Basketball Dragon

Chapter 22

As the defending champions of the Orange team, the players are relatively united, but the question of who is the boss cannot be solved by the word unity.

Both McNamara and Warrick have the same meaning. They are not Anthony, and neither of them can convince everyone. Besides, there is still a little difference between the boss is a white brother or a black brother.

Li Hai, the yellow-skinned brother, had almost no one to talk to him off the court at this time, but on the court, the two of them were so noisy, it was rather embarrassing for him to run tactics.

When it went on like this, he was a little worried when it came to the game, so he took the initiative to find Boyihan, "Coach, how about assigning me to the partner training side, I want to play a few games with the main team."

Coach Boyehan immediately understood what Li Hai meant. He originally wanted to save McNamara and Warrick until the regular season, and he would be very happy if it could be resolved in advance.

However, he was really not that optimistic about Li Hai. The main team were all members of the eight-man rotation that won the championship. After going through the storm, even without Anthony, they would not be easily defeated by the training team.

Li Hai picks people by himself. The center and point guards use black and hard. They just compete with McNamara and Firth, constantly fighting for their bodies. The position of power forward is more difficult. Come to the defense in person, shooting guards and small forwards all on the pitcher.

The offensive rhythm is controlled by Li Hai, without too many tactics, he wants to show those boys what professional-level targeted arrangement is, and what is discomfort.

Coach Boyihan announced that when Li Hai led the training team to fight against the main team, McNamara and others had no idea. Li Hai also stayed in the training team a lot last year, and they all thought it was ordinary training arranged by the coach.

There is no suspenseful victory for Warrick's jump ball, and his bullet speed has no rivals in the team.

McNamara took the ball forward and immediately noticed that something was different on the defense. Freshman Louie McCluskey was almost stuck to him, extraordinarily desperate.

Before the game, Li Hai fooled the people in the team, saying in the name of the coach that only the players who defend and strictly implement the tactics will have the opportunity to play in this year's NCAA.

The first-year freshmen were fooled for a moment, but the old players knew that Li Hai was not completely fooled. Coach Boyehan likes players who always perform well against the competition.

McNamara's body is his weakness, and he was a bit uncomfortable when he rushed up to such a big strength.

He passed the ball to Firth who came up to support him, but Li Hai rushed over without knowing when, broke the ball like a gust of wind, dunked one after another, and instantly ignited the fighting spirit of the training team.

He knows McNamara's weaknesses very well, his body is weak and his vision is not wide enough, otherwise he wouldn't be forced into that appearance by Hinrich in the finals.

Li Haicheng started as a training partner, and later became a substitute for the main team. He knows the characteristics of everyone in the team very well, but his teammates only know part of his characteristics.

Before he was reborn, he played as a core player most of the time. Now he has practiced more comprehensively. To play 100% of his strength, he also needs to be in the core position. Before Anthony was there, he could only perform what the team needed. Of course, he can have no scruples when playing with the team.

"Good job, keep defending well." After scoring the goal, Li Hai immediately encouraged his teammates.

Without the command of the coach, plus the small gap in the battle for the boss, the tactics of the main team could not be fully utilized. McNamara made an emergency stop three-pointer after halftime, which is also his characteristic. But he missed the shot after all the physical confrontation.

Under the backboard, Li Hai entangled with Warrick with all his strength, while McNeill squeezed Firth behind him. There was no space, and it was useless for Warrick to jump high and fast.

After McNeil grabbed the rebound, he handed it to Li Hai as quickly as possible, and Li Hai quickly advanced with the ball.

The opponent's defense was not slow, but Josh Pace couldn't stand up to Li Hai who rushed in, and being pushed in by Li Hai was a successful jump.

Only then did the main team know that Li Hai was serious, and McNamara became more cautious. Although McCluskey was desperate, he was a rookie and couldn't reach Hinrich's level.

McNamara feinted and handed the ball to Edrin, who quickly turned the ball over to Varrick, who was a few centimeters taller than Lehi, and immediately played his Absolutely, a mid-range turnaround jumper.

With Warrick's height and jumping ability, basically no one can block the shot with this move, and Li Hai naturally couldn't do it either, it's just that he pushed Warrick out a little in the previous physical confrontation.

Warrick's move is not very stable. He actually needs a teammate who is good at passing the ball so that he can catch the ball more comfortably, so that he will be more threatening. Unfortunately, Syracuse University's guards tend to be offensive, so he is in Lee Under Hai's defense, there was some tragedy.

This shot was a little short, and Li Hai turned around and got the rebound to make a quick dash.

He had already completely attracted the attention of the opponent's players with the two balls before. This time he rushed over, and the two opponents who retreated the fastest all rushed towards him.

Li Hai sent the basketball to his left, and his teammate made an easy layup.

The timing and placement of the pass was impeccable, and the main team could only watch as Demetris Nichols, the most famous rookie in the first year, put the ball in the basket.

Those who came were not kind, not just Li Hai.

The main team did not dare to neglect, as coach Boyehan said, those were the main rotation players who played in the NCAA before, and they were very familiar with each other. After being surprised, they gradually returned to normal.

However, the tactics used by Li Hai are very correct. The Orange team without Anthony, in terms of player characteristics, must be controlled by Li Hai in the offense. If Li Hai is not there, the tactics should be run around Warrick. It is a nerve knife and the end point of the tactics. If the tactics revolve around him, the team will be unstable.

McNamara was also aware of this, and planned to let Varick take more balls, and first taught Li Hai, a guy who suddenly lost his nerve, a lesson.

However, under Li Hai's defense, Warrick's unstable mid-range shot was infinitely magnified, and McNamara couldn't pass that flash of good shots, and the main team's offense completely fell into an inefficient one. Go it alone.

On defense, the main team found that no one could defend Li Hai alone. If it was a double attack, Li Hai could pass a good pass. He actually had a more comprehensive feeling than Anthony.

At the end of the first match, the main team lost by 20 points, and everyone's eyes were wrong.

(End of this chapter)