Chapter 143
Hogist looked at his confused teammates around him, clapped his hands and encouraged: "Downs and Okafor, we defend normally, if you can't prevent it, give them points, don't foul!" Let's go back and score three points! They played three, and we just had to return two three-pointers. It's okay if you don't make it once in a while, we still have a lead of more than 20 points! ”
Everyone Jiang Xinjiang nodded suspiciously, ready to defend against this wave of attacks from the Eastern High School stars. Downs was in the high post with the ball in the field, and the more nimble Siakam was in charge of marking him in the West; Turner, on the other hand, continued to play back in the low post against Okafor.
With Okafor pinning down Turner in the low post, Downs will have an easier time facing defenders like Siakam. Downs leaned on Siakam with his back at the free-throw line, then used the reaction force of the physical contact to turn over and shoot a jumper to shoot an easy 2-point shot over Siakam's head.
Hougist dribbled and attacked, but was caught just after halftime, and Russell and Booker pounced fiercely in front of Haugist, interfering with his dribbling.
With the midfield line behind him, there was no way back, but Hoggist knew that someone would miss someone, so he made a desperate bet and jumped high with the ball in search of the defender who had been let go by Booker. Moodier stood at the top of the arc waiting to meet Haugist, who was already arm length taller than Russell and Booker, and easily found the gap to pass the ball to Moodier after jumping.
In Haugist's opinion, this empty three-point opportunity was simply the opponent's giving away points for nothing, but the meat that was sent to his mouth was spit out by Moodier, and his three-point points were actually inaccurate and directly bounced out of the basket. Towns grabbed the rebound and threw it directly to Russell, who was fast, Russell and Booker were already in front of Haugist, and of course Hoggist would not sit idly by when the two of them were about to go down, but the opponent had the advantage in numbers, Russell went to the left side to break through to the basket, but Booker ran outside the three-point line on the right side.
Even if Haugist is strong, he is not skilled, he can only block Russell who rushed into the interior for this ball, Russell naturally knows that he has no chance to shoot under the defensive shroud of Haugist, fortunately, Booker responds outside the three-point line on the weak side, Russell is very deep, pretending to make a strong layup, but throws the ball to Booker from behind the basket.
Horgist had long expected Russell to have this hand, so his right hand has been ambushing near Russell's passing route, and as soon as Russell came out of the ball, Horgist's right hand stretched out to interfere and poked the ball directly out of the bottom line.
Hoghist shook his head and said, "You guys should obediently fight the positional battle and attack the inside line!" This level of fast break just wants to score on my head, don't dream! ”
Russell and Booker didn't refute, they didn't have anything to say, what Hoggist said was the truth, and they did feel deeply powerless in front of Hoggist's defense. However, they can't do anything about Hougist's defense, but the Western high school stars are also helpless against the attack power of Downs and Okafor, this baseline ball Russell passed directly to the low-post Downs, Downs received the ball and hit Siakam directly, Siakam is Downs' opponent, and Downs has hit the basket under the defeat.
Seeing this, Turner hurried up to help defend, but Downs threw the ball high, the ball crossed the basket, and Okafor on the other side strongly provoked both hands to catch the ball and score a violent dunk.
The collaboration between Downs and Okafor is getting better, and the audience is gradually attracted by the wonderful performance of the two of them, and the cheers on the sidelines are gradually getting louder. The two tasted the sweetness of joining forces and strengthened their belief in cooperation.
"My pot! Such a simple empty three-point was actually lost by me! Moodier said reproachfully.
Hoggist patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "It's okay, everything is still in plan!" Now you control the ball, I'll take care of the attack! ”
"Okay!" Moodier nodded, took the ball from Turner, and rushed forward.
"Slow down!" Seeing that Moodier was in such a hurry, Haugist quickly stopped him, "We're ahead!" Pressure the rhythm, dear! ”
Moodier slowed down, slowly moved through the midfield, and dribbled at the top of the arc to press the rhythm. Hougist stood in the bottom corner and prepared to run. Moodier pressed to the top of the arc when there were 10 seconds left to cover him, and the rest of the group also moved, Moodier bypassed the cover and found that the inside gate was open, and rushed in with a brain fever, but when Moodier was already jumping in the air, he found himself in the encirclement of Downs and Okafor. Under the joint block of the two, Moodier's angle was locked whether he was out of the ball or shooting.
Moodier went astray and was cornered, and in a desperate situation, he struck the ball through his crotch and slammed it backwards, leaving it to fate!
When Moodier broke through through with cover, Haugist had already run out of space on the wing, and he thought that the most reasonable choice for this ball was of course to give him the ball to shoot three points, but unfortunately not all point guards had the overall situation and good vision like Haugist, so Haugist had to cut inside to meet Moodier.
Haugist's judgment was very accurate, Moodier really embarked on this road of no return, fortunately he was a little witty, and it was rare to be able to pass the ball like this! Hoggist reached out to intercept the ball before everyone else, twisted to the limit, and threw a jump shot in a sideways backward position, and the timer returned to zero at the moment the ball was shot. Fortunately, the referee raised his hand to signal that the two-point shot was effective, and the audience and the players on the court watched the ball thrown in order to grab time turned into a rainbow in the air and drilled into the basket.
"Awesome! I'll give you a capital suit! Moodier patted his chest after he landed, "I'm scared to death, I thought I was going to make a mistake to give them a fast attack gift this time!" ”
Haugist's big hand slapped on Moodier, "There are those two guys on the opposite side of the inner line, I don't dare to break through easily, you are quite bold, you dare to break in?" You're not going undercover, are you? ”
"Don't blame me! I'm still wondering, I just got around the cover and saw that the basket was empty, who knows where they came from? Moodier hurriedly explained.
"They see that you only have the basket in your eyes, and they know that you can't pass the ball when you break through! There's not much time left, so of course it's time to let go of the others to cover you! Hoggist looked helpless, "Your expression of attacking the basket is all written on your face!" I fixed this problem when I was a sophomore in high school! ”
The morale of the Eastern team was not disturbed by the fairy ball of Hoggist, and he still came to the front court full of energy, Russell also hid in the bottom corner after passing the ball to Downs, and also hid in the bottom corner waiting for the run, his hand was much smarter than Haugist, Russell pulled the bottom corner, which can contain the best Hoggist on the outside and provide the most offensive space for the other four teammates.
Downs forced Siakam, and Siakam reluctantly followed Downs. Downs saw that Siakam was following so closely, and took two steps to hang him directly and threw him strongly, Siakam hurriedly dodged back, stumbling and almost falling to the ground, which was able to avoid Downs's foul, but Downs scored again easily without Siakam's interference.
"Hat the F......" Turner almost scolded.
"Don't worry, I can't guarantee that the ball will be hit, they must not be able to, just do your best to defend, don't blame your teammates!" Hogist hurriedly comforted.
"I don't want to watch my opponent go wild on my turf, to be honest, Hogist, if you can crack the unsolvable attack of the two of them and prove your superior strength, I will go to UNLV with you even if I don't take a scholarship and pay for it!" Turner popped up with this sentence.
Hoggist scratched his head, "Aren't you embarrassing me?" No matter how amazing I am, I can't let you deal with the two of them alone! Besides, even if I really have a way, do we really have to shatter their last hope of chasing points? We have no grievances with them, do you really want to let them fail miserably? ”
"But I see them raging on the inside line so unscrupulously, and I feel really unhappy, you have to let me vent, right?"
"Hmm...... Now it's still Okafor defending you, it's easier to do, you cover me and go down faster, I'll try to attract Downs' defense after passing Okafor, and the rest is up to you! ”
"Sounds good, just watch my performance!" Turner threw an excited fist and sent the ball to Hougist.
Hougist received the ball and shouted at his teammates: "Let's rock and roll!" ”
Let's swing together! This is not Wang Feng's lyrics, nor is it a whim of Hougist who wants to cheer everyone up, this is the code word agreed between Hougist and his teammates, generally each team has its own tactical code word, because when organizing defenders on the field to shout tactics to teammates, it is impossible to shout out the real tactical intent, so that the opponent can also hear your next tactical intent, so what's the point? Therefore, team coaches like to make up some smooth phrases to replace tactical names, and some coaches directly add serial numbers to tactics in order to save trouble.
The phrase "rock and roll" and "pick and roll" have a similar structure, so Hoggist added this phrase to his playbook when he was in high school, and whenever he switched from other tactics to pick-and-roll, he always liked to shout "Let's swing together!" ”
Hoggist dribbled to the front court and started calling for pick-and-rolls two steps from the three-point line. Turner happily ran up and blocked Russell solidly, and Horgist cut through Turner's back and sprinted forward, and Turner abandoned Russell and went inside.
Okafor, who defended Turner, didn't follow too closely, after all, two steps outside the three-point line was too far, and this kind of blocking and pick-and-roll could easily be passed by two people at a time. But Okafor, who was one step away from defending Hougist at the three-point line, was still played by Hougist, and Hougist shook Okafor with a bye on the three-point line, after all, Hougist's shooting was too accurate, and they didn't dare to have the slightest carelessness. In fact, Hoggist doesn't have to shake Okafor, he doesn't jump Haugist's worship can become a real shot in an instant.
Hoggist shook Okafor and didn't hesitate to go straight inside with a short body, and Turner followed in from Okafor. Hougist went straight to the basket and started to make a layup, Downs came from the side to block Hougist's shot, but Hougist magically passed the ball around Downs' waist and you want to and I to Turner, who followed up.
Turner pulled up again and dunked, and Okafor behind him chased back and tried to block, waving his long arm but pounced, but fortunately, Okafor did not pay for the foul this time.
“Ho dare you do this again!” With the cheers of the audience, Hougist roared and pushed Turner, and he was implicated with Downs and was blocked by Turner together!
"Don't be angry! This ball has to be made by me quickly, otherwise it will be blocked by Okafor! Turner explained.
"After you play like this, all the opponents I defeat will want to be teammates with me!" Hoggist sighed helplessly.
Turner looked puzzled and asked, "Why is that?" ”
"Isn't that obvious! Being a teammate with Hogist, there are more opportunities to block him than being an opponent with him, and those who want revenge are teammates with him! Moodier explained.
"How can you brag about yourself like this! It's so shameless! Turner laughed and ran away.
Okafor's block air made him feel a little embarrassed, and on the offensive end he was more aggressive in grabbing the basket position, which finally allowed him to squeeze Turner out of the way and get the favorable terrain. Russell dribbled over, directly saw Okafor grab another opportunity, directly hoisted the ball to the basket, Okafor received the ball and turned over to hook shot, because the hook shot arc is very high, unless the defender is much taller, it can only be a fool's dream to block.
Turner jumped up and tried his best to interfere with Okafor's shot, Okafor missed the hook shot under Turner's interference, but Downs jumped out of nowhere, grabbed the ball with one hand with his long arm high, and pressed the ball into the basket between Siakam and Turner.
This time, the cheers of the audience are even louder, you dunk on my head, I have to return a dunk on the spot, so that the head-to-head duel of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is the picture that the audience is most looking forward to, Downs has responded to Turner's dunk, and then it will be up to Turner to see if there are any new actions to respond.
He was very happy to see Hoggist, and reached out to stroke Turner's small hair and said, "Haha, retribution!" This is the Present World Newspaper! Who asked you to suck me twice tonight! You deserve to be slacked by the Downs! Downs, thank you! ”
Howgist said that he actually waved his hand to Downs in the distance to thank him, and Downs heard Howgist's words from a distance, and scolded helplessly: "Is this person sick!" ”
Turner looked at Hoggist depressedly, "I don't care, I'm a person who wants to save face, it's okay to be separated by someone, you have to help me return this time, otherwise I won't join UNLV!" ”
"You're really interesting, you always threaten me with joining UNLV, you know, it's not that I'm begging you to join, but I'm giving you a chance to step on Downs Okafor to become an NCAA champion in your freshman year!"