After defeating ASU, the USC Trojans basketball team took a day off.

Li Zhe was not completely relaxed. He seized the time to train in the morning, and went to see a movie with Breer who was specially rushing from the riverside in the afternoon, and asked Xiaofei to have dinner with several other classmates in the evening.

By the morning of the 18th, Li Zhe sent Blair into the car again, and the two separated again.

Xiaofei joked that the two of them were like underground workers and even the date time needed to be calculated in detail.

Long-distance relationship is so embarrassing. There are so many people who can only find a way to live together early.

At 7 p.m., the USC Trojans continued to sit at the Gran Center Arena to face the University of Arizona Wildcats.

In terms of the player lineup, the two main players of the Wildcats are the later volleyball star Zeiss Bardinger, and the other is Jordan Hill, who lost only one pick to Curry. Although the two later entered the NBA, their entire career data are quite average, which is much worse than the USC Trojans.

But after the game officially started, perhaps because the entire Trojan team tried hard to defend, the physical exhaustion was consumed too much. In addition, DeRozan and Vucevic were average in defense, and Badinger and Hill frequently succeeded in attacks.

In this way, Li Zhe and DeRozan's offensive contributions were completely offset.

After the first half, the two sides tied 33-33.

During the halftime break, Coach Tim poured chicken soup in the locker room, emphasizing that victory is crucial to the team, because as long as he defeated the Wildcats, the Trojans can win five consecutive victories and be qualified to compete with the University of Washington for the regular season championship.

A regular season championship means you can play two fewer rounds in the league championship, which will have an advantage in physical strength, and you can also get a lot of time to study opponents, and your tactical targeting is more comprehensive.

Perhaps it was Tim's encouragement to take effect. After the game entered the second half, DeRozan and Vucevic worked harder in defense, but An had affected their offense and further led to Li Zhe being targeted on the offensive end.

The game was in a fierce battle. Although the Trojans had a lineup advantage, the Wildcats used foul tactics to force the score.

Wait until the last 10 seconds, the two sides tied 63 to 64, and the Trojans fell behind.

Coach Tim set up a winning tactic for DeRozan.

The referee whistle sounded, Li Zhe, Hackett and Gibson made a scroll-cut screen at the high position, and DeRozan successfully received the pass, but unfortunately he failed to hit the mid-range shot, but Vucevic grabbed the offensive rebound in the chaos.

With only 4 seconds left, Li Zhe rushed to the free throw line and received Vucevic's pass and landed.

When the basketball fell into the Nets, the whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the Trojans defeated the Wildcats 65-64.

In the whole game, Li Zhe scored 21 points and 8 assists, while DeRozan scored 19 points and 7 rebounds.

Fox Sports updated the detailed report at the first time, and many fans believed that Li Zhe had shown a high enough level and should be able to improve his ranking in the next NBA draft prediction.

There are also several famous NBA commentators who believe that Li Zhe is more stable but lacks highlights. It is best to play a memorable game like Westbrook locked up Mayo, either score or assist.

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After three days of rest, the USC Trojans basketball team left the school and went north to play away.

The first opponent is the University of Washington Huskimo Dogs led by Thomas Jr., Ju, Holiday, Justin Holiday, CJ, Willcos and Quincy Ponterside.

Except for Thomas Jr., this team will have a fair reputation in the NBA in the future but will have balanced wins. There are also many players on the bench who later participated in the NBA Summer League, and they also won 5 consecutive victories.

In this game, a team is destined to lose, and the winning side will continue to win. This temptation is quite great. After all, whoever wins will be more likely to win the regular season championship.

After the game started, both sides played hard, and every time the Trojans got the ball, the fans on the scene booed.

Because Li Zhe has a huge height advantage in the match and the Eskimos' defense is particularly strong in other positions, he ends almost every attack.

In the first ten minutes, he made 9 three-pointers in total, and scored 5 times to score 15 points.

Unfortunately, on the defensive end, he could not limit his height, strength, speed and explosive power except for his amazing height, strength, speed and explosive power. The two contributed each other smoothly. When the TV was temporarily suspended for the first time, the two teams played 14-17.

After the timeout, both teams intend to increase the number of shots by other players.

On the side of the Trojan, DeRozan stood up, taking advantage of his height and body shape to make a big shot inside and outside.

On the side of the Eskimo, the future second-round pick, Joan Brogman, stood up and relied on his weight advantage to play Vucevic continuously, scoring multiple times and causing fouls.

After halftime, both sides 30 to 31.

When the second half returned, the Eskimos suddenly accelerated the pace of the game. The Trojans had not yet come back to their senses. Thomas Jr. and Justin Holiday took the opportunity to play a 9-0 wave.

Coach Tim hurriedly requested a timeout and arranged for DeRozan to attract double-teams, with Li Zhe being the main attacker.

Li Zhe lived up to expectations, made 3 of 6 three-pointers with a steal, and forced the team to equalize the score.

Subsequently, Thomas Jr. made consecutive attacks on the inside and caused fouls to hit free throws.

The game ended with the last attack, and the Trojans fell behind 76 to 78, but the situation was worse than before. This time there was no timeout and he could only serve from the backcourt, and the time was only 10 seconds.

Faced with the pressing of the whole game, Li Zhe decisively chose to serve himself to attract the defense, and then passed the ball to DeRozan, who rushed to the ball with the ball and made a layup before the whistle rang in the final game.

In overtime, the Eskimos' physical strength declined and their defensive level fell to the bottom.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Zhe made two consecutive three-pointers and assisted Gibson and Vucevic to receive an all-dunk.

In the end, the USC Trojans won 99-81, and Li Zhe scored 38 points and 10 assists.

Fox Sports spent half an hour to report and analyze the game. Many commentators highly praised Li Zhe's performance and said that this game was his representative work.

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On the 25th, the USC Trojans challenged Washington State University Cougars away, winning 66 to 44.

A freshman, who has not yet made a mid-range shot and can only pass the line in a straight line at a constant speed, was arranged by Hackett. He made 5 of 13 shots in the game, scoring a total of 15 points; senior Aaron Baynes's ability was relatively average at this time, and he struggled very much under the attack of Vucevic and Gibson. Although he scored 12 points, he made 4 mistakes.

Li Zhe only played in the first half and scored 16 points and 4 assists.

On the way back to school, many media updated their 2009 draft forecasts.

On the NBADARFT list, Li Zhe rose from 45 to 40, selected by the Los Angeles Lakers but no reason.

On the ESPN list, Li Zhe rose from 34th to 30th, and was also selected by the Los Angeles Lakers, because they were responsible for ranking experts and teams believed in the outside world.

The other websites such as MOCKDARFT, NETSCOUTS, DARTEXPRESS and other websites have also more or less improved Li Zhe's ranking, and several have entered the first round.

It is obvious that the stable performance of six games has made many media trust, and his market is bullish.
Chapter completed!