Fifty-three, the defense wins

Wallace was right, Ossetkovsky couldn't last long, it wasn't all because of physical problems, the psychological blow was more uncomfortable for him than physical exertion, Kennedy was under his defense, omnipotent, and he, not only did not get points, but was robbed of a few frontcourt rebounds, which is a very sad thing for a big man with a height of 211 cm.

Although Coach Smith didn't criticize him too much, the frustration in his own heart was difficult to suppress, after all, in the Ivy League, he had never been completely beaten up!

"Coach, why don't we also use the wing players to cover Kennedy!" Li Wu suddenly spoke.

"Wing player bag? Lee, Kennedy is physically strong, he can get past any of our wing players. Coach Smith said.

Li Wu shook his head: "I don't think he can push me away." ”

Defensive assistant coach Adam immediately said, "That's right! Lee's bench press is strong! Kennedy though has good physical fitness and explosiveness! But with Ossetkovsky's suppression, there is definitely not enough Li Wu to push off Lee, with Lee's ability to steal the ball, maybe we can really restrain this big guy! ”

"If we choose to use a bag, it means we're going to empty a wing player." Coach Smith said.

Head Assistant Coach Derrick immediately said, "We can put small forward Justin!" He only shoots 30.4% from three-point range, and he's also a basket-punching player, but if we choose to pack Kennedy, the paint area is naturally full of people, and Luke in the short corner can enter the paint area at any time to help defend, so their success rate on the inside will be greatly reduced! And with more people, their pass success rate will decrease correspondingly, and Bliss's chances of hitting the basket will decrease. ”

"I'm going to do everything I can to disrupt all of their passes in the paint." Li Wu said.

Coach Smith was silent for a while, and in fact he understood that the Lions, who were in a tug-of-war, were in a passive position. Because there are four people in the North Carolina team who can score double-doubles, but there are only three in the Lions, plus Osette Kowski, who usually has 7 points and 5 boards, has now been scrapped.

So when Li Wu proposed to wrap Cornedy, Coach Smith began to seriously consider this possibility, thinking of Li Wu's bench press power of up to 220 kilograms, he agreed to Li Wu's suggestion.

"Put Justin out, and if he wants to hit the basket, Luke will immediately go back to the paint area and back to the room! Cohen, you go defend Marcus! ”

"Drip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

In the second half, North Carolina and the Lions did not make substitutions, and continued to use the main lineup to fight hard.

The Lions won the first ball of the second half, Li Wu was still strongly caught in the middle of the half, he immediately distributed the ball to Cohen who was in the open position, and then continued to run, as he ran to Osette Kowski, who was standing at the top of the arc, Li Wu keenly heard Justin's footsteps much heavier than in the first half.

For Li Wu, who is proficient in listening to the wind and distinguishing positions, this change is too obvious!

Justin's fitness has gone along! It even affected his movement speed! Li Wu quickly made a judgment, and then walked around Osettekowski, shook off the chasing Marcus, and after receiving Cohen's pass, Li Wu noticed that Tokto was rushing towards him, only to see Li Wu throw the ball and pass it to Maodore, who pulled up a jumper at the bottom corner three-point line without saying a word.

"Box!" Maodore's three-point shot hits the iron!

"Maodore wasted too many chances today." Murphy shook his head.

"Man, I know what's wrong with Maodore, he's nervous! In the Ivy League, there are not so many people watching him play, and whether he has the ball or not, as long as he stands on the half court in North Carolina, he will hear boos, which is too difficult for a child who has not experienced a big game. Jamison spoke sympathetically.

Kennedy, who didn't follow Ossetkovsky's pursuit at all, got the rebound and handed it to Marcus, who held the ball across the half court, stabilized the rhythm and immediately transferred the ball to Kennedy at the top of the arc, at this time Li Wu immediately rushed towards Kennedy for the first time, and put it at a 40-degree angle on his right, forming a 90-degree angle with Ossetkovsky who was stuck behind him, jamming the space where Kennedy turned on the right side and the ball.

Li Wu had already discovered that he was a right-handed all-player, and jamming his right side to prevent him from turning around and making a layup from the right side was the most efficient strategy to wrap up.

Cohen ran to the opposite side of Marcus as soon as possible, single-handedly defending the point guard.

Kennedy tried to push Li Wu away several times, but found that this Chinese kid who was about the same height as Marcus was surprisingly powerful, and his right space had been completely blocked, and he couldn't squeeze out a little space to make movements no matter how he moved.

The pressure on this kid is even higher than that of Ossetkovsky, who defends him from behind.

Kennedy averaged 1 assists per game. 1, with the ability to pass the ball, saw Cohen go to mark Marcus and immediately passed to the empty Justin, Justin stood on the wing, but did not jump and shoot, but held the ball to kill inside.

Seeing the choice of his teammates, Kennedy yelled and directly made a blocking and dismantling move, blocking Osette Kowski, who had a height advantage on the inside, and let go of Li Wu, who was clamping him, in his opinion, Li Wu, who was 16 cm shorter than him, after the 203cm tall Justin Jackson had layup space, he could not stop him from making a layup, so in the case of choosing one of the two, he chose to block Osette Kowski, who was more intimidating under the basket.

But Kennedy ignored a few things, first, Li Wu's strength is enough to compete with him as a big center, second, Justin, who is 203cm tall, weighs only 87 kilograms, which is 3 kilograms lighter than Li Wu, third, he doesn't know that Justin is now lacking in physical strength, and fourth, he ignores Li Wu's explosiveness.

Therefore, when Justin rushed into the interior with the ball and stepped to the basket, Li Wu stepped out of the reasonable collision zone, jumped straight up, and raised his right hand high, like a sudden column of water in front of Justin who made the layup.

Justin originally wanted to complete the perfect fire toss, he thought that Li was much shorter than himself and couldn't stop him from going to the basket, so when Li Wu appeared in front of him, it was too late to protect the ball!

"Smack!" Li Wu directly rewarded the 203cm Justin with a big hat in the case of vertical jumping.

"Oh! Oh, God! Murphy exclaimed in amazement: "How can you still have such a speed in vertical take-off?" And it's higher than Justin's step jump! ”

Wallace and Jamison were also amazed by Li Wu's bounce power, and there was no interface for a while, and the members of the coaching staff who were familiar with Li Wu were shocked in their hearts, only they knew: Li Wu, who only jumped 103cm on the spot, jumped higher this time! At least more than 110cm!