Chapter 59 – NCAA Finals 5
"In that case, let's show the University of Memphis at the beginning of the second half that we're strong and tell them that the victory belongs to us at Stanford." Coach Trent Johnson also had a rare burst of enthusiasm and took the lead in shouting.
"The victory belongs to us at Stanford." After everyone in Stanford shouted together, they only felt that the momentum was extremely high.
Compared to Stanford's side, the University of Memphis locker room was gloomy, and Coach Calipari looked at Derek, who was sitting on the bench panting, drinking energy drinks, and sweating. Rose, who hates Coach Trent Johnson to death, who would have thought that he would actually send Li Yao on the bench and push his own team to a dead end in one fell swoop.
'Coach, I'm going to take more responsibility in the second half and I'll give Derrick plenty of rest.' C.D. Roberts stepped up at this time, and as the Memphis Gemini, he had to take the initiative to take responsibility at this time.
"Roberts, thank you for your hard work." Derek. Ross didn't want to leave C.D. Roberts alone, but he was too tired.
"We're all brothers, I'm part of the team, I can't let you be in the limelight alone, right?" C.D. Roberts grinned and joked.
"Good brother." Derek. Rose reached out and C.D. Roberts high-fived each other, and there were some things that needed not to be said more.
Coach Calipari wanted to say something, but when he saw the expressions of his disciples, he knew that there was nothing to do with him at this time, and what else did his disciples need to guide themselves at this time? No, everything else depends on God's arrangement.
"Okay, boys, we've come to this day step by step, don't think about the ending, show all your strength in the second half, let's fight to the death with Stanford University." Coach Kalipari looked at his disciple's full of fighting spirit, and his blood was also boiling.
After the halftime break, the two sides are finally going to enter the decisive battle of the second half.
At this time, after the halftime break, Rose's physical storage and distribution have also recovered a little, and the breakthrough has become sharp again, and there is nothing to be done about Rose's breakthrough.
After all, although Li Yao is the steal king of this year's NCAA, to be honest, Li Yao is always a little powerless when defending star players, and Li Yao is determined to strengthen his defensive ability before the draft.
Derek who relied on the breakthrough to attract the defensive formation. Rose didn't hesitate to pass the ball after seeing C.D. Roberts waiting for him to run out of space.
And C.D. Roberts received the ball without any adjustment, and directly pulled out his jump shot outside the three-point line, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc, and fell steadily into the basket with a "boom".
“yes。” C.D. Roberts shook his fist excitedly after the goal, and as he said, he had to step up in the second half.
Derek. Rose also ran up to high-five C.D. Roberts in celebration, after all, if he wants to win the game alone, he can't do it alone, and his good brother must stand up.
Watching the Memphis twins fire first in the second half, Li Yao's heart suddenly tightened, there are some things on the court that cannot be seen or touched, but they really exist, that is, the feel, although the first half consumed a lot of Derrick. Rose's physicality, but Lee overlooked the other Memphis twin, C.D. Roberts, who was a dynamic musketeer in the NCAA, despite his poor performance in the NBA.
You know, the top scorer at the University of Memphis isn't their core Derek. Rose, on the other hand, is C.D. Roberts, who averaged 23.3 points per game in the five games leading up to today's Finals.
After realizing that he had made a mistake in his judgment, Li Yao directly called Jackson over and told him to keep an eye on C.D. Roberts and be sure to limit his play.
It was Stanford's turn to attack, and Li Yao still maintained the decision of the first half, beating Memphis's weak interior line to death.
The two Lopez brothers did not disappoint Lee, led by younger brother Robin. Lopez scored the ball with ease and also caused a foul on the opposing power forward.
But Robin. Lopez's free throw was bounced out of the frame, and Derrick was driven over. Ross got it.
Derek. Rose had just dribbled two steps when he saw C.D. Roberts, who had already rushed to the halfway line, and the basketball was of course passed immediately.
C.D. Roberts took a step outside the three-point line after receiving the ball and shot directly, and Li Yao was stunned when he saw it, you must know that although C.D. Roberts scored first in the University of Memphis, it does not mean that he is all-round offensive, on the contrary, he is a good hand in the sports battle, breaks through a lot, and has a good ability to make fouls. But the projection ability is not as outstanding as the 58% shown in the data, and it is rare to see him try outside the three-point line, but now he is very decisive and continues to shoot outside the three-point line, and even makes Li Yao wonder if this guy's midcourt has been stimulated?
But things often go unexpected, and the moment the basketball is shot, C.D. Roberts feels that the ball is there, and although he is not a good three-point player, he is still very clear about the feeling of shooting.
Before C.D. Roberts could land and prepare to celebrate the goal, a "snap" instantly dispelled the smile on his face.
It turned out to be Jackson rushing over from the side and slapping a flying hat.
"Well done." Li Yao couldn't help but praise Jackson, although he didn't know if it wasn't for Jackson's big hat, C.D. Roberts's three-point shot would have been scored, but if it did, not only would the difference be narrowed to within 10 points, but even the momentum of both sides would be reversed.
Even Coach Trent Johnson couldn't help but applaud Jackson's defense this time off the court, and the block was so crucial.
But before they could be happy for two seconds, the basketball that was slapped out by Jackson's hat was driven by Derek from nowhere. Ross got his hands on it.
Derek. Rose got the ball and rushed into the Stanford penalty area without hesitation, which was a two-handed dunk.
Jackson, who originally wanted to pretend to be forced because of his block, just raised his hand and saw the scene of the basketball being held by Rose, and he knew that it was over, and the opportunity to pretend was gone. (Author: Shouldn't your first thought be to chase defense?) Jackson: Oh, I learned it all from Li Yao, and I always can't help but want to pretend to be forced. )
Rose's series of actions to grab the basketball and then dunk was so fast that everyone couldn't react.
Derrick after dunking. After Rose landed, there was a long roar in the sky, he needed to vent, he was too aggrieved in this game, the inside line was forced, his side was also consumed too much physical energy, and the situation was constantly pressed and beaten by Stanford University, which was completely different from what he expected before the game.
Ross vented, but there can be one person who is unhappy, that is Li Yao, in Li Yao's opinion, I allow you to dunk and score, but it is not appropriate for you to pretend to be forced in front of me.
(Author: Who are these people?) )
Offensive and defensive exchanges, Li Yao signaled all the staff to pull away this time, he wants to get back to the field, although this is not the American Airlines Center, but this is also Miami, he does not allow anyone other than Wade to pretend to be more forced than himself. (Author: What does Miami have to do with you?) Li Yao: Didn't you say that I should go to Miami? Author: Did I say that? Li Yao: MDZZ. )
Derek who saw Li Yao's movements. Rose's heart tightened, and he immediately raised his defensive attention to the highest level.
Li Yao's lightning step instantly pulled away with Derek. The distance between Rose, followed by a 360° turn and ran over C.D. Roberts who came over to make up for the defense, so that Roberts and the chasing Rose actually collided together, and in the face of Joey Dorsey, who wanted to make up the defense, he directly forced to jump, and resisted the huge force from Joey Dorsey in the air, and smashed the basketball into the basket.
"Wow." The audience of 70,000+ people in the audience all praised Li Yao, who can be called a perfect dragon.
After landing, Li Yao rushed to the sidelines in a few steps, jumped onto the technical table, lowered his index fingers with both hands, and shouted arrogantly: "This is my " He didn't shout out the remaining word, but put his right hand on his right ear and made a listening gesture.
In addition to the fans who came from afar, most of them were local fans in Miami, so why didn't they understand what Li Yao meant by this familiar scene?
“house!” The originally noisy Dolphin Stadium was now the sound of only one word.
Li Yao, who got the answer he wanted, nodded with satisfaction and jumped off the technical table, before he could turn his head and want to give Margot Robbie at the back of the bench a tsundere look, the referee's whistle interrupted Li Yao's movements, "Technical foul", the referee compared his hands to T, signaling Li Yao to make a technical foul, which made Li Yao suddenly confused.
And the on-site director was also very powerful, conveying Li Yao's stunned expression on the big screen.
This scene made the audience who was still cooperating with Li Yao laugh instantly.
On the commentary stage, Barkley couldn't help laughing and patting the commentary platform, and Kenny on the side. Smith couldn't help but laugh too.
ESPN was also laughing.
Even Coach Trent Johnson couldn't laugh or cry, after all, this scene was so funny.
"Dwyan, be sure to treat this guy Lee at night, he actually pirates your classic moves." Wei Shao was also amused, but he paid more attention to the scene of the previous 70,000+ audience cooperating with Li Yao, that kind of shock made Wei Shao yearn for it in his heart, and he vowed that after entering the NBA, he would definitely let his home fans cheer for him.
"It's a must, but Lee is a good kid." Wade was obviously stunned when he saw Li Yao imitating his classic movements, and he seemed to see his green years in Li Yao.
"Lee, this guy is really getting more and more exciting." Pat in the stands. Riley was even more entangled at this point.