Chapter 90: The Battle for the Top Eight (II)

In the face of such a strong team, the coach of West Kentucky also had a headache, looking at his favorite generals! He hated the board of directors who slammed the door, is it so difficult to release a few more scholarship places, it seems that he has given them too much sweetness.

As a coach, in the absence of good players, he used tactics to make up for the team's shortcomings, and when a Courtney Lee finally appeared, he could finally let out a long roar, and he also had a core player! During these four years, there were no more scholarships for him to invite elite players to join, so he could only choose from a small number of excellent players to choose suitable for Western Kentucky! However, there are very few people who can come, and they would rather go to those famous and powerful to be substitutes.

So West Kentucky has been patching up all these years, but its combat effectiveness is not inferior to any team in the league where it is located! But it still can't attract elites to join! Lee is already in his senior year and is in his final year of competition! He really didn't know what would happen to Kentucky after losing Lee! It seems that I have to think about a way out, although I have always believed that the achievements made by ordinary people are more real, but with such a stingy board of directors, no amount of ambition is gone!

Extinguish the cigarette butts, put away the sorrow in my heart, and watch the players warm up and train as usual! Then arrange tactics, even if you leave yourself, you have to pick up the draft of your disciples, and raise them higher through this game.

So in this game, he devised a lot of running and catch-and-shoot tactics to maximize Lee's ability on the offensive end. As for the defense, in order to reduce the burden on Lee, he abandoned the marking in favor of joint defense, and let the players help defend when they can.

Minimize Lee's physical exertion, and the sudden change of lineup and tactics surprised the players! But the ensuing ecstasy occupied their minds, when they used to play a combination of inside and outside, the bench was not good at connecting the ball with the point guard because they didn't give it, so the scoring ability was not outstanding, but this kind of constantly running tactics made everyone's shooting power average, the senior players didn't change much, and the junior ones were very happy, and they also wanted to have excellent data, although they may not be able to enter the NBA, but they also have a decent resume to make money in other leagues!

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The game was a blow to West Kentucky at the start, and Westbrook, who was the most unsettling element of the Bruins, actually opened the game with only passing and receiving the ball on the offensive end, and focused more on defending Courtney Lee.

Courtney Lee was depressed to death, as for running so at the expense of physical strength, according to tactics, he must not have attacked much with the ball today! Although Westbrook's speed is not as good as his own, he can't go anywhere, and he will have to face his defense after receiving the ball, and Westbrook is much stronger than Courtney Lee, and Kourtney Lee is also very helpless.

He only made three of his five runs and hit just one goal. After Courtney Lee's offense was frozen, West Kentucky's offense was paralyzed, and although other players also had shooting ability, the Bruins' joint defense and very timely help defense caused them a lot of trouble.

Although this defense is very strong, Westbrook's failure to shoot is equivalent to the Brown Bears cutting off their own arm, although it blocks Lee's scoring ability, but with one-on-one defense, it is equivalent to stucking Westbrook.

What really makes him feel a little tricky is Huang Yu, who has not launched an attack, in his opinion, Huang Yu's offense is really strong, although the defense is poor, but the opponent player in the face of West Kentucky is not bad, but too many low-post singles must consume physical strength, so he will not shoot frequently in a short period of time, only Lefu is scoring alone, and the scoring ability of other brown bear players does not have to be on their own players, this is also an opportunity! As for Westbrook, you run after Lee! Let's see if you have the stamina to keep going in the second half.

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Although I don't know what the coach thinks, he didn't expect Westbrook to follow him rather than spend physical strength, from offense to defense almost like a conjoined baby, completely cut off the connection between him and other players, although now the offensive end can't be seen, but once the Bruins' scoring guard (Huang Yu) shoots away, he may not be able to catch up if he wants to chase.

Looking at Huang Yu, who gradually increased his long-range shots, Coach West Kentucky, who was sitting on the bench, was also worried, and he also studied Huang Yu's long-range shooting rate before the game, and the average shooting rate was only 2 of 4 shots per game, which shows that he is not a qualified battery shooter! This swingman relies more on low-post offense!

It's not like Courtney Lee didn't think about switching defenses to get rid of Westbrook! But after changing the defense, it was actually Lefu who was facing Lefou, although Lefu was much slower than him, but the height and arm span were there! Courtney Lee's shot was almost fanned, but it didn't hit and Westbrook picked up the rebound and played a counterattack!

Western Kentucky was completely unable to stop the UCLA offensive. Because UCLA has no Westbrook and two other scorers, and West Kentucky is equivalent to a break without Lee, Ben Holland's tactic is simple and rude to throw Courtney Lee and Westbrook in the house together, and then press the detonator, so that the two scorers will die together, but the Bruins will not break their bones at all! West Kentucky was pulled out of the bones and made into punching bags, which can be beaten no matter what!

After calling a timeout in West Kentucky, Courtney Lee's mentality relaxed a little, and the coach just said that Westbrook can't keep up with him for the whole game, and he will have an advantage in the second half, and before that, as long as the score gap is not too big, there is still a chance to chase points.

UCLA continued to expand the score, with Huang Yu and Lefu scoring one inside and one outside. But thinking about the coach's words just now, the players in West Kentucky are also like crazy, biting the score, and in the coach's words, if you can't bite it, it is equivalent to saying goodbye to this season.

Ben Holland looked at the madness of West Kentucky with great disdain! Go crazy, see how crazy you can go! Do you think it's just a trick to deal with you?

Soon the half was over, and both sides walked into the locker room.

"How's Russell, how is your physical condition!"

Seeing that the team doctor was relaxing Westbrook's muscles, Ben Holland asked!

"It's not bad, if the opponent is still the same as in the first half, then I'll be with him for five minutes! I don't think he's going to be an iron man, so I'm sure I'll be staring at him for 10 minutes! ”

Westbrook said confidently, although there are very few shots today, but there are also 8 points in the account! To be able to seal a scorer, Westbrook is still very interested! Therefore, the command of the control shot is also adapted to a little.

"I don't need you to stare for 10 minutes! You're off, Bamot down, Randy and Darren up! We play positions! Rain it's time for you to play! I think enough of the first half warm-up! ”

Ben Holland glanced at Huang Yu, who was eating snacks there, and thought to himself, did this guy use his physical strength in the first half?

"Okay!"

Not much to say, since Ben Holland plans to play at the beginning of the second half, and also has a double-tower lineup, you must know that Lefu can also play a cameo role as a center, and the three inside lines are in charge, Ben Holland also specially advised, that is, let Huang Yu let go of the shot!

At the beginning of the second half, the Bruins' change of formation gave West Kentucky a slap in the face, let you shoot! How can the hand that was stunned for half a time be able to warm up quickly, this has become the first problem faced by Western Kentucky! In the first half, it seems that Courtney Lee made a few shots, and the rest basically didn't shoot much!

Although the Bruins' tactics are a little insidious, after the outside shot, they go directly back to the middle of the defense, and if their side grabs the rebound, they will participate in the offense again! You can't play fast break, and the backcourt rebounding is not protected in place! Let UCLA's score ride the dust and throw West Kentucky away!

As a result, the score is getting bigger and bigger! Before Westbrook could play again, the coach of West Kentucky had already changed the main team! Surrender announced! And Ben Holland also accepted it when he saw it, and changed the main force! The final score was fixed at 87-69, and UCLA advanced to the quarterfinals with a big score!

The opponent of the UCLA Division Finals is the University of Memphis led by Ross, which is a good opportunity for Memphis! But what about UCLA? Although Westbrook, who was injured in the last game, didn't say anything, he always felt that he didn't contribute to the last time he beat the University of Memphis, so this time he was gearing up to do something big.