roccoschili Chapter 142 First Battle
Chapter 142 First Battle
Chapter 142 First Battle
At the same time, An Luo was also selected to the best team and best defensive team this season.In the entire Pacific Twelve School League, only An Luo was selected for the double first team.
In addition to the best player and double team, An Luo also won the "Best Freshman Player of the Year".
Compared with the previous items, the best freshman player seems a bit insignificant.However, apart from An Luo, no one is eligible for this award.
Other "Best Defensive Player", "Best Sixth Man", "Best Transfer Student" and so on, also went to various schools.
With the announcement of various awards, the NCAA committee also announced this year's matchup arrangement.All shortlisted teams will be divided into four divisions: East, West, South and Central and West. The recognized top four will be the first seeds in each district, and the other schools will be ranked by the committee as No. 2-16 seeds according to their strength.
UCLA, as the champion of the Pac-[-] Conference, was rated as the second seed in the Southern Division.If it weren't for the loss of the last two games, they might be able to compete with the University of Kansas for the No. [-] seed in the division.
But it doesn't matter much.Anyway, if you want to break out of the division, you must defeat all strong opponents.The only disadvantage is that UCLA and Kansas meet in the finals, and the University of Kansas has the home court advantage.
Before the official game begins, each division has an initial semi-final game.In the Southern Division where UCLA is located, the NO.11 seed Vanderbilt University played against Wichita State University on March 3.
In the end, Wichita State beat Vanderbilt 70-50 and advanced to the top 64.
With the four initial Final Four games over, the official game begins.
On March 3, UCLA played against the NO.18 seed University of North Carolina Asheville at home.
Compared with their big brother, the basketball strength is far worse.
On this day, Parley Stadium was packed.All UCLA fans put on their team's commemorative jerseys and gathered into a blue ocean.The whole arena was noisy, and everyone was discussing with each other, looking very excited.
Players from both sides are ready in the player tunnel.
Players from the University of North Carolina at Asheville took the lead, and the UCLA fans gave the visiting team applause.
But compared with the home team, it is too far away.
It starts from Holiday and ends with An Luo.Every player's appearance will cause a burst of shouts like a tsunami.Especially An Luo's appearance, many fans stood up and kept shouting An Luo's name.
Behind the bench, there was a large group of Chinese people like An Luo.Some of them are UCLA students, many are Chinese living in Los Angeles, and some even come from China.But there is no doubt that everyone came to see An Luo play.
In fact, as An Luo performed better and better, his domestic fame grew.Many people who follow basketball know that there is such a young man who played very well in the NCAA.
Tang Xiaoru was also there, and An Luo saw her at first sight.He waved at the opponent and started warming up.
Soon, the game will begin.
UCLA's starting lineup is still the same.Alex played very well in the three position, especially on the defensive end, and he has an advantage against any three position.Jock Goloman, who is used to starting the fourth position, is also very good. His precise mid-range shot makes up for his offensive ability inside and can protect the rebound.
It was Alex who jumped the ball, and he didn't let everyone down.
This time is the same.He easily patted the basketball into Holiday's hands, and then rushed to the frontcourt quickly.
An Luo basically kept a line with Alex, one left and one right, and Holiday controlled the ball in the middle.
The first ball was still given to An Luo. After he received the ball, he wanted to take a tentative step.But the opponent reacted very quickly, and immediately rushed forward again, interrupting the rhythm of An Luo's shooting.He quickly pulled back, then rushed into the inside line from the opponent's right side from a sudden acceleration, and missed the throw.For An Luo, he never worried about the hit rate, no matter how bad it was, it was 40%.But if the rhythm is not good, he feels that he can't shoot.
The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs had a solid first half of the game.
Their zone defense prevented UCLA's outside three-pointers from being able to exert enough power.Alex and Holiday were 3 for 0, 2 for 0, and even An Luo was only 4 for 2.The offensive end also performed very well. Relying on Dylan Smith's outstanding performance, they firmly bit the score.
But UCLA is, after all, one of the top three teams in the AP Top 25 for weeks.
Seeing that it was too late to start the game, Alford called a timeout.He quickly drew a few tactics on the tactical board, and then explained them.An Luo listened carefully. In fact, they used high and low position coordination to crack the opponent's zone defense.For UCLA, the fit is simple.
Back from the timeout, UCLA strengthened internal and external linkages.Jock Goloman pulls to the top of the key to set a screen for a player on the perimeter, then rolls down to look for an opportunity.An Luo and Alex ran frequently near the three-point line, looking for gaps with the help of off-ball running.
In the second half of the first half, UCLA's outside line finally found the crosshairs.They had an orgasm.An Luo hit four consecutive three-pointers from beyond the three-point line, including a three-pointer at the buzzer in the final attack.Set the score at 45:34.
In the second half, Asheville continued to chase the score.
As soon as he played, Dylan Smith relied on his personal ability to score 8 points in a row from inside and outside, and beat UCLA 8:2, closing the point difference to 5 points.But soon, An Luo responded.He first hit a three-pointer against the defender from beyond the three-point line; then he made a steal, made a layup and then scored two points; then he received a pass from Alex and hit a three-pointer again...
Under An Luo's series of three-pointers, UCLA once again hit a wave of climax.With him hitting a 10-pointer with 68 minutes left, UCLA took a 45-[-] lead and the game entered garbage time.
In the end, UCLA easily defeated their opponents at home and advanced to the top 32.
The moment the referee blew the end of the game, there was a huge cheer at Parley Stadium.Although advancing to the top 32 is a routine thing for UCLA, everyone is still very happy.
安洛接受了现场的采访。本场比赛，他出场32分钟，得到全场最高的26分，外加3个助攻2个篮板3个抢断。除他之外，UCLA还有四个球员得分上双。霍勒迪12分8个助攻2抢断，阿历克斯10分6篮板5助攻2盖帽，乔克·戈洛曼12分8篮板，普林斯10分。
Dylan Smith of Asheville scored 20 points.But under UCLA's defense, they made 20 turnovers and shot less than [-]% from the field.Losing games is also normal.
(End of this chapter)