Chapter 16: Who Left Us Without Duncan

At the end of the first half, Wake Forest University led Duke University 56:30, and before the game, it was thought that it would be a very intense game, completely one-sided, beyond everyone's expectations, at halftime, Tiger apologized to Coach Odom, he did not play according to the team's tactics in the first half, he felt that this was not enough respect for the coach, Coach Odom was pleased to say that he liked the first half of the game, and did not blame everyone for making their own decisions. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the common room of Duke University, Coach K looked at everyone's frustrated expressions, especially Wojciechhowski, who was defending Tiger, gasped for breath when he was tired, but his eyes were a little confused. I sighed in my heart. Coach K clapped his hands, pulled the players' attention back, and said to the players: "I know everyone is working hard, especially Steve, but it's not your fault. I think now Tiger. Washington is one of the few people who can defend him in the NBA, and you've done a good job. We could lose this game now, but we can't lose our faith and our dignity, so let's play our final form and play our own basketball in the second half. The children! Come on! ”

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the players of Duke University, running the field, pressing hard, although the score has not been imminent, but he has been playing very hard and tenacious, Wake Forest University, the second half began to return to a nasty slow rhythm, Tiger did not break through, the ball stopped in his hand, nearly 20 seconds, and then passed into the inside, there was Duncan or Jason to play a success rate, the Wake Forest fans on the scene, are complaining about the team in their hearts, look at the hard work of the Duke players, Are you people really embarrassed to delay time like this?

Although the encouragement of the old coach K in the halftime was very successful, so that the Duke University players in the second half, work hard to the end, but they still lost the game, the final score of this game was 106:70, but there was no garbage time in the game, Duke University has been working hard, and Wake Forest University has been delaying the game with a slow pace, but always played to the end with the main lineup, did not replace the substitute to let the game enter garbage time, showing their respect for Duke University, Wake Forest fans in the arena, Start the second half with a round of applause for the Duke players and cheer on their tenacity and hard work!

"At the end of the game, although Duke University lost the game 70-106, they were respected by the Wake Forest fans, who gave them a round of applause, and Coach Odom of Wake Forest did not change the main lineup, leaving the game into garbage time, as a way to show the respect of the Wake Forest team for the fighting spirit of the Duke players."

'Yes, it was a great game, although the score was very different, but the attitude of the players on both sides of the game is something to be remembered. This game happened a lot, and I think it will be repeatedly brought up by people in the future, thank you CBS for inviting me to be one of the witnesses of this game. ”

"Audience friends, the 1995-1996 season season season season Wake Forest University vs. Duke University match is over, the score is 106:70, thank you all for watching, and thank you Larry for accepting our invitation, we'll see you next time!"

'It was a great game, my players showed their fighting spirit and I'm very proud of them, even though we lost, it wasn't the end of the world, after today we will work harder and come back. As for Tiger. Washington, he's a very good talent, he's got a great game, he's got a great basketball IQ, but we don't have Tim. Duncan. After the game, Duke University's veteran K coach praised his players in an interview, and then deliberately mentioned Duncan when asked about Tiger.

"Huh! It was a great game indeed, like Coach K said, the players from both sides were very good, it's just that we had better luck and who let us have Thiem! Coach Odom was not convinced by Coach K next to him, and deliberately said that Tiger was because Duncan joined Wake Forest, and replied with a joking joke.

"Yes, we're strong now, we've got players working hard, we've got what it takes to win an NCAA championship, but it's still early, March Madness is a single-round elimination system, and any team can be upset, so we're going to try to play every game in the future." When the reporter below asked Wake Forest University about the NCAA championship, Coach Odom answered confidently and calmly.

At this time, a reporter asked a sharp question with bad intentions: "In today's game, Tiger . Washington has been fantastic, playing at a dominant level on both ends of the floor, so who is the key player for Wake Forest, he or Duncan? ”

The reporters on the scene all stretched out their ears to look at Coach Odom, and usually this kind of question, the coach will choose to refuse to answer, or say something ambiguous. Coach K also turned his head to look at Odom, wanting to see how he responded.

"Thiem is the key player on the team, but basketball has always been a team sport, and we need not only Tim, but also Tiger, Jason, Cotter, Tony, etc., and we have the whole team as a team." Coach Odom's answer blinded a lot of eyes, everyone didn't expect Coach Odom to give everyone an answer so directly, he really didn't care what Tiger thought? After that, the press conference was no longer important, and the reporters rushed to surround Tiger and Duncan!

"Yes, Thiem is the heart of our team, there's nothing wrong with that, I came to Wake Forest because I wanted to be teammates with Thiem. What are my thoughts on Coach Odom's claims? The answer is no idea, and that's what I think. Tiger faced the reporter's question after relaying Coach Odom's words, and said what he really thought in his heart, and he didn't care about these things.

'It doesn't matter who is the most important player in the team, what matters is that we are a unit. So we can win the game, Tiger is a very hard worker, we have a good relationship and there are no problems between us. Duncan was also asked the same problem, but he was not worried that Tiger would be unhappy, in fact, the whole team knew that Tiger was very busy every day, busy improving his game, busy with classes, busy training, and he never cared about the topic of who was more important in the team.

In the face of Duncan and Tiger's answers, the reporters were very depressed, how could this be? What about the dressing room contradictions? Seeing the reporters who had no topic, they could only leave unwillingly.

I am very happy to have written for the first time and finally signed the contract yesterday, which is a recognition of my writing, and I would like to thank everyone for their support to me. I said that I had a good Sunday three watch, but I didn't do it last Sunday, so I made it up today. Thank you all for your support! I'll keep trying.