professional shooting guard

Chapter 54
On March 2014, 03, the last game of the NCAA regular season, Duke University challenged the University of Notre Dame in an away game against the Irish.

Due to the rise of Zhang Zifeng and Parker's injury this season, Duke University's starting lineup has changed several times, and the state has also fluctuated greatly.

So far, he has achieved a record of 28 wins and 6 losses, ranking second in the Atlantic League.

No.1 is last season's NCAA championship University of Louisville Cardinals, they achieved a record of 29 wins and 5 losses.

No.3 is the University of Notre Dame's aggressive Irish team, which has a record of 27 wins and 7 losses.

If Duke University loses in today's game, Notre Dame will be able to rise to No.2 with the advantage of cross record, and Duke University will only be able to fall to No.3.

If Duke wins this game, Louisville loses.Then Duke University can rise to No. 1 with the advantage of cross record.

In order to maintain the home field advantage of the league championship, Duke University is bound to fight hard to keep 2 and 1.

The last round of the regular season all started at a similar time.

Founded in the mid-19th century, the University of Notre Dame has experienced more than a century of glory and is well-known throughout the United States. It is a private Catholic university and a research university.

The University of Notre Dame is most famous for its football, having won 13 NCAA football championships.

The Guzhi movie "Dream Chasing Heart" tells the story of a thin Rudy who, through unremitting efforts, entered the football team of the University of Notre Dame, which he had always dreamed of, and finally changed from a substitute to a regular player.

The craziest and hottest thing in University of Notre Dame is football, and basketball just ranks No.2.But thanks to football, Notre Dame's basketball is very aggressive and tough.

Duke University starters: Cook, Hood, Parker, Jefferson, Plumlee.

In this game, Zhang Zifeng continued to substitute.

University of Notre Dame starters: Point guard: 1.85 meters Demetrius Jackson, shooting guard: 1.96 meters Pat Connaughton, small forward: 2.03 meters VJ. Beacham, power forward: 2.06 meters Ray Max Prugger, center: 2.08m Zach August
As soon as the whistle blew, Notre Dame showed his aggressive and rough style from the very beginning of the game.

In the 7th minute of the first half, Beachem once again received the ball inside and hit Parker with his back.

Beacham bumped again and again, and Parker retreated a little bit.

Advancing into the penalty area, Beachim turned and shook his shoulders one by one, pretending to jump.

Active in defense, but Parker, who was inexperienced in defense, was fooled and jumped up hastily.

Only then did Beachim jump up, deliberately leaning his body towards Parker.

The whistle sounded and Parker fouled.

The NCAA stipulates that in each half, when the team's common fouls (referring to personal fouls other than malicious fouls, intentional fouls, and fouls blocking opponents' shots) reach 7 (including 7) but less than 10 times, the opponent will Get a "1+1" free throw opportunity, that is, if the first goal is scored, you will get another free throw opportunity.

When a team commits 10 common fouls in a half, for every foul (including 10), the opponent will directly get 2 free throw opportunities.

Now the Duke University team has only fouled 6 times, less than the number of free throws, and the University of Notre Dame continues to have the ball.

Although no free throws were needed, Parker received 2 fouls in the first half.In order to protect Parker, Old K had no choice but to replace Parker in the 7th minute of the first half and replace him with Zhang Zifeng.

At this time the score was 17:22.

After playing, Zhang Zifeng immediately entangled Connaughton.

Connaughton looked at Zhang Zifeng, who was a little thin behind him, and hurriedly blocked Zhang Zifeng to reach out for the ball.

For Connaughton's active request for the ball, Jackson looked at the others and decided to hand the ball to Connaughton after seeing that the others did not have a good chance to catch the ball.

Knowing that his advantage was strength, Connaughton immediately turned around and leaned against Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng held Connaughton's waist with one hand, and raised his right hand high to prevent Connaughton from shooting.

Connaughton suddenly turned to the right, Zhang Zifeng hurriedly moved his feet, who knew that Connaughton turned half of his body to the right, stepped on his right foot suddenly, and with this force, his body quickly turned to the left.

When Zhang Zifeng wanted to adjust his body again, Connaughton was already stuck in his position, approached the inside line, and succeeded in a layup.

17: 24.

Connaughton proudly hammered his chest and pointed at Zhang Zifeng, provocatively.

Zhang Zifeng clenched his fists and cursed in a low voice, "Thornton, pass the ball to me later."

Thornton looked at Zhang Zifeng and nodded, "No problem."

"This is our territory, yellow-skinned monkey, this is the battlefield of warriors, you should go to the zoo."

"You're not welcome here, long live the Irish."

"Go back to Duke!"

……

This is the cheering sound of the fans at the University of Notre Dame.

After playing more than 30 games, Zhang Zifeng has long been used to booing.

Running to the frontcourt, Thornton immediately caught Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng faced Connaughton directly after receiving the ball.

"Zhang Zifeng wants to play singles? To be honest, I don't believe in Zhang Zifeng's singles ability. His quick stop jump shot is very good, and the advantage of flexible running can make up for Zhang Zifeng's lack of physical fitness." said the commentator on the scene .

Connaughton hurriedly stepped forward. According to the scout report, Zhang Zifeng has a certain ability to dribble and break through, but under pressure, his shooting percentage is not high.

So Connaughton believes that Zhang Zifeng is likely to choose a jumper, just like before.

Connaughton posted it, right on Zhang Zifeng's mind.

Lifting the ball up with both hands, Connaughton subconsciously jumped up.

"It's now." Zhang Zifeng retracted the ball, leaned over and accelerated to run past Connaughton.

"Damn it." Connaughton cursed in a low voice, and by the time he landed and turned around, Zhang Zifeng had already made a mid-range shot and sent the ball into the basket.

19: 24.

After the offensive and defensive transition, Connaughton leaned against Zhang Zifeng after receiving the ball at a 45-degree angle.

Zhang Zifeng grabbed Connaughton's waist, "Punch back? Are you kidding me? You thought you could be as successful as last time!"

Connaughton ignored it, and suddenly turned around after two consecutive backward impacts.

Zhang Zifeng will not be fooled again this time, he moved half a step sideways and raised his hand to prevent the opponent from suddenly shooting.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Zhang Zifeng, Connaughton stepped back and made a jumper.

Zhang Zifeng jumped up desperately, stretching his hands straight.

It's a pity that on this ball, Connaughton's jump shot was a little bit backward, and Zhang Zifeng couldn't reach it.

"It's impossible to get in like this."

Zhang Zifeng immediately turned around and blocked Connaughton, preventing the opponent from rushing for the rebound.

Who knew that this was a very reluctant shot, the ball bounced off the backboard and fell into the basket.

19: 26.

Such random shots can even be scored.

"FUCK!" Zhang Zifeng couldn't help cursing in a low voice.

Pat Connaughton shrugged at Zhang Zifeng as he ran back, as if to say that God is on my side, what can you do with me!
There was a huge cheer again in the arena of the University of Notre Dame.

Thornton dribbled the ball to launch a counterattack. Now that the score is likely to be stretched, Duke urgently needs to score a goal to tighten the score.

Thornton dribbled to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Zhang Zifeng.

Facing Connaughton who was defending him, Zhang Zifeng put on a three-threat posture, tried a few times and directly pulled out his hand.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng's sudden shot, Connaughton jumped up to block the shot.

With the sound of a whistle, Connaughton realized that Zhang Zifeng jumped up suddenly, and his reaction was slow, and he hit the opponent's arm with his hand, which was a foul.

The arm was hit, and Zhang Zifeng desperately pushed the ball to the basket with one hand.

The ball hit the backboard, bounced off the rim, and bounced twice before diving into the rim.

The whistle sounded, AND ONE!

"Thank you for giving points!" Looking at Connaughton, Zhang Zifeng said with a smile.

Seeing that damned smile, the paralyzed Connaughton also showed anger on his face at this moment.

Standing on the free throw line, Zhang Zifeng took the referee's pass, adjusted his breathing, and threw the ball.

The clear sound of scraping the net told everyone that the ball had been scored.

With Zhang Zifeng's extra penalty hit, the score was only one point away.

(End of this chapter)