pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 316 Locking the head name
This is the charm of basketball, never give up until the last second.

Even though Duke University's coaching staff has given up the game by default, Duke players still go all out to complete every attack, every defense, and every run.

With hard work, Duke managed to maintain the point difference, but at the cost of 2 minutes, the game time was only the last 3 minutes, and the point difference was still 11 points.

With the same point difference, the current situation is much more severe than 2 minutes ago, and there is really not much time left for Duke University.

Although Tony was targeted, it allowed him to open the door of his own support. His support ability is one of the best among the inside players, and he can always use his height advantage to find the most suitable teammates on the court.

If Tony took the initiative to attack, Mu Chenfeng had already thought up a complete coping strategy to ensure that nothing would go wrong. However, when he used his "height advantage" to play, Mu Chenfeng seemed to have no choice but to watch him pass the ball.

Single-digit and double-digit point differences exist like hope and despair in a basketball game. When the Duke players saw the hope of chasing points, all the members cheered up again, and they were like tigers.

The sudden change of rhythm made UCLA's team flustered. Duke took this opportunity to chase points continuously. In the blink of an eye, the advantage of 11 points was eroded to only 5 points.

UCLA's coach is not worried about this, because Oscar's role in the team is also an assistant coach, and he knows when to use which tactics and how to change them.

Oscar, like a coach standing on the court, can dispatch his teammates at any time, which saves Coach Barton a lot of trouble. What is even more commendable is that Oscar has gone further and further on the road of "coaching". He is a rare genius with both golf intelligence and skills.

Oscar led the team to guard the final lead, but Duke University's counterattack momentum was really fast, frequently killing UCLA's insiders. Damian and Marek's fouls were well controlled throughout the game.

Too many fouls will make the players feel helpless, which gave Duke a chance. After Tony scored "2+1" at the basket, Damian received his fifth foul and graduated successfully. Unfortunately, Tony's additional penalty was missed, and the rebound was stabilized by Oscar.

With only one minute left in the game, UCLA only led by 1 points.

"Hold it to me." The situation on the court was heated up, and it was full of fierce confrontation from the moment the ball was served from the baseline, but at this time the referee's whistle did not sound again, even if there was a transitional physical confrontation between the two sides, they ignored it.

This is exactly the "hidden" rule on the basketball court. When it comes to the decisive moment, the players should decide whether to win or lose the game, not the referee's whistle. Therefore, the referee completely let go of the scale of the game in the last minute. As long as there is no physical conflict, slight confrontation is allowed.

The two sides presented the most intense last minute for the audience. Both teams showed a very high level of defense and successfully restricted the opponent's offense. However, this situation is definitely beneficial to UCLA, but it is not what Duke University hopes. They are behind and urgently need to score.

The 3-point gap is easy to chase, and difficult to chase.

Duke University has a lot of offensive options. They can defend and play a three-pointer directly. In this way, the game can be dragged into overtime, or they can choose to score 2 points first, then foul the opponent, bet on the opponent's free throw feel, and then score.

No matter which option, Duke is in a very passive situation.

UCLA's defensive pressure is not small. Damian's departure completely collapsed their strongest fortress, leaving Marek struggling to support him. Although he was a little alone, he still tried his best to do his best.

"UCLA's basket is guarded by me!" Marek tried to prevent the opponent from scoring even if he exhausted his last ounce of energy.

This was just a group match that didn't even matter about showing up. It felt like the two teams were beaten to the finals. The smell of gunpowder permeated the court and even spread to the audience. The fan camps of the two teams also started to "attack" each other.

Someone said excitedly, "This is a scene that can only be seen in the finals. I hope that the two teams can meet again in the finals. The game will definitely be better than now."

If you want to play a beautiful game, it is not enough to have only one team with strong strength. Only when both sides of the game are strong can you play a wonderful game between brothers.

UCLA and Duke did it. Looking at the entire league, there are only a handful of teams that can play such sparks.

Duke’s first choice is to grab 2 points first. This is the choice most teams will make. Marek has already made 4 fouls. In order to prevent further fouls, the ball was “give up”.

After scoring the goal, Duke immediately fouled the UCLA players. Unfortunately, the basketball just fell into the hands of Oscar. His free throw percentage has always been higher than 82.5%, which is quite good. There are so few players in the NCAA. There is no difference between sending them to the free throw line and sending them points.

Oscar is one of them.

Oscar walked to the free throw line, as usual, adjusted his breathing, locked the basket, lifted the ball and made a steady hit.

Two free throws, exactly the same.

The point difference returned to 3 points again, leaving Duke with only one chance to attack.

They have no choice.

"Defend on three-pointers, don't foul on two-pointers." Without Barton saying a word, Oscar made a defensive arrangement for the players on the field. All of them overwhelmed the three-point line, and even Marek raised his defense.

Two points can be taken casually, but three points are absolutely not allowed.

UCLA pushed all Duke players one step away from the three-point line. Even if they took a three-pointer at this distance, the hit rate could not be guaranteed. This is the safest distance. As long as they defend this shot, UCLA can win the last group match, secure the top spot in the group, and advance to the knockout round.

If they can't defend, the two teams will enter overtime. At that time, it will be hard to say who will win.

At present, the momentum of Duke University is strong. If it enters overtime with such a gap in momentum, UCLA has little chance of winning.

Therefore, we must not play overtime.

Two points are meaningless for Duke, unless they can cause a foul when the shot is taken, but Oscar has already explained to the players, so there is almost no possibility of fouling.

Then, you can only shoot three points.

Duke gave the basketball to the most stable three-point shooter in the team through bumpy passes. The opponent made a feint and tricked the UCLA defenders, stepped forward with a stab, and made a jump shot.

"Is it too late?" There was a weird smile on the corner of Tony's mouth.

The opponent rushes to shoot quickly before the four defenses are in place. This is his trump card. The quick shot is to advance the timing of his shot, so that he can throw the ball before the defenders are in place and avoid being interfered.

However, judging from the opponent's shots, the opponent is not half-baked, his quick shots are crisp and neat, which is obviously the result of practice.

"I didn't want to expose it so early, but I can't help it." The other party said confidently after making a move.

The basketball successfully avoided the supplementary defense and flew towards the basket.

shuh~
The basketball fell into the basket accurately!
"Entered?"

"It's time for overtime."

"You can get in here!"

The goal here is like a pebble thrown into the sea, without causing any waves or even ripples, only the uncharacteristically calmness of the audience.

"Yes!" The Duke pitcher raised his arms and shouted, this was a hit after "one hit five", and the most important thing was that it was a life-saving three-pointer.

"Beep!" The referee said that if the basketball was shot at the same time as the halftime whistle sounded, the goal would be valid.

The halftime belonging to Duke suddenly fell into jubilation, and they knew very well that if they played overtime, all the advantages would be on their side.

The UCLA halftime was silent. The players looked at the referee who was standing in front of the scorer stand talking a lot. The last ball was crucial, and the referee needed to return to the defense technically to give the most correct penalty.

This goal is scored, scoring is already a certainty.

The key is the score of this ball.

The score on the scoreboard remained unchanged, staying at the red 96:93, with UCLA leading by 3 points.

After some discussion, the referee gave the result.

The score numbers on the scoreboard began to bounce.

96: 94!

Seeing that the score was about to change, the players of Duke University also had a bottom line in their minds, so they gathered together to discuss the overtime game to be played later.

96: 95!

Duke's scores continued to rise, and even UCLA players started to prepare for overtime. Although they didn't want to, after losing Damian, UCLA's inside strength plummeted. In addition, Marek's fouls were not good.

96: 95!

The Crimson score hasn't changed in a while.

(End of this chapter)