Gonzaga led by six points with one final drive at halftime.
Don't look at Gonzaga's 13-point lead. This 13-point lead almost made Gonzaga shed a layer of skin. Florida's defense was like a mad dog. Billy Donovan on the sidelines was roaring, and the players on the court were screaming.
They are already red-eyed.
Even Lu Yu was breathing heavily.
His Thunder Breathing Technique can stimulate muscles without soreness, but it cannot restore physical strength.
Zach Goode was almost beaten by Matt Bonner. He couldn't remember how many times he was beaten. Anyway, he had already done all the interference he could do, but today Bonner's shooting percentage was extremely high.
There is no solution at all.
Fortunately, Lu Yu kept helping him defend.
Both sides spent almost all their efforts on defense, leading to an ultra-low score of 37:24 at halftime. The offense of both teams was like constipation. It can only be said that the defense was too fierce.
The teammates all pulled away to let Lu Yu play in singles. The fans also knew that this was the last attack and responded, so they all stood up and looked at Lu Yu.
Mason Parker also tensed up as if facing a formidable enemy, lowered his center of gravity, and stared at the basketball in Lu Yu's hand, which was bouncing back and forth on the floor.
In the midst of countless expectations, Lu Yu moved.
He first hit the ball with his right hand and suddenly started to cut to the right side of the three-second zone. How could Mason Parker let him pass easily? He moved his body laterally in one stride to block Lu Yu's direction.
Of course, Lu Yu didn't expect to pass Mason Parker with a single acceleration. Mason's ability to make defensive moves so quickly was what he expected. He turned with his left foot as the axis and handed the basketball to his left hand, and then turned to the left.
breakthrough.
Mason has studied Lu Yu's videos and knows that Lu Yu's breakthroughs will never go in one direction. Lu Yu is better at changing directions between sudden stops and quick starts. However, it is one thing to study it, but it is another thing to actually defend.
, and soon he felt that he could not keep up with Lu Yu, and Lu Yu suddenly broke through from him.
And it was a breakthrough under all his defenses.
He was aware of Lu Yu's actions, but he still subconsciously fell into a passive situation.
He couldn't help but shook his head. No wonder Brett Nelson was so annoyed by Lu Yu, but he didn't think Lu Yu would definitely score this goal because his teammates were all waiting on Lu Yu's breakthrough route.
Lu Yuxian passed Dupuy, who was grabbing the ball halfway, and stepped into the penalty area with the basket in front of him.
Udonis Haslem and Matt Bonner under the basket held down Gonzaga center Casey Green to prevent him from having an alley-oop opportunity, and the other raised his hands in an attempt to affect Lu Yu's layup.
Normally, Lu Yu would have taken another step in, attracted Haslem, and then passed the ball to Casey Green, but today is different. Today is a Sweet Sixteen game, and the two teams only have one.
Chance, if you lose, get out and go home.
And Florida obviously wants to strangle itself to death, and it wants to prove to its opponents that you can't strangle me to death.
Mason discovered that Lu Yu did not press forward, but chose to lay up. He hurriedly followed up and prepared to block the shot.
But all of them thought wrong. Lu Yu was not going for a layup this time, but——
Dunk!
Lu Yu ignored Matt Bonner, who had his hands raised in front of him, and still raised the basketball with one hand, gliding in the air and bumping into Matt Bonner.
Amid the screams of the fans, he pressed his left hand on Matt Bonner's arm and slammed the basketball into the basket with his right hand.
The court fell silent, and everyone just stood quietly.
Oh my god!
What did I see?
Lu Yu dunked on Florida's power forward!
It was Lu Yu who broke the silence. He jumped off the basket with a confident smile on his face and waved his hands vigorously in the air.
Only then did the fans react, and gave the Chinese boy their applause and screams without hesitation. They couldn't stop for a long time.
The applause also woke up the Florida players from their shock, and they realized that the first half of the game was already over.
Inside the Florida locker room.
Billy Donovan is furious.
"Look at how you are playing. I feel ashamed for you, Mason. You have teammates to help you attack. Do you just choose to give up defense and watch your teammates get dunked by No. 10?"
"Matt, I know you scored a lot of points, but it's useless. We can't limit No. 10. We can't win this game unless you can ensure that your scoring efficiency is higher than the opponent's!
"How are you executing the tactics I arranged before the game? Do you still want to play? If you don't want to play, I can replace you right away!"
He roared until his mouth went dry, so he picked up the water on the table and drank a few sips.
Then he glanced at the players who had lowered their heads after being scolded by him, and softened his tone: "Our offense is fine, Matt's shooting percentage is very good, everyone worked hard to defend in the second half, as long as we can prevent them from losing power, the victory will belong to them."
us."
At the beginning of the second half, Lu Yu found that the momentum of the Florida players was different again. Everyone was full of murderous intent. He now admired Coach Donovan for being able to turn the low morale off in just a few minutes of halftime.
get back.
This made his last dunk in the first half less effective against the opponent.
But that's okay.
Lu Yu likes this, come on, fight, Kang is busy!
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"Black No. 7 foul, No. 10 free throw." After the referee whistle blew, he gestured to the technical table. Casey Green and Dan Dickau came over at the same time and reached out to pull Lu Yu up from the ground, asking with concern: "Are you okay?
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Lu Yu shook his head and walked to the free throw line and stood: "You don't want me to score, so I have to show it to you."
He made the free throw steadily.
…
Lu Yu made a quick breakthrough to get rid of his defender, and when he broke through to the inside for a layup, a big hand appeared in front of him and hit his arm.
The referee's whistle sounded.
Haslem did not argue, but just walked past Lu Yu silently. Lu Yu said nothing, because this was a normal basketball action, and Haslem didn't do anything wrong just now. If he did, he could have taken him away.
Pull it down from the air.
This Gator team is tough and clean.
What I say here is clean does not mean that there is no pulling at all. On the contrary, there are many pulling movements, but there are no injurious movements.
Another free throw hit.
The point difference widened to 17 points.
But soon, Florida found its offensive rhythm and continued to use their high shooting percentage to create a 6:0 spurt. Unfortunately, just as they were about to catch up within ten points, Lu Yu chased back with two consecutive three-pointers.
When the game entered the ninth minute of the second half, Mark Foyou replaced Lu Yu.
The score is now 57:40, the team is already 17 points ahead, and the opponent has obviously increased its defensive actions. Lu Yu will consume more energy when he is on the court at this time.
Lu Yu needs to rest and wait until he comes on the court within the last ten minutes of the second half to end the game.
Although Lu Yu wanted to stay on the court, he knew that if he didn't rest, when his physical strength declined, he would probably be overturned by his opponent. He couldn't lose the game just for the sake of improving his breathing skills.
The Florida Gators entered Lu Yu's end and began a more violent counterattack.
"Matt, seize the opportunity and score the ball. We can't let the Chinese kid have too much rest time. From now on we must seize every offensive opportunity." Haslem said to Bonner.
Bonner used the screen to catch the basketball at the top of the arc, raised his hand and made a mid-range shot, which was a solid hit.
57:42
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Dan Dickau made a wonderful pass to Blake Stepp, but Blake was unguarded and the basketball bounced high at the junction of the basket and the backboard.
Casey Green jumped up hard to grab the rebound. Just when his fingertips were about to touch the basketball, a pair of big hands flew out and snatched the ball away before him.
After landing, I realized it was Haslem.
Haslem threw the ball to the frontcourt, and Dupuy scored a layup.
57:44
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Casey Green's mid-range shot was blocked by Haslem.
Looking back, Mason shot from outside the three-point line. He was not confident that he could make the shot, but the basketball went hollow into the net, which made him overjoyed.
57:47
Mark Foyo requested a timeout, with nine minutes and thirty-five seconds left on the clock, and Lu Yu only rested for less than two minutes.
The entire audience understood that Lu Yu was going to play again after the timeout.
