From sparring to superstar

Chapter 67 65. Complete Victory!

Sam Clancy gambled and rushed, successfully caught the ball that Mark Madsen had just caught, and grabbed the ball, counterattacked!
Henry Bibby celebrated with another lowercut from the sidelines.

Although this ball is irrational, it is not a good defensive choice. If the ball is not caught, Mark Madsen only needs to avoid it, and he can easily throw it at close range.

But that's Sam Clancy!

Just succeed!
Sam Clancy, who was not fast enough, counterattacked with the ball and was caught up, but someone was faster than Sam Clancy!
This ball is given to you by this uncle——Sam Clancy went to the opposite three-point line and scored to the left.

Li Ao caught the ball and cut in, went into the basket against the blocking David Mosley, wiped the board and made a layup.

12 points in the half!
44 to 38, the Trojans' lead expanded to 6 points!
With 2.8 seconds left in the first half, David Mosley took two dribbles when the ball was delivered, and made a direct shot from his own three-point line... three non-sticks.

After the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, Li Ao excitedly rushed towards Sam Clancy to give high fives and hugs... Sam Clancy exploded with flexibility at this moment, moving position after position, avoiding, Walking to the bench without looking back... the revenge will be avenged!
Li Ao jumped over his head, stood still with his right hand raised after standing firmly, and attracted laughter from the Trojans fans who came to the away game.

The scene was once extremely embarrassing.

Li Ao thought of a certain strange man, and with a flash of inspiration, he silently raised his left hand, patted his raised right hand, and then hugged him in the void.

After this operation, the Trojans fans at the scene made a "ohhhhhhhhh" sound, and then burst into laughter again.

Li Ao ignored the foreign objects and calmly walked towards the player tunnel.

At this time, the expression cannot collapse!

He kind of understood the train of thought of that strange man...

During the intermission, the commentator of TNT Sports, who broadcast the game live, the former Warriors star and champion coach, Al Attles, nicknamed the Destroyer, analyzed the key to the Trojans' reversal of the situation in the middle of the first half— — All people are soldiers!
When it comes to the scorers of the Trojans, people always think of White Mamba or Brusenthal or Trey Pagnier.

But when Granville and Li Ao needed to stand up and score, they did not hesitate to do what they had to do. The three main scorers gave up the ball if they said so.

This kind of team cohesion is stronger than that of the Cardinals!
The Cardinal team has been strong for more than 20 years, and it is already considered a traditional strong team. Tradition is always accompanied by conservatism.

And the Trojans, a dark horse, are always bold when it's time to make changes, which the Cardinals can't match.

Attles focused on Li Ao's choice of making decisive shots for 5 consecutive rounds.

Regardless of whether he entered or not, the opportunity came. Li Ao was not afraid to make a shot just because he was hitting the iron. At least the Trojans' offense played smoothly.

If Li Ao is afraid of shooting, the result may be even worse-leading to the Trojans' offensive coordination, which eventually forms a vicious circle.

Such a result is what the Cardinals want to see, and it is the tactical goal of the Cardinals to have such a situation for the Trojans.

Li Ao showed his big heart by hitting the iron continuously without being afraid of taking shots; being able to make shots after hitting the iron continuously showed his excellent on-court adjustment ability; Awareness of self-adaptation on the pitch.

In this half of the game, former head coach Attles of the Hall of Fame level gave Li Ao high praise.

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The Trojans took a clear lead in the first half and scrambled the Cardinals in the closing minutes of the first half.

But by the time they returned from halftime, the team-minded Cardinals regained their consistency.

It is true that their style of play is very conservative, and it can even be said that their tactics are rigid.

But these are the foundation of their strength!
Each of their players is like a part of a machine. Each player does what they should do and reduces mistakes, which is their strongest state.

No matter what the situation is, the Cardinals are at most just messing around, never be defeated, and run stably like a machine.

Such opponents, whoever encounters them will feel numb. They can only be defeated by hard power, just like Granville's 10 points in the half and Li Ao's 12 points in the first half. come less and less.

Li Ao is aware of this, so when the opportunity comes, he can vote hard no matter whether he gets in or not.

However, the Trojans were not easy to deal with. They led by 6 points in the first half, which gave them strong confidence and high morale. Nate Hale, Trey Pagnier, Shelby Jordan, Jarvis -The combination of Turner and Charles is inferior to the combination of McDonnell, Kyle Logan, Mendes, Jalen Collins, and Curtis Borchard in terms of strength.

But the Trojans overwhelmed the Cardinals in momentum!
Both teams were sluggish on defense. During this period, the Cardinals actually had a slightly higher scoring efficiency, but Nate Hale and Tre Pagnier played aggressively and looked more imposing.

Relying on a reckless effort, the Trojans bit the score at this stage, and when Henry Bibby called a timeout, they still led the Cardinals by 52 points 49 to 3.

After the timeout, Henry Bibby replaced Bai Mamba and Li Ao, Trey Pagnier continued to play, and Brusenthal and Granville were also replaced.

The Trojans attack.

The White Mamba only scored 2 points in the first half, while Li Ao scored 12 points in the half. Based on this premise, the Cardinals made defensive adjustments according to common sense to test the White Mamba's touch.

Li Ao, who caught the ball on the right side of the three-second zone and was stuck by the defense player, gave the ball to the white mamba on the flank without hesitation.
The commentator Attles shouted: "This is a key ball! A key ball that affects the situation of the game!"

As Attles said, White Mamba's three-pointer made the Cardinals have to implement Plan B and continue to expand outside to play a 3-2 zone defense to block the White Mamba.

But in the following time, the Cardinal team's 3-2 zone defense did not play well. In addition to the white mamba that needs to be blocked, Li Ao also needs them to invest in defensive resources.

The Cardinals are wide open at the basket!

Granville and Trey Pagnier broke through and scored consecutively, and Brusenthal responded with a shot from close range, and the offense soared!
That is to say, the Trojans' lineup is not good at defense, and the Cardinals' offense is not bad.

In addition, although the Cardinals were pierced inside, the terrible stability of the defensive end was maintained, and the Trojans could not keep up with mid-range and long-range scoring.

一波10比13后，红衣主教队以59比68落后特洛伊人队9分，还勉强维持住可以反扑的局面。

At this time, Henry Bibby replaced Granville with Sam Clancy, allowing Trey Pagnier to score.

This trick made the narrator call it bold.

But the effect is amazing!
The Cardinals opened wide at the rim, Sam Clancy cut to the rim and slammed the Quartet, and Jason Collins was hammered by Sam Clancy again.

Sam Clancy's main contribution was not to score, but to cause damage. Jason Collins fouled 5 times in 3 rounds, and was directly sent off for 5 fouls!

When the inside became the starting twin towers of Mark Madsen and Jalen Collins, although the Cardinals' offense was better, their defense declined a lot.

At 17 minutes and 22 seconds into the second half, Sam Clancy, who cut to catch the ball, rewarded Li Ao with another bite.

Li Ao catches the ball from the free throw line, takes a step horizontally to avoid Mark Madsen's defense, and makes a mid-range shot...Goes in!
85 to 69, the Trojans extended their lead to 16 points!
With a little over 2 and a half minutes left, Li Ao made a mid-range shot and the Trojans sealed the victory!

More than two minutes passed quickly, and with 7 seconds left, Jacobsen faced Li Ao's defensive three-pointer. Bai Mamba took the defensive rebound and did not pass it out. The Cardinals players, who had been pressing desperately for many minutes, did not step forward to grab the ball. The Trojans players on the sidelines rushed directly into the court, and the referee did not stop them.

The final whistle blew as the White Mamba threw the ball into the air and charged towards his teammates.

The score was fixed at 89 to 75. The Trojans defeated the Cardinals by 14 points, winning 18 consecutive victories, and winning all the civil wars in the division!
The roaring Cardinals fans have been silenced now, and thousands of Trojans fans chanted "Win!", resounding through the San Jose arena!
Roaring and roaring, I don't know who started it, the fans' shouts changed - "Prestige owes Pian!"

A new slogan appeared, and all the fans chanted, "We want the champion!"

The interview footage after the game was shown to Li Ao, who scored the team's highest score of 18 points tonight.

The atmosphere was heightened here again, and then a number 0 player who did not want to admit his name shouted at the top of his voice: "We owe Pian the prestige! The Trojans are going to be great!"

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Seeing in the news that he danced with his teammates like a husky, and played a set of Tieshanjiao, he didn't feel ashamed, but seemed to hear the familiar Lan Xiang's classic melody.

He also endured watching himself and Shelby Jordan celebrate with a chest bump in front of the technical stage after half a lap with their arms open.

Seeing himself pulling the jersey number on his chest and yelling "I am the strongest number 0", he didn't care, Arenas hated him long ago, as long as he didn't appear in the same locker room... The main reason was that he couldn't bear it. Stay reasonable and fight back.

Even if you give yourself a high-five or hug in emptiness, it's just embarrassing...

But seeing himself yelling "The Trojans are about to become great", he couldn't help rolling around on the bed to relieve his sense of shame.

It was already early in the morning, and he still couldn't sleep.

too excited!

It took less than an hour to celebrate and interact with the fans after the game. If the coaching staff were not worried about safety and stopped them, they could go to celebrate him with the fans outside the arena for another hour.

Back in the locker room, they had another soda fight.

Henry Bibby sternly scolded the players for using soda to nourish him last time, but he was honest. He asked the manager Brown to prepare a wall of soda and sneaked into the battlefield during the soda battle of the players.

He doesn't know who took the lead to piss him off last time, anyway, it's enough for everyone to take revenge...

A large group of people returned to the hotel, and it was already past 12 o'clock.

After returning to the hotel, I chatted with Vivienne and Liam for more than half an hour.

Liam also secretly brought a bottle of champagne from home, this time Vivienne didn't stop her, and the three of them drank a glass before leaving after chatting.

It was around four o'clock before Li Ao fell asleep, but just after six o'clock, his eyes opened.

The damned biological clock is too stable, after less than two hours of sleep, his head is still groggy,
He dawdled in a daze until after eight o'clock before he regained his composure.

After knocking on the door of the auntie assistant, and waking up the auntie assistant, the two went to have breakfast.

Back in the room, the courtyard assistant aunt urged him to surf the Internet.

Fortunately, I brought the laptop over yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't be able to access the Internet at this time, so if I knock on Liam's door now, I might see something dirty.

I browsed several forums and portal websites, no matter which one, the most popular topic at present is the news that the Trojans won the Pac10 league championship with a complete victory.

"Leo, look, you are the headline cover of every website! It's so cool!"

"Maybe it's because I'm handsome. Using other people's photos is a hindrance."

"It makes sense...but you scored 18 points and 4 assists last night. Our team scored the highest and should also be on the cover."

"That's right, but why use this photo? There are obviously more handsome ones!"

Li Ao looked at the picture of him shouting "The Trojans are about to become great" at the top of his voice, and his whole body was in a bad mood.

In the news program in the early hours of last night, he watched this scene countless times, and regretted it no matter how many times he watched it.

"It turns out that I am also a rabble. When the atmosphere gets up, shouting slogans is beyond my head..."

After muttering a few words, Li Ao put the matter aside and chatted with the hospital assistant aunt while watching the news, which was quite enjoyable.

With a record of 18 wins and 0 losses in the division, it continued to refresh the best record in the history of the Trojans team, averaging 88.4 points per game and conceding 73.9 points per game.

The best record of the Trojans was 12 wins and 2 losses. At that time, the Pac10 league was still called the Pac8 league. Unfortunately, the Bruins ranked first with 14 wins and 0 losses that year. The Bruins finally got their revenge.

That season, he made it to the Elite Eight, and was finally rated fifth in the season's strength, which was the second-best result in team history.

The best team in history was in 54. Their performance in the civil war stage of the division was mediocre, with 10 wins and 6 losses. They barely made it to the Crazy Three. Final Four, lost to eventual champion Lasley University.

The current record of 18 wins and 0 losses in the division, if the Pac10 alliance does not expand its military, this result will never be surpassed.

Li Ao also stole the show in last night's game.

He scored a team-high 18 points last night, and was praised by the Warriors star Attles.

This game gave him more recognition in playing.

Public opinion about him has entered a state of polarization.

(End of this chapter)