Basketball Dragon

Chapter 30 The prestigious Duke
There are five days of rest until the semi-finals, and Li Hai can take this opportunity to recover his sprained ankle in these few days.

Fortunately, as he judged, no bones were injured.

In the past few days, he will only practice shooting alone.

"Okay, okay, if you get hurt again, you won't be able to play." Xia Weiliang bulged her cheeks under the basket, supervising Li Hai, a training madman.

"I'm not a fragile handicraft, how can I be so easily injured." Li Hai retorted, but he stopped practicing as he said.

His practice in the past few days has a time limit, so he can't put too much burden on his ankle.

He packed his things and walked to Xia Weiliang's side, "After the semi-finals, no matter what the team's final score is, I will sign up for the NBA draft."

Xia Weiliang lowered her head, feeling a little lonely. If Li Hai went to play in the professional league, she would be the only one left at school. After a few seconds, she raised her head with a smile on her face, "Come on."

UConn is good, but Syracuse's semifinal opponent, Duke, is also good.

Chris Duhon at No. 1, Daniel Ewing at No. 2, JJ Redick at No. 3, Luol Deng at No. 4, Sheldon Williams at No. 5, and Sand on the bench Frick Randolph.

A full set of main players plus substitutes, an all-NBA lineup, the offensive power survey is said to be terrifying, and the head coach is the famous old K Mike Krzyzewski.

Their only weakness is probably because of the attack system, the height of Duke University's starting lineup can only be regarded as average.

The two strongest offensive strengths of Duke University are JJ-Redick and Luol Deng. Li Hai will take on relatively heavy defensive tasks on the front line. Syracuse University can also put Warrick in the opponent's lineup. At the center position, Li Hai was asked to face Luol Deng, but because of Li Hai's ankle problem, Coach Boyehan did not intend to take any risks.

The NCAA semifinals were held as scheduled. From the very beginning, Li Hai felt the excellent overall defense of Duke University, but he still had an obvious physical advantage against JJ Redick.

He leaned on JJ-Redick with his back to get the ball and arched it in. As soon as the opponent's defense player came over, he passed it out. Edlin scored Syracuse University's first point with a long two-pointer.

When it was Duke's turn to attack, Chris Duhon gave the ball steadily to Luol Deng. Although Luol Deng was in the power forward position, he possessed the skills of a small forward. A very nice drive, and then put Warrick on the fly, Craig Firth came to the defense, he sent the ball to the basket, and Sheldon Williams completed the dunk.

As for Syracuse University's offense, Li Hai leaned on JJ Redick with his back to get the ball. Even though Duke University's overall defense was strong, Li Hai always had an advantage in this position.

Turning around and shooting a jump shot, Li Hai also scored two points steadily.

JJ-Redick was not disappointed, and immediately ran quickly. Duke University quickly served and advanced from the bottom line, planning to beat Syracuse University's foothold.

It's just that Li Hai returned to defense quickly and didn't give the opponent a chance to make a fast break.

When Sheldon Williams ran near the three-point line, JJ-Redick suddenly ran back. Li Hai was a step too slow to keep up, but was stopped by Sheldon-Williams, and JJ-Redick pulled up It's a three-pointer.

Not to be outdone by Syracuse University, Li Hai suddenly passed the ball to McNamara just after halftime. , McNamara hit a three-pointer.

At the beginning of the game, both sides were in good condition, indicating that this will be another battle between dragons and tigers.

The two sides come and go, almost in full bloom. The situation changed when Li Hai was resting. Without his organization, Syracuse University's offense suddenly stagnated, while Duke University seized Taking the opportunity, he scored 6 points in a row to open up the score.

When Li Hai played again, Syracuse University was already affected by the score lag, and the shooting percentage began to drop.

The power of Duke University's defense is also reflected. McNamara and Warrick are both relatively uncomfortable in attacking points, and Li Hai has become the only advantage point of Syracuse University.

He hit a two-pointer against JJ Redick, then blocked a run, but Chris Duhon made the shot.

Afterwards, Li Hai fought back, and after running continuously with Redick, he felt some pain in his ankle.

However, Duke University completed the offense inside again, making his desperate defense futile.

Duke is tougher to defend than UConn, and you never know which of their players is going to hit the finishing touches.

At the end of the first half, Syracuse University trailed by 7 points, and the opponent gave people a feeling that the point difference was visible but it was difficult to catch up. Duke University was too stable on both ends of the offense and defense, and mistakes were hard to see. arrive.

"Speed ​​up, disrupt the other party's arrangement, and it will consume us too much to compete with them." Li Hai offered his own suggestion.

After entering March Madness, Li Hai scored more and more key points and played an increasingly important role in the team. In fact, he was already the leader of the Orange team.

The word "speed up" is also what coach Boyehan thought in his heart. It's not a matter of height, but a matter of strength that they suffer inside. Then lower the height and give it a try.

In the second half, coach Boyehan didn't let Craig Firth, who had committed three fouls, start, and directly pushed Warrick to the center position, and Li Hai faced Luol Deng.

Warrick couldn't guard against Luol Deng. If Li Hai could do it, they would definitely make money. Although JJ Redick is good, he is a pitcher after all. Demetrius Nick, who has an advantage in height It won't be too much trouble if Erles clings to him.

To be honest, the opponent's speed is not slow, it mainly depends on the situation of Li Hai's match against Luol Deng, maybe the only advantage point will be lost, and the game will be taken away by a wave.

These worries did not show on the face of coach Boyehan, his expression was very calm, "Go to the court, lads, play the style of our orange people."

Seeing that Syracuse University has changed its starting lineup, Coach K doesn't think there will be any problems.

Sheldon Williams is stronger than Varrick, and Luol Dun is about 6 cm taller than Lehi.

McNamara dribbled the ball halfway, Li Hai came to a high position to get the ball, and Luol Deng followed without hesitation. His defensive area is very large, and there is no problem following the three-point line. Sheldon is inside -Williams is enough.

Luol Deng is a very comprehensive player, both offensive and defensive, and his body is also very strong, but he still underestimated Li Hai's speed. He caught the ball and turned around to take a tentative step.

Sheldon Williams pounces, the ball in his hands has been thrown in the direction of the basket.

(End of this chapter)