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Chapter 304 The final with a huge gap

Chapter 3 and Three: The Final with a Wide Disparity

Bernard King's reimbursement for the season symbolizes that the Knicks have entered the highest realm of bad mode.

If they win, the fans will be very upset.No more Ewing?

If they lose, the fans will stand and applaud and cheer for the away team, and someone who scores a goal at a critical moment will be named by the media the next day.

Now, Louie believes the story of the 1997 Celtics losing fans cheering.

After all, the more you lose, the closer you get to Duncan.

Louis is shameless, even if they are at the bottom, their No. [-] pick will not increase, so he keeps his ranking between the bottom four and the fifth.

Time flies, with the tanks looking forward to the lottery and the powerhouses getting ready for the playoffs.

If nothing else, the Celtics and the Lakers will still be playing against each other this year. The Trail Blazers in the West and the Pistons in the East may bring some pressure, but it is still not enough to prevent this pair of enemies from meeting at the top.

On the last day of March 1985, there were no NBA games.

Not only is there no game today, there will be no game tomorrow, April 4st.

Because these two days were the Final Four of the 1985 NCAA March Basketball Tournament.

Louis plans to watch the final live with Rudy Tomjanovich and Zhao Yuanzheng.

This year's final is considered to be the least suspenseful one after the UCLA dynasty.

The finalists were two teams from the Big East -- Georgetown and Villanova.

In a sense, this is a continuation of the color rivalry between Bird/Magic.

Georgetown is an all-black team; Villanova is a [-]-[-] team.

By the mid-20s, Georgetown basketball had developed a real street cred in urban neighborhoods.The all-black team had a relentless style of play and a penchant for poking white spectators in the eye with brutal on-court behavior.

Hoya (exclaim) became a symbol of black anger and rebellion.

They have the same response as Jordan shoes in the community and on the street.Many merchants carry their labels, and a Georgetown University hat with an exclamation mark was one of the top sellers.Georgetown was the first to bring an "us against the world" attitude to the basketball court before the Michigan Fab Five.

In an era when no university sold more merch than Georgetown, the "Hoya Attitude" phenomenon spread to the point where muggers in New York wore their school hats into the News 24, and countless athletic merchandise companies sought to make the same impact.

However, compared with themselves, this is contradictory.

Georgetown University under John Thompson adhered to a policy of isolating the media.No one on the team can speak to the media unless Thompson nods.Without media interviews, there would be no news, and without news, what influence would there be?
For perhaps the first time in sports history, mental factors outweighed physical factors in the evaluation of Thompson and his team.The perception is that Georgetown's success has more to do with its attitude than its athleticism.It wasn't that Ewing and his teammates played harder, smarter, and better than their opponents, but that they were intimidating, bullying, and scary.To some extent, both theories are correct.

Judging from the record, the two teams are not at the same level.

Georgetown is 35-2 and Villanova is 25-9.

One is the No. [-] seed in the league and the other is the No. [-] seed in the division.

The differences and pros and cons are visible to the naked eye.

"Yuanzheng, do you have any expectations for tonight's game?" On the way to Kentucky, Louis asked Zhao Yuanzheng's thoughts on the game.

No one in the Knicks knows this year's NCAA better than Zhao Yuanzheng.

Tomjanovich listened attentively.

"From the perspective of strength, if Georgetown wins by less than 10 points in the end, it should be counted as their loss."

Book strength is a major factor in predicting the outcome of basketball games, but if you only look at book strength, there are too many upsets in history.

Almost every few years, there is an unpopular S8G2 dry smash RNG level.

What's more, March Madness is a BO1 system, and there is no fault tolerance rate.

"But Villanova's coaching staff is smarter and better at using the rules. Or, I can say that since the start of the March Championship, they have been able to reach the finals with their current lineup, which is a manifestation of the coaching staff's ability. They have found a way to use their brains to fight against talent." Zhao Yuanzheng blackmailed John Thompson in front of Louis and Tomjanovich, "This aspect is precisely Georgetown's biggest shortcoming."

Is there anything more pleasurable on this trip than hearing about Thompson being blacked out?

The three of them landed safely in Kentucky, and then drove to Lexington, the city where the finals were held.

After arriving at the destination, we went to another restaurant to eat and drink, and then went to the venue of the national finals - Adolph Rupp Stadium.

Not only Louis and the others came to watch the game, but also many teams that had a chance to get Ewing.

Such as the Rockets, Warriors, Pacers, and Bullets. More than a dozen clubs, including all teams ranked seventh from the bottom, have sent heavyweights here.

This year is Ewing's fourth year. He has led Georgetown to the finals three times in four years and has already won the championship.

This championship was his final stop before leaving university.

"Georgetown is the toughest college team in a decade. They beat St. John's in a dominant way. We don't know if Villanova can hold up the pressure. Good luck to them."

Before the opening, if the narrator wishes you good luck, the subtext is to lose less and win more.

For many people, this game is just a passing scene.

Louie's lack of knowledge of basketball history reappeared. He didn't know the outcome of this game, so he couldn't use any prophetic comparisons.

If he had to bet on these two teams, he would probably choose Georgetown, but feels that Villanova has the ability to upset.

Can the No. 1 seed be lucky to defeat Zhu Qiang in BO[-] and advance to the final all the way?
A low-grade horse that was not favored by others, after mastering the answer of the version, swept all the powers and reached the top.

With Louis' experience, he couldn't even find an isolated case, but there is an example in LOL. Samsung in S7, as the third seed of LCK, went to the World Championship and then mastered the version. From the knockout stage, it has swept thousands of troops.

The NCAA is not the same as professional basketball.

There is no shot clock, no three-point line, but most teams have caught up with the trend of professional basketball, playing fast and shooting from long distances.

In the Ewing era, Georgetown's game style was all in one tone.

They use Ewing's unique ability to protect the rim in the college arena as the core, and the other four are like dream team players playing in international competitions to oppress offensive players, set traps, dig pits and ambush, and gamble steals.

Technical fouls, rough elbows, confrontations and the occasional fight became a regular feature of the Georgetown game.

On the first goal of the game, Villanova obviously did not adapt to their intensity and the pass was blocked.

They were forced to foul to stop Georgetown's counterattack.

Here's the kicker: The Villanova Wildcats played zone defense from the first possession, making sure Ewing couldn't kill them in the post and severely limiting the opponent's drive.

They pass the ball back and forth on the perimeter, but no one dares to shoot outside the restricted area of ​​​​the zone defense.

Because John Thompson is not only a strict coach, but also a conservative coach.

In April last year, the NCAA Rules Committee wanted to increase the three-point line and offensive time limit nationwide, but was strongly opposed by a group of conservative coaches headed by Thompson.

Therefore, these two professional basketball rules have become commonplace, and they can only be tested in the less influential competition areas first.

In the Big Ten, there is even a bad rule of taking off your pants and farting that there is an attack time limit 36 ​​minutes before the game ends and the attack time limit is canceled 4 minutes before the end of the game.

Georgetown's first ball was forced to take a dribble and pull up the shot to the right of the free throw line.

"As far as I know, Michael Jackson PG, Reggie Williams SF/SG, David Wingate SG/SF, Bill Martin SF all have the ability to shoot from the outside, and if they can hit the long shot, they can break the Wildcats' zone defense."

Zhao Yuanzheng's seemingly unintentional reminder is actually mocking John Thompson's many restrictions on the players.

"I see, they are in trouble today." Tomjanovich said, "If they can't make long shots, the Wildcats will put the zone defense to the last second of the game."

"No, if the Wildcats want to win, they have to find ways to improve their offensive efficiency." As soon as Louis finished speaking, the Wildcats played a hypnotic passing game.

The ball was played from the outside to the inside, some were feinting, and some were rushing from behind. They drew Ewing's attention from under the basket to the upper line, and then passed the ball to the people under the basket.

The player at the basket makes a backhand layup.

Then Georgetown continued to struggle in front of the zone defense.

Finally, someone started to try long-range shots.

David Wingate made a high shot from the left wing and hit it in the air.

The goal was scored, Georgetown chose not to retreat, and the five players stayed in the frontcourt to press the Wildcats like gangsters.

The Wildcats had already expected this situation, and the dribblers did not panic, and brought them to the frontcourt solidly.

Georgetown maintained their defensive strength, expanded wildly, and trusted Ewing unreservedly.

As a result, the Wildcats called Ewing out again with a flexible dribble.

Ed Pinckney PF/C, the first height on the field of the Wildcats, took the ball and completed a dunk with both hands.

"Why does he like to jump out so much?"

Ewing's defensive reactions just now were like the kind of people who are so ticklish and scared to death that they were suddenly poked in the ribs, which was too intense.

(End of this chapter)