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Chapter 352 The Special "Away Factor"

Lausanne Academy have arrived at the home ground of their Final Four rivals Harding Valley Academy.

One may be the most "harsh" home court in all of Tennessee.

With its chaotic floor-painting, dim lighting, and cluttered scene, Harding Valley has a special "home field advantage."

In particular, the problem of light is also a situation that Lan Shengli has observed for a long time.

And according to Lan Shengli's analysis, after the second half of the game started, the sun went down, and the light in the stadium would immediately dim.

"So we should try to take the lead in the first half as much as possible, right~?!"

Coach Harper said.

"That's right, this is the best~!! After all, no matter what kind of light the players of Harding Valley College have, they have already adapted to it, and it is not certain how long our players can adapt. Maybe it only takes one round, maybe It takes a session, it’s hard to predict~!!”

Lan Shengli replied with an affirmative tone.

"I hope it only takes one round. There are not many rounds to waste in such a game~!"

Coach Harper continued to sigh.

As the game drew near, spectators entered the arena one after another.

As mentioned before, most of the students in this school are black students, and there are some students from Mexico or other places. There are really very few white students.

The same is true for the Harding Valley College basketball team. In the 12-man roster that the team signed up for, there is only one white insider who basically has no playing time, and the rest of the players are all black players.

While speaking, they had already arrived at the venue and started to warm up.

And judging by their skin color, they are all the carbon black of African blacks, "pure natural" and "no pollution".

"It feels like playing wild ball,"

"Don't talk nonsense, there are no such bad conditions on the field,"

The members of the Lausanne Academy here have also started training. Facing the harsh conditions, the players also began to complain.

Obviously, they are very dissatisfied with such conditions.

"Clang~"

"Clang~"

"Clang~"

"The situation is really not good~!!"

During the warm-up, the ball hit the iron one after another, which made Lan Shengli, who was watching from the sidelines, worried.

"We're probably going to have a really big challenge offensively,"

Coach Harper, who was also paying attention to the side, also sighed.

"Yeah, it seems that we can only start from defense. Such a difficult environment should not have a great impact on the defensive end,"

Lan Shengli continued to analyze.

"Um,,"

Harper nodded and responded, probably agreeing with Lan Shengli's idea.

"At the beginning stage, we must take advantage of the lack of fouls and free throws to give the opponent high-intensity defensive pressure and defensive oppression as much as possible, so that the opponent cannot easily form an effective offensive position and start from the bottom line. , just press the opponent, I know that doing so will affect everyone's physical fitness to a certain extent, but everyone has seen the current game environment. Our inadaptation on the offensive end may make it difficult for us to defeat the opponent through offense. So we must base ourselves on defense, everyone must work hard, if you want to rest, please notify me immediately, don't force yourself~!!!”

In the last arrangement before the kick-off, Coach Harper continued to emphasize that the focus was still defense, defense, and defense.

Soon, the players entered the field and the game was about to begin.

"Harding Valley, come on~!!"

"Harding Valley, come on~!!"

The shouts of more than 1000 people, the decibels are limited after all, it sounds like the shouts of some fans on the sidelines of a warm-up match.

However, the look of each audience when they shouted, the state of devotion, can still be seen that they love this game and the team very much.

"Hey~"

With the referee throwing the ball into the air, the Final Four finally started.

After the game started, the Lausanne Academy players were resolutely implementing Coach Harper's defensive tactical intentions. Each player put a lot of defensive pressure on the opposing defensive players, making it difficult for them to play smoothly and calmly. Make pick-and-roll and screen coordination.

Even the ball-handling guard can only turn his back to the defender and cover the ball with his back.

In this way, it is impossible to push an effective attack at all.

"Clang~!!"

"Clang~!!"

Under the pressure of Lausanne College's defensive intensity like the final moments of the finals, Harding Valley College's shots hit the iron one after another.

"Beep~!!"

"Beep~!!"

"Beep~!!"

But they also paid the price of some fouls.

"It's not appropriate to do this. We have too many fouls. Not only will our defense make it easier for opponents to go to the free throw line, but our foul crisis will cause a lot of trouble in the next few quarters. ~!!"

Lan Shengli looked at the simple electronic display and analyzed it, while the members of the coaching staff listened.

"Taking such a risk, I don't know if there will be a good result,"

Harper sighed.

It seems that they do not want to change the team's defensive tactics at this stage.

The defensive end paid a lot of fouls to prevent Harding Valley College from launching a smooth offense.

On the offensive end, the Lausanne Academy was greatly disturbed by this characteristic "away factor".

What Lan Shengli was worried about before the game finally happened.

"Beep~!!"

"Out of bounds~!!"

Because some of the more chaotic sidelines are somewhat blurred, there are often situations such as going out of bounds and catching the ball outside the bounds.

However, the biggest impact on the offensive end of the Lausanne Academy is the very uncomfortable light.

"Clang~!!"

"Clang~!!"

The sound of hammering iron one after another is already drowsy, and some long-range shots directly cast "three non-sticks".

"The impact of the field conditions on the players has also exceeded my expectations. No wonder the teams that come here find it difficult to adapt~!!"

Seeing the team's struggle on the offensive end, Lan Shengli became anxious.

Lan Shengli's previous expectation for the team was to be able to establish a lead as much as possible when there was still good light in the first half, but it is obviously difficult to achieve such a situation.

The first quarter of the game ended in a very low shooting percentage.

11: 10.

Lausanne Academy is temporarily behind by 1 point, and the two sides almost failed to score in double figures in a single quarter.

Although the two sides were closely tied in terms of the score, it was clear that the Academy of Lausanne was at a disadvantage.

Because they are Harding Valley College, which is limited by more foul costs.

But after all, the number of fouls is limited, and the players who can play such games are also limited.

Lausanne Academy is already in crisis.

(End of this chapter)