Chapter Twenty-Six: Wild Thirteen Consecutive Victories
Three overtime! And press the whistle to kill the opponent! It looks so wonderful!
After the game, the Yale players celebrated in the locker room, just like last season's Ivy League champions. They roared and indulged so much that even Coach Heywood clenched his fists and shouted "Yes!" when no one was around. ”
The pressure on the players was enormous during this period, and they were almost overwhelmed by the three consecutive defeats that opened the season. Heywood, in particular, not only faced pressure from all sides, but was even in danger of losing his job.
Fortunately, a timely victory soothed everyone's mood. Although it was a dangerous game to win, this victory was extremely valuable. Despite their previous back-to-back defeats, they did beat the defending champions in this game, proving that they have what it takes to return to last season's glory, but the team has suffered some run-in problems for the time being, and has not allowed the squad to perform as well as it should.
There is no doubt that the hero of Yale's victory this time was Sun Xiaotian, who had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and more importantly, he hit the final shot.
However, in an interview with the local media after the game, he said that Kevin. Marshall was the hero of the team's victory, and he believes that Kevin. Marshall got the team off to a good start and set a tough tone.
Sun Xiaotian is actually not wrong in what he said, although Kevin. Marshall was fouled before the end of the game, but he was extremely tough throughout the game. The whole game Kevin. Marshall scored a game-high 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting, added six assists and hit a game-high three goals in the regular period. If it weren't for Drummond's lucky three-pointer, Yale would have almost won the game early.
For Kevin. Coach Heywood also spoke highly of Marshall's eye-catching performance in this game, saying that Kevin played his true level. Although his performance was a bit struggling before, it did not meet the expectations of the outside world. However, Kevin's diligence made his game break out.
Coach Haywood said that Kevin. Marshall's diligence, Sun Xiaotian knows.
Kevin. Marshalle usually speaks very little, even if others say something to him, he will only keep it in his heart, and will refute those people with real actions. When he joined Yale, not only the school, but the whole of New Haven had high hopes for him, after all, he was a well-known high school genius in the United States. Despite the injury, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and only half the strength was enough, which was enough for Yale University to show off. However, to someone's surprise, he averaged less than 6 points per game during the three-game losing streak, shooting a measly 28% from the field. Everyone questioned him afterwards, believing that he was really ruined by injury.
A real strongman is one who responds strongly!
After each training, under the call of Sun Xiaotian, he actively practiced with everyone. When everyone, including Sun Xiaotian, left the training ground, he still didn't leave, practicing shooting there alone, insisting on shooting another 500 baskets every time, and didn't leave the training ground until very late.
Diligent practice allowed him to slowly get rid of the shadow of injury, and gradually regained his form in the game, mainly to regain his self-confidence, which led to the complete outbreak of this game.
Not only that, but Kevin's control of the game also made Coach Heywood's eyes shine in this game. Coach Heywood has always wanted to completely free Sun Xiaotian and let Sun Xiaotian focus on scoring, although he is in control of the game well, but his scoring will help the team more.
While one game doesn't mean anything, Haywood's vision won't change, and he firmly believes that Kevin has the ability.
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Basketball games can be really strange at times, and a game can change a person and make that person find themselves again. At the same time, a game can also change a team, so that the team has a qualitative change, bursting out with a completely different energy.
That's the case with Yale University, and since the win over the University of Connecticut, the team is slowly changing! This change slowly shook the entire Ivy League.
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Since the home defeat of Connectn, the Yale University Bulldogs team seemed to have changed teams, with people blocking killing, Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, and won all the next 12 games. With a wave of 13 consecutive wins, across Christmas, at the end of the halfway game, it was unexpectedly ranked second in the Ivy League trade, shocking the entire league.
Yale's winning streak has once again made him a topic of discussion throughout the league. Who knows exactly what happened to them? What exactly made Yale University have such wonderful chemistry overnight.
In this wave of 13 consecutive wins, Yale University averaged 90.3 points per game. People who are used to watching the NBA may think that this score is average, but in a league like the NCAA, which has a slow offensive tempo, this score is already very high. You know, during Yale's losing streak, the team averaged just 74.2 points per game.
In addition to the increase in points per game, Yale has also increased its average assists per game from 14.7 to 19.6 per game. This shows that Yale University knows how to share the ball more in the game, and they are playing as a whole.
Coach Heywood has contributed to such changes in the team, and he has successfully activated the team's three main players on the outside.
The stats for the three outside players over the 13-game winning streak are as follows:
Sun Xiaotian, as the core of the team, averaged 22.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game. The versatility of data is staggering. Although the average points per game is slightly lower than last season, Sun Xiaotian has played more maturely this season, and has repeatedly saved the team at critical moments, becoming the key man for the team.
Yale's biggest highlight of the season is non-Kevin. Marshall is the only one. As a rookie, after a period of struggle early in the season, Kevin Brown. All of a sudden, Marshall learned how to play. During the 13-game winning streak, he averaged 13.1 points, 5.8 assists and 3.3 steals per game, and even his worst three-point shot shot reached 40.2%.
The team's other outside main player is the team's three-point king, Chloe. During that period, Cloue averaged 9.2 points per game and shot 47.8 percent from three-point range, leading the league in the league, and several times Barkley exclaimed, "This is on target." Especially against the University of Pennsylvania game before Christmas, Cloue shot 8-of-10 three-pointers and scored 29 points to help the team slaughter opponents.
In addition to these three guns, let's not forget that there is also a conscientious Gulot on the inside line of Yale University. Although he was nowhere near as popular as the three, with him and without him, Yale was completely two teams.
The media, which was clamoring at the beginning of the season to replace Haywood's head coach, is now full of praise for the changes that have taken place at Yale. What a genius! Famous! And so on!
For the praise from the outside world, Heywood just smiled faintly, saying that in fact, he didn't do anything, and these were all earned by the efforts of his disciples.
The team is united, the atmosphere is harmonious, and the team is on the right path to winning. All of these factors seem to tell people that last year's pit bull is back, and this time they are stronger, fiercer, and more aggressive.