Chapter 14: The Moment of Truth
At halftime, "At 42:39, our San Gabriel High School temporarily took the lead, and the game started again. ”
In the opening minutes of the game again, everyone defended very tightly after the coach's reminder at halftime, and several shots from both sides in the opening game of "end to end" were missed.
Archbishop Mitty High School got the ball again, Garrison controlled the ball, shook off Oscar's defense with a change of direction, and scored a mid-range jumper to break the deadlock and tie the score.
Oscar looked at Garrison's breakthrough and was a little helpless, Oscar was completely shaken away by a cross step, a very easy two-pointer, Garrison, the black point guard 185CM, looked very fast, and the breakthrough strength was very strong.
St Gabriel High School attacked, Lee Mojie faced Gordon's defense and handed the ball to Wallace on the inside, Wallace faced the young sophomore No. 19 power forward on the opposite side and shook a little, and then shot to score, Wallace was in good shape today.
Switching offense and defense, Gordon followed closely with Li Mojie, almost not giving him a little space, but Li Mojie's return run still threw Gordon away, and at this time, James's ball on the three-point line also reached his hand, and he made a three-step layup and scored 2 points.
"It's a pity, Li Mojie has already thrown Gordon away, Gordon's defense is quite active in this game, but he is still young, facing Li Mojie's smart running." Said a scout on the field.
"Hehe, which of these young geniuses is good enough defensively!" The colleague next to him laughed.
"That's just as well."
Archbishop Mitty High School's offense this time, this time Garrison did not choose to break through Oscar, but passed to Nance who ran to the inside line, Nance sat with his back to play, relying on the advantage of strength to squeeze Rondo to the basket, turned, popped, and made a straight-arm jumper. Hit.
"Beautiful" This is the cheerleading team of Archbishop Mitty High School off the court After watching Nance's individual singles shout, the perfect combination of strength and technique, Rondo is obviously far behind the opposite center.
The initiator of the attack of the San Gabriel High School team is Oscar again, Oscar passed to Li Mojie, Li Mojie threw it casually, and finally ran out of the vacant James, "Huh! James also opened his beard, excitedly stretching out three fingers and shaking his head.
Gordon, who received the ball next, ignored Nance who wanted the ball, and directly pulled out three points in the face of Li Mojie, which was also Gordon was a little angry by the group of people in San Gabriel High School, and wanted to return one, "Huh", the ball obediently hollowed into the net.
"Beautiful!" The audience watching the game from the field was also very excited, it was really a wonderful game, and it was not in vain.
67:67 THE SCORE WAS EQUALIZED AGAIN, LI MOJIE LOOKED AT GORDON ENVIOUSLY, BEFORE THE CROSSING HE OFTEN DID THIS BRAINLESS AFTER A FEW CROSSCOVERS, HE SHOT DIRECTLY, AND THEN HIT WITH A "SWISH", AND THEN LOOKED AT THE OPPOSING DEFENDER WITH A HELPLESS LOOK. But now, after more than half a year of practice, I am only a little sure when the seat is vacant.
"There must be gains." Li Mojie said with a smile.
"Look at that, how about letting you in? Our new magician, Marc Jr. Lee smiled triumphantly.
The DJ on the field suddenly shouted, and the cheerleaders cheered excitedly from the audience.
"Good shot, Gordon's three-point shot is really beautiful, in the second quarter he was suppressed by Mo Jie a little bit, he didn't play much, I didn't expect to hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up." The scout said.
St Gabriel High School attacked, Li Mojie wanted to get back on the court, continued to hold the ball to organize, held the ball on the flank, and tentatively walked in the frame, while Gordon let go of Li Mojie and stared at Li Mojie.
Then Li Mojie also pulled out his hand directly, "Huh! With almost an empty seat, I am still a little sure now.
“69:67”
Gordon on the court didn't expect Li Mojie to really practice the basket, "Don't let him go, pay attention to the block." Archbishop Mitty shouted anxiously from the audience.
Garrison quickly received the ball from the baseline, and then a long pass to the No. 24 black scoring guard, wanting to play a counterattack, but James followed closely and had no chance, so the scoring guard passed to Nance again, after Nance played twice inside, Mo Jie didn't pay attention, Gordon cut from the baseline, and Nance hit the ball and won the ball after hitting the ground.
"69:69" The score of the two sides is tied again.
"Beep" Coach Scott Sr. called a timeout, looked at the panting Rondo, replaced Rondo, and spent the backup small forward Custer to make Wallace center, a big forward who has grown 4 centimeters taller in half a year.
"Next, play a big or four small tactics, everyone runs, blocks and dismantles, runs the empty space, Oscar, James, Custer, do you three know? Marc Modger, you take the ball. ”
"It's not a few minutes, everyone hold on!" Old Scott encouraged.
"St. Gabriel will win!" The crowd clasped hands and shouted.
Now it's up to who's more eager to win! Scott Sr. looked at the same foaming high school coach from Bishop Mitty on the bench across from him and thought to himself.
The wonderful performance of the beautiful cheerleaders was soon over, and it was immediately a fierce basketball confrontation.
Back on the court, point guard Garrison once again handed the ball to Nance's hands, one-on-one, in the eyes of the coach of Mitty Archbishop High School, the interior center Nance had a clear one-on-one advantage, but Li Mojie was quick and broke the ball with a steal.
Then it was passed to Cust, who passed it to Oscar. However, Gordon's quick return to the defense frustrated Oscar's desire to break quickly, so he had to pass to James, who fortunately received the ball with a pull-up jump shot. “69:71”
The ball was converted, and Garrison didn't dare to hoist the ball to the inside single, "Give it to me." I saw Gordon shake off the defensive Custer, and after receiving the ball, he used his brutal physical fitness to force a one-handed dunk, "bang". “71:71”。 Even Li Mojie, who was standing under the basket, felt that the ball could not be defended.
St. Gabriel attacked, and Li Mojie faced the opposite big forward, holding the ball in the frame, and after turning around with a small throw, he made a small throw.
Gordon, in turn, was a three-step layup.
"73:71" is still Li Mojie's layup.
"73:74 "After Gordon breaks through, Lee Mojie picks up and Gordon then passes to the shooting guard at the three-point line.
"74:74" After Li Mojie got the ball inside, he was fouled and hit one of two free throws.
In the last minute, St. Gabriel tied the score, 81:81, at this time the players on both sides were exhausted, this is not physical fatigue, but mental, the score of the two sides has not been opened, the players on both sides have been concentrated all night, and naturally feel very tired.
There are 41 seconds left in the game, at this time Li Mojie has made 19 shots, this is the most recent game for Mo Jie, this game Li Mojie's offensive desire is very strong, 12 of 19, 2 of 4 free throws, scored 26 points, and 8 assists, 6 rebounds This also shows that he attaches importance to this game.
The last long timeout.
"Calm down, everybody calm down," Scott Sr. shouted hysterically from the sidelines
"Push down the rhythm, defend one, we still have a chance, there is still a lot of time, you know, Mo Jie, understand, don't rush" This is said to Mo Jie, the last two goals Mo Jie has chosen to attack, but neither hit.
Li Mojie wiped his sweat with a towel and nodded, knowing that he was indeed a little anxious for quick success, because the game has been deadlocked, as long as he scores a goal, he can overtake, in the face of such a situation, even if he is 23 years old psychologically, he can't keep his normal heart, especially in this kind of key game, facing the first high school student in California, who has attracted much attention.
The game resumes. Archbishop Mitty attacked high school, and point guard Garrison did not choose a fast break, but played a success rate, and the best result was a last-second buzzer-beating shot.
The National High School Basketball Association (NFHS) has established rules for high school basketball in the United States, there is no mandatory time limit for offense, and it is up to the state high school federation to decide whether to use the offensive time limit, and currently, seven states use a 30-second or 35-second offensive time limit in high school basketball. That includes California, the same 30 seconds as the NCAA.
Oscar stared firmly at Garrison from outside the three-point line, Garrison was still in possession, and when there was only 8s left on this offense, Garrison suddenly passed to Gordon, who quickly broke through Custer and slashed to the basket, only to find Li Mojie's figure when he jumped high.
"Smack." I saw Gordon and Li Mojie fall to the ground together.
"Foul, thug!" The player from Archbishop Mitty High School shouted.
"Good shot!" This is a player from St. Gabriel High School.
There was a scramble on the field.
The off-the-field coach also quarreled.
However, the referee still awarded a foul. Li Mojie didn't think there was anything unfair, and it was more likely that the ball would indeed be judged to be fouled.
At the critical moment, Gordon exhaled deeply.
"Whew" hit the first free throw. The crowd continued to take their positions and await his second penalty.
"End" didn't know if it was the foul just now that was too harsh or too much pressure, and Gordon's second free throw hit the iron.
"Mine!" Rondo, who had just replaced Wallace, who had not rested, roared.
However, there were less than 11 seconds left before the end of the race.
10……
The audience stood up.
9……
St Gabriel High School attacked, the ball was in the hands of Li Mojie on the flank, and it was up to him at this time, and everyone began to run wildly.
8、7、6……
Suddenly, Li Mojie changed direction and made a sharp stop, but Gordon helped defend in time, and then Li Mojie stepped back and made a jumper, and the ball crossed a beautiful arc and smashed into the neck of the basket and missed. The force was too strong, and the ball bounced out.
5、4、3……
"This is my rebound" At the critical moment, Li Mojie's eyes widened angrily, jumped high and took off this key rebound, squeezing the people around him away, and roared.
2、1……
"Get the fuck in here." In a hurry, Li Mojie didn't care, jumped up again, and threw the ball in the direction of the basket.
"God, what is the result? What is it? The DJ at St. Gabriel High School hissed.
"Get in, get in." Coach Scott Sr. and the Li family shouted with their hands crossed.
"Huh!" A crisp sound of falling into the net sounded.