The Way of the Center

Chapter 9 : Wildcat in a whirlwind

The locker room of the Kansas State University Wildcats has never been quieter than it is today. Apart from the heavy breathing of the players, no noise can be heard. When Rick Chris pushed the door into the locker room, he thought he was in the wrong place.

All the players kept their heads down, except for Michael Beasley, who killed all sides in the first half. He glanced at his teammates in the locker room with his disdainful eyes that day, and didn’t know what to say for a while.

“Why? I was beaten by the other party? We are only five points behind!” Chris suddenly yelled, shocking many people.

“Martins! Are you scared by that Asian center?”

“No! I…” Martins wanted to say something, but he didn’t seem to behave well to Anjie in the first half of the scene. Instead, his mind was full of scenes of himself being humiliated, so he wanted to say something again. only.

“Don’t worry, their suicidal letting go in the first half can only stretch the difference to five points, but only five points have already cost them too much. What you have to face in the second half It’s just a bunch of guys who are so tired that they can’t even move their legs. By that time, you will be in complete control of the game!” Chris began to encourage his players.

“Beasley, you still have to sit on the bench honestly for me at the beginning of the second half. I will naturally send you up when the time is right, and you will only have one task at that time, win the game!”

“I know the coach, I won’t let you down.” Beasley’s favorite role is to play such a role.

The locker room of the Iowa State University Cyclone team on the other side is still very calm. Everyone knows that there are still 20 minutes to play in the game. Only by holding on can we get the final victory.

“I know that the five minutes just made you all exhausted, but I believe that we all have such a high-intensity physical training result. At the beginning of the second half, I will let the substitutes play first. I think you have a lot of rest.” Ricard glanced at the rotations of his second team.

“We are full of energy, boss.” Assakin answered truthfully.

“Very good. At the beginning of the second half, Beasley will definitely not play. In the first half, his playing time is comparable to that of your starters, so he needs to rest just like you guys. At this time, I hope the rotation players can Withstand the situation. I don’t want to see the Wildcats settle the fight before Beasley’s on the court.”

“As long as Beasley is on the court, the five of you will join me! His physical recovery may not be as good as yours. At this time, his offensive efficiency is bound to drop. Anjie and Morris, you two will continue to beat their insides in the second half. , Of course, other people don’t just look at them, they all give me an active run.” Ricard drew a few ball-free pick-and-roll routes on the tactical board.

“The strategy of defending Beasley remains the same, he should stick to the dead, the block should be blocked. No matter how powerful he is Beasley, he is not enough to consume with the five people on the court!”

Both coaches have made adjustments to their teams in a short period of time. As for the effect, it will only be known when the players return to the field.

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At the beginning of the second half, as Ricard expected, Michael Beasley was still firmly pressed on the bench. Even out of the five Wildcats on the court, three are substitutes. Ricard let out a sigh of relief, that the first trick was used correctly.

Although both sides are basically the second team playing on the field, the process is still intense. It’s just that compared with the crazy five minutes in the first half, the viewing ability naturally dropped a lot.

In the second half of the game, the game went on for more than six minutes without interruption. The Tornado team still maintained the lead with the efforts of the substitute players. But Chris is not in a hurry, and Ricard is not complacent.

Finally, after a timeout of 6 minutes and 47 seconds in the second half, Michael Beasley took the towel around his neck and Chris sent him on the court!

“Remember what I said! Play more inside! Actively run! Look for physical confrontation! From now on, the game is up to you!” Ricard clapped his hands vigorously and urged his starting five to come on the court, a real decisive battle , Only kicked off from now on.

“Oh? Coach Ricard seems to have arranged the corresponding method a long time ago. Just after the Wildcats replaced Beasley, Ricard took all his starting players back on the court. It seems that the coaches of both sides are ready. Give it a go for the next thirteen minutes.”

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From the first time he touched the ball, Beasley decided to vent all the strength he had held back into the offense. However, when he confronted Anthony Ben again, he found that the intensity of physical confrontation at this time was completely improved by a level compared to the first half.

But Beasley can still find a hundred ways to break through Ben’s defense, and another fifty ways to defuse Morris’ defense. He was still unstoppable in the subsequent attacks and succeeded in succession. But what he didn’t know was that every time he scored, he needed to consume much more energy than in the first half. Due to the increased defensive strength, even if you can still score goals, it will take several times the strength before.

Beasley kept scoring on the offensive end, while the Wildcats kept losing points on the defensive end. Martins, who faced Anjie, had no confidence in himself. He was no longer as irritable as the first half, but looked fearful. He was afraid that An Jie would use another fake action to sway himself like a fool. Who would let An Jie’s backing skills be comprehensive? Martins couldn’t guess which action An Jie was true and which one was false. As a result, there are often scenes of Anjie making various offensive moves on the court, but Martins has no response. He just watched Anjie score again and again on his head, and didn’t dare to jump off and interfere.

Chris would like to replace Martins and then scold him bloody, but his starting center has been beaten like this. Who else can he count on. It seems that the problem of weak insiders is much more serious than he thought.

In addition to An Jie, the other four also have good performances. They are strong in overallity. Perhaps this is the biggest characteristic of this cyclone team. When Anjie is double-teamed and unable to complete the offense, there will always be a teammate who will stand up and score for him. It made Chris struggled whether to continue double-teaming Anjie.

The Tornado team is attacking with five people, and the offensive burden of the Wildcats is all on Beasley’s body. He is now doing the work of the other’s five people alone, and the physical exhaustion can be known.

The two sides just like you come and me, alternately leading. Until the game was two minutes left, Beasley finally couldn’t hold it.

His shooting percentage began to decline significantly, and due to lack of physical strength, the number of shots he chose to shoot from outside began to gradually increase. As for the rest of the Wildcats, their fighting spirit and physical strength have long been exhausted by the undead Cyclone players. The psychological pressure has all come to the Wildcats. This kind of helplessness about the impending failure can’t be broken by one or two goals.

The Wildcats passed another minute in the passive situation of the game. At this time, the score had become 74 to 80. The Tornadoes held a six-point lead. However, he scored 80 points, which is already a high score in the NCAA arena.

Beasley did not give up, he still started to get the ball from the bottom line and then pushed all the way to near the three-point line. He used a realistic feint of worshipping Anthony Ben to point it up, then stepped aside and shot from the three-point line. This is Beasley’s fourth shot after missing three consecutive goals, but this time, the basketball flew into the basket accurately.

“Beasley hit a three-pointer! He pulled the Wildcats back from the edge of the cliff by himself. With 48 seconds left in the game, both sides should have a chance to attack! Even if the two teams reach the last moment, It’s still hard to solve.” Philips explained that the speed of the game has also become very fast, and the whole situation suddenly became tense.

Mike Taylor was also greeted by the opposing team. He carefully controlled the ball, step by step, and finally succeeded in bringing the ball to the opponent’s half. Tyler looked up to find someone, only to find that Anjie and Morris had been taken care of. It seemed that this attack had to think about other ways.

A few times and An Jie’s high pick-and-roll effect was not good, and the shooter Cruze also struggled to run out of position and did not get a shot. As for Anthony Ben, who defended more than offensively, he was locked out of the three-point line by Beasley.

There are only ten seconds left on the offense, and the Wildcats can stop the opponent’s chances of scoring as long as they don’t foul. Mike Taylor had no choice but to change direction from side to side, and then shook a bit of breakthrough space with a cross step. However, the opposing point guard did a good job defensively this time. Before Taylor could start, the gap was filled back. Taylor has no choice but to force a shot outside the three-point line before the offensive time is over. Mike Taylor wasn’t Beasley, and he didn’t score the ball, but knocked to the basket and bounced a long way. Beasley jumped up and stretched out his long arms to confiscated the rebounds. At the same time, after seeing Beasley get the ball, Chris immediately used the last timeout of the Wildcats. He wanted to arrange the last timeout for Beasley. Shooting tactics.

“Without even thinking about it, Beasley is their only choice. Let’s not overtime! I want you to take the victory away in more than ten seconds! They will definitely arrange for Beasley to catch the ball and make a three-pointer. We just have to Try to contain Beasley as much as possible, even if the basket is empty! Anthony, you will continue to stick Beasley to me later, be careful not to be fouled by him, if he wants two points, then give him. Just prevent this. Three-pointers, the victory of this game belongs to us! Let those **** commentators shut up! We will be the only winner of this game!” Ricard remembered what he saw this morning. That comment about the Tornado team.

The short timeout is so long in the hearts of the fans, it seems that they have been waiting for a century. They can’t wait to see the team reap their first victory of the season. Although the game is not over, the performance of the Cyclone players has given their fans enough confidence.

After returning to the court, the sideline ball was sent directly to Beasley’s hands. He has been holding the ball near the center circle since he got the ball, and it seems he wants to compress some time.

With ten seconds left before the end of the game, Beasley finally started. But this time his teammates did not act as spectators anymore, but set up a double pick-and-roll screen for him from left to right.

Anthony. Martins, who was trying to bypass the cover, was blocked by Martins who moved secretly.

Mobile pick-and-roll! Ben quickly opened his hands to the referee, but the referee ignored it. His attention was all on Beasley, and he didn’t see Martins’s illegal actions.

“Damn it!” Ben quickly turned and lunged at Beasley, but it was too late. Beasley is already holding the ball in the top arc of the three-point line, ready to shoot.

Just as Beasley was about to take the ball, An Jie suddenly shot out from the side.

“This…where did he come from!” Beasley yelled badly in his heart. Under the deterrence of An Jie’s height and arms, he had to increase the arc if he wanted to not be covered.

Anjie rushed to Beasley when he saw Ben being blocked. In order not to foul, he didn’t really want to block the ball, but wanted to interfere with Beasley’s shooting as much as possible.

Beasley, who turned up the arc, felt a little unsure No one would know if the goal would be scored. The air at the scene seemed to freeze, and tens of thousands of eyes were staring at the orange basketball.

“”! As a result of having to increase the arc, the basketball eventually smashed into the neck of the basket. Morris got stuck in the position and steadily picked up the rebound. Then, he threw the ball directly to the other side of the court without fouling the Wildcats players. As the basketball flew to the other half of the court, the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

suddenly! The whole stadium exploded, and the cheering fans made their biggest shouts.

Anjie saw Morris yelling at him while running over, but he couldn’t hear what the other party was yelling.

Morris rushed to An Jie and hugged the thin Asian boy.

“We won! We won!” The ears moved to Morris’s mouth, and An Jie heard what he was yelling.

Other players also rushed to the court, some hugging each other, some running aimlessly, and some jumping and jumping. Only Ricard was calmer. After shook hands with Rick Chris, he just stood on the sidelines with his waist and smiled, then turned his head and gave a thumbs up to his wife in the audience.

At this moment, no one knows where Michael Beasley and his Wildcats have gone, and no one cares. The group of lads on the stage are the only protagonists on this stage.

Tonight this night belongs only to the Iowa State University Cyclone team, this night belongs only to Anjie and all his teammates. This evening, it belongs only to the winner on the field Book friends are welcome to visit and read. The latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at mobile phone users, please go to read.