0051: [Cunning like a fox Bruce]
Although the Kansas coaching staff was a little confused about what happened on the Stanford bench, they were not too nervous.
After all, Coach Bill Self never expected that Stanford would make such a stupid mistake. It wasn't until the game started, when T.J. Walton launched suicide attacks again and again, that he realized... Coach McHaney actually
So stupid?
Are you going to hand over victory to us just like that?
He was a little confused.
Beep!
The whistle blows and the game continues.
For Stanford, replacing T.J. Walton means that it is officially on track.
After serving at halftime, the basketball was passed to Li Zhen. Mario Chalmers, the top steals player in the Big 12 Division, immediately pressed forward. He tried to directly use his body to imprison Li Zhen on the sideline: He couldn't wait to challenge those players from the NBA around the court.
Big men show their energy.
But, the moment he stepped forward and opened his arms.
boom!
Li Zhen suddenly hit the basketball down quickly. The basketball suddenly hit the floor between Chalmers' legs and quickly bounced out of the circle.
At this moment, Li Zhen had already galloped away from him quickly.
Nice pass.
This made the audience in the arena burst into cheers and screams.
But in all conscience, neither Michael Jordan, Isaiah Thomas nor Buford and Presti in the stands were impressed by this fancy dribbling move.
What they want to see is the basic skills of basketball, a unique understanding of techniques and tactics, or talent potential.
As for fancy dribbling, you can have it and you can embellish it, but it is not essential.
But soon, Li Zhen did something that surprised them softly.
When Li Zhen passed Chalmers with a beautiful pass, he took a step inside the three-point line in an instant: because the intelligence from the University of Kansas showed that Bruce Lee did not have stable shooting ability, the passing threat was obviously greater than the offensive threat.
So...there is no one to defend it.
At this time, Li Zhen made an emergency stop to shoot a jump shot. Although his jumping height was not high, his posture was perfect and his shooting movements were done in one go, giving him a feeling of freehand movement.
With such a standard and spiritual posture, you can tell at a glance that he has worked hard on shooting.
Whoosh!
When the basketball hit the basket, Buford and Presti in the stands stretched out their hands and applauded.
Isaiah Thomas on the sidelines turned his head and glanced at his archrival next door, Michael Jordan.
The God of Basketball frowned: He saw the shadow of his 18-year-old self in this shooting action.
Are they so similar? No wonder I feel so close to them.
Michael Jordan was making waves, and he started thinking...if he declares for the NBA draft after this season, should I select him with a second-round pick?
While the God of Basketball was thinking about the draft in his mind, Charles Barkley in the live broadcast room was muttering: "This guy looks like a disciple of Michael Jordan at first glance. His shooting movements are like the earliest Jordan. But Jordan's physical fitness back then was inferior.
To call him invincible, he is still far away. Just having skills without a body is not enough. Maybe he can do it in the NCAA, but he will definitely not be able to do it in the NBA."
Barkley's statement was actually the thoughts of Buford, Isaiah Thomas and others: they were surprised by Li Zhen's basic skills, but also worried that his physical fitness would not allow his skills to survive the high intensity of NBA competition.
They are different from Jordan. Jordan's reputation in the draft has been ruined anyway. He dares to bet and is not afraid of wearing shoes anyway.
Isaiah Thomas, Buford and even Presti are all professional managers, not bosses. They need to cherish their feathers and bear the consequences of every decision they make.
Therefore, they all plan to continue to look down and continue to evaluate Bruce Lee's strength.
In any case, Li Zhen had already caught their attention in the first round when he came back on stage and aroused their interest.
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Kansas organized a counterattack at a leisurely pace. They were very patient and tactically literate. But in the end, top scorer Brandon Rush's turnaround jump shot was lost and the Stanford forwards teamed up to attack. Bang...the basketball missed the basket.
!
Frank Benson quickly protected the rebound and passed the basketball to Li Zhen immediately.
Li Zhen received the basketball and immediately made a fast break, and the entire team members of the crimson team followed suit and started running wildly.
When he arrived in the frontcourt resolutely, before Mario Chalmers even got close to him, Bruce Lee used Frank Benson's high screen to cut directly from the central axis into the depths of the penalty area.
Kansas' talented forward Lenny Kuhl immediately came up to him. He cursed and tried to block Li Zhen's shot.
But Li Zhen just swayed, and the basketball rose a little higher into the sky. His brain and nerves were full of muscles, and he instantly flew up. He opened his arms like an eagle.
However, the prey he expected did not jump to deliver the hat.
Instead, he turned around easily on the ground, with an elegant figure and brisk steps, causing cheers from the sidelines.
When Lannicourt quickly landed and tried to block it, Stanford's little fox had already taken advantage of the situation and slightly dragged the basketball with his left hand... Whoa!
The basketball was thrown into the net!
Easily resolve the battle.
The talented Lannicourt is like a perfect foil at this moment.
The San Diego Arena was filled with cheers and shouts. Although Michael Jordan and Isaiah Thomas were rivals who wanted to kill each other when they were players, they also applauded tacitly at this moment.
This is indeed a very beautiful layup, from feinting to turning around, to stepping forward quickly with the right foot, and then flicking the ball with the left hand to score.
It's as smooth as chocolate.
"I saw the shadow of Tony Parker." Presti told Buford very seriously: "Although his explosive power is not as strong as Tony's, his body control is very good. The whole movement looks very graceful, just like figure skating.
Athletes spinning on the ice."
Buford nodded.
His interest in Li Zhen became even more intense. The two rounds just now proved that this miraculous son who was famous was not in vain. He did have certain strength. He was also very smart and could even be described as cunning.
Both attacks deceived the opponent. In the first attack, he seized the gap where the defender took too big a step. In the second attack, he directly deceived Kansas' talented forward into jumping, easily winning with floor flow.
Popovich likes smart guards, which can be seen from Tony Parker and Ginobili.
And he is also a Chinese player. The Spurs club, also located in Texas, is very envious of the Rockets' increase in market value in recent years.
Just when Buford took out his notebook and started writing a review of his work, a small conflict occurred on the court.
Chapter completed!