March 11, 2010, Bank of Oklahoma Center (BOK Center), Tulsa, Oklahoma.

C-USA League Playoffs Second Round, Memphis Tigers vs. Houston Pumagars.

Under the dazzling lights, in the huge and bright basketball court, a group of cheerleading girls are dancing to the music......

The stadium was full of people, and the sound of DJ music poured into Li Kaiming's ears like a tide, constantly hitting his eardrums.

At this time, he was sitting at the end of the bench of one of the best seats of the game, the Tigers, holding a blue and white Memphis-themed towel in his hand.

Li Kaiming, a former ESPN five-star high school student, ruptured his Achilles tendon in a high school game, and since then he has been injured and reduced to a water cooler.

Two steps in front of him, a group of players wearing jerseys of the same color as him were surrounding a white man in his thirties.

This is Josh Pastner, the new head coach of the Tigers, who has been appointed on the verge of crisis this season.

Pastner spitted wildly at the players around him with his tactics board in hand, his pen hand waving in the air, his face flushed from shouting too hard.

Obviously, his mood was not calm.

Li Kaiming glanced up at the score on the big screen.

At halftime, 30:35, the Tigers trailed by five points.

The NCAA game is only divided into two halves, 20 minutes each, and each offense lasts 35 seconds, so it seems that it is only 5 points behind, but it is not easy to catch up!

Moreover, the Tigers are second in the regular season of the C-USA league this season, and the Houston Pumas opposite are only ranked 7th in the league.

To make matters worse, just five minutes before the end of the first half, the Tigers' starting insider, 209-year-tall Angel Garcia, sprained his knee during a layup and unfortunately exited the game.

This makes the situation even worse for the Tigers!

The main reason why the Tigers fell behind in the first half was that they couldn't guard against the arrow figure opposite, Aubrey Coleman, who is 188 tall!

Don't look at this Coleman is less than 1.9 meters, but he leads the NCAA scoring list with an average of 25.6 points per game this season, and he is a real scorer!

The Tigers, who lost Garcia, were powerless in the face of Coleman's violent attack, and Garcia was overtaken just five minutes after the game.

The scales of victory gradually tipped in Houston's favor......

Pasterner is very irritable in his heart, with the current team configuration, no matter how the tactics are designed, they can only change on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, the lack of the center is the last barrier of the defensive core and the protective frame, and it is impossible to block the breakthrough on the opposite side!

"What can I do about this without height......" Pastner muttered.

Wesley Wilson, the assistant coach next to him, had a flash of inspiration, "Josh, isn't there a two-meter-tall man on our team?" Why don't you let him go up and try it! ”

Pastner's eyes lit up, "You mean, that yellow-skinned kid?" But then he shook his head, "How can such an important game allow a water cooler player after a major injury to appear?" It's too risky! ”

Wilson shrugged helplessly, "Do we have any other options?" With his height, standing in the penalty area without jumping is a threat! ”

Pastner glanced at Li Kaiming, who was sitting at the end of the bench gnawing his nails, hesitated, and finally beckoned to Li Kaiming.

"Lee! Come here! ”

Li Kaiming was stunned for a moment, and saw Pastner waving at him, so he ran to the coach in the envious eyes of his water cooler teammates around him!

Looking at Pastner's hesitant and expectant eyes, Li Kaiming had a question mark in his head, "Coach, what do you call me?" ”

Pastner tapped him on the shoulder, "Lee, go warm up, you start in the second half!" We need to protect our exclusion zone! ”

Li Kaiming's eyes widened in disbelief!

Since his injury, his market has been on a downward spiral, and in the end, only the Memphis Tigers reluctantly accepted him because of a sudden change in the offseason and lack of manpower, but they only used him as a team roster.

It was the first time he'd played in regulation time since he came to the Tigers, and it was such an important game!

His body trembled a little, although the injury smoothed his edges and corners, but, he was also a radiant genius in the past, how could he wave a towel on the bench with peace of mind?

Bite! Congratulations to the host for coming out of regular time, the system is activated! Significant injuries to the host's body have been detected, and the system has modified the host's body!

A gentle female voice suddenly sounded in his head, scaring him into a thrill!

it! What the hell!

At the same time, a warm current washed over his whole body, and he only felt that his whole body was warm, as if he was soaking in the hot spring water!

After the warm current, he was surprised to find that his fragile Achilles tendon, knee and other parts were back to normal, and even stronger than before!

A feeling of power came from every part of his body, and every muscle cell became extremely strong and powerful!

This feeling was something he had never felt before!

As his body recovered, so did the lost self-confidence.

He looked at Pastner with a firm gaze and nodded, "Don't worry, coach!" ”

Looking at Li Kaiming with his head held high, Pastner was also infected by his self-confidence, he nodded subconsciously, and an unrealistic thought suddenly appeared in his heart: the person in front of him would help him win this game!

Immediately, he shook his head self-deprecatingly.

How can it be! Instead of pinning your hopes on that Chinese teenager, it is better to pray more to God!

Honk!

The referee on the sidelines blew the whistle and the second half began!

Li Kaiming's appearance immediately attracted the attention of commentators and the University of Houston!

The on-site commentator Calvin said to the guest next to him with a puzzled tone, "Memphis replaced a two-meter-one big man in the second half, No. 34 Chinese player Li Kaiming!" Is Pastner going to throw in the towel? ”

The black guest next to him quipped, "Maybe Pastner didn't think the cheerleading squad's performance was exciting enough, so he came up and performed acrobatics!" ”

The interaction of the guests filled the whole stadium with a happy atmosphere.

University of Houston coach Tom Penders shouted at Nick Moseley, the No. 4 player on the field, "Nick, pay attention to that Chinese kid!" ”

Moseley said yes nonchalantly!

Just kidding, it's not that he doesn't know the players of the Tigers, that yellow-skinned kid is just a water dispenser, if he is really a master, can he be willing to take it out now?

The second half of the game begins!

The Tigers serve, the No. 5 player, the team's point guard Willie Camp controls the ball and dribbles the ball to the front court under pressure from the opponent!

Li Kaiming saw that Camp waved at him, so he raised it to block Camp's defender, allowing Camp to break through to the free throw line with his block.

And Moseley, who defended him, completely retreated, choosing to let him go and trap Kemp.

Li Kaiming stood at the top of the arc and clapped his hands at Kemp! "Hey!"

Seeing that there was no chance to make a layup, and other teammates were also guarding tightly, Kemp passed the ball to Li Kaiming, ready to play a hand to reorganize the offense.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Li Kaiming, who received the ball, did not hesitate, and under the eyes of tens of thousands of people in the audience, he pulled up and raised his hand to score a three-point shot!