In the first half of the game, except for the bench score and the two teams tied, UNLV achieved an all-round encirclement of Duke in various statistics. Although the two teams seem to be fighting each other on the field, Duke's side often encounters supplementary defense interference after a wonderful cooperation or gorgeous action, and most of the shots end in iron; However, the same routine UNLV can often get an empty space when it comes out, and calmly complete the shot before the opponent's supplementary defense is in place. So although it seems that the two teams are similar in strength, the score is very different.

The Duke players thought that Coach K would say something cheering or rearrange his tactics to chase points, but Coach K sat there without saying a word, as if the room had nothing to do with him. The atmosphere in the locker room was unusually solemn, and for a while, Okafor couldn't bear it anymore, so he came up and squatted in front of Shashevsky and asked, "Dad, how can I beat you!" ”

"How? You ask me, I ask who goes? "As a world-renowned basketball coach, it was the first time that Coach K said such a depressing remark, and everyone in the locker room was taken aback.

"Daddy, you're not kidding us, are you? Are you going to give up after being 20 points down at halftime? Is this still the stern head we know? Okafor said incredulously.

"Give me a Rudy. Gay, Clay. Thompson, even if it's Tewall. Ariza or Derek. Favors, I have a way of arranging my troops to win the opponent, but now who do you want me to fight against the opponent? "Old Coach K is actually complaining! That's so rare!

"We almost got under 10 points!" Okafor looked at the old Coach K and seemed to have forgotten the trend of the game in the first half, and deliberately emphasized.

"You don't need to emphasize it like that, Jashir remembers that it was you and Justis who led the team to play the opponent's bench to catch up with the point difference, but have you forgotten that Hoggist spent it again as soon as he played, didn't you?" Coach K reminded Okafor in turn: "Haugist's strength is no worse than the Duke senior who came to watch you play today, and I don't have any way to make a player of your level be able to guard against him!" With him here, you can't have the slightest chance of winning today. ”

Winslow suddenly spoke, "Coach, we chose to join Duke out of complete trust in you, your coaching ability is naturally undoubted, the training methods are naturally advanced, and we have trained hard under your guidance, but why is the gap between us and Hoggist's strength still so big?" ”

"You also said that it was a strength gap, and your level was not as good as Haojist! And you train hard, can't Haugist train hard? It's like you can't make Ariza a Durant no matter how hard you train, some gaps are innate, and even if they seem small, they are bottomless chasms that are difficult to overcome. Coach K patiently explained.

"Are we going to just give up the game with our eyes right?" Okafor had a hard time accepting the idea of old Coach K.

"Alas! Let me teach you one last lesson! Coach K tidied up his collar and sat down and said: "Whether in the future career or in family life, the most important thing is to see your own ability and find your own positioning. Take career as an example, Winslow, although you like to play like a star, but you really are not that piece of material, this style of play is the privilege of the tactical core of the team boss like Haugist, if you want to keep playing like this, you will not be able to coexist with stronger players, and the team that makes you play like this will definitely not find a bigger star, just overdo you, so in this case you will be farther and farther away from the championship. And if you can accept that you are just a role player, practice defense and catch-and-shoot with peace of mind, and do a good job of assisting the core of the team, then the strength of the team will go to the next level, and you will be one step closer to the NBA championship. ”

Coach K's words made Winslow feel very embarrassed, he really felt good about himself this year, because Duke really has no stronger outside players than him in the current lineup, but he didn't expect the coach to say that his level is not good, stop and think about it carefully, he is like Nick compared to Hoggist. Yang is the same as Kobe, and his ability can only reach the beggar version of Haugist, so today is indeed a game with no chance of winning.

Coach K paused and continued: "Because of this, I can't do anything to try to win, unless you can make Haugis special to play, but I don't want you to do this kind of immoral behavior of playing black hands and provoking him, and you don't have the ability to make fouls with your strength, so I can only watch you lose." However, it is also a good quality for you not to give up easily, although I can't help, but I am willing to stand on the sidelines and cheer you on, but do good deeds, don't ask about the future, where your own road leads, after all, you have to go out on your own to know. ”

"Daddy, although your chicken soup tastes a little bitter, it's not hopeless!" "I have a bold idea!" In the second half, let the benches go first, play a small fast-paced lineup, and play Haugist alone every time you attack, you can always make a few fouls, right? When defending Hougist, you can also try to stand up for every ball and make him hit people with the ball, and strive to make him foul more than 4 times in 10 minutes, so that even if he doesn't get off the court, he will be afraid to throw a mouse, and then we will catch up, it's not hopeless, right? ”

Coach K had a complicated expression on his face, "Your unbridled imagination is worthy of praise, you can try boldly, but I also want to remind you not to take your opponents, especially those who are stronger than you, for fools." ”

Quinn. Cook, who had been in college for four years and was a bit more mature in his thinking than Okafor, walked over and patted Okafor on the shoulder, "Jahir, you're too young and too simple, sometimes naive!" You don't want to think about it, we have five substitutes, is it necessary for the opponent to go to Hoggist? ”

Okafor never seemed to have thought about it, and he was lost in thought in the face of Quinn's question, and after a while, he suddenly had an idea, "We can let Justis chase points with the bench like we did in the first half!" When the chase is about 10 points, Hoggist will play! ”

"Not to mention how long it will take, what if the opposite side also has a main force to bite the score?" Quinn. Cook asked.

"Then we'll have one more main force!" Okafor replied assumingly.

"And what about the opponent again? Let's go on another one? If you add one side to the other, won't it become the main force against the main force again? Quinn asked.

"......," Okafor was asked.

"So your idea is too naïve!" Quinn shook his head and sighed.

"The main force will fight Haugist, and the substitute can also chase points!" Okafor gritted his teeth.

Quinn didn't refute Okafor, after all, he was the captain, so he couldn't say that the substitutes were not good in front of the whole team, right?

Coach K also understands that these players are coming together with a love for basketball, although they are already a clever woman for such a strong opponent, but the players themselves are unwilling to give up, of course, they still have to support them to try bravely, so he stood up and patted the back of the two, motioning for them to sit down, "Since you haven't given up yet, then I'll give you my last tactic!" Justis, you rest first in the second half, we will use the remaining four main players to fight Haugist first, and then you bring the others up to chase the points, I said before that you are not suitable for the core style of play, I hope you can prove me wrong! Success or failure is here, come on! ”

The morale of the crowd was high again, and they gathered together to shout the team's slogan.

The stars of Duke on the sidelines were a little interested, and they sat on the sidelines and chatted with each other. Irving, as LeBron's teammate, couldn't help but say to himself: "If LeBron didn't go directly to the NBA and chose to go to college to play in the NCAA, would it be at the level of Haugist?" ”

Next to Lore. Deng said: "I have the most say in this, I was the seventh pick in 2004, and our champion was Dwight Brown, who was also a high school student. Howard, my class, including the next one, didn't have any great college students at all, even the so-called brainless version of LeBron. James Josh. Smith can sweep the NCAA, and if LeBron really goes to college, it is estimated that the Hougist-style miracle will have been staged in 2004! ”

"This Hougist is better than I got into the NBA, I'm afraid Andrew. Wiggins isn't as good as him, which is horrible and our sophomore's top pick next season pales in comparison to him! Fortunately, I had surgery at the end of last year, and I still have an excuse for next season, I wonder if Wiggins is ready for a fig leaf! "Jabari. Parker said worriedly.

As a three-point shooter role player who is very popular on the team, Redick is not worried about how his status will be affected, but more about his alma mater, "Don't patronize how good YY Hoggist is, aren't you worried about our alma mater and Coach K?" Losing in such a humiliating way in the final will not be too much of a blow to the old teacher? ”

"I think it's because the old teacher failed to recruit Hoggist into Duke that hit him harder! Missing such a good seedling, will a coach like Lao K who loves talent be heartbroken with blood? "Lore. Deng speculated.

"Not necessarily, after all, the gods of basketball have not been able to invite Hoggist to North Carolina, so how can our old K coach try to persuade Hougist to give up UNLV?"

"It seems that he has a very clear plan for his career plan!" Jabari. Parker analyzed, "If he goes to a super elite school, even if he leads the team to the NCAA Finals, no one will think that it is all his own credit, right?" Especially in Duke, people will say that Coach K is sharp-eyed and discerning, and he really knows how to cultivate talents, but he will not point to Hougist and say in surprise as he is now, 'This guy is too strong, his personal ability is incomprehensible, and he can also lead his teammates, and he will lead the team to destroy so many famous universities by himself, he is the next Mike. Jordan! And so on! ”

The "Duke productions" on the sidelines chatted with each other, and the UNLV locker room was also lively at halftime, of course, this excitement was brought by one person, and the other teammates were "watching the excitement", watching McCaw wander around Hougist like a fly, tirelessly asking for the ball.

Hoggist could only "patiently" reply over and over again: "I can give you the right to shoot, but you can't want the ball, you are still too frizzy!" ”

"Didn't you force me to be frizzy? If you had given me the ball, I would have sat down and prepared quietly! McCaw said shamelessly.

"I'm going to talk to me like this! The game hasn't been played yet, we haven't won the championship yet, why are you, the crown prince, like a usurper on the throne? Hougist scoffed.

McCaw's reaction took a while before he realized that Hougist took advantage of him, and sat on the ground angrily and sprinkled it, which caused ridicule from other teammates, Hougist looked at McCaw pitifully, thought about it and said: "I'll provide you with a plan, don't play in the second half, wait for us to stretch the difference to more than 30 points, when the time comes, if the opponent changes the substitute lineup, I will let you play with the substitute lineup, the ball is at your disposal, you like to perform in front of the audience as you like, do you see if you can accept this?" ”

McCaw counted on his fingers, now leading by 20 points, according to the strength of the team's main force, he can stretch the difference to more than 30 points by playing 5 minutes seriously, but he is waiting for himself to lead the team for 15 minutes, maybe he can cut down a more gorgeous stat than Hoggist? But the boss is used to the chicken thief, and if he always leads by 29 points and starts to release water, then I don't have to sit on the bench? Thinking of this, McCaw nodded and agreed: "I accept this plan, but boss, we have to say it in advance, you can't put water on the defensive end when you are leading to 29 points and let the opponent score easily!" ”

"Eh, you've got a great idea! I hadn't thought of such a nasty approach before! Hougist teased.

"Boss, you're so shameless!" McCaw shouted anxiously.

Hoggist waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, I will lead the team to 30 points as fast as possible, you can wait with peace of mind!" ”

At halftime, the crowd walked out of the tunnel with Duke not playing Winslow, while UNLV's Patrick Brown. McCaw also hung up the free card.

Coach K was stunned, he knew that it was Haugist who actually controlled the team on the other side, whether it was tactics or personnel rotation, it was generally decided by Hougist, and Hougist deliberately took out a McCaw with a similar style and ability to Winslow, what is the reason?