NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

March 2010, 3, America, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Bank of Oklahoma Center (BOK Center).

The second round of the C-USA league playoffs, the Memphis Tigers vs. the Houston Cougars.

Under the glare of the lights, in the huge and bright basketball court, a group of gorgeous cheerleaders are dancing hard to the music...

The arena was full of voices, and the sound of DJ music poured into Li Kaiming's ears like a tide, constantly impacting his eardrums.

At this time, he was sitting in one of the best viewing seats in the game, at the end of the Tigers' bench, holding a blue and white Memphis-themed towel in his hand.

Li Kaiming, a former ESPN five-star high school student, suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in a high school game. Since then, he has suffered constant injuries and has become a drinking fountain.

Two steps in front of him, a group of players wearing the same color jersey as him surrounded a white man in his 30s.

This is new Tigers head coach Josh Pastner, who stepped in this season.

With a tactical board in his hand, Pastner frantically sprayed spittle ideas at the players around him, and kept waving his pen hand in the air. His face was flushed from shouting too hard.

Obviously, his mood is very disturbed.

Li Kaiming looked up at the score on the big screen.

At halftime, 30:35, the Tigers trailed by 5 points.

The ncaa game is only divided into two halves, 20 minutes each, and each attack time is 35 seconds, so it seems that they are only behind by 5 points, but it is actually not easy to catch up!

Besides, the Tigers are ranked 2nd in the C-USA league regular season this season, and the Houston Cougars on the opposite side are only ranked 7th in the league. It's a disgrace!

To make matters worse, just five minutes before the end of the first half, the Tigers' starting insider, Angel Garcia, who is 5 tall, sprained his knee on a layup and unfortunately withdrew from the game.

This makes the Tigers' situation worse!

The main reason why the Tigers fell behind in the first half was that they couldn't guard against the opposite arrow, Aubrey Coleman with a height of 188!

Don't look at this Coleman is less than 1 meters, but he leads the NCAA scoring list with an average of 9 points per game this season. He is a real scorer!

The Tigers, without Garcia, were helpless in the face of Coleman's violent attack to the basket. Garcia was overtaken by the score just 5 minutes after he left the field.

The balance of victory is gradually tilting towards Houston...

Pastner is very upset. With the current team configuration, no matter how the tactics are designed, it can only be changed on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, the lack of the center, the defensive core and the last barrier to protect the frame, is simply unstoppable. Opposite breakthrough!

"Lack of height, what can I do..." Pastner murmured.

The assistant coach Wesley Wilson next to him had a flash of inspiration, "Josh, doesn't our team have a guy who is [-] meters tall? Let him go up and try!"

Pastner's eyes lit up, "You mean, that yellow-skinned boy?" But then he shook his head, "How can a player with a water dispenser after a serious injury appear on the field in such an important game? It's too risky !"

Wilson shrugged helplessly, "Do we have other options? With his height, standing in the restricted area without jumping is a threat!"

Pastner glanced at Li Kaiming who was sitting at the end of the bench and biting his nails, hesitated for a while, and finally waved to Li Kaiming.

"Lee! Come here!"

Li Kaiming was stunned for a moment, and seeing Pastner waving at him, he ran to the coach under the envious eyes of his teammates at the drinking fountain!

Seeing Pastner's hesitant and expectant eyes, Li Kaiming asked with a question mark on his forehead, "Coach, what do you want me to do?"

Pastner patted him on the shoulder, "Lee, go warm up, you start the second half! We need to protect our penalty area!"

Li Kaiming's eyes widened in disbelief!

Since his injury, his market has been falling all the way. In the end, only the Memphis Tigers reluctantly accepted him due to a sudden change in the offseason and insufficient manpower, but they only used him as a roster.

This is the first time he has played in regular time since he came to the Tigers, and it is such an important game!

His body was trembling a little. Although the injury had smoothed his edges and corners, he was also a brilliant genius in the past. How could he wave the towel on the bench with peace of mind?

Ding!Congratulations to the host's debut at regular time, the system has been activated!It is detected that the host's body has been seriously injured, and the system has already modified the host's body!

A gentle female voice suddenly sounded in his mind, making him tremble with fright!

What the hell!What the hell!

At the same time, a warm current washed his whole body, and he only felt the warmth all over his body, as if soaking in hot spring water!

After the warm current passed, he was surprised to find that his fragile Achilles tendons, knees and other parts had recovered as before, even stronger than before!

A feeling of full strength came from every part of his body, and every muscle cell became extremely strong and powerful!

This feeling is something he has never had before!

As the body recovered, the lost self-confidence returned to him.

He looked at Pastner firmly and nodded, "Don't worry, coach!"

Seeing Li Kaiming with his head held high, Pastner was also infected by his self-confidence. He nodded subconsciously, and suddenly had an unrealistic idea in his heart: the person in front of him would help him win the game!

Immediately he shook his head mockingly.

How can it be!Instead of pinning your hopes on that Chinese boy, you should pray more to God!

beep!

The referee on the sidelines blew his whistle, and the second half began!

Li Kaiming's appearance immediately attracted the attention of the commentator and the University of Houston!

The on-site commentator Calvin said to the guests next to him in a puzzled tone, "Memphis replaced a two-meter-one big man in the second half, Chinese player Li Kaiming at No. 34! Is Pastner going to admit defeat?"

The black guest next to him joked, "Perhaps Pastner thought the cheerleaders' performance was not good enough, so he asked him to perform acrobatics!"

The interaction of the guests filled the entire arena with a happy atmosphere.

University of Houston coach Tom Penders yelled at No. 4 player Nick Mosley on the field, "Nick, pay attention to that Chinese boy!"

Mosley agreed nonchalantly!

Just kidding, it's not that he doesn't know the players of the Tigers. That yellow-skinned kid is just a water dispenser. If he is really a master, can he be willing to take it out now?

The second half of the game begins!

The Tigers serve, No. 5, and team point guard Willie Kemp takes possession of the ball and dribbles the ball to the frontcourt under the pressure of the opponent!

Seeing Kemp waving at him, Li Kaiming lifted it up to block Kemp's defender, allowing Kemp to use his pick-and-roll to rush to the free throw line.

And Mosley, who was defending him, completely sank back and chose to let him go to double-team Kemp.

Li Kaiming stood at the top of the arc and clapped his hands at Kemp! "Hey!"

Seeing that there was no chance for a layup and the other teammates were under strict defense, Kemp passed the ball to Li Kaiming, ready to reorganize the attack hand-in-hand.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Li Kaiming, who received the ball, did not hesitate, and under the eyes of tens of thousands of people in the audience, he raised his hand and scored a three-pointer!