Chapter Ninety-Two: Kansas Strikes Back
My heart hurts!
More than 30,000 Kansas fans couldn't bear to look directly at the scoreboard above their heads. Looking at the team he supports, he makes the opponent abuse half dead, and his heart is sour. Anyway, many people can hear a series of heartbreaking voices from time to time as they pass by this group of Kansas fans who are on the verge of collapse.
Even their own fans were heartbroken, not to mention the Kansas players who beat Ding Moan and the Tigers in the entire first half and created the largest score difference in the NCAA finals. Especially the starting five people in Kansas, all of them shrunk their heads and covered their towels at this moment, without saying a word.
The score was so miserable that the entire Kansas team lost confidence, and it was no longer as energetic as when it stepped into the NCAA finals. In the locker room, the Kansas head coach sighed, he felt that he had attached great importance to the golden combination of the Tigers' backcourt and Ding Mo'an, and even specialized in how to deal with Ding Mo'an. But it still couldn't stop Ding Mo'an from picking up alone, and the entire defense line of Kansas sounded the death knell of Kansas.
However, the game can't end like this, can't!
The Kansas head coach no longer thinks about the championship trophy he dreamed of. The trophy is gone, Kansas can still slowly figure it out, but the backbone of this team cannot be broken, once it bears the final fiasco, Kansas this giant team, will completely sink, so Kansas must not go back with such a shameful score.
And he could imagine that if Kansas went back with this score, he and his players would be overwhelmed by the anger of Kansas fans. Needless to say, he will never escape being fired, and his players will be "honored" on the Kansas Pine Eagles sinner list.
This is a real disaster for the Kansas players, and for him.
The Kansas head coach understands that it doesn't make sense to scold his players at this time, on the contrary, it will make these players who were beaten down by Ding Moan and the Tigers more negative. So he carefully brewed a bowl of chicken soup and poured it into his players: "I don't blame you for not being as strong as the Tigers, but I want you to fight for yourself and for Kansas!" More than 30,000 Kansas fans at the scene need your not to give up, Kansas people need you not to give up, we have no way back, only one battle! ”
Just as the Kansas head coach was pouring chicken soup on his players, the ESPN live commentary bench also discussed Ding Moan and the Tigers.
The ESPN host stared at the big screen carefully for a long time before he regained his composure and asked Jordan, an old hooligan who came to watch the NCAA finals on the sidelines, "Michael, do you think this is an NCAA final?" ”
"It's not an NCAA final, will I come and see it?" After playing hooligan every day, Jordan returned to his serious appearance, how could he, who has been crowned the god of basketball, not be able to see the current predicament of Kansas: "It's not that Kansas is too weak, it's that the Tigers are too strong!" ”
When the ESPN host heard Jordan's words, he agreed with it from the bottom of his heart. Before the game, although some people thought that the Tigers were strong, maybe Kansas could not compete with this season's NCAA big devil team, but they didn't expect that after half the game, the University of Kansas, which was also the same as the Tigers, eliminated the opponent all the way from the championship to the finals.
"It's not that Kansas is too weak, it's that the Tigers are too strong. Especially the leader of the team, Ding's play, laid the foundation for the Tiger team to be so strong. The ESPN host couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Ding Mo'an scored 15 points, 3 blocks, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals in the first half.
The gates on the defense, the strong ships and guns on the offense, blast open the gates of Kansas while protecting their own side. But before the ESPN host could continue, Jordan interrupted: "I said that the Tigers are strong, and it doesn't include their bench lineup. I think by the time the Tigers come off the bench in the opening game, the situation will be reversed and replaced by the Tigers being pinned to the ground by Kansas. ”
"When the time comes, it will be difficult to say whether the winner will be defeated."
The ESPN host disagreed with Jordan's judgment in his heart, no matter how bad the Tigers bench was, it would not be more than 20 points advantage, and it would be directly defeated by Kansas, but he still nodded and expressed his approval. Discussing basketball in front of the god of basketball is not a class with an axe.
Meanwhile, the twenty-minute intermission has ended. When the game restarted, it was natural for Calipari to come on as a substitute. The main team played a full quarter of twenty minutes, scoring a twenty-five point difference for the Tigers, and at this time they didn't change the main force to rest, and when they needed a wave of offensive to determine the final victory, it would be funny if the main forces didn't have the physical strength.
And now the Tigers are leading by 25 points, which is a difference that even the Kansas have to shoot eight for three points, and Calipari doesn't believe that his bench can't even play a tailwind. Again, with Calipari having an idea, there is also the ESPN host.
Jordan smiled at this, even if it was an ordinary game, a team would try their best to fight back with such a humiliating point difference of 25 points, not to mention that on the stage of the NCAA finals, this team is still the giant University of Kansas. Coupled with the fact that Kansas, whether it is a starter or a substitute, the average of the lineup far exceeds the level of the NCAA team's bench lineup, Jordan has reason to believe that if Kansas has a sense of shame, it will definitely launch a counterattack.
And that's what the Kansas head coach did. Although the top priority now is to chase as many points as possible, people will be unwilling to sit back and watch the championship trophy that is close at hand slip away in front of them, and no matter how big their hearts are, they can't bear it. Therefore, the Kansas head coach also changed his policy: under the condition of preserving the physical fitness of the main team, use the substitute lineup to chase points! Then after the main force recovers physically, there will be a decisive battle with the Tigers.
So when Calipari sent his own bench lineup. Let the Kansas head coach be ecstatic. The strength of the University of Kansas bench is undoubted, and it is a piece of cake to play a Tigers bench whose bench level is obviously in the middle and lower reaches of the NCAA.
When the game resumed, the Tigers substitutes were still smiling and not feeling the danger coming. The starting lineup scored 25 points, so that the benches did not worry about losing at all. But the Kansas bench players were different, very attentive, and the contrast between carelessness and concentration soon appeared. After the start of the game, the Kansas players get into the game faster than the Tigers players.
PS: Thank you for being a book friend of Bajie! Answering the comment: The book friend said that Xiaohao's score was either 20 points ahead or 25 points. To be clear, the 2008 season of the Tigers was a super team. Rose and Douglas led the team to a 32-2 record to reach the NCAA finals, and finally lost to Kansas in overtime, and it was Mario who dragged the Tigers into overtime. Chanmos. Such a strong Tiger team, after adding Ding Mo'an, has such a level, it's not surprising, right? This will change when we enter the NBA, so stay tuned!