Chapter 12: The Time of Coronation
Jabari. Parker rushed over immediately, grabbed the boy's neck and yelled in his ear, "The champion is ours, it's ours, Add!! We are the kings of the NCAA!! NCAA King !! ”
For a moment, everything in his ears was blurred except for the roar of extremely high decibels, and Addison could feel the hugs and clapping of countless hands, but he still didn't make any sound, just smiled, smiled and greeted everything.
Squeezing his teammates away, the boy walked in front of his head coach CoachK, the old coach stood in front of the bench and behaved very calmly, and the old K, who had experienced countless victories and defeats, no longer yelled like a young man.
- Thank you, Mike, I wouldn't have been here without you. The boy hugged the old man, both with a comforting smile on his face.
"Go and enjoy the victory, boy, this is your champion." Old K patted his proud protégé on the shoulder, he knew what an NCAA championship meant to a player who was about to enter the draft.
Before returning to the arena, Addison walked into the audience and pounded his chest with the muscular young man with short ginger hair.
"I knew you could win, buddy." Jersey. Granger's deep, slightly hoarse voice sounded characteristic, "Well done, by the way, Jabari's lively orangutan did a good job." ”
Addison smiled, Jabari. Parker and Tashi. The two basketball courts and the superstars of the football stadium actually have a good relationship, but they will talk to each other when they meet.
Taking the championship hat and T-shirt brought by the staff, the boy put the gloves on his body, and it was Jersey who leaned into his ear and said, "April 30 is the draft day of this year's NFL, how about it, come with me to meet the world and see how the monsters on the football field show off their muscles." ”
Naturally, Addison would not refuse his friend's invitation, and as soon as he agreed, he heard a call behind him.
The championship podium has been set up in the venue, and the current president of the NCAA, Mark Brown. Emmert also stepped into the middle of the field, and behind him were the staff members holding the championship trophy.
As the old K said, the time has come to enjoy the victory......
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At 73:59, the final 14-point margin set the record for the largest margin in the NCAA Finals in nearly a decade, so much so that it's hard to believe that this is the result of a collision between two teams of equal strength.
The game Connecticut leader Shabazz. Napier was out of step under Addison's defense, finishing with 15 points, three assists, three rebounds and five turnovers on 5-of-16 shooting, and his poor fire was also the main reason for UConn's poor offense.
And Duke University, Jabari. Parker did an excellent job of breaking up opponents, with 26 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, announcing to the nation that he is definitely a strong contender for the top pick in this year's NBA draft.
But such stats didn't overshadow the stunning performance of Duke's other devil, Addison hit four of his eight shots, and when his stats were played on the big screen, countless spectators watched the game in amazement.
11 points, 16 assists, 6 rebounds, 5 steals, 2 turnovers......
The double-double, the gorgeous double-double in the Finals, if that doesn't touch the heartstrings of the viewers, then the record-breaking 16 assists in a single game in the Finals will leave all the professionals staggering.
Sometimes the burst of assist stats doesn't prove that a player's playmaking skills are good, such as Kyrie. Irving, even if he has 10+ assists in a single game, few people will see him as a point guard with excellent organizational skills, even if he is indeed a good player.
But many times, outstanding organizational skills are often shown in a person's single-game assist statistics, such as John. Stockton or Jason. Kidd's top-five all-time assists list is a testament to how terrifying their control of the game is.
It's a strange theory of relativity, it's not mutually inclusive, but it's real.
As for whether Addison's organizational skills are recognized by the American basketball community, this point may be from the perspective of Hubi. This is evident in Brown's rhetoric.
Addison is averaging 11.8 points, 9.7 assists, 3.9 steals, 4.6 rebounds, 0.3 blocks, and 2.1 turnovers per game this season, and is likely to compete for the league's No. 1 spot in assists and steals.
The boy walked onto the podium of the Blue Devils' celebrations and high-fived his teammates, and the smiling cheeks under the hat were displayed on the big screen, making the crowd of young women in the audience instantly lose their resistance.
"Congratulations, young man, there are few people in the history of the NCAA who have led the team to a championship as a freshman, and you are destined to be remembered by young people all over the country." Coalition Chairman Mark Brown. Emmett smiled and walked onto the stage to shake hands with the two leaders of Duke University.
"Thank you for your congratulations, I'll bring this miracle to the NBA." Jabari. Parker said with some humility, and Addison just smiled and shrugged his shoulders, and even took a step back to let Parker go and keep the honor to himself.
It has something to do with the symptoms of the boy's aphasia, and he is not very good at communicating with strange people.
Emmett didn't bother to say anything, and received the glittering NCAA championship trophy from the staff under the watchful eyes of the audience and cameras.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let us see for yourself...... The 2013-14 NCAA champions, Duke University Blues, were crowned champions!! The DJ saluted the NCAA's new champion with a high-pitched guttural voice, and he was greeted by an enthusiastic cheer from the crowd.
"Why are you hiding in the back, buddy??" Jabari. Pakra held Addison back and dragged him to the same position as himself, "This is our champion, you don't want to be a behind-the-scenes hero." ”
The corners of the boy's mouth curled helplessly, and he was far less paranoid off the field, and in his opinion, Jabari was better suited to lift the trophy for the team than he did.
However, in the shouts of all his teammates around him, he and Parker still stretched out their arms and lifted the heavy trophy high above their heads.
Colorful streamers burst from the dome of the stadium and fluttered throughout the field full of excitement, floating on the young people who were celebrating with trophies on the podium.
This is the moment when they are crowned......