I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 25 Crush!

Le Fu leaned against Li Ran, supported him with his arms, turned around and squeezed inside.

Li Ran exhausted all his strength, but only hindered Le Fu from turning around.

Seeing that Le Fu hooked the ball out softly, Li Ran could only watch helplessly, sighing inwardly.

There is still too much difference in strength from traditional insiders. It is so difficult to deal with Love in college. After entering the NBA, what should I do against people like James?
Before he could finish thinking, a shadow suddenly appeared above the two of them.

Rose's head almost touched the backboard, and he reached out, trying to touch Love's throw.

His efforts finally paid off, and the tip of his index finger seemed to touch the ball.

The trajectory of the ball changed slightly, and before Rose landed, someone shouted from the outside.

"Rebound!"

Li Ran jumped up the moment the ball hit the basket.

Without Le Fu's oppression, he felt extremely relaxed at this moment.

The moment the ball left the basket, Li Ran stretched out his long arms to catch the ball. At this time, Love had just landed and couldn't take off again. He could only look up and watch Li Ran receive the rebound.

After landing, Li Ran didn't even look at it, he just grabbed the ball and threw it to the frontcourt.

Although he and Rose are both at the basket now, the Tigers' attack points are not just the two of them.

Chris Douglas Roberts had already crossed the half court at this time. He came beyond the three-point line and received a pass from Li Ran.

But Li Ran's long pass across the half court was obviously not accurate. The position where the ball landed was not on the path of the CDR's sprint, so he had to slow down to get the ball.

At this time, Darren Collison, who was chasing the fastest, has followed up, lagging behind CDR, waiting for the support of his teammates.

However, CDR was also the Tigers' leading scorer before Li Ran arrived. He rushed to the inside with Collison on his head, and used a back-and-forth to get rid of him.

Then, as if venting his anger, CDR charged into the paint, jumped high, and dunked the ball into the hoop with one arm.

After landing, CDR jumped twice on the spot, looking up to the sky and screaming.

On the sidelines, UCLA fans booed deafeningly to the opponent who performed well.

But their voices were quickly drowned out by Tigers fans.

The fans of the Tigers cheered. The team had a good start and played very well. This is already worthy of their encouragement and cheers for the team with their loudest voices.

Holland leaned on his chin, watching the development of the situation on the field with gloomy eyes.

The Tigers have played their own style, but UCLA's offensive core - Kevin Love has been limited.

After thinking for a while, Holland waved and called Collison over, and whispered a few words to him.

It is too early to call a timeout now, and Collison can only let Collison adjust the team's defensive strategy.

On the next ball, Love, who was playing a bit aggrieved, finally scored, but this goal has little to do with him.

Westbrook kicked his two long legs and kicked all the way into the inside line, attracting the defensive attention of Rozier and Joey Dorsey, and then passed them to Love, who was empty next to him.

Love took a dribble and dunked with both hands.

The UCLA fans started cheering, and the Tigers fans started booing.

After landing, Love excitedly clapped Westbrook's palms. This dunk vented a lot of his grievances about missing the first two shots.

Li Ran was actually beside him just now, but he didn't dance with Ben.

He knew very well that as long as the ball jumped just now, it would be a foul, and he and Ben had no conditions to stop Love.

It doesn't matter, if you lose points on the defensive end, just get them back on the offensive end.

The Memphis Tigers are never afraid of losing the ball. As long as they score more goals than the opponent, isn't it a victory.

Rose took the ball to the frontcourt, and Li Ran stayed silently in the corner.

Westbrook was a little absent-minded, looking back from time to time to see if there was a chance to help defend his teammates.

In his mind, he had already decided that Li Ran had no outside shooting ability. He didn't believe that Li Ran could make waves outside the three-point line in the bottom corner.

The opportunity was quickly found by Westbrook. The blocking and cutting cooperation between Rose and Joey Dorsey revealed a gap. As long as he blocks the gap now, Rose will completely lose the space to dribble and break through.

This kind of opportunity is fleeting, without thinking too much, Westbrook ran over directly.

But as soon as he came to the route of Rose's dribble, Rose had already passed the ball.

The object of the pass was Westbrook's defender, Li Ran, who was smoking on the baseline.

"Replenishment!"

Westbrook didn't panic, and immediately shouted loudly, and Mbah a Moute, who was guarding the inside line, immediately pulled out, blocking between Li Ran and the basket.

As a strong NCAA team, UCLA's discipline is evident.

However, it didn't work.

Under Westbrook, Mbah a Moute, under Holland's astonished eyes, under Rose's and Kaliapa's gratified eyes, Li Ran jumped up high from outside the three-point line.

Bend your knees, take off, stay in the air, pull your wrists, and land.

Li Ran's shooting movements are elegant and natural, full of a textbook-like aesthetic, as if shooting should be born in this posture.

In the eyes of everyone, either in horror or hope, the orange basketball drew an arc in the sky.

"Shh!"

The Tigers fans on the sidelines cheered at the same time, and the players on the Tigers bench were also very excited about Li Ran's neat three-point long shot.

But on the other side, Holland's face changed drastically, and it could even be said that he stayed where he was.

It was as if a thunderbolt hit his head, and Huo Lan didn't know what to do for a while.

He carefully designed the defensive strategy before the game, stayed up several nights watching videos to study the playing style and game habits of the Tigers.

All of this was shattered with Li Ran's three-pointer.

Until now, Holland did not know why the meritorious coach of the University of Memphis chose Li Ran, a rookie who had hardly played in college games, as the core of the team.

Is Kaliapa an idiot?

of course not.

Would he choose a player with major flaws for such an important tactical role on the team?
Obviously neither.

It was only now that Holland wanted to understand such a simple truth.

People always easily believe that the things that are beneficial to them are real, otherwise the telecom fraud in the future would not be so rampant.

Huo Lan obviously also fell into this misunderstanding. In other words, he knew that Li Ran's Memphis team, which had no flaws, was impossible for him to beat, so he had to arrange a flaw for Li Ran.

Now, Li Ran's shortcoming, or Huo Lan's lie, has been directly exposed.

Li Ran's three-pointer hit UCLA's morale even more than a brilliant dunk or astonishing teamwork.

All UCLA players unconsciously turned their attention to the head coach on the sidelines.

It's a pity that Huo Lan's heart is in a mess right now, and he is dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)