God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 128 Final victory

"We have to defend Duke's next attack. Everyone must keep an eye on the players who are facing them. Don't give them space to shoot from outside the three-point line and in the middle distance. If someone breaks into the basket, "McKay looked at Ford, "John, you have to try your best to hold him down, even if it's a foul, understand?"

Ford nodded fiercely: "Don't worry, coach, I won't let them score easily."

"Well, I still have a timeout in hand now. I will arrange offensive tactics for you after defending this round. If I can't defend, then this game will be a final conclusion. It may not help if I call a timeout. So boys , your task is very heavy, first go to the field and destroy this attack, so that we have the capital to continue to risk our lives."

"Beep——" the timeout was over, and the Colorado State players seized the last few seconds to wipe off the sweat on their bodies, and cheered each other up as they walked to the field.McKay unbuttoned the second button of his shirt again, and after taking a few short breaths, he leaned back and collapsed on the chair.Seeing him trying his best, Chang Wei couldn't help complaining secretly: "Damn it, that's why I didn't become the head coach. I'm so tired..."

To be precise, there are 58.1 seconds before the end of overtime. Judging from the offensive rhythm of the two sides in this game, it is only enough to play two or three rounds at most. This is simply bad news for Colorado State University.So they can't let Duke slow down the rhythm, and they have to ensure that they can hit three-pointers from the outside.

In order to better implement the coach's tactical intentions, the players at Colorado State University consciously used the full-court press tactic. They are still very familiar with this. They were stunned before because they didn't expect Duke to come up with it. Just deal with yourself.But Duke's tactical quality is very strong. They used constant passes and screens to smoothly carry the ball across the half court. They lead by 5 points, and it is pure fools not to press time.

As Colorado State's point guard, McCances ran up against Langdon, gnashing his teeth, tangling with Langdon like a piece of brown sugar, forcing the latter to choose to pass the ball.Seeing that this worked well, other players followed suit. Anyway, at the last moment of the game, the referee's penalty was not as strong as before, and physical contact was completely trivial.

Under the fierce pressure, Duke's players were forced to speed up the passing speed. They were almost intercepted by Patik and Palesio several times. Smashing out of the frame, Ford cleverly put Przybilla behind him, allowing Goodwin to successfully accept the backcourt rebound.

Immediately afterwards, Colorado State University began to rush to shoot from outside the three-point line. After all, they have no time to continue to break Duke's defense. After two or three casual handovers from outside the three-point line, Palessio was at 45 degrees to the left. The position of the corner is pulled up and cast.However, the basketball hit the rim very shamelessly, and it also hit the hearts of every player in Colorado State University.

However, Ford roared and grabbed the offensive rebound before everyone rushed up, and passed the ball beyond the three-point line again. At this time, there were only 27.7 seconds left before the end of the game.It was McCans who received the ball. At this time, Palessio was being double-teamed by Langdon and Avery. He didn't intend to pass the ball. He took a deep breath and helped the team chase again. Three points, the whole arena suddenly burst into deafening cheers, everyone stood up and applauded this tenacious team.

When Goodwin grabbed the backcourt rebound, McKay didn't call a timeout at all. Of course, it wasn't because he wanted to catch Duke by surprise, but he was too nervous and excited to call a timeout. up.Fortunately, the players are still relatively strong. They exchanged two shots for a three-pointer, and now the difference between the two sides is only 2 points.

When Duke kicked off, Colorado State University started its own foul tactics again. Anyway, Ford has the most back fouls among the five players on the field, and only 4 times. The others ranged from two to three times. Afraid of being sent off.As soon as Langdon got the ball, McCans rushed up like crazy, scared him and passed the ball to Avery, but Palesio was already on the sidelines, and sent Avery to him immediately. Got to the free throw line.

Maybe it was because of exhaustion, or maybe it was because the atmosphere at the scene was too enthusiastic. Avery didn't even score the first free throw. Naturally, he didn't get a second chance, but directly returned the ball to Colorado. State University.At this time, McKay hurriedly called a timeout, and the next time was enough for the team to play a complete offense. As long as they could hit a three-pointer, it would be a lore.

"The shot sequence of this ball is Milt, then Andre, and finally Garrett. John and Cedric pay attention to the screen. They must be pulled to a high position to create shooting space for the shooter. Can the national championship go away? Go down and watch this attack. Good lads, get ready to play, this goal will determine our fate!"

Colorado State served from the center line, and McCance went around a screen to receive the ball several meters outside the three-point line. Obviously Duke even considered the tactic of rushing to shoot a three-pointer in the first place.McCance sticks out his tongue, circles the baseline and then runs to the corner, then moves the ball wide and directly to Palessio on the weak side.

The remaining time is not too small, Colorado State University did not intend to leave time for Duke to attack, Palecio also passed the ball directly to Patrick, and began to run himself.However, after consecutive outside passes and inside passes, the ball returned to Palesio's hands. At this time, there were only 4.7 seconds left in the game.

He beckoned and signaled Ford to come up to cover, and he used the cover to dribble a step to the side. Even though Avery's hand was almost reaching his face when he was defending, he still threw the ball resolutely.When he made the shot, there were 1.8 seconds left in the time, but this was the last goal of the game. If he scored, Colorado State University would continue to advance to the next round as a dark horse; Work hard for the NCAA championship.

At this moment, everyone felt that time passed very slowly, and the speed of the basketball flying in the air was also very slow, but there was still a result. "Bang!" The basketball hit the front of the basket precisely, and then fell powerlessly, and the moment it touched the basket, the timer finally ran out of the last 0.1 seconds.

Colorado State lost to Duke 86-88!

(End of this chapter)