Chapter 2 The puzzling performance (middle)
Four substitutes, three second-year students, and one first-year student, are not the most outstanding among substitutes in terms of their own strength. In terms of qualifications... In terms of qualifications, it seems that the difference between Jack who has just joined the team. Jack Anthony suddenly felt lit up: Is this the reason?
The game continued on the court. After continuously recovering the score, the morale of the Missouri Tigers players on the court was greatly boosted, and confidence immediately came out. The defense continued to be active and physically active, and the offense gradually improved. Without the restraint when he first appeared on the court, the four substitutes began to perform their strength normally. Whether it was passing or shooting, they were quite decisive and determined. "Swish!" Pinckney made a mid-range shot and the ball entered.
"Bang, swish!" Johnson turned to shoot under the basket.
"Boom!" After the disassembly, Anderson dribbled the ball into the inside and jumped high and dunked.
"Swish!" A crisp hollow into the net, Abra made a three-pointer shot from outside the three-point line.
Although they are substitutes, each of them has been trained hard. If they change to a slightly weak team, they will not have any problems with their main position.
Among the players on the Missouri Tigers, Chen Junhao's performance was the most eye-catching. "Swoosh!" The basketball flew straight straight to the basket, "Swoosh", "swoosh" turned around and broke through the defensive players. With a "swoosh" basketball tore through the Tornado team's defensive lineup and flew to the hands of teammates who were undefensive on the outside.
His performance in the first half was already quite exciting. What really made the audience cheer for him was his offense. "Papa..." Drip the ball near the three-point line, and the opponent came to double-team, "Papa!" dribbling the ball in cross steps and suddenly accelerated and rushed into the three-point line. The defense players followed closely together step by step, and stopped in the acceleration. When the defenders barely stood firm from inertia, the basketball had already broken an arc, and plunged into the basket with a "swoosh".
Next, dribble the ball to the three-point line, two people double-teamed, "Swoosh!" pass the ball! The defender just breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly the defensive object in front of him ran without the ball and rushed over. The figures intertwined the basketball returned to Chen Junhao's hand, turned around and jumped, "Swoosh!" three-pointer!
Next, the double-teamed teams were also used by other players to block the pass route. "Bang, pang" two quick dribbles, Chen Junhao, in the eyes of the two double-teamed teams, suddenly swayed left and right to accelerate the breakthrough, and under the conditioned reflex, the two hurriedly moved to block the ball. "Bang" sound of the dribble, the two felt their eyes flashed and their figures were quickly cut into the middle of the two, and then "Bang, pang" their defensive targets were gone, and the rabbits rose and fell in the penalty area. "Boom!" The basket trembled violently, and dunked!
Come again...
Chen Junhao is like a god-assisted sharp edge, invincible. Whether passing or attacking, the Missouri Tigers led by him, with a stormy attack, which was no less than the first half. The cheers in the stadium were as loud as the stadium.
The Iowa State University Tornado is like a boat running in the storm, and there is danger of subversion at any time. The counterattack at the beginning of the second half was like a flash in the pan, and it was soon submerged in the Tigers' attack frenzy. The fact that four opponents were substitutes made their psychological blow far more than the disadvantage of the game. The psychological imbalance caused morale to decline, and the Missouri Tigers were even more imposing. At the end of the third quarter, the score was more than 30 points.
It can be said that there is no suspense at this time of the game. The Missouri Tigers' victory is a foregone conclusion, and the remaining fourth quarter is obviously already garbage time.
Amid the audience's applause, Chen Junhao and others returned to the court and accepted the cheers and hugs from their teammates. However, the mood of a few main players was a bit complicated: a few substitutes could achieve the same effect on the court, and even the scene was better. So what was the value of their main players?
Is it because my qualifications are older than the substitute (Mario is not among them)?
"No, the opponent is too weak." Mike Carman explained to himself this way, but he said it unconsciously.
"It's not that the opponent is too weak." Someone was interfering next to him. Mike Kaman looked in the voice, and it turned out to be Jason Anthony.
"Then what do you think is going on?"
Jason Anthony's eyes passed through the stadium, looked deeply at the defeated face of the Tornado player on the opposite side, and said lightly: "We are too strong!"
"Damn!" Mike Carman cursed in dismay, "Is this your conclusion?"
"Isn't it?" Jason Anthony was not angry.
"Jack joined in the quarterfinals last year again this year. Of course we are very strong, so you can say that. But this game is unreasonable. No matter how strong it is, there is a limit. There is no reason to send a few substitutes to the field and can still play against the opponent. The Tornado team is still a team in our 12th League."
Jason Anthony sneered: "Are you really just a few substitutes? What's that Jack?"
"You mean..."
"That's right!" Jason Anthony answered very firmly.
Mike Carman looked at Chen Junhao who was sweating deeply and sighed: "Be good, Jack is really amazing. Is the coach trying to tell us this with such a strange lineup?"
Jason Anthony said: "Who knows, maybe it's much more than that. The coach wants us to think about it ourselves."
The fourth quarter game was indeed as expected by the audience, purely garbage time. Missouri took turns to send substitutes to the field, clearly showing the drill lineup. In order to save some face, the Tornado team fought desperately at this last moment and recovered it. Smith didn't care much about himself and instructed the players to appropriately reduce the intensity of the defense. When the whistle sounded, the score was frozen at 107:87, and the Tornado team chased nearly 20 in the last quarter.
After the game, the reporters on the side of the court rushed forward, and the interviewees were naturally the winners of the game. Usually, the reporters were the team's ace players or the best player in the game. In terms of strength, reputation, and performance in this game - they won 20 in the half-time game, and Jason Anthony was undoubtedly the Missouri Tigers' ace player. Chen Junhao also scored a double-double, nineteen points and thirteen assists. Such a result was the performance of an ace player in any team. When interviewing who was the first, many reporters were inevitably undecided.
When Jason Anthony solved this problem for the reporters, he hugged Chen Junhao and said to the reporters with open arms: "I will introduce my teammates to you solemnly. Jack Chen, a talented player from China. Please convey this sentence to college teams across the United States: This year's NCAA's best point guard and the most talented shooter are not in Duke or in North Carolina, but in our Missouri Tigers. This year's Missouri has the strongest lineup in history, because we came Jack this year." After that, he pushed Chen Junhao forward and asked him to accept the baptism of the camera spotlight.
The reporters naturally would not refuse Jason Anthony's cooperation. The microphone and camera lenses were aimed at Chen Junhao. There would be such a normal college game. This really makes Chen Junhao nervous. However, the young emperor's super self-control ability made him quickly calm down and talked to the cameras he faced: "We played a beautiful offense in today's game. Relatively speaking, the Tornado's offense did not pose a great threat to us, so we won this game very easily." (Equivalent to nonsense!)
"We have the best college forward in the United States - Jason. If the ball is passed, you don't have to worry about whether you can enter the basket. I think there is nothing more happy as a point guard than." (Reciting and praising each other.)
"This is just the first game I participated in in the United States, so I dare not predict what Missouri's performance will be like this year. But we are very strong!" Chen Junhao said this and hugged Jason Anthony. "With Jason as our leader, we are full of confidence in this year's playoff championship." After saying that, he gave the shot to Jason Anthony.
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In the audience, Chen Yinhao and Zhou Xianya looked at Chen Junhao's skillful and sleek response and the reporter couldn't help but feel relieved. Chen Yinhao said: "I will call Junhao to come out to celebrate his first victory in the United States. Xianya, come together."
"Yeah!" Zhou Xianya nodded slightly, "Call Brother Haonan, Cai Ni and the others."
Chen Yinhao laughed and said, "I don't need to call them, they will come. Haonan is a fan of the Missouri Tigers. I think they must be watching the game somewhere in the audience today."
107:90, the Missouri Tigers subdued the Iowa State University Tornado in the first game of the new game with a score of 100. After the news came out, it did not cause much trouble in the NCAA immediately, and only recorded a record of the Missouri Tigers' victory. However, when the media reported the real game process in a few days later, the Missouri Tigers immediately became the most eye-catching team in the first week of the preseason. "The half-time game determines the winner", "30 leads in three quarters", and "the fourth quarter of garbage time." This is shocking.
When did the Missouri Tigers become so strong?
Scores that break 100 in NCAA games are not common. A NCAA game is only 40 minutes, and the level of college basketball players is not as good as NBA professional players after all. Young players are easily affected by various factors and their performance in the game is unstable. Moreover, NCAA pays more attention to defensive tactics, joint defense, and double-teams than the NBA. These tactics that are not often used in NBA games can be mastered and used in games. All these factors add up to make the scores that break 100 in NCAA games uncommon.
Chapter completed!