"Huh!"

Smith's three-pointer returned!

The margin came to 14 points.

An Irving that left Kangda at a loss on the defensive end.

Under his leadership, Duke hit a surge before the end of the first half, leading by as many as 20 points at 47-27.

"Kenny, what am I talking about? They got the game done at half-time! Barkley said at this time and patted Smith on the shoulder, he finally won Smith once.

Smith spread his hands, and Irving single-handedly changed the situation on the court, a performance he didn't expect.

The locker room at Kangda had a somewhat dreary atmosphere.

With 20 points down, the tournament has never been like this before.

And the opponent is still Duke, 20 points, and it's really a bit unrealistic to want to turn over.

After all, this team has a lot of poor talent, and reaching the semi-finals is actually considered an extraordinary performance, and it is really not a shame to be eliminated here.

It's just that Walker's core players are still a little unwilling on their faces.

Cajon didn't know what to say at this time, in the face of the absolute talent gap, the role of tactics was very limited.

The silence of the locker room, the atmosphere is indescribably oppressive.

Cajon asked the players to adjust their mentality, and then left the locker room with Ollie.

The players either rested in their chairs or sat there in a daze.

"We don't deserve to lose in that way." Tang Tian opened his mouth and said.

The locker room was quiet, and when he opened his mouth, the other players all looked at him.

'We may not be able to win the game, but we shouldn't lose in that way.' Tang Tian continued.

"Don, we've done our best......" Smith began.

The other players all acquiesced, and it was not because they were so far behind that they were not in bad shape, but because their talent was really suppressed.

"Yes, maybe we've done our best, but if you look at the more than 30,000 fans in the stadium, some of them are students, some are children, some are families, and even some are elderly, they have come from Connecticut thousands of miles away, and we are really worthy of them to lose in this way?"

The answer was obvious, but no one spoke.

"It's the only chance we all have in our lives, Kemba, he's played for three years to have a chance to get to the final four, and a student, who's only been in college for four years, maybe we'll all stay in school next year, but what if we don't make it to the Final Four? Kemba would never have had this chance again for the rest of his life. The same goes for the others, Alex, Jeremy, Rosecke, Taylor, ask yourself, what other chance do you have than tonight, are you so close to the eventual championship? ”

Everyone was silent, but there was still a lot of unwillingness in their eyes.

Who would be willing!

"No more! This is our only and last chance! Yes, we've done our best, really, but can't we do more? We were 100 per cent in the first half and we were 120 per cent in the second half! Not only for this only opportunity for ourselves, but also for the fans who have supported us since the beginning of the regular season! More investment, do everything you can, not to win the game, just to leave no regrets! As Tang Tian spoke, the decibel continued to rise.

"Yes, we can lose, but we must not lose in this way!" Oreage looked up.

"! I never believed that our strength would be so much worse than theirs! Smith said and slapped the bench.

"That's it! the Duke guys! Holland shouted and stood up.

……

Tang Tian's speech was full of infectiousness, and every sentence was heart-piercing, and he could clearly feel that the fighting spirit of the Kang University team members had returned.

Walker got up at this time and pulled Tang Tian out of the locker room.

"Don, let's go find the old man." After Walker came out of the locker room, he directly pulled Tang Tian to the coach's office.

Tang Tian looked puzzled, he didn't know what Walker wanted to do, and he didn't say anything when he asked him.

When they arrived at Cahon's office, they knocked on the door and entered, and saw Cajon and Ollie looking at them with puzzled expressions.

The last time he knocked on the door, it was Tang Tian who came alone, and this time it was Walker and Tang Tian who came together, and looking at Tang Tian's expression, it seemed that Walker came with him.

"Old man, it's hard for me to have an advantage over Owen, my strength is below him." Walker spoke.

Walker's opening, including Tang Tian, all three of them looked at Walker in surprise.

It was the first time they had heard Walker speak like that.

"But I want to win, so I want to put all my energy into defending in the second half and try to limit him as much as I can." Walker then said in a firm tone.

Tang Tian's words just now went to his heart, he just stayed until his junior year in order to win the championship, and indeed this was his only chance, if he wanted to win, he really just wanted to win.

"But the team needs you to score." Cajon spoke.

Walker is the best defensive of the UConn guards, he averaged nearly 2 steals per game this season, which is among the best in the entire NCAA, but as Cajon said, UConn needs Walker's offense more, after all, the person who scores more wins the game, even if he really guards Irving, it is impossible to recover the 20-point difference.

"No, you don't." To Cahon's surprise, Walker shook his head.

"I had a terrible offensive performance in the first half, yes, maybe I can adjust back in the second half, but it takes time, we don't have much time, it's better to leave the offensive thing to Don, Don's open threes are our most consistent scoring points, and we are so far behind, we can use three points to recover the difference the fastest." Walker continued.

If it was the same as before, he was so far behind at halftime, what he wanted to do was definitely to continue to try to score and then lead the team to reverse, but he remembered what Tang Tian said when he returned from injury and struggled, the real strength is to defeat himself, in order to win, he must become more rational.

Cajon nodded thoughtfully after listening, what Walker said did make sense.

"Kemba, I've wronged you." Cajon finally nodded in agreement, but didn't forget to comfort Walker.

If he had played poorly in the first half and defended Irving in the second half, Walker's stats would certainly not have been too good.

It's okay to say that if he wins, if he loses, it will be broadcast live in the United States, in front of so many scouts, and it will definitely have a big impact on his draft market.

"No, coach, I just want to win." Walker said in a firm tone.

Tang Tian also looked sideways at Walker at this time.

Walker's desire to win really gets to the point of nearing paranoia, and that paranoia is contagious.

After a 15-minute break, the starting players from both sides came on one after another.

"Come on! Connecticut Huskies! ”

Although the team trailed by 20 points, the Kangda fans did not give up, and as soon as the second half came up, they cheered for Kangda in unison.

Walker carried the ball to the frontcourt, and unlike in the first half, he did not greet Tang Tian to block and dismantle, but held the ball at the top of the arc to make tactical gestures.

The UConn players began to run back and forth.

The arrangement of the bench on the basketball court, the two halves will swap places, but the bench is always the defensive half, and Coach K will also be vigilant after seeing Kangda's tactical adjustments.