Chapter 26 Battle North Carolina (5)
As soon as Li Rong came on the court, Derek stared at him. He had promised the coach in the midfield locker room that he would never easily let this yellow-skinned boy score in front of him.
Sure enough, Li Rong's teammate passed the ball to him again as soon as he got on the court. Derek kept stretching out his arms to test the opponent's center of gravity, and perceiving the opponent's next move with all his strength.
Suddenly, Derek's arms stretched out felt the power coming from the other person's body.
Here, Derek said to himself, and at the same time, his left foot moved half a point, and he had already judged that the opponent would break through the right.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Rong started, he was blocked by Derek on the right.
But before Derek could be happy with his prediction, he found that the ball on his opponent's right hand was gone.
Oh no! Derek's heart sanks down, the ball is not on the right, where has he gone?
"Wow!" The live commentator couldn't help but make a sound of admiration. "No. 12 dribbles away from the defender, and this action reminds people of Deron Williams."
Brandon Wright found that Li Rong had entered the inside and rushed forward without hesitation to prepare for blocking.
Li Rong did not retreat when facing this tall opponent. He protected the ball tightly in his arms, exerted force with his legs, and soared into the air.
"Bang!" The two of them collided hard in the air. Li Rong felt that his body was a little unbalanced, but he still threw the ball in his hand high towards the basket before landing.
Wright on the other side felt less comfortable. He was striking the other side's face and Li Rong's shoulders were pressing against his chest, almost completely suffocating him.
"Dou." The referee blew a whistle at this time.
The basketball then fell into the basket with the whistle.
The referee signaled that the goal was valid and immediately called Brandon Wright for a defensive foul.
"This is obviously a dribbling ball to hit someone." Hansbru next to him complained to the referee.
The referee held a whistle in his mouth and did not speak, but pointed to the sideline of the reasonable collision zone. The meaning was self-evident. The position where Wright was standing just now was within the reasonable collision zone.
Li Rong, who stood on the free throw line, took a deep breath and made a free throw. As soon as he got on the court, he scored a 21 goal, helping the team to pull the score open again.
The North Carolina generals never expected that this was just the beginning of his crazy performance in the second half.
A mid-range emergency stop shot, a fast break converted three-pointer, a breakthrough at the basket and a foul, a teammate cover to pull out a jump shot... Li Rong has become almost unstoppable.
Whenever North Carolina approaches the score, he can always stand up in time to stop the bleeding for the team. Although his shooting percentage declines in the second half, one minute before the end of the game, Li Rong still made a gold mid-range shot, helping the team establish a three-point lead.
North Carolina requested a timeout.
"Let me see the technical statistics," the commentator was silent for a while, and suddenly increased the volume excitedly. "The Bulldogs' No. 12 in this game has scored 35 points, and it is only one point away to tie the highest scoring record in the NIT Championship in the past 37 years."
On the other hand, several NBA scouts sitting off the field have already written comments on the scout report on Li Rong.
"It's unbelievable that a yellow-skinned Asian man has such excellent power. He played under Brandon Wright's defense many times, and he did not suffer any loss in the confrontation." A scout described it in his scout report.
"Calm, calm, clear-minded, with a big heart that leads the team to win almost by his own strength. He has all the spiritual attributes of becoming an excellent player," wrote another scout.
"His coordination and reaction ability are excellent, and he has the physical conditions to survive in the NBA. Although he lacks top explosive power and startup speed, his soft feel is still enough to make him an excellent scorer. Perhaps he will be a dark horse in the draft next year." An expert from a draft website analyzed.
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There is no doubt that these NBA scouts and experts who were originally aiming at inspecting Hansbrew and Lawson were all amazed by Li Rong's performance.
On the bench of the Bulldogs, Li Rong was drinking the functional drink in big mouthfuls. This was the first time he was fully fired. Although he had established a slight advantage for the team, such crazy performance almost exhausted all his energy.
Head coach Matthew looked at Li Rong with some concern: "How about you stop defending the next round, just take a break for a while."
Li Rong put down the paper cup in his hand and shook his head: "I can still hold on."
After saying this, he entered the system space and silently used a primary physical recovery card.
In an instant, Li Rong felt the feeling of fatigue disappear. Although it was not the best state of full strength, everyone was dying until now. It was a good achievement of 8 in full shape. It lasted for three minutes, which was enough to handle the game.
After returning from the timeout, the North Carolina coach arranged a very complex tactic to help the team's shooting guard Ellington get a valuable three-pointer to make a mobile phone.
Unfortunately, Ellington's three-point shot missed the basket, but Hansblu took the offensive rebound and scored the ball, causing Dennis to make a defensive foul and got a three-point chance.
At the last moment, the North Carolina captain used his active fighting to get the team a chance to escape.
Dennis pulled the jersey in a very upset. Hansblu had a very hidden push foul in the competition for the rebound just now, but now is the last moment of the game, and the referee will not whistle easily.
The foul that he turned around was a stupid mistake Dennis made. He wanted to pull the opponent down in the air and send the opponent to the free throw line, but the effort was reduced, which gave the opponent a chance to tie the score.
Li Rong walked to him, patted his back and comforted him: "It's okay, we can win."
Hansblu stood on the free throw line and let out a long breath. Then he took the free throw and the basketball stumbled into the basket. North Carolina tied the score 21 seconds before the end of the game.
The Bulldogs immediately called for the last timeout of the game. Head coach Matthew arranged a sideline serve tactic, and Li Rong completed the last attack.
After returning to the court, North Carolina obviously focused on Li Rong, and Derek was close to him. At least two North Carolina players were staring at him, ready to come up to assist in defense at any time.
The Bulldogs center Julian was responsible for serving on the sideline. After the referee whistle sounded, he looked at his teammates running by, waiting for the tactical opportunity to appear.
Finally, Bulldogs point guard Anthony got rid of the opponent's entanglement and ran towards him desperately. Julian passed the ball in his hand without hesitation.
Chapter completed!