Chapter 18: Reversal of the Tide
The 15-minute halftime quickly slipped away in the hot dance of the cheerleaders, and Li Kaiming appeared with his coach and teammates at the Tigers' bench, watching the cheerleaders jump and jump under the smooth thighs under the short skirts with the pace of exit, and his mood became a little beautiful.
On the commentator's bench, Calvin and CBS reporter Bruce Jackson are eyeing this year's draft market.
"Bruce, how many people in this arena do you think will make it to the NBA in the June draft?" Calvin asked.
Jackson blinked, touched his chin and thought for a while, before he said unhurriedly, "Based on my understanding, coupled with the content presented in today's live game, I think Elliott Williams is basically from the middle of the first round, and there is also a possibility of entering the small green house." Randy Culpeper is a good scorer who can lead the team to victory, but due to his physicality and age, he could be drafted at the end of the second round, and his teammate Eugene Carrkett is a very physical forward and if I were the team manager, I would probably use the second-round pick to give him a chance. ”
With that said, Jackson paused to take a sip of water, and turned his head to see Calvin staring at him without saying a word.
"What's wrong?" Jackson wondered.
Calvin asked tentatively, "Are you done?" ”
Jackson was stunned, "It's over!" ”
Calvin was also stunned for a moment, "Isn't there Li Kaiming on your list?" ”
Jackson suddenly realized, laughed, and then shook his head, "Man, it's not that I look down on Lee, he's a very dominant player, he can play extremely good statistics in just two starts, which gives many people, including me, infinite reverie." But, my friend, the NBA and the NCAA are not the same game, the NBA has more confrontation intensity, a denser schedule, a longer season, and those guys in the NBA are not gentlemen like the NCAA, they will tear apart everyone who stands in their way......"
Calvin interrupted him, "You mean, Lee simply can't adapt to the NBA confrontation?" ”
Jackson nodded, "The NCAA confrontation and the NBA are not at the same level at all, except for those talented freaks, such as Jordan and O'Neal, most players will be less efficient after entering the NBA, so basically the first thing everyone does when they enter the NBA is to gain muscle, because the NBA confrontation is completely different from what they have encountered before." ”
He seemed to want to prove that he was not targeting Li Kaiming, and only after explaining a large number of films did he talk about Li Kaiming, "Li is a very good player, but the injury he suffered almost doomed him to no hope of entering the NBA!" Even if he can barely enter the NBA, he will encounter a lot of difficulties, first of all, under the huge intensity of the NBA, his damaged Achilles tendon may be injured again; Moreover, even if his Achilles tendon can withstand repeated pulling, it cannot be ruled out that other parts of the body can compensate for the excessive pressure, resulting in injuries, such as ankle ligaments, knees, etc.......
Under his detailed narration, Calvin, a loyal fan of Li Kaiming, also began to become a little pessimistic, could such a talented player only stir up the storm in the NCAA?
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On the pitch, the second half of the game began with the referee's whistle!
The first round was the ball of the miners, and as soon as Li Kaiming came up, he found that everyone on the opposite side was the same as a different person, his face was heavy, his momentum was violent, and even his movements were a lot bigger!
It seems that the Shakhtar coach was very unhappy with the performance of his players in the first half and gave them a proper spur at half-time.
The opposite point guard dribbled to the front court and handed the ball to the core of the team - No. 3 Culpeper, who held the ball outside the three-point line, faced Williams' defense, and after a three-way threat, he suddenly raised his hand and shot a three-pointer!
Swish!
The basketball falls into the hoop!
36:31! The Shakhtars were close to a five-point deficit.
The Tigers served, and after Li Kaiming passed the ball to Kemp, he slowly ran to the front court, he stood at the top of the arc to block Kemp, and then quickly went down.
As he turned and ran inside the three-point line, all the miners focused on him and involuntarily took a step inside.
Kemp's experienced dribble burst into the inside line, and when he looked up, he found that the three people on the opposite side had all shrunk into the penalty area to surround Li Kaiming, but there was no one in front of him!
It seems that in the second half, the Shakhtars changed their defensive strategy against Li Kaiming, from catching the ball to preventing the catch!
Just watch your teammates fight, and your teammates will kill me if they have the ability!
Kemp threw a shot from the edge of the box, but his physical talent was so poor that even if the defensive pressure on the opposite side was almost on Li Kaiming, he still couldn't score! Just a little distraction, and his throw was off track.
The thrown basketball smashed into the neck of the basket with a crisp iron sound!
Bang!
Li Kaiming looked at the rebounding ball close at hand and the human wall surrounded by the three big men in front of him, and could only sigh helplessly to return to defense.
Although he has the epic [Rebounding Maniac] badge, his basic attributes of strength and speed are still NCAA-level, and he can't win frontcourt rebounds in a three-man combination.
That's the kind of thing that only O'Neill can do.
Standing in the penalty area, Li Kaiming glanced at the opposite formation.
The Shakhtars gave the ball to Culpeper again, and this time Williams learned from the previous round and immediately stuck to it without giving him space to shoot.
But you have a good plan, I've had a wall ladder, and Culpeper, as the best player in the C-USA league this season, naturally has two brushes, and he motioned for his teammates to come up and block the pick-and-roll, and then used the center Britton's human wall to change direction and shake Williams, and then go straight to the inside.
Seeing this, Li Kaiming immediately defended himself, this Culpeper is not the kind of scorer who can only break through, so he must not stand on the inside line and watch him shoot.
He stretched out his long arms and slid his feet to follow Culpeper's footsteps, enveloping his opponent in his own defense.
But Culpepper is not stupid, in the first half, he has already learned Li Kaiming's perverted frame protection ability, how can he still face the latter hard, isn't that looking for a hat?
I saw that he suddenly blew up the ball with his right hand while he was moving, and then his feet changed rapidly, and he took a large step to the right, which instantly opened up the distance between him and Li Kaiming.
Li Kaiming's heart was cold, he shouted that it was not good, and immediately raised his hands high, and the soles of his feet pounced!
Culpepper took advantage of the hard-won space, quickly jumped out of his hand, and the basketball spun out of his hand, grazed Li Kaiming's fingertips, and then fell into the basket with precision!
Swish! At 36:33, the miners narrowed the gap to 3 points!
Li Kaiming clapped his hands in remorse, signaling to his teammates that his defense was not done well.
However, after the goal, Culpeper also had a trace of shock in his eyes, and he was lucky in his heart, his side step back jumper has always been a stunt that he is proud of, but just now, he was almost capped by the No. 34 on the opposite side!
He could even hear the sound of Li Kaiming's nails scraping against the surface of the basketball!
How can there be such a perverted person in the world!