Chapter 5 Leading a Game (Part 2)
The first and second half of the court had already started again. As expected, Indiana began a crazy counterattack at the beginning of the second half. All five main players in the starting lineup returned to the court. While continuing to disassemble the tactics during the offense, they strengthened the offense of the other two points, especially the three-pointers on the periphery. Each time they missed the shooting, at least two Indiana players actively competed for the offensive rebound. The defense launched an attacking defense that was full of attacks from the beginning.
The 20-minute gap is a very big gap in basketball games, but it is not hopeless. But if the gap cannot be quickly narrowed in a short period of time, it will be really hopeless. Indiana's first goal is to narrow the gap to about ten before the end of the third quarter.
And they almost did it.
Facing Indiana's crazy counterattack, Missouri seemed to be a little caught off guard. Arroyo and Macri, who had just played, had not found the feeling of the game. After playing, they made mistakes one after another under the pressure of the opponent. Charlton, who dribbled the ball, was the focus of the opponent's focus. After a pass mistake, the ball went to the opponent's hands.
"Boom!" Davis' powerful dunk! One minute of the third quarter, Missouri climaxed the opponent 7:0.
The gap in scores narrowed to thirteen points. Indiana's first goal to narrow the gap is already in front of him. Indiana's players, who had a sharp rise in momentum, tried to take advantage of the victory and chased after the victory, but did not return to defense and started a tight press in Missouri's half.
"The ball is passed to me!" a calm voice.
Chen Junhao!
Charlton did not hesitate at all and quickly handed the ball to Chen Junhao who came to pick up the ball. He doubled the opponent in the backcourt. Such pressure was too great for him.
Receive the ball, "Pai Pao Pao..." The rapid dribbling sound rang out quickly, and Chen Junhao rushed towards Indiana's position. "Pai!" With the sound of dribbling, the basketball changed from behind to his left hand, and his body dribbling suddenly accelerated. The defender felt a flash in front of him, and his defensive object had already rushed over with his body.
"Go back to defense!" Coach Indiana on the sidelines couldn't help but shout loudly. Chen Junhao's magical breakthrough made him feel a strong red flag on the sidelines.
But it's too late!
The basketball court is so big, and Indiana's defensive tactical lineup is quite scattered due to the tight defensive tactics throughout the game. After breaking through a defensive player, Chen Junhao was already in front of him. If he wanted to stop Chen Junhao who had already rushed up, no one could do it.
"Boom!" Chen Junhao, who was leaping high, crossed his right hand in the air, swung a large arc in the air and smashed the ball into the basket hard.
"Boom..." There was a burst of cheers in the stadium all day long. Americans will never lack support for the wonderful dunks.
As the basket fell, Chen Junhao turned around and returned to defense, and the sound of the deafening cheers seemed to be unheard of. Back outside the Missouri three-point line, he glanced over the players on the court with a gentle and peaceful look, and said lightly: "Everyone is more active when defending. When Mike comes out to assist in defense, the space in the inside is made up by Arroyo and Macri. Don't give the opponent a quick rebound. We are the Missouri Tigers!" His words were not angry, without any particular passionate agitation, nor was he angry and stern. But his teammates on the court answered loudly when they heard this: "I understand!" No one thinks that this second-grade rookie (the other four Missouri players on the court are old players in the second-grade or above.) is inappropriate in command. Chen Junhao's words and deeds give people a sense of being taken for granted. Is this the ace born leader temperament?
Although he changed to the forward position, Chen Junhao's height is still the shortest in the team. When defending, his activity area is still on the outside, mainly focusing on the outside. So far, Collins has not successfully broken through Chen Junhao's history, but this time he seems to have to challenge this record. "Bapa..." After dribbling the ball over, he did not pass the ball directly like before, relying on the outside as a cover to create opportunities. This time he rushed towards Chen Junhao's voice shaking and quickly accelerated, breaking through to the right!
In an instant, a sharp light suddenly flashed in Chen Junhao's bright eyes, and the two of them intertwined, "Bang!" The sound of dribbling continued, but the hand holding the ball had been replaced by Chen Junhao's left hand.
Intercept the ball!
"Go back to defense!" Indiana shouted loudly. Indiana players who had just entered the offensive position quickly returned to defense. Cassel, outside the three-point line, was closest to Chen Junhao. Collins accelerated and chased after the ball was intercepted. The speed of dribbling was no match for the speed of sprinting without the ball. Cassel caught up with Chen Junhao outside the penalty area and turned around to stop Chen Junhao.
Under the basket!
"Bang!" After the last dribble, the basketball bounced high and fell into both hands. Chen Junhao's figure jumped high in the air at the same time. Kassel jumped at the same time, with his arms raised in the air!
Air showdown!
Tens of thousands of viewers in the audience were all focused on the basketball in Chen Junhao's hands.
Hold your right hand high and dunk!
Kassel covered his hands with his hands, "Swoosh!" His hands swept across a phantom and pressed it out of the air!
"Boom!" As the basket trembled violently, the basketball dunked heavily into the basket.
Two people with intertwined figures in the air fell down gently.
Chen Junhao raised his legs, turned around, and ran back. Cassel, who was left with a dull look in his eyes, looked like he was hit hard.
The audience was stunned as if Kassel was like, and there was no sound in the museum for a long time. Then suddenly, "Boom!" The cheers of overwhelming mountains and seas sounded, and the cheers from tens of thousands of people at the same time seemed like hurricanes swept across the sea, landslides and earth cracks, and thunder and tsunamis.
The cheers woke Kassel up, and his brain was barely awake until now. What happened just now? Whoosh, his cover was pressed out of nowhere - at that moment, Chen Junhao retracted his right hand of dunk, moved the basketball horizontally under the basket and then dunked it backwards.
Chen Junhao celebrated with the oncoming Mike Carman, and Charlton, Arroyo and Macri also rushed over excitedly.
“It was so beautifully done!”
"Thank you!" Chen Junhao smiled faintly.
Chen Junhao's attack humiliated two generals of the opponent. Indiana's morale was unconsciously shaken. Collins shook his neck and tried to calm down. But soon his efforts shattered the opponent in an understatement. Charlton mocked: "Idiot, who do you think you are? He actually wants to break through Jack and bring humiliation to himself."
A light sentence was full of lethality. The humiliation that had just been suppressed in Collins' heart surged again, and his blood rushed to his head and his emotions were out of control. "Bang!" The basketball fell heavily to the ground, grabbed Charlton's jersey on his chest with both hands, and said angrily: "Damn, what did you say?"
Charlton raised his hands and looked at the referee to indicate that he was innocent.
"Flute..." The referee's whistle sounded. Technical foul!
Charlton looked sarcastic and reached out to pat Collins' hand holding his jersey. Although he didn't say a word, the ridicule and sneer in his eyes was more obvious: "What an idiot!"
At this time, the players on both sides had already come to fight, but they were still one step slower. Collins, who was furious, rushed up with his fist and punched Charlton in the face with his right fist.
"Bang!" Collins grabbed a hand that suddenly appeared in the air, and the fist he swung suddenly stopped in the air. Chen Junhao! Other Indiana players also took advantage of the momentum to rush up to pull Collins. Chen Junhao stared at Collins coldly with his cold eyes and gently let go of his right hand.
Indiana's coach on the sidelines quickly called for a substitution. Indiana's players surrounded him and sent his main point guard out. A little later, he might directly send the referee out with a second technical foul. Back on the field, Collins naturally had players step forward to comfort him, while Collins held his right wrist and said coldly.
On the field, Arroyo patted Charlton on the shoulder and smiled, "What did you say to that guy just now? Why is he so excited?"
"Nothing." Charlton said lightly, "I just said that he was overestimating his ability to break through Jack. Who knew he was so angry?"
Macri laughed and said, "It turns out that you are sprinkling salt on your wounds, no wonder. But if that guy replaces it, our game will be easy."
Mike Carman also smiled and said, "You have made a contribution to winning this game." He turned around and said to Chen Junhao, "What do you think Jack?"
Chen Junhao frowned slightly and said, "I hope the stronger the opponent is, the better." Everyone was silent. Although there was no need to care about Chen Junhao's thoughts, in fact, after Chen Junhao said this, everyone lowered their smiles on their faces. Charlton looked at his teammates carefully, with a look a little embarrassed. Perhaps no one cared about them, and I don't know when they began to care about Chen Junhao's words.
The referee's whistle gave Charlton a step down in time.
penalty.
"Swish!" in the ball.
The ball is still on Missouri's side.
After Arroyo passed the ball from the sideline, Chen Junhao received the ball and faced Cassel directly from outside the three-point line. He didn't even make a fake move and shot directly. The basketball drew a steady arc and fell into the basket accurately.
Three-pointer!
The gap in the score returned to twenty again. Indiana's hard work quickly disappeared in Chen Junhao's three-bit counterattack.
The main point guard was replaced and the score recovered was widened again, which marked that the game was completely in Missouri's control. Chen Junhao, who scored seven points in a row, seemed to have been satisfied with his goal of scoring, and he was not very interested in sending the ball into the basket. Although he was a small forward, he fulfilled his responsibilities as a guard.
"Ba, bha, bha..." After the dribble broke through the defense, he raised his hand to shoot. The defensive opponent rushed forward, "Swoosh!" The basketball suddenly disappeared from the top of his head, and a straight line was drawn from behind and accurately sent to the outside Macri's hand. Macri had no defense, and after receiving the ball, he did not raise his hand to shoot, and the ball entered!
Come again.
Chen Junhao drove the ball towards Macri. After the two figures intertwined, Chen Junhao left the defense behind him and drove the ball into Indiana's inside line. The figures under the basket were intertwined for a while, and Mike Carman suddenly sank his hand, but the basketball was handed to him. Turn around and shoot with one hand. "Swish!" The crisp sound of entering the net is always so pleasant.
...
If you think Chen Junhao won't take action by himself, you're a big mistake.
Outside the penalty area, Chen Junhao directly made a shooting move after receiving the ball. This time the defender did not pounce on him, but immediately he saw an arc passing through his head, turning his head, and watching the end of the arc fall into the basket.
Missouri's offense is like a god's help, but what about Indiana's side? The main point guard is not present, and morale has been hit one after another. Indiana fell into a slump. There is no change during the offense, and when defending, the whole game is also staring at people because of Chen Junhao, an irresistible breakthrough expert.
As one goes up and down, the situation quickly put Missouri in control, and the score gap widened step by step. Twenty, twenty-three points, twenty-five points, thirty-two points... Indiana's head coach paused repeatedly, trying to stop the decline, but the thirty-two gap was enough to collapse any player. Missouri didn't want to do too much, and during the timeout, Smith ordered the players to slow down the offense. Even so, when the third quarter ended, the score was frozen at 94:57, and the thirty-seven points gap decided the outcome of the game early.
As Smith expected, the remaining fourth quarter was totally garbage time.
PS: There is another chapter tonight.
Chapter completed!