The 1997-98 NCAA National Championship Finals take place at the Alamo Dome, home of the Spurs, at 7 p.m. local time on March 30.

The stadium's 65,000 seats were full, and even the aisles were full. Although the media publicity has been overwhelming, in the eyes of Americans, who are more fond of college basketball, even a crushing game with a huge disparity in strength and weakness has a strong attraction and can attract many fans to watch the game.

When the Villanova University Wildcats played, the cheers and screams of the fans almost knocked the ceiling of the arena over, and Chang Wei could feel the vibration from the ground while standing on the sidelines, even if he was talking to the people around him. Villanova stopped in the national semi-finals last year, so he has never seen such a big scene.

Fortunately, several of Villanova's stars are not stage frightened, especially Maddie, who is almost sky-high in his desire to perform. While the others were all in good order, waving to the audience at most, Maddie did a funny hip-hop dance on the spot, which was not very good, but managed to raise the cheers of the audience by a few decibels.

In contrast, the Kentucky players didn't have such pomp and circumstance when they came out, and although the fans still cheered face-savingly, the momentum was clearly not comparable to the courtesy that Villanova received. However, they should have been mentally prepared for this, everyone's expressions were very calm, and they were completely unaware of being weak.

Once all the players from both teams were on display, they returned to the dressing room to make final preparations for the game. Lappers did not assign specific tactics to the players, but said very loudly: "I will use the regular lineup in this game, and I will play the regular tactics, this is all a season, so I don't need to teach you more, right?" If we win this game, we will be the champions, and our strength will be far greater than that of Kentucky, so don't have psychological baggage, just take it easy, we can win. ”

In Lappers's view, if the opponent is a strong opponent like North Carolina, then it is not too much to be cautious as if facing the enemy. But this season's Kentucky is far worse than North Carolina, and since Villanova can easily beat North Carolina and win Kentucky, there is no need to be nervous and give the players targeted tactics.

But Lappers apparently forgot that it takes all your strength to fight a lion and a rabbit, and if you don't take your opponent seriously, then be prepared to be slapped in the face. Kentucky quickly got into the groove as their top scorer Jeff Sherpard came up and hit two three-pointers in quick succession to give Kentucky a 6-0 start.

But Villanova's players don't seem to have woken up yet, or they have forgotten their shooting touch in their hotel rooms. Maddie missed a pull-out jumper, Brand missed a hook shot under the basket, and the worst thing was that Allen also dunked an unguarded dunk, and a strange aura quickly spread over the heads of the Villanova players.

Before Rappers could react, Kentucky had taken a double-digit lead and Villanova had scored just a measly three points, just one of which was an open goal. Seeing such a score, the fans on the sidelines were in an uproar, and everyone believed the predictions of the major media before the game, and they all thought that Villanova's championship was basically in hand, but looking at the score on the field now, it is obviously different from what the experts said, it looks like Kentucky is more like the team that wants to win the championship.

Rappers had to take advantage of the deadball to call a timeout, feeling that the game was getting a little out of control and had to call a timeout to interrupt the opponent's scoring momentum. However, he was also a little puzzled by the state of the players, could it be that it was wrong to let them relax before the game started?

In fact, it is not wrong to let the players unload their baggage and play the game, but when combined with the predictions of the media before the game, it is clear that the players are a little too relaxed. When they can't get nervous in the game, the performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends can be imagined, and if they are careless, they are all lifting them, so they still want to win?

Seeing the dejected looks of the players, Lappers was so angry that he pointed to the scoreboard and shouted: "Don't you feel ashamed of opening your eyes to the numbers on them one by one?" In terms of scores, we are the weaker team! With your current form, what qualifications do you have to talk about champions? If you want to make the pre-match media predictions come true, give me the strength to breastfeed! ”

Throughout the timeout, Lappers didn't set up specific tactics, just kept cheering up the players, hoping to boost their fighting spirit. After all, the team's basic tactic is to organize the forward, and the second tactic is to organize the center, these two sets of tactics have been used almost throughout the season, and it seems that there is no need to take them out again.

What Villanova lacks now is a spirit, and as long as they can find their attitude in the last game against North Carolina, it will be easy to beat Kentucky, but who can step up and lead the team forward?

Chang Wei didn't know, and Lappers didn't know, it stands to reason that Maddie should be responsible for this task, but this guy seems to have been carried away by the pre-game hype, and it is still a question whether he can help the team stop the bleeding in time. However, the tri-core team has the benefits of a three-core team, one core is dumb, and there are two alternatives!

Villanova was the first to step up with Battier, and while he was the only player who didn't have a lot of tactical play, his desire to attack has improved significantly since the last time Chang Wei gave him Dantley's talent card. Even if he doesn't have a specific strategy, he can make the most of the holes in the opponent's defensive system.

Opposite him, Evans is nothing more than a role player, with the only bright spot being a 58.2 percent two-point shooting percentage and near-none on the defensive end. And with his height of less than 2 meters, Battier can take a shot at his head. And Battier did just that, receiving the ball in the low post for two consecutive rounds and singled Evans with his back, easily sending the ball to the basket and giving Villanova a good tube of blood to narrow the margin to single digits.

Battier's performance also made Brand active, and when Maddie was still a little confused, he resolutely took over the control of organizing the attack and began to direct his teammates to play the tactics of playing as a playmaker. Anyway, even if Maddie doesn't catch the ball, Kentucky will send someone to defend him, as long as he can pull the opponent's defense.