As usual, the University of Southern California came up with its original lineup.
The lineup sent by the Siena Saints is: Ronald Moore; Kenny Hasbrouck; Alex Franklin; Edwin Ubilis; Ryan Rossiter.
After players from both sides entered the court, Vucevic made a successful jump ball and Lian Dao got the basketball. At this time, the opponent's small forward Alex Franklin immediately got close to Lian Dao with his elbow at an angle that the referee could not see.
Pretending to be casual, he gave Lian Dao a stifling elbow.
Lian Dao suddenly felt a pain, and his pace that was about to speed up the breakthrough slowed down.
After taking a step back to create distance, he shot a three-pointer from the outside.
"brush!"
Lian Dao, who hit a three-pointer and hit the first ball in the opening game, did not feel happy. He really did not expect the opponent to use small moves in the opening game.
The opposing shooting guard found that he couldn't break through DeMar's defense, so he passed the ball to Alex Franklin.
After Alex Franklin got the ball, he kept dribbling in disguise on the outside, looking for opportunities to break through.
But Lian Dao kept paying attention to the center of gravity on his shoulders and gave him no chance.
Moreover, Lian Dao kept reaching out to interfere with his dribbling.
When Lian Dao stepped forward to interfere, the two were close, which allowed Alex Franklin to seize the breakthrough opportunity.
After dribbling forward, Lian Dao broke through to the left. Lian Dao quickly retracted his steps to block his breakthrough path.
Alex Franklin saw Lian Dao blocking his breakthrough and thought Lian Dao's center of gravity was on the left.
Then, in a major disguise, his left foot made a breakthrough toward Lian Dao's right side.
But Lian Dao quickly moved laterally and once again blocked Alex Franklin's breakthrough route.
At this time, Alex Franklin discovered that he could not break through Lian Dao's defense with his speed.
As a result, Alex Franklin turned his back and kept pushing Lian Dao with his shoulders.
When he soon discovered that he couldn't bear it at all.
"hiss!"
Lian Dao gasped in pain. Just now, Alex Franklin found that he couldn't hold him back, so he hit Lian Dao's ribs with his elbow covertly.
Fortunately, Lian Dao's body is not like before, and Lian Dao's bones have been continuously strengthened due to his martial arts training.
If you were an ordinary athlete, your ribs would probably be broken this time.
Alex Franklin was also surprised to see Lian Dao not falling.
"This boy is pretty tough!"
So, he wanted to try again, but this time Lian Dao took the lead to steal and dribble before he made a move.
At the same time, the other hand, the hidden elbow, hit Alex Franklin's waist in a concealed manner.
"Crack!"
"ah!"
The first sound was the sound of Lian Dao hitting the basketball with his hand, and the second sound was the scream of Alex Franklin after he fell to the ground.
Lian Dao got the ball and ran straight away without stopping.
Edwin Ubiles, who was returning to defense, kept harassing Lian Dao's dribbling, slowing down Lian Dao's speed.
Seeing this, Lian Dao braked suddenly and threw the ball high towards the basket.
"Bang!"
DeMar rushed from the wing to the penalty area, jumped up, grabbed the basketball and entered the basket!
Demar roared with excitement and pointed at Lian Dao.
Then they high-fived each other in defense.
At this time, Siena Saints head coach Fran McCaffrey also noticed Alex Franklin lying on the floor, screaming in pain.
Fran McCaffrey thought Alex Franklin just slipped and fell to the floor.
But now it seems that the reason is definitely not that.
Fran McCaffrey hurriedly called a timeout and asked the team doctor to come forward to check.
At the same time, the referee also looked at the game video.
But no matter how the referee looked at it, Lian Dao's movements were very clean and no small tricks could be seen.
At this time, the results of the Siena Saints team doctor's examination also came out, saying there was no problem and he was in good health.
However, it is still recommended to conduct a comprehensive inspection.
Originally, head coach Fran McCaffrey wanted to put pressure on the referees, saying that USC was "killing people" and not playing ball.
But unexpectedly, his team doctor said that Alex Franklin was fine.
This left Fran McCaffrey with words that he didn't know how to say.
But he still shouted that Lian Dao committed a flagrant foul.
But the referee soon dismissed Fran McCaffrey's appeal.
Lian Dao had never thought about destroying Alex Franklin before. He just touched his trigeminal nerve acupuncture point with his elbow.
The pain caused by the trigeminal nerve acupoint is the most painful in the body.
But it will be fine in a minute or two.
Lian Dao wanted to teach him a lesson so that he would not dare to make any small moves again, but he would not go towards useless people.
Sure enough, after a minute, Alex Franklin recovered and stopped shouting in pain.
This made the head coach look at him suspiciously. Alex Franklin looked at the head coach's eyes and hurriedly expressed that it was really painful just now.
And said that it must be related to the guy in position 3 opposite!
Moreover, Alex Franklin said that if he continues to play, he wants to teach the opponent a lesson.
Head coach Fran McCaffrey saw that Alex Franklin didn't look like he was pretending, so he wanted Alex Franklin to take a rest off the court.
But at this time Alex Franklin was very determined to show up.
Head coach Fran McCaffrey also kept thinking that Alex Franklin still played a great role on the defensive end. Without his defense in the last game, they would not have succeeded in an upset counterattack.
And looking at Alex Franklin's current appearance, it seems that he has really recovered.
So he nodded and agreed to Alex Franklin's request to play.
Pause and come back.
Alex Franklin asked for the ball from point guard Ronald Moore just after halftime.
Ronald Moore looked at Alex Franklin's fierce expression and passed the ball over.
After Alex Franklin got the ball, he was not in a hurry to attack and kept dribbling the ball from the outside.
"Boy, did you do something to me just now?"
"Boy, you're done!"
The moment Alex Franklin stepped forward and Lian Dao hit him, Lian Dao immediately retreated.
Alex Franklin didn't hit Lian Dao, and his body's center of gravity was momentarily unstable.
Then he stumbled and fell to the floor. Lian Dao Jianci grabbed the basketball that Alex Franklin had dropped to the ground due to his fall.
But this time the opponent quickly returned to defense, and Lian Dao saw that he couldn't make a fast break.
Therefore, adjust and stabilize the offensive formation outside.
Alex Franklin also got up from the floor at this time and chased after him.
"How about it, does shit taste good?"
Lian Dao dribbled the ball from the outside and sarcastically said to Alex Franklin.
Alex Franklin's face turned black and green instantly.
"Boy, you're dead, you've completely angered me!" Alex Franklin stared at Lian Dao and said through gritted teeth.
Lian Dao didn't pay any attention to this. The standard villain cannon fodder was unwilling to shout at all times.
Lian Dao immediately accelerated, passing Alex Franklin like lightning, and entered the paint area.
Then he bounced up step by step and stretched his body. The 79 bounce was indeed not in vain. Although his body was not as stretched as those perverts in the slam dunk contest, it still glided past like a big bird.
Suddenly a force hit Lian Dao, and Lian Dao tried hard to adjust his body to a normal state.
He also used the strength of his waist and abdomen to suppress the downward trend and dunk the basketball into the basket with his right hand.