Chapter 38

: A crushing defeat through pure skill and talent!

Once the game started, the visiting University of Washington fans at Polly Arena cheered louder than the home team, UCLA fans.

The Poli Arena, which can hold more than 13,000 people, had about half the number of fans from each team today, and the pre-match cheers from the two teams were also evenly split.

But after the game started, Yes and Roy scored one after another, and the University of Washington directly suppressed UCLA!

"These are two truly enviable players. Yes has an unbelievable shooting touch, and Brandon Roy is terrifyingly all-around and unselfish. They are currently the best perimeter players in the NCAA!"

He is not only the best perimeter player in the NCAA, but also the perimeter player that the Grizzlies desperately need right now.

The pick-and-roll combination between Yes and Roy looked quite raw in the eyes of a legend like Jerry West.

However, this naivety surprised Jerry West even more.

"Fuck!"

What happened to the plan to become famous by stepping on Yes in this match?!

Arron Afflalo is extremely exhausted right now!

Before the first half of the match was even over, he was about to gain reputation with Yes when he was smashed into mincemeat by Roy, that big "fat guy"!

He never expected that Yes and Roy would run a pick-and-roll in this game!

Two outer lines, one for blocking the hair!

"Aaron, be brave. You need to believe in your defensive abilities. You're the best defensive player in the NCAA. You can guard not only Yes, but also Roy. You can make everyone who goes one-on-one with you pay!"

UCLA head coach Ben Howard is also having a headache right now.

The University of Washington also used pick-and-rolls before, such as Yes's pick-and-roll with the inside players and Roy's pick-and-roll with the inside players.

The University of Washington's four inside players are Bobby Jones, Brockman, Washington, and Simmons.

Regardless of who any of these four people are, they can be left open when they are setting screens for Yes or Roy.

Even if we release them, how many points can they get?

As Yes and Roy gain more and more attention, more and more teams are choosing this strategy after studying the University of Washington.

Including him!

Now, Yes and Roy have set a screen for each other!

Who should we release? We can't release anyone!

With the score at 23-34, his team was already down by 11 points before halftime, all thanks to Yes and Roy's dominance!

Tactically, he couldn't solve the Ye-Roy pick-and-roll, mainly because his team didn't have two players who could defend both Ye and Roy one-on-one at the same time.

Not to mention his team, no team in the entire NCAA could find two players who could defend Yes and Roy!

Afflalo can defend Yes to a certain extent, but he can't defend Roy. Bozeman can hold off Roy for a while, but he can't defend Yes.

"The University of Washington is cheating by having Yes and Roy run pick-and-rolls!"

Ben Howard was filled with grief and indignation!

In this game, Coach Romar was experimenting with his pick-and-roll tactics with Roy, and Yes was matched up against UCLA's number 21 player, Cedric Bozeman, for most of the game.

Cedric Postman is very famous in American basketball. He was one of the "F4" and "Four Kings" of high school basketball in 2001.

The four kings of high school basketball in 2001: Tyson Chandler, Josh Childress, Jamal Sampson, and Cedric Bozeman.

Of the four kings, the other three are inside players, while only Bozeman is an outside player, and he's also a point guard.

In this day and age, becoming the number one high school player as a point guard is no easy feat.

There was no undisputed number one high school student in the class of 2001; the four of them were tied for first place, and there were a bunch of other outstanding students ranked behind them.

For example, Kwame Brown, the number one draft pick in 2001, Roy, who is now Yes's teammate, and Redick, who was once the top player in the NCAA, could only follow in Bozeman's footsteps back then.

However, that was in high school.

After entering college, Bozeman's performance declined year by year, and even his point guard position was given up due to the arrival of Farmar and Afflalo.

He can only move to position three.

During his four years of university, apart from his height and weight increasing, he remained almost stagnant in other aspects.

Fortunately, Bozeman's height of 1.98 meters and weight of nearly 95 kilograms, coupled with his all-around offensive and defensive skills as a former top high school player, have earned him a good defensive reputation in the NCAA.

Roy was somewhat troubled when he met him.

However, he and Roy are not the same style!

"Bozeman's movement is too slow, and his reaction time is too sluggish. He let Yes pull up for a jump shot right in front of him again! Beautiful! This is Yes's fifteenth point of the game. Yes continues to maintain his hot streak!"

"Coach Romar's use of the Ye-Ro screen in this game made things very difficult for UCLA; their defenders simply couldn't match up!"

"This is a brilliant invention by Coach Romar. No one could stop Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson, the NCAA's three-point shooting legend, from their pick-and-roll. UCLA couldn't, and neither could any other NCAA team!"

"I bet the coaches of the other NCAA teams watching this game right now are feeling utterly hopeless. Yes and the University of Washington are still unstoppable!"

Right now, the most devastated person on the field is definitely not Bozeman, who got a beating from Yes.

As a former top high school player who has now fallen from grace, Bozeman's mental fortitude is simply remarkable.

So what if Yes beats me up?

Compared to the ridicule and sarcasm I've received over the past four years, this is nothing!

But Afflalo is different!

This match was the one that made him famous!

Now that Roy is holding him down tightly, there's not a trace of him becoming famous!

He doesn't want to be like this! He needs to explode! He needs to unleash the gift God gave him!

He's going to achieve the "Storm Terminator" feat in the NCAA!

If things continue as they are, he will still only be a minor figure among geniuses. He doesn't want that to happen!

"Yes! What kind of skill is it to bully Cedric every time you set a screen on offense? You're the NCAA's leading scorer, the best offensive player. If you're so capable, go and attack me, the best defensive player in the NCAA!"

"You? The best defensive player?"

Holding the ball, Yes raised an eyebrow, who was originally preparing to continue practicing pick-and-roll tactics with Roy.

"I'm not only the best defensive player in the NCAA, I'll be the best defensive player in the NBA in the future!"

"..."

Yes looked at the person who had been nagging him throughout the entire match with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"leaf!"

"I'll do it myself this time."

Yes waved to Roy, who was about to come over, signaling him to go back.

Seeing that Yes was finally ready for a one-on-one fight, Afflalo, who was on the verge of collapse, was completely revived!

"Yes, bring it on!"

Viewers watching on television were quite interested in seeing Yes challenge Afflalo to a one-on-one fight.

This UCLA player has been talking non-stop for almost half the game; he must be a capable person, right?

"Afflalo is very confident in his defensive abilities!"

"He was last year's P-10 Conference Rookie of the Year, and Yes is this year's P-10 Conference Rookie of the Year. This is a battle between two Rookie of the Years!"

Afflalo's defensive stance was quite impressive, which surprised Yes.

This guy is better prepared defensively than Stuckey!

Faced with the excited Afraro, Yes burst into speed from the spot!

"You can't shake me off with that kind of stationary acceleration!"

Afflalo's explosiveness is better than Stuckey's!

only!

"A beautiful sudden acceleration, spin move, and step-back jumper! Afflalo was faked out!"

"Yes's attacking footwork was so beautiful! Afflalo's body could only keep up with the first step; he was completely stunned!"

With a whoosh, the mid-range shot thrown by Yes went straight into the net!

Looking at the basketball lying on the ground, Afflalo, who had been chattering all night, opened his mouth wide and stared at the basketball rolling on the ground, unable to utter another word.

Yes's sudden acceleration, turn, and backward step actually knocked him down...

"Is this the first time Aaron has been faked out?"

Afflalo is a confident idiot, and the entire UCLA team knows it.

But Afflalo is still very strong.

Explosiveness, speed, agility—he's top-tier in every aspect, even in the NCAA!

As long as he doesn't encounter any physically strong attackers, Afrairo can keep them occupied and unable to fight back!

Just now, Yes actually defeated him using Afraro's most proficient explosiveness, speed, and agility!

Defeat Afflalo in the way Afflalo is best at...

Postman looked at Afflalo, who was kneeling on one knee, with sympathy.

If I had Ye Si's explosive power, speed, and agility, I could do the same thing!

He used to play pranks on others like this back in high school!

Now, his explosiveness, speed, and agility are no longer enough to sustain him playing like this in the NCAA...

"Yes is too strong!"

This is a complete annihilation of Afflalo in terms of pure technique and talent!