Chapter 350 Grasping Every Ball Possession

"We can only buy so much time."

"It's enough." Oscar led his teammates and substitutes to complete high fives one by one, taking over the game from their hands.

Oncoming is the energetic UCLA Five Tigers, which still brings a lot of pressure to Marquette's players. The state of the two teams is completely reversed now, and UCLA has become the one with the superior physical fitness.

With the efforts of the substitute players, the point difference was successfully caught up to within 10 points, which is very good news.

"Finally back." William seemed to have been waiting for this moment. The main force of UCLA returned, as if the decisive moment of this game had arrived earlier, which meant that the players of Marquette University had no chance to rest.

"Hey, it looks like we're going to play the whole game." Marquette's players have long been prepared to play the whole game. This will be a very difficult game, especially at the last moment of the game. It is simply suffering, but in order to win, they must survive.

"Brothers, this is the last game." William said slowly to his teammates behind him, needless to say, everyone understood what he meant.

"I have worked hard for a whole season, just for this game. What else can I say? Even if I die, I will die on the field." Although the words of the teammates are a bit too serious, they express the hearts of the teammates. This may be their most recent championship.

The most terrible thing in this world is not failure, but success that could have been.

UCLA's substitutes won about 10 minutes of rest time for the main players. This is a very critical 10 minutes, allowing the players to successfully overcome the most difficult period at the beginning. Now they have completely overcome the exhaustion state and can devote 100% to the game.

Before leaving the court, Oscar was very suppressed by William, so when he came up, he kept targeting William and kept attacking William's direction, but now William is no longer William in the first quarter, his physical fitness has dropped a lot, so he was a bit slow when defending Oscar, and was directly passed by Oscar.

"William!!!" This was the first time Oscar passed William, and it was very easy. This made the old coach K understand his current state, so he made a special gesture to him, asking him when he could continue the game.

William responded with a determined look, turned around to chase Oscar, and the two took off one after another, but at the moment the basketball left Oscar's palm, a block that covered the sky and the sun fell from the sky, fanning Oscar's layup out of bounds.

"Don't think everything will be fine if you pass me off." William said in a low tone.

Oscar looked at William without saying a word. After all, being chased was not honorable, and he was still two positions ahead.

"Captain." The teammates were all worried that Oscar would be affected by the blockade, so they stepped forward and asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Oscar's mood was not as low as he imagined, his face was expressionless, as if he wasn't the one who was blocked.

Mu Chenfeng stood on the sidelines and executed the touchline. In China, the audience paid special attention to the touchline. The national team suffered a lot in this regard.

However, Mu Chenfeng's sideline ball skills are impeccable. All the sideline balls he performed did not make a single mistake, and he was able to accurately pass the ball to the person who should pass it to.

In order to defend against UCLA's sideline tactics, Marquette University resorted to full-court man-marking tactics, which is very risky. Their physical fitness is already at a disadvantage, and most of this defense is useless. Especially for a well-trained team like UCLA, it is almost impossible to directly steal or cause them to make mistakes.

However, Marquette University still did this. They didn't want to give UCLA any chance, even if it required physical fitness as a price.

The effect of the man-marking tactics was immediate. All UCLA players were locked up, and there was no chance to catch the ball openly. Mu Chenfeng failed to send the ball within the specified time. He only had to apply for a 20-second short timeout when he was about to power to ensure possession of the ball.

Mu Chenfeng's decision was entirely based on personal subjective thoughts, but it was the most correct choice. If he hadn't called a timeout, Oscar would have called it too. He had even made a timeout gesture, but it was only half a beat longer than Mu Chenfeng's. The referee gave the timeout based on Mu Chenfeng's gesture.

Is it worth wasting a timeout for a possession?
The answer is certainly worth it if this is the final moments of the game.

However, the game has only lasted less than halftime, the game is far from over, and the situation is not so severe that a single ball possession can affect the final result of the game. The timeout at this time seems to be a bit of a loss.

Suspensions already applied for cannot be cancelled.

Button did not blame Mu Chenfeng for "self-assertion", but was pleasantly surprised by his calm judgment. The team was in a backward position, and every possession of the ball was crucial to them. Therefore, Mu Chenfeng's choice was also Button's choice.

After the timeout, Marquette’s defense did not relax at all, and it was even tighter than before. The foul ball was still executed by Mu Chenfeng, and his teammates had no chance to catch the ball, but he couldn’t pay for two timeouts for one possession.

"Pass here!" All the players crowded into the half court on the side of Marquette University, which made UCLA's half court very empty. The rules of the sideline kick allowed "returning" to catch the ball, so Oscar used a feint to cheat William's defense and ran towards his own half.

Mu Chenfeng passed the ball one second before making a mistake, and Oscar firmly controlled the basketball after two rebounds.

"Damn it." William was completely careless about this goal. He had no idea that Oscar would play this trick with him, and he was completely focused on his own half. Therefore, the moment Oscar started, he was in a state of complete stagnation.

Oscar rationally used the rules to break Marquette University's full-court marking, but entered Marquette's half court and fell into a strong defense again.

The ball that William chased the cap was still vivid, so Oscar was very cautious when attacking. An extremely realistic bow move successfully sent William flying, and then he went to the basket, but Oscar still had concerns. He observed the situation from the corner of his eyes.

"Beautiful pass!" Damian made a smooth turn after receiving the ball, pulled the green onion from the dry land, jumped up, directly blasted the basket, and took away two points.

(End of this chapter)

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