Chapter 21: The Real Hell

As he spoke, the game on the field had already begun.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Ayers jumped to win over Love and get the home team the chance to attack first.

After Glasser advanced to the frontcourt, the Devils first tried a wave of off-ball screens, and Harden took advantage of the cover to catch the ball.

However, he didn't get a chance to make a shot, because Westbrook, who was guarding him, posted it in the first place.

Xu Yong quickly lifted the block and dismantled, and after dismantling, it was bombed.

The Bruins directly chose to switch defenses, Bamot defended Harden, and Westbrook switched to Xu Yong.

Harden misplaced Bamot and his shot after breaking through to the box was deflected wide.

Bamot has a combination of confrontation and speed, and it's not necessarily easier for Harden to hit him than it is to beat Westbrook.

Lefu picked up a defensive rebound after catching Ayers, and then he made a straight quarterback-style long throw pass.

Westbrook has "teleported" past midfield.

The ball leads, and the fast-break Devils can't catch up with Westbrook after receiving the ball.

In the eyes of the fans, they saw Westbrook soaring into the air, his body arched like a full moon scimitar.

"Bang!"

Then, there's the iconic frame of violent abuse.

A loud muffled sound came through the loudspeaker, and the scene was full of exclamations.

His dunks are so violent that even opponents can't help but exclaim.

After landing, Westbrook also roared at the away fans, as Harden said before.

The Bruins gave the Devils a kick-off at the beginning!

And more important than this is the situation on the field.

The Bruins did not study the Devils too much, as Xu Yong said.

But that doesn't stop them from playing, because other teams have at most one team that defends the line, but the Bruins have two, and they're both very good.

This allows them to switch defenses directly when facing Xu Yong and Harden when they block and dismantle.

Xu Yong won't get the same open opportunity he did when he played the University of Arizona, and Harden will have a hard time playing that kind of destructive power against Bamot.

Sandek gestured on the sidelines, and after the Devils advanced to the frontcourt, Xu Yong and Glasser played a no-ball combination on the weak side.

At this time, Bamot showed an excellent defensive sense, his attention was always on Xu Yong, and he seized the opportunity to steal Harden's pass directly.

The Bruins fought back again, and this time the Devils had stepped back early, but Collison cut through the line like a knife and scored two more points on a flying layup.

Fast, too fast.

It's not just Collison who is fast, it's the Bruins' defensive counterattack that plays too fast.

"I love those two guards at UCLA." In the stands, Nash's attention has been drawn to Collison and Westbrook.

Stoudemire and Marion nodded one after another, and this kind of guard who can quickly push the transition is also very professional with the Suns.

"Phew!"

Harden tried to force Westbrook up frontcourt, but the latter was familiar with him and managed to interfere with his shot.

The Devils' offense still failed to score.

Love defended the defensive rebound, and the Bruins were on another defensive counter-attack.

This time, after passing the ball a few times, Yu Lefu hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

7 to 0!

The Devils were beaten out in a wave at the beginning of the game.

There was a lot of agitation at the scene, and Sandek also shouted at the players on the field; "Be patient, play more patiently!"

After shouting, he glanced up at the time.

It was less than three minutes before the game began, so it was too early to call a timeout, and it wouldn't have made much of a difference.

He then looked back at the players on the field.

He had already vaccinated the players before the game, and now it can only be up to the players to adjust themselves.

At the critical moment, Xu Yong stepped up, and he cut to receive Harden's pass to meet Love's tough layup, causing the latter's defensive foul and getting two free throws.

Xu Yong stretched out his hand and was pulled up by Harden and Ailes, and moved his shoulder.

Just now he had a head-on collision with Lefou, and Lefu was like a mountain of meat that couldn't be hit at all.

It seems that his previous feeling was not all wrong, at least Lefou, like Jokic, looked fat, but the game was very stable.

Even he remembered watching a video of Lefu and a sumo wrestler facing off before, and Lefu was able to directly knock a 158-kilogram sumo wrestler.

Xu Yong went to the free throw line, and the shoulder of the first free throw did not completely ease up and did not score, but after the second free throw was adjusted, he hit and finally helped the Devils break the scoring drought.

It was this free throw that allowed the Devils to finally no longer have to be defended and counterattacked, and they could play positional battles with the Bruins.

Westbrook advanced to the front court with the ball, and the UCLA system officially began.

John Wooden invented this tactic in the sixties and seventies of the last century, but it was this tactic that led to UCLA's seven championships a decade ago, and even Jerry Sloan's pick-and-roll tactics after that were inspired by the UCLA system.

Xu Yong is no stranger to this tactic, and by the time he was reborn, UCLA tactics were no longer very advanced, but it could still have a place in basketball tactics because it was really classic and full of variety.

After Collison landed at the top of the arc, Love raised the left high post, and Collison and Bamot moved to the right side of the half to form the weak side.

On the left side of the half, Westbrook, Josh Shipp and Love formed the strong side.

Westbrook handed the ball to Shipp at a 45-degree angle from the left three-point line, and then quickly inserted it into the basket with Love's pick-and-roll screen.

This is the most basic starting style for UCLA transfer and cutting.

Sandek had a pre-game target, Glaser retracted early, and the Bruins' first attempt to cut in was unsuccessful.

But the Bruins' offense didn't stop, and Shipp saw this and returned the ball to Love.

At this time, Bamot, who was on the weak side, quickly cut into the basket.

This is the second entry into the UCLA system, but Xu Yong successfully predicted this and reached out in advance to block Lefou's pass.

It was at this time that the unguardable cut came in.

Shipp cut to the basket and screened Westbrook, who cut out and received a pass from Love to get a shot.

But just as Ayers made a save, Westbrook stuffed the ball to Shipp, who cut in after the dismantling.

Josh Shipp's easy two-point layup gave the Bruins another two!

Sandek watched helplessly from the sidelines.

The Devils' defense wasn't bad at all this round, but UCLA Passing was really hard to guard.

Especially for the Bruins, Love has a solid outside ability, which allows Ayers to defend only to go out, and Westbrook's ability to impact the basket makes them have to shrink and switch defenses.

Add to that the 35 seconds of time in the NCAA and you're under defensive pressure over a round like never before.

John Wooden's greatness can be seen in the fact that the John Wooden Award is the most prestigious award for college students in the United States.

The game played for more than 9 minutes, and the score on the field was already 20-4!

The Devils suffered their most difficult game since the start of the season.

Sandek's pre-regular season remarks made the Devils realize that the PAC10 league they are in is "hell."

But the three-game winning streak after the start of the tournament made that feeling stay in the imagination stage.

But tonight, in the face of the Bruins, the existence of the Pac10 League's disconnection level, their group of "devils" really felt it!