Chapter 17 The First Game ()

According to the schedule, the Southern California Trojans faced the Arizona State University Sundevils in their first game, and then challenged the University of California, Burke, Golden Bears away.

Neither of these two teams is a strong team, so Coach Benjamin ambitiously formulated a plan to win two games, but when the game against Arizona State began, the game went in a direction he did not expect.

The only star player in Arizona State University is Ekdiogu. Although this guy is not too tall, he plays fiercely, has strong strength, and is scoring, basketball and blocking, so he often causes great trouble to other teams.

However, this time Benjamin designed a defensive plan for him. Louis Admundson was responsible for defending around the front and cutting off his ball path. Cooperd guarded the inside and used his height and strength to suppress his offense. This guy's passing ability is average, so there is no need to worry about his internal pass.

Unexpectedly, Diogu was restricted very well and had no performance, but an unknown player from Arizona State University stood up and gave Benjamin a hard lesson with four consecutive three-pointers.

Ganesh Kemal, who was against him, didn't know what was going on, and he kept slowing down the opponent and couldn't put defensive pressure on Chris Mimu at all.

It shouldn't be true. Although Stkemale's defense is not very good, it is not so bad. Could it be that he is still dissatisfied with the matter of Aliasso? The more Benjamin thought about it, the more he was the possibility. When he had this idea in his mind, the more he looked at Stkemale, the more he seemed not to be playing well.

When Stekemal once again caused the opponent to score due to a defensive mistake, Benjamin took a look at the bench. He originally wanted to let John Rust come on, but when he thought that he and Eliasso were in the same group, it was difficult to guarantee that he was not like Stekemal. Moreover, although Rust had good physical fitness, he did not have a strong defensive intention, so it was natural that he didn't let him go. So he called Stephen and replaced Stekemal with him.

By chance, Stephen stepped onto the official competition for the first time. He endured the excitement and urge to whistle, and Stephen walked to the basketball court with a calm look.

Sure enough, when Stekemal left the court, after seeing Stephen replaced him, Stekemal felt bad. Could it be that the coach had a bad view of his performance, and even Rust didn't let him play?

What makes Stkemal different from others is that he has a smart mind and immediately thought of this possibility. So when he ended up, he hit Stephen and waited down and took the initiative to explain to the coach: "Coach, I don't know what's wrong with my calves today. I always hurt a little and dare not exert force."

After Stekemal said this, Benjamin was embarrassed to show his face with a stern face. Aliasso would be injured. If Stekemal was injured again, the people on hand would be very nervous, especially Stekemal was very smart in playing basketball and was in extremely stable condition. Although he could not perform above level on the court, it would definitely be reassuring.

This is why Benjamin doubted his condition, but after hearing that he was injured, Benjamin attached great importance to it and immediately called the team doctor to check Stkemal's injury, and focused on the field.

Stephen's appearance did not have the effect of being a shot, but instead made Chris Mimu make another two-pointer in front of him. He naturally made no achievements in the next attack, but in the next defense, everyone present lit up their eyes.

After Chris Kane received a pass from his teammate and ran to his familiar position, he suddenly had a person standing in front of the position.

Of course, ordinary audiences can't see it, but there are many professionals who come here to watch the game. Some are agents who come to discover players, some are scouts from various professional teams, and some are spies from other university teams. Anyway, among all kinds of people, many people have found that Chris Mimu's shooting position is very fixed, with the three-point line at the 60-degree angle and a position next to the free throw line is his shooting point, and his direction of travel is always running around these three points.

Stephen immediately stood at his attack point, which made many people look like a group of people. This guy is good. He has such good defensive experience at such a young age and has such a good sense of placeholding. It is really great.

But they didn't know that when Stephen stood here in the first step, he accidentally hit him. However, Chris Cain kept running around Stephen, trying to pull Stephen away from this position, but it attracted his attention. So he deliberately stood here, even if he ran, he always took this position one step ahead of time.

This point doesn't work, there are other points. After Chris Mimeo saw that he couldn't lead Stephen away, he ran out of the three-point line. You can't take the position outside the three-point line.

Stephen did not take up this position, but Stephen defended very well. Chris Mimu was not very good in terms of physical and technical skills, but he combined the two very well, and also had a good shooting technique.

However, when he encountered strong defense, he could not play his advantage. His performance was naturally absent from the moment, which highlighted how successful Stephen's defense was.

Sports is a kind of force confrontation. This is like many people who have good physical and skill, but cannot fight, because the intensity of defense exceeds his ability. When encountering defense, they can ensure that the technology does not deform and the movements do not go wrong. They must have a certain amount of strength to support them.

The coach of Arizona State University quickly replaced Chris Kane and replaced a guy named Andres, who was much taller than Stephen and was also very strong, so he naturally had the idea of ​​controlling his strength.

The opponent came up and planned to use his strength to eat Stephen, but after he carried it a few times, he began to rush to the basket. Stephen did not expect that he would rush over to him at once. Others did not expect that Stephen would miss a person here, and he would dunk him without any defense. At the same time, because Coupard stretched out his hand, he also made him beat him into a two plus one.

The match was done, but the guy turned his head and looked back at Stephen provocatively, as if he was saying, "If you have the ability, you can stop me."

Stephen was silent on the surface, but he was furious in his heart. He was just a man who left the gods and made you take advantage of a loophole. You are so arrogant and dared to provoke me at me, and see how I will make you look good.

After Andres finished the free throw, it was Stephen's turn to attack. Stephen still played an optional role in the offense. Others also discovered that this guy played as a shooting guard, but he seemed to have no offensive ability. The ball was spinning around and around, and even his hands were not even a single time.

However, Stephen did not stand there and remained moving because of this, but continued to run according to tactics. Even if he was not involved, he still affected the opponent's defensive formation through running.

When Andres attacked with the ball again, Stephen deliberately pretended to be slow, and then when the guy was about to re-use the plan, he jumped high in the air, holding the ball on his head and smashed the ball into the basket.

Stephen jumped high from the side, jumping higher than him, and reached out to hit the ball out of his hand. The huge force also made Andres unable to maintain corresponding balance in the air, and fell backwards to the ground.

However, because Stephen jumped very high and his hands were clearly visible, he could see that his hand was only slapped on the ball, so the referee did not blow the whistle to stop the game, so the game was not interrupted and was still going on.

The ball that Stephen scored was copied in his hand by the opponent's player, but Nick Young sneaked from the side and stabbed the ball from his hand. After jumping twice on the court, it was picked up by Andrebwak on Stephen's side. As soon as he picked it up, Diogu arrived and waved his big hand like a palm fan and was about to catch the ball. Andrebwak was not fighting hard, and the ball he had just gotten was taken back by Diogu again.

Diogu took the ball and turned around and was about to attack. He happened to face Stephen, who had just landed. When Stephen saw that the opponent didn't know him, he immediately reached out to grab the ball with his hand. Diogu just reacted and prepared to protect the ball. Stephen's hand had already grabbed the ball, just as easily as Diogu grabbed it from Andrebwack's hand and grabbed it back.

Just like in training, Stephen immediately raised his hand after getting the ball and threw the ball far toward his half. Originally, Nick Young had already run at the fastest speed after seeing Stephen catch the ball, but he was running on the same side of Stephen, and Stephen's pass was passed to the other side.

Fortunately, Stephen's pass was relatively high and the ball fell slowly. Nick Young looked up and saw that the ball was there, and hurriedly adjusted his direction. When he received the ball, he was already on the edge of the bottom line. At this time, the opponent's defensive player industry had arrived and lost the opportunity to get a fast break, so he had to get the ball and wait for his teammates to get in.

At this time, Stephen arrived. Since he did not participate in many attacks, there was no defensive player in front of him. Seeing this, he ran to the basket. Although he had no shooting ability, it did not mean that he had no offensive ability at all.

Unfortunately, Stephen was too anxious, and the opponent immediately paid attention to him. Not taking action just now does not mean that he will never take action. He has no shooting ability. If he dunks, so although Stephen received a pass from Nick Young, he had no chance to take action. Two big men above two meters were standing at the basket. So after Stephen turned twice and found that there was no chance, he passed the ball to Gabu Pruitt on the outside.
Chapter completed!