With a 10-minute deficit, Chester's team really had little hope of equalising.

As the game drew to a close, Monterey had already sealed the win one step ahead.

50 seconds ...... Shaquille O'Neal is back to the free-throw line.

40 seconds ...... After O'Neal missed two free throws, Monterey controlled the time.

It wasn't until 30 seconds before the Monterey team ended the offensive wave, Jack Baldwin missed a shot, Chesterl grabbed the rebound, and Joe Hai stood on the sidelines and gestured to end Shaquille O'Neal's off-ball foul.

With less than 30 seconds left, Shaquille O'Neal got the basketball, dunked the basket like a vent of anger, banged, and the hoop almost couldn't withstand such torture, and it was already a little shaky.

Then, the Monterey team made a new free throw in the backcourt, and a few seconds later, there was a buzz and the game was over!

On the sidelines, Qiao Hai raised his right hand and walked towards the center of the field.

"Well done! Tom! ”

"Well done! Rashad! ”

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Johi walked up to his players to clap their hands in celebration, and the Monterey players looked excited, and this match should be the highlight of their careers as they beat Shaquille O'Neal.

The rest of the neutral fans in the arena were cheering, and the few Monterey fans in the corner were even more frenzied.

The commentators at the scene were also excited: "The Monterey team had a miraculous victory, they defeated Shaquille O'Neal's Chester, the NBA's all-time superstar Drew in league debut, and it ended in failure. ”

"Shaquille O'Neal's loss to a Drew league-level defense would be the biggest news of the NBA lockdown, and China Joe and his Monterey team will set the stage for a somewhat dim American basketball season."

The Monterey team was still celebrating, and Johi walked to the technical table and shook hands with the Chester's manager.

Then, he beckoned his players to leave the scene: "Okay guys, it's time to go, this is the opponent's territory, don't be too arrogant." ”

Watching the players walk into the players' tunnel with excited smiles one by one, Qiao Hai also turned around and prepared to leave.

"Mr. Qiao, please stay."

In a foreign country, Qiao Hai actually heard Chinese, he turned his head in surprise, and saw a young man with black hair and yellow skin walking over with a voice recorder.

"Hello, Mr. Joe, I'm Kevending, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times Sports Column, can I ask you a few questions?"

Qiao Hai nodded, indicating that he could.

Kevinding was a little happy, and the reporter's instinct made it clear to him that what happened at Chester's Arena today would definitely be a big news event that swept the United States the next day.

And most reporters in Los Angeles can only interview Shaquille O'Neal, only he, Kevinding, interviewed another key figure, Monterey head coach Qiao Hai, the mysterious Monterey head coach single-handedly created this magical victory, he is the core figure in this victory.

On the other side, Qiao Haizai carefully looked at Kevending, as a basketball lover from 2018, he has heard Kevending's name over and over again, and the later Kevending is the master reporter of the emerging sports media bleachers, and he is also a team reporter who specializes in reporting on the Lakers, and he also has a certain reputation in the NBA media industry.

"Can you start by telling us about your experience? Mr. Joe, why did you become the head coach of a Drew League team? ”

Kevinding is in dire need of information about Joe, how old is the young head coach who single-handedly defeated Shaquille O'Neal? Where did it come from? How did you get into the position of Monterey manager? It's all Kevindin needs to know.

Qiao Hai himself still doesn't know all about his personal information and origin, he only knows that Qiao Hai came to the United States in 1998 to work hard, and he has parents and siblings in China, but in the United States, he doesn't even have a friend.

After thinking about it for a while, Qiao Hai introduced himself: "My name is Qiao Hai, Chinese, I just came to Los Angeles from China half a year ago, I became the head coach of the Monterey team through an interview, before that, I was just an amateur basketball enthusiast......''.

"How old are you?"

"23 years old."

After asking two questions, Kevending already has some ideas in his heart, maybe tomorrow's front page headline can be written like this: A 23-year-old amateur basketball player beats the big sharks?

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Kevindin didn't make the headlines with his own ideas, but in the end, the front-page headlines of the Los Angeles Times were not much different from Kevinding's ideas.

The Los Angeles Times made headlines "Drew League Sharks arrested, O'Neal played the worst fight of his career!" ”

In its sports column, Kevending's visit to Qiao Hai also got a separate section, Kevinding first briefly described the process of the game, pointed out the important role played by the head coach Qiao Hai, and then, specifically introduced Qiao Hai's personal experience, thinking that this is a very high-level coach.

In addition to the Los Angeles Times' detailed report on Shaquille O'Neal being sanctioned by a dark horse team in the Drew League, ESPN was not to be outdone.

At this time, ESPN was still just a TV station, unlike later generations that have been the hegemon of North American sports media, of course, they are now the largest sports TV channel in the United States, and they are still the national sports media in North America.

In contrast to other national media reports, ESPN specially found a video of the game from Los Angeles, edited it and broadcast it directly on Sports One throughout the day, and the host Mav Albert made a specific report.

"During the league shutdown, the Big Shark Shaquille O'Neal suddenly appeared in the Drew League semifinals to play for one of the teams, and everyone thought the game would be a one-sided game, but the Big Shark ran aground in the Drew League."

"At the beginning of the first quarter, Shaquille O'Neal scored eight points in a row and ravaged the basket." On the TV screen, Shaquille O'Neal scored his eighth opening point with a dunk.

"But then, the opposing team's head coach called a timeout, and after the adjustment, Shaquille O'Neill was restricted."

In the picture, Shaquille O'Neal encountered the front and rear defense of the Monterey team, and missed consecutive attacks.

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As soon as ESPN's show aired, Dallas, mad scientist Don Nelson continued what he loved to do most in the offseason — watch the news.

His interest came when he saw the news that Shaquille O'Neal was stranded in the Drew League.

It's just a boring shutdown season, and every day the sports news repeats itself: collective bargaining restarts, collective bargaining breakdowns, collective bargaining restarting, collective bargaining breaking down again......

Now, finally, it's a little different news, and it's still a very interesting news, and Don Nelson is in the mood all of a sudden.

At this time, the picture on the field has reached the stage where the two sides are back and forth, and Don Nelson is getting brighter and brighter the more he looks at it.

At this time, the game screen suddenly shifted to Qiao Hai, and Qiao Hai called a timeout.

"Interesting, is this Asian the head coach of this team?" Don Nelson looked like a bad uncle, his eyes narrowed, his face was full of smiles, and it seemed that he had become interested in Qiao Hai.

On the field, in a brief scene, the Monterey team played a classic fast attack, and Don Nelson secretly shouted: "Beautiful, this fast attack!" ”

At the end of the game, Qiao Hai took another pause and threw out his hole card - the shark cutting tactic, at this time, Don Nelson's eyes were no longer shining, but his eyes were shining.

After reading the news, Don Nelson had no other thoughts, he took out his phone and made a call to his son, Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson......

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Not only Dallas, but all over the United States have watched the news of the Shark Drew League stranding, and more people are watching the news as a hilarity, but there are also many professional NBA practitioners who have noticed the various details of this game.

As a result, Qiao Hai's name began to spread among professionals......