Basketball K God

Chapter 8 If you want to win, you have to work hard

Compared to the Memphis Tigers, the Kansas Jayhawks played more minutes in the rotation, and their starters rested correspondingly more.

The University of Memphis basically uses Rose, CDR and Antonio Anderson to death.These three have played more than 3 minutes in almost every game on their way to promotion in the past.

After Xie Kai made a 3-pointer, the two sides played a few more rounds. The score was very tight, and no one could open the score.

In these few rounds, Xie Kai did not shoot, but grabbed 2 rebounds.

The defensive strength of both sides in this final is very strong, and it is not easy for either side to score.Both sides want to score points through fast breaks, but the success rate is not very satisfactory.

The game continued. At this time, the score of the two sides was 21. There were only 6 minutes and 55 seconds left before the end of the first half.

Rose dribbled the ball halfway, and his teammates pulled away.Facing Chalmers' defense, he crossover with his right hand, relying on his quick first step and strong body, he forcibly went inside to kill.

The Kansas side immediately shrunk, blocking his breakthrough.

Rose passed the ball with a wide vision, jumped up and scored to his teammate Antonio Anderson outside the 3-point line on the right wing.

Anderson catches the ball and gets a nice open shot for a 3-and there it is!
Memphis leads Kansas by 24 points at 21:3!
"Even if Derek doesn't directly score, he can also assist his teammates to score through his own offensive threats. It's very difficult!" The live commentary began to praise Rose.

For Kansas, the pass-and-cut style of play is still used, Cowen is in charge of screens, Xie Kai is in charge of opening up space, and Chalmers and Rush are mainly in charge of offense.

The ball passes, gets to Rush, and he pulls up for a jump shot—but no!
The Russian big man Cowan swung his bear paw and hit the ball, and the ball bounced to the sideline.

Xie Kai, who is the closest, and Rose went to chase the ball together.

Xie Kai gritted his teeth and refused to give an inch. He grabbed the ball in front of Rose, smashed the ball into the opponent's leg before the ball went out of bounds, and then popped out of bounds - Kansas possession of the ball!

Kansas coach Bill Self on the sidelines applauded his players for their desperation. In an important game like the final, if the two teams are deadlocked to the end, then this kind of [-]-[-] competition for the ball, maybe one The ownership of the ball may determine the final outcome of the game.

Kansas continues to attack the frontcourt!
Chalmers holds the ball at the top of the arc and passes it to Rush who cuts out, who then passes it to Cowan in the low post.

Cowen held the ball with his back and did not take advantage of the strong roll. He suddenly found Xie Kai who made an empty cut from the baseline.He passed the ball decisively...

Xie Kai was running an indirect ball, and scored 2 points for a layup under the basket!
"Beautiful!" Coach Self on the sidelines encouraged the players.This is the offense he's looking forward to seeing, the dynamics, everyone involved, and easy scoring opportunities through cooperation.Xie Kai's off-ball awareness is very good, and his active running position finally completed the score before the ball was about to become dead!
The coach of Memphis, Coach Calipari, looked a little gloomy. He never regarded Xie Kai as the team's main player, but this East Asian boy continued to obstruct his side on both offensive and defensive ends, which made him particularly annoyed.

On the Memphis side, Rose missed a jumper with an emergency stop!

Cowen continued to bear the palm and hit the ball!
CDR caught the ball in the air, just got down and was about to break through, but he didn't pay attention to the bottom, and the ball was suddenly taken away by someone!
CDR came back to his senses and found a yellow-skinned, black-haired young man wearing the Kansas No. 22 jersey. He broke the ball and ran forward!

Rose returned to defense, but 1 defense 2 in the frontcourt.

Xie Kai was very fast and pushed forward crazily.Chalmers followed up, and the two echoed each other, one on the left and the other on the right, like two sharp knives, piercing Memphis' heart.

Faced with Rose's defense, Xie Kai remained calm. He walked near the free throw line and began to slow down.

After receiving the ball, Chalmers made a layup!
Kansas overtakes at 25:24!

No one expected that the person who led Kansas to overtake was neither Rush nor Chalmers, but the substitute player Xie Kai that everyone looked down upon!

"Kane Xie has a very fast transition from defense to offense after stealing, and his thinking is very clear in the case of playing more and less in the frontcourt. It is really unbelievable! Will Kane become the X factor of this game? Let us wait and see! "The on-site commentary rarely used commendatory words for Xie Kai.

For the rest of the first half, Kansas played better and better, and at the end of the half, they led Memphis by 33 points 28:5!
谢开在上半场上场11分39秒，投篮7中3，其中3分球3中1，得到7分4个篮板1次助攻1个抢断，且没有失误，表现相当亮眼。他拼命的防守和自信的进攻让人们看到了他身上与众不同的一面。

Memphis core Rose contributed 3 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers in the first half. His performance was very average, and even made fans feel that his statistics were not as good as Xie Kai.You must know that there is a huge gap between the two offensive balls. Of course, the defensive pressure Rose faces is not comparable to Xie Kai.

The Kansas Jayhawks got their fans excited with a five-point first-half lead over the Memphis Tigers.If this trend continues, then the team is extremely hopeful to win the championship.

However, some Kansas fans are also worried. After all, it is impossible for Rose to be so sluggish all the time, and Xie Kai seemed to have performed exceptionally in the first half. You must know that he only scored 7 points in the semifinals.

There was a 15-minute intermission, and players on both sides needed to rest to prepare for the decisive battle in the second half.

During the intermission, Xie Kai obviously felt that his teammates looked at him more friendly.He understands that competitive sports still need to use strength to speak. If you perform well, everyone will naturally look up to you. If you perform rubbish and act alone, you don't need to think about being despised.

Kansas coach Coach Self found Xie Kai, smiled and said to him: "The performance in the first half was very good. I really like that you still didn't hesitate for the third time when you missed two shots. You took the initiative to take the responsibility." The offensive task of this round. The second half is the real battle, you wait to rest first, and when you play, I hope you can go all out like the first half!"

Xie Kai responded to Coach Self with firm eyes, and then said seriously: "Coach, please believe me, I will give my all. I told you yesterday that I will work hard. In the second half, I will work harder. We will definitely Will win!"

Coach Self was very helpful when he heard it. Xie Kai did not lie. He did exactly what he said. The attitude of desperately defending and fighting for the ball cannot be pretended. If you want to beat the powerful Opponents, such a spirit is essential.

(End of this chapter)