The NBA system urges me to pay back the money

Chapter 6 6. The sixth person? .
On March [-]th, the Missouri Valley League playoffs officially started. Creighton University, as the runner-up in the regular season, played against the seventh-ranked Missouri State University Bears. Qin Xiong was selected to play with the team.

The playoffs of each league in the first level of the NCAA belong to a single-game elimination system. Like the NCAA tournament, the winner takes all. If you lose a game, you will go home.

The game is played at the home of the Southern Illinois University Salukis.The Salukis, which belong to the Missouri Valley Conference, finished ninth in the regular season and lost their qualification to participate in the playoffs.

All members of Creighton University settled in Nansi Hotel, an ordinary small hotel, two kilometers away from Southern Illinois University.The hotel has a small conference room which is one of the reasons Creighton University chose this hotel.

In the conference room, under the arrangement of the uniform team, the Blue Jays watched the game video of the Missouri State University Bears.Although the two teams have played against each other twice in the regular season, it is unrealistic to say how much they know about the Bears. There are only two or three big cats and kittens in the uniform team, and there are only seven or eight part-time student assistants. It is impossible to understand deeply. Every team in the league.

Now that the two teams are officially playing against each other, the uniform team has just rushed to find out.

"The main scoring points of the Bears are the center and the point guard!" Head coach McDermott explained loudly, waving his arms: "As long as we contain these two main scoring points, it is not a big problem to win the Bears and enter the semi-finals. "

Qin Xiong sat in his seat and listened quietly, while Luen Casey next to him twisted his fat body uneasily.Lune is Creighton University's starting center - a tank-type center with slow speed, poor shooting, and basically no scoring ability.He suffered enough from matchups in the previous two games against the Bears.

McDermott was still talking about his ways of defeating the enemy, and Lu En could only smile wryly.He stabbed Qin Xiong with his elbow, and Qin Xiong spread his arms out, expressing that there was nothing he could do to help him, and he couldn't even protect himself.

Although he performed well in an intra-team match arranged by McDermott the day before yesterday, he won McDermott's appreciation.But McDermott's admiration can't be eaten, he's just with the role player, well, just entered the position of the role player.

"In addition to containing the two main firepower of the Bears, we also need to strengthen our offense." McDermott, who is only 36 years old this year, looks young and energetic: "Although Henry's injury is a big loss for us, we still have surprise soldiers..."

"Jack, your role tonight is the sixth man, our surprise soldier, I need you to stand up at the critical moment, understand?"

Pairs of eyes in the conference room stared at Qin Xiong in unison, with various expressions in their eyes, especially Henry, who looked at Qin Xiong with the most complicated eyes.

This guy is so lucky!

After he was injured, the position of starting shooting guard was replaced by Michael, and Qin Xiong also became the sixth man with possession of the ball.Michael is the successor, and Qin Xiong is the one-step success. As long as he seizes the opportunity, Qin Xiong will be properly included in the rotation lineup, and if he is lucky, he can even enter the starting lineup.

Qin Xiong didn't care what his teammates thought. After hearing McDermott's words, he stood up instantly: "No problem, boss."

McDermott nodded in satisfaction, and then continued to explain.After Henry was injured, he had no hope for the team to enter the NCAA tournament, but Qin Xiong, who turned out to be born, gave him some hope.

A tedious and complicated tactical lesson has begun!

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At [-] o'clock in the evening, the two sides of the game entered the Saluki Hounds home court. Korver, who came out of the player tunnel, was sullen, and the players following him were also silent.

Qin Xiong knew why Korver was unhappy—the Saluki Hounds arena is small and narrow, it can only accommodate 7000 people, and it is only one-third the size of Rosenblatt Stadium, home of Creighton University.Most importantly, this place is even less well-known than Rosenblatt Stadium, and there are two or three reporters on site, all belonging to local reporters.

Without reporters and media publicity, Korver's reputation would not be able to spread. Without reputation, his road to the NBA would be much more bumpy.

After the game started, Qin Xiong sat on the bench and carefully observed the opponent's situation. As the sixth man handpicked by the head coach, although he was brilliant, he was also under great pressure.

If this game is messed up, he will have no good fruit in McDermott's hands.Well, if it really messes up, not only the head coach will clean him up, but the teammates will not let him go, single-game elimination system, hey!
After watching for a while, Qin Xiong's forehead lines appeared. Creighton University did not have an outside defensive gate, and the thin Michael couldn't resist the impact of the matchup at all, which made his teammates often help him fill up.

After Henry retreated from injury, the Bears focused on besieging Korver, and the Blue Jays' firepower was severely limited.

In less than 5 minutes, the Blue Jays trailed the Bears by 5 points 11:6, a terrible start.

"Greg, should we replace Jack? Kyle is restricted too much!" Assistant coach Mauro asked with a frown.

McDermott's face was also serious, but he didn't have Mauro's anxiety. He shook his head and said, "Don't worry, how long can the Bears play like this at the beginning? They don't have the physical strength to play full-court press."

Bang!

The big black center of the Bears turned around and wiped Lu En, took advantage of the momentum and hit the basket vigorously, and the goal was scored.

At 5:13, the Blue Jays trailed by 8 points.

"Cover, Luen, your brain was eaten by a dog, pull it out to cover!" McDermott waved the tactical board in his hand vigorously, and growled at Luen.

Lu En, who knew he was wrong, didn't dare to speak back, and immediately ran out to cover point guard Hopps.Lu En didn't say anything else, he was excellent in pick-and-rolls and screens, and his fat body stood forward, and the opponent couldn't get through it at all.

Under the cover of Lune, Hopps quickly broke into the inside and distributed the ball to Korver who was already waiting at the 45° three-point line on the flank before other Bears players came.

Korver didn't even look at the opponent's crazy interference, he pulled up and directly made a three-pointer.He shot quickly and urgently, leaving no chance for his opponent.

Swish!
A three-pointer was scored, 8:13.

McDermott nodded in satisfaction, and it really depends on Korver.

Mauro temporarily breathed a sigh of relief, and Korver's three-pointer temporarily stopped the bleeding for the Blue Jays. Otherwise, according to the current situation, the Blue Jays would have to surrender before halftime.

Qin Xiong also gave a sigh of relief. If the team is defeated by the opponent, his role as the sixth man is meaningless, because at present he has no ability to turn the tide, and Creighton University's NCAA journey will come to an end.

"Made, it would be great when I can have a unique skill like Kyle!" Qin Xiong muttered while applauding his teammates.The opportunity was right in front of him, but unfortunately he didn't seize it, not to mention the 800 points were used up, and the Dragon Slaying Skill [Capture] was useless.

If you knew it earlier, you wouldn't be so greedy!

Qin Xiong sighed, if he hadn't been dazzled by [3s three-point ball] that day, the 800 points would still be more or less a little bit now.Now, he can only earn points by completing daily tasks every day.

(End of this chapter)