Ninety-four, change the strategy
"Drip ~~~~~~~".
The timeout ends and the referee's whistle blows.
Downs and Booker really went off the court together, Coach Calipari's face was very ugly, first he hoped that Towns and Booker could play more, but the guys in suits and leather shoes standing in the first row of the audience did not want to be because in the NCAA, the authority of the team's coach is supreme most of the time, but there will be exceptions to everything, and those talented teenagers who have made a name for themselves in high school are not in the hands of the NCAA coach.
Because they only entered college to comply with the NBA's newly revised draft rules, they would have entered the draft after graduating from high school if it weren't for the requirement that a college student can participate in the NBA draft. Such players often have an agent in place early on, and the agent usually limits the playing time of these people, especially the top player like Downs, who is undoubtedly the most stupid thing to lose his estate contract for a month's games.
Replacing Downs at center is Kentucky sophomore Dakari Johnson, who is 3 kilograms heavier than Downs at 213cm tall, and averages 6.4 points and 4.6 rebounds in 16 minutes per game, and would be an excellent starter if given enough time on other teams.
As for Booker, it was Aaron Harrison, the twin brother of starting point guard Andrew Harrison. The sophomore, who is the size of his brother, can score 11 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 25 minutes of playing time, statistically, he is one more point than Booker's average points per game, but Booker has about 4 minutes less playing time than him. Whether it's a two-point shot or a three-point shooting percentage, Aaron is far inferior to Booker.
Despite this, Aaron moves laterally faster than Booker, so Li Wu faces more trouble on the offensive end than Booker, but by this time, Li Wu has no intention of continuing to pass.
At this time, the Lions still keep the starters on the court, after all, the opponent's bench is also a very good player, and it is not advantageous if the Lions change the bench now.
As the Lions executed the offense, Li Wu motioned for Luke and Ossetkovsky to run to the corner area to block for him, and then made a short stump run inside the three-point line to get rid of Aaron's marker and get the ball between the elbow area and the three-point line.
The next moment, Li Wu started one step and then chose to step to the basket, his first step span is very large, just like a long jump, and he opened the distance with Aaron, in the second step he chose a small step, and at the same time slowed down the pace of progress, Aaron, who was originally pursuing with all his strength, was suddenly taken away by his own inertia, and Li Wu began to take off the third step at this time.
"Huh~" Li Wu rose into the air, the top of his head was almost level with the basket, and Kentucky's backup center Dakari jumped up not as high as Li Wu, so he could only barely block it.
But to no avail, Li Wu smashed the ball into the basket with a tomahawk slam in one hand, and at the same time, the huge momentum knocked Dakari to the ground.
The "Boom ~~~~~~~~~~~~" stadium suddenly boiled, and Mandarin sounded all over the stadium: "Li Wu!" Li Wu! Li Wu! Li Wu! Li Wu! Li Wu! Li Wu! It didn't take long for the Columbia fans in the United States to follow suit.
"Oh ~ Damn! I loved the goal! It's so beautiful baby! O'Neill immediately shouted incoherently.
"Is there anything else to say about this? Top 10 Balls! I think it can be ranked in the top three! Barkley also said heartily.
"Has Lee solved the problem of his speed with the ball?" Murphy, who had always been reticent, found an entry point and spoke.
"Oh! No! No, no, no, no! Murphy, your alumnus didn't solve the problem of advancing with the ball, but he was smart, and now he catches the ball inside the three-point line, uses his speed to pull in the distance to the basket and then goes straight to the basket, so that he doesn't have to hold the ball, and he can give full play to his bounce and speed, which is how poor Dakari was blocked just now. ”
From this ball, Li Wu started the tactics of killing the inside, he received the ball near the short corner area, elbow area, and horn area, received the ball on the inside of the wing and the top of the arc, and then faced Aaron's defense and directly started one step back to make a layup, the absolute starting speed and the weird "Divine Change" body light can always easily pass the 198cm tall Aaron, facing Dakari's inside line, Li Wu either used his ability to pull the rod or use explosive power to play, making the Lions' shooting rate much higher.
On the other hand, Kentucky's offense has been hindered to a certain extent, Aaron is not Booker after all, the latter can still get a few points under Li Wu's strict defense, but Aaron's three-point shooting rate of about 31% is not worth Li Wu's right to defend, he chose to put the shot and not let go of the defensive strategy, after Aaron got the ball, Li Wu chose to stand inside the three-point line to defend, and when he hung the ball to the inside line, he immediately chose to help defend the inside line, and directly put the vacancy to Aaron.
In fact, Aaron also shot a few three-pointers, but it was a result of 4 shots, and there was no lethality of Booker at all, which gave the Lions a chance to chase points, especially Li Wu opened the mode of impacting the basket, in just four rounds, Li Wu played 4 balls, and two fouls made Dakari, which was 2+1, helping the Lions play a wave of 10-3 small climax.
With two minutes left in the first half, Kentucky led by just six points at 45-39, and Coach Calipari called a timeout at that point.
"Oh! Clever guys! was able to hide his weaknesses in this way, and I have to say that his ball quotient is definitely the first in the NCAA this year. O'Neill said during the timeout.
"Yes, Shaq, I agree with you, it's strange how the Lions could have discovered such a talent in his sophomore year? If it had been last year, I think the Lions would have made history a year earlier. Barkley said.
"I don't know, maybe the criteria for selecting people in Ivy League schools are different from ordinary schools!" O'Neill laughed and high-fived Barkley again.
At the same time, on the bench of the Lions, Coach Smith said to Li Wu in surprise: "Good job! Lee, you can actually think of a layup after one step inside the three-point line, which can really play out your explosive power to the basket! Kentucky can't do anything about you! But I guess after this pause, their paint area will be full of people, you can't use this trick anymore, everyone listen, according to Li's ball-sharing tactics, you will shoot me after Li Wu divides the ball! Bring the rhythm up! ”