NBA: Best point guard

Chapter 182 The Cavalry Troubled

The referee on duty immediately made a penalty, indicating that Bruce's foul this time was a first-degree malicious foul.

The players of the Colorado team immediately surrounded the referee, indicating that the ball was an ordinary foul.

But the referee was very sure that this was a flagrant foul.

The reason why the referee was so sure was because Bruce's foul was completely aimed at people. If the injury was serious, it was very likely that Zhao Qiang's right shoulder would be dislocated.

Zhao Qiang endured the pain, walked to the free throw line, and finished the free throw with difficulty.

As a super shooter, even though his right shoulder was a little swollen, Zhao Qiang still accurately completed the free throw by relying on his touch.

In order to prevent Zhao Qiang's injury from getting worse, An Zuo immediately replaced him, just in case.

After Zhao Qiang came off the field, he immediately returned to the locker room with the team doctor for inspection to see if there were serious potential injuries.

Captain Zhao Qiang's sudden injury immediately made the cavalry team members tense, and huge pressure instantly enveloped every player's heart.

After all, in the history of the NCAA, there has never been a top-seeded team eliminated in the first round. If they lose tonight, their names will always be hung on the pillar of shame.

As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the Colorado team "uses their lives" and wants to take advantage of Zhao Qiang's absence to continue to widen the point difference and win the game in one fell swoop.

The cavalry team lost Zhao Qiang, so no one can completely limit Billups' performance.

Faced with the double-team defense of Xiaode and Brown, Billups just passed halftime and directly threw a super long three-pointer from a place 3 meters away from the three-point line.

brush!

Three point hit!

Billups used this ultra-long three-pointer to boost morale again, and at the same time gave the Cavalry players a great deterrent.

At this moment, they finally felt the fear of players from other teams facing Zhao Qiang.

Although Dooling and Brown can still respond on the offensive end, they are only piecemeal, and there is no way to keep up with Billups' firepower output.

At halftime, the University of Colorado was 40 to 30, leading the Cavalry by 10 points, and Billups' personal offensive firepower was fully fired, scoring 20 points in the halftime. It can be said that the offensive state is extremely fierce, and no one can stop it.

At the end of halftime, when the cavalry players returned to the locker room, everyone had a sad face. They felt that there was no way to turn this game back, and they were about to be permanently nailed to the NCAA historical shame column.

At this moment, everyone discovered that the reason why the team was able to become the number one seeded team with a record of [-] victories this season was entirely due to Zhao Qiang's strong personal strength.

If this team does not have Zhao Qiang, I am afraid that they will not even make it to the top 64.

In the locker room, everyone finally lowered their proud heads. Everyone realized that it was a very stupid thing to be so arrogant before the game and not take the opponent seriously.

Snapped!

Just when everyone was downcast and at a loss, Zhao Qiang pushed the door open and entered.

"team leader!"

Da Heilong saw Zhao Qiang walking into the locker room, as if seeing God.

At this moment, in the eyes of all the players of the cavalry team, Zhao Qiang was shining with light.

"Brothers, there are 20 minutes left in the game. After 20 minutes, will we be nailed to the pillar of shame or win the opponent."

"It depends on whether we have a strong will to overcome difficulties!"

"No one is stronger than anyone else, the game is fought point by point!"

"Let's go fight!"

Zhao Qiang's impassioned speech instantly ignited the fighting spirit in the hearts of all the cavalry players.

The locker room, which was originally dead and silent, immediately returned to its usual lively appearance.

Da Heilong, Lao Tie and others even roared a few times directly, venting their depression in the first half of the game.

At this moment, everyone rekindled their fighting spirit and vowed to win this game to the death!

An Zuo, who was standing aside, was also very pleased to hear Zhao Qiang's speech. He felt that it was very lucky for the cavalry to have a captain like Zhao Qiang who was both capable and spiritual.

He firmly believes that Zhao Qiang's No. 10 jersey will definitely be retired by the Cavalry and will hang high above the University of Virginia basketball stadium.

However, An Zuo, who was careful, still saw the thick bandage wrapped around Zhao Qiang's right shoulder. He knew that Zhao Qiang continued to fight with injuries.

"Zhao, how is your shoulder injury?"

Before going on stage, An Zuo walked up to Zhao Qiang and asked.

"This little injury is nothing to me, after all, I am a person inspired by the spirit of Mamba."

Zhao Qiang said with a calm smile, and then went on stage with his teammates.

"Mamba Mentality? What's that?"

An Zuo was stunned. He felt that sometimes he couldn't understand Zhao Qiang's words. Regarding this, An Zuo felt that he might really be old and couldn't keep up with the thinking of young people.

Fans of the cavalry team saw Zhao Qiang walking out of the player tunnel, and immediately burst into applause. Everyone knew that as long as Zhao Qiang could play, the cavalry team had the hope of winning, and the hope was great.

The first attack in the second half was initiated by the University of Colorado. Billups attacked with the ball. He was a little surprised to see that Zhao Qiang was still able to play. At the same time, he also admired Zhao Qiang's willpower.

Billups knew very well that his shoulders must have been red and swollen from the impact, and it might be very difficult for Zhao Qiang to raise his arms at this moment.

In fact, Zhao Qiang would definitely not be able to play in this game if it wasn't for the [Supreme Body Protection] purple badge to protect him in secret, but even so, his shoulder injury would greatly affect his shooting.

Because Zhao Qiang's shoulder was injured, Du Lin was replaced to defend Billups.

Faced with Billups' swaying, Du Lin concentrated his attention extremely, and kept his center of gravity extremely low, preventing Billups from easily passing him.

Although Dooling's defense is average and often lacks concentration, this time his defense is extremely hard, which puts a lot of pressure on Billups.

However, Billups is still powerful. After a quick change of direction, he still has the space to break through from the right.

Although he was broken through, During kept interfering on his side to prevent him from making mid-range shots easily.

Billups didn't expect Du Lin to defend so hard this time, even if he was passed, he still followed him like a dog's skin plaster.

Billups didn't get a good shot space, and there was no room to pass the ball. He could only raise the arc and make a throw, hoping to avoid the cavalry's inside defender's block.

Snapped!

The big black dragon jumped high, flew Billups' throwing fan out, and successfully completed the defense!

It can be said that the first attack in the second half, the Cavalry's defense has greatly improved, and it is completely different from the first half.