In the Lions' locker room, Coach Smith has nothing left to say. He now understands his old colleague Mike Brown very well, because Mike Brown often has only one sentence when the Cavaliers set up their plays: give the ball to LeBron!

The tactic that Coach Smith can think of now is one sentence: give the ball to Lee.

I didn't like Mike Brown before, but now he has to do it himself.

But he decided to say something else: "Boys, for the sake of your brotherhood, for your family, do your best!" ”

Columbia's players are now eager to give it a try, putting their hands on each other's shoulders and cheering each other on.

After the warm-up, the live DJ began to introduce the starters in turn, and it was no surprise that when Li Wu came out, he was greeted with cheers that were several times higher than before, and the kind of sound that can only be heard on the football field appeared in a basketball game today, which is the charm of the NCAA.

When it was the turn of the Kentucky players to play, they were greeted with a tsunami of cheers, especially when their last starter, center Carl-Anthony Downs, came on the court, and he received no less cheers than Li Wu, who so far has not been outstanding in average data and has only played a little more than half a game, and is still the hottest favorite because of his talent.

The players of both sides took their respective positions after entering the stadium, and Li Wu still played as a shooting guard today, and his opponent was Lotto prediction player Devin Booker.

"Di~~~~~~~~~~~~" whistle, the game began, Towns easily scramble for the ball, Kentucky's starting point guard Andrew Harrison began to advance with the ball, and after halftime, Kentucky's big forward Willie Cauley-Stein ran to the top of the arc to make a cover for Andrew, allowing him to shake off Maodore's defense and rush directly to the inside, using a dashing European step to shake off the tall Luke and Osette Kowski for a layup, Kentucky led 2-0.

This attack only lasted ten seconds, and there was no pause from the moment Andrew got the ball, and it was done in one go, very smoothly.

Seeing this scene, O'Neal joked: "Is the inside line of this Lions made of plastic wrap?" Break with a single stab? This Andrew's layup is not sharp, right? ”

Barkley immediately said: "No, you're wrong, Shaq, it's not that it's not sharp, it's slow as a snail, I can guarantee that whoever makes a layup at this speed in front of me when I'm playing, I'll give him a big hat directly!" ”

At this time, the heart of the Lions attacked, Maodore passed the ball to Li Wu as soon as possible after the halftime, and the split Devin Booker immediately came up to defend alone, this white guard is 198 tall, the advantage is that the three-point shot is good, and the shooting feel is mixed, the basketball IQ is high, and the template given to him by the draft website is Klay Thompson and Gordon Haywood of the Jazz who suddenly broke out this year.

Booker opened his arms and stared at Li Wu, it seems that Kentucky's initial strategy was to let Booker defend Li Wu alone.

Seeing this, center Ossetkovsky ran to the top of the arc, intending to make a block for Li Wu, and the top favorite Downs immediately followed, and when Li Wu used Ossetkovsky's block to shake off Booker, Downs had successfully blocked Li Wu's path, and a pair of long arms were raised high, sealing the space for Li Wu to shoot.

The favourite's movement speed and positional sense are indeed better than any center Li Wu has ever encountered, and Wisconsin's Kaminski can't compare to Downs.

In the face of Downs's blocking, Li Wu did not choose to pass the ball, but broke through to the left side of Downs after a two-handed cross-dribble in the same place, and Li Wu quickly passed Downs under the advantage of one step start, and then directly put the ball away and began to step to the basket, he knew that the stepping layup in this position could at most run to a reasonable collision to the front position, but now that Downs was behind him, he thought that his layup speed could definitely exceed Downs's return speed, so although there was still a little distance from the basket, You can also finish the offense with a throw.

But Li Wu underestimated Downs' athleticism, and when Li Wu took the last jump throw, Downs also jumped high behind him, stretched out his arm, and touched Li Wu's detached basketball, poking the ball out of the bottom line.

Although this ball is not spectacular, there is no doubt that it is a successful block! This is the first time Li Wu has been capped.

The Kentucky fans began to cheer, the players began to high-five Downs in celebration, and Osette Kowski walked up to Li Wu and whispered: "This guy is not only fast, but also has a lot of strength, I just suffered a little when I was fighting him for position under the basket, you have to be careful." ”

Li Wu nodded.

"The timing of this Chinese boy's layup is not right! He should have taken two steps to shoot the ball so that he could hit the basket when he stepped to the basket, and there was no need to throw the ball out so early, and naturally he wouldn't get this block. O'Neill said.

"My friend, I thought you had watched him a lot of games, it seems that you didn't, don't you know that this young man has a weak ability to accelerate with the ball? His speed decreases after one step, and if Towns has already caught up with him after two more steps, it is impossible to let him go to the basket. Barkley laughed.

"Huh? Is that the case? I've only seen some of his highlights, obviously not knowing his weaknesses. If that's the case, I'm afraid this kid's rank won't be high, such a height can only be a vertex shooter in the NBA without acceleration with the ball, plus his defensive ability, he can be regarded as a 3D player, fortunately, there is no great guy this year, his rank can be around 10. O'Neill said.

As he spoke, the Lions sent the ball out, and Li Wu took advantage of the double cover of Luke and Ossetkowski to catch the ball, and then started a horizontal move to avoid the space of Downs' defense before jumping and shooting, hitting a three-pointer.

"Hah! I think his pick is between 6 and 8, 10 is a little lower, and the ability to start a direct jump shot in this step is still liked by many teams, especially with such a high shooting percentage. Barkley offered a different view.

While the two were talking, Kentucky's guard Andrew advanced with the ball and directly transferred the ball to Downs, who dribbled the ball twice and then turned around Osette Kowski to hit a ball with his upper arm to rewrite the score to 4-3, and Kentucky led by one point.

"Downs scoring on the inside is as easy as drinking water! That's talent! O'Neill said.