lakers championship

Chapter 79 Awakening of All Members
There is nothing wrong with Kenny's words. There is indeed a talent gap between the players of the two teams.

Although North Carolina's Justin and Bryce did not enter ESPN's mock selection list, there is no need to say much about their strength.

In addition, there are no obvious shortcomings in the North Carolina lineup, coupled with Roy's defensive system, it is very difficult to target.

In contrast to the Sequoia team, Travis and Grant have zero ball-handling offensive skills, Michelle can only pass and cut with one hand, and Marcus cannot break through when encountering close defense. North Carolina does not need to invest too much in these four players. More defensive energy.

Therefore, North Carolina dared to double-team Tianyang unscrupulously. Even after Tianyang assisted Travis for a dunk, he still insisted on double-teaming.

As far as the Sequoia team is concerned, if the Magician and Bird of the NCAA period lead the team, I am afraid that they will not be able to make it to the elite eight. It is unbelievable that Tianyang can lead the team to the finals.Therefore, you can't blame him for losing.

The two teams attacked each other for more than ten rounds, and the game entered a halftime timeout. North Carolina led 48 to 35.

Amid the consoling cheers from all Sequoia fans, Tianyang led the team to the locker room.

The festival is suspended, and people from all walks of life on social networks become active.

ESPN: "According to big data real-time prediction analysis, the probability of North Carolina winning the final victory is 90%."

TNT: "Barkley, O'Neal, and Kenny praised Tianyang, calling him the player who stole the limelight from the championship."

CBS: "We are at the game site, and many fans have put on championship T-shirts, waiting for the final moment!"

LeBron: "The game in the first half was very exciting. I'm going to leave for a while and find a place with WIFI to continue."

Wade: "Why do you all think that North Carolina won, and Tianyang will lead the team to come back!"

Jennings: "@维德, exactly right, Sequoia hasn't come up with the strongest killer move yet!"

Jennings tweeted out, and netizens began to discuss what the Sequoia team's strongest killer move is.

……

In the Sequoia locker room, Tianyang was reviewing the first half of the game with his teammates.

"Justin pulls up and hits the shot... the defense is fine."

"Brass played the ball with his back ... the defense was fine."

"Peppa is grabbing 3 points... I should have delayed in advance."

After reviewing North Carolina's 8 offenses in a row, except for finding a problem that should be delayed in advance, the other 7 defenses could not find any problems.

In other words, the Sequoia's defense is very good, but North Carolina just scored.

Just like Harden defending Durant, Harden's hands were sealed to Durant's face, but Durant still hit a super long 3-pointer.

This kind of ball is very demoralizing.

Aware of this, the Sequoia players looked frustrated, and an atmosphere of helplessness enveloped the locker room.

At the same time, the CBS halftime news was being broadcast on TV, which talked about the Sequoia team's loss without a coach and a starting small forward.

Tianyang hurriedly signaled Brad to turn off the TV, not to let the "consciousness that we can lose" enter the minds of his teammates, but it was too late, and several teammates showed relaxed expressions on their faces.

The relaxed expression is hard to describe, but they all convey the same meaning: "Losing is not our intention, but there are too many objective factors, no one will blame us, and we don't need to blame ourselves."

Tianyang got up quickly, clapped his hands loudly and said: "I will not give up, and I will not allow you to give up. You have also seen just now that our defense is not a problem. It is good luck that the opponent can hit the shot, but this does not mean that the opponent will be in the second half. We have the same good fortune... We must stick to defense, stick to physical confrontation, and stick to the belief that we must win."

After finishing this paragraph, Tianyang thought that his teammates would rekindle their fighting spirit, but their expressions were still very confused.Sheffield took the lead in cheering, but the reaction of his teammates was still very flat.Many teammates couldn't believe that they would win in their hearts.

"You forgot to talk about your dreams on the departure bus. Are you going to win the NCAA championship? Are you afraid of falling behind by 13 points? We have fallen behind even more before, didn't we all come back? Are you afraid? What?" Tianyang was angry, he really didn't expect his teammates to be scared at such a critical moment.

There was silence in the locker room. After a long time, Breed whispered, "Guys, the coach wants a video connection."

As soon as they heard the word 'coach', everyone didn't react. Fortunately, Tianyang's consciousness was still clear, and he quickly signaled to play it quickly. He couldn't persuade his teammates, but maybe the coach could.

Brad put the mobile phone in front of everyone, and the picture showed Johnny lying on the hospital bed.

"Boys, I just watched halftime and I'm down 13 points. It's not in a good shape. But honestly, the defense is doing well, but I also saw the confused faces when you walked into the tunnel. "

"You are afraid, but not because you are afraid of your opponent's shots, nor your opponent's blocks. You are afraid of becoming a championship."

"You have first-class skills and first-class awareness, but you don't have the heart to become a championship, but if your hard training throughout the year is not for winning the championship, what is it for?"

"Someone is going to win, why not you?"

After Coach Johnny finished speaking, Tianyang saw the confused expressions on the faces of his teammates gradually dissipate, so he quickly continued:

"I will prove to you that North Carolina's offense can be defended!"

……

The game started in the second half, and the Sequoia team took the lead.

Marcus dribbled the ball across the midfield, passed the ball to Tianyang at the top of the arc, and stepped forward to cover.

With the help of a screen, Tianyang dribbled the ball to the right, and Nate, who switched defenses, followed all the way.

Walking to the right wing position, Tianyang stood still and began to dribble the ball under the crotch, and Page stepped forward to double-team.

Ordinarily, Tianyang should pass the ball, but he stepped out, passed between Page and Nate, and directly held the ball with both hands to initiate a three-step layup.

The center Joel, who was back on the court, seemed to be full of resentment for Tianyang who knocked him off the court when he was dunking. Seeing Tianyang's layup, he rushed forward without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, Tianyang gave up the layup and changed to a rebound throw, which made Joel miss the air and easily scored 2 points.

Joel landed on the ground, with more resentment on his face, picked up the basketball and exited out of bounds, quickly sent a long pass, and the basketball flew into the hands of Justin on the left sideline.

The moment he received the basketball, Justin immediately threw off his legs and ran wildly, rushing to the frontcourt desperately.

North Carolina's attack was too sudden. Michel gave up and stopped after chasing to the center line, and so did Marcus.

Only Tianyang started from the basket and ran at high speed all the way, persevering.

When Tianyang caught up to the three-point line, Justin had already rushed to the basket.

When Tianyang stepped into the free throw line, Justin had already jumped and dunked.

Fortunately, the basketball was dunked, but unfortunately, Tianyang did not grab the rebound.

Instead, Page, who followed up, picked up the basketball at the three-point line and posed for a shot.

Just when Sequoia fans sighed and regretted, Tianyang started to rush towards Page again.

Paige shot a three-pointer, Tianyang turned around and rushed to the basket, as if he wanted to bet on his shot.

The bet was right, the shot really hit the iron, Tianyang and Justin jumped up almost at the same time to grab the rebound.

The opponent was tall and long, and Tianyang couldn't catch it. Seeing that the opponent took the ball and retreated to make a mid-range shot, he jumped up desperately.

There is a high probability that you won't be able to block shots, and you may even lose a foul, but if you don't try, who knows?

Unexpectedly, Justin's shot was a fake, Tianyang secretly regretted that he didn't notice the opponent's footsteps in a hurry.

But after he landed, a strange scene appeared before his eyes.

After him, Marcus, Mihir, and Grant took off consecutively to block Justin's shots, but they were all deceived by Justin's fake moves, but Travis, who took off fifth and looked clumsy, actually grabbed Take the basketball thrown by Justin.

In the commentary section of TNT, O'Neal clenched his fist with his right hand, "It's time, the Sequoia team has awakened."

(End of this chapter)