Seventy, the king
Li Wu's performative slam dunk blinded all of Wisconsin's teammates, and compared to the violent aesthetics displayed by this slam dunk, Li Wu's abundant physical display frustrated these boys even more, especially Kenig, who had been playing against Li Wu. He's been working hard to consume Li Wu!
Now Wisconsin's starters feel as uncomfortable as carrying a big sandbag on their backs every time they make a technical move, but Li Wu, who has been on the court longer and runs more than them, is still alive and kicking, and can even launch a highly performative dunk, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to morale!
Therefore, Coach Lane did not hesitate to opt for a timeout.
"Lads! Don't forget that we're still two points ahead! The game isn't over yet! Don't give up! There are still 3 minutes and 36 seconds left! We are able to maintain this advantage~! We can do it! Stay focused! Hit the success rate! Kaminsky! Be sure to watch the ball in your hand when you play the inside line! Kenig, even on the offensive end, you have to try to delay Lee! Don't let him go to the inside bag easily! Kaminsky! Coach Ryan yelled.
"Young man! See? See? We have a chance to make it to the Elite Top 8! I know you're tired! But I hope you hold on! Try to keep them off! Don't lose your defensive positions! On the offensive end..... Give the ball to Lee! Let Him and God make the choice! "Compared to Coach Ryan, Coach Smith can't think of any tactics at this moment, so he puts it more bluntly.
~~~~~~~~~~The whistle blew and the timeout ended, and the game resumed, Wisconsin's point guard Jassel advanced with the ball, and in the face of Maodore's defense, he calmly stood at the top of the arc to observe the situation.
At this time, Kaminsky came to the top of the arc to block and pick-and-roll, and Jassel immediately used Kaminsky's block to cut into the three-point line, and used his speed advantage to pass the bulky and tired Osetkowski and go straight to the basket.
After entering the paint area, he took a step, jumped high with all his strength, grabbed the basketball with both hands and flew towards the basket, if there was no accident, this not tall guard would come to a two-handed basket and dunk! Now Wisconsin needs this dunk to give Li Wu a color, after all, Li Wu almost broke Wisconsin's fighting spirit just now, if it wasn't for Coach Ryan's timely timeout, I'm afraid the balance of victory has tilted in favor of the Lions.
But just as he grabbed the basketball and flew towards the basket, a strong force slammed into the basketball in his hand, and the basketball slammed into the rebound and rebounded in the air.
The cheers resounded like a tsunami in the stadium, and Jassel couldn't hear what they were shouting, and could probably only hear the audience chanting LI.
The basketball flew high and then fell to the ground, and the exhausted Ossetkovsky used all his strength to jam Kaminsky, who was lighter than him, but he also struggled to jump in the course of the battle with Kaminsky. Hayes, a Wisconsin power forward on the side, quickly grabbed the ball and was about to rush to make up for the basket, but Li Wu, who had just landed, turned around and stood in the paint area to watch him.
Hayes, who is 203cm tall, saw Li Wu actually standing in place with the ball, and he hesitated, because he was afraid that he would be cut off or even blocked by Li Wu.
"Oh! Oh, God! Hayes was scared! He didn't dare to single Li, who was 16 centimeters shorter than him! My God! Barkley couldn't help but scream.
"Hey, man, when you were on the inside, many people who were 10 or 20 centimeters taller than you didn't dare to beat you alone!" Kenny Smith said with a smile.
"I've won the rebound! But this Chinese kid never grabs rebounds! Barkley laughed too, joking with his old partner.
At this time, the Lions' big forward Luke has made up the defense in place, Hayes can only pass the ball to Kaminsky, Kaminsky opposite Osettekowski's defense, still choose to hold the ball alone, Jassel only then recovered from the shock of being the top hat and ran to the outside, Li Wu completely gave up the defense of Jassel at this time, and instead went to cover Kaminsky.
"Why? Jassel is still a threat on the outside! Murphy was puzzled by Li Wu's choice.
"Nope! Not at all! This choice is exactly the right one! Barkley and Kenny Smith said in unison.
At this time, Kaminski, who was trapped, had already passed the ball to Jassel, who was standing on the outside, but Li Wu did not immediately go to pounce, but slowly walked from Kaminski's side to Jassel, who was holding the ball.
"What does that mean?" Murphy couldn't help but scream.
"Pressure in the heart! This Chinese kid is such a smart person! Kenny Smith praised.
"I agree with you, Kenny!" Barkley was also appreciative.
"We've got to take him! He's definitely the king on the defensive end! The Zen master's tone was unmistakable.
"Yes, sir, I agree." Fisher, who won the championship, was also surprised to see Li Wu's performance at this time, and was able to have such an accurate judgment of courage, which can only show that the defensive IQ of this Chinese child has caught up with the top defensive warriors in the league.
Faced with Li Wu's leisurely approach, Jassel did not choose to shoot immediately, but stood in place, as if in a daze, which made all the Chinese crowd boo, and even the Wisconsin fans turned against him.
"Shooting!!!!" A lot of the audience was shouting.
At this time, Li Wu suddenly accelerated and took two steps, and Jassel jumped and shot as if he had come back to his senses. Li Wuze, as if he had been prepared, didn't look at him when he jumped, ran towards the basket, and grabbed the rebound faster than Hayes when Ossetkovsky got stuck with Kaminsky.
Barkley and Kenny Smith both laughed at the sight.
"The result is the same as I thought, Jassel suffered a psychological impact after eating a top hat, so that he must have a lack of confidence to shoot immediately, coupled with Lee's contempt for him, it will only make his psychological imbalance worsen, so this empty shot is likely not to score!" Kenneth Smith said with a smile.
"It's not surprising, if you give me the same guy three times in a row, I don't look at him more when he picks up his fourth shot, because as a defender, the feeling of being defended is felt." Barkley said with a smile.
"Hayes and Jassel have lost confidence in the face of Lee! Although the Lions are still two points behind, but.... I have to say sorry to the Wisconsin fans, I think the Lions have won this game! As soon as Barkley finished speaking, Li Wu took advantage of Luke and Ossetkowski's double block at the top of the arc to score a three-pointer to rewrite the score to 78-77, and the Lions took a one-point lead.