Chapter 25: Dedicated to You, Morris
During the half-time break, the head coach of Ohio State made a lot of arrangements against Angel in the locker room, but Kufuss didn't listen to it. In his opinion, the coach said so much was completely futile. Only after fighting him on the court can you know how terrifying that sense of oppression is.
"Hey, Costa, are you listening?" The head coach saw Kufus' empty eyes. The biggest problem of this player was not from the court, but from his own heart. When the team encountered difficulties in the middle of the season, Kufus not only did not stand up to save the team, but instead followed the team to play worse and worse. Kufus came to the United States where there were strong people, and he always lacked enough confidence in his heart. Even though he had such excellent results in high school, he went to college.
He used to distrust his abilities. When the team can win, he will regain some confidence and perform well, but when the team encounters difficulties, he will start to guess everything. If a player starts to doubt his abilities, he will dare to do nothing on the court. Now, after confronting Anjie for halftime, Kufus returned to a state of lack of confidence. Kufus is the greatest confidence in Ohio State's victory, but now it seems that their confidence has been torn apart by that Chinese boy.
"Oh." The head coach of Ohio State could only sigh helplessly. These students and players must be students first, followed by players. They are always children. Not all children can have strong inner self.
"I want you to solve the battle within ten minutes in the second half! We don't need to waste it with them! We have more important games to play in the battle!" Ricard knew that Angel defeated not only Kufus, but other members of the Orange Cowboys must have been somewhat affected in their mentality. In the next game, facing the league-ranked University of Kansas, which is the opponent he wants to fight to the death. Ricard no longer wants to waste too much physical strength of the main players in this game.
Usually Ricard would tell everyone that we slowed down our pace, slowly hit the ground, and slowly grind them with them. But today, Ricard actually waved his hand and let them capture their opponents within ten minutes. The players were all ready to go, hoping that the game would start quickly.
Fanatic fans have returned to their seats, waiting for players from both sides to enter the court. A team that only won five games last year, but now they have only lost four games this season, ranking second in the league. The fans' depressed emotions for many years have exploded this season. Every team that comes to Ames City to play away will be shocked by the atmosphere of the Devil Stadium. As long as the away players make mistakes on the court, overwhelming ridicule and boo will jump into his ears. Kufus just came out of the player channel and felt that his nerves were about to collapse.
"Go back to your hometown and go to the Greeks!"
"Anjie will continue to kick your ass in the second half!"
"Go home and ask for pacifiers for your mother!"
Fans will not have any pity for those who are invading. Fans actually don’t hate Coofus or Ohio State. They just want their team to win.
Most players in the United States will not be affected by this kind of insult, and they are no longer surprised. Although Anjie was not used to it at first, he could calmly face the words of the fans after more than ten games. Only Kufus, his most feared thing is to play away games, and his fragile nerves are unable to adapt to such stimulation. In this game, Kufus was tortured in his heart, both on and off the court. Now he has no intention of fighting, just want to leave this ghost place soon.
"Costa! Get up! You can beat that guy! You're doing well!" The pale and powerless encouragement of the Ohio State head coach did not make Couffos feel better. Couffos could not just hide in the locker room, so he had to bite the bullet and go on the court.
In the second half, not only the Kufuss couldn't open the situation in the penalty area. Other players at Ohio State also tasted the taste of the big hotpot sent by Anjie. Every time they thought they had a successful breakthrough, they would hear the crisp sound of the ball after taking action. The basket protected by Anjie obviously became a no-fly zone and no one could pass.
And what about Coofus? He got several shots in the second half, but he was so confident that he was completely destroyed that he failed to hit the ball.
"It would be great if this guy participated in the draft." Countless scouts in the audience expressed such feelings towards An Jie in their hearts.
When the opponent had no power to fight back, Anjie finally calmed down. Morris's gift was definitely given, and he couldn't believe that he would become so bloodthirsty in the first half. This might be a bit cruel to Kufus and his team, but to have a winner, there must be a victim. This is not a football league, and the two sides have the possibility of shaking hands and making peace. There is no draw on the basketball court, and if you don't want to lose, you must win.
Anjie blocked the block or grabbed the rebound, the Tornado counterattacked, scored, and the Tornado returned to defense. The game was in such a cycle in the first ten minutes of the second half, and the time passed and the hope of Ohio State was gradually disappearing. The tower under the Tornado's basket made people so desperate, and the whole situation was under the control of the tower.
Ten minutes later, the Tornados had expanded their lead to twenty. Ricard made adjustments to the lineup and he wanted to take down all the main players. The game was over early.
"Taylor, let's start." Anjie saw his teammates who were about to come on as a substitute. He knew that victory was firmly in the hands of the Tornado. He did so much today, just for the moment now.
"Hope he can see it." Taylor nodded to Angel.
Then Anjie took off his jersey before leaving the court. To everyone's surprise, Anjie actually had a jersey on his body after taking off the jersey! Moreover, this jersey does not belong to him. There are big numbers written on both sides of the jersey, 32. This is Morris' number. After looking at the name behind the jersey, everyone confirmed that this is Morris' jersey.
"What the hell is this guy?" Morris in the ward widened his eyes. An Jie actually played the whole game in his jersey?
An Jie turned his back to the audience, and he kept pointing the name behind the jersey with his hands back with his thumb. This is a common celebration move on the stadium, which means that everyone remembers themselves and the person who changed the game. But today, An Jie was not referring to his own name when he did this move.
At the same time, Mike Taylor also took off his jersey, revealing the white lining vest he was wearing inside. The white vest was written with a black marker pen, and the entire gymnasium focused his attention on Taylor's vest.
"You are still fighting side by side with me on the court, Damanniu." Taylor only wrote such simple words on his vest, but he thought of Angel wearing Morris' jersey for the whole game. The meaning of this sentence is self-evident. If you are injured and cannot play, then let me continue to fight on the court for you!
"You bastards..." Morris clearly saw his team win, but for some reason moistened his eyes.
Suddenly, almost all the fans of the audience stood up and kept applauding.
"Morris, Morris, Morris, Morris..." The fans kept shouting Morris' name as Angel walked out of the court, as if the person who just played a wonderful performance on the court was not Angel but Morris.
Ricard did not expect Angel and Taylor to do such a move. He was really lucky to be able to coach players like Yi Group.
"You two are doing this secretly? I said Anjie, I should wear Damanniu's jersey in the next game!" Anthony Ben was also infected by the actions of the two.
"To you Morris, we are still the best inside partner in this league." An Jie said this loudly to the camera and reporters surrounding him.
"Don't think that this will please me, you bastard." Morris knew that Angel couldn't hear his voice, but he still responded to the TV screen. After saying that, two lines of tears slid down Morris' cheeks.
"The most outstanding potential of a great star is to make his teammates better." Looking at Anger's actions, Divac suddenly remembered this sentence Jordan once said. Maybe he was taciturn in the locker room, maybe his leadership ability is not as good as Taylor. However, Anger can use his own actions to turn Yi people into Yi teams. In the past, he helped Morris complete Ricard's punishment.
"You are the yi player that all teams long for." Divac also expressed his respect for the young man in his heart.
Chapter completed!