Chapter 62: Tired Li Kaiming
At two o'clock in the afternoon on March 28, the Dome Stadium was once again filled with fans from all over the country, but as far as the eye could see, the blue and white Memphis-themed colors still accounted for a lot of proportion, and it was obvious that today's game was half a home game for Memphis.
But there are also quite a few fans wearing orange Tennessee-themed T-shirts, because Knoxville, where the University of Tennessee is located, is not far from St. Louis, only four hundred and fifty miles.
Twenty minutes before the game, the big screen showed the starting lineups of both sides today.
Memphis University Tigers: Point guard Willie Kemp, point guard Elliot Williams, small forward Daniel Mack, power forward Wesley Weatherspoon, center Kaiming Lee.
University of Tennessee Volunteers: Point guard Bobby Meiz, point guard Quinn Cunnington, small forward Ronaldo Wallic, power forward Emmanuel Negdu, center Wayne Cham.
Tennessee head coach Bruce Bohr, a fat, amiable-looking white man, said in a pre-game interview with the media that the No. 34 Li Kaiming opposite him would be their main point of contact.
However, he did not go as extreme as Tom Izo and made direct changes to the starting lineup, and it seems that what adjustments have been made at the tactical level will have to enter the game to know.
Pastner was also full of confidence, standing next to the bench with his hands on his chest and his eyes straight ahead.
The referee motioned for the players from both sides to enter, and two and a half o'clock had arrived, and the game began!
Honk!
With a whistle, the referee threw the basketball high, and the finals of the Midwest Division officially kicked off!
Li Kaiming's powerful leg power exploded instantly, and he jumped the ball into Kemp's hands with a catapult takeoff!
The Tennessee players looked like usual and quickly returned to the half, ready to defend.
In the first round, Li Kaiming first made a two-man turn with Kemp, and after he covered the latter, he immediately went down from the top of the arc, and just ran past the free throw line, Kemp's pass was delivered to him.
After the cooperation of the two, Tennessee's center Wayne Chim has lost his defensive position against Li Kaiming, and can only watch the latter dunk with both hands!
2:0! Memphis goes first!
After dunking the basket, Li Kaiming wondered a little in his heart, didn't Bruce Bohr say that he had adjusted for me? That's it? This hasn't been adjusted either!
Pastner on the sidelines also frowned suspiciously, can't prevent such a simple tactic? How did Tennessee get to the finals?
When it was Tennessee's turn to attack, their players' individual abilities were more balanced, so there was no obvious offensive core, and they played according to tactics, and whoever the ball went to, they could shoot when they had the opportunity.
For example, now, Wallic, the small forward on the opposite side, after taking advantage of the double cover of his teammates, received the ball from the point guard near the free throw line, so he attacked the restricted area without hesitation!
The forbidden area is Li Kaiming's lair, how can such an important forbidden place allow an unknown person to make a mistake?
So he immediately pounced, and the [Bronze Wall] badge was immediately activated, preventing Volic's layup from a three-not!
Li Kaiming, who got the rebound, was even more puzzled in his heart!
This Tennessee is wrong today, all the teams in the past tried to avoid his frame when attacking, how can this Tennessee player be like a moth to a fire, and go directly to him when he sees him?
Wrong! There must be ghosts!
In turn, when it was Memphis' turn, Li Kaiming received the ball in the waist position according to the coach's arrangement, and after turning past the opponent, under the effect of the [anti-interference shot] badge, he scored with difficulty against the defensive players of Tennessee.
4:0!
After the layup, Li Kaiming, in the process of returning to defense, glanced at the opposite bench, and saw that the white and chubby Bruce Bohr was standing on the sidelines with a faint smile on his face, as if it was not them who were behind but Memphis.
It's so weird!
Li Kaiming's heart immediately had a deep sense of crisis, there must be a conspiracy on the other side!
Otherwise, this is not normal, where is there a mess in the regional finals?
In the next round, Tennessee's small forward Wallic got the ball again, and then dribbled the ball straight into the box.
Li Kaiming made a big hat and fanned Volic's layup, and when he was about to run back to the fast attack, the projection of the system flashed in front of his eyes.
[Fatigue]: +1
Grass! Li Kaiming came back to his senses in an instant!
This Bruce Bohr looked at the face good, but he didn't expect it to be so insidious!
Bruce Bohr did prepare before the game, and the focus of the preparation was indeed Li Kaiming, but the core of his strategy was not to avoid the latter, but to consume the latter, and it was best to let the latter get into foul trouble!
If it weren't for Li Kaiming's continuous activation of the badge, which caused his fatigue to increase, he wouldn't have discovered the plan on the other side!
This Bruce Bohr really has a set, worthy of a coach who can go to the finals with a civilian lineup.
Li Kaiming's current attributes are almost invincible in the NCAA, but the only drawback is that his physical strength is not good!
In the past, he has always been able to score high scores in a very short period of time, partly because his technical level is overwhelming, and partly because he has to play like this, he can only play with maximum efficiency in the shortest possible time.
The vast majority of the previous team was carried away by a wave in his brief outburst, and the rest of the team, even if they withstood his outburst, gave his teammates a vacant seat because of the price they paid, and were taken away by his teammates in a wave.
Therefore, when Li Kaiming only needs to exert his strength on the defensive end, he can play for a long time, and if it is a high-scoring game, his playing time is relatively short.
Bruce Bohr has apparently done a lot of research on Lee's previous matches to discover this pattern in the minutiae of the game.
So it's no surprise that he has set this strategy, because he not only wants Li Kaiming to score high on the offensive end, but also gives his best on the defensive end.
He wants to exhaust Li Kaiming to death!
And Li Kaiming, who realizes this, how can he let him get his wish?
Bruce Bohr, if you want to exhaust me, then I'll blow up your inside line to the point where even if I go down, you can't catch up with the difference!
The game continued, and this time in the face of Tennessee's defense, Li Kaiming was not polite at all.
He stuck his position directly on the right side at 45 degrees and yelled at Camp on the outside, "Give me the ball!" ”
Kemp hesitated, but still passed the ball to Li Kaiming, and next to the court, Bruce Bohr watched Li Kaiming play more and more, and a smile flashed on his face.
The young man is still too young, what's the use of taking a few more points yourself? Whether you win or not is just a number!
And Li Kaiming didn't care about it, and faced Tennessee center Chim with a two-handed dunk!
Rumble!
The basket let out a miserable cry as he tore it!
Both Bruce Bohr and Pastner frowned.
The two coaches naturally know where Li Kaiming's shortcomings are, but at present, this guy is dunking more powerfully.
This guy seems to have done this on purpose......
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