108. Hero Ball
Basketball is a sport that emphasizes teamwork, tactics, rotation, and tacit understanding are all important, but in any fierce tug-of-war, someone needs to stand up and play hero ball, if a team does not have a person who can stand up, under the high-intensity defense, the team is likely to lose the game.
Looking at all NBA playoff games, every team that wins the championship will inevitably have someone who stands up and plays hero ball.
Li Wu felt that now was the time for him to play hero ball.
He advanced to the Blue Devils' half with the ball, and then dribbled a few steps forward, and Odje and Matt immediately grabbed it for a high pack, but Li Wu was now two meters away from the three-point line, and their high post was about a meter outside the three-point line.
So they were still one meter away from Li Wu, and at this time, Li Wu didn't even look at the two of them, but directly shook his feet slightly, pushed with both hands, and threw the ball towards the basket.
A prairie three-point two meters away from the three-point line.
"Brush!" Basketball hollow into the net.
The "Boom ~~~~~~~~~~" stadium suddenly boiled, and the Chinese audience couldn't help but shout Li Wu's name: "Li Wu!" Li Wu! Li Wu! Li Wu! Li Wu! ”
Then Columbia Lions fans started shouting his name.
52 draws, the game is back to the starting point.
"It's a balloon! The Lions still have to find a way to attack, and they can't expect Lee to force a shot from two meters away from the three-point line. O'Neill said.
In the Blues' offensive round, Matt once again used his possession advantage to beat Jeff and helped the Blues regain the lead.
When it was the Lions' turn to attack, Li Wu once again forced a shot two meters from the top of the three-point line, and the ball went in again.
At 55-52, the Lions led by one point.
"Isn't this a balloon? So can he shoot from two meters away? This can be even more powerful than that guy in Curry! O'Neill said.
The strong rise of the Golden State Warriors this year is inseparable from Stephen Curry's strong three-point ability, but it doesn't seem to talk about him
Scored two shots in a row two meters away from the three-point line, Li Wu's move can be regarded as shocking.
"Oh~~~~~ this guy! That's amazing! In the box, Paul couldn't help but clap his hands and praise: "I actually scored two super long threes in a row!" I think JJ on our team is actually very good, but compared to him, it seems to be a little bit worse. ”
"Hey! Cameron, if I were a Zen master, I would definitely take him first, and this kind of three-point shooting ability can attract a lot of defense, so that with your scoring ability, you can go on a rampage in the opponent's box. James said he was very familiar with this kind of tactic.
Anthony spread his hands: "It's not what I say. ”
After Jones helped the Blue Devils get two copies, Li Wu entered the Blue Devils half court with the ball and began to be trapped, in this position, his Tang Men Da Loose Shot could not hit every shot, not to mention that there were two people who interfered with him, so he passed the ball to Chris who ran to the top of the arc to answer.
Chris took the ball and hit the basket head-on, Plumlee came to the front of the reasonable collision zone to block, and the center of the Lions Vos stood on the left side of the reasonable collision area, and Ogie who was transferred to the half court could no longer have time to defend to the basket, so Chris passed the ball to Voss, and Vos jumped sideways, holding the basketball with his upper arm and easily putting it into the frame.
At 57-56, the Lions led by one point.
At this time, only two minutes into the second half, Coach K asked for a timeout.
"Hah! Coach K's tactics were broken like this! Wade said a little incredulously.
"That's also something that can't be helped, no one can defend Lee alone, and he can also shoot super long threes, so that the people who wrap him can't return to defend in time, and they definitely can't stop the Lions who have a numerical advantage in the paint area." James said.
"I think Coach K's defensive system is a bit like the defensive system of the Golden State Warriors this year, and they also have a defensive player like Odjelai, who can move fast, have a strong lower body, and can play 3 or 4." Paul said.
"You're talking about Drummond Green!" Anthony said that he had always disliked this guy, in fact, he was not very talented, but he was very positive, and he especially liked to do dirty work.
"Yes, but Drummond is a lot tougher than Ogie, he can defend from the No. 1 to the No. 5 position, and he can be inside and outside on the offensive end, and I think he is the most important person in the Warriors besides Stephen." Paul said.
"I think Klay Thompson is more important, and when he and Curry are on the perimeter, we have to put a lot of energy on the perimeter, which gives someone like Green a chance to hit the perimeter." James said.
At the same time, Cousins sat in his box and shook his head: "Too bad! It's just so bad! If the Lions have half my level on the inside, the game is out of suspense, and when you have someone on your team who can shoot the basket from two meters beyond the three-point line, it means you can do anything inside! I feel like this kid is my Kobe Bryant, and I'm Shaq. ”
"Haha, my friend, I feel the same way as you, I think I should go back and talk to our uniform team about getting him." Davis also said.
Apparently, the two Duke alumni were already tempted by their theoretical enemies.
"Listen, boys, keep playing like this, if they choose to wrap Lee in the middle of the half, the people who are let go go to the top of the three-point line to catch the ball, and then hit the basket and give the ball to our center when the opposing center comes out to defend, and we can win this game because they can't play the whole game with two shots in the backcourt!"
Sure enough, after the timeout, Cook, who had blown up Maodore, went off the court and was replaced by substitute Rashid Solemon, who is taller than Cook, and can get 7.5 points, 2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in an average of about 19 minutes of playing time per game, and his scoring ability is still above Matt, and because Jones, the main point guard of the Blue Devils, is still on the court, Li Wu can only continue to defend the Blue Devils' backcourt double shots, after all, the effect of Rashid playing Jeff is the same as the effect of Matt playing Jeff.
However, the Blue Devils also added a tactic after the timeout, that is, the players on both sides of the defense returned to the basket early to make up for Vossworth's height of 216, and Rashid who was only 196 and Jones, who was only 185cm, could not prevent Voss from jumping from the reasonable collision zone to attack the basket, but they had a way to make Voss's shot fail because they could foul.
Then send Voss to the free-throw line.
The rules of the NCAA are different from those of the NBA, in order to allow players to strengthen their free throw skills, the NCAA implements the rule that the first free throw is the second free throw opportunity, so as long as one free throw is missed, then no point will be scored.
Voss shot 66 percent from the free-throw line, more than half, but not too high, so he only scored three points from the free throw line over the next three rounds, but the Blues managed to use the nimble movement of Matt, Rashid and Jones to make three shots, one of which was a three-pointer.
The score became 63-60, and the Blue Devils took a three-point lead, which was unexpected by Li Wu and Coach Smith, who actually reversed the disadvantage with a bench lineup, and after they took a three-point lead, they began to deliberately press the tempo, and when Voss missed the first goal again, they executed a 30-second attack, and finally Plumlee went down to score two points.
At this point, the second half had already gone 5 minutes and 46 seconds.
The whistle blew and the Blues called a timeout again.