Chapter 106 Defense! Defense!

"Defense! Defense!"

UConn's sideline pass was made, and the audience, led by the DJ, loudly cheered for the home team.

The sound was uniform. If it weren't for the youthful faces on the court and the team logos on the floor, you would have thought it was an NBA game.

As the world's top professional league, they are quite professional in creating a live atmosphere.

The St. John's University players seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and their defense was exceptionally fierce.

UConn didn't have any good opportunities after several passes. In the end, the ball was passed to Smith, whose forced mid-range shot missed.

Johnson, pressing down on Oriakhi, grabbed the defensive rebound, and UConn's offense returned without success.

Conley took the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. After a series of passes, the ball returned to his hands. He and Diesel executed a pick-and-roll, and then Conley passed the ball back. Diesel caught the ball and shot directly, facing Walker.

Walker jumped up to interfere, and Diesel's shot hit the front of the rim and bounced high.

Oriakhi reached out for the defensive rebound, but Johnson jumped even higher, directly leaping up for a put-back, scoring again over Oriakhi's head!

Ollie waved his hands at Oriakhi on the sidelines. This was the second consecutive time the latter had failed to defend Johnson.

"Alex, push him outside the three-second area; he can't attack with the ball," Tang Tian said, running to Oriakhi's side.

This Johnson was a standard American big, black, and rough type, but he belonged to the "unsophisticated" kind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unselected in the draft.

Oriakhi nodded. Tang Tian had already told him these things during their last match. The atmosphere was overwhelming, and he had forgotten for a moment.

0 to 4, UConn was at a disadvantage from the start.

In UConn's offense, Walker was still closely guarded by Conley, who was much taller than him and had solid defensive footwork. He didn't have a good opportunity.

The ball transitioned to Lamb's hands, who hit a mid-range shot over the defense, breaking UConn's scoring drought.

"Watch Jeremy!"

St. John's University's coach shouted from the sidelines at this moment.

After Lamb stepped up, UConn had more than just Walker as a threat.

UConn scored a goal, but in return, Conley immediately used Johnson's pick-and-roll to score with a running bank shot.

St. John's University led 6 to 2, full of momentum.

Conley was also very excited after scoring. After roaring at the audience, he still felt it wasn't enough and turned back to look at Walker with a pout.

This was a very provocative action, obviously trying to step on Walker while he was in bad shape.

Walker's face changed instantly. He had been holding back a lot of energy before the game, and Conley's action directly struck him.

Tang Tian noticed the change in Walker's expression and immediately came up to set a pick-and-roll in the frontcourt.

UConn's classic tactic: Tang Tian cleared after the pick, taking Conley away to the three-point line. Oriakhi then pulled to the free-throw line for a second pick, and Walker was mismatched against Johnson.

Johnson extended his right hand. He had just given Lamb a big block and wouldn't mind giving Walker another one.

Moreover, the coach had instructed him before the game about Walker's current breakthrough habits, directly blocking the left side to prevent Walker from having the opportunity to go for a left-handed layup.

Seeing Johnson's action, Walker made a crossover to the right. As his right foot landed, he straightened his legs and used his legs and hips to generate force, directly going for a jumping right-handed layup.

Continuous hard work finally paid off. This jump was easy and free, instantly bringing back the feeling of playing before the injury.

His heart was calm; this was completely a natural progression.

This was completely beyond Johnson's expectations, and he was too late to block it.

Walker easily made the bank shot layup.

4 to 6, UConn closed the gap.

Conley dribbled to the frontcourt and continued to look for Johnson's pick-and-roll, passing the ball to the basket after the pick with a lead pass.

However, Oriakhi pinned Johnson at this moment. Johnson saw that the ball couldn't get through and watched as the ball went out of bounds.

Conley's passing error!

There was a stir in the audience.

With consecutive offensive and defensive failures, the momentum of the scene obviously dropped a bit.

Walker held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and Tang Tian continued to give him a pick-and-roll. After the pick, Walker faced Diesel.

Diesel's basketball IQ was online, but his talent was limited. He obviously couldn't keep up with Walker's rhythm on this play.

Walker's crossover to the right after lowering his body directly blew past Diesel, and then he stepped up for a layup.

The audience was in an uproar.

They could feel that the Walker on the court now had returned to the Walker they were familiar with before.

Johnson crashed into Oriakhi at this moment and came to help defend, covering Walker's shot with his big hand.

He didn't block the previous shot, so he must block this one.

Walker saw Johnson's block.

Back when he had just recovered from his injury, because he didn't dare to exert force with his right foot, his hang time was basically non-existent, and he generally couldn't score against this kind of help defense.

But now that he had changed his method of generating force, he was completely confident in making moves. He used all his strength when stepping, and performed a mid-air pull-up to dodge, shifting to a left-handed layup.

Johnson, tricked, was unwilling to give up, and reached out to pull Walker before landing.

Walker was pulled, but the ball in his hand had already been thrown.

"Beep!"

"Swish!"

The baseline referee blew his whistle to indicate that Johnson's pull was a foul. The ball thrown by Walker spun in the air in a small parabola and also went into the net.

A beautiful 2+1!

UConn's bench cheered excitedly, and Napier rushed to the sidelines with a towel, waving it wildly.

The fans in the audience were restless.

Walker had a chance to make an additional free throw. He steadied his breathing and hit the additional free throw despite the boos.

UConn took the lead 7 to 6!

"Go! Red Storm!"

The audience, led by the DJ, continued to cheer for the home team.

Conley and Johnson executed a pick-and-roll. This time, he made a fake pass and a real breakthrough, squeezing past Oriakhi for a layup.

However, Oriakhi straightened his hands and covered his shooting angle, and his final forced shot was touched by Oriakhi's fingers.

A block, and the ball fell to the floor.

Tang Tian was quick-witted and quickly dove to grab the ball. After grabbing it, he saw Lamb was by his side and threw the ball over.

Lamb controlled the ball, and Walker ran out from beyond the three-point line at this time. He threw a pass.

Walker caught the ball for a fast break, and Conley was chasing closely behind him.

Walker now dared to exert force, and his entire body continued to accelerate.

Amidst the audience's exclamations, Walker, holding the ball, shook off the ball-less Conley, rushed to the frontcourt, and directly unleashed a jumping two-handed dunk!

Conley didn't even have a chance to foul!

After scoring, Walker roared at the audience on the sidelines, then turned back and gave Conley a cold look.

He had scored 7 consecutive points in the past three minutes, which was the consequence of Conley enraging him.

The audience was restless. Over this period of time, they were very sure that the king of UConn, after nearly a month of dormancy, had been resurrected!

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