Although the offense of both sides was difficult, and only two points were scored in overtime so far, Lao K did not call a timeout. Chang Wei understands his behavior, this is an old man with a somewhat stubborn personality, he is full of confidence in the players under his command, and even thinks that the victory in this game is already nine out of ten, and it is normal not to call a timeout.

But what Chang Wei didn't expect was that McKay didn't plan to call a timeout, could it be that this guy was already planning to give up the game? But it doesn't look like it, McKay's whole face is red, and because he is too nervous, he has to unbutton the top button of his shirt, and from time to time he grabs a sports drink and takes a sip, how can he give up the game?

McKay also has a hard time, he has no good way now, the team's offensive and defensive speed has been limited, the defensive counterattack just now completely relied on Patik's personal ability on the defensive end, and it cannot be regarded as a team victory, if you want to beat Duke, it is not possible to play so piecemeal, but he has already studed, and success or failure can only be left to God.

Almost every fan watching the game held their breath and the players on the pitch were still fighting for victory. They have completely ignored the numbers on the scoreboard and just want to give their best in every battle of offense and defense, and now they are competing to see who makes fewer mistakes and has a higher success rate.

The ball is now back on Duke's side, and although the Colorado State has just equalized with a steal and a fast break, they still started to attack slowly. This time, though, Langton didn't stop the ball from the outside, but instead stuffed it directly to Purzbilla in the low post, looking like he was trying to use his height to score a goal under the basket.

With Pullsbilla's height that dominates the whole court, playing high under the basket can definitely ensure efficiency, but unfortunately Duke still hopes to minimize his speed, what turn jump shot and half-turn hook are not considered, Pullsbilla is very patient in the face of opponents who are not as tall as him.

In Chang Wei's opinion, there is nothing more rhythmic on the court than such an attack, and it always hurts to watch the slow-paced big center slowly chisel on the inside. But this is also a feature of this era, otherwise how many of the four centers of the 90s, Ewing, Olajuwon, Robinson and O'Neal? It's not twenty years from now!

The height is not enough to make up the numbers, and in the face of Pulzbilla, who is 2.16 meters tall, the big Colorado player hurriedly stepped forward to wrap up, and it would be better if he could snatch the ball directly from his hands. But Purzbilla managed to get the ball out of the way, and Avery received the ball and went on to break through to Ellington, who added two more points with a beautiful mid-range shot. This is Duke's current strategy, not to be faster than you, as long as the success rate is played.

Colorado's players want to tie or even overtake the score as quickly as possible, and if the three-pointers are accurate, they don't mind dribbling to the front court and raising their hands to shoot a three-pointer. It's a pity that this kind of brainless offense is explicitly forbidden by the head coach, and there are very few scenes of strong defensive shots in their offensive system, let alone direct dribbling and shooting.

Again, they used the simplest pick-and-roll tactics, but this time it was McCans and Ford who executed them, and after all, Palesio and Goodwin both had good shots, so it seemed more appropriate for them to play the role of the endpoint. McCans' breakthrough was also good, and he passed the ball to Palesio outside the three-point line in the gap, but because there was no room to shoot, he distributed the ball to the bottom corner of the weak side, and Patik hit a three-pointer safely.

In fact, the American basketball world does not pay much attention to three-point shooting now, take the NBA's 97-98 season as an example, the league's three-point king is the Cavaliers' Person, but this gentleman can only hit 2.3 three-pointers per game, and the total number of three-pointers in the regular season is less than 200.

As for the entire NCAA, it is estimated that only Colorado is the only one that pays so much attention to three-point shooting, and maybe Villanova in the first two seasons is also a team, but now that they have returned to the embrace of old-fashioned basketball, they are no longer as keen on three-point shooting as before, and it is no problem to say that Colorado is the only seed in the league.

However, just after Partik hit the three-pointer, Duke went crazy and suddenly turned on the full-court pressing strategy, completely ignoring his physical collapse. Colorado was caught off guard by his opponent for two consecutive rounds, and the original lead of one point turned into a three-point trail. When Colorado finally broke through the resistance and took the ball across the halfcourt, they retreated to their positions like a tide, playing man-to-man defensive tactics and actively looking for physical countermeasures.

It has to be said that Colorado players are difficult to compete with Duke in terms of height and weight, especially on the inside, so when they shoot the basketball, they always have a slight deformation of the action due to the opponent's physical confrontation, which is undoubtedly fatal for the team where shooting is the main way to score.

Seeing that the opponent scored one after another, but he kept playing iron, the Colorado State players also began to get anxious, constantly trying to shoot three-pointers from the outside. But their projection didn't have much effect, especially when Duke's interior suddenly rose up and grabbed defensive rebounds in a row, so they didn't even have a chance to get the ball back and reorganize the offense.

Soon the overtime went into the final minute, and Duke's 12-7 lead in overtime didn't look like a big difference, but it was enough to decide the outcome of a game. In the process, McKay also called a timeout, but it didn't seem to be useful, and after the timeout, Colorado State just used the breakthrough to make a foul and force 2 points, and then turned around and was hit by a small hook by the opponent, which is equivalent to returning the 2 points.

The most important thing is that now that the ball is still in Duke's hands, they are likely to take this opportunity to further expand the point difference, so with the current state of the Colorado players, they are basically dead. And at this time, Lao K actually called a timeout to arrange tactics, which obviously put more pressure on the Colorado side, after all, his on-the-spot command has been verified by countless games, and no one knows what special tactics he will come up with.

Most of the time, it's the unknown that is the most daunting.