Chapter 19: The atmosphere is sluggish
"The Shakhtars' Culpeper suddenly exploded and scored five points in a row, don't the Tigers have to call a timeout?" Calvin explained, puzzled.
Pastner, who was on the Tigers bench, with his arms folded over his chest, chewing gum in his mouth, his eyes fixed on the situation on the field, did not seem to be nervous at all, and there was no hint of wanting to call a timeout.
Three days ago, he might have called a pause to arrange tactics, but now with Li Kaiming, he believed that the yellow-skinned teenager would solve all the problems.
The Tigers attacked, and Li Kaiming once again played a block with point guard Kemp, but this time he did not rush to the inside at the first time, but took a step outside first, and made a posture of receiving the ball at the top of the arc.
The Shakhtars' coach apparently studied his footage as their center Britton followed him as soon as possible, fearing he would shoot from the outside.
Li Kaiming's eyes flashed, and when he saw that Britton was still one step away from him, he suddenly accelerated to bypass the defenders of the latter, and took two steps to the edge of the penalty area, while reaching out and shouting for the ball.
The average center and his agility are not in the same dimension at all, so he left Britton behind in an instant!
His actions touched the nerves of everyone in the miners team, and seeing that he got rid of Britton's defense, the No. 3 and No. 4 positions of the miners team immediately surrounded him, and the defenders of 45 degrees on the other side were also ready to move.
Although Camp is not good at attacking the basket, as the team's on-court commander, his passing skills are very good, and when he saw Li Kaiming running out of the empty space, he sent the ball to Li Kaiming's hands as soon as possible!
Li Kaiming received the ball when he was already running to the edge of the penalty area, at this time the two opposite fronts also surrounded him, turned into a wall to block the middle between him and the basket, he did not hesitate to take the ball with one hand and flick it, and passed the ball to Daniel Mack, who was completely empty in the bottom corner of the opposite side!
Daniel Mac is one of the Tigers' most reliable shooters, averaging 10 points per game and hitting 1.8 three-pointers per game this season while shooting nearly 40 percent from the field.
So theoretically speaking, Li Kaiming's pass is very lethal.
However, in the face of such a huge vacancy, Mike gave the audience an incomparably wonderful iron!
He actually threw the ball to the side of the rebound!
Seeing this outrageous shot, the audience at the scene also erupted in huge boos!
Even Pastna, who had been calm on the sidelines, had a hint of gloom on his face.
In the face of such tremendous pressure, a look of helplessness flashed in Daniel Mack's eyes, he pursed his lips, and then ran back to the backcourt with his head down.
Li Kaiming looked at Mike's somewhat lonely back, and hurriedly ran up and patted him on the shoulder.
"Daniel, don't be discouraged, shoot when there's a vacancy, I'll pass you the ball all the time!"
Mike jerked his head up, a grateful flash in his eyes, and nodded vigorously.
The Shakhtars attacked, still the same tactics, Culpepper got the ball, but this time Li Kaiming would not let him play in the same way, he quickly followed the opposite center Britten up, and then shouted loudly.
"Eli, he's going to block on the left side, go forward!"
Williams, under his command, deftly bypassed Britten's pick-and-roll, and then quickly kept his body in front of Culpeper.
Li Kaiming opened his arms at the same time, quickly wrapped up, and Williams sandwiched Culpepper in the middle!
In the face of such two vicious big men, even if Culpeper is the best player in the league, he can't help but feel a little frightened, so he had to dribble and take a few steps back, stabilize first, and prepare to change tactics.
Li Kaiming saw that he had destroyed the attack on the opposite side, so he immediately returned to the penalty area to see his defender, although the game is very anxious now, but the system task must not be forgotten, otherwise the task will fail and be deducted 5 attribute points, and there will be no place to cry!
Bart in the audience nodded, "Excellent defensive judgment, this guy can definitely become an excellent defensive interior with a little training!" ”
Culpeper, under the direction of the coach, made a 1 gesture to his teammates, meaning to play the 1 strategy.
In fact, the so-called No. 1 tactic is not a sophisticated tactic in the Shakhtar team, in fact, Culpeper relies on his personal ability to solve strongly, which is the so-called heads-up!
His opponent is Elliott Williams, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't pick the opposing defensive strong point alone, but Culpeper is the first man on the team, and the coach still gives him this power.
Culpeper dribbled to outside the three-point line and faced Williams, who was in a defensive position in front of him, consuming time while thinking about how to attack.
Looking at Williams on the other side, Culpepper was a little unconvinced, why can this guy average 17 points per game to enter the NBA, and I can only lose the election if I average 17 points per game? I led the team to the best record in the C-USA league, and I was the best player in the league! Why do those scouts still think I'm inferior to him? Just because I'm two years older than him?
His eyes burned with rage, as if he wanted to vent all the depression in his heart!
Since those scouts say I'm inferior to you, I'm going to blow you up to your face!
He dribbled suddenly, kicking the ground with a scissor step, while lowering his shoulders and almost parallel to the ground!
He cut through Williams' defense like an arrow, then pulled up inside the three-point line and shot!
36:35!
"Culpeper, one step past Williams, pull-up jump shot, hit! He's so fast, like a bolt of lightning! The Shakhtars were beaten 7-0 by Culpeper alone, and the difference between the two teams was only 1 point! The Tigers called a timeout! Calvin spoke into the microphone.
Pastner finally called a timeout, and it really didn't work without shouting.
Next to the Tigers' bench, Pastner's forehead was bruised, and the pen in his hand kept drawing on the tactical board, "What's the matter with you guys?" A halftime is like a different person, all asleep? Elliott, shouldn't you be ashamed of the fact that your opponent slashed 7 points on your head in two minutes? Besides, you, Daniel, have coached so many games, and it's the first time I've seen such an outrageous shot, and it's all so crooked to your grandma's house! ”
He looked around at the players, looked at the expressions on their faces, and said earnestly, "Boys, keep persevering, this is the final, win it and we can enter the national championship, do you want to watch the victory slip out of your hands, and give me a hard job!" ”
At this point, the referee had signaled the end of the timeout, and the players from both sides immediately returned to the field.
Seeing the dejected appearance of his teammates, Li Kaiming was the first to turn around and walk onto the court.
At the same time, his voice suddenly came to the ears of Pastner and the Tigers players, "Just leave the following things to me!" ”
When a team is not feeling good and the atmosphere is sluggish, the core of the team should step up and solve everything.
And this task at the moment, in Li Kaiming's view, is naturally none other than him.