Chapter 184: Half-time Draw
The five members of the Raiders responded in unison, and Hogist, who was sitting on the sidelines at the moment, actually had a bit of an iron-blooded leader. However, it was useless for Hoggist to play handsome in the coach's box, and the inexplicable substitutions of the two teams caused the audience to boo and boil public resentment.
The audience has watched so many NCAA games, and they have never seen the game for a few minutes, and when they are getting better, the two sides are pulling down the biggest stars on the team at the same time! What is this? Tacit ball? Do you throw in each other's votes? Or do they also feel that their opponents are too weak to win, so they remove their star players to save their strength and prepare for the semi-finals? Fools don't believe it! Their semi-final opponents, the champions of the Western Conference, the University of Arizona, are obviously a notch lower than these two teams, so there is no need to take a break for Arizona!
The audience couldn't understand the tactical intentions of the two teams, so the stadium was boiling for a while. Miller is also complaining about the audience. Downs was on the bench with an embarrassed face, but Hougist sat there with a big grin as if the crowd weren't booing him.
Hoggist asks everyone to speed up, but speed up is not the same as speed, the Rushers speed up not by sacrificing defensive quality and offensive rationality, they pay more attention to defensive quality, use high-pressure defense to force the opponent to make mistakes, and grab the transition to get easier and easier scoring opportunities.
The Kentucky army is overwhelmed, Turner can stop Cauley Stein, and Witherspoon can't stop Dhakari. Johnson, Dakari has a soft hand, and after entering the state of supergod, leaning on the hook of the defender is almost unstoppable, but Haugist has repeatedly emphasized that he wants outside players to help defend the inside, so McCaw, who took over the heavy responsibility of Haugist, did not dare to relax for a moment, and the moment he saw Andrew passing the ball to the inside, he directly contracted to the inside line to pinch Dhakari.
After all, Dakari is also a person who has entered the state of supergod, and his reaction is very quick, and when Andrew's passing parabola falls above his head, he directly stretches his arm, touches the ball with one hand, and turns the ball to Aaron, who was let go by McCaw in the bottom corner of the same side. What Takari didn't expect was that McCaw's reaction was not slow, and after seeing Dakari pluck the ball, he immediately stepped back and jumped up to intercept the ball in the air.
McCaw got the ball, the Raiders' "run" began, Vaughn rushed to the front line again, McCaw decisively got on the ball, Vaughn had experience this time, although he was one position ahead of Andrew, who was chasing the defense, but after receiving the ball, he advanced to the basket and did not rush to shoot, but stopped the ball and waited for a while.
Andrew, who was chasing the defense, jumped high and prepared to interfere with Vaughn's layup before he could think about it, but Vaughn was not keen on scoring the ball, but took the initiative to jump directly against Andrew, who was flying over, and although he successfully threw the ball out, he was also hit by Andrew.
The referee whistled for a foul on Andrew, but Vaughn's tossed ball fell into the basket. Luckily, after playing 2+1, the Raiders easily overtook the score. Downs smelled a little strange off the field, although Dakari is usually a little inferior, but entering the supergod mode should be much stronger than the ordinary state of other players, and the improvised dial just now is difficult to be predicted by the person who assists in the defense, McCaw can easily cut off the ball and launch a counterattack, is McCaw also in the supergod mode?
Downs is calculating the possibility of McCaw entering the supergod state, all signs indicate that McCaw's state is stronger than the average player, and he is very likely to have entered the supergod state, so he has to remind his teammates to be careful of McCaw's half-court shooting ability.
The Raiders were like a whirlwind, coming and going as fast as they could, and Vaughn's free throw had just been shot, and Turner and Witherspoon didn't mean to grab the rebound, so they turned around and ran back. By the time the ball went in, the Attackers had already retreated into the halfcourt.
When the Kentucky dribbled past half-court and the Raiders had already kept the backcourt airtight, Andrew once again passed the ball inside, and this time Dakari switched sides, asking for the ball low from Alex's side, cleverly avoiding McCaw's help defense. However, Dakari learned his lesson again when he received the ball and rolled over to hook his hand, his body was turned over, and the ball disappeared when he flicked his arm again.
Dimitri. Although Johnson is not as strong as the starters on the offensive end, he is no worse than everyone after Hougist's training. Hoggist's fast-playing whirlwind is very demanding defensively, not only does the offense require teammates to complete it in 24 seconds, but the defense also requires teammates to force the ball to change possession without fouls or mistakes within 24 seconds. With such high standards and strict requirements, combined with his own research and training methods, all the players of the Raiders team can now run tirelessly and actively, and the speed of rotation and positioning, supplemental defense, and co-defense is first-class, and the average college student who is used to playing 35 seconds of offensive time cannot adapt to their speed and frequency, which is also the main reason for their abuse of dishes.
Dimmit cut the ball and dribbled forward, and saw that Vaughn had begun to go down again, so he passed the ball directly to the frontcourt, but unfortunately Dimmit's pass distance was not very good, and it landed on the free throw line and bounced up and flew to the bottom line, Vaughn tried his best to catch up with the ball under the basket, but when he got the ball and braked the car, he had already come to the back of the rebound, coupled with Andrew's blocking, Vaughn completely lost the shooting angle.
Fortunately, the others responded in time, Vaughn crossed the half court and passed hard to McCaw, who had just crossed the halfway, McCaw shook off Aaron's defense with a quick stop, and made a three-point jump shot at the top of the arc of the center circle. He'll throw it in! ”
But Downs' warning was too late, and Aaron could only watch McCaw take a stroll of the wind and waves, and the ball drew a beautiful rainbow across the half-court with precision...... Smashed into the basket, the ball didn't go in as easily as Towns had envisioned and McCaw had planned. Looking at McCaw again, the chic demeanor when he shot was gone, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
Fortunately, the Raiders still have players who have serious things in mind, and just when everyone stopped to watch McCaw perform ultra-long-range shooting, Miles. Turner secretly made it inside, calculated the timing, jumped in the air before others, and caught the ball in one go. It was obviously a timeout that Kentucky took the initiative to apply, but the timeout came back but let UNLV steal one after another, forming a transition offense, and stretching the difference to 4 points.
"I didn't throw it in! It shouldn't be! Downs and McCaw have the same thoughts in their hearts, but Downs guesses that maybe McCaw's supergod mode is not very stable, and McCaw lamented that this ball is obviously already in a good rhythm, but unfortunately the shot seems to be slightly larger.
Aaron patted his chest in shock, this ball almost became the sinner of the team, it seems that this McCaw is not as strong as the legend! There are so many wonderful long-range three-point goals in the highlights, I don't know how hard it took to find them, right? Another man who lives in the highlights.
"Then do you dare to let me vote again?" McCaw asked.
"Huh? Wasn't it all my mental activity just now? How did you hear that? Aaron was taken aback.
Mai said angrily: "You are talking to yourself too loudly, it is difficult to hear it!" ”
"Am I really loud?" Aaron turned back to his teammates, and the teammates nodded their heads, and Aaron replied with some embarrassment, "What if I let you vote?" You can't make it! ”
"Then we'll see you in the next ball, I hope you don't coax it then!" McCaw said defiantly.
"As long as you're still here, I won't guard against you! Don't you dare to shoot! So far, Aaron has no choice but to take on the challenge.
"I'll go, you're still going to kick me up? Let's gamble! If you don't defend me, or if you don't prevent me, I throw in and give me $10, if you don't prevent me, I can't put in and I give you $10, if you don't guard me, I also put in, as a punishment for your dishonesty, you have to give me $100! McCaw suddenly suggested.
"Poor ghost, take out $10 to talk about things!" The Hudson brothers' parents are both Wall Street elites, and the family is not short of money, Aaron deliberately disdainful of McCaw in order to demoralize McCaw: "In this way, let's add another zero, in case you throw in I'll give you 100, and if you don't vote, you give me 100." But if you don't dare to shoot, then you have to give me 1000 to admit it! ”
"Then you have to give me 1000 if I shoot under your defense!" McCaw kindly reminded.
"Meaningless, 1000 is not enough for me to pay for a month's gas!" Aaron said unconcernedly.
The two even gave each other a high-five, rather formally. The Kentucky team continued to attack, eating a trench and growing wise, Dakari no longer attacked the basket, but went to the outside to block and cover for his teammates, Andrew held the ball and easily entered the interior with the cover, facing Witherspoon and Vaughn's bag, Andrew also dexterously gave the ball to Dakari who stayed in the high post after the cover, and Dakari received the ball and shot easily.
UNLV's backcourt serve pushed through the halfcourt, McCaw stopped outside the arc of the middle circle and asked Vaughn for the ball, Vaughn didn't want to give him the ball at first, and then McCaw was in a hurry, "Rashad, are you deliberately cheating me?" You actually joined forces with your opponent to cheat me on the $1,000. You're dead, I'm going to report to the captain! ”
"What am I cheating on you, we have played for a season, the boss has been emphasizing the rationality of the offense, and now it is not a big lead, you are so angry with the opponent and wasting offensive opportunities is expressly forbidden by the boss, and then you are so obsessed and do not come to your senses, I think you are dead."
But McCaw ignored Rassad's dissuasion, turned straight to the UNLV bench and waved his hand and shouted, "Boss! We've got a traitor in the middle! ”
It's a pity that Hougist is sitting leisurely on the bench and plucking his ears, and he doesn't mean to pay attention to McCaw at all. The audience members who sat closer to the sidelines laughed as they listened to McCaw's and Lashad arguments.
"Give me the ball, or I'll rob it!" McCaw yelled willfully.
"I won't give it!" Vaughn said that he went straight to the inside with the ball. How could Andrew let Vaughn break through so easily, he had already aimed at the two who were fighting for red faces, and when he saw Vaughn and McCaw falling out and preparing to break through by himself, he lowered his center of gravity and looked at the ball in Vaughn's hand. Vaughn only took a step before Andrew reached out and stabbed the ball away, and Vaughn, who lost his center of gravity, also fell to the ground.
"Fuc......" Vaughn only scolded half a sentence, and then heard McCaw's cheers behind him at the same time, Andrew poked the floor ball for nothing, McCaw picked up the ball that rolled towards him, and glanced at Aaron in front of him, Aaron took a few steps back and made a gesture of please, McCaw jumped up proudly and shot three points away again.
But unexpectedly, Aaron suddenly started and seemed to pounce on the block, McCaw was so frightened that he threw the ball out with a shake of his hand, and shouted in the air: "You are giving money!" ”
But Aaron only took a step and stopped, and shamelessly defended: "You can see clearly, I didn't guard against you, I'm still far away from you!" If you can't invest, you will pay obediently...... ......."
Before Aaron's words fell, he saw the audience stand up and cheer. Although I didn't hear the sound of the ball passing through the net, looking at the reaction of the spectators, the fool knew that this ultra-long three-pointer must have gone in.
Witnessing his ultra-long three-point shot that was scared out of his hand but hit it crookedly, McCaw crossed his waist and laughed triumphantly: "Hahahaha! $1,000 is not enough for your gas money, but $100 is enough for me to drive for two months! I'll ask you for money after the game, don't cheat! ”
Turner pulled up Vaughn and walked over to give McCaw a kick on the ass, "The three points let you shoot, and the money made you earn, can you play obediently now?" ”
"Yes, yes, I'll defend now!" Satisfied, McCaw ran back to the backcourt. And Downs witnessed all this off the court, and felt completely confused, McCaw didn't improve his state or had he entered the supergod state and was pretending to be stupid and teasing Aaron? Looking at their relaxed state, do you really feel that we are not their opponents? Our team has also won all the way, and the morale is not lower than yours, and you tease us like this, which will only stimulate our fighting spirit even more, don't you know that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated?
UNLV has always played in this joyful and peaceful style, and the serious Kentucky players felt that this was the biggest insult to them, and their faces became more and more ugly, and they played more and more desperately, but the score kept rising alternately, and no one was able to open up the difference in waves. In the end, the two teams ended the first half with a draw of 41.
This situation was what Downs wanted to see before the game, but now that the game is really going as he wants, Downs is not happy, and the reason why he is not happy is because the opponent is too happy. That's right, whether the UNLV players are ahead or behind, the face of the players will always be the same as "What a joy to play!" It was as if they had won the game. Kentucky has won more than 30 games in a row, but it is only in the locker room after the game that everyone has this mood and atmosphere. Why on earth are they so confident?