You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 64
Some things are meant to be remembered.

Tariq Brown was cut off by Wei Xia not only once, but twice, and it happened twice in a row within 1 minute.

The two steals were all counterattacked by Weixia, and Villanova's lead was extended to 8 points in one fell swoop.

The Wildcats were in full swing, and Jim Calhoun, worried that the situation would get out of control, hurriedly replaced Ben Gordon.

Gordon was hit continuously and was benched by Calhoun for a few minutes.Game against Villanova.For him personally, it is almost a "show ugly" game.Many of his shortcomings, lack of height, lack of throwing skills when rushing to the basket and facing big men, can only end with a dry pull.The defensive end lacks concentration and confrontation, let alone the willingness to defend with all its strength.

It is not terrible to expose the problem, what is terrible is that there is no solution to the problem.

Calhoun's solution was to make substitutions, only to find that substitutions were worse than no substitutions.Talik was about to be robbed by Wei Xia to the point of doubting his life. What happened?Tariq's control luck fully met the requirements of the number one position, how could he be guarded so embarrassingly?

Experience tells Cajon that instead of waiting to die, let Gordon play the second position and Tariq the first position if he stops attacking.

The lesser of two evils, Wei Xia let go of Talik and faced Gordon.

Since Gordon is now in the second position and does not assume the responsibility of holding the ball across the half, the frontcourt press is useless.

Calhoun stumbled across a solution to his problem.

Gordon doesn't hold the ball. If he runs tactics without the ball as a shooter, no matter how strong Wei Xia's defense is, it is impossible to prevent him to death under the addition of a large number of screens.

Sure enough, since Gordon took the second position, Okafor ran out in large numbers to cover.

Okafor sacrificed his rebounding advantage for Gordon's shot.

Seven minutes before the end, Gordon hit a three-pointer from the left and scored his 7th point.

That was just his first consecutive [-]-pointer.

As a popular rookie, it is not an easy task to guard him to death. As a junior player, he can adjust faster than a freshman in the face of difficulties.

Wei Xia never thought of completely freezing Gordon.

Being able to prevent this step has exceeded many people's expectations, and the next step is to fight.

For Villanova, the most troublesome things are yet to come.

Five minutes before the end, Connecticut lobbed to Okafor, who jumped up and carried Jason Frazier to score and caused the opponent's fifth foul.

In NCAA games, each player can only commit five fouls.

Frazier, the unsung hero overlooked by many, is Villanova's only long man.

They are also the only two in the team who have not rested since the beginning of the game.

The other is Wei Xia.

Both of them are of inestimable value.

Frazier was the only Wildcat player who could contend with Connecticut inside, and he fouled out, and Wright had to make risky adjustments.

Frazier fouled out, and Wright desperately called out the team's marginal man from the end of the bench-the team's second tallest junior forward Marcus Austin with a height of 206 cm.

He is a substitute among the substitutes. He has only played three games on behalf of the team this season, averaging 1 point and 3 rebounds per game.

Now he will take over Frazier's position and play center. At the same time, Wei Xia will switch to power forward.

206+196, this is the inside height of the Wildcats.

康大的内线高度却是208+208。且这两个208的质量远远强过野猫队的206+196。因为他们能以内线的身份进入NBA，而野猫队那两个如果算作内线的话，CBA都够呛要⑴。

⑴The CBA here is not the Chinese CBA, but the American semi-professional league.

"Villanueva is finished!"

"Because they don't even have a decent insider!"

Wei Xia was the first to walk on the field. He is not afraid of confronting the inside line. Whether the opponent is 2 meters or 08 meters, it doesn't matter.He is not afraid.

他曾经只有1米59，却要和1米8、1米9甚至2米的人对抗。

现在他有1米96，却要因为和2米08的人对抗而胆怯吗？笑话，不可能！他绝不可能会害怕这区区12公分的差距！
"bring it on!"

Wei Xia yelled, showing a rare emotion, as if the death squad on the battlefield had the determination to succeed if he failed.

Then they will repeat the plot that happened once yesterday.

Wei Xia fought against a much taller and stronger insider than him. Facing two Connecticut insiders with NBA prospects, he was not just knocked down, he was knocked out of bounds.He couldn't fight them, even if it was just light physical contact.

Every time he was knocked down, he would get up half a second later. If the opponent completed the attack, he would get off quickly. If the opponent did not complete the attack, he would fight like a hungry mad dog fighting for a rotten bone without even crumbs of meat.

There is endless courage in his body, even Austin, who can only contribute 1+3 per game, is inspired, and can't help but confront Okafor and Boone, who are not at the same level as him.

The Wildcats were robbed of a lot of rebounds, and their three-pointers started to be accurate.

But Villanueva never collapsed because of the loss of the insider!
Wei Xia grabbed the ninth rebound and swung a long pass to allow his teammates to counterattack and score.

His tenth rebound was an offensive rebound in the frontcourt.

His No. 11 rebounds came from Okafor.

His No.12 rebounds are related to the outcome of the game——

40 seconds before the end, the Wildcats faced a clichéd script. The University of Connecticut missed a three-pointer and flew out of bounds.He stepped on the boundary line and jumped out with all his strength, his body parallel to the ground.

If Dennis Rodman sees this ball, he will surely call himself a successor.

But Wei Xia never thought of being Rodman's heir, he just decided that the value of this rebound was worth his risk.

He struggled to save the ball with his hands, and then fell to the audience.He didn't know what he hit, he got up as if he was numb to the pain, and rushed to the field for the first time——

This is the most critical attack tonight, how could he not get involved?
35 seconds before the end, the two sides tied.

30 seconds,
25 seconds,
20 秒

15 seconds - Wei Xia ran to the top of the arc and received a pass from his teammate. He made a fake action, and usually he couldn't fool anyone's shooting fake action.Rashad Anderson didn't know why, seeing his shooting action seemed to be a conditioned reflex of his body, and he jumped up uncontrollably.

He will pay the price!
No, Anderson has already regretted jumping to the highest point.

"We're finished!" Anderson cried out in despair.

The game will eventually end, just as the night will eventually dawn.

Wei Xia’s moment came at this second—his aggression made Madison Garden, where countless legends happened, burn like an erupting volcano. The audience stood up and watched the young man called "Wish" make a deadly three-pointer.

"Wish killed the game!" roared Tim Brando. "Ladies and gentlemen! Wish made the decisive shot!"

"It's unimaginable. Three-pointers are Wish's worst skill, but tonight he used three-pointers to help the team seal the victory!"

After the timeout ended, Connecticut made a serve error and lost the chance to tie the game. Aaron Ray dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and he had already reached the end before he had time for a layup.

The Wildcats of Villanova pounce on the hero who brought them victory.

For the first time in his life, Wei Xia enjoyed the celebration ceremony of being thrown into the air by his teammates, catching and throwing again.

There is only satisfaction in his heart.When he knew that he had got Havlicek's talent, he vowed to live up to this life. He would never let Havlicek be ashamed, never let down everything in the old days, never.

Now, he can still tell anyone frankly that he has lived up to what he got, and it will be the same in the future, and it will always be the same.

(End of this chapter)