From sparring to superstar

Chapter 34 33. What the hell did you ask me to guard against him?

Arenas was shaking with anger.

This is what he used to mock the opponent who wore the No. 0 jersey since his sophomore year and beat him up!

After arriving at the NCAA, it still remained.

A while ago, the Bruins, the team that rejected him, also had a player wearing the No. 0 jersey. He scored 18 points that night and helped the Wildcats win. He used this sentence to mock the opponent.

This time, he was mocked by his opponent with this sentence!

But he was really blown away. In these few rounds, the opponent did better than him, with 4 points and a successful inside shot, but he was only 2 for 1...

The long timeout ended, and both teams made personnel adjustments.

The Trojans replaced Charles with Brusenthal.

Li Ao came to the court and looked at the opposite lineup, Arenas, Rick Anderson, Richard Jefferson, Luke Walton, Woods.

Rick Anderson, with a comprehensive evaluation of 73, ranked 98th among high school students in the United States in 67, with a height of 189 cm, good at long-range shooting and defense, poor ball handling, averaged 11 minutes per game, scored 4.4 points and 2.7 rebounds.

Rick Anderson's information immediately popped up in Li Ao's mind.

But it is obvious that this person will not be used to defend against him, so...

No, no, do you want to use that guy to defend against him?

Really, an honor!
The game continued with the Wildcats attacking.

Arenas catches the ball and attacks.

Li Ao devoted himself to defense. The opponent did not need Michael Wright, nor did he need a point guard who is good in singles. He sacrificed offense to improve defense. The reason why he dared to do this was because Arenas scored 9 points on 6 of 13 shots tonight. brutality.

Arenas came to the top arc, faced Li Ao, and entered the cursing mode, just like humiliating Ruben Douglas.

But Li Ao just looked at Arenas with the eyes of a wise man.

Just a few words over and over again.

Shelby Jordan heard such rubbish talk from Arenas and wanted to give Arenas a tip, not to mention thank you for the help.

Instead of angering Li Ao, Arenas got angry with himself.

He swears that he has to blow up this nasty guy tonight!
breakthrough!

Arenas passed Li Ao without too much effort, and Li Ao chased after Arenas to interfere with the emergency stop jump shot.

Arenas did not make an emergency stop and retreat. The opponent's defense without a sense of oppression made him feel very awkward. He rushed all the way inside and tried to attack the frame.

Li Ao followed closely behind Arenas, tightly covering the space where Arenas made an emergency stop and shot, and Arenas was forced to the bottom line on the right side of the three-second zone!

Arenas was very surprised, and the defensive patience of No. 0 on the opposite side was really good!

Granville shrinks in place in time, and Arenas is forced to stop the ball and find a catch point, but the best catch point is Woods stuck behind him by Brusenthal.

Woods, who is 216 centimeters and 111 kilograms, is really inferior to the 206 centimeters and 109 kilograms of Brusenthal in terms of confrontation.

Although Woods moves fast, has an outstanding height and good wingspan, and has a good sense of blocking shots, he becomes a pure blue-collar player when he encounters a thick-bodied opponent. On the offensive end, he only has cakes and pick-and-rolls.

Li Ao covered the sky above Arenas without making unnecessary moves, and Granville reached out for the ball.

Arenas either made a mistake or forced himself to be capped. The savior came!He quickly leaned forward and threw the ball to the center.

Richard Jefferson cuts in the middle, catches the ball, leaps high, and smashes the ball into the basket with one hand!
The cut was so sharp that the white mamba didn't even have time to pull.

It is indeed the strongest team in the competition area for more than ten years, and it is not so easy to kill with one shot.

Li Ao picked up the ball and shouted to his teammates: "Don't worry, let's play slowly, we are the ones leading."

Bai Mamba is good at adjusting internal conflicts and communicating with teammates, encouraging teammates. Li Ao took on this task.

At this time, such a person came out to say something, and the agitation of the teammates calmed down a lot.

Granville advanced to the frontcourt, the pressure surged!

The overall offense on the opposite side declined, but Rick Anderson and Richard Jefferson came up and the defense was full!

The opposite lineup is the best defensive lineup of the Wildcats analyzed by the Trojans during the preparation and training phase.

Fortunately, the White Mamba has scored 9 points since the start. He has restrained the opponent's defense with his own strength, and the opponent's zone defense cannot be used.

There is no chance for Li Ao to force him inside. Rick Anderson went to defend Shelby Jordan, and Richard Jefferson who just completed a dunk was chasing behind Li Ao!
Li Ao's speed is pretty good on the front line, but Richard Jefferson's speed is comparable to a speed guard!
Although Li Ao has a strength advantage, Richard Jefferson's defense is completely different from Arenas'. He is active in defense and not afraid of confrontation.

Seeing this, Granville chose to attack with a breakthrough.

Li Ao has been paying attention to Granville's actions. He immediately cut from the baseline to the inside and failed to get rid of Richard Jefferson, but he still went all the way to the basket, then turned 90 degrees and ran to the high post.

Arenas' defense was like toilet paper, and it was broken with one poke. Granville easily broke into the inside line, and encountered a complementary defense from Richard Jefferson on the right side of the three-second zone.

Granville scored the ball. Li Ao ran from the basket to one step outside the free throw line to receive the ball. Arenas chased the ball and rushed to Li Ao, rushing to interfere.

Li Ao ignored Arenas' defense, raised the ball, and made a mid-range shot...

Feel good, come in!
After landing, Li Ao said loudly, "No wonder you scored so many points. It turns out that it's so easy to make a mid-range shot."

As a surly 17-year-old teenager, Arenas couldn't stand the excitement, and shouted at his teammates: "Give me the ball! I'm going to kick that fucking ball!"

Li Ao, who was retreating, paid attention to Arenas' emotional changes, and seeing that the opponent started yelling at his teammates, he quickly called them together and said a few words.

The defense is adjusted on the spot, and the Trojans are generally in the power of Shelby Jordan or Charles.

This is the first time for Li Ao to do this, but his teammates have chosen to implement it, and the cohesion of the team is reflected at this moment.

Arenas advanced to the frontcourt, and after his teammates settled down, he directly rushed to Li Ao, who was interfering with shooting.

Didn't choose any other attacking methods. After reaching the free throw line, Arenas made an emergency stop, took a step back, and took a long two-point shot... Just as he jumped up and lifted the ball, his pupils dilated instantly!

How could this guy jump in place?
He saw Li Ao appearing in front of him!
Although there is a huge difference in bounce, the difference in height and wingspan between the two is even greater!

Although Arenas was surprised, he didn't stop his body movements. He forcibly leaned back to avoid Li Ao's block and threw the ball. The ball would fly over Li Ao's fingers.

However, the block was avoided, and the ball missed the frame directly.

Three do not stick!
The rest of the Trojans formed a circle in the middle, refusing to give Richard Jefferson and Woods a chance to rush, and Shelby Jordan protected the rebound.

Shelby Jordan took the rebound and sprayed swear words directly: "His XX gambling defense has actually succeeded!"

The other three were equally surprised.

The anticipation talent on the defensive end is also great!
The teammates felt that this was a risk, but Li Ao was actually quite sure here.

Based on his understanding of Arenas and his personal judgment after the matchup tonight, he felt that Arenas would respond with an emergency stop jumper in all likelihood.

After being passed just now, he didn't chase with all his strength. He didn't care about Arenas' breakthrough inside. He had ordered his teammates to block Arenas' breakthrough in advance, and waited for Arenas to perform an emergency stop and retreat. , he can press it immediately.

He has always felt that in addition to ability, defense also depends on brains.

Sometimes it sounds outrageous to come up with a brainstorming method, but the opponent's style of play is really so outrageous.

When the Trojans attacked, Granville did not continue to break through, and he had to slow down. He lobbed the ball to Brusenthal at close range, who singled Woods face-to-face.

Taking advantage of his skillful singles footwork, Brusenthal stepped back and turned around and made a bottom line throw...was interfered by Woods.

The ball bounced off the inside of the rim, and Woods protected the defensive rebound.

Although facing the strong inside line of the Trojans, Woods' offensive end was crippled, but his defense was still the top of the university.

He lost another chance to expand the point difference to more than 5 points. Li Ao regretted it. When he turned around and retreated from the baseline, he heard Root Olsen shouting from the sidelines: "Rick, beat the rhythm, Gilbert You need to take a rest first."

Pretending not to hear, Li Ao quickly ran back to the backcourt.

He didn't make adjustments immediately. After Rick Anderson advanced to the frontcourt and ignored Arenas' multiple requests for the ball, he raised the top arc from the flank and motioned Granville to the flank.

"I guard him? Are you kidding me?"

Granville Pupil Earthquake.

You want me to die?

Li Ao replied without turning his head: "You just need to walk around carefully."

Seeing Arenas running to the flank, Granville gritted his teeth and chased after him.

Granville was so tense that he was sweating profusely.

The opponent is taller than him, stronger than him, and has accurate mid-range and long-range shots... How can he defend against such an opponent without the ball?
He really wanted to pull Li Ao's ear to the hole and speak: What magical tricks do you teach me to prevent it?
Then, seconds passed...

Granville: (_)
Why isn't this thing moving?
Why just stand still?
This is me, guarded?
You move!Otherwise, it would appear that my questioning just now was stupid.

On the other hand, Rick Anderson regretted it.

What can you do with this!
Why did he listen to the head coach so blinded by lard?
How good it is to pass to Arenas.

He just couldn't understand Arenas forcing Ruben Douglas to transfer in that way, and it wasn't that he didn't recognize Arenas' strength.

Arenas never imagined that in this matter, the person with the highest evaluation of him was actually the No. 0 player on the opposite side who he wanted to bite to death.

Rick Anderson saw that Arenas passed Li Ao more easily than drinking water, but when he broke through, he was completely stuck to death!Forced to stop in the top corner to the right of the free throw line!

Thanks to Luke Walton's support, he sent the ball out of danger.

Luke Walton points the ball, points the ball, points the ball, the ball... Cue you girl!
His thoughts now are the same as Granville's.

That bastard should make a move!

Arenas moves very poorly without the ball, which is a good thing to say.

To put it bluntly, Arenas has no ability to move without the ball.

There is no other reason. Since he played in the Southern California Youth Amateur League in junior high school, he has always been the core of holding the ball. When he is tired, he will stand on the side and take shots.

Luke Wharton was forced to face Shelby Jordan in singles, breaking through the emergency stop, which did not play the role of the emergency stop at all, and it was an iron to pull up the shot and "bang".

Li Ao took it back... the ball was taken by Brusenthal, and he turned around and ran to the frontcourt resentfully.

Rebounds, if this continues, they will be surpassed by steals.

When it came time for the Trojans to attack, Brusenthal singled the ball, Li Ao received the ball from the left side of the three-second zone and passed it to Granville, Granville made another pass, and the White Mamba caught the ball and made a mid-range shot...Unfortunately, this time The white mamba is also determined.

Rick Anderson took the defensive rebound and tossed it to Arenas like a hot potato.

Arenas glanced contemptuously at Rick Anderson and advanced to the frontcourt.

Li Ao, who retreated, saw this scene and switched defenses with Granville again. He was sure and sure that Arenas would not give the ball to Rick Anderson to start an attack, so he rushed to the round and Rick Anderson refused to give the ball to him. Arenas.

Arenas singled Li Ao, did not break through directly, but pulled quickly.

Li Ao was forced to move sideways with all his strength to interfere with Arenas' shooting. Arenas seized the opportunity, stopped suddenly, took a big step back to the position just now, took off, and shot a three-pointer...

This rhythm is what Arenas likes!

However, it is iron!

After Arenas paused for a round of singles, he felt tired from playing singles for several minutes in a row, and his unbelievable state suddenly disappeared!

When it came time for the Trojans to attack, Granville's breakthrough high throw was also ironed out.

After a period of highlight moments, the two teams began to iron up!
The reason why the Trojans are ironed is that the Wildcats put on the best defensive lineup.

The reason why the Wildcats became stronger... Arenas' state was lost by Li Ao!
After hitting another iron, Arenas finally made a goal.

The Trojans only relied on Shelby Jordan's tip-up to cause a foul and made two free throws. The score of the two teams came to 28 to 24, and the Trojans still only had a 4-point lead.

The iron will spread. When the Wildcats attacked, Luke Walton made an open three-pointer. Li Ao finally grabbed the rebound, and he grabbed the ball to the top arc before Richard Jefferson.

Granville receives the ball and counterattacks!

Arenas tried his best to catch up but couldn't catch up. He gave up after catching up to the three-point line and watched Granville trot all the way into the inside liner and hit a layup.

30 to 24, the lead of the Trojans finally expanded to 6 points, and the Wildcats called a timeout!

After worrying for so long, they finally took a fairly clear lead, and the fans cheered endlessly after entering the timeout.

That's right, after 15 minutes of playing, the score is only 30 to 24...

You must know that after 9 minutes of playing, the score was already 24 to 20.

The fans thought it was an offensive battle, but who knew it would become a defensive battle!

This change... The fans all focused their attention on the two-meter man with the face of a small milk dog...

(End of this chapter)