From sparring to superstar

Chapter 22 21. It works when you play!
"Accepted in danger, the host will match up with the strongest outside line in the competition area, the task: trigger by the strongest pitcher."

"Best pitcher:
Goal: The host needs to limit Eddie House's total score in this game to less than 30 points.

Reward: Catch and shoot related skills. "

Reward skills, but Li Ao didn't have too many surprises in his heart.

This is mission impossible!
He already scored 17 points, and scored 4 points in the past 12 rounds!
Let alone whether he can guard Eddie House, even if he is capable, his playing time is so little. After he was replaced, this super scorer who seems to be the strongest pitcher in the pac10 league continued to soar. ?
It's clear that they can't guard against this guy. This super pitcher is in a state of explosive form. He just scored 40+ in a single game a few days ago.

"I'm a small forward... No, no, I'm a power forward! I'm so big, he's so small, let me guard him as a point guard, coach, are you kidding me?" Whether it is right or wrong, I questioned repeatedly.

Henry Bibby asked back: "You don't want to continue playing?"

"Guaranteed to complete the task!" Li Ao immediately changed his words, but immediately added: "It's not my fault if I can't prevent it."

Henry Bibby ignored Li Ao, he was annoyed, what could he do if he couldn't prevent it?It was already impossible to prevent it.

He continued to make personnel adjustments, and Nate Hale was replaced.

The 89th high school student in the United States, he is quite satisfied and worthy of training, but he is not good tonight.

Granville and Shelby Jordan were replaced. The tallest player on the other side was 6 feet 9 inches, which is 206 centimeters. He directly pushed Brussenwale to the center position.

As for the last position, Henry Bibby saw that there was no big man on the opposite side, so he went to Sam Clancy!
The sullen Sam Clancy froze for a moment when his name was called, he didn't talk as much as Li Ao, he immediately stood up and went on stage!
Henry Bibby had never found Sam Clancy so pleasing to the eye, that husky-like aggressiveness satisfied him just by looking at it.

But the transformation of this former genius high school student was brought about by Li Ao, which made him even more unhappy.

...

The atmosphere in the University of Phoenix gymnasium became more and more frenzied. The players of the two teams returned to the court, and the fans in the audience were chanting Eddie House's name.

Rob Evans has not made personnel adjustments, and is still the core combination of two point guards + Avi Straiter, plus the five-man team of Tommy Smith and Sean Redharg.

He wanted to beat the Trojans in one fell swoop and seal the victory at halftime!

However, when he saw the lineup of four big and one small on the opposite side, a question mark appeared on his head.

Moreover, the other party seemed to be the three people in positions 2-4. They didn't communicate with each other on the field, and they disliked each other visible to the naked eye.

In fact, Shelby Jordan has never provoked Li Ao since he returned to the team. Every time he talked to Li Ao, he would have a playful smile and would not give Li Ao any chance to beat him up. Opponents are treated equally.

Is this giving up or being panicked?
Either way, it's great.

The referee blew the whistle to continue the game, Rob Evans waved his hand, little ones, rush... well, after a timeout, the Trojans attacked first.

He withdrew his big waving hand resentfully, it doesn't matter, they will soon be able to continue their wild ride.

Granville received the ball from the center line and pushed forward. After his teammates settled down, he broke through and launched an attack. He easily passed Eddie House and attracted Alton Mason's supplementary defense. Pass to Li Ao who circled to the free throw line.

Unlike the Bruins, the Sun Devils didn't let him shoot casually even if Li Ao had never seen him before. Tommy Smith widened out in the middle and immediately blocked Li Ao.

Meanwhile, Avi Streiter and Sean Redhager went to the basket to cover Brusenwaal.

At this moment, a muscular hunk went to the basket, the ball arrived, the pass from the direction of the free throw line tore apart the defense of the opponent's front three, Sam Clancy leaped high to catch the ball, one-handed Smash the ball into the hoop!

Li Ao likes to mention an assist when he comes on the court!
Henry Bibby felt that he seemed to have found a way to use Li Ao's passing talent.

In the last game, he took the initiative to add the ball to Li Ao in his tactics for Li Ao to distribute, but Li Ao played in a hurry and got 1 assist, but there were 9 turnovers in 2 minutes, and that 1 assist was not a tactic. middle.

But in this way, if he doesn't arrange support tasks for this kid, he can do a good job instead.

Kevin Henderson felt like hell, and the difference between actual combat and training was too great.

Combat is far better than training!
It's very... different.

Others are as fierce as a tiger in training and have a combat power of 5 on the field. The genius of their Trojan team is just different.

However, the Sun Devils' defense is mediocre. They have defensive discipline, but they don't have strong defensive ability. Li Ao's support this time can't change the fact that the firepower is not as good as the opponent.

The point is to defend that guy!

Seeing Li Ao guarding the top arc, the entire Trojans team was worried.

埃迪-豪斯上一场拿到单场40+，对这位大学超级投手来说并不是多么罕见的事情，这家伙上赛季31场比赛4次单场40+，差点追平了贾巴尔保持的单赛季5次单场40+的赛区历史纪录。

And Eddie House, who advanced to the front court with the ball, looked at Li Ao at the top of the arc. When he came on the court, he felt that the opponent's lineup was weird. He didn't expect that the opponent really used a two-meter-high striker to defend him.

However, there are many two-meter guards in the university, and he has encountered such a small problem.

Eddie House advanced to the front court, facing Li Ao's defense, dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch, and began to show off his skills!
Hearing the exclamation and screams from the scene, Eddie House was very proud. He is the king of this stadium!
An oriental face that he had never heard of before, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and the picture of him knocking out this unknown opponent...with a step back and shooting a three-pointer...

"Snapped"

The crisp sound of hitting the ball came to Eddie House's ears. Before he could react, the two-meter-old man in front of him was already close to his face!
He didn't catch the ball with his hand, so he reacted very quickly. He was frightened and angry, but he immediately turned around and counterattacked... Li Ao pushed him away with his ass, controlled the ball, and advanced to counterattack!
Eddie House was not thrown away, he chased closely, tried his best to fight back, and kept reaching out, but Li Ao directly pressed his butt against him, protecting the ball very steadily, but his movements were a bit ugly...

It doesn't matter if you act ugly, as long as you look handsome.

At this time, Li Ao didn't pay attention to the problem of posture. He protected the ball all the way and rushed to the opponent's basket. He grabbed the ball with his left hand and separated Eddie House with his right hand. He jumped in place and dunked the ball with one hand like a passerby Click into the box!
Li Ao didn't even look at Eddie House, and turned to retreat.

He felt so happy to hear the fans cheering and screaming, to screaming in shock, and now booing and cursing.

Eddie House made a normal breakthrough, so he might not be able to defend against it, and if he played against the team, he was even more uncertain.

But this guy is not a point guard with good skills and excellent physical fitness, but he is actually playing with flowers...

It's a pity that the 'perfect warm-up' effect is gone.

But once a COSCO shot feels hot, he will still choose to directly dunk and score again.

Eddie House, who was receiving the serve again, came to the frontcourt and saw Li Ao squinting his eyes at him, with the corners of his mouth upturned, and there were three points of mockery, three points of complacency, and four points of indifference in his smile... just trying to calm down The emotions went berserk directly.

This bastard!
He is the king of the pac10 league!

Li Ao didn't expect that he just imitated the expression of 'Little Lambir', and Eddie House actually started dribbling the ball under his crotch again...

(￣ェ￣;)
(*ΦωΦ*)
Although Eddie House is a senior, his ball handling is only at the NCAA excellent level. The upper limit in this regard has come to an end. After arriving in the NBA, he will directly become a pure shooter.

Li Ao easily caught the flaw of Eddie House's flamboyant dribble, and reached out for the ball again... Unfortunately, he didn't get it out. o(╯□╰)o
Eddie House was frightened by Li Ao's sudden pressing, he quickly squatted down and pulled the ball back, took a step back, and hugged the ball tightly.

Li Ao pressed up and stuck to the situation, but did not reach out rashly to avoid fouling.

His defensive choice was correct, Alton Mason ran out to meet, Eddie House could only choose to lob the ball under his interference, and a muscular man pushed Alton Mason to grab the ball.

Sam Clancy!
Eddie House and Alton Mason fought hard to defend and caught up, but Sam Clancy's irritable tendons looked scary, and they didn't dare to press up and steal.

Sam Clancy entered the flock of sheep like a hungry wolf, entered the enemy's inside line, jumped high, and violently filled the frame with both hands!
Henry Bibby stood up and punched excitedly, and after noticing the eyes of people around him, he sat down quickly, acting like I didn't care.

I'm really on guard!

The first ball was okay, Li Ao made a sneak attack and hit it abruptly.

But the second defense showed how good Li Ao's defensive awareness is.

The movement of footsteps is not particularly outstanding, but it is a basic skill that can be practiced. The timing is different, that is talent!

There is also the defensive choice after the opponent is forced to stop, which looks mediocre, but it is actually very good.

But he still doesn't care, yes, doesn't care!
╭ (╯ ^ ╰) ╮

And that guy whose brain is full of muscles is really enlightened...

Sam Clancy came back arrogantly after a successful dunk, triggering riots from the fans at the scene, with more boos and abuse than in the previous round.

He glanced at Li Ao who was guarding the top arc with a shy look—you have worked so hard to defend and support, and I will enjoy the joy of scoring goals, you!Just laying hands on me!

Li Ao twitched his mouth, this teammate really didn't look very smart.

The Sun Devils did not call a timeout, Rob - Evans held back, 37 to 26, the current score is still leading by 11 points, and he believes that Eddie - House can calm down.

Eddie - House did not let Rob - Evans down, really calm down.

And he was afraid of being irritated by Li Ao, so he didn't hold the ball at all. He picked up the ball and sent it to Alton Mason, and ran forward without the ball.

In his opinion, Li Ao is even more hideous than Shelby Jordan.

Can't this guy just be a badass?What kind of basketball and what talent?
Eddie House started running, Alton Mason and Avi Straiter started the offense, and the Sun Devils' teamwork immediately went into action.

But Eddie House is uncomfortable playing off the ball.

When Li Ao fought back before, he didn't see how fast Li Ao was. Now that Li Ao had no ball in his hand, he was shocked to find that the opponent who was two meters tall seemed to be faster than him by a smidge!

He resolutely gave up the idea of ​​easily throwing off Li Ao's chic shots by running, and actively integrated into the tactics, using cover.

Eddie House, who calmed down, had running skills and experience that Kapono and Bai Mamba could not compare to. With just the right timing, he successfully got rid of Li Ao's pursuit.

Tommy Smith, who received the ball at close range, sent the ball immediately, and Eddie House just received the ball when he ran to the left corner, and the cooperation was extremely smooth!
Eddie House makes a catch-and-shoot [-]-pointer…

He cooperated very well, and he also grasped the timing of his shots, but his rhythm of scoring 12 points in a row was gone!

"bang"

The crisp iron sound sounded, and Brusenthal protected the defensive rebound!
The Sun Devils retreated like a tide, and the Trojans failed to continue to fight back.

But Granville received the ball and advanced quickly, hitting the opponent with an unsteady foothold, and hit the high-throw hit at a short distance!

28 to 37, the Trojans narrowed the point difference to single digits in a wave of 8 to 0, and Rob Evans called a timeout!

Eddie House returned to the bench with a look of regret, Rob Evans did not blame, but said: "Eddie, don't be discouraged, and there is no need to compete with a newcomer, as long as you play normally, he is not at all. your opponent."

Eddie House nodded, his irritability and annoyance calmed down a lot.

On the other side, Henry Bibby made personnel adjustments, replacing Brusenthal with White Mamba. Granville, Li Ao, Sam Clancy, and Shelby Jordan continued to play. As a big center, he will not send a big center anymore. Although he has the advantage of eating cakes at the basket, leaving a big center on the defensive end will actually hinder him, and then seize the time to make tactical adjustments.

The Trojans have used up two timeouts in the first half. Unless the opponent uses the remaining timeout, they will not have a complete tactical adjustment time in the first half. No surprises, Henry Bibby I feel that the timeout on the opposite side will not be called again.

After finally narrowing the point difference, whether they can seize the opportunity to gain momentum depends on the last few minutes of the first half!

...

After the timeout, the Sun Devils attacked, and they replaced the starting lineup again, and they still played as a team.

Eddie House continued to give up the ball, allowing shooting guard Turner Hill to dominate.

He took Li Ao to run, although he was not happy that Li Ao was faster than him, but he was able to control his emotions.

The head coach said it well, as long as he plays normally, this guy who should be sold to Hollywood for squawking will definitely not be able to guard him... After running a few steps, he started cursing!

The Easterner, who was still very calm and steady in defense before, suddenly changed his defense!
Li Ao spared no effort to chase Eddie House, and never let go of his hands. Whenever Eddie House changed direction, Li Ao would take the initiative to press up against him and grab the opponent's itchy flesh , Twist it on the back, pull it on the waistband...

Eddie House is out of breath-is your wretched defense worthy of your face?

(End of this chapter)