I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 19 Absolute Strength
As early as before the game, when changing clothes in the locker room, Li Ran had already held a small meeting with his teammates.

"Guys, I think we need to put some strength into that core of the Longhorns."

He looked at his teammates who were surrounded by bewildered faces, put his hands on the shoulders of Rose and Joey Dorsey who were closest to him, and conspired loudly.

"How to increase the intensity?" Rose asked puzzled.

"If he underestimated the strength of our defense..."

When Li Ran explained it like this, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Li, you are too insidious, but I like it." Rose rubbed his hands and smiled cheaply.

In fact, what Li Ran said is also very simple, somewhat similar to the inside defensive strategy of the Nuggets in recent seasons.

It has always been said that Marcus Camby's defense is not worthy of the name, and that the Nuggets gave him the data at the expense of the team's inside defense.

However, Camby's two first-team defenses, two second-team defenses, one DPOY and four shot-blocking titles are no joke.

This shows from the side that his style of play is also effective.

And now, Memphis' inside defensive strategy seems to be just right for this system.

Rather than saying that Augustin broke through the defense of Rose and Joey Dorsey so easily and entered the inside line, it is better to say that he plunged into the hole dug for him by the Tigers.

Facts have proved that Augustine fell hard in this pit.

The pride and ambition at the beginning of the game was directly wiped out by Li Ran's big volleyball hat, like a pot of cold water poured directly on his head in three or nine days.

The ball was slapped directly to the audience in the second row, and the lucky guy who was hit by the ball was looking at Li Ran on the court with a surprised expression on his face while holding the basketball.

"Oh, Memphis' secret weapon, Lee, showed his unparalleled physical talent in this block. His head almost hit the backboard just now." Said overflowing.

The sideline ball was re-sent, and there were only about ten seconds left in the attack time, and it was too late for the Longhorns to re-run the tactics.

So after some conduction, the ball came to Augustine's hands again.

He looked up at the timer. There were only a little over five seconds left, and it was still ticking away.

In desperation, Augustine could only choose the simplest style of play. After dribbling the ball and making a few fake moves, he directly made a jumper on the spot.

Rose's defense was in place, which seriously interfered with Augustine's shot.

Augustine threw the ball directly across the bridge.

Li Ran, who was just about to catch the ball and advance, was just about to leave the inside line when he suddenly found a chubby, orange-yellow cute little baby in his hand.

He looked down and burst into tears instantly.

If I remember correctly, this is a historic rebound.

This is the first backcourt rebound of Li Ran's NCAA career!
But this kind of joy only lasted in Li Ran's heart for less than half a second, and he grabbed the ball with one hand and threw it vigorously forward.

Rose had already passed halftime, and when he entered the three-point line, he was very comfortable receiving a thoughtful assist from Li Ran from the backcourt.

Catching the ball with both hands, Rose's whole body is like a big bow with full strings, leaping high, rounding his hands and dunking the ball in.

After landing, Rose looked up to the sky and screamed.

Li Ran excitedly ran over to give Ross a high-five.

"Hey, hang up the frame after dunking. The impact on your knees is too strong, and you are prone to injury."

He trotted back to the backcourt and whispered to Rose.

Rose still had a smile on his face, and just nodded upon hearing this.

"I know, I know, you are really more verbose than my mother."

Contrary to Gemini, whose mentality had completely calmed down, Augustine felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire.

The level of ten points on weekdays can't even be played at seven points.

He felt that No. 0 and No. 23 on the opposite side seemed to be deliberately targeting him.

But whether it is Li Ran or Rose, both offensive and defensive abilities are stronger than Augustine.

One such player is enough, but Memphis has two.

There may be more than two, CDR is still waiting to be fed, and his attack power is also strong.

The progress of the game was just like the two goals at the beginning. Li Ran and Ross, who had a perfect understanding of each other, completely suppressed Augustine on both offensive and defensive ends. The point difference between the two teams was slowly but firmly widening.

Five minutes later, Longhorn head coach Rick Barnes finally couldn't help calling a timeout.

Looking at the decadent Augustine, at this time he missed Aldridge and Durant who had left the team and had already made their mark in the NBA.

The point difference is not too big, only six points, but Barnes really can't find a comeback point.

Augustine took five shots in these 8 minutes, but only hit one ball, which was obtained by forcing a shot under Rose's defense.

Commonly known as Mengjin.

I sighed silently in my heart. Although Augustine was strictly guarded in this game, he can only rely on him for the next game.

Because those players on the bench are only used to buy time for the main players to rest.

He looked at another guard player - AJ - Abrams, he was the best performance in the Longhorn team starting, scored 6 points, it can be said that the Longhorn team is not collapsed, it is completely him I'm struggling to support myself.

"DJ, if you're feeling stressed, just hand the ball over to AJ."

In desperation, Barnes could only shift the focus of the team's attack.

He looked at Calipari, who was arranging tactics with a smile on the other side, with a relaxed expression.

Why can you have so many cards in your hand?
Calipari didn't change his tactics, and there was no need for it. He just encouraged the players and asked them to continue playing like this after they got on the court.

After playing, Abrams, who was approved by Barnes, was very excited and performed very actively. He shot from inside and outside, helping the Longhorns to close the point difference in a short time.

Unfortunately, after Calipari had an insight into Barnes' intentions, Abrams was easily strangled by CDR and Rose.

Anyway, Augustine is still a quasi-NBA player, and Abrams didn't even participate in the draft.

In the following time, Barnes struggled several times, but his substitutions and adjustments were all ineffective.

At the end of the first half, the score was 50-36. The fast-paced Tigers played the game like an NBA score under the deliberate acceleration of Li Ran and Rose. They scored 20 points in just 50 minutes, and Gained a 14-point lead.

Barnes, who was in mourning, had no choice but to take the players back to the locker room, looking for a solution to the current crisis.

But in the face of absolute strength, any small action is useless.

Although Barnes had re-boosted the morale of the players and formulated targeted tactics during the halftime break, in the second half, Li Ran and Rose, who had no rest, still smashed the Longhorn team's inside line.

When the game progressed to No. 30 minutes, as the referee blew the whistle, the main center of the Longhorns, Connor Achelli, received his fifth foul of the game, and walked off the field with a bitter face , this game with no waves from beginning to end is basically over.

Some teams died in the first minute, but were buried in 1 minutes.

　It was only after I wrote this that I discovered a BUG. The head coach of the Tigers is not named Calipari, but Calliapa. . .I said how familiar the name Calipari is, it turned out to be an Italian city + football club.

　　Fortunately, his role is over in a few chapters, and everyone knows what's going on. I don't think anyone really cares about the name of an NCAA head coach. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)