Chapter Thirty-Four: The Opening Game Ends
"Pick up, pick up, how many times did I shout on the sidelines in the first half? Speed! Coach Neil waved his hand and yelled in the locker room.
"In the second half, Marc Jacques you go to point guard, Benn you play, you play small forward, pay attention to Alonzo on the opposite side, it's enough to do a good job of defense, he's the second scorer in the team." People's energy is limited, Li Mojie spent a lot of energy on the defensive end in the first half to watch Alonzo, otherwise Li Mojie's ball in the first half is definitely more than 14 points.
In this game, the Trojans' inside line is unreliable, so let's rely on the outside line to play, play against each other!
Neil decided to free up Li Mojie in the second half, whether it was to use Li Mojie to play alone or attract defense, anyway, Li Mojie can now pass suddenly.
The game started again, and this time, it was Li Mojie who jumped with Ryan.
It was Coach Neil's ploy to see this year's championship favourites Heat, and when asked by a reporter to get Battier to jump, James said: "Haslem asked me if I wanted to jump, and I told him 'No, I don't want to jump.'" Then I said Mario (Chalmers) should go for the jump ball, and then Mario said he wanted to go for the jump ball too. (At this point, Chalmers, who was next to him, chimed in: I can definitely get the ball.) But Battier got the better of Chalmers, so he went to the centre circle and won the first goal for us. It's just amazing. ”
This year, due to injury problems, Stelspola followed the instructions of his superiors, cold-blooded president Pat Riley: the future trend of basketball is to have five players of about 2 meters dominate the court. Therefore, this year, the Heat, who are full of injuries and no one is available, frequently sent a 6-foot-7-inch 201CM Battier jump ball, but the success rate of the jump ball is unexpectedly good?
Ryan looked at Li Mojie, who was 13 centimeters shorter than himself, and mocked: "Shorty, do you think you can jump the ball from me?" ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as the referee threw the ball, Li Mojie grabbed the ball with a speed that was far beyond Ryan's visible to the naked eye, and responded contemptuously, "Who gave you the courage to come up and taunt?" Are you mom? ”
"Humph!" Ryan is really irritable, the referee is also a short man, and the height of the ball thrown is so high, this Li Mojie is so much shorter than himself, the bullet speed is naturally faster than himself, and the jump is quite high, it's really annoying!
"He's gone?" Alonzo on the side was relieved when he saw Li Mojie on the opposite side walking to the top of the arc and did not oppose him.
But point guard Mills is not in that good mood.
I saw that after Li Mojie dribbled through the half, he held the ball at the top of the arc to face Mills, the point guard of the Terrapinus team, who was a head shorter than Li Mojie and whose body was 10 kilograms lighter. Where did Mills meet this, he was crushed all the way to the inside line of the Terrapinus.
All of a sudden, the Terrapins team's inside line immediately jumped, and Santos and Ryan were immediately attracted by Li Mojie's attention to the defense.
Then Li Mojie, who broke into the inside line, easily flicked his right wrist, and the ball passed to Charles like magic, and Charles jumped up with the ball.
"Bang!" Charles, who was miserably suppressed in the first half, declared his existence with a two-handed slam slam. 40:34
"Awesome! Charles! The crowd at Staples Arena cheered as they stood out.
Green, the coach of the Terraptoise team, stood aside and looked at Li Mojie blankly, and sighed helplessly. The opposite lineup has seen through itself, and the typical style of play is to break the surface with points, using a strong point in the team to tear apart the opponent's defense and then drive other teammates to attack together. If this Li Mojie can only break through without brains, the bag is it, but he can still pass the ball, which is very bad! Originally, I still wanted to enter the top 64, and I could get more than 100,000 bonuses if I entered one more round, but it seems that I am going to be in the soup now.
Green looked at the omnipotent Li Mojie on the court and thought: In time, as long as he practices shooting and three-pointers, he can rule this league!
I saw another offense, Li Mojie faced Mills Alonzo's bag, easily hoisted a drop ball to the vacant Benn, and then used Anderson's huge body to block the defender, and went around the right side for a half, Benn took the ball and wanted to go to the basket, but saw the tall Ryan guarding the basket and staring at him, not hard, but passed to Li Mojie, Li Mojie took the ball and faced Ryan without hesitation is a one-handed dunk. 48:39
"Whoa! Slam Dunk from Marc Jab! Look at the frightened Ryan under the basket, he doesn't look like a lion, but like a kitten! The Staples DJ sneered mercilessly.
"Damn it!" Ryan roared. What's going on with this yellow guy on the other side? Is he really a yellow man? Where is this physical fitness, this passing ability, like a freshman student?
Neil is also very aware of the situation of the Trojans team this year, it can be said that it is a pair of kings with three, three, four and four, if Li Mojie does not come to the Trojans team this year, it is estimated that no one will be selected. In the NCAA, if you can't limit the Trojans to two kings, then it's easy to get out of three, three, four, four, and four, and if there is a senior outside defense gate on the opposite side, then it's easy for your side to fall into a headless fly situation!
While the coach was pondering on the field, the score kept changing, and the Terrapins players were kind of aware that this year might be their last game, so everyone began to burst into a state of reflection. I saw that the captain Alonzo, who was suppressed by Li Mojie in the first half, used the cover to shake off the defensive Benn, and quickly took the ball and made a successful layup. 58:48
Then Li Mojie made a mistake in passing, and Mills on the opposite side intercepted the basketball, although Li Mojie returned to defend quickly, but Mills and the Turtles, who were also fast in the fast break, divided Parker's front court 2 to 1, and Parker received the ball and made a layup smoothly when Li Mojie defended Mills. 58:50
BUT THEY ARE STILL A PROBLEM, THERE IS NO STRONG POINT ON THE OUTSIDE, UNABLE TO LIMIT THE CORE OF THE TROJANS TEAM LI MOJIE, I SAW LI MOJIE HOLDING THE BALL A FEW CROSSCOVER, HIS SHOULDER TO THE RIGHT DANGLING, AND THEN PULLED THE BALL BACK, EASILY SHAKING OUT OF THE BREAKTHROUGH ANGLE, AND THEN RYAN PLUCKED UP THE COURAGE TO FACE OFF WITH LI MOJIE, BUT LI MOJIE, WHO IS ALSO A LITTLE TIRED NOW, PASSED THE BALL TO CHARLES IN FRONT OF THE LEFT, AND CHARLES EASILY LICKED THE BASKET. 60:50
Then Mills of the Terrapins passed the ball to Parker, Richardson interfered in time, Parker missed the three-point shot from the outside, the ball bounced out, and was picked up by Anderson, Anderson immediately passed to Li Mojie, and Li Mojie did not hesitate to pass to Hood, who had already made a fast break, and Hood made an easy layup. 62:50
The "Huh-hu-huh" Turtle Team is a team that can only play positional battles, and in the second half, Li Mojie was driven to run so rhythmically, which consumed a lot, and the score was unable to catch up, and the players were very impatient.
"Smack!" Another time the Trojans attacked, opposite power forward Santos recklessly rushed up with a block and hit Anderson in the face as he was lifting the ball and shooting.
"Fack, what the are you playing ball or hitting someone!" Anderson immediately stepped forward in anger and grabbed Santos, and no one was happy to be slapped in the face. Santos didn't throw in the towel either, pushing Anderson away. Seeing this, Li Mojie and others also came up, and the Terrapins did not admit defeat and surrounded them, and the two sides pushed and shoved, and the game fell into chaos.
Fortunately, Coach Neil saw the situation clearly, suppressed the players on the bench off the field, and loudly stopped the players on the field, at this time, the referee immediately reversed, blew a few whistles, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two away.
"It's in a hurry, the Terrapins are in a hurry, there are less than six minutes left before the end of the game, and the score is now 77:68, and the two sides are still 9 points apart, and if this ball Anderson throws it, it will be 11 points away." ESPN commentary desk, Brin said at a glance.
The referee gave Santos a T after discussion, Anderson made the first free throw and missed the second free throw, Ryan grabbed the rebound, but was cut by the quick-eyed Li Mojie on the side, and passed it directly to Richardson on the outside, Richardson hit a 2-point shot. At 80:68, the score opened by 12 points, with 5 minutes left, and the Terrapins also took their last breath, and the last five minutes were dull, and finally the Trojans won the opening game of March Madness with a score of 86-74 at Staples Arena and entered the next round.