Chapter 48: Stanford's Counterattack
"Well done, boys!" During the pause, Coach Chris was very happy, "Especially you, Xiaohao, you show off like this in one game!" ”
Meng Xiaohao scratched his head and smiled, "It's all a fluke, a fluke!" ”
Chris also smiled "haha" when he heard this, but then his face changed back to serious, "Stanford University will definitely arrange defensive tactics to target Meng Xiaohao now, so when the time comes!" As he spoke, Chris pointed to the others except Meng Xiaohao and Sarid who had an accident, "You guys, you have to play hard!" Meng Xiaohao and Sarid will definitely be taken care of, and you will have to score points at this time! We're six points ahead now and we're going to have to hold on to it. ”
Everyone nodded......
"After a timeout, Stanford will definitely have a fierce counterattack, and our defense will have to keep up!" Saying that, Coach Chris looked at Meng Xiaohao, "Xiaohao, Drew will be handed over to you!" ”
Meng Xiaohao nodded, "Don't worry, leave it to me!" ”
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The timeout ends and the game continues.
Stanford University Ball Possession.
Drew came to the front court with the ball, Meng Xiaohao didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, Drew is also a quasi-professional player, although he was deflated by Meng Xiaohao just now, but his strength still can't be underestimated.
Just saw Drew suddenly change direction, and then turned in the opposite direction, and Wilkinson arrived directly to make a block and hang Meng Xiaohao on his body.
After Drew shook off Meng Xiaohao, he dribbled two steps forward, and then directly threw the ball, and the ball scored two points.
It was so simple, it only took two people to play together tactically to score the goal.
"Looks like he's back in shape!" Looking at Drew with a very relaxed expression, Meng Xiaohao felt a trace of pressure, different from a little flustered just now, Drew is very calm now, but it makes Meng Xiaohao feel a sense of crisis.
Possession of the ball at UCLA.
Meng Xiaohao holds the ball.
Sure enough, as Chris expected, Meng Xiaohao received special care as soon as he arrived in the front court, and the defensive pressure brought by Drew to Meng Xiaohao was very high, and the other players were always staring at Meng Xiaohao's every move, after all, they had suffered losses before, and they didn't dare to be careless.
Meng Xiaohao smiled bitterly twice, now if he attacks again, he will hit the muzzle of the gun, so Meng Xiaohao did not stick the ball in his hand for too long, but passed the ball out.
But Stanford University is also very serious about Meng Xiaohao's defense without the ball, maybe Meng Xiaohao suddenly hit the inside line with an empty cut, which is unpredictable.
After a few rounds, Meng Xiaohao was defended by Stanford University's defense, and there was no time to shoot, so he played very aggrieved, but Stanford University still relied on their duo to score. In a few rounds, Stanford University gradually smoothed out the difference.
Stanford University Ball Possession.
Drew dribbled to the front court, dribbled a few times and passed the ball out before running to the weak side himself.
Drew rarely plays like this, he is an offensive player with the ball, very similar to Meng Xiaohao, it is rare to pass the ball so suddenly for others to attack, and he runs to the weak side to respond, which makes Meng Xiaohao a little puzzled.
Just when Meng Xiaohao was thinking and was a little inattentive, Drew directly seized this opportunity, shook it left and right, and directly accelerated it, and wanted to cut to the basket.
"Oops!" Meng Xiaohao secretly said in his heart that his lack of concentration just now directly gave Drew a chance to cut into the air, but Meng Xiaohao also reacted quickly and followed closely behind Drew.
After seeing Drew cut into the air, the player with the ball in Stanford did not hesitate at all, and passed the ball directly to Drew, and Drew, who received the ball, had already come to the basket.
Under the basket, Sarid has been waiting for a long time.
Just see the corners of Drew's mouth slightly raised, directly threw the ball up, and then quickly withdrew.
Meng Xiaohao was very puzzled by Drew's operation, he didn't know what Drew wanted to do, but suddenly Meng Xiaohao thought of something......
"Could it be...... Not good! ”
Meng Xiaohao turned his head sharply and found a huge body jumping up behind him.
"Wilkinson, such a tricky air relay!" When Meng Xiaohao realized that it was too late, Wilkinson had already caught the ball in the air, slammed it with both hands, and smashed the ball into the basket.
Separated by Meng Xiaohao and Sarid......
"Oh my God, that's too strong!"
"This duo is even stronger than last year!"
"This air connection is very creative!"
The audience exclaimed.
In this offensive round, Meng Xiaohao and Sarid were completely defeated.
After Wilkinson finished dunking, he roared into the sky and high-fived Drew who came to celebrate.
"You just slipped away!" Sarid looked at Meng Xiaohao, who was discouraged by the slack, and asked, although he was also disgraced by the slack.
Meng Xiaohao smiled bitterly twice, and nodded helplessly, "This ball is my pot, I carry it!" ”
Just look at Sarid patted Meng Xiaohao's shoulder, "Just pay attention next time!" ”
Meng Xiaohao nodded.
After this goal, Stanford University has overtaken the score, leading UCLA by two points.
Forty-five seconds were left until the end of the first half.
Stanford University's wave of counter-attacks made UCLA very passive, and Coach Chris has been emphasizing maintaining the advantage, and it is no longer possible to continue to execute. But even with a small surge on the opposite side now, Coach Chris still didn't call a timeout, and there was not much time left before halftime, and Coach Chris didn't want to waste a timeout.
UCLA Ball Possession.
Meng Xiaohao attacked with the ball, dribbled the ball to the front court and made a hand-to-hand pass with Li, then ran to the strong side, and then took Li's pass.
Meng Xiaohao made a fake move directly after receiving the ball, but he didn't deceive Drew, he just tilted his toes and was not jumped up by Meng Xiaohao, but just his feet were enough.
It was up to Meng Xiaohao to seize this gap and directly speed up to break through to the inside, but Drew's reaction was very fast, and before Meng Xiaohao could completely break through him, he had already followed, so Meng Xiaohao's feint was not a success.
But Meng Xiaohao did not choose to pass the ball because of the unsuccessful feint, he leaned on Drew's body, hit the inside hard, and directly hit a difficult step-back jumper near the paint area to score the ball.
Meng Xiaohao's tough style of play temporarily stabilized the situation and equalized the score again.
"Well done!" At this time, Sarid stepped forward and slapped Meng Xiaohao, "The situation has been stabilized for the time being." ”
Meng Xiaohao nodded, "They still have one more chance to attack, we need to defend him, don't end this first half with falling behind." ”
Stanford University Ball Possession.
Drew dribbled to the frontcourt, and this time he didn't pass the ball straight out, but chose to dribble himself, which was their last attack of the first half, and it was necessary to be safe.
It was up to Drew to change direction on a large scale after stepping down a few times, but Meng Xiaohao followed. I saw Drew suddenly pause, and then directly increased his speed, relying on speed to tie himself with Meng Xiaohao.
Drew came to the basket with Meng Xiaohao and scored directly, and Stanford took the lead again.
Meng Xiaohao frowned when he saw this.
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UCLA's final attack, with fourteen seconds left in the first half......
Meng Xiaohao came to the front court with the ball, and he was not in a hurry to attack. Rather, I watched the time pass minute by minute.
When there were eight seconds left, Meng Xiaohao moved, he adjusted his rhythm and slowly leaned towards Drew. At this time, Savis, who was on the side, came directly over to be a demolition, and Meng Xiaohao saw this and directly used the demolition to put himself in a vacant position.
But Drew's anti-pick-and-roll skills are very first-class, and Savis's pick-and-roll did not stop Drew, and Drew still followed.
Time is running out, and Meng Xiaohao has no choice but to shoot......
Meng Xiaohao stood up to Drew's defense and made a three-point shot.
"Beep!"
The whistle sounds......
Ball, smashing out of the frame.
Stanford went into the second half with a two-point advantage......