XIII. Embarrassment

The weight of 99 kilograms was a bit bulky for Cohen, who was only 193cm tall, but it didn't stop him from cutting into Princeton's box from the flank to deliver a powerful tomahawk slam.

At 37-42, the Colombian Lions were only five points behind.

Cohen is a relatively low-key and reserved person, and after completing the split, the qualified junior just gave a thumbs up to Li Wu, who got up from the ground, and then ran back to his own half.

But the audience at Columbia University on the sidelines was boiling again, and many Chinese students stood up to cheer and applaud Li Wu, one of whom was wearing a white knitted half-length cardigan, a Burberry backpack, and a Chinese girl with exquisite makeup, whispered to her boyfriend who was screaming hoarsely: "It's not Li Wu dunking, why are you so fierce?" ”

The boyfriend continued to applaud and said: "If there is no Li Wu's god-level steal, there would be no dunk, you look at him just now, he turned directly towards the penalty area and jumped to the top, just like a football player, and then reached out and cut off the ball passed into the basket by Princeton University, that jump, it was really fast and far!" This kind of physical talent is not something that ordinary people can do. ”

The girl nodded as if she didn't understand, and Barry in the commentary seat was now also explaining Li Wu's wonderful break just now: "It's in the short corner area again!" It's in the Short Corner again! This time he jumped diagonally onto Henry's route, and Henry made a striking-off pass! Speed is subject to change! I dare say that if it weren't for the long arms of this Chinese kid, even with such jumping power, he would still not be able to stop the ball! ”

Barry was right, Li Wu was indeed repeating his old tricks, he put his opponent in the short corner area, his eyes were fixed on Henry, he was confident that his mobility could give the opponent a step to receive the ball, so he did not take a tight defense.

When Henry chose to pass the ball to the inside line, Li Wu jumped sideways and rushed towards the route of the pass, because there was no run, he could only rely on the explosive power of his body to carry out this impact, so when the ball hit the ground, he was still some distance away from the ball, resulting in his own judgment error, according to his own plan, he should be able to ask and catch the ball, but only the ball not only changed direction, but also accelerated, only his fingers could touch the ball.

If it weren't for the coordination and reflexes he had trained in a Chinese restaurant over the past year, he wouldn't have been able to use the strength of his fingers to pull the ball into the air, in fact, he also saw Kyle's position, so he moved the ball in which direction.

This steal, Li Wu exerted his explosiveness, judgment, and physical coordination to the limit, which once again made Barry feel that Li Wu was lucky, but Murphy thought so: "Luck can't befall a person twice in a row, in my time, there was also a very smart Chinese player, I was often played by him in the paint area, I think this Chinese kid should also be a smart guy." ”

At this time, the focus on the field was once again focused on Li Wu, at this time Li Wu raised his hand to signal that he wanted to pause, and then pointed to his shoes helplessly. It turned out that Li Wu's right foot had cracked along the front side, causing the shoe sheet and the front top heel sole to be completely detached and turned into an open-mouth shoe.

Of course, the game could not be continued under such circumstances, but Coach Smith was reluctant to replace Li Wu, who played a miracle as soon as he came on the court, so he applied for a tactical timeout.

These shoes were specially bought by Li Wu on the day he entered the basketball team. Now he is not a boxing champion worth more than 100 million, but a poor student, so he bought a pair of relatively cheap MIDame series of Adirance basketball shoes, but he didn't expect that under Li Wu's force, these shoes were broken.

Broken shoes during basketball games are not a new thing in the NBA and NCAA arenas, especially for the following players who like to stop and change direction, breaking shoes is commonplace, which does not mean that the quality of the shoes is not good, so the commentators Barry and Murphy are not surprised, but Li Wu has trouble on this issue.

All he had was a pair of sneakers.

"What size shoes do you wear?" Coach Smith asked Li Wu.

"Sir, I'm wearing standard size 45 shoes." Li Wu replied.

The team members who had a few spare pairs of shoes looked at each other, obviously none of them had the same size as Li Wu, and Kyle, Steven, Knight, and Patty, who were similar in height to Li Wu, had shoes of 43, 44, 46, and 47 sizes, but not 45 sizes.

This left everyone at a loss, "Why don't I wear a 46 or 44 shoe?" Li Wu proposed.

Chief assistant coach Derek immediately objected: "No, it's easy to hurt your ankle if you don't fit the shoe size and foot, and we can't afford to lose you as a 3D player." ”

At this time, several Chinese students sitting in the stands closest to the bench quickly took off their shoes, waved at Li Wu and Coach Smith, and shouted in English with a Chinese accent:

"Hey! Coach, I happen to have size 45 shoes today, Chinese brand, Anta! ”

"Mine! Mine, Nike's! ”

"What are you doing? Nike's running shoes are also taken out to make trouble! Wear mine, the Li Ning brand pursuit men's shock-absorbing high-top basketball professional competition shoes bought in China only cost 159 yuan, but they are very durable and guaranteed not to be rotten! A man with a northeastern accent called out in Chinese as he waved his pink high-top basketball shoes.

Li Wu saw that the pink Li Ning shoes were the latest, so he stretched out his hand to the man, the man grinned, threw the shoes to Li Wu, and Li Wu thanked several other enthusiastic reporters in Chinese and changed into shoes.

This scene happened to be captured by an ESPN3 photographer, and the commentator Barry said with a smile: "Although NCAA players are strictly forbidden to commercial activities, I think the manufacturer of this pair of pink shoes with a logo similar to Nike should privately give some money to this Chinese kid, and he helped advertise the shoes." ”

Murphy also smiled and said, "I hope these pink shoes can support this young man to fly close to the ground like a paint sprayer." ”

Li Wu doesn't know much about shoes, after all, boxing in the ring is barefoot, and after wearing Li Ning shoes, it feels a little different from that pair of Adidas, but it generally feels good.

After seeing Li Wu change his shoes, Smith once again emphasized to the players to end the offense, and then handed it to Li Wu to let the players play again.

After a whistle, the game continued. This time, Ben dribbled over half court and passed the ball directly to Cook, who was no longer on Li Wu's side, and asked Cook to handle the ball, obviously he was afraid that Li Wuxiang would make another incredible steal.

Cook took advantage of Balasser's pick-and-roll in the corner area to avoid Cohen, who was defending himself, to get to the free-throw line and score on a jumper before Luke, who was saved from the inside, could put Princeton up a seven-point lead.

37 to 44.