From sparring to superstar

Chapter 79. 77. Successful Fishing
Li Ao is currently a sophomore and has two more years to play in the NCAA. There is nothing wrong with him.

Justin Jones had already set high expectations for Li Ao, but Li Ao's first two goals still made his eyes shine.

It was mainly the second attack. The ball did not pass through Li Ao's hands, but Li Ao still played a supporting role.

He has always felt that Duncan's support ability is not weaker than Garnett's. Garnett has more assists and can organize the offense alone at a certain moment, but Garnett's offense should be organized with the ball. The support without the ball is no better than Duncan's. better.

After two more years of training, he believes that, not to mention another Duncan, entering the NBA, an All-Star with a full-level support ability and a top-notch defense is not a big problem.

It's just... It is rumored that the Trojans are the team with the most perfect teamwork this year. After watching two rounds, this evaluation is not overly exaggerated.

But he felt that the teammates around Li Ao were not worthy of Li Ao's coping ability.

The offense in the second round just now obviously could have more changes and create better shooting opportunities, but due to strength, the teammates couldn't do it.

This is an obstacle to the continued development of Li Ao's coping ability, and it is an unsolvable problem.

The strength of the Trojans is already at the top of the university, and they have the strongest team lineup.

It's not that his teammates are not good enough, but that this genius's talent in support exceeds the needs of college basketball.

He doesn't care much about Swift and the White Mamba. The Grizzlies are a strong contender for the No. [-] pick. If they get the No. [-] pick, he suggests Kenyon Martin.

Kenyon Martin is a bit worse than Swift in terms of physical fitness, but the former beats the latter in terms of golf intelligence.

As for the White Mamba... a player like this, if he can make a steady three-pointer in the NBA, it would be useful for a strong team, and maybe he could be a regular rotation player, but it would be useless for a bottom team like the Grizzlies.

On the court, the two teams started a round-by-round confrontation.

To be able to reach the top 16, the Tigers have a single style of play, but they are strong enough and their strength is still good. Compared with the Tigers that the Trojans met in the first round, they are better than the Tigers, but they are the top 32. , which is much weaker than the Academy Badgers that the Trojans met in the second round.

Relying on Swift's impact and Jabari Smith's support in the opening game, the Tigers had a good offensive efficiency, scoring 5 points in less than 9 minutes.

But the Trojans firmly occupy the initiative!
Henry Bibby's strategy tonight - head to head!

No need to use extra brains to face the Tigers' offense and defense head-on.

At the beginning, their strength was obviously stronger than that of the opponent.

Coupled with Swift's excessive defense against Li Ao, the Trojans easily scored 5 points in less than 14 minutes.

Henry Bibby even saw Li Ao's defensive counterattack against Swift, which was obviously not a good choice, but he didn't stop it.

Young people, it's normal to be impulsive.

But it's not that he has extra tolerance for that kid, yes, absolutely not.

We will definitely encounter stronger opponents and stronger stars in the future, and it is necessary to practice in a targeted pincer attack.

The point difference came to 5 points, and the Tigers called a timeout.

The narrator predicted that the Tigers would strengthen their teamwork. Such head-to-head encounters are obviously not the opponents of the Trojans' team attack.

But after the timeout came back, the Tigers had no other changes except to replace Brian Beshara with the faster Ronald Dupree, who was ranked 99th among high school students in the United States in 69, to defend Li Ao.

The style of play is still the same, the pick-and-roll initiates an offense, Torres Bright breaks apart and then rushes to score the ball, Jabari Smith supports or cuts into the receiving frame at a high position.

Can score, but this timeout did not bring substantial improvement to offense or defense, and the opposite Trojans firmly maintained their lead.

As a result, the head coach of the Tigers was sprayed by the commentator.

John Brady is also desperate!

His strongest player has almost no sense of teamwork. Swift's current counter-running, cutting in after flank cover, and finding a suitable attack line in the counterattack have already been taught patiently for a year last year. This year, Swift can It's not that he doesn't want to cooperate with these offenses.

Playing like this now, at least he can guarantee the score and play the team... But he has already resigned to his fate, he should be called for a timeout, and he should be replaced if he should be replaced.

At the end of the first half, the Trojans led by 9 points, leading 53 to 44.

李敖开局打了8分钟，中间休息了5分钟后，又上场打了5分多钟，拿到5分3板2助攻2抢断2盖帽，抢断和盖帽都是在斯威夫特身上拿到的。

Swift's brain circuits are particularly clear. After he was hated, he was not stupid enough to say that he didn't notice that Li Ao was targeting him.

But in the face of such a target, not only was he not afraid, but his body was shocked, and he kept running back and cutting into the impact.

When the opponent targeted him, he used a more violent impact to defeat the opponent's flanking attack.

Only in this way can he show his dominance as a striker shark!
However, he calls himself 'Frontline Shark' and others are willing to call him that because the real-big shark came out of this school. He can dominate the Southeast Division, but in Crazy Three...

So, in Swift, Li Ao got 1 steal and 2 blocks, Shelby Jordan who came off the bench got 1 steal, and Granville got 1 steal.

Tonight, the Tigers performed well on the flanks. If Swift didn’t have the “shark awareness” for some reason, the Tigers would at least be able to narrow the point difference even more, instead of being caught The Trojans walked and played.

It was the Trojans offense again, looking for a double-digit lead by the end of the first half.

Li Ao ran to respond.

He's being targeted by Swift again.

Li Ao curled his lips and prepared to look for another chance in the second half. "Fishing Master" had already completed two of the three goals, but there was no chance for the dunk.

He tried it once before and got a big hat back from Swift.

Under the situation of confrontation and facing the bottom line, the quasi-ranked No. [-] turned around and directly strengthened in the confrontation, cutting his middle lane into the button and flying.

The physical quality is too strong. As an insider, Swift moves faster in short distances than he does on the outside.

Li Ao ran outside, holding back the defense. When he came to the free throw line, Swift, who was on the left side of the three-second zone, stepped into the three-second zone, ready to block Li Ao's cut.

Shelby Jordan took the opportunity to block the defender for Sam Clancy, and Sam Clancy cut to catch Nate Hale's pass, throwing a short throw...

The chance was good, but it was a pity that it missed a bit, and it bounced high on the neck of the basket.

When Sam Clancy saw the ball flying out, he knew it was off. After landing, he immediately pressed up, jumped up next to the opposite backup center Brad Bridgewater, and made a tip...

Brad Bridgewater, 208 cm, averaged 4.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.6 blocks per game, a moderately strong white center.

He didn't stand in the position ahead of time, and he didn't hinder Sam Clancy at all.

It's a pity that Sam Clancy made a tip-up too hard, and the ball hit the neck of the basket again and bounced again.

Instead of being discouraged, Sam Clancy was so excited that he jumped again... and got stuck.

Swift got in and Bridgewater clamped Sam Clancy, and Sam Clancy struggled to take off, but couldn't jump... Wait, why is there an extra hand on it?

The two insiders who pinched Sam Clancy also saw the hand, and without giving them a chance to think about what was going on, the three of them who were crowded together were knocked forward and collectively jumped half a step forward.

The three scolded Fake at the same time, stood firm and turned around, seeing the scene of Li Ao falling from the sky.

The screams and cheers were deafening!
Li Ao's extra buckle!And separated by three people!
Seeing Li Ao pointing his right hand and blowing kisses, the three of them were very angry.

The difference is that Sam Clancy's grief and indignation-this bastard even buckles his teammates!Sure enough, we can't get along!
...

Li Ao's second dunk helped the Trojans enter the second half with an 11-point lead.

The effect of that dunk was not only to open the point difference to two points, but also sounded the horn of the Trojans' charge.

In the second half, when Li Ao and White Mamba were not present, Granville, Trey Pagnier, Shelby Jordan, Sam Clancy and Charles played a wave of 11 games. 6. Opened the point difference to 16 points.

In the middle of the second half, the point difference once widened to 21 points, but as Li Ao left the field with 5 fouls, the Trojans stepped up their offensive and sent Nate Hale, Trey Pagnier, Malaji Thurston , Shelby Jordan, and Evanisco, the Trojans' rhythm suddenly slowed down, and the scoring speed also dropped. Basically, the two guards played one by one.

At this time, the Tigers also started a Jedi counterattack, playing life-threatening attacks.

However, the lineup of the Trojans is defensive and slow. In more than 8 minutes, although they only scored 9 points, the opponent only scored 13 points.

At 8:53 p.m., the final whistle blew.

92 to 75, the Trojans beat the Tigers by 17 points and won the Elite Eight!

The cheers of the fans reached a climax again. After halftime, they were already confident that their team could win the game, but they really won. When they reached the quarterfinals, the joy was indescribable. Can express with cheers.

After venting their emotions, the voice of "We want to be champions" sounded in the energy solution arena!

Li Ao tried his best to control his footsteps, not to follow 'Little Lambir' around the field...but he still couldn't hold back.

He spread his arms around the court and shouted "We want the championship!"
...

"I buy it, Leo, you are so handsome! Look at your buttons, there are three people, I buy it, I buy it..."

"That Swift said it's just a kid's game, he's waiting for you in the NBA, hehe, Leo, if you go to the NBA, kill him!"

"That Swift is so annoying. Our school team reporter interviewed him, and he cursed! The most important thing is to scold you! Leo, why doesn't your coach let you participate in the interview? Your mouth will definitely piss him off. !"

"..."

"..."

When I got back to the hotel, she was dragged into her room by the auntie assistant, and then the auntie mouth was like a machine gun, and she didn't stop.

At first Li Ao responded with a few words, but later found that the other party was so excited that he didn't care what he answered. Before he came back, the aunt who had returned to the hotel after the game had already read all the news on the Internet and TV. The stage of expressing inner joy and complaining about dissatisfaction.

So Li Ao said 'hmm', "Auntie is right", "hmmm"... while watching tonight's harvest.

11分4板5助攻3抢断4盖帽2失误5犯规，拿到265成就点。

In the second half, he scored 1 steal and 1 block on the quasi-ranked No. 3. The price he paid was that he was sent off for [-] fouls in the half.

But at that time, they had already basically sealed the victory, so he started to be second in the ranking regardless.

But this was well received after the game. He was blocked by the opponent in the first half. It was bloody, and he slapped the ball to the other side of the middle circle.

This has to find its way back for sure.

No matter how he got it back, he blocked Swift 3 times and dunked once in a single game, and it seemed to be a win.

The 3 missions tonight are all completed.

"Be the elite:

The host has led the team to win the elite eight places. Congratulations to the host for receiving rewards: 3000 achievement points, 3 level 1 skill upgrade card, and 1 silver-level equipment upgrade card. "

"Thirty only:

The host has led the team to achieve 30 consecutive victories. Congratulations to the host for receiving rewards: 1000 achievement points, 2 level 1 skill upgrade card fragment. "

"A Fishing Master:
The host completed 3 blocks, 2 steals, and 1 dunk against Stromile Swift. Congratulations to the host for receiving a reward: 2000 achievement points.

The host has completed all the goals, congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 1 bounce attribute point.

Congratulations, the bounce of the host has been increased from 79 to 80, and the bullet speed has been increased from 83 to 84. "

The rewards for the latter two missions are really few, and the attribute points are good, but the difficulty is high, that is, if you encounter the quasi-ranked second in the top iron, you may not be able to complete it with another person.

"Let's become an elite" can have such a generous reward, Li Ao guesses that it is purely because it is about the task of the top eight elites.

The Tigers are really not worthy of the Sweet 16 position. It is really lucky to meet a weak team in the second round.

Regardless of this, it is good to get the reward!

Bounce to an excellent level!The bullet speed is almost top-notch!

It's the only physical quality where he's more explosive than basic.

Getting 4000 achievement points can be regarded as making up for the 5000 points used to draw fragments before.

He regretted it a bit. If he had known that a task to get level 2 fragments would be triggered today, he would not draw that day.

Today's task was completed quite easily, and Swift had to be dunked, which cost him a lot of brain cells, but those brain cells were in vain, and it was Sam Clancy who helped him create the dunk opportunity.

What a good teammate!
But this teammate ignored his thanks after the game and snorted at him with a stinky expression.

The task of 'fishing master' made Li Ao think of the big shark from the team in the same city.

Needless to say, Swift's self-proclaimed striker shark has not been ridiculed, at least in the university's online strength, purely relying on physical fitness, they are all first-class performances.

Although Swift was blocked several times, his final statistics are still good, with 14 points, 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 blocks. His physical fitness is simply amazing.

Last year's No. 4 pick, Elton Brand, had a rookie contract of $1493 million for four years, and the No. 4 pick, Steve Francis, had a contract of $1381 million for four years. The salary of the American knife is waiting for him to get it. Maybe there will be teams willing to gamble on a contract after the rookie contract ends.

Li Ao is very curious now, wondering if the unlucky Grizzlies chose this one.

Li Ao opened the props section, and there were two new props and two cards inside.

Use it!

"The host uses the silver-level equipment upgrade card, the object of use: the experience bracelet, congratulations to the host, equipment: the experience bracelet is upgraded from the white level to the silver level."

"Experience Bracelet (Silver): When the host performs various basic basketball skills or technical training, it will receive a 15% training result bonus."

"The host uses the level 3 skill upgrade card, the object of use: stop, congratulations to the host, the skill: stop is upgraded from level 2 to level 3."

"Stop Level 3: When making an emergency stop jump shot or an emergency stop catch shot within the mid-range range, the emergency stop basic skill +3, the emergency stop skill +3; the shooting impact caused by the emergency stop is greatly reduced; after the emergency stop is successfully completed, the shooting At this time, the control of the core strength of the host's body and the power of shooting have been slightly improved."

From 5% in all directions to 15%, higher than Li Ao expected!

'Abort', a powerful skill in emergency stop jump shots, is in line with the offensive skills he will strengthen next, a perfect match, thanks to the general!

But what made Li Ao most happy tonight was that the CIC reached 83, and the lateral shift broke through to 85, reaching a first-class level.

Actual combat is really important!

...

30 straight wins!

The Trojans gathered the attention of the entire North American sports world.

When the TV hosts reported on them, they all exclaimed - the Trojans will go all the way to win the championship!
And if they really win the championship, it will be another team to win the championship after more than 20 years!
From being predicted to be on the fringe of the crazy third before the season, to now 30 consecutive victories leading to the top eight of the elite, the term "legendary" has been more and more recognized.

As the momentum of the Trojans became higher and higher, Li Ao became the focus once again - the picture of him dunking three players went viral on the Internet.

There is no way to choose him. The media really didn't deliberately praise him, but the players of the Trojans. The style of play can be called the best. Only Sam Clancy, no one else.

Li Ao, who is handsome and has a bright performance, is used as the cover every time. It is difficult not to be popular or to attract black people.

From the time when they were called to their team, no one knew which player was on their team, and now they have become the focus of attention in the United States... The players of the Trojans have adapted.

Rarely, no one went to have fun last night. Even Shelby Jordan went back to the hotel to sleep with his girlfriend in his arms.

'Who would have thought that we would have today'.

This sentence always alerts the players of the Trojans.

The higher they climbed, the more they knew that it was not easy. Once they got here, they couldn't drop the chain.

The next day, on the afternoon of the 25th, they came to the Energy Solutions Arena to prepare for the game.

The Tigers made it to the top 16, and the Trojans also took advantage of it to advance to the top eight.

The next opponent is different!
The Purdue University Stove Workers team, like them, has the top NCAA pitching team - a championship-level team!
(End of this chapter)