super heavy artillery

Chapter 152 Kansas

34 minutes, 39 points, 10 three-pointers, lore.

This is the answer sheet An Luo handed in in the [-]-to-[-] competition.

He can only use the word "perfect" to describe his performance. UCLA's ability to reach the quarterfinals is inseparable from An Luo's superb performance.In fact, in the three games of the championship, An Luo has been very violent.He averaged 34.7 minutes per game, scoring 38 points, plus 2.3 assists, 1.3 rebounds, and 2.3 steals.

The three-point shooting rate is as high as 11%!Just talking about three-pointers is even more abnormal than Curry and Thompson at the same time many years ago.Especially the last two games, with 10 three-pointers in one game and [-] three-pointers in one game.The firepower is too strong!

This kind of scoring ability is unique in the NCAA, and even in the NBA, there are few players who can average so many points per game.Of course, it is undeniable that there are still some gaps between the NCAA and the NBA.But if An Luo can maintain such a three-point shooting ability, he will have a place in any NBA team.

If he only has these abilities, his future achievements may be just an ordinary star.Perhaps thanks to An Luo's status, he will have a higher status than other ordinary stars, but it is also limited.However, An Luo's key ball ability displayed in this game is what many NBA teams are looking for.

Calm, determined, self-confident, with outstanding ability, never relent in critical times.When the team is in trouble, he can stand up and help the team overcome difficulties and win by himself.

This is the necessary quality of a superstar.Such a young player is what those poor teams desire. They just need such a player as the cornerstone of the team. After they are trained, they will build a lineup around them and complete the reconstruction.

Therefore, after this game, An Luo has become a very important target in the draft of many NBA teams this year.The rich teams, including the Lakers and Celtics, who have a chance to get the top three picks, have begun to send special scouts to track UCLA's next games.

The other quarterfinal matchup in the Southern Division is between No. [-] seed Kansas University and No. [-] seed University of Miami.

At the beginning of the game, the University of Kansas took the lead in entering the state, hit all the first three offenses, and started with an 8-0 advantage.Subsequently, Angel Rodriguez and Sheldon McClellan of the University of Miami relied on their personal abilities to fight strongly and tenaciously pulled the score back.

Subsequently, the two teams entered a stalemate.None of them are efficient offensively.At one point, Miami held Kansas scoreless for nearly five minutes.But their own offense also hit iron frequently.

With nine minutes left in the first half, Kansas point guard Devonte' Graham missed a dribble and Rodriguez made a fast break.However, he got a technical foul for hanging on the frame for too long during a slam dunk.

This ball became the turning point in the first half of the game.

In the next few minutes, Kansas suddenly regained its touch and made frequent mid-to-long-range hits to open the score.But on the last attack, Kansas made a miss from the sideline.It was Rodriguez again, after the steal, he chased for a three-pointer and hit the buzzer.Help the University of Miami catch up to only 5 points left.

At halftime, the University of Kansas led Miami 38:33.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Both teams changed their sluggishness in the first half, and their shooting percentages were very high.Kansas went 5 for 5 and Miami went 5 for 4.But the University of Kansas then led by forward Perry Ellis, played a 16-10 spurt, rewriting the score to 64:54.

After the point difference widened, the Kansas players played more and more freely.But Miami didn't panic at all, they stepped up their offense inside.Tony Jackery, the inside pillar, played well. He scored consecutive attacks and brought the score closer.

In the next 1 minute of the game, the two teams fought to 85:80, with Kansas leading.

After that, Kansas opted for a time-consuming tactic.They pressed the shot clock until the last two seconds before throwing the ball.Center Landon Lucas grabbed the offensive rebound over Tony Jackie's head.

Then the University of Miami took foul tactics and sent Landon Lucas to the free throw line.

In fact, for Miami, the game is only theoretically possible to win.With Lucas hit two free throws, Kansas lead by 7 points, the game is basically declared over.

Even if Sheldon McClellan scored a super long three-pointer, he still failed to reverse the situation.After all, the time left for the University of Miami is too short, and Kansas' final free throw is as stable as an old dog.Miami is hopeless.

In the end, the University of Kansas defeated the University of Miami 89:83 at home to advance to the "Elite Eight."

In this game, the University of Miami performed well enough.But Kansas is too strong.Kansas power forward Perry Ellis played brilliantly, scoring a game-high 27 points and grabbing 5 rebounds; small forward Wayne Selden scored 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal; Center Landon Lucas scored 14 points and 11 rebounds in double-ten figures, especially the crucial offensive rebounds and four free throws at the end, which extinguished the opponent's last hope.

The University of Miami is still out of the Elite Eight after a successful season.The football boom, the university that carried the name cards of Miami and South Florida, lost the opportunity to be on the national map on the basketball arena.As the winner, the University of Kansas will compete with No. 27 seed UCLA for tickets to Houston in the regional finals on the 2th.

For the UCLA generals, Kansas is very strong.Their first loss of the season was to Kansas.Although UCLA was in a period of lineup change at the time, Kansas did not play its true strength.

Just like this game, the University of Miami had several chances to overtake the score, but they all held them down.Unlike UCLA and Villanova, Kansas wins most of their games in one wave. They don't have such explosive scoring ability, but they have an advantage in the game like a frog in warm water.

But anyway, this game has to be won.Players like Alford and An Luo think so.We've reached this point, who doesn't yearn for the final trophy?
In fact, after the game against Villanova, Alford brought his assistants to study the opponent in advance.The University of Miami is strong, but in his view, Kansas's opponent is not yet.The performance of the UCLA players in these two games was somewhat poor, so he must find a way to minimize these effects.

After a busy night, Alford took a large group of people from UCLA to Louisville early the next morning.Good afternoon, they're off to practice at the AccuWeather Arena.This time the game is not at the Paley Stadium, so the training time is very tight, so we must make good use of it.

(End of this chapter)