Enjoying the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li Ao returned to the bench and immediately received a new defensive arrangement.

Henry Bibby replaced Granville, White Mamba, and Shelby Jordan with a five-man duo of Nate Hale, Trepagnier, Li Ao, Brushenthal, and Charles.

After making lineup adjustments, he said to Li Ao: "Michael Wright will definitely be sent on the other side, you go to defend him." ”

Li Ao immediately quit: "The point guard I defended just now, and now I defend the big forward?" Coach, you're too hasty with this arrangement, aren't you? ”

Henry Bibby tilted his neck and looked up at Li Ao: "Do you have an opinion?" ”

"Nope."

"If you don't want to guard against him, I'll change Sam."

"Can he guard against it?"

"At least long enough to scare your opponents."

"Makes sense......"

Henry Bibby did not continue to fight with Li Ao and continued to make tactical adjustments.

Sam Clancy next to him: You choke each other, why do you want to give me a knife in the heart?

He wanted to find a corner to draw circles, but there was no empty corner, and his heart hurt even more.

was used as a sapper, Li Ao didn't think there was anything wrong with this arrangement.

He can now understand the feelings of players who are not stars, and he will not be dissatisfied because of the dirty work, but he is unwilling to be unwilling to his own lack of ability, and when he steps on the court, he cares most about how to help the team win the game.

Shelby Jordan is the team's defensive backbone, and it's his responsibility to help Shelby Jordan rest as a defensive substitute.

Li Ao looked across and took a deep breath to relieve the pressure, and the five-man duo of Gardner, Rick Anderson, Richard Jefferson, Michael Wright, and Robertas Jaftokas were huddled together.

Brushenthal said: "The other side has been pressing Gardner and Wright and not letting them go, which is the exact opposite of our strategy. ”

Li Ao responded: "Yes, they want to catch up while the three stars on our side are resting, and they can't let them succeed!" ”

The four people on the side nodded in unison, they wanted to win, and they couldn't drop the chain at this stage.

If you win this game, you won't be able to glorify your ancestors, but at least you can have a happy New Year.

Coming back from a timeout, the Wildcats attack first.

Rick Anderson launched an attack on the halfway line and Gardner, a 175-centimeter small defender, opened up space.

This is one of the more interesting characteristics of the Wildcats this season, this guard combination, the former is good at rushing, the latter is good at breaking through, fast, but also very good shooting, when the two are matched, it is Gardner who is responsible for running to catch the ball and shoot.

Rick Anderson broke through with the ball and was blocked by the Trojans on the right side of the three-second zone, and he split the ball to Richard Jefferson in the middle, and Trey Pagnier made up for it in time to withstand Richard Jefferson's impact.

The Trojans' defensive enthusiasm and intensity of confrontation have been high tonight, which was not too unexpected by the Wildcats players, Richard Jefferson did not force up, protected the ball and retreated to the free throw line, and hung to Michael Wright, who was stuck by Li Ao.

Originally, Michael Wright wanted to run, but the speed was one gear slower than Li Ao, and Li Ao's defense was very sticky, and there were many small movements, and he couldn't get rid of it at all.

In that case, then just head-on!

Michael Wright's close-range footsteps were not much worse than Brushenthal's, and Li Ao defended hard, but was still shaken out of space.

Michael Wright took a quick step and threw the ball before Charles could make a stoppage.

The ball hits the rebound and bounces into the frame!

Without Shelby Jordan, Li Ao felt how strong Michael Wright was!

This is the strongest individual interior offensive opponent he has ever played against, and Brushenthal is probably on par with Michael Wright in terms of skill alone.

Strength, Brushenthal is really strong, at the center level, Michael Wright is a lot worse than him, and he is a little worse than anyone else.

But this guy is extremely explosive, and the quick step to the layup just now is something that Brushenthal can't envy.

Even if Brushenthal integrates a strong body and outstanding static power into his style of play, no matter how advanced his technique is, he will not be able to play such a sharp attack as Michael Wright.

With two people with comparable skills to compare, Li Ao more intuitively felt the importance of physical fitness.

When it came to the Trojans' offense, Trepagnier directly started the singles split-ball play, which was simple and rude.

He played more aggressively than ever, and he was more crisp and decisive in his technical moves, and his performance was much better than in the opening game, and the defender changed from Arenas who accepted the opponent's goal to Rick Anderson, who was excellent defensively, and still found a shooting opportunity, hitting a half-volley from one step inside the free throw line!

But looking back, Gardner drew Nate Hale through Michael Wright and hit a three-point shot from the bottom right corner.

Nate Hale tried to play a joint defense with Gardner, who scored this shot, and the Trojans were not good defensively like the Wildcats in the previous period.

To guard against Gardner's three-pointer, Rick Anderson's breakaway, Richard Jefferson's cut, and the 211-centimeter Jaftokas eating cake, his teammates could only let Li Ao face Michael Wright's devastation alone.

Li Ao defends hard, but Michael Wright really isn't something he can defend one-on-one.

But the more this happened, the harder he defended.

On the one hand, they are dissatisfied with themselves and are unwilling to perform such a defense.

Also, you have to create rest time for Shelby Jordan, otherwise no one will be able to defend against this inside killer in the final moments.

Fortunately, there are Trepagnier and Brushenthal on the offensive end!

The two used simple and crude singles to help the Trojans carry the Wildcats' counterattack led by the two big stars inside and outside.

Li Ao is in this lineup, the offensive role is marginalized, without Granville to organize the attack, his strategy ability can not be used, and Trey Pagnier and Brushenthal are not so good at organizing the offensive awareness.

But Li Ao didn't do anything superfluous, after the two teammates launched an attack, he honestly ran outside the free throw line, the area where he was the most accurate in his mid-to-long shots, first, to choose to trust his teammates, and second, to save physical strength for defense.

However, despite their hard work, the difference in strength is still there, Gardner and Michael Wright are both NCAA top players, and only Granville and White Mamba are stronger on their side.

It's time for the Wildcats to attack again, and the score is currently 33-35, with the Wildcats trailing the Trojans by 2 points.

If it weren't for Rick Anderson's breakaway throw that spun around the hoop and slipped out of the basket in the last round, the score would have been tied.

This time, the Wildcats gave the ball to Michael Wright, who had a round off to play singles.

Michael Wright received the ball and turned around and stepped out with his left foot, walked on the road, Li Ao immediately moved and pasted it, Michael Wright withdrew his footsteps and strode with his right foot to the bottom line, Li Ao had already worked hard to turn around and block it, but he was still given space by Michael Wright to break through!

Michael Wright took two steps in a row to the right side of the basket and lifted the ball to jump...... Didn't jump!

The footsteps were only twenty or thirty centimeters off the ground, but the ball had already been pushed out, and the ball flew to the basket along the pitiful inertia, rubbed the outer circle and fell, Li Ao turned around and accepted the ball.

Michael Wright quickly turned around and yelled at the referee: "He pulled my jersey!" ”

The referee outside the baseline also felt that there was something wrong with this ball, but he didn't see it!

At the angle of the two just now, he could only see the two of them sticking together on the right side of the basket.

You can't assume a penalty, right?

The referee ignored it and ran to the opposite side, and Michael Wright remembered that the game was still going on and hurried to the front.

But he delayed this time just now, and was used by the other party!

Nate Hale pushed hard and the Wildcats couldn't get a foothold.

Michael Wright struggled to chase after the defense, but as soon as he reached the free throw line, Li Ao had already cut into the catch and wiped the board and hit a layup!

In 4 shots and 4 hits, Li Ao's data came to 8 points, 2 boards, 1 assist and 1 steal.

At 37-33, the Trojans temporarily stabilized the situation.

Switching offense and defense, Michael Wright came to the right side of the three-second zone with full of anger and leaned on Li Ao to ask for the ball.

After receiving a pass from Rick Anderson, Michael Wright turned around and broke through from close range!

With skillful footsteps and outstanding athletic ability, Li Ao can only block the middle lane and the bottom line.

The two came to the same position again, and Li Ao concocted the defense of the previous round in the same way, and grabbed it with his left hand the moment he stuck to it......

But this time, the angry Michael Wright exploded, jumping a point faster than in the previous round, and the explosiveness in the confrontation was stronger, and Li Ao was jerked away......

"Shhhh

With a tearing sound, Michael Wright's shot was ruined, and he lost his balance and failed to control the ball again, throwing a three-dip.

But the physical fitness is good, after landing he stood firm, and he turned his head to complain to the referee, but he heard the laughter of the fans outside the bottom line.

Suddenly, he saw Li Ao holding something in his hand, looking familiar.

He woke up suddenly, looked down and ...... "Ah......"

Li Ao looked at Donald Duck on Michael Wright's tight briefs, and then looked at the half-pair of ball pants in his hand...... (｡ ŏ_ŏ)