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Chapter 144 Division Champion
Although UCLA fell to the fourth place after losing to Arizona State University for the second time in the regular season, their strength should not be underestimated. Eliminating such a strong team in the playoffs will undoubtedly greatly strengthen the Sun Devils. Confidence up and down.Before Evans repeatedly emphasized that the playoffs are completely different from the regular season, and now they feel that there seems to be no difference between the two.

Shortly after eliminating UCLA, the results of another group of semifinals were also settled.USC, which also had a high voice before, unexpectedly lost to Washington State University, and the latter became Arizona State University's last opponent in the playoffs.In fact, in Xu Hao's view, Washington State University might be more difficult, but it was only difficult.

The Sun Devils, who have maintained a complete victory in the regular season, are not afraid of any team at all, because these opponents have lost twice before, and their spirits will obviously be greatly affected.Xu Hao thinks that Washington State University is difficult only because their lineup is very balanced, and they also have a lot of stars, not that he thinks that the opponent's probability of winning is higher than his own team.In fact, even at the national championship stage, Xu Hao will still have full confidence in the strength of the Sun Devils when facing the top giants in the NCAA.

Thanks to their first record in the regular season, the Sun Devils continue to wait for their opponents to come and challenge them at home.Like UCLA, Washington State University also came with a revenge mentality, and they are not as sure as UCLA that the committee can select themselves into the national championship, so winning the championship of the Pacific Ten Schools League is almost the only prerequisite for them to advance.

But with the lessons learned from UCLA, the Sun Devils obviously won't let them turn away at the beginning of the game.Evans made targeted arrangements before the game. This game is to pinch the Cougar's outside line and not give Rochester and Thompson any chance.As for their other scoring point, Baynes, it doesn't matter much to let him score inside.

The Puma players were obviously not mentally prepared to deal with high-intensity defense. After the outside line was constantly disturbed by Xu Hao, Harden and Cooks, their inside line also suddenly hit the iron again and again. Ayers, who was a head short, was stiff Shengdi held the big white bear of Baines in the low-post defense, so that the latter could only frequently use turnaround jump shots that he was not very good at.

On the other end, Xu Hao's elusive running and sharp three-pointers made the Puma players miserable.In this game, Evans won the game by surprise, allowing Harden, who was supposed to be in the second position, to be in charge of ball control and organization, while Xu Hao, who was in the first position, was responsible for scoring. .Under normal circumstances, this will only be self-defeating, but Evans knows his ace backcourt very well. They are strictly combo guards, and it is normal to switch positions.

Originally, Harden's organizational skills were relatively average. He only knew how to break through and split the ball, and other passes were not bad. However, after seeing the high turnover rate, people wondered how this guy got the NCAA.However, after Xu Hao arrived, Harden trained with him for a long time, and naturally learned a few passes. Maybe there is still a big gap with those top point guards in the league, but with Xu Hao on the court, he It is more than enough to play a guest role as the commander of the team.

However, Evans still has some regrets, because his idea is to allow Xu Hao and Harden to switch at any time on the court, which will greatly increase the difficulty of the opponent's defense.It's a pity that Xu Hao can switch back and forth between the two responsibilities now, but as long as Harden is jealous, he can only be fixed at the shooting guard position, and he is powerless to organize.

Fortunately, there is no need for such a high-end method at present, and changing positions in advance is enough to blow up opponents.

After Harden took over the important task of organizing the offense, Xu Hao's quick, ghostly running alone directly tore through the opponent's defense line, and his hand feeling today is also very good.What's more, whenever he appeared in the gap, Harden's pass was always delivered to him just right, followed by a deadly three-pointer, which directly hit the Cougars.

Although Rochester and Thompson tried hard to regain their rhythm, they couldn't shake the tail behind them at all, so there was no open shot.Of course, they also tried to force shots against the opponent's defense, but unfortunately their strength has not yet reached such a level, and the balls they shot basically became the defensive rebounds of the Sun Devils.

The Sun Devils controlled the situation throughout the first half, and the point difference between the two sides has been hovering around eleven or twelve points.Evans is very satisfied with this. After all, this is the final of the division. It is not bad to be able to maintain a double-digit lead for a long time in the first half.

But what he didn't expect was that the players under his command could not accept this actually more dangerous point difference, especially Xu Hao. For him, any point difference may be overturned by his opponent, but as long as he keeps pursuing Just open the score.

So under his leadership, after the start of the second half, the Sun Devils set off another wave of offensive frenzy, opened the point difference to 5 points in less than 20 minutes, and can still maintain such a leading advantage.Cougar coach Bennett opened his mouth involuntarily on the sidelines. He couldn't believe the fact that his team was blown up in an instant.

But it doesn't matter whether he believes it or not. The fact is the fact. The Sun Devils can play the remaining time calmly and can also send in the substitute lineup for training.Although Rochester still wanted to continue to narrow the point difference, Evans kept Xu Hao on the court even when he came on the bench. Rochester's efforts were just a joke in the end.

In what was supposed to be the most difficult and grandest game, the Sun Devil played a rough game and defeated his opponent 97 to 80, successfully won the championship of the Pacific Ten Schools League, and obtained the qualification to enter the national championship .

When the final whistle sounded, the entire stadium seemed to be overturned by the cheers of the fans, and the Sun Devils players also shouted to celebrate the victory.I don't know who was the first to propose it, but they also surrounded Evans in the middle, expressing their respect for the old man in various ways.If Evans were 50 or [-] years younger, they would probably throw him up to celebrate, but there is no shortage of excitement now, after all, this is the champion of the Pacific Ten Schools Conference.

Standing among the players, Evans called out with a rosy face, "National Championship, are you ready?"

He was answered by a roar of unity: "Yes, we are ready!"

(End of this chapter)