During the first timeout, Pastner, although dissatisfied with the performance of his players, was relatively calm.

He drew a big circle on the tactical board, almost covering the entire half, "Boys, Hayward on the other side has a good hand tonight, don't retreat when you defend, put pressure on him, and when you get into this range, you can stick to the defense, remember?" ”

The Memphis players all nodded.

Stevens, on the other side, chose to switch to the bench lineup and began to conserve physical strength for the starters.

At present, it is almost impossible for Butler to kill Memphis in one wave, so if he wants to win, it will depend on whether he has enough physical strength in the end.

After the timeout, Memphis continued to use a semi-start, half-bench lineup, while Butler University made four substitutions, and the only starter still on the floor was Hayward.

It seems that Stevens saw that the former was hot, so he let him lead the team and play for a while.

The effect of the timeout didn't show off on the offensive end, and Butler's bench defense wasn't vegetarian.

Williams cut in from the right baseline and threw a shot against the defense of backup center Gordon Ford.

Gordon Ford is a short black center in his early two meters, who moves fast, has good physical fitness, and is extremely good at running and jumping.

Although Williams' ball was not blocked by Ford, it was also affected by the defense and bounced above the basket.

Ford's defense left a large area under the basket, and Li Kaiming saw the opportunity to plunge into the basket and stuck under the rebound before the basketball fell.

Butler University, without a center, faced Li Kaiming, who is 210 tall, almost no one could prevent the latter from winning this rebound.

When Li Kaiming got the rebound, all three of Butler's men defended it.

He first took the ball and pretended to go to the basket.

A center makes a layup motion under the basket, and Butler's short men naturally don't stand and watch.

Hayward, who rushed to the front, jumped up as soon as possible, and at the same time slapped the ball in Li Kaiming's hand with both hands!

Just when Hayward thought he was going to give the big man a blood cap, the guy under him suddenly put away the ball.

Seeing this scene, Hayward's heart suddenly cooled by half!

Oops!

But he is not a bird, he has wings and can adjust his position in the air.

Although he had tried his best to avoid Li Kaiming's cylinder, he still didn't dodge it in the end.

Li Kaiming shook up and took a small step forward, and a small hook hand made a rebound.

At the same time, his body also made contact with Hayward in the air!

Honk!

The referee immediately blew the whistle and signaled for a foul on Hayward!

Hayward knew he was wrong, and obediently raised his hand.

After the basketball collided with the rebound, it also fell into the basket.

2+1！

At the same time, the holographic screen of the system appeared in front of Li Kaiming's eyes.

[System]: Congratulations to the host, complete the B-level basic quest, get 15 attribute points, 140 points!

Double happiness is coming, no, three happiness is coming!

The ball scored 2+1, made a foul on the opposite No. 1 star, and completed the task!

Li Kaiming, who was standing at the free throw line, laughed happily.

Until Williams on the side loudly reminded him to make free throws, and if he didn't make any more free throws, it would be overtime!

He woke up from his excitement and hurriedly shot a free throw.

Basketball doesn't lie, Comrade Li Kaiming was so happy and sad that he didn't score the penalty!

This made Pastner, who was watching the game from the bench, angry!

What the hell is this guy doing?

Butler's counterattack also came quickly, and after being replaced by the bench, Hayward was the absolute core.

As soon as he got to the frontcourt, the backup point guard gave the ball to Hayward and asked him to organize the offense.

Hayward faced Sarly's defense, and this time he didn't choose to call cover, and in his opinion, Sully on the outside could be a more sensible choice than challenging Li Kaiming in the penalty area.

And it's true, Sully's defense, against a star player like Shanghai Ward, who is proficient in all kinds of sudden passes, is almost no different from the road in the early morning.

After shaking off Sully's defence, Hayward shot again from mid-range!

This time, Li Kaiming kept an eye on it, and took a few steps outside the penalty area before Hayward could make a move.

It was the gap of these steps that allowed the defense to interfere with Hayward this time.

This mid-range shot missed the basket.

Under the basket, two beast-like figures, after fierce physical confrontation, it was Coleman who won the rebound in the end.

Coleman isn't good at shooting, but he does the dirty work well.

……

Taking advantage of the absence of the opposite center, Li Kaiming turned over the river and the sea on the inside, like a dragon, all kinds of defense, taking boards and attacking.

Finally, before halftime, he scored 18 points with a layup.

There were less than five minutes left before the end of the first half.

[System]: Congratulations to the host, complete the B-level advanced mission, and get three badge upgrades!

The moment he saw the system prompt, Li Kaiming breathed a sigh of relief.

……

A few minutes later, the whistle blew at half-time, and the scores of both sides were displayed on the big screen at the Lucas Stadium.

Memphis trailed Butler by one point at 35:36.

This is the first half of the game where you come and go, which makes the fans who watched the game addicted.

Although their home side didn't play in the first half, it was well worth it to enjoy a good game.

Besides, Butler University still has a big chance of winning this game.

On the commentary seat, Koslov looked at the statistical table in his hand and said to the audience, "At the end of the first half, the scores of the two sides were very close, and there were outstanding players on both teams, Butler's Hayward played 15 minutes in the half, scoring 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Li Kaiming on the opposite side performed well, playing 16 minutes in the half, scoring 18 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks!" ”

At the same time, the avatars of Li Kaiming and Hayward were also released on the big screen, and the data of the two were listed below.

Koslov looked at the two Sharp next to him, "Both, who do you think will win this game now?" ”

Matt Bullard and Sharpe obviously lost the firmness they had at the beginning of the game, and after a moment of hesitation, they slowly said, "This game will probably be played to the last second like Memphis played against Tennessee, so we can't see who will win now." ”

Hearing this expected answer, Koslov looked down at the statistics table again before he said to Sharp, "I have a different opinion!" ”

Sharp and Brad pouted disdainfully, what else could you think of? In addition to brainlessly belittling Li Kaiming, can he say anything convincing?

But Koslov's words made the two people fall silent immediately, "Today's Memphis still has physical problems, although it is not as serious as the last game, but this time their dual-core playing time reached 15 minutes in the half, but Butler on the opposite side, with a substitute in the second half of the quarter, can play back and forth with Li Kaiming, isn't this the problem?" ”

It's rare that Koslov said a human word.

Even Sharp and the others couldn't find the problem with Koslov's point of view for a while.

Or rather, it's a fact that can't be refuted!

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