From sparring to superstar

Chapter 38 37. Make the Trojans great!

The teammates rushed towards Li Ao again.

At this moment, their emotions of excitement, surprise, and fear emerged together.

If Li Ao hadn't noticed that Arenas was going down quickly, Arenas would really have shot... It's not impossible to make the shot!

Tonight, Arenas scored 29 points and 7 assists in a single game. Both scoring and assists set new highs in his college career.

This performance is amazing!
In terms of stability, they have encountered a better scorer this season, Eddie House.

But in terms of oppression, Arenas is even worse!

And Li Ao ended that potential danger!

Glanville was so excited that he jumped directly on Li Ao's back. Li Ao started another round of hugs. The teammates on the bench also rushed into the field, and they all surrounded Li Ao.

But when it came to Sam Clancy, he turned around and left... Then he heard Li Ao muttering: "I really don't fit in."

Sam Clancy: [○`Д○]
This friend really doesn't have to make friends!
Amid the shouts of Henry Bibby, Li Ao and his teammates returned to the bench.

Henry Bibby made a personnel adjustment, replacing Sam Clancy with Shelby Jordan, giving the latter a chance to find a corner to circle.

Granville, Li Ao, White Mamba, and Brusenthal continued to fight.

The rest time passed quickly, and the players of the two teams returned to the field.

The Wildcats sent Gardner, Arenas, Richard - Jefferson, Michael - Wright, Woods starting lineup.

The referee blew the whistle to start overtime and threw the ball into the air. Woods easily won the jump ball by relying on his outstanding bullet speed and the longest wingspan among the 24 players tonight. The Wildcats went first!
Gardner received the ball and passed it to Arenas. Arenas advanced to the frontcourt and continued to defend against Li Ao in singles!
Li Ao's defense is still the same, covering the regular shooting space, making it more difficult for Arenas to shoot, allowing Arenas to use more technical changes to shoot.

Arenas made 19 of 10 shots in regular time, including 7 of 3 three-pointers and 8 of 6 free throws to score 29 points. Arenas was highly confident. He stopped and took a step to get rid of Li Ao's interference. Crooked!
White Mamba protects the defensive rebound.

Offensive and defensive transition, Granville breaks through and points to Brusenthal, Brusenthal catches the ball with one step inside the free throw line to attract Richard Jefferson to defend, Li Ao goes around behind Brusenthal, Brusenthal Senthal played high and played a pass behind the head. Li Ao was almost intercepted by the rushing Arenas, but fortunately he protected him.

Arenas turned his head and wanted to grab again after rushing over, Li Ao raised the ball, took off, and shot...

The 'killer' effect is still there!

Overtime, count as 'remaining game time'!
'Catch and shoot expert', +3 mid-range shot, 'killer', +10 mid-range shot, and the overall mid-range shot soared to 87!

He felt good tonight, and he made another hit in the mid-range shot!

He made 11 of 9 shots and 4 of 3 free throws. He continued to set a new personal scoring high, with 21 points in a single game, the first time in his college career that he scored 20+ points in a single game!

In the transition between offense and defense, Arenas continued to play singles, even firmer than in the previous round.

But facing Li Ao's defense, Arenas made an emergency stop and made a jump shot!

Brusenthal held Woods to protect the defensive rebound!
Li Ao's eyes lit up, it's finally time!

Just now Arenas used more energy to perform technical moves in this attack, and his shooting force has become uncontrollable!
The reason—serious decline in physical strength.

Compared to Li Ao who tries not to do unnecessary things on the court, Arenas is completely opposite. He definitely does a lot of unnecessary things.

As far as defense is concerned, Arenas is obviously a black hole, but he consumes as much energy as a defensive player like Rick Anderson.

On the offensive end, too, Arenas loves to show off his skills, and the better he is, the more he loves to show off.

It’s okay to change to an ordinary opponent. When encountering Li Ao, who is far stronger than him in height and wingspan, and has good defensive stability, Arenas hits overtime, and his physical strength is only enough to support him to use technology to get rid of Li Ao’s shooting interference. When it comes time to shoot At that time, I was exhausted.

In the transition between offense and defense, Brusenthal made a close-range attack, turned around and dribbled a step, grabbed the ball and jumped to avoid Woods' interference, and hit the layup!

101 to 97, the Trojans lead the Wildcats by 4 points!
When it came time for the Wildcats to attack, Gardner didn't pass the ball to Arenas this time. He advanced to the frontcourt to single Granville, and made a three-point jumper with a fake breakthrough...and scored!
The Trojans players looked serious, the game is not over yet!The situation is still grim!

The opponent is more than just a strong opponent of Arenas.

When Shelby Jordan served to Granville, he laughed at first, and then asked how to adjust the defensive end.

Granville has long been used to it, and automatically blocked the previous sentence, nodded, and then advanced to the frontcourt, breaking through and launching an attack.

Faced with Granville's breakthrough and the close scoring threat of Brusenthal, the Wildcats' defense began to shrink inside.

Li Ao keenly noticed the changes in the opponent's defensive end. After slipping to the baseline, he made a big circle and came to a position at a 45-degree angle on the right.

Brusenthal received the ball on the left side of the three-second zone and threw a long pass to Li Ao.

Li Ao catches the ball at a 45-degree angle and makes a two-point shot...and hits it again!
Granville and Brusenthal pushed the opponent's defense to the inside, and the white mamba was holding back from outside the three-point line, and the white mamba saw that Li Ao felt good, and took the initiative to go to the bottom corners on both sides. It's time for Li Ao to perform!
In the next few rounds, Li Ao took two shots from one step outside the free throw line, one shot from the left side of the free throw line, one shot from the right side of the three-second zone, and one counterattack follow-up to catch the ball for a layup... 1 times In the shot, except for the iron shot on the catch to the left of the free throw line, the other 1 goals were scored!

During this period, Gardner played very well, scored 4 points, and also sent an assist to Michael Wright. The Wildcats scored 6 points, which is already very good in terms of overtime performance.

But Li Ao suddenly exploded and scored 8 points!
111 to 106, the Trojans' lead expanded to 5 points!
No. 0 on the opposite side also scored 29 points, and No. 0 of the Wildcats couldn't stand it anymore!
In the past few rounds, he has opened up space on the flanks and watched the opposite No. 0 score catch up.

He's going to fight back!

Richard Jefferson, who was serving, saw that Arenas was also about to serve, so he could only serve him.

Arenas advanced quickly, his momentum was like a short gun with the safety on, full of murderous aura.

Li Ao guarded the top arc, and now he was extremely excited, as if he didn't feel tired.

Arenas wanted to make a sneak attack, and made a breakthrough with a fake move, but instead of moving forward, he took a horizontal step and took off to make a shot.

Li Ao, who was highly focused, judged the opponent's movement, and quickly moved laterally to take off and stretch out his hand.

Arenas's take-off height is not as good as before. Although Li Ao's take-off height has also been affected, his bounce is average, and his height and wingspan are his advantages.

This ball Li Ao successfully interfered in place!

Arenas made a three-pointer!

Michael Wright rushed aggressively and got the ball, but it was a pity that he only clicked the ball from the left side of the basket to the right side of the basket. Granville, who was retracted, grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack!

The angry Arenas continued to be angry and ran back hard. Not to mention, the block was done really well. When Granville rushed into the three-second zone, Arenas was right in front of him.

Granville didn't stop, and plunged into Arenas' arms while pushing the ball to the right.

Li Ao followed up to catch the ball, took off with one step, and lifted the ball to the backboard...and hit the backboard into the frame!
Li Ao made 17 of 14 shots and 4 of 3 free throws. Li Ao continued to break his personal single-game scoring record and scored 31 points!

113 to 106, the Trojans lead to 7 points!
The Wildcats called a timeout, Root Olsen was in a bad mood, and the remaining hope was lost by the impulsive Arenas.

But at this time, he had to use Arenas more, otherwise he would have no chance to struggle.

He sent a lineup of Gardner, Arenas, Luke Walton, Michael Wright, and Woods to fill the offense.

On the other side, Henry Bibby made the opposite choice. With 1 minute left and a 7-point lead, he replaced Nate Hale, Li Ao, Shelby Jordan, Jarvis Turner, Charlie Sri Lanka's combination, the main defense.

Back from the timeout, Gardner took a step back from the outside and fired a three-pointer...Miss, Michael Wright grabbed the ball and threw it to Luke Walton, Luke Walton missed a three-pointer...Woods made a tip-up, also do not enter.

This time, Charles protected the defensive rebound and hit 3 irons in a few seconds. The hopes of the Wildcats players were completely shattered.

Nate Haier received the ball and protected it. After advancing to the frontcourt, it took time. The Wildcats players did not press again, and their mentality was lost.

Near the end of the 35-second shot clock, Nate Hale passed the ball to Li Ao, who made a catch and made a shot...was knocked down by Michael Wright, the shot was destroyed, but got two free throws.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li Ao made two free throws, 115 to 106, and the Trojans sealed the victory!

Although Gardner finally caught the ball and rushed to the frontcourt and made a three-pointer more than one meter away from the three-point line, he couldn't save the defeat.

Li Ao chased back and picked up the ball and sent it to Nate Haier. Nate Haier caught the ball and threw it on the ground. With only 4 seconds left, the players and coaches of the Trojans had poured into the court to celebrate. The referee did not stop this behavior. Nate Hale threw the ball on the ground, and Gardner, who was two meters away, didn't even bother to pick it up.

Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the long whistle for the end of the game sounded.

靠着李敖的33分4板6助攻2抢断1盖帽、格兰维尔的12分11助攻、白曼巴的21分、特雷帕格尼尔的19分、布鲁森塔尔的15分11板、谢尔比-乔丹的6分6板2助攻3抢断1盖帽……特洛伊人队以115比109险胜野猫队，开局8连胜！

Some people were happy and some were angry. The Wildcats suffered their second defeat of the season and their record became 2 wins and 6 losses.

They thought they had a chance to win tonight, and Arenas exploded like that.

But the guy on the opposite side, surrounded by reporters after the celebration, stole the victory!

It's just that a certain No. 0 player was too dazzling tonight, and there were some outrageous operations on the defensive end, which made the Wildcats players hold grudges tonight.

Especially Arenas and Michael - Wright, and Li Ao's beam forged.

Michael Wright's idea is very simple - look for opportunities to take off the opponent's pants.

In addition to this, there is simply the unhappiness of losing.

Arenas regards Li Ao as an enemy, and he vowed to blow Li Ao every time he fights in the future.

On the other side, Li Ao, who scored the highest score in the game, became the subject of the post-match interview of this nationally broadcast game.

"Leo, congratulations on leading the team to victory."

"Thank you, this is not due to me alone. Without my teammates, we couldn't win this game... It just happened that I became the key person."

Is this modesty?Still immodest?The reporter thinks the latter is more, he continued: "The fans may not know you very well, please introduce yourself first, such as what you like to do, of course I think your favorite is basketball, besides basketball things."

"What I like, besides basketball, I also know martial arts, let me show it off..."

As Li Ao said, he wanted to play a set. The enduring melody had already reached his throat, and it happened to be able to show all his favorite things.

"Cough, cough, next time, definitely next time." The reporter interrupted Li Ao, who was about to perform, wiping off his sweat.

Seeing the other party's eagerness to move, God knows how long this martial arts performance will last. He never expected that this gentle and reserved international student would have such a desire to show off.

He changed the subject: "I heard that your academic performance is very good. You just started to learn to play basketball. What kind of opportunity made you choose to become a basketball player?"

When Li Ao recalled this, it felt like it had been a long time, several months, and he subconsciously replied: "That day I hit 'Little Lambir'...cough cough, I had a fierce confrontation with Shelby , The coach probably took a fancy to my talent in confrontation and thought I had great defensive potential. He asked me if I wanted to join the great Trojans. I wanted to refuse at the time because I didn't think the Trojans were great enough. "

"You don't think the Trojans are great enough?"

"Yes, the Trojans aren't great enough, but I, my teammates, and the coaches will make the Trojans great and make the Trojans proud!"

(End of this chapter)