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Chapter 10 Encountering the Kentucky Five Tigers

That night, Xia Tian took his teammates and coach to have a big meal outside to celebrate their entry into the quarter-finals, and the school made a big publicity after knowing the news.

After all, since Harden left, the school has no hope of scoring March Madness in basketball, but I didn't expect that this year not only scored March Madness!Also entered the quarterfinals!

Harden only brought the team into the second round of the top 32 and eliminated it!So why can't the school celebrate!Even the school is thinking about whether to retire the summer jersey.

But it didn't take long before a bad news came, and the Wildcats' next opponent came out!It is the University of Kentucky who is the favorite to win the championship!Speaking of the University of Kentucky, many people should have heard of the Kentucky Five Tigers.

The starting lineup composed of Wall, Cousins, Patterson, Bledsoe and Orton, but this is not the most terrifying, the most terrifying thing is that the Kentucky Five Tigers have made history!

All five of them were selected in the first round. Although Patterson and Orton didn't get along very well, Wall, Cousins, and Bledsoe all thrived!
All three are All-Star players, so they have encountered some difficulties this time in the summer!Especially Cousins ​​and Wall, the point guards and centers of the Wildcats are not good defensive players.

Especially Cousins, whose body was a few blocks longer than their Wildcats center, and Xia Tian also deeply understood that he might have to fight with his life in this game.

Although the top eight sounds good, but there are no top four, the top three are tempting!And it's a little embarrassing, the team at the University of Arizona is called the Wildcats.

And the Kentucky team is also called the Wildcats!If Xia Tian can lead the team to beat the University of Kentucky, then this name may become a disgrace to Kentucky!
After all, the genuine wildcat team was defeated by other wildcat teams, maybe the University of Kentucky would change the name of the team because of this, so Xia Tian came to the day of the game with excitement.

It was still an away game, and Xia Tian and others also came to the arena early to rest, after all, the long-distance travel is very tiring.

Before the game, the two teams began to practice, and the audience also entered the field, but the audience was not interested in Lord Arizona!Many people even shouted when they saw the University of Kentucky dunking on the court.

"Kentucky you guys are the best! Arizona's fake wildcats are vulnerable to you! Blast them!"

"Wal, I love you! You must defeat the fake Wildcats!"

"Qu Qu's fake wildcat team can actually enter the quarterfinals! You are here because of the glory of our real wildcat team! Hahaha."

All kinds of ridicule resounded in their ears in Xia Tian, ​​all the team members were affected by this!You can tell by watching their shooting practice, the shooting percentage is pretty good at the beginning.

But after the audience ridiculed him, he struck iron continuously, even Xia Tian struck iron several times.

"Huh." Xia Tian took a deep breath and called everyone together.

"Listen everyone, although this is not our venue, can you bear it when someone yells at us like this?"

"cannot!"

"Since you can't bear it, you should know what I want to say!"

"Fuck them!" Everyone answered Xia Tian's question in Chinese, yes, this Chinese was also taught by Xia Tian.

"Good job! Let's kick their butts hard when we get on the court!" Xia Tian smiled evilly, and charged towards the Kentucky team with a murderous aura.

And Wall, who was practicing shooting, suddenly shuddered and shot wide of the basket.

"Hey, Cousins, do you feel the sudden coldness?"

"Hey, is there? I didn't feel it." Cousins ​​threw the ball into the basket and said with a smile comparing his muscles.

"There is always a sense of foreboding." Wall shook his head.

"Hey, Wall, you are thinking too much, this Wildcat team is nothing more than a fake, you will see how I do them later." Bledsoe walked over and said with a smile.

And Wall still shook his head, hoping that his feeling was wrong. After all, Arizona was only a threat for one summer, and the rest were not worth mentioning.

The "drip" game started.

The center forwards on both sides began to jump the ball. Of course, the ball was taken by Kentucky without any accident. Wall took the ball and slowly retreated to the frontcourt.

At this time, Xia Tian had changed positions with his own point guard, and he came to defend Wall. Although Xia Tian knew that his defense was not very good, it was much better than the point guard from home.

Wall didn't speak, and he beckoned Cousins ​​and came to pick and roll. With the help of the pick and roll, Wall made an easy layup and scored two points for Kentucky.

And when they had the ball in the summer, the defender was no longer Wall, it was Kentucky's small forward Patterson, who was 206 tall and had an excellent body.

This is also a challenge for Xia Tian's offense. Xia Tian started with a series of fancy dribbles and found that Patterson was not moving at all. He really deserves to be one of the Kentucky Five Tigers.

Xia Tian thinks that this is not playing tricks anymore, a simple breakthrough and then change direction to open the position with Patterson, but even if Xia Tian opens the position with Patterson, it is useless.

Just when Xia Tian first reached the free throw line, Cousins ​​had come to his side. Apart from his bad temper, Cousins ​​still had the potential of a super center.

Especially in the later era when the center was withered, not many people could resist Cousins ​​in terms of confrontation, but Yao Ming is still there in this life. I believe that Cousins ​​will also be beaten up when facing Yao Ming.

After all, Yao Ming likes the kind of people who love to hit the basket, especially Cousins ​​prefers layups to dunks, especially since Yao Ming has begun to lose weight after recovering from injury.

Xia Tian told Yao Ming the style of play of the later generations of Boshen. I believe that Yao Ming will definitely do better than Boshen, and the Sharks will retire soon. The rest of the centers are poor.

Xia Tian had no choice but to pass the ball to the center forward who was already open. The center forward got the ball and threw it quickly, but it may have been affected by the audience. The ball went wide and Cousins ​​got the rebound.

Xia Tian also shook his head helplessly and returned to defense, but even if Kentucky didn't play a fast break and fell into a positional battle, it relied on Cousins ​​to hit a goal steadily.

Just after Cousins ​​made a hit, Arizona's center patted the basketball discouragedly, and Xia Tian quickly went up to comfort him. Although it may not be effective, Xia Tian must do what he should do as a star player .

He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt again, and Xia Tian put five fingers deep, which meant that he was going to play singles, and everyone quickly opened up space for Xia Tian to play singles.

Xia Tian facing Patterson's continuous crotch dribble made Patterson take a few steps back, but Xia Tian suddenly took a step back to open the distance, a super long three-pointer!

"Swish"

The basketball obediently fell into the net. Xia Tian didn't have any celebrations, and retreated back with cold eyes. Kentucky didn't push the fast break, but still set up a position steadily and let Cousins ​​put the ball. Into the Nets.

Arizona's center glanced at Cousins ​​dejectedly. Of course, Xia Tian also saw the godless eyes of his own center. It seemed that he could only rely on himself.

Xia Tian stopped passing the ball in the first quarter, and all the balls had their own offense. The first quarter ended in such a sloppy manner, and Arizona trailed by 20 points with a score of 27 to [-].

Summer also inherited the Mamba spirit in the first quarter. He scored 15 points 6-16, including one steal and three rebounds. As for assists?Sorry, the Arizonans are really unlucky.

After Xia Tian successfully attracted two double-teams, the Arizonans also failed to seize the opportunity to put the ball in the basket, and not only once, almost the opposite side was double-teaming Xia Tian in the second half of the first quarter .

Xia Tian also passed countless good balls, but they didn't score. The only four points were due to fouls on the opposite side, which allowed other players in Arizona to score.

At the end of the first quarter, Pella looked at Xia Tian with concern, indicating whether he would take a break, but Xia Tian shook his head and didn't speak, because now Xia Tian must maintain his strength to complete the remaining three quarters.

From the very beginning of this game, it was doomed that Xia Tian would not be able to rest, because the strength of the Kentucky Five Tigers really made Arizona too much, and Xia Tian seemed to understand Kobe's thoughts at this moment.

What is Mamba Mentality!The Mamba spirit is completely forced out!Don't admit defeat!Even if you have exhausted your last bit of strength, you still have to stand on the court!You have to keep scoring!
PS: Chapter 1, Chapter 2 before [-] o'clock
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