Chapter Twenty-Four: "Little Kobe"
After the pre-match warm-up, the starters of both teams appeared one after another amid the cheers of the audience.
Marshon Brooks leads the team at Providence College.
On the UConn side, there is a regular lineup, with Walker and Lamb on the outside, Smith and Plant on the front, and Oriaki in the center.
The two sides jumped the ball, and Oriacchi flicked the ball back into the Kang half, and the home team had the opportunity to attack first.
Walker was caught with the ball in the front court and distributed it to Lamb, who held the ball and broke through the basket for a layup, and Cord took the lead.
Unlike the previous teams, Providence Academy's focus is all on the offensive end, and the defense will be relatively poor.
Providence Academy's offense, where the point guard carries the ball to the frontcourt and then goes directly to Brooks.
Defending Brooks is Lamb, who is similar in size to Brooks, but slightly lighter.
Brooks didn't say a word, took the ball and accelerated directly to Lamb.
Lamb retreated from the edge and controlled the defensive area very well.
Under the basket, Oland is ready to help defend at any time.
But Brooks' burst into the free-throw line was a stop-and-go jumper.
The body control was excellent, and Lamb was a little late in the defense.
"Huh!"
Brooks' pullup jump shot hit solidly.
He shot like Kobe, and his picturesque posture also attracted the amazement of many fans on the sidelines.
Brooks enjoyed the feeling, smiling as he stepped back and looked to the sidelines.
"Jeremy, get closer!" Ollie shouted from the sidelines at this time.
Kangda's offense, Walker's frontcourt ball continues to be trapped.
Providence College's defensive thinking is clear, which is to force the ball out of Walker's hands.
Lamb missed a breakaway layup this time, and the Providence Academy players took the defensive rebound and went straight to the defensive counterattack.
Brooks catches the ball on a fast-break break and makes a three-point shot.
"Huh!"
Shoot back!
Normally, players need time to warm up after they get on the court, but Brooks doesn't seem to need it at all, coming up and scoring in a row.
Ollie couldn't help but throw his hands at Lamb at this time, obviously a little dissatisfied with his defense.
Kangda's offense, Walker continued to suffer from the bag, and this time he chose to score a strong layup.
4-5, Kangda trailed by 1 point.
Providence Academy's offense, the point guard went to the frontcourt and continued to give the ball to Brooks.
"Bag clip! Bag clip! Ollie shouted at Smith when he saw it.
Smith's bag clip.
Brooks saw the ball and returned it to the point guard, and then began to block around his teammates, borrowing the center from the right high post to block and pull out.
"Huh!"
Shoot and go in again!
There was a stirring at the scene.
That's what Brooks is capable of, and that's the biggest difference between him and Walker, he can play with the ball or without the ball, and he's strong in every game.
Kangda's offense, Walker broke through and encountered the bag, and the ball was given to Lamb, who missed his outside three-point shot.
Oriache grabbed an offensive rebound and gave it to Walker, but Walker's throw didn't make it.
Providence Academy took the defensive rebound and then played the defensive counterattack.
Brooks receives the ball up front, and Lamb follows this time.
He directly chose to hit the back.
"Go up! Go up! Ollie shouted at Smith, who was following him.
Another Smith's bag clip.
Brooks didn't choose to pass the ball this time, but turned to the baseline and shot at the defense of the two.
It's a very difficult ball.
The cap that Lamb jumped on almost reached.
But the ball still went through the cap.
"Huh!"
The ball is still hollow into the net.
Brooks scored 4 goals in a row after the opening game, scored 9 points in a row, and got what he wanted!
Whether it's a single defense or a double bag, it doesn't work at all!
Cajon called a timeout.
Brooks reached out as he left the court, motioning for the crowd to cheer.
It's a home away game!
There was boos from the audience.
But Brooks didn't care, but instead acted like he was enjoying it.
"Don, you're ready to play." Cajon called Tang Tian at this time.
The reason why he didn't let Tang Tian start was to let Smith and Lamb consume Brooks first, and by the way, to see the latter's state tonight.
Now it seems that such a choice is not good.
After the pause, Tang Tian replaced Smith.
When the fans at the scene saw Tang Tian appearing on the stage, they immediately let out a burst of enthusiastic cheers.
After Brooks' much-needed play, they now miss Tang Tian's defense immensely.
"Hey, Marchand, your opponent is coming." Before entering the field, the Providence Academy players shouted at Brooks.
Brooks smiled disapprovingly.
Kangda's offense.
As soon as Tang Tian arrived in the frontcourt, he played a block for Walker and did not give Providence College a chance to be trapped.
Walker held the ball and rushed in, the players who defended Tang Tian did not dare to wrap it directly inside, and after Walker burst into the restricted area, the players on the inside line came out to assist in the defense, and Walker gave the ball to the basket Oriache, who scored directly with the basket.
This time, the offense played smoothly, which is also a scene that often occurs in Kangda's past games, Tang Tian's empty three-point position has brought new changes to the team's offensive end.
"Kick!"
"Defend!"
"Kick!"
"Defend!"
This time the attack drove the atmosphere of the scene, and the fans, led by the DJ, also began to cheer for the home team.
Brooks held the ball in the front court and faced Tang Tian.
Kangda did not have a bag and let Tang Tian defend one-on-one.
The eyes of the fans were full of anticipation.
Now that Brooks' hands are feeling hot, it depends on whether Tang Tian can turn into a refrigerator to cool him down like he did when he treated Thompson before.
Seeing that Kangda didn't help defending, Brooks was not in a hurry to attack.
"I know they're expecting you to keep me at bay." Holding the ball to maintain a triple threat, Brooks' offense didn't start, but he started first.
Tang Tian ignored him.
'But they were all wrong, last time I didn't play well in the first half, this time it won't.'
After Brooks finished speaking, he directly dribbled past Tang Tian and burst in.
He's fast, and he's got a lot of time with Walker.
This season, after the team had unlimited firing rights, his attacking prowess has grown by leaps and bounds.
However, he was forced to stop after taking two steps, because Tang Tian was as fast as him!
In his surprised eyes, Tang Tian stretched out his hand to completely block his way!
The scene erupted in cheers.
Familiar feeling, familiar Tang Tian is coming!
The improvement of physical fitness is definitely not only endurance, just like the suicidal switchback run, Tang Tian's speed, agility and explosiveness have been significantly improved.
If it was the same as before, he probably wouldn't be able to keep up with Brooks' current speed, but now he can!
Brooks is getting stronger, and he's getting stronger!