
At this point, the Huskies no longer had a number of timeouts.
The basketball bounced so high that it landed in Anthony Washington's arms with only eight seconds left.
Anthony Washington could only pass the ball to Lu Fei.
At this time, the players of the Gonzaga Bulldogs were already ready to shoot, and withdrew to the backcourt early to prepare to return to defense.
Time went quickly, Lu Fei was tightly dragged by Blackstopp, and there were only four seconds left after halftime.
Lu Fei accelerated and rushed, Blacksterp also moved, he knew that he must affect Lu Fei's shooting, there was no time at this time Lu Fei would not choose to pass the ball, suddenly he saw Lu Fei's leaning body pulled back the whole way, the basketball was pulled from Lu Fei's crotch to his left hand, and then the whole body jumped back, at this time Lu Fei didn't have time to look on the ground to see whether it was in the three-point line or outside the three-point line, and jumped up directly.
Blacktop shouted badly, but the inertia of the whole body had thrown the body out, and then forcibly pulled back the center of gravity, and the whole person fell to the ground.
He watched Lu Fei throw the basketball.
The fans in the stadium all held their breath, and even Gu Tang, who was standing in front of the TV to watch the game, was sweating in his palms.
The basketball flew through the air for as long as it felt like a century.
"Huh!"
Hollow into the net.
There was silence in the room, and the members of the Husky Dog Team were boiling.
At this time, the referee's hurried whistle sounded, and the referee made a cross-horn movement with both hands - the shooting was overtime, and the goal was invalid!