At halftime, North Carolina trailed the Duke Blues 41-53.

In the first half, Zhang Zifeng scored 10 points and had 4 assists. Okafor had eight minutes and five rebounds.

At the beginning of the second half, Coach Williams made a new arrangement of the team's tactics at halftime.

As soon as it opened, Jackson held the ball and, with the help of Meeks' cover, broke through.

Duke switched defenses, Okafor defended Jackson, and Winslow went around to defend Meeks.

In the face of Okafor, Jackson made a few feints, opened up space, made an emergency stop, and prepared to jump.

Okafor jumped to his feet and tried to keep his opponent covered.

Jackson saw Okafor jump in mid-air, and then he jumped, and his body deliberately hit him.

Okafor couldn't control his body at all in the air and was hit by Jackson.

Losing his center of gravity, Jackson threw the ball onto the rebound.

Touching the rebound, the ball bounces into the frame.

When Jackson saw it, he waved his arm excitedly, "YES!" ”

Hearing the whistle, Okafor remorsefully waved his hands and grabbed his head, and scolded in a low voice, "Damn it! ”

Jackson makes a free throw, 44-53.

Duke's possession. Running to the frontcourt, Zhang Zifeng held the ball, Okafora pulled to the high post to cover, Zhang Zifeng shook off Pavis's defense with the help of the cover and cut inside.

After Zhang Zifeng, who ran into the inside line, attracted the inside line Meeks to make up the defense, Zhang Zifeng directly sent the ball to Okafor with a back pass.

Okafor's offensive skills are very good, but he can't shoot from the long range.

After receiving the ball at the free throw line, Okafor slapped it, grabbed the ball with both hands, and wanted to dunk inside.

Just as Okafor was about to jump, Jackson ran in front of Okafor and stood firm.

The NCAA does not have a reasonable collision zone.

Okafor couldn't restrain his steps, and as soon as he touched it, Jackson's body immediately fell backwards and slid a few steps backwards on the ground.

As if he had been knocked over by a big truck, Jackson hunched over his chest.

The referee's whistle immediately sounded, and Okafor was whistled for an offensive foul.

A replay was shown on the big screen at the scene, and just a second before Jefferson and Meeks made physical contact, Jackson collapsed, and the boos from the audience were given to Jackson, who was pulled up by his teammates.

"Very smart defensively, all I can say is that Okafor should be able to practice his mid-range shooting so that he doesn't have to dribble in order to score goals." Brin said with a smile.

Deliberately!

Zhang Zifeng looked at the head coach of North Carolina and thought to himself, "Do you want to get Okafor off the field?" ”

The offense was wrong, and the Duke player quickly returned to the backcourt to defend.

Meeks came out to cover, and Jackson faced Okafor again.

He just wanted to repeat his old tricks, dribble, and make a stop.

Zhang Zifeng took the first step and directly pulled Jackson down, not even giving him a chance to shoot.

The referee's whistle sounded, and Zhang Zifeng fouled.

No shooting action, not counting shooting fouls, North Carolina ball possession.

Seeing that he failed to make Okafor fouls, Jackson looked at Zhang Zifeng and scolded, "Damn bastard!" ”

Zhang Zifeng took the opportunity to say to Okafor, "Jalil, watch out for your fouls." If you stay on the field, you are the biggest threat to your opponent! Do you understand? ”

Okafor wasn't a fool, he just didn't react for a moment. Hearing Zhang Zifeng's reminder, he immediately woke up. "Well, I see!"

Meeks serves, and this time Johnson takes advantage of the reverse run and receives the ball for a layup.

Duke's possession, Zhang Zifeng attacked with the ball.

In the other way, the other is the opposite!

Zhang Zifeng used a feint to shake Pavis, and then rushed straight towards the penalty area.

When Meeks glared angrily and pounced, Zhang Zifeng took advantage of his movement and suddenly jumped up and shot while Meeks was moving.

Meeks was still moving, not standing firm at all.

Zhang Zifeng bumped into Meeks, and a strong force struck.

When his body lost his balance, Zhang Zifeng threw the basketball in his hand.

Touch! Missed shot.

The referee's whistle blows.

The referee shouted, "White No. 3, block the foul!" ”

"What?" Meeks was furious, he was furious, and yelled at the referee, "That bastard deliberately bumped into him, didn't you have eyes?" “

If you want to drive Okafor down, Lao Tzu won't!

Seeing the opportunity, Jackson grabbed Meeks and pushed him away.

Seeing that the referee's whistle did not blow, the North Carolina players were relieved.

It's already behind, and if Meeks continues to do it, this game won't have to be played.

Zhang Zifeng hit both free throws.

The fouls during this period of time have reminded both sides to pay attention to protecting their interior players to avoid getting into foul trouble.

Okafor didn't fall into the foul trap, and North Carolina was in trouble.

Zhang Zifeng organized the attack, and he passed the ball to Okafor.

Okafor lived up to his promise and singled out Meeks to play the role of a top center.

With Okafor's containment, Duke's outside line runs much smoother.

Zhang Zifeng broke through again and again, throwing and passing, which made the North Carolina defense line miserable.

Pavis alone can't restrain Zhang Zifeng at all, and Jackson often comes to help him defend.

In this way, Winslow has a gap, and his offensive ability is definitely not to be underestimated.

North Carolina began to run tired and was moved back and forth, but there was nothing they could do.

North Carolina's lack of good perimeter defenders is on display. Although Pavis's shooting is good, his defense is average, and he is not enough to see in front of Zhang Zifeng.

"If I were the head coach of North Carolina, I would choose to take a timeout!" Van Gundy Jr. explained, "The Duke Blues are playing very smoothly on offense right now, and they should call a timeout to make the opponent's hand feel cold, and at the same time think of a countermeasure to stop the opponent's internal and external cooperation." ”

"Yes, this season's Zhang Zifeng has not only improved his skills, but also has a more mature understanding of the game, and firmly controls the rhythm of the game. If North Carolina wants to win, it must come up with countermeasures to restrict Zhang Zifeng! Mark Jackson said.

In the 11th minute of the second half, North Carolina trailed Duke by 12 points at 55:67. Coach Williams called a timeout.

Looking at his players, Coach Williams' face was unusually solemn: "It is undeniable that this year's Duke Blue Devils team is very strong. But we're North Carolina, do you want to see those dog mongrels continue to ride on our heads this year? Do you want to see our fans being teased by the idiots at Duke? Tell me, do you want to see that? ”

"No, Coach!" In a word, the fighting spirit of the North Carolina players was aroused, and the haze that was suppressed by Duke just now was suddenly swept away.

Williams roared, "We have no way back, we have to win this game!" Do you hear that? ”

"Hear me, Coach!" The North Carolina players also roared in unison.

North Carolina fought against the odds and burst out with amazing combat effectiveness.

They picked up the tempo and ran with all their strength to make up for the holes behind the defence. Since the strength is weaker than the opponent, then use physical strength to make up for it.

For the sake of dignity, North Carolina carried out a desperate counterattack. Duke was caught off guard and ran after North Carolina. At one time, the opponent scored 7 points in a row.

In the 14th minute of the second half, 62:67, North Carolina was only 5 points behind.

At the critical moment, Zhang Zifeng showed his demeanor as the boss of the team, and repeatedly attacked Pavez to stabilize Duke's situation.

Duke, who stabilized, regained control of the pace of the game and did not give his opponent another chance.

Win!

When the whistle blew, not only the arena, but the entire Duke University was boiling!

At 70:81, Duke won by 11 points over North Carolina.

Duke University's starting four scored in double figures, leading Zhang Zifeng with 20 points and seven assists, Okafor with 16 points and nine rebounds, Winslow with 12 points and five rebounds, and Cook with 10 points.