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Chapter 306 The Perfect Game (1123)

Chapter 3 and Five The Perfect Game
Before this game, there was no indication that Georgetown could be beaten.

They seemed destined to be the kind of team that would go down in history.

三月锦标赛开始前，大家好奇的是他们是否会保持赛季不败，以及他们会在大学比赛的历史王朝中排名何处。体育记者开始将他们与其他多次夺冠的球队进行比较——拉塞尔在20世纪50年代的旧金山队，以及60年代和70年代初的加州大学洛杉矶分校阿尔辛多队和沃顿队。无论乔治城在历史上站在哪一边，几乎每个人都希望他们成为继沃顿1971-72赛季和1972-73赛季之后第一支蝉联全国冠军的球队。

The "Washington Post" columnist Tony Kornhezer even declared arrogantly: "The only team that can prevent Georgetown from winning the championship is the Boston Celtics."

This kind of "overthinking one's own strength" will not be uncommon in the future. As for now, fans like to listen to experts' nonsense.

The optimism for Georgetown evaporated towards the end of the first half.

29 is better than 28
From the perspective of strength gap, the Villanova University Wildcats, which should have been torn apart by Georgetown, actually lead by 1 point. Moreover, their shots are twice as small as Georgetown, but their shooting percentage is over 70%.

From the doubled number of shots, we can see how great Georgetown's talent advantage is.

What they need to fight against is Villanova's almost unsolvable offensive touch and perfect defensive strategy.

Louie returned to the auditorium with popcorn and Coke in his arms. Seeing him eating snacks like a child, Tomjanovich smiled wryly.

"Coach, who do you think will win now?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked.

Louie was probably on the better side in the first half, and now he chooses to believe in the Wildcats, who did their best to hit "all the right" options.

In particular, Georgetown's coaching staff is still not in charge of personnel. Even if they are much stronger, they don't deserve to win.

"Villanova," Louis said affirmatively, "Definitely Villanova."

In the second half, there was an inconspicuous but very bad omen for Georgetown.

That's where the Wildcats have adapted to their full-court press.

Dwyane McLean dribbled past half-time without pressure.

This phenomenon, seemingly unimportant, is actually very important.

Because that way, the Wildcats can slow down the game as much as they want.

For the best opportunity to attack, they can play a ball for half a minute, 1 minute, or even longer.

The John Thompsons made the NCAA have no shot clock for the sake of old outdated rules, and it ended up falling on their own feet.

Without an offensive time limit, a team with stronger tactical literacy like the Wildcats can slowly consume opponents and affect the game. The more talented Georgetown can't speed up the game as they like, and they are forced to get involved in a slow-paced quagmire.

Ewing created a highlight moment.

A teammate throws an alley-oop pass from midfield.

The pass went over the heads of five Wildcats, and Ewing jumped up to grab the dunk.

Georgetown took the lead, and as a result, white forward Harold Johnson dribbled in and scored a basket to regain the lead again.

And so began the ordeal of the game.

Georgetown missed a shot and the Wildcats led halftime.

The ball holder stops in front of the LOGO.

No one in this generation shoots a LOGO shot in regular time, so Georgetown isn't going to get close to the defender.

However, if they didn't step forward, the other party just stood there.

"It's really the king of torture." Louis sighed.

They spent 90 seconds in a daze, and then, draining Georgetown's defensive enthusiasm, they suddenly went inside and challenged Ewing.

With Ewing's defense, they hit the iron, but then another guy puts it back.

Ewing showed the true qualities of a superstar, and his performance in the second half was obviously better than that in the first half.

When his teammates have nothing to do with the zone defense, he takes a position, catches the ball, turns around and makes a shot.

Georgetown's defense was characterized by scratching, yelling, intimidation, hateful looks, and a psychopathic desire to confront, none of which could kill the Wildcats.

The tactical coordination shown by the Wildcats in the second half, and the ability to finish after a chance, are the only things Louis has seen in his life.

As soon as the opportunity arises, the ball arrives, the shot is made, and the hit is made.

They spend at least 1 minute on each attack.

The one-on-one matchups between Pinckney and Ewing were unusual, if not tactical.

He forced a hook against Ewing, and the referee called Ewing a foul for pushing, but his hook hit the board.

This pushed the game to a climax, and the Wildcats led by 4 points.

Then, Georgetown hit the iron again, and the Wildcats attacked in 1 minute, with a score difference of 6 points.

Next is a round of historical-level offensive and defensive duels. Georgetown is full of champions, and their defense can stare at any college team in the past 20 years.

However, John Thompson's intimidation tactics hurt their defensive IQ.

In order to chase the ball and force the opponent to make mistakes, they will choose to short the opponent's long shot.

Normally, this strategy is fine.

But tonight they are facing the Wildcats with a high shooting percentage. Dwyane McLean was emptied two steps outside the free throw line, the ball came, and he shot.

"Shh!"

"Do you believe in the story of Cinderella?" the narrator asked, "We are witnessing a living 'fairy tale'!"

Ewing has a strong sense of responsibility. At this time, he is fierce and yells at his teammates to pass the ball.

The ball was passed, but his offensive skills could not allow him to score against multiple teams.

He passes the ball to his teammate, assists and scores.

Georgetown has entered an endless loop since it fell behind by 6 points.

They couldn't break the zone, but they missed shots and had plenty of offensive rebounds.

Can always use the second attack to make up for the loss of the failure to break the zone defense.

They were guaranteed to score every possession, and the Wildcats couldn't get defensive rebounds and play fast breaks.With opponents grabbing the offensive rebound for nearly every missed shot, the game has little chance of winning.

Because that means they score every possession, and you have to score every possession without rebounds to hold the game.

The game without the offensive time limit, coupled with the 100% shooting rate after the opening of the second half, made the Wildcats create a miracle.

They've really been leading by five or six.

From 38 to 32, to 53 to 48, Georgetown fought back like an army defending the king.

Losing was once a distant prospect for them, but now it is possible.

In the last 3 minutes, the Wildcats led by 4 points.

They have the ball and spend as much time as possible.

Hareton Johnson, the only white player on the court, hit a two-pointer from the 40-point line after [-] seconds.

Georgetown's legendary road was about to come to an end, and Ewing took the ball to the basket with anger and dunked furiously.

Then, he gave the Wildcats a block on the defensive end.

This block made the Wildcats' shooting rate break 100, and they no longer had a [-]% shooting rate.

In the NCAA National Finals, Georgetown University is the strongest defensive team in the history of college basketball, but their Finals opponent shot nearly 80% of the field goal percentage, and shot 18% of the field goal percentage in the first 100 minutes of the second half.

Louis vaguely saw the finger that Doctor Strange showed Iron Man at the end in "Avengers 4", suggesting to him: "This is the only chance."

Yes, this is the only chance for the Wildcats.

The counterattack brought by Ewing's block narrowed the difference between the two sides to 2 points.

After that, the Wildcats used free throws to pull the point difference to 3 points.

The zone defense, which Georgetown hates, forced them to shoot on the outside and hit the iron.

57 is better than 54
They saw that the Wildcats were trying to run out the clock, so they fouled violently and sent opponents to the free throw line.

The Wildcats made two free throws.

The game turned into a penalty shootout.

The Wildcats need to make free throws, and Georgetown needs to make sure they score on every possession.

Another rule John Thompson objected to, the full implementation of the three-point line, came back to bite him again.You must know that the three-point line decided by the NCAA is lower than the NBA standard, only a little over six meters.And four of his starting five shot at least 25 percent from three in their first season in the NBA.

If there's a 80-point line, he won't have to pray that the Wildcats, who shoot nearly [-] percent from the field tonight, miss free throws and can use [-]-pointers to destroy opponents' zone defenses.

Louie watched as the Georgetown players struggled to chase, foul, and then focus on driving the ball to the hoop.

They're really, every possession scoring.

However, the Wildcats didn't miss a single free throw.

The point difference saw back and forth between 4 points and 2 points. It seemed fierce, but the fire of hope had been extinguished.

You can never beat a team that doesn't miss the ball.

The Georgetown Hoyas figured this out 2014 years before the 29 Miami Heat did.

The Wildcats made free throws, Georgetown attacked the basket, 2 points, 2 points, 2 points, there will be no miracles.

Oh no, the upcoming result was originally a miracle.

The performance team from Villanova University on the sidelines has begun to play the Wildcats' battle song "V is for Villanova".

In the last two seconds, one of the Wildcats' heroes tonight, McClain, who made 7 of 5 shots from the field, lay on the ground and ran out of time.

"It really happened"

Zhao Yuanzheng guessed that Georgetown would lose, but when it really happened, it felt unreal.

Louie watched one of the best college basketball games of the offensive no-clock era.

There is also the most authentic Ewing, his strengths and weaknesses are all shown in the game.

This trip can be called complete.

When the reporters at the scene asked him his opinion on the game, he smiled excitedly: "I want to say to the fans who haven't watched this game, 'This Hoya team is the best defensive college basketball team in history, and the Wildcats shot 78.6% in this game'."

Louis' words were contradictory, but no one who watched the game could deny Georgetown's defense.

No matter how you look at it, they deserve to win.

The only flaw is the coaching staff, but their hard power is enough to defeat the Wildcats.

4 players in the first round of the draft, who have reached the semi-finals and even the finals year after year.

Skills, strength, experience, desire, none of them are lacking.

He made 53 of 29 shots from the field, and his 53% field goal percentage is really not low.

But their opponent, the Villanova University Wildcats, made 28 of 22 shots from the field.

This game, which must be recorded in history, came to an end in an unimaginable way.

The New York Times called this ultimate battle of strength and wisdom, skill and experience "The Perfect Game".

(End of this chapter)