Cheng Lei's wonderful break of the ball, to the front court four to three, easy to score the ball, so that everyone in North Carolina is full of confidence, Kentucky's number one arrow task, was effectively suppressed.

Dalong Fox looked at the back of Cheng Lei's retreat, it seems that he was careless and paid the price for his contempt, it seems that this Chinese kid still has some ability.

North Carolina's retreat was very fast, and after the fast attack was completed, there was no hesitation, everyone ran back for the first time, and it can be seen that everyone is still very serious about this semi-final.

Joel kept rubbing his hands on the bench, such a wonderful duel, he could only watch it on the bench, which made him very helpless, although his wrist was injured a little, but now, he has almost recovered.

However, Joel has already announced his participation in the draft, and in order to protect him, Coach Roy will not let him play until the last resort, and besides, Cheng Lei's realization so far is impeccable.

Kentucky is still controlling the rhythm, Daron Fox doesn't seem to care much about being cut off just now, after coming to the halfcourt, signaling his teammates to open up the space, center Garcia stuck the position, reaching out to ask for the ball, their goal is to open the gap from under the basket, so that they can free up the outside line.

Payne leaned sideways, and the strength of his entire body pressed on Garcia's back, making Garcia feel unprecedented pressure.

Garcia scored a few goals in front of him, causing two fouls, which made Payne hold his breath all the time, although he did not have an advantage in height, but basketball did not just rely on height.

The all-out top man defense made Garcia never sit and hit inside, no matter how hard he tried his ass, he didn't push into the three-second zone, and there was no way but to pass back first.

Kentucky's small forward Jimmy took a step ahead of Jackson, cut inside and after receiving the ball, he was ready to get up and dunk Payne.

"Think beautifully, you're still a little tender!"

Payne roared and jumped up at Jimmy.

Boom!

The two men fought together in the air, Jimmy forced his abdomen, played in the air and turned, actually bypassed Payne's block, turned to the other side of the basket, and prepared to pick up the basket with a backhand.

"There it is!" Jimmy thought happily.

As soon as the ball was out, a black shadow pounced on the ball from behind.

Bang dang!

Directly on the top board, the ball pressed the rebound, and bounced out.

"Hehe, I didn't expect it!" Jackson looked at Jimmy with a smug expression.

Fortunately, he didn't give up his defense, and followed up as soon as possible, so he had this block.

"Oh my God, what did I see, why everyone in North Carolina is so good at capping!"

"Is this still the same North Carolina I used to know? The team, which has always been known for its offense, actually played an iron-blooded defense! ”

"It's crazy!"

However, although the block was covered, the position of the ball rebound was not ideal, and it actually rebounded directly into the hands of Kevin Locks outside the three-point line.

Williams was originally going to play a fast attack, but for a while, it was too late to come back to defend.

Kevin Locks opened his hand and hit a three-pointer.

During this time, relying on iron-blooded defense, Kentucky's offense played very unsatisfactory, but on North Carolina's own side, the offensive efficiency has also decreased a lot, Hicks has been crazy for a while, and now the feeling has cooled down, and the two teams still haven't opened up the difference.

Although it was difficult for Daron Fox to score effectively by Cheng Lei, his one-handed pass still helped the team very well, and he could accurately send the ball out and convert it into an assist every time.

In the second half of the second quarter, Kevin Locks stepped up and made consecutive free throws, scoring six points in a row to play a small climax, and at the end of the game, the score led North Carolina by four points.

During the intermission, Hicks's sweat continued to flow down, and his calves were trembling slightly, and it could be seen that after the madness of the first half, Hicks's physical strength had dropped very much.

"Hicks, can you still hold on?" Coach Roy asked.

"No problem, twenty minutes of rest, that's enough!" Hicks gasped.

Cheng Lei took a bottle of sports drink to Hicks, throughout the first half, Hicks should be the most active one, if it goes on like this, in the second half, his physical fitness will be a huge test.

For the sake of his idol, Hicks is really desperate, which makes Cheng Lei feel a little uncomfortable.

"The third quarter is very important, and we must not let the score pull away!" After a pause, Coach Roy looked at Cheng Lei and said, "Lei, in the second half, let them see your offensive ability!" ”

"No problem, I've wanted to do this for a long time!" Cheng Lei nodded and said.

Throughout the first half, Cheng Lei's main energy was devoted to defense, and on the offensive side, he made a few shots, all of which were empty.

Coach Roy let Cheng Lei start attacking, which means that North Carolina will focus on offense in the second half.

"Joel, it's time for you to get moving!" Coach Roy said, turning to look at Joel.

"No problem!" Joel said lightly.

"In the second half, Hicks, you rest first, Joel you go up, let them see the real offensive ability of our North Carolina!" Coach Roy said confidently.

No one expected that at the beginning of the second half, Joel on the bench actually appeared on the court, which even the coach of Kentucky was very surprised.

Didn't you say Joel's injury wasn't healed yet? Could it be that Coach Roy did it on purpose?

Everyone talked about it for a while, Joel is a veritable trump card in North Carolina, although there has been a Cheng Lei recently, but, subconsciously, everyone still thinks that Cheng Lei cannot replace Joel.

At the beginning of the game, North Carolina suddenly accelerated the pace of attack, and after Williams dribbled the ball across the halfcourt, without any hesitation, he passed the ball directly to Joel on the wing.

Joel made two realizations, one accelerated, and he made a way out, straight to the basket, facing Garcia who was making up the defense, and one was plugged, and the ball went to Payne's hand and hit the board.

Compared with Cheng Lei, Joel has a better run-in with the team, and he knows his teammates better.

It also relies on Joel's strong threatening ability, which is a threat in itself as long as he is on the pitch.

Daron looked at Joel, unsure of what he was thinking.

Granger originally thought that in the second half, he would be more relaxed, and the mad dog-like Hicks must not be so physically fit, but he didn't expect that as soon as he got on the court, he actually faced the strongest offensive person in North Carolina, and he suddenly had no confidence.

"Kevin, change guards!" Daron said to Kevin Locks.

Kevin, like Joel, is a swingman himself, and playing small forward is also his strength, and it is just right for Joel.

Compared to Granger, Kevin's defensive ability is much stronger.