Sixty-six, puzzled
In the face of Kenig's breakthrough, Li Wu quickly retreated, and the speed of his retreat was almost the same as the speed of Kenig's breakthrough, so Li Wu was still one position ahead of Kenig, and when Kenig was holding the ball and preparing to go to the basket, Li Wu's right hand reached under the basketball in Kenig's hand, and then dribbled upwards.
"Bang!" The basketball flew upwards and landed squarely on Kenig's chin, who let out an "oh" and then fell to the ground like an uppercut.
The referee who stood on the bottom line and watched intently did not blow Li Wu's foul, because most of Kenig's hands were covered on top of the basketball, and this way of holding the ball was to prevent others from cutting the ball, but Li Wu was shooting the ball from below to up, and it was completely impossible to shoot Kenig's hand, so Li Wu did not foul.
But both Barkley and Kenny Smith found it incredible.
"Kenig actually had the ball slap in the face from below, maybe he should go to the gym to practice his grip." Barkley shook his head.
Li Wu has been working hard from top to top, and Kenig is covering the ball with both hands to protect the ball, in this case, Li Wu slapped the ball in the face, which can only show that Kenig's strength to hold the ball is too small, if it is Barkley himself, no one can rack up his ball from below, after all, shooting the ball from the bottom to the top is a reverse force.
In fact, Kenig's strength in holding the ball is not small, even if it is not at the NBA level, it is still the middle and upper level of the NCAA, but Li Wu is good at using his strength, and he used Wing Chun when he was on the racket, and directly flew the racket and smashed Kenig's chin "just right".
The basketball had slowed down after hitting Kenig's jaw, and Li Wu jumped up to confiscate the ball, then flicked one arm and passed to Maodore, who was going full speed ahead.
After receiving the ball, Maodore cut in from the flank and slammed into the sky to vent his frustration at being defended by Jasser.
13 to 10. The Lions are just three points behind.
At this time, Coach Lane asked for a timeout, because Kenig was not lightly smashed and still hasn't stood up.
"Poor boy, this is the second time he's taken a hit, it's a magical coincidence, both hits came from Lee's defense of him, and Lee didn't foul both times." Kenny Smith said with a smile.
"Alas, man, you're right, he's a hapless kid, and if it weren't for the basketball hitting him, I even suspect Lee was punishing him for talking too much trash." Barkley laughed.
"Damn! He did it on purpose! Kenig shouted from the bench in Wisconsin, "He just did it on purpose!" He just smiled and asked me, do you think the first ball was an accident? He did it on purpose! ”
"Kenig! Calm down! No one can slap a basketball in your face twice, that's a coincidence! Not even the best acrobatics! Coach Ryan reassured Kenig.
"Fack! Damn it! I feel like my teeth are loose! Kenig said, holding his chin.
"Relax, your teeth are not loose, that's your mental effect." The Wisconsin team members said as they applied ice packs to Kenig after monitoring Kenig's teeth.
"You take a break. Trevan, you play. Coach Ryan said: "Now we can only use the trap tactic, Decker, you and Terwin pinch Lee, put the Lions' No. 3 position, Kaminsky, Cohen when you hit the basket you just need to stand on a reasonable collision to extend the defense, don't pounce too deep, try to compress the space for him to pass to the No. 5 position." ”
Wisconsin was replaced by senior Trywin Jackson, a 190cm tall and 93-kilogram senior who averaged 24 minutes per game this season, with 8.1 points, 2.6 assists and 1.7 rebounds. He is an important rotation player for Wisconsin and their most important scorer on the bench. Kenny Smith introduced.
"Kenig is off, it seems that Coach Lane does not plan to continue to defend Lee, and the only one in Wisconsin's lineup who can bite and defend Lee is Kenig, and no one else can do it, after the change, they can only follow the old tactics of North Carolina and Harvard, and trap Lee." Barkley said.
Subsequently, Li Wu was indeed treated as a bag, which made his passing more resolute, or his first-hand pass will be passed to small forward Cohen most of the time, Cohen's summary ability is obviously not enough in a game of this level, even Kennedy in North Carolina can restrain him, not to mention Kaminsky, who is a step taller in skill and height.
Kaminski followed Coach Ryan's guidance, just cruising in a reasonable collision zone, as long as Cohen chooses to impact the basket, Kaminsky will come forward to interfere, the result is either iron or blocked, and then the ball will return to Wisconsin's hands most of the time, after all, Hayes and Decker will recover the basket after Cohen shoots to protect the rebound, so that the success rate of the Lions' offense is greatly reduced.
Instead, Wisconsin took advantage of the opportunity to switch offense and pull the score away again. Although the Lions' offensive efficiency decreased, Li Wu still did not choose to solve the problem by himself, but continued to pass the ball, but the way of passing the ball made some changes.
After he passed the ball to Cohen, he immediately used his speed to shake off the bag, and then asked Cohen to pass the ball back to him, and then rushed into the three-point line with the ball, because he shot extremely high, and when Terry Win, who was in charge of the bag, Decker, who was in charge of the bag, did not catch up with Li Wu, and Jassel or Hayes, who were standing in the left and right short corners to defend Maodore and Luke, could not help but rush up to make up for the defense when they saw Li Wu break through.
Li Wu took this opportunity to pass the ball to Luke or Maodore, who were in the open position, and let the two shoot in the open position. Although this vacancy was not too long, it was enough for two people to complete the shooting action in the bottom corner. Luke shot 32.6 percent from three-point range and Maodore shot 43.1 percent from three-point range, but the pair still made a couple of shots in the open space as the gap between the two sides didn't widen at the end of the first half.
When Wisconsin ended the first half with a 43-34 lead, Murphy couldn't hold back any longer, and he chose to ask the two seniors, "Why did Lee suddenly stop attacking?" You must know that there have been several times when Cohen chose to pass back to him, he could directly pull out the jump shot, and in this way, the point difference will be narrowed a little! Especially after Kenig's departure, Lee is more than capable of breaking through Wisconsin's defense! ”
Barkley and Kenny Smith both laughed, with Kenny Smith being the first to say, "Sorry, boy, you lost our bet." In fact, the reason is very simple, Lee is a smart person, he knows that the game needs to be solved by everyone, not him alone, so he is looking for a touch for his teammates. ”