Chapter 102: Bloodthirsty Kangda
After receiving the ball, he glanced back at Singler, who was flying behind him, and Tang Tian made a move to collect the ball.
When he saw Singler flying away from his eyes with his teeth and claws, he took aim at the frame again.
Bend the knees, jump, straighten the arms, flick the wrists.
After shaking off Singler, Tang Tian's shot was unhurried, and he made a textbook three-point jumper.
"Huh!"
The ball is like a positioning cruise missile, and it falls into the frame accurately.
40 to 51!
As soon as Kangda came up in the second half, there was a wave of 13-4 attacks, chasing the difference from 20 points to 11 points!
Tang Tian alone hit 3 three-pointers!
Coach K yelled at his players a few times at this time, obviously feeling very unhappy about being chased like this.
At this time, the most excited are the UConn fans and the players on the bench.
Irving scored 4 points, his condition was as good as the first half, and Coach K's adjustment was also timely, but the only difference from the first half was that Kangda played a tidal wave of offense!
Duke's individual ability to lead Irving in the first half was one thing, but there was another aspect of Cancer's own offense.
27 points in the half, which is significantly lower than the points they have scored in their previous games.
Now that the offensive end is open, the situation is naturally different.
Duke's offense, Irving continued to single Walker.
Walker's self-confidence skyrocketed after a successful defense in front of him, and Irving, who was close to him, was very uncomfortable at this time.
After all, Owen has not yet grown into a complete body, and he has not been back from a toe injury for a long time, and he is forced to completely run out of room to break through at this time!
The fans of Kangda watched the blood boiling.
They've never seen Walker so desperate on the defensive end, it's like adding bloodlust!
Owen barely managed to make a move in the end.
Walker didn't move, but the referee blew the whistle on the sidelines for Walker's foul.
The UConn fans at the scene booed.
Irving hit both free throws to stretch the deficit to 13 points for Duke.
"Defend! Defend! ”
More than 40,000 fans at Duke were cheering loudly.
Kangda's frontcourt attack, Tang Tian was stared to death, and Walker was also prevented and did not give a chance, but Lamb took a chance to block at this time, and received Walker's pass and directly pulled out a three-point shot.
"Huh!"
The ball goes into the net.
Lamb's three-pointer also scored!
In the regular season, Lamb's three-point shooting was not stable, but because of the small number of shots, no one noticed that after the championship, Lamb's three-point shooting rate was second only to Tang Tian in Kangda!
The cheers of the Duke fans came to an abrupt end.
This is not just Walker who is bloodthirsty, Kangda This is the whole team is in a bloodthirsty state, and it has not disappeared for so long!
In fact, this 120% state is difficult to last, after all, physical and mental consumption is very large, and it should almost disappear after a few minutes, but the referee blew Walker's foul just now, so they were added again!
It only took more than 7 minutes in the second half, and Kangda had already closed the gap to 10 points!
Irving continued to single Walker in the frontcourt, and this time he significantly increased the swing amplitude when shaking, and Sam Gold's back-to-back finally shook Walker to the basket.
Oriage's save and Irving's railing didn't get the ball in.
Oriarchie turned and struggled to defend the rebound.
In fact, when Oriage came out, Plumlee was already empty, and there was a high probability that it would be a dunk directly, but Irving didn't pass, which is Irving's biggest technical shortcoming.
Kangda hit the counterattack again, and Tang Tian's chasing three-point was interfered with and missed, but Lamb's follow-up layup made up for the ball.
45 to 53!
The difference in points is already 8 points left.
Coach K called a timeout at this time, and when the players left the court, he almost dropped the tactical board with a roar, and the legendary coach of the NCAA couldn't be calmer anymore after being chased by Kangda's continuous crazy chasing points.
Coach K's anger still played a role, coupled with the high physical exertion of the bloodthirsty state of Kangda, Duke opened up some situations on the offensive end after returning from a timeout.
However, Lamb found his form on Kangda's side, and when Walker and Tang Tian contained most of the defense, he also frequently succeeded on the offensive end.
The score difference of the game has been fluctuating between 8~10 points.
The second half lasted about 13 minutes, and the main players on both sides came out of the game one after another.
Tang Tian and Walker also hurried to drink saliva and then eat some cake.
They seem to have gotten used to Olsen's cake for energy.
"Kemba, they're starting to focus on Lamb's side of the defense now, you still have to attack more if you have a chance." Tang Tian opened his mouth and said.
"Owen ......"
"Owen gave me to defend, and now they're keeping an eye on me on the defensive end, so I don't have a chance." Tang Tian said directly.
If you want to be a good enough 3D player, it is definitely not enough to rely on Novak's open three-pointer, you must know that he is only facing a quasi-NBA-level Duke, and if he really gets to the NBA, if he is targeted, it is estimated that he will not have a chance to play the whole game.
So the next step for him has to buy a three-point skill to run and catch the ball from the system mall.
But that's the next step, and it obviously can't be done before the tournament is over, so it's up to Walker to win this game at hand.
"I see." Walker nodded.
The game is not static, it can even be said to be ever-changing, in the first half because of his poor state, the team could not open, but now Tang Tian scored 3 three-pointers, Lamb also continued to score, they opened the containment defense, this is his chance.
And after continuously defending Owen, his own self-confidence is also improving, and Tang Tian's reminder of this point is very timely.
In the last five minutes of the game, both sides rotated back their main forces one after another.
UConnda made minor lineup changes, with Outlander replacing Smith.
The difference on the field is still 8 points, and this is the final decisive moment for both sides.
Fans on both sides were cheering for their respective teams, and as the decisive moment approached, the atmosphere was extremely noisy and reached a critical point.
The fierce competition also made Smith and Barkley forget about the previous bickering for a while, and instead looked intently at the court.
Kangda's offense, Tang Tian and Lamb crossed the run.
Both of them were in good form in the second half, and Duke's defense was completely pulled up by them.
Oriage mentioned high post to Walker at this time, and Walker accelerated with a low dribble to meet Plumlee's defense.
Plumlee, who was versatile in the box and almost dominated the basket tonight, was unrelenting against Walker at this time, reaching out to cover the sun.
Walker suddenly changed direction.
Walker's dribbling is not as good as Irving's, but his instantaneous explosiveness is stronger than Irving's, and this time Plumlee can't keep up at all, so he can only lift back and go.
Walker, however, slammed the ball back and threw it out.
Throwing is Parker's forte, and Walker, who is Parker's idol, is also quite skilled in throwing.
"Huh!"
It was too late for Plumlee to make another save, as the ball sliced through a high parabola in the air and went over his defence and into the net.
Walker, got his first point of the second half.