Countercurrent and become a superstar

Chapter 35 God did not take sides with the University of Kentucky, Wake Forest University successfully advanced to the Elite 8!
It consumes physical energy and does not have the effect of "taking two steps for nothing" as quickly as that. You have to let the bullets fly for a while.

They struggled to defend and because Wake Forest University not only played Josh Howard's point-forward tactical system, but also Tan Yang's organizational and field-control system, they were unable to drag the rhythm of the game from Tan Yang to Kentucky. The university is good at the rhythm of the game, so it can defeat the opponent with its rich experience.

There is no choice but to try and attack!
By the way, basketball is essentially a scoring game. As long as the score is higher than that of Wake Forest University and fails to play its own rhythm and winning formula, the team that wins and advances will still be their Kentucky side.

The 7-point gap still has something to catch up with.

On the court, Gerald Fitch controlled the ball to the frontcourt and immediately distributed the basketball to the most capable player in Kentucky, Keith Bogans.

At this time, if they need a superstar to step up, only their team captain is the most likely to take on this important task.

Outside the 70-degree three-point line on the left, Bogans held the ball, posing as an offensive three-threat. He took two steps. Josh Howard took a look and knew that he was not his opponent. Then, Josh Howard pursued the pursuit again and came close to him. Tight cunt wrapped around.

Unable to beat Josh Howard, Bogans chose to pass the ball to Gerald Fitch at the top of the arc.

Well, this is not blame-shifting, but team basketball. Moreover, the University of Kentucky is good at the rhythm of the game. How can this be said to be blame-shifting?

At the top of the arc, Gerald Fitch received the basketball and quickly transferred the ball to Azubuike outside the 70-degree three-point line on the right wing. Then, he cut to the basket without the ball and brought Tan Yang's defense to the right three-point line. Divide the bottom corner.

In all fairness, except for Kentucky head coach Olan Smith copying the tactics of his predecessor Rick Pitino in the opening three games, if we have to say that he copied the tactics, he mainly copied Pat Riley's positional ambiguity. The future is The basketball theory of a swingman of about 2 meters, it can be regarded as one person dares to say it, and one person dares to do it!
In other words, the University of Kentucky plays the Heat's iron-blooded basketball.

If Bogans is regarded as James, then Azubuike is Wade, which means Gerald Fitch is Chalmers.

If you want to ask how the Big Three of the Heat played the game in the James Weber era, they must have dribbled the ball and rushed to the basket.

"here we go again!

Azubuike continued to break through with the ball, and then was flanked again.

Justin Gray fought and retreated, Chris Ellis let go of John Cook, and Qin Yang also shrank back. In a one-on-three situation, Azubuike did not stop, he continued to dribble the ball towards the man...

However, when he pulled the ball, he was surrounded by palms in front of him and the intensive blocks made him unable to breathe and shoot. He could only barely move to the right three-point corner. Gerald Fitch entered the three-point line to catch the ball. , then stepped back from the three-point line, adjusted, then raised the ball, shot a jumper, raised his hand and attempted a three-point pull-up jumper..."

Azubuike's distribution of the ball can only be regarded as a scapegoat. Gerrard failed to catch the ball and quickly made a jump shot, giving Tan Yang space to rush back and block the shot, which interfered with Gerrard's shooting rhythm.

Bang-dang——!
The basket didn't like him and refused his goals. The basketball missed the target.

On the left, Hayes threw his body into the penalty area, a little in the air, and regained the basketball that Gerrard missed.

At this time, his role was equivalent to that of Bosh in the era of the Heat's Big Three. Unfortunately, he did not have Bosh's shooting skills. He tried his best to get the offensive rebound, but was rushed to counterattack Rick Williams. Si pressed down with his body and couldn't find any offensive space to make a last-ditch attack.

No choice. With his height, he was still too short to play center. He could only pass the basketball to Bogans, who came over to assist. The latter caught the ball, immediately shouted, and went for a layup into the basket.

Josh Howard, who followed up from the side, jumped up at the same time and blurred the basketball with his palm.

Snapped--!
“Nice pegboard hat!

Josh Howard is destined to get Keith Bogans. This is the difference between the two senior players. Josh Howard has first-round lottery talent, while Keith Bogans is only a second-round pick.

Both of them have good fighting ability, but in terms of physical talent, Josh Howard can crush the other. "

In the NBC commentary room, Brooke Jerry exclaimed. "Kentucky's offense misfires again!
Moreover, Wake Forest University is heavily targeted, especially the outside offense, and Wake Forest University can be said to be the focus of attention.

As for the two short men from the University of Kentucky, their offensive firepower was not considered alive at all..."

Off the court, Orlando Smith crossed his arms over his chest, maintaining the demeanor of an NCAA championship-level head coach, but his face became solemn and gloomy.

It cannot be said that the University of Kentucky's perimeter group was taken care of by Wake Forest University's defense. It can only be said that the University of Kentucky's offensive weakness of poor shooting ability was targeted by Wake Forest University.

On the outside of the University of Kentucky, Azubuike didn't shoot, Bogans didn't make a three-pointer, and only one Gerald Fitch shot was decent.

Azubuike just keeps rushing, he is a reckless person who rushes to the basket to attack. He has a lot of people in the penalty area and there is no offensive space at all. Even if he can score, his efficiency will not be that high.

Bogans has a mid-range shot, but no three-pointers, and he is guarded by Josh Howard, a sharp defensive knife. Even if he can score a goal by attacking Josh Howard, there is no guarantee that Wake Forest University will be beaten to death.

Gerald Fitch needed an open three-pointer, but neither Bogans nor Azubuike had good passing skills. Tan Yang's defense was not weak, and there was no comfortable shot opportunity at all.

Hayes and John Cook under the basket did have a chance to shoot, but they were shot by Wake Forest University, so you have a chance.

The card consumption and defensive intensity failed to reverse the rhythm of the game.

Fighting for offensive firepower and shooting ability issues, they were tit for tat again.

Fortunately, the University of Kentucky is not without a chance.

After all, they are a famous basketball team and the team is fully developed.

In terms of exams, the scores in the three subjects of Chinese, Mathematics, and English are lagging behind, but Kentucky can still surpass it in total scores in other subjects.

After all, when they reached their level of strength, the competition was not just about getting the exam questions right, but also about who made fewer mistakes.

The game time is divided into two halves. No one can guarantee that the players will be able to perform on the court for a long time. It is also possible that the player's condition will suddenly drop to freezing point and become a crazy knife, or he may think about life for a short period of time.

Therefore, all the University of Kentucky has to do now is wait and wait to die.

Well, I'm waiting for Wake Forest to die. On the playing field, there will be all kinds of accidents. The water in the playing field is very deep, and no one can always grasp it.

On the court, Qin Yang controlled the ball to the frontcourt, continued to be a tool man, and handed the basketball to Josh Howard on the left. Then, he brought Gerrard's defense to Josh Howard, and then went to the left bottom Corner pull.

This is the routine operation of Wake Forest University's main tactics. Tan Yang, Josh Howard and Rick Williams under the basket can form an offensive triangle.

"Josh Howard steps back and dribbles, what the hell?

Josh Howard pulled out, took a step back from the three-point line, raised his hand and shot a three-point pull-up jumper. It was so random, it was an outrageous offensive choice..."

Bogans and Gerald Fitch were preparing to flank Josh Howard. Unexpectedly, Josh Howard was so careless and unruly. They were careless and did not move out to block the shot. They could only reach out to block the shot belatedly. , and then bet that Josh Howard had no bullets in his pistol.

Swish-!
Guessing wrong, Josh Howard had bullets in his pistol and shot a three-pointer, which went hollow into the net.

"OMG!
It actually went in, Josh Howard's shot was so nice! !

This kind of superstar goal is completely unreasonable and actually scored. It is extremely lethal and extremely insulting.

Josh Howard dominated the game again on both ends of the court. Kentucky finally saw a chance to recover the score, but was defeated again. "

In the NBC commentary room, Chris Rose shook his head after watching the ball, feeling that the game was over.

“Kentucky still has a chance!

In 01, the Duke Blue Devils trailed the University of Maryland by 22 points in the first half, but Duke then caught up. Battier was more like God wearing a Duke jersey and hit two key three-pointers.

Then, a super reversal was completed, and as a result, the Duke Blue Devils reached the top that year.

Now the University of Kentucky is not over in the first half, only trailing by 10 points, and there is still a chance. Perhaps this is a test given by God to the University of Kentucky.

If it can withstand the test of Wake Forest defeating the game, then the University of Kentucky also has a chance to compete for the NCAA championship..."

Bang-dang——!
Looking back, Bogans chose to beat Josh Howard, broke through the emergency stop and took a shot, but the shot missed.

Bogans obviously couldn't stand such a test.

Subsequently, Wake Forest University attacked and Qin Yang dealt from the top of the arc. Josh Howard kept looking for opportunities to get rid of the defense. He cut to the basket without the ball from the left side, crossed the penalty area, and jumped out from the right side with a counterattack. He ran and cut to the basket.

"Josh Howard made an air cut without the ball and finally got rid of Bogans' defense. Seeing this, Tan Yang flicked his hands and sent the basketball in.

Josh Howard caught the ball, jumped high in the penalty area, and made a one-handed dunk..."

Bang-dang——!
Josh Howard dunked the damn basketball into the basket with a tomahawk dunk.

Josh Howard scored 5 points in a row, leading Wake Forest to widen the point difference to 12 points.

"God did not stand on the side of the University of Kentucky, but on the side of Wake Forest University. The University of Kentucky was beaten to a pulp..."

In the NBC commentary room, Chris Ross shook his head and continued. "The University of Kentucky cannot attack, cannot defend, and is so many points behind. If there are no accidents, Wake Forest University has already put its spot in the Elite 8 in its pocket..."

In the next game, Josh Howard suddenly broke out. After three offensive attacks, God still did not side with the University of Kentucky. Instead, after Tan Yang increased the number of assists to 10, he started to fire up the offense, which was equally unstoppable.

The handsome and ugly combination of Wake Forest University shined in the "Crazy Three" game of 16 and 8.

At this moment, the players of the University of Kentucky are suffering from staying on the court for one more minute. The players are as stunned as sleepwalking on the court.

But on the Wake Forest side, the players on the bench became the most lively scene.

After scoring a goal, he waved a white towel and rushed to the field to applaud. His face began to show, from exclamation to a moment of joy, and then he looked up to see the game time.

Om-!
As the buzzer sounds, the red light lights up, and the game time is over.

With a score of 87 to 69, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons defeated the University of Kentucky Wildcats by 18 points and advanced to the Elite Eight.

Josh Howard made 19 of 12 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, and 5 of 4 free throws. He scored 30 points, 6 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. He dominated the entire game. Even though he was ugly, he still became the most beautiful one. young.

Qin Yang's statistics are not as explosive as Josh Howard's, but he is an integral part of Wake Forest University's win and promotion. He made 12 of 7 shots, 6 of 3 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 20 points, 11 assists and 4 Rebounds, finally, finally completed the first double-double of his NCAA career.

Gerald Fitch made 9 of 3 shots, 6 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 8 points and 5 assists. Keith Bogans made 13 of 5 shots, 4 of 1 three-pointers, and 4 of 2 free throws, scoring 13 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. , Azubuike made 8 of 3 shots, 6 of 4 free throws, scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. A three-pole gun is not as good as a two-pole gun. Plus, there are crouching dragons and young phoenixes in the paint. The offense is useless, and the players from the University of Kentucky are not good. , the tactics and tactics were crushed, and God did not give him any face, so the loser was not unjust.

After the game, Josh Howard comforted Keith Bogans. After all, they will meet in the NBA next, and maybe they will become teammates. Competition first, friendship second.

After the game, of course there is friendship.

Tan Yang did not expand his communication circle. After all, Hayes, Gerald Fitch and Azubuike would all become undrafted in the future, but with Pat Riley as an alumnus, they would all eventually play in the NBA.

Regardless of whether they lose or not, their choices are more important than their efforts. There is no need to listen to Tan Yang's nice words.

After all, the University of Kentucky is the cradle of NBA talent reserves, and in the future, it may even be the cradle of superstars.

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(End of this chapter)