Hoggist sweated on the treadmill, only then did he feel that his limbs were clear and smooth, and he went back to his room to take a shower, just in time for the assembly and departure, and the whole team rode to the arena in a relaxed and happy atmosphere, and when he arrived at the stadium, the Duke players took a shower and packed up and were about to leave.

Okafor and Winslow saw that Hougist and the others took the initiative to come up to say hello, and everyone exchanged a few words of greeting, which was nothing more than cheering each other on, Hoggist saw Okafor, remembered Downs's earnest entrustment, and always wanted to laugh, but it was too rude to laugh so inexplicably in front of others, so Haugist almost choked internal injuries.

When the Raiders changed their equipment and came to the court to warm up and shoot, the players of the University of Arizona were already sweating, seeing that UNLV was so light, their mentality was naturally similar to that of Kentucky, and everyone was gearing up to make UNLV who couldn't look down on him pay the price, but there were still people at the University of Arizona who were more sober-minded. Hollis Jefferson is well aware that when the U.S. team participates in the World Series, it will meet many opponents who can win by a big score. Isn't it that as a peer and a fellow NCAA player, the level must be about the same, isn't Arizona also able to take some weaker colleges lightly?

Seeing Hollis Jefferson standing there in a daze, Hougist walked to the opponent's half court with the disdainful gaze of the entire Arizona team, and patted Hollis Jefferson on the shoulder, "Old man, I didn't expect you to lead the team to the national semi-finals!" ”

Hollis Jefferson came back to his senses and high-fived and hugged Haugist, "I didn't expect that after two years of mixing with you, my strength could be so strong!" ”

"You started by defense before you learned offense from me, you have defense as a foundation for survival, plus the accurate projection I developed, of course it's easier to carry both offense and defense!" Hogist said politely.

"It's a pity that our road to promotion has come to an end here." Hollis Jefferson looked down and sighed.

"The top 4 are already very powerful, maybe you can use your excellent performance in these games to improve the order to the lotto zone!" Hoggist starred in the comforting voice. His tone was so natural, as if the game was over and he had won. Several Arizona players around him couldn't suppress their anger when they heard Hougist's "swaggering" comfort, and wanted to come up and reason with Hogist.

But Hollis Jefferson himself had no objection to Hoogist's words, and said with some gratitude: "I hope so!" But I'm in the opposite position with you today, don't be ruthless! lest I don't perform well and fall down again. ”

"It's easy to say, we've been teammates for two years, and I definitely can't stop your future! You know my rules, the more fierce the resistance, the more energetic I fight, and the more ugly the scene will be, so you just don't resist too hard! ”

As soon as these words came out, several other Arizona team members couldn't hold back the anger in their hearts. Ashley stepped forward and pushed Haugist away, "Who do you think you are!" Before the game is played, he claims to be the winner, and he is not afraid of losing face if the cowhide is blown up? ”

Horgist greeted his old teammates, but he didn't expect the half-joking language of the two to cause dissatisfaction among his teammates in Arizona, and Horgist hurriedly raised his hands and signaled: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you, I mean everyone present...... Anyway, forget it, maybe I can't blame you, maybe you don't usually watch me play, so you misunderstood me, in fact, everyone who has played with me knows that I am not a bluff person. ”

What kind of apology is this? Everyone in Arizona got angry when they heard this, we misunderstood that you weren't bragging? So you're really winning us? Where can these hairy young men under 20 stand such verbal stimulation, and they are about to beat Haugist with their arms and sleeves.

Hollis Jefferson hurriedly stopped them, and Hougist spread his hands: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand my strength, don't you understand it after the game?" Why did you hit me? You beat me up, I'm all banned, and it's not us who wins? ”

The Arizona crowd calmed down a little after listening to Howgist's words, but Brandon. Ashley still coldly threatened: "You are simply too arrogant! Be careful when you play later! ”

"You guys are so boring!" Hogist reluctantly returned to his own half. Brandon. Ashley angrily asked Hollis-Jefferson, who had been holding everyone back, and Stanley, who was standing silent. Johnson, "You two are the best players on the team, how did you both end up dumb in front of that bastard?" Soft bones! ”

Other players have also come out to blame Hollis Jefferson and Stanley. Johnson, Hollis-Jefferson said with a wry smile: "That's because we've played against him and know he's really that good. ”

"To put it bluntly, you guys are too cowardly! I came to defend him in today's game, and I don't believe that I completely gave up attacking, and 200% defensive enthusiasm can't limit his play! Ashley said confidently.

McConnell and others also stood up to support him, Hollis Jefferson and Stanley were speechless, only a thousand tears, these teammates were too naïve to suffer tonight!

Hogist fled back to the bench from the Arizona half, and his teammates instantly surrounded him, and McCaw praised admiringly: "Boss, what I admire you today is a five-body throw!" Dare to go alone and go to the opposite side of a whole team! This spirit of 'although tens of millions of people go to me' is worth learning from in the competition! ”

"Don't blow it up, it's really bad luck, I'm just going to chat with my old teammates, who knows which sentence touched their G-spot, offended the anger of their whole team, and almost got beaten!" Hogist sighed.

"Boss, we see that they surround you, our hearts are hanging in our throats, see that you can still talk and laugh, so calm, we are relieved!" Turner also came out to praise Hoogist.

"Oh, that's not right! You see that I'm worried and don't come up to help? How did I bring out such an indifferent group of your teammates? Only then did Hoggist react, his life was on the verge just now, and he forgot for a moment the fact that there seemed to be no teammates coming to "rescue" just now.

"Boss, you have wronged us greatly, you have so many tricks and tricks, we thought that this was some kind of conspiracy you made, aren't you afraid of ruining your big thing." McCaw quibbled.

"You guys are also making excuses, anyway, the opponent will be ruthless in the game later, I have been targeted by all kinds of targets on the field all year round, and I have long been used to it, but you guys, ask for more blessings!" Hougist also scared McCaw.

The "fierce rhetoric" between the two made everyone laugh, and the pre-game atmosphere of the Raiders returned to jubilation.

At the beginning of the game, UNLV blew the trumpet, and after Turner won the jump ball, it was directly attacked by Hougist. The 6-foot-9-inch Ashley, like most people before him, tried to use his height to interfere with Hougist's shot, Hougist's advantage in the face of short opponents was an inch long and an inch strong, but in the face of tall players, his advantage became an inch small and an inch clever, Ashley simply couldn't keep up with Hougist's flexible rhythm, and was shaken off by Hougist's three consecutive hits and three 3-pointers at the beginning of the game to easily open up the difference.

Since Ashley was looking for trouble with Hougist, Hougist naturally sold his favor and didn't defend Hollis Jefferson, and Hollis Jefferson and Stanley. Johnson was of similar strength to McCaw and others, and played a wonderful performance on the offensive end, Stanley successfully scored 2 points on a breakthrough, and Hollis Jefferson also hit a difficult jumper to score 3 points.

Ashley saw that the opponent did not seem to be as terrible as his teammates described him, and he was even more energetic, and he worked harder to defend Hougist. But Haugist is very witty, he knows very well that sometimes the opponent's enthusiasm is also a double-edged sword, defense needs positivity, but it also needs to be calm, the balance of these two elements is difficult to grasp, a player like Ashley who is too positive, I am afraid that he has already lost his calm judgment, but is the easiest to shake.

Hougist is constantly dribbling the ball in the same place under his crotch and behind his back, while changing the rhythm and center of gravity as he pleases, and Ashley is like a child who is at a loss, silly following Hoggist's movements and changing defensive positions in small steps. Hoggist saw Ashley's increasingly messy pace, and felt that the time was almost ripe, so he increased the range of action, and constantly used a large dribble to change direction and stop and retreat to play Ashley, and a few times he had obviously cleaned Ashley, but he did not continue to break through to the inside, but retreated to the three-point line and waited for Ashley to return to the defense in place. With 17 seconds left and six seconds left in the 24-second offensive time he had set for the Raiders, Haugie Stra shook the ball past Ashley and accelerated forward. Ashley's center of gravity was already in disarray, and seeing that Haugist was finally going to break through to the inside, he breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to defend closely.

But Hoggist was not so kind-hearted, suddenly stopped and retreated suddenly after two steps, this time Ashley really couldn't keep up, and wanted to give up, but seeing the annoying smile on Hoggist's face, remembering his provocative words before the game, Ashley forced himself to keep up! But I wanted to keep up, but my body couldn't react, Ashley's left foot sliding to the inside line had not stopped, but his right foot was going to forcibly change direction to chase out the outside line, and then there was a clear "click".

Haugist hit a three-pointer straight after the step, which he heard in the air, and when he landed the ball in, Ashley lay on his side in pain, his hands tightly covering his left ankle.

The referee stopped the game, and the team doctor hurriedly came up to check Ashley's injury, and after a short examination, the team doctor signaled the stretcher bed to enter the field, and several people firmly fixed Ashley on the stretcher, and then lifted the stretcher to fix it on the flat car, and pulled it away directly by ambulance.

After sending Ashley away, the team doctor informed Coach Miller in Arizona that Ashley had a severe hematoma in his left ankle, and it was currently impossible to determine whether it was a torn ligament or a fracture, and needed to go to the hospital for an MRI to further confirm the diagnosis. The news spread quickly among the audience, and many reporters on the scene quickly sent titters scrambling to report the breaking news, and Hougist shook Ashley's ankle!

It's terrible, it turns out that what Hollis Jefferson said is true, and Hoggist is not a light enemy, but there is too much difference in our strength! No wonder Hollis Jefferson is begging Hoggist not to beat him too badly and affect the draft pick! The Arizona players were still apprehensive when they remembered the previous argument, and they began to think about whether they had verbally bumped into Hoggist before the game.

From the high morale of Arizona's full force just now, Hougist only needed a magnificent breakthrough to make the accusations just made Hollis Jefferson and Stanley . Johnson's cowardly everybody has become cautious and submissive, and now it's the much-criticized Hollis Jefferson and Stanley on the court. Johnson single-handedly took on the responsibility of scoring for the team.

Although Ashley was sent straight to the hospital by Hoggist, Hoggist did not turn to defend Hollis Jefferson or Stanley. Johnson, instead ran to continue the defense and substituted power forward Leigh. Anderson, although he has the same name and surname as an NBA star, but Arizona's Leanderson is a black man, and he is a black and hard, he tried to hit Haugist on the inside many times after he came on the court to consume his physical strength, but he was always pushed farther and farther away, and every time he could only shoot close to the three-point line, the shooting rate was naturally miserable.

The first half was played between Hollis Jefferson and Stanley. Arizona finally scored 20 points thanks to Johnson's efforts, but the Arizona team as a whole did not score as much as Hoggist, who scored 24 points on 10 outside shots in the first half, hitting eight three-pointers, and no one dared to get within reach of Hougist on the defensive end since Ashley's ankle was terminated by him.

From Ashley's standpoint, the two teams seem to be playing their own rhythms, with the Raiders working their daily 100 points and Arizona fighting for their own 50 points per game. In the second half, Hoggist made two more three-pointers and the difference widened to 30 points, and Hougist happily left the break. And until the end of the game, the difference did not return to within 30 points, and finally UNLV slaughtered Arizona 101-59 and advanced to the finals.

In terms of statistics, Arizona's Hollis Jefferson had 23 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks on 9-of-19 shooting. Stanley. Johnson also scored 25 points, and the two of them contributed almost all of Arizona's points.

The final score of UNLV Hogist was fixed at 30 points, McCaw also brushed the score to 30 points after Hougist's departure, and Turner was still obsessed with grabbing rebounds, and 24 rebounds was also his new high in the knockout stage.