Chapter 65: Exhaustion
The commentator at the scene also commented synchronously, "The first ball that came up, Tennessee showed a completely different mental outlook from Memphis!" Like a swift deer, Warlic sprinted across the court, completing the attack in under two seconds and also causing a foul on Elliott Williams. ”
On the Tennessee bench at the other end of the court, Bruce Bohr finally stretched his brows, although he was full of confidence when formulating the pre-game strategy, but as soon as the game came up, he was beaten 10-0 by the opposite side, and at that moment he had to admit that he was a little panicked.
But fortunately, he stuck to his pre-game strategy, and the Tennessee boys trusted him so much that no one stood up to question his tactics even when he was 14 points down in the first half.
Now, his tactics are finally going to work!
Thinking of this, Bohr's face gradually began to smile, and he turned his head to look at the other end of the court, only to see Pastner standing on the sidelines, his brows furrowed, his eyes staring at the situation on the field, and his right hand holding the tactical pen trembled slightly......
Seeing this, Bohr's face smiled even more wildly!
Pastner, lad, you're still too young to think you can make it to the Final Four with a thigh?
Pastner was unaware of Bohr's gaze, and his whole heart was now filled with irritation, nervousness, and helplessness.
Annoyingly, as a coach, I can't come up with any effective tactics other than starting from the dead grass; The nervousness is because, as can be seen from the ball just now, his disciples are indeed very tired; Helplessly, there was obviously a substitute, but he didn't dare to put it on at all......
It seems that they are ahead, but the opposite side suppresses them in terms of physical strength and momentum, and even tactically they are beaten!
It seems to have fallen into a dead end, is it possible that today is their last battle?
Volic made a free throw, the first free throw, the basketball tossed three or four times on the basket, and finally fell into the basket, and Li Kaiming, who got the ball, was a little speechless.
They were all ready to attack quickly, but they turned into it again!
According to the rules of the NCAA, when there are less than seven fouls, the free throws are based on the 1+1 principle, that is, after the first free throw is scored, there is a second free throw, otherwise the one who gets the ball can attack directly.
Volic's second penalty, this time he did not torture Li Kaiming, but simply and neatly entered the net!
Swish!
At 35:23, Tennessee is closing in on the score!
After serving, Li Kaiming quickly came to the front court, and Kemp was worthy of being an experienced point guard, and after finding that his disadvantage was physical strength, he immediately reduced his speed and began to grind positional battles.
If you are still stupid at this time to follow the opposite side and run fast attack, and bombard with the opposite side, then you don't know how to die!
Memphis' teammates were also very cooperative, starting to slow down the rotation, streamline their tactics and cut down on unnecessary runs.
After Lee gave Daniel Mac a screen on the right side, Kemp took aim and slotted the ball into the hands of Mike, a reliable three-point shooter whose main attack was a three-pointer without the ball.
Naturally, the players in Tennessee would not let Mike shoot so easily, so Wollic, who was covered by Li Kaiming, and Chim, the counterpart of Li Kaiming, saw Mike appear in the bottom corner, but there was no one to defend, and the two of them didn't think about it, and directly pounced!
Wallic was blocked by Li Kaiming's cover, so he fell behind, and Chim was the first to arrive, he stretched out his long arm and blocked all the space for Mike's shot!
The next moment, Volic also rushed to the horse, I have to say that Tennessee's tactical literacy is really high, the moment Walwich and the two of them are in the corner, the two of them know what to do next!
Because at this time, Li Kaiming has already cut inside to the vicinity of the restricted area after covering, and is in an unguarded state, as long as Mike can give the ball to the former's hands, then Li Kaiming is facing an opportunity to dunk the basket!
But Mike is not Kemp, he doesn't have such a brilliant passing technique, nor does he have as good vision as Kemp, although he also knows that Li Kaiming is vacant at this time, but Chim and Wallich, a center and a small forward, are bigger than him, and in the blink of an eye, he was surrounded tightly.
And the two Chim also began to do something to him, and at this time, Mike was like a schoolboy who was blocked in the corner by those bad boys on the way home, weak, pitiful and helpless.
Under the pressure of the two Chims, the basketball in Mike's arms soon lost his control and flew out of his hands, three people with six hands, and slapped the basketball at the same time, and the result was, I don't know who shot out of the sideline!
Although the sideline referee was close in front of him, the two of Chim were so surrounded that they didn't leave him the slightest gap, so he couldn't see the situation inside.
So, the bald referee hesitated for a moment, and then signaled that it was Tennessee's backcourt ball!
Daniel Mack immediately rushed forward to negotiate with the referee, saying that the ball was not the one he had touched.
But the referee has already made that decision, how can it be so easily changed because of a role player's protest?
In the end, what Mike gets is a warning, which means, if you beep again, you will be given a technical foul!
Bruce Bohr clapped his hands on the sidelines, "Well done boys!" Just defend! Get me the fuck! ”
And Pasterner gritted his teeth, and the pen in his hand creaked!
Because he knows that judging from the current situation, Memphis's physical strength is simply impossible to support until the second quarter, even if every ball grinds the position!
But Pastner didn't dare to call a timeout, although there were still three timeouts, but at this time less than two minutes had passed since the start of the first half, and in the remaining ten minutes, anything could happen, so it was necessary to leave a reserve plan.
Turning his head, Tennessee attacked, after the first few offensive and defensive battles, the players in Tennessee have completely played with confidence!
Point guard Bobby Meiz took advantage of Chim's cover and suddenly stepped back outside the three-point line, and it was a three-pointer to meet Li Kaiming's long arm!
Everyone didn't expect that the one-meter-nine Meiz would choose to step back for three points in the face of the two-meter-one Li Kaiming, and even Bruce Bohr wanted to curse!
The basketball streaks through the air in a beautiful parabola and then falls into the net accurately!
Swish!
35:26! Tennessee narrowed the margin to single digits!
"Oh buy karma! Bobby Meiz's strong confidence, facing the center who may be the strongest defense in the Midwest, chose to step back and shoot, and it went in! This goal will sound the horn of Tennessee's counterattack! Memphis is in danger! The narrator exclaimed.
Even Tennessee's head coach Bohr's face flashed with a hint of surprise!
The moment Meiz made a move just now, he even wanted to replace the former in the next round, such a shot, in the eyes of Bohr, who advocates discipline, is almost a random fight!
However, what he didn't expect was that Meiz's goal actually scored!
Pastner, it seems, even God doesn't want to help you......
Bruce Bohr looked at Pastner on the other side of the court, only to see that Pastner was also looking at him, only this time there was a panic in the latter's eyes.
It seems that Pastner also panicked......