Chapter 89: Whoever calls a timeout first loses
Even Pastner's eyes widened with a look of surprise on his face.
Of course, he can see that Li Kaiming's ball came with anger, but this guy's position in the team is relatively stable, so he let him play randomly, but Pastner has already made up his mind in his heart, and when he pauses next timeout, he will tell Li Kaiming to calm down and not fight with the fans.
But what he didn't expect was that although Li Kaiming was playing a fighting balloon, he could enter!
And he scored two goals in a row with a skill he had never shown before.
Next to the bench at Butler University, Stevens' brow gradually furrowed.
There were both surprises and doubts in his heart, Li Kaiming's game he watched very carefully, and he had never seen him use the hook in the video, but from the point of view of the action, this guy's mastery of the hook hand is not very proficient, like a person who has just learned to hook the hand.
The question is, will this guy or not.
This made Stevens, who is known for his on-the-spot adaptability, also make a mistake.
However, he can still calm down, mainly because these two balls are too similar to being covered, especially the second one, trembling and towering, if the power of the shot is smaller, I'm afraid it will be a three-not!
Andrew Smith, who received the coach's signal, also let go of his hanging heart, it seems that the guy he is opposite is really lucky, and he can get two in a row!
And Koslov on the commentary bench was choked by Li Kaiming's goal, and then snorted, "Li Kaiming is lucky today, this is the second one...... right"
The two Sharpes on the side rarely agreed with Koslov's opinion, "The luck component of these two balls is too great, I'm afraid it will be difficult to shake Stevens's defensive strategy!" ”
Hearing that Sharp also thought that Li Kaiming's two balls were covered, Koslov immediately puffed up his chest and a smile appeared on his face.
Well, I'm right!
Butler's offense is still extremely sharp, this time Hayward took advantage of Andrew Smith's cover, taking advantage of the moment when Li Kaiming did not pounce, suddenly launched a cold arrow, a retreat three-point shot!
Li Kaiming pounced a little late, and the basketball slammed into the net!
In the Memphis offensive round, Camp dribbled to the frontcourt, and according to the tactics and Williams came to a blocking and pick-and-roll screen, and then Li Kaiming covered his defender in the bottom corner for Daniel Mac, who crossed the running position in the bottom corner, and Butler's defensive formation changed extremely quickly, Andrew Smith immediately switched defenses with Matt Howard and pounced on the outside.
Matt Howard, on the other hand, stayed on the inside and pushed Li Kaiming out of the box with both hands.
Butler's defensive rotation is like a sophisticated machine, barely running out of space.
Seeing this, Kemp had no choice but to hand the ball to Williams, who was forty-five degrees from the outside, and let him play alone.
And Williams lived up to expectations, as he was a draft pick on the edge of the lotto, and his own strength was significantly stronger than his opponent Grant Linedecker, so the moment he received the ball, a cross-step flashed Linedecker's defense, leading the latter by one position.
But Butler's defense is not papery either, Stevens naturally knows that it is not realistic to expect Linedecker to defend against Elliott Williams, so he will arrange three people on the defensive line to prevent Linedecker from being passed by one step, and Williams can go directly into the penalty area in one step!
So the Camp defender on one side immediately pounced on Williams, and the other side of the line was in a flank with Linedek.
Seeing that there was no chance to break through, Williams suddenly braked suddenly, then kicked off and shot a pull-up jumper!
When Matt Howard saw Williams shooting, he immediately turned to face the basket, and by the way, he took a horse step, leaning on Li Kaiming with his back, and at the same time pressing the center of gravity of his body back, so that Li Kaiming could not get close to the rebound.
I have to say that Howard's skills of small defense and big card boards are perfect, no wonder he was able to get a rebound at a critical moment in the last game and help Butler University enter the Final Four.
But Li Kaiming's epic [rebounding maniac] badge remains here, how can it be that little Matt Howard can resist.
Li Kaiming first fought against Howard hard, and after feeling that the latter's strength was almost gone, he suddenly turned sideways and withdrew the stool!
Howard was using his strength to resist Li Kaiming's impact from behind, when he suddenly felt that his back was empty, and his body instantly lost its focus, in order to maintain balance, he had to wave his arms and take a few steps back, so that he could stabilize his body and not squat.
But after such an operation, there was no one to grab the rebound with Li Kaiming, so he easily won the frontcourt rebound.
But Howard is not a vegetarian either, he was removed from a stool in public, and his face was naturally a little unbearable, and when he saw Li Kaiming get the rebound, he immediately pounced and resisted the former hard.
His strength is still quite strong, at least Li Kaiming can't go in directly like a back defender.
So he could only lean on Howard again, stretch his right arm, take his left foot as the axis of a small spinning top, and wait for his right hand to rise to the highest point, and then flick his wrist slightly, another "ground hook"!
Swish!
Basketball is hollow in the net again!
[System]: Task progress 3/5.
Honk!
Stevens, who was on the sidelines, couldn't sit still and immediately called a timeout.
Although the difference between the two sides is still back and forth, just hovering on one ball, and there is no way to open up the difference on both sides, but the center on the opposite side has scored 10 points in 5 of 6 in this short period of time, which is almost unacceptable in his opinion!
You know, the first six teams that played against Butler University did not have a total score of more than 60 points, and before 5 minutes had passed in the first half of the game, their interior line was scored by the opposite center with a shooting rate of nearly 90%!
This is unforgivable in Stevens' defensive philosophy, in which the box is the heart of the defense, and if a team doesn't even protect the box, the team's results are certainly not much better!
So during this timeout, Stevens yelled at the players and made a big circle in the penalty area of the tactical board!
"Protect our exclusion zone! OK? I don't want to see anyone score easily in our penalty area! ”
Pastner, on the other hand, was in an extremely relaxed mood, and before the game began, his heart had been tense, for fear that Memphis would be defeated by the opposite side as soon as he came up, or that his own attack would be killed by the opposite side!
But neither of these things happened!
Under the leadership of Li Kaiming, Memphis not only played back and forth with Butler, but also forced Stevens to call a timeout first.
With the dual advantages of location and people, Butler University couldn't resist calling a timeout first, which surprised all the fans who watched the game.
After all, the side that calls the timeout first is the one that needs to adjust, and most people feel that Pastner will be beaten by Stevens and then pause to adjust.
But life is always so dramatic, and the most unlikely things will happen.
In the commentary seat, Koslowoff's face is about to become as black as Sharp next to him, Koslowoff is a mixed-race black man with a white complexion, and Sharp is a purebred black man......
It can be seen how Koslov was in mood at this time.
It can be said that it is like a funeral!
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