pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 355 The Final Battle
After Oscar left the field, Mu Chenfeng's statistics soared. In the past 5 minutes, Mu Chenfeng scored 10 points. At 9 minutes and 34 seconds into the fourth quarter, Mu Chenfeng scored the 30th point of the game.

UCLA also managed to widen the point difference to double digits. There is not much time left in the game, and Marquette University needs to seize every offensive opportunity.

"I want the success rate of the attack!" The old K, who has always been docile, was rarely furious after falling behind in the game. The performance of the Marquette players in the past period obviously did not meet the old K's expectations.

After working hard for a whole season, no one is willing to collapse at the last moment.

It was the closest Marquette had come to a championship in nearly a decade, and it was William's only chance at a title.

Human beings can often burst out amazing energy when they are in desperate situations.

Just when the scale of victory gradually tilted towards Mu Chenfeng and UCLA, William led Marquette to start a Jedi counterattack.

It took almost an instant for them to overcome the impatience caused by wanting to chase points before. They no longer pursue changes in rhythm, but stabilized their success rate and looked for the best offensive opportunities through passing.

Marquette University doesn't even have a master, or it can be said that everyone including the center is passing the ball, and it is extremely smooth. Whenever the opportunity is not good, they will pass the ball as soon as possible without the slightest hesitation.

This caused a huge impact on UCLA's defense. The players' nerves have been in a state of tension, because it is impossible to judge who is the one who will shoot in the end.

sigh~
The basketball was thrown from the hands of the "least likely to shoot". Hesitation is that Captain Marquette's performance is relatively the weakest. Therefore, UCLA did not pay too much attention to him, and the focus of defense was still on William and others.

It is precisely because of this that he got the chance to open.

Marquette University's players trust each other much stronger than the outside world guesses. They don't care about the shooting percentage of their teammates at all, as long as there is an open basketball, they will pass it.

The teammates lived up to expectations and hit the ball under tremendous pressure. This was a life-saving goal, and it also aroused Marquette's desire to counterattack.

The offense drives the defense, and Marquette's defense has become more active than before, which limits UCLA's overall offense very well. But at this time, Mu Chenfeng has completely found his touch, and against William's defense, he hits a difficult fallback mid-range shot and once again widens the point difference.

Such an offensive pull is meaningless to Marquette University. The point difference will not be recovered obviously, but it will make time less and less.

Therefore, for Marquette, there is only one way to win, which is to completely restrict Mu Chenfeng.

In order to restrain Mu Chenfeng, Marquette University did not hesitate to pay the price of double-teaming, but it also received rewards. Under the joint defense of the two, it became extremely difficult for Mu Chenfeng to connect the ball. Without the threat of Mu Chenfeng, UCLA completely became a "nuclear" team. The obvious disadvantage, they are always able to defend the ball at the moment when UCLA executes the final attack.

"Is this the championship? It's nothing more than that." Their poor performance was ridiculed by their opponents. Judging from the follow-up games, their performance was indeed very poor. In the three rounds that Mu Chenfeng was restricted, they had a total of three shot opportunities. The UCLA players didn't make a single shot, and they were completely overwhelmed by their opponents on the defensive end. They lost 6 points in a row, and the point difference was instantly reduced to only 5 points.

Now, the momentum is completely on the side of Marquette University. The tactics of restricting Mu Chenfeng are extremely correct. As long as he cannot get the ball, he will not be able to participate in the offense. He has no threat of offense at all. At the same time, they liberated William, the team's strongest fighter, from the matchup with Mu Chenfeng, and completely released his offensive firepower.

"Timeout! Timeout!" The team member in charge of defending Mu Chenfeng applied for a timeout without warning, and then collapsed on the ground, "I can't do it anymore." The opponent gasped heavily, sweat streaming down his arms and cheeks.

Another teammate who defended Mu Chenfeng with him was not much better than him. The difference was that he didn't fall to the ground, but he was also in a similar exhaustion state.

How much would it cost to defend Mu Chenfeng?These two people used their own personal experience to tell everyone that they only defended Mu Chenfeng for a few rounds, and finally fell down due to exhaustion. Looking at Mu Chenfeng, he was only slightly sweating, and his overall condition looked very good.

"This is a monster." The opponent looked at Mu Chenfeng with almost terrified eyes. In the past few rounds, it was a torment for those defending him. He was moving at a very high speed all the time, which forced his defenders to maintain the same rhythm as him, or they would be thrown off. However, looking at the entire NCAA league, few people could keep up with him, so after a few rounds, the opponent was exhausted.

Marquette University used the substitution quota to replace the two players defending Mu Chenfeng, and replaced them with two players with sufficient physical strength.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Mu Chenfeng looked at the two immature faces in front of him. Marquette actually sent two rookies to defend him. These two players knew that they were players from the back of the bench.

They are also newcomers, and Mu Chenfeng and Mu Chenfeng are not at the same level at all, but the attitude of sending these two people to Marquette University is very clear, even if they have to use physical strength to defend Mu Chenfeng, no matter how big the price is.

"It's really troublesome." Mu Chenfeng didn't give the two newcomers time to adapt, and it was a quick start when they came up, but what Mu Chenfeng didn't expect was that his sudden start didn't shake off the two of them, they followed closely behind him, and didn't give him a chance to catch the ball.

"Don't waste your energy in vain." The other party said, "We have plenty of physical strength. If you fight for physical strength, you have no chance of winning."

"Who told you that I have to work hard?" Mu Chenfeng said coldly, and then made an emergency stop. He stood firmly on the spot, but the two of them were thrown out because of their speed and the sudden stop.

"The physical strength of these two defenders is indeed no problem, but they have too little experience in the game. Basketball is not just about speed." Felix said with emotion, the reason why the main force is the main force, and the substitute is the substitute.

Mu Chenfeng is a player that even Oscar is quite afraid of. How can he be limited by two substitute players.

This three-pointer temporarily stabilized the morale of the army and temporarily eased the momentum of Marquette University's chasing points.

The 8-point difference lasted until the last 2 minutes. Marquette University suddenly played a 4:0 offensive climax, pushing UCLA to the edge of the cliff again.

A 4-point difference is not a guaranteed winning score in the NCAA field. The opponent only needs two rounds to tie or even overtake.

William has already scored his 35th point, second only to Mu Chenfeng's 38 points. The two are in the top two in the finals MVP rankings. Oscar retired due to injury, but he can still be ranked third in the MVP rankings. However, because he did not perform and play in the follow-up, this ranking is likely to drop down.

The MVP is usually the best player on the winning side. If UCLA wins in the end, the MVP will be Mu Chenfeng. If Marquette wins in the end, the MVP will be William.

NCAA Finals MVP, this is an honor with a very high gold content, because a player can only play in the NCAA for 4 years at most, so if he wants to win the Finals MVP, the player only has 4 years to fight for time.

Because, NCAA career is only 4 years.

Unlike the NBA, professional league careers will be very long, some 10 years, some 20 years, they can have more time and opportunities to strive for championship honors.

Therefore, someone joked, "The NCAA Finals MVP is more valuable than the NBA MVP."

There is also some truth to this statement. After all, there are not many opportunities to get it, which can be said to be very rare.

The NCAA finals MVP is a very important criterion in the NBA draft. Players who receive this honor can usually improve their draft rankings by many positions. Awards that also have the meaning of "additional points" include "Best Defensive Player" and "Most Outstanding Player".

When a player receives any of these three honors, their career is usually more successful.

Since Oscar's exit, William's draft ranking has completely overwhelmed him. If he can win the championship and the MVP at the same time, then his "No. [-] status" will become a certainty. Even if Mu Chenfeng wins the MVP, compared with the strength of the registered players, he can at most enter the top ten. It is very difficult to hit the top five or even the top three.

Mu Chenfeng didn't think about anything about MVP, he just wanted to win this game, for UCLA, for Felix, for Oscar, and for himself.

When the game enters the final 2-minute countdown, the competition between the two sides becomes fierce. At this point in the game, the referee will naturally relax the game standard. After playing so many games in the league, the players have long been familiar with the referee's habits.

Snapped! ! !
In the inside, there was a fierce muscle collision. Damian and other four insiders wrestled together in the penalty area, stuck in each other's position, and refused to give in to each other.

"For the captain and Felix, this game must be won!" Damian gritted his teeth and fought in the interior. Although he was exhausted, he still insisted on the game with his tenacious will. As long as he persisted for the last 2 minutes, he could have a complete rest.

These 2 minutes are extremely long 2 minutes.

Both teams spared no effort into the game, so the scene became "unbearable". The two teams suddenly played a "crazy iron strike" on the basket, and each shot was always a little short of the goal.

In 1 minute, the two teams only scored 2 points. William caused Damian's defensive foul and made two free throws.

Mu Chenfeng was still being double-teamed, but the physical strength of these two people had also declined significantly, and they gradually couldn't keep up with Mu Chenfeng.

"Isn't it a matter of physical strength? I'll just play enough with you!" Mu Chenfeng caught the ball from the baseline and pushed forward. He didn't give Mu Chenfeng a chance to catch the ball, and Mu Chenfeng simply controlled the ball by himself.

The opponent's four hands were shaking around Mu Chenfeng, trying to steal it, but Mu Chenfeng's ball control was too stable, and he flashed their hands one by one.

"Want to cut me off? There's no way." Mu Chenfeng "played" the two of them as if they were playing with two children. No matter how the opponent "flashed his teeth and claws" in front of him, he calmly watched the opponent's movements and controlled the ball in a safe position.

"The game is running out of time!" The teammates on the sidelines reminded that the point difference between the two teams is still 2 points, and the time is less than 1 minute left. As long as Mu Chenfeng firmly controls the ball without being intercepted, they can win by delaying time.

However, the madness of Marquette University was surprising. The double-teaming of two people could not complete the steal, so three people were sent to double-team. These three people firmly "locked" Mu Chenfeng in the middle, and did not give him a chance to dribble or break through.

The idea was good, but it was ruthlessly attacked by Mu Chenfeng. Mu Chenfeng passed the ball out through the defensive player's "crotch". The opponent wanted to block it with his legs, but it was too late. The basketball was in Marek's hands at the last second. Time was running out.

UCLA extended its lead to four points.

The Marquette players were filled with a strong sense of tension. Even William, who has always been calm and calm, trembled when he shot the ball. As a result, the shot missed and Damian struggled to grab the rebound.

Marquette was forced to take a foul play that sent Damian to the free throw line.

Damian made two free throws and gave Marquette a chance.

After missing the last shot, William made another shot from almost the same position. This time he did not disappoint himself, did not disappoint the fans, and hit a three-pointer steadily.

At this time, there were only 18 seconds left in the game, and UCLA still led by 2 points. Marquette locked Mu Chenfeng, did not give him a chance to catch the ball, fouled again, and used the foul to bet on free throws. Even if he made two free throws, at least Marquette still had the ball and could continue his life.

Perhaps because of nervousness, the UCLA players who executed free throws were also very nervous. As a result, they missed both free throws, and William jumped to receive the rebound.

(End of this chapter)