ATPnovel Chapter 20 Carry the audience
Chapter 20 Carry the audience
Chapter 20 Carry the audience
Su Yi walked to the free throw line, and the audience fell silent.
Steadily making free throws, as a shooter, Su Yi shot with confidence.
It was the Sun Devils' turn to control the ball, and the stadium continued to be noisy.
I have to admit the enthusiasm of the fans in the Belk Arena. The players present are like campus heroes, holding their huge posters all around.
This surging sound wave gave the players of the Sun Devils a headache.
Every time Clayton Woods got the ball, boos and whistles sounded in the arena.
Clayton Woods was pressed by Su Yi's long arm and couldn't move at all. With his clumsy dribbling, Su Yi might break the ball if he dribbled more.
After two waves of suffering, he didn't dare to be so arrogant anymore. When he saw the power forward Jeff Ayers who was on the inside, he wanted to penetrate the ball.
Before Jeff Ayers could react, Curry suddenly came from behind and directly interrupted the ball in the air.
As the team's steal king, Curry has long seen through their intentions.
Su Yi rushed to the frontcourt when Curry first touched the ball. Although Clayton Woods was reluctant to see that he was cut off, he had to go back to the backcourt to defend Su Yi.
Curry threw it to the frontcourt with a long swing.
Su Yi took the basketball steadily, and found that this Clayton Woods was 1v1 with him again, which instantly boosted his confidence a lot.
Seeing that Su Yi had another chance to single Clayton Woods, the fans at the scene became interested again.
In the thundering atmosphere of Belk Arena, Clayton Woods didn't have much momentum at all, and he was a little apprehensive when he met Su Yi now.
He stayed at the basket, concentrated his attention, and waited for Su Yi to block the shot when he broke through with the ball for a layup.
Su Yi smiled and shook his head when he saw him flustered but pretending to be calm, and then accelerated to break through inside.
Clayton Woods stared wide-eyed and watched Su Yi's movements. Should he go left, right or shoot?
Su Yi handed the ball to Claydon Woods' chest with his left hand at the moment Clayton Woods approached.
Clayton Woods froze for half a second, then stretched out his big hand to take a shot.
However, Su Yi suddenly took the ball back and made an easy layup with his right hand.
It was almost a professional versus amateur play, and the Belk Gym burst into barbell-like hilarity.
Su Yi just retreated back to defend lightly.
The core of the Sun Devils' tactics before the game was all on Curry, but Su Yi came out halfway, completely disrupting their rhythm.
They paid little attention to Su Yi's performance in the previous games.
So after playing another wave of embarrassing balls, he had no choice but to ask for a timeout amidst the cheers of the tide.
With 5 minutes left in the first half, the score has reached 21:11.
Of these 11 points, 9 points were scored entirely by Harden's personal ability.
After playing again, the Sun Devils rearranged their tactics and paid enough attention to Su Yi.
And that Clayton Woods just now has also been replaced.
Current lineup:
Wildcats: Stephen Curry (PG), Aaron Bond (SG), Su Yi (SF), Andrew Lovedale (PG), Ben Arison (C)
Sun Devils: Jamal McMillan (PG), James Harden (SG), Tyler Lord (SF), Jeff Ailes (PF), Eric Boateng (C)
With a sharp whistle, the game continued.
The small forward Tyler Rhodes, who had just been replaced by the opponent, had no scoring task, but was responsible for entangled Su Yi in defense.
Su Yi leaned on small forward Tyler Rhodes to try to attack, but found that power forward Jeff Ayers also helped defend, and this time it was impossible to play singles as easily as before.
After all, the head coach of the Sun Devils, Herb Sendek, has already arranged tactics to restrict Su Yi. Only in this way can the momentum of the Belk Arena be restrained.
Su Yi scanned the surroundings from the corner of his eye, and found Curry's figure appeared outside the three-point line, and threw the ball directly.
Curry stepped on the beat, caught the ball a step away from the three-point line, and made a direct shot.
The elementary school student beat his chest excitedly. After all, he was finally released from the opponent's restriction. This was the first comfortable three-pointer he shot in the opening game.
Curry and Su Yi collided in the air to celebrate.
After returning to the defensive position, Harden singled the Wildcats shooting guard Aaron Bond on the outside with the ball.
Harden frantically changed direction left and right, and Alan Bond had to let go to prevent Harden from breaking through.
Before he was ready to defend, Harden stepped back decisively and made a three-pointer.
The basketball is easily hit when there is no defense.
As the boss of the Sun Devils, Harden gave Curry an Answer Ball and clapped his hands hard to cheer up his teammates.
Only then did the players of the Sun Devils regain a bit of mentality.
Su Yi found that his physical fitness had begun to decline.
Curry attacked with the ball, and Sun Devils point guard Jamal McMillan pushed hard.
Their strategy is very simple, that is, to let go of surprises and not to make shots, because their inside has a high advantage and can make up defenses and rush for rebounds, but letting Curry open shots is equivalent to sending points.
After changing direction, Curry used his speed to eat the opponent's guard raw, and made a difficult throw before the opponent's inside defense came up.
The basketball stumbles and hits.
Curry played this star ball purely with his own personal ability.
At this moment, Su Yi clearly felt that his physical fitness had declined. Facing the new Tyler Rhodes who was coming to strangle him, the difficulty of singles became much more difficult.
In this game, facing the defense of the Wildcats' two shooting guards, Harden broke through, shot, and fouled.
So far, he has made four out of four shots and has never missed a shot, and his touch is also in full swing.
On the Wildcats side, Curry and Su Yi also cooperated.
The cheers in the Belk Arena were thunderous, the score rose alternately, and both sides returned to their normal feel and rhythm.
At the end of the first half with 2 minutes left, the Wildcats led the Sun Devils by 38 points 29:9.
Coach McKillop replaced Su Yi and asked him to rest for the second half of the game.
The game continued and Curry attacked with the ball.
However, as soon as he received the basketball, James Harden led Aaron Bond to press up fiercely.
Curry couldn't find a chance to make a phone call, so he gave the ball to Andrew Lovedale inside.
Post-up singles are not Andrew Lovedale's strong point. He can't take advantage of Jeff Ailes in singles, so he can only lean back and force a shot.
After Harden got the basketball, he dribbled the ball outside and directed his teammates to stand in their positions.
Jeff Ailes stepped forward to screen, and Harden took advantage of the opportunity to step past small guard Aaron Bond.
Wildcats power forward Andrew Lovedale came to defend Harden.
As a result, Harden forced Lovedale to score an easy layup.
Harden's strong body does not suffer at all even against the Wildcats' inside line.
No matter whether it is inside or outside, there is nothing to do in the face of Harden who feels hot at the moment, so Curry had to apply to switch Harden himself.
(End of this chapter)