Chapter 34 Who We Are
In the last eight minutes of the game, Floyd replaced DeRozan again, but he still had no intention of changing King Wu to come down to rest for a while.
Emperor Wu had seen Floyd ask Mugakin to warm up on the sidelines before, and took the initiative to shake his head to his coach.
During this period, he has been pressing the rhythm. In addition to several counterattacks to speed up, USC has to play for 30 seconds each time before shooting. In this slow-paced game, his physical strength can be fully maintained until the end of the game. The most important thing is that he doesn't want to lose his first game just like that.
"Have you had enough rest?" Wu Huang said softly to DeRozan who had just appeared on the stage. Without waiting for the other party to answer, he threw another provocation method over: "I know you have never been convinced. Now I will give you a chance to prove yourself and watch your performance in the next five minutes."
Wu Huang has scored 24 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. This performance gives his aggressiveness a 100% chance of success. He has decided that if you have to do anything this season, you have to do this, otherwise this kid will sometimes shrink.
"Hugo, go up and kill them! Score quickly!" Khlo Moretz's popcorn was eaten up by Wu Zetian. The little girl had no food in her mouth and couldn't stop at all. Seeing that Wu Huang was still dragging the rhythm slowly, she was even more anxious than the players at the University of Washington.
Emperor Wu seemed to hear the little girl's voice, and suddenly accelerated to break through Isiah Thomas, and then rushed straight to the inside.
During this period, Emperor Wu has been suppressing the rhythm and focusing on feeding the ball to his teammates. He rarely attacks by himself. This time he took advantage of the opponent's slack mentality to launch a sudden attack.
No one expected that he would break through with the ball. Isaiya Thomas could not react in time and could no longer catch up when he turned around. Brockman did not expect that Wu Huang would suddenly break into the inside line, and the replacement was also a beat slower.
Emperor Wu jumped towards Brockman, raised his knees and pushed the latter directly out, and the basketball was put into the basket with his fingertips.
"Du!" After Wu Huang landed, he didn't even look at it. He waved his hand fiercely. He knew that this ball would never be able to foul him.
The referee did not award Wu Huang a foul. The NBA and NCAA have strict regulations on elbow lifting, but the knee lifting is much blurred. Basically, only the defensive player will stand at the position first, and the offensive player will be called for a foul. If the defensive player does not hold the position in advance, then he will definitely not be called for a foul if he is overturned. Unless the action is too bad, it is different if he kicks it directly.
Basketball players lift their knees when making layups, which is to have buffering space when landing. NBA players basically lift their knees when making layups.
Brockman felt that he was being nipped, and he lifted his knees, but he felt that he was obviously using dark force on the opposite side. This knee directly hit the softest position in his abdomen, so he almost vomited out and lay on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
Emperor Wu did make a lot of effort. He originally planned to complete two plus one, but the angle and position of Brockmann made him lose control, and suddenly he felt extremely familiar, and his body subconsciously did bad things.
"Beautiful!" Gibson waved his arms off the court. Brockman was fouled by Emperor Wu as soon as he came on the court, and now he has four fouls.
Floyd made a gesture to the players, which was a secret code that asked them to start fighting back.
At the 5th minute and 15th second in the second half, Wu Huang made a free throw, with a score of 61:62, and the University of Southern California was only one point behind.
The University of Washington suddenly called a timeout. Romar's intuition told him that the situation is not right now. After the timeout, he ordered the team to slow down the offensive rhythm first.
"Damn it, this old fry!" Floyd was so angry that his teeth were itchy. The team was about to take shape, but was interrupted by a timeout on the other side. After the game started again, who would not know what would happen.
After the two teams were suspended, they replaced the main force again. The University of Washington gave the basketball to Brockman on the offensive end, and asked their captain to fight the captain on the opposite side.
Roma's move is ruthless, Gibson is on the defensive side, and the offensive side of modern basketball is already the advantage over the defensive side, especially when both of them are in the back of four fouls.
Gibson is in a bad situation now, so he cannot shrink this ball, otherwise the team's morale will definitely be reduced, but if the defensive moves are large, it is also easy to be fouled by the opponent, which is a dilemma.
"Then don't choose!" Emperor Wu didn't think about it, and directly put aside his defender and entered the inside to double-team Brockman. Even if he missed someone, he would have to save the captain at this time.
Floyd secretly called out "smart" on the sidelines, which is the embodiment of the overall situation.
Brockman chose to pass the ball, and Bart hurriedly came to fill the position for the boss.
Emperor Wu pretended to go to switch to Pondsett, but he braked suddenly halfway through the run, turned around and pounced back. He bet that the University of Washington would definitely pass the basketball to Boobrokman again.
The players at the University of Washington were shocked. This time, Wu Huang guessed it. The basketball was indeed passed to Brockman again, but unfortunately he was destined to not get the ball.
Wu Huang used a football goalkeeper to pounce the ball, and he rushed out, stretched out his long arm to point the basketball to DeRozan.
DeRozan was convinced. This interception was too critical. After receiving the basketball, he immediately turned around and got off. Only Isia Thomas at the University of Washington could keep up with DeRozan's speed, but the difference in their physical condition was too big. DeRozan ignored his defense and dunked the basketball heavily into the basket.
More than 30,000 fans in the Memorial Stadium raised 60,000 arms after DeRozan dunked the basketball in. The entire Stadium shook, as if it was experiencing a magnitude seven earthquake.
The noise created by more than 30,000 people together was enough to make a patient with anemia feel dizzy. The players at the University of Washington accelerated their heartbeat for a while. With such a scene coupled with the blow caused by the mistake just now, their psychological defenses began to fall, and these strong-willed guys were finally affected by the home atmosphere.
After DeRozan landed, he turned around and pointed at Wu Huang. This time he really admired him from the bottom of his heart. The score was 63:62, and the University of Southern California finally overtook the score.
Emperor Wu was also affected by the atmosphere on the scene and asked loudly to the fans: "WhoWeAre!"
“We are the winners!”
“This is USC’s territory!”
"We are Trojans!"
When Wu Huang heard the fans' chaotic response, he couldn't help laughing, and then shouted to his teammates: "Let'showthemwhoweare! Show them who we are!"
Under the encouragement of Wu Huang, the morale of the University of Southern California was greatly boosted, and the defensive end became airtight for a while. In contrast, under the influence of the huge noise of more than 30,000 fans shouting "WhoWeAre", the University of Washington seemed to be slower than usual and could not concentrate at all.
Isia Thomas was double-teamed outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right. From the corner of his eye, he saw a teammate on the weak side being empty. He didn't have time to consider how dangerous it was to pass the ball at this position, so he hurriedly hung the basketball over.
Gibson had been waiting for a long time, and with his outstanding explosive power, he jumped up and cut off the pass from the University of Washington.
Emperor Wu immediately turned around and quickly got off, DeRozan and Bart followed from both sides, and USC had three-for-two in the frontcourt.
Ponderset had just retreated to the penalty area, and Wu Huang had already bullied himself to kill him. He had many choices now, but when he saw Ponderset's position, Wu Huang immediately chose the most confident one. He raised the basketball high with both hands to make the illusion of breaking to the right, and his body took the initiative to look at the other party. As soon as the two contacted, Ponderset was pushed away by Wu Huang's elbow, and the referee's whistle sounded, and the basketball was thrown to the basket by Wu Huang at the same time as the whistle sounded.
"Swish!" After the basketball hit the board, it bounced into the basket accurately.
Pondsett was pushed open by Wu Huang and could not block the basketball at all. This was a perfect two plus one.
The cheers in the stadium were even stronger. Emperor Wu was not very excited this time. He waved his hand gently and slapped his teammates one by one to celebrate.
The University of Washington was repeatedly intercepted and counterattacked, and morale fell to the bottom. Romal quickly called another timeout, but when the game reached this point, it was no longer realistic to use the timeout to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.
Emperor Wu scored a penalty and the University of Southern California led by 5 points.
After the game started again, USC launched a full-game pressing defense.
Isia Thomas is too short to break double-team with a long pass, but choosing to break through is also easy to be besieged by the University of Southern California.
This time, Wu Huang forced Isia Thomas to the near sideline first. DeRozan came up to double-team in time. The two teamed up to block Isia at the sideline and could not move. The latter could only choose to smash the basketball on the two. Unfortunately, his luck was too bad. The basketball hit DeRozan and bounced back to himself. Finally, he ran out of bounds and the ball rights returned to the hands of the University of Southern California.
Isia Thomas's mistake was fatal. USC then continued to work hard. Wu Huang broke through and passed the ball after pick-and-roll, assisted Bart to hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner. USC scored a 10:0 attack wave in two minutes, and the score became 71:62.
The game time was not long, and the University of Washington could not stop the decline even by calling two timeouts. U.S. California finally hit an 18:4 attack wave in the last five minutes, ending the game.
The final score was 79:66. With Wu Huang's outstanding performance throughout the game, the University of Southern California defeated the University of Washington at home and won the first NCAA's regular season victory in the 2008-2009 season.
Chapter completed!