Chapter Ninety-Five: Lore! (4000 words)
"Now for you is the NCAA Final Four game, the second half of the UC Huskies and Marquette University Golden Eagles."
Sun Yiping's passionate voice came out of the TV, so that Lu Fei's mother, who was preparing to eat oranges, hurriedly threw the oranges aside, and then stared at the TV tightly, and when she saw Lu Fei appear, she patted her thigh excitedly: "Look, our son is on the field...... Hey, why don't my hands hurt now, it doesn't hurt to slap my legs just by listening to the sound......"
Lu Fei's father bared his teeth: "You slapped my leg ......"
“……”
"There was no difference between the players from the University of Washington and the University of Marquette from the opening game, the two sides played to a 59-all draw in the first half, and I don't know which team will take the lead in the second half." Sun Yiping continued: "Lu Fei made a beautiful breakthrough, using his super explosive power to use Marquette No. 3 Wade and No. 34 Turner under the sandwich of Anthony Washington, who pulled to the outside line to block and dismantle, drilled through the gap between the two people, there were no defenders in front of him, and Lu Fei scored the ball very easily into ......."
After Lu Fei scored, there was no celebration and went back to the defense directly.
Turner took the ball across half court, and was about to pass the ball to Wade, who was stuck in the elbow area, but suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and the Huskies didn't have a joint defense?
How can you fight without joint defense? The coach didn't arrange it just now?
He gritted his teeth and handed the ball to Wade first, Wade received the ball, and tapped it tentatively, Lu Fei did not move his center of gravity, Wade looked at the penalty area through Lu Fei while probing, the forbidden area was crowded like a vegetable market, the four big men were all crowded inside, and the breakthrough route had all been blocked.
Accelerated, made a quick stop, got rid of Lu Fei's defense a few times and still didn't get rid of Lu Fei, and seeing that time was running out, he could only throw.
"Lu Fei's defense is good, and Wade's shot is very reluctant." Zhang Weiping said: "Washington picked up the rebound and threw the long pass to Lu Fei, who went to the front court and chased the three points...... Entered! Pretty! Lu Fei should fight like this, this is what Lu Fei is good at. ”
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Wade broke through to the middle and encountered Anthony Washington's blocking, and did not find the passing route to pass to Jackson for a while, so he had no choice but to distribute the ball to Novak on the outside, Novak received the ball and forced a shot in the face of Roy's defense, and the shot was off the basket.
A purple figure rose into the sky, directly from the air to grab the rebound into his arms, it was Lu Fei, after Lu Fei landed, he was like a running cheetah, running from the backcourt to the frontcourt, Wade began to chase him from the other side, the other players couldn't keep up with the speed of the two of them at all, and there were only two people in the entire frontcourt, Lu Fei and Wade.
Lu Fei entered the three-point line, he dribbled one step and then held the ball in one hand and jumped up in two big strides, and Wade jumped up at the same time.
The bodies of the two people collided in the air, and Lu Fei lost his center of gravity.
"Drop!"
The referee blew the whistle.
Lu Fei had already flown out diagonally, his body was almost parallel to the floor, his right hand holding the ball retracted, his left hand held it, and he threw the ball out on his back in the air.
The basketball grazed the rebound and fell into the basket.
Two points are valid and one penalty is added.
Anthony Washington and Brandon Roy hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Lu Fei, who was lying on the ground.
Lu Fei's face sank like water, and he scored the ball steadily.
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At the beginning of the second half, Lu Fei scored like crazy, and he scored 12 points in just five minutes, and Marquette University did not find the right offensive rhythm for a while, and all the players seemed to be dumb, only relying on Wade's breakthrough to force a goal to score two points, and the score instantly came to 71:61, and the Huskies led by ten points.
Marquette asked for a timeout, which was the second timeout they requested in the second half, the first timeout was when Lu Fei threw that chasing three points, and the second was because Lu Fei's counterattack was 2+1, and both timeouts were to stifle Lu Fei's offensive firepower.
Marquette coach Tom Crain's face turned pale: "Turner, didn't I ask you to cooperate with Wade to help defend Lu Fei?" Why is it so easy for him every time? ”
Turner said helplessly: "I don't want to either, but Lu Fei is too fast, and I can't keep up with him at all." ”
Wade, who had not spoken, coughed lightly and said: "His breakthrough is very sharp, but I don't think his physical strength can support him to play like this for 20 minutes, and now the problem we are facing is that our offense can't score, and this is the most critical problem." ”
Crain's brows furrowed, he knew that what Wade said was right, the opponent unexpectedly did not play joint defense in the second half, but hit man marking, and man marking man was still a tight inside man mark, so Marquette did not find a solution for a while.
If you don't solve it, I'm afraid that this game will be lost!
He was holding a tactical board, scribbling on it, and everyone knew that he was thinking of a solution, and no one dared to disturb him.
The referee blew the whistle at the end of the timeout, urging Universitate Marquette to hurry up and get on the pitch.
At this time, Crain suddenly erased the tactical board, and simply drew two circles on the tactical board, one of which drew an arrow in the direction of two circles, and said: "Novak, you go and block Wade!" ”
"What?"
Novak was stunned, this is not the team's regular tactic, because Wade prefers to pick up the inside to block him, so that the box has enough space for Wade to break through.
"Do as I say, you go up and block Wade!"
The referee's hurried whistle blew, and Novak didn't have time to think about it, so he could only play as Crain said.
Wade dribbled at the top of the arc and Novak came up to block the pick-and-roll.
Lu Fei sighed when he saw this scene, he knew that the other party had found the defensive hole in his own set of tactics - if Marquette's inside Jackson came up to block Wade, as long as he was responsible for blocking Wade, as for Jackson, he would admit bad luck if he shot more than 20% of his shots. But Novak is different, no one dares to let him go easily.
Novak went outside after blocking and dismantling, Lu Fei didn't care about him, he could only bet on a wave, betting that Novak hadn't shot for so long, and he didn't feel good, and he and Roy sandwiched Wade.
Wade distributed the ball to the perimeter, and Novak took it.
It really made Lu Feimeng right, Novak didn't shoot a goal for a long time, his hand was cold, the basketball smashed on the neck of the basket and bounced high, and the rebound was picked up by Anthony Washington.
Anthony Washington passed the ball to Lu Fei, and everyone was watching Lu Fei, expecting Lu Fei's counterattack.
Who knows, Lu Fei stood in place, and then called a timeout.
Back on the bench, Romaar patted Lu Fei on the shoulder, Lu Fei shook his head with a wry smile, sighed and said: "Let's change to a four-in-one, and grind with the other party to the end, now we still have a ten-point lead, as long as we can hold on, the victory must be ours!" ”
The timeout is over and everyone is on the field.
Turner knew what to do with the ball when he saw the Huskies turn into a joint defense, and he passed the ball to Wade, who held the ball and went straight to the defensive area where Lu Fei was standing.
The two sides began to squeeze toothpaste-like offensive and defensive battles.
Marquette University plays Wade on the offensive end, the Huskies focus on Roy on the offensive end, Novak on Marquard's side occasionally shoots a three-pointer, and Lu Fei on the Huskies side will also respond with a three-pointer.
But compared with Marquette, Washington alone can't grab rebounds on the inside after all, and whether it's Washington or Bobby Jones, they are not good at grabbing rebounds, Washington is better at coercing, Bobby Jones is better at standing on the pile to cover, in comparison, Marquette's inside line Metri and Jackson basically have no other role, and the purpose of their existence is to grab rebounds.
So the Huskies' second attack lost several times to Marquard's University, which is also the reason why the score is getting closer and closer.
With the last twenty seconds left in the game, the two sides were tied again.
98:98
This score is rare in NCAA games, because the NCAA offense lasts longer, and if you just look at the score, you must think that the two sides are an offensive battle, but in fact, the two sides are more defensive.
The score was 98 draws.
But the ball was in Marquette's hands.
Crainn called a timeout, and he was about to set up a wave of attacks.
And Romaar, who was on the opposite side, was also shouting loudly with the players at this time: "The other side will definitely consume time, they won't leave us time, they won't win, and they can't score overtime, so we must guard against this goal, we still have a chance to prevent us from packing up and going back to Seattle tonight." ”
Romar's eyes were bloodshot, but he knew that the players had done their best, Washington's wrists were swollen on the inside, and Roy lost his stamina in the last ball, and he was really not to blame for not being able to shoot.
The players come on the field and decide the last twenty seconds of life and death.
Marquette served the ball from the sideline, the players ran in circles, and after layers of cover, the basketball finally passed into Wade's hands.
Wade dribbled with his hands crossed between his legs, and Lu Fei just followed his rhythm and took a small step back every time he took a small step, because Lu Fei knew that he didn't have to think about breaking the ball at this time.
When Lu Fei retreated to the top of the arc and took a step inside, he knew that he couldn't retreat anymore, there were still twelve seconds left at this time, and it was no surprise that Wade would start attacking in about eight seconds, he still didn't choose to break the ball, but put his chest up and put his body close to Wade, although he knew that the strength was much worse than Wade, but in the last attack, he had to grit his teeth and hold on to everything.
Wade began to speed up, squeezing Lu Fei with his shoulder, but unexpectedly felt a force of confrontation, but there was no time to think about it at this time, he squeezed half of his body with one stride and jumped up directly.
Lu Fei raised his hands high, he didn't dare to foul at this time, and sending the opponent to the free throw line was tantamount to sending points directly.
Throw!
Wade is a thrower.
The basketball crossed Washington's fingers, arced high and landed on the edge of the basket, thumped twice, and finally landed in the basket.
The fans in Washington were in despair.
Three seconds!
100:98
Marquette only gave the University of Washington three seconds, and Wade was the killer of the Huskies!
Fortunately, Romar had another timeout, and he did not hesitate to call a timeout.
Is there something to set up when you call a pause?
He himself doesn't know what to arrange?
Sideline ball tactics?
He called a timeout only because of years of experience, and it was time to call a timeout, but after calling a timeout, his mind was blank, he had been a coach for so many years, and he had encountered countless situations where he needed to call a timeout when he was behind in the last few seconds.
But in the end, the Final Four was the first time.
For the first time, hundreds of millions of people across the United States are following the game.
What should be arranged? He was a little confused.
"Pass me the ball and I'll shoot it." Lu Fei gasped and said.
Well?
Romaer was stunned, he looked at Lu Fei and saw Lu Fei's calm eyes.
He also calmed down, he picked up the tactical board and drew a sideline serve, and the purpose of the tactics was only one, to give the ball to Lu Fei.
Zhang Weiping drank a few sips of water before gradually calming down his excitement: "In the last ball, does the Huskies choose to play two points more safely or choose to play three points?" ”
Sun Yiping said: "Compared with the result of the game, I am more concerned about who will be the last attack of the Huskies? ”
Is it Lu Fei?
But at the beginning of the second half, after Lu Fei scored crazy for a while, he fell silent again, and the offense during this time was always in Roy's hands.
Everyone was watching these last three seconds.
The referee urges the players on both sides to play.
The Huskies served the sideline, Anthony Washington served, Lu Fei held his knees with both hands, panting, sweat running down his cheeks.
The referee's whistle blew, everyone started running, Lu Fei covered Roy, Roy went around behind Bobby Jones, and Lu Fei also went around behind Bobby Jones.
Roy suddenly ran out, Roy was empty!
All Marquette's players were taken aback, and everyone wanted Roy to pounce.
But, but, but, however, Washington did not pass!
"It's Lu Fei! It's Lu Fei catching the ball! Sun Yiping's screaming voice suddenly rang out.
Lu Fei rushed out from behind Bobby Jones like a sharp sword in the night, and in the bottom corner, he received the basketball.
Wade noticed something was wrong and rushed over.
Lu Fei jumped up, without any adjustment, and shot directly.
The basketball swiped Wade's fingertips and flew in the air towards the basket for as long as a century.
"Huh!"
Basketball goes to the net.
"The ball is in! The ball is in! Zhang Weiping almost shouted out: "Lu Fei's shooting...... Which one is reasonable or unreasonable, win, finally win! ”
Marquette didn't have a timeout, and the time left in the end was simply not enough for Marquette to dribble past half-time.
After Wade threw the basketball in his hand, all the fans in Washington began to celebrate, and the Husky Dogs members hugged each other.
Only Lu Fei sat on the ground with his ass,
He was so tired......