Chapter Forty-Seven: Miss
12 consecutive wins, this is the number of consecutive wins Duke has achieved since the beginning of the season, unstoppable, this is the momentum that Duke has shown in the new season. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Any enemy that comes in front of you will be met with no mercy. In 12 games, Yang Long averaged 10.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, and has further completed the run-in with the team.
At this point in the schedule, some people are even discussing whether Duke can enter the knockout round with a complete victory, and this kind of discussion makes Yang Long feel excited just by hearing it.
Duke's next opponent is Florida State, which is not a traditional basketball powerhouse, with only a 7-5 record in the 12 games that have been played, although the winning rate has reached more than 50%, but compared to Duke's 100% winning rate, it is too inferior.
Florida State's point guard is 188 cm tall Darwin Ellington, who is already in his final year of college career. With the talent he's showing right now, it's basically impossible to get into the NBA with a draft. But in the NCAA he is a qualified starting point guard and also plays the role of the offensive core initiator on the team.
Darwin has a good physical matchup, which ensures that he has a two-point shooting rate of nearly 50 percent and a three-point shooting percentage of nearly 40 percent. This guy has speed, strength, agility and is a tough opponent.
Three months after entering Duke, under the professional and systematic training, Yang Long's height reached 194.7 cm, and his weight also reached 84.1 kg, which has increased compared with when he first arrived at Duke.
With Yang Long's current height, he is one of the tallest point guards in the NCAA league, at least. Due to his height, Coach K has sometimes arranged for Yang Long to appear in the shooting guard position, and even played small forward once.
In the face of guards who are generally about 185 cm tall, Yang Long has also accumulated a lot of defensive experience in the past 12 games, that is, he will always keep himself in the position where he can block shots in front and block breakthroughs in the back.
The Donald Tucker Center, which is home to Florida State University.
The scene was full of fans supporting the home team, and there were few Duke fans.
Yang Long likes the atmosphere of playing at home, and after a few home games, he has initially played his own fame and accumulated a certain number of fans, but when he comes to the away game, except for Williams, Boozer, Dunleavy and other well-known NCAA league players, it is more difficult for other players to get shouts and cheers, or it is simply impossible.
After 12 consecutive wins, the whole team, including Coach K, believes that after the battle with Florida State, 13 consecutive wins are inevitable.
Although Yang Long's performance is getting better and better, he still can't get the starting position, and Duke still maintains his usual starting lineup.
Florida State starters:
Point guard: Darwin Ellington, 188 cm; Shooting guard: Monta Cummings, 196 cm; Small forward: Antoine Dixon, 201 cm; Power forward: Mike Juliet, 206 cm; Center: Nigou Dixon, 211 cm.
Beep, the referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
The height of the opponent's center forward is 211 cm, which is rare in the entire ACC region, coupled with good physical fitness, winning Boozer in the jump ball can be described as handy.
As soon as they came up, Darwin and Monta, who were the core of the opposing backcourt, showed their offensive vitality, and Monta first used his height to single Williams for a jumper, and then assisted Darwin to hit a three-pointer. The outside line was smooth, and the height advantage of the center Nigou was obvious, and after Antoine missed the shot, he grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt and made a rebound.
In the space of three minutes, Duke scored two points on two free throws from Williams, while Florida had already scored 12 points. Coach K had to call a timeout.
"Defend! Especially outside the three-point line, you must do a good job of following up! Boozer is going to open up space when attacking! ......"Coach K is drawing tactical arrangements on the tactical board at a very fast pace, and the timeout time is limited, and he has to race against time.
Back on the court, the tactical arrangement of the old K coach on the offensive end was very effective, relying on Boozer's wide offensive space and the characteristics of the opponent's center who was tall but moved a little slowly, Williams and Dunleavy both scored.
But on the defensive end, Boozer is not so comfortable, his height and strength are not as good as the opposing center, Nigou, and he has been robbed of offensive rebounds by Nigou several times.
The two sides were deadlocked, and 12 minutes and 24 seconds passed in the game, the score on the court was 25:32, and Duke was still seven points behind.
Coach K called Yang Long and Casey to his side and began to arrange tactics, and Yang Long knew that his time to play had come. Although Casey is not as tall as the opponent's center Nigou, he is stronger than Boozer's defensive ability, and Yang Long can play the No. 1 position to defend the opponent's position Muta, and Williams to defend Darwin, so that Williams does not have to suffer the loss of height.
Williams' limitations as a 188-centimeter-tall shooting guard were laid bare in the NCAA tonight, and it's no wonder he was immediately called into the point guard position when he entered the NBA.
Coming to the first offense and defense on the court, Monta still maintained a hot hand, although Yang Long did not lose position, he still hit a difficult pull-up jump shot.
"Eat alone!" As Williams walked past Yang Long, Yang Long shouted at him. Because he has seen Williams' strength, even Yang Long himself is at an absolute disadvantage, and now Williams is actually playing the point guard position on the court, forming a misalignment with the opposing guard Darwin, although Darwin also has a height of 188 cm, but the strength is far from Williams.
Sure enough, under the impact of Williams's two fat buttocks, Darwin was choked enough to be topped, without a bit of defensive temper.
Yang Long continued to deliver ammunition to Williams, and Williams did not refuse to come, and continued to increase his scores.
At halftime, Yang Long made 1 of 2 two-pointers and 1 of 2 free throws, scored 3 points and 3 assists, and the score came to 37:38, and Duke was only 1 point behind.
Entering the second half, the two sides tried their best to play the main game, but in the main showdown, Boozer and Williams' height shortcomings were exposed again, Dunleavy and Jones had no hand under the close follow-up of the other party, Florida State University took advantage of the victory to chase and played a 15:6 offensive climax, the score on the court came to 43:53, and Duke's disadvantage has come to double digits.
At this time, there are still 12 minutes before the end of the game, which is still plenty of time, but if Coach K does not make adjustments, this game is in jeopardy.
At the moment of life and death, we must seek change, the old K coach waved his hand and chose to replace, Jones, Boozer, and Dujon were all replaced off the field.
Coming to the field, Yang Long felt the pressure on his shoulders, playing away, every wonderful shot at home will win warm cheers, but no matter how wonderful Duke plays, it is already a blessing in misfortune to not get boos on the road.
Yang Long advanced to the front court with the ball, defending him Monta is a ruthless character, Monta is a black player with obvious muscle lines, and it is no wonder that he is not afraid of Williams' power, because Monta may have the power to surpass Williams.
Yang Long's physical condition is not dominant, and although it is not impossible to score goals if he wants to play Monta alone, it is obviously not a good choice.
Casey asked in the low post, and Yang Long turned the ball over. When he came to the upline, he gave Dunleavy a cover, and Dunleavy rushed out.
But at this moment, Casey did not find Dunleavy who was empty under the interference of the opposing defense player, and under the double attack, his possession was also in jeopardy, he no longer tried to attack, passed the ball back to Yang Long, and Monta immediately defended me. Yang Long had already discovered Dunleavy, and the ball quickly shifted as soon as it arrived.
Dunleavy catches the ball and rises to the ground and shoots straight with his arms raised!
"Huh!" Hollow into the net!
If the offense is successful, the defense must not be slackened.
In the process of defense, Williams used his strength advantage to press Darwin, and Darwin made a mistake on the dribble!
Williams controlled the ball and rushed to the ball, and Yang Long threw out his arms and struggled to follow.
Yang Long is on the left, Williams is on the right, 2 to 1 in the front, Williams pours the ball to Yang Long first.
Coming to the penalty area, Monta stepped forward to interfere with Yang Long's offensive line!
Yang Long saw Williams who cut into the basket, jumped up, and threw the ball with one hand!
Williams understands it, jumps with both feet, grabs the ball in the air, and frames it with both hands!
This goal opened the prelude to Duke's counterattack, and the Florida State fans at the scene slowly fell silent!
With 53 seconds left on the game and the score was 73-75, Duke trailed by two points.
Holding the ball to the frontcourt, Williams asked for a low position, and before that, Williams was so powerful that he had eaten the opposing point guard Darwin three times.
As soon as Williams held the ball, he immediately attracted the attention of all the Florida players.
Williams drives the fat buttocks, and Monta sees this and catches up to help defend!
Outside the three-point line, Yang Long was released, Williams made the ball in time, he no longer hesitated, pulled up the shot!
The ball is spinning in the air, can it go in?!
The ten players on the court all looked up at the basketball flying in the air.
"Huh!" Hollow into the net!
76:75, 1 point over! With this three-pointer from Yang Long, Duke took the lead for the first time in the game. With 41 seconds left in the game, the coach of the University of Florida called their last timeout, and Duke's timeout was also called by Coach K Sr.
"Good shot!"
Williams came behind Yang Long and patted him on the back of the head excitedly.
"Nima, this palm really hurts!" But at this time, this pain is far less than the pleasure of Yang Long's key shot.
"Defend! Defend! Coach K stressed that Florida had to score this offense, otherwise they had to foul them. Coach K had no intention of substitution, which meant that Yang Long stayed on the field when life and death were at stake.
Darwin carefully controlled the ball, and as the heart of Florida State's court, it was likely that a crucial offense could be completed by him or Split Monta.
Sure enough, Monta used the center forward to cover the ball and the ball was still in his hands. Yang Long chased after him, but fortunately there was no room for Monta to attack.
Changing direction on the left side, under the crotch of his right hand, Monta twisted his body, trying his best to find Yang Long's defensive hole.
But Yang Long let him down!
Time was running out, and Monta turned his back to me with a half-turn of his right hand, and then turned left and leaned back to shoot his hand!
Yang Long tried hard to block, but after all, he couldn't touch the basketball, turned around, Yang Long looked at the ball thrown, the arc of the ball was a little gentle, and it didn't look like it was going to score.
Really! This shot is too strong and smashes into the front of the basket!
Wait a minute!
The opposing center, Nigo, pulled the onion and picked up the rebound in the frontcourt!
Yang Long's attention suddenly came to Nigou, his height, coupled with his position from the basket, the threat was too great!
However, taking advantage of this opportunity, Darwin came to the penalty area with an empty cut, and Ni Hook understood it and passed the ball to the ground!
Darwin has jumped, Casey has risen to the block!
Throw a shot!
"Oh!!" The fans at the scene were boiling!
The shot went to the basket and Florida State took the lead 76-77 with just 13 seconds left on the clock.
“FU_K! What are you doing, man?! Williams unceremoniously scolded Casey, missing that crucial rebound and leaving Duke in a state of great passivity.
The situation is critical, but there is no longer a timeout on both sides, and the outcome at this time can only be determined by the performance of the players on both sides!
"Push! Give the ball to William! Coach K shouted anxiously on the sidelines.
Casey served on the bottom line, and as soon as Yang Long received the ball, Monta immediately bit up. He saw Williams in midfield's request and immediately put the ball in Williams' hands.
Darwin tried desperately to obstruct it, and Monta also gave up his follow-up defense against Yang Long and switched to trapping Williams.
They all know that Williams is Duke's boss, and who else can he do this final blow if he doesn't do it?!
Under the double attack, Williams struggled, and the time was only 5 seconds!
“3!”
Williams still hasn't found a shot.
Yang quietly ran to the bottom corner of the left three-point line and made a catch-and-catch gesture, although he knew that a leader would not easily give up the final blow in a heroic moment, and Williams might force a shot.
However, Yang was wrong, and Williams passed the ball towards him.
“2!”
The moment Yang Long received the ball, he didn't think much about it, and he didn't even have time to adjust the rhythm and shoot three-point!
The scene was quiet and the fans waited with bated breath for the outcome of the goal.
Backbite! The final voice has been remembered.
Bang! Basketball hits iron!
"Oh!!" This was followed by a tsunami of celebration from the fans.
Yang Long stood in place, staring at the basket with his eyes fixed. His first lore, missed.