NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

Joe Smith just practiced McDyess.

It was the University of Alabama's star player, sophomore Antonio McDyess.

This star player, who averages 25.8 points, 14.7 rebounds and 5.3 blocks per game, is also a popular NBA draft pick this year.

The University of Alabama is also the opponent of the University of Arizona where Hanamichi is located in the next round of 16 to 8, and is very strong!

In the original history in 1995, they finally made it to the top four.

(If you don’t know the University of Alabama, you can search how the national men’s basketball team of the University of Alabama lost to the university team by 12 points. The team that beat the University of Alabama three times was the men’s basketball team of the University of Alabama!)

The day before the game, Coach Olson took his team to analyze the specific information of the University of Alabama basketball team.

The article focuses on the University of Alabama's star player Antonio McDyess.

"Antonio McDyess, 206cm tall, 111kg. Flower, you have a certain advantage in height, wingspan and jumping ability."

“But the whole Alabama offense is built around McDyess.”

"Their head coach has tailored a set of offensive passing and cutting tactics for them!"

"McDyess leads in rebounds and points in every game!"

"So, Flower!"

Coach Olsen said seriously:

"I don't need you to bear any offensive pressure in the next game."

"As long as you defend McDyess with all your strength, we can win!"

"Don't worry, boss! I'll be ready!"

Seeing this, Dasi also supported his good friend and said:

"Leave the attack to me."

"Flower, as long as you can beat McDyess in the next game, you will be famous all over the United States!"

Flower Road said:

"I don't mind the back pain when I talk while standing!"

"But~McDyess who is about to enter the NBA!"

"What were this guy's stats in his rookie season in the NBA?"

"Whatever! Anyway, I feel more relieved since he is not as powerful as that [idiot]!"

Hanamichi doesn’t think that with his overall strength rating of 82, he can be the starting power forward for any NBA team.

Will lose to McDyess, at least! ~ It's still okay to explode each other!

(In the 1995-96 season, McDyess averaged 30 minutes per game in his rookie season, averaging 13.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. He started 76 of 75 games, contributed 20 double-doubles, ranked sixth among rookies in scoring and third among rookies in rebounding. After the season, he was selected to the All-Rookie First Team.

The author gives McDyess a score of about 85 during his sophomore year!

After all, he was able to start in the NBA when he first entered the league, and was selected to the All-NBA Third Team and the All-Star Team in his career!)

Time has come to the NCAA quarterfinals, with the University of Arizona facing the University of Alabama.

At the end of the first half, Coach Olsen was both angry and happy.

What makes me angry is that in the quarterfinals against the University of Alabama.

From the beginning, Damon Stoudemire lacked touch and was very poor at shooting.

Throughout the first half, he made only 12 of 3 shots and was blocked twice by McDyess while breaking through!

The good news is that Flower, who was originally very worried about his team's inside line, played very steadily in this game!

In the matchup with the draft favorite ~ McDyess, he was not beaten into a sieve by McDyess.

Moreover, they also exploded with the latter on the offensive end!

Although he failed to achieve Coach Olsen's pre-game expectations of suppressing McDyess' offense.

But it was beyond his expectations!

This is also the reason why the University of Arizona kept close to the University of Alabama in the first half.

At the end of the first half, the score was 34:38, with the University of Alabama leading by 6 points.

During the half-time break, the commentators were also very dedicated in analyzing the game situation.

There was a lot of praise for McDyess who played well in the first half.

"Oh, it looks like our unbeatable seeded team Arizona has met a strong opponent!"

"It's no wonder. After all, McDyess is a star player in the NCAA and a hot candidate for this year's draft!"

Commentator MacArthur flipped open the data board and said:

"Let me see. In the first half of the game, McDyess had already scored 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks, 3 assists, and 1 steal."

"Based on this data, if McDyess participates in this year's NBA draft, he is worth a top lottery pick!"

"You know, there aren't many big men like him at the 4th or 5th positions in the league!"

Another female commentator, Bacon Lynch, took over and said:

"Speaking of the big man at the 4th position, you may have noticed!"

"Flower, the No. 4 player of the Arizona Wildcats, is always so eye-catching!"

"In this game, he faced McDyess in the first half and scored 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3 assists in the half."

The performance is also very good, and it can be said that it is comparable to McDyess!"

The two commentators exchanged glances and reached a consensus.

I think the key to the second half of the game lies in another star player of both teams ~ Damon Stoudemire.

Let's see if he can show his strength in the second half and break the ice that was frozen in the first half!

In the locker room, during the halftime break, Coach Olsen gave a mobilization speech to the players:

"Maybe most of you feel that we are satisfied and happy just by reaching March Madness and winning the first round."

“But this seems to me to be too unprogressive!”

"Guys! We have two star players in Arizona, and we have strong players in other positions as well!"

"If the Tigers were eliminated like Wake Forest, they couldn't stand up to the Wolves, that would be a little easier to say!"

"But Damon, Flower, you are two college basketball stars who are about to enter the draft."

"Are you going to admit that your two five-star college prospects combined are no match for that Wake Forest 'Flying Devil'?"

"If that's the case, I'd rather surrender and admit defeat early in the second half!"

"I don't want this game to affect your draft prospects~"

Upon hearing this, Dasi blushed with shame.

He knew that the team did not play its tactics in the first half and the main reason for falling behind was himself!

For now, Ikebana has done a good enough job.

As long as you try a little harder, you can give it 80% of your usual feel and 100% of your condition.

Then we definitely wouldn't be 6 points behind in the first half.

You have to know that it is 1995, an era when offense relied on hard work of 2 points and 2 points respectively. A gap of 6 points is already a not-so-small gap!

Especially when the opponent is a strong team like Alabama.

"Damn it! We must win!"

Das shouted loudly:

"Guys, I can't guarantee that my touch will be restored in the second half."

"But~ If I really can't recover, I will turn the ball into assists one by one and hand it over to you."

"Please make sure you seize this opportunity and help Arizona advance to the quarterfinals!"

What Das said gave everyone the message "go all out and win!"

With the determination to "die", the players of the Arizona Wildcats left the locker room.

He walked out of the locker room, cursing and shouting, from the player tunnel and returned to the court.

"Flower..."

Coach Olsen grabbed Hanamichi, and Hanamichi said directly:

"Boss, don't worry, I know what you are going to say!"

"I'm going to give McDyess a good lesson in the paint!"

After saying that, Hanamichi turned around and followed his teammates into the court without hesitation.

Coach Olsen was speechless for a while:

"No, I mean, if Damon still can't get his touch back on the court, you have to learn to take over the game and the ball!"

But looking at Hanamichi on the court, I decided not to say anything more and just leave it to fate in the second half!