Duke's 102-53 victory over the Army Academy Black Knights in the first game undoubtedly injected a shot in the arm for Duke, who lost three major generals. No one thought that this was just the beginning of Duke's www.biquge.info, and after that, Duke won all 11 games, winning 12 consecutive games since the start of the game, until January 18, when he lost to the University of Maryland, the champion of the 01-02 season, and stopped his winning streak.

Yang Long didn't expect Duke to burst out with such amazing energy, which made him realize the power of the system and the team again. Although Duke does not have an absolute leader like Jay Williams last year, this civilian Duke is a soldier and the more fierce he fights.

At the end of the regular season, Duke had a 26-7 record, which was not as impressive as last year's 31-4, but it was a surprising result considering the core power that Duke had lost.

During the winning streak, Yang Long contributed a force to be reckoned with. After getting the start in the new season, Yang Long successfully completed a transformation, or an upgrade. In 33 games, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game. He is second only to fourth-year Dundee Jones in scoring and third in assists in the ACC division.

Under Yang Long's threading of the needle, freshman Redick played well, averaging 15.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. And senior veteran Deng Tai Jones also rejuvenated, averaging 17.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game.

In the second round of qualifying, Duke won all three races and advanced to the knockout round with a complete victory.

Knockout Results

First round: Duke 67-57 University of Colorado

From the score, you can know that this is a defensive battle with extremely strong defensive intensity. The University of Colorado's defensive system, with a 213-centimeter center as the core, caused a lot of problems for Duke.

In the whole game, Yang Long scored 16 points on 4-of-9 two-point shots, 2-of-5 three-pointers, 2-of-3 free throws, and 7 assists. Redick exposed his fitness problems in this iron-clad defensive battle, scoring nine points in the first half and hitting just one shot in the second half to score just 11 points in the game.

Second round Duke 86-60 in Moschegan University

There is a familiar face in the Morichégan University lineup, and that is white center Chris Carman. Carman is a high-tech player with a high profile, and he scored a luxurious double-double of 22.4 points and 12 rebounds in the regular season. However, Universidad Massegen relied too heavily on Kaman during the regular season, and Kaman not only needed to contribute energy on the offensive end, taking on the offensive spin, but also on the defensive side. Carman was already running out of fuel when the game entered the game to the end, and although he had a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds in the game, it was not enough to help Massegan University win the game against Duke.

Redick played well, hitting 5 of 9 three-point shots in the first half, and 2 of 5 three-pointers in the second half, scoring a total of 25 points in the game. Yang Long's performance is still steady, with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists is enough to make people shine.

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Just after the win over Moregan University, Duke's results are on par with last season. This is something that Yang Long did not dare to imagine before the season began. But this is what happened, which made Yang Long have to admire the methods of Coach K. Yang Long has never realized how amazing the teamwork and selfless energy is.

On May 27, U.S. time, in the third round of the knockout round, Duke will welcome his opponent Syracuse University on the way to the top 8.

Syracuse isn't a traditional NCAA powerhouse, but this year's Syracuse is different because Syracuse has a strong player on the roster – Carmelo Keane Anthony.

Although Anthony was only a freshman at this time, he already exuded a pride that looked down on the world, and no one knew the energy contained in Anthony better than Yang Long.

Rookie Anthony is definitely one of the strongest freshman players in NCAA history, in his debut game in the college arena, Anthony Hao scored a double-double of 27 points and 11 rebounds, and averaged 22.2 points, 10 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game throughout the season, you must know that Anthony is 203 cm tall and plays the position of small forward on the court.

Although Yang Long didn't pay attention to the NCAA in his previous life, he also knew about Anthony leading the college team to win the NCAA league championship through his understanding of Anthony.

"Can Duke defeat Syracuse University and rewrite history?" A cloud of suspicion shrouded Yang Long's eyes.

After thinking about it, Yang Long could only start to understand his opponent. I don't know, but after learning about the lineup of Syracuse University, Yang Long was taken aback.

In addition to Anthony, the absolute king of NCAA freshman players, Syracuse University has Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Hakeem Warik: Would-be NBA player, 206 cm tall, 96.3 kg, power forward. He averaged 14.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in the regular season that ended earlier.

Gerry McNamara: 183 cm tall, 85 kg, point guard. In the regular season that ended earlier, he averaged 13.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.

Kuth Duanni: 198 cm tall, 95 kg in weight, shooting guard, averaging 11 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

Four of a team's starters are averaging double-doubles per game, which is a terrible thing.

After a season of accumulation, the number of Yang Long's fans has risen. Especially in the circle of Chinese college students in the United States, Yang Long's name is almost unknown.

What Yang Long didn't know at this time was that he himself had a considerable number of fans in China. At a time when the NCAA league was not so much in China, Yang Long's popularity needed to be attributed to his Duke senior, Chen Hao. Chen Hao, a computer science student, used his spare time to help Yang set up his own personal homepage, and was keen to upload video clips of Yang Long playing in the NCAA to some forums.

When the bus carrying Duke players came to the game venue, Yang Long got off the bus and a large group of Chinese fans greeted him.

At the beginning, Yang Long would be red under the attention of fans, but in the long run, he can face it calmly. In such an important game, Wu Shuang naturally can't be absent, and of course, Yang Long's sworn friend Yang Long.

In the arena, Yang Long saw Anthony in his prime, who was doing shooting training on the basketball court. Medium shots, three-pointers, dunks, Anthony, who seems to be careless, seems to be omnipotent.

Where there's Anthony, there's scouting, and the freshman has already won the hearts of many teams with his performances.

Yang Long's situation is in stark contrast to Anthony, who doesn't seem to have received much attention from China despite announcing his decision to be drafted at the end of April, despite having a stellar season at Duke.

Duke maintained his starting lineup for the regular season.

Syracuse University starters:

Point Guard: Gerry McNamara; Shooting guard: Kuth Duanni; Small forward: Carmelo Anthony; Power forward: Hakeem Warik; Center: Greg Foss.

With this 'beep', the game officially kicked off.

Casey took the lead and won the jump ball. Yang Long controlled the ball and advanced to the front court, handed the ball to Jones, and started to run himself.

"Hey, boy, who are you?"

"China." Although Yang Long does not like to communicate too much with his opponent during the match, because sometimes the opponent will take advantage of the intermittent communication to sneak attack, but under the polite questioning of the opponent, he is silent, as if hurting the Chinese tradition of repaying the favor.

"Are you going to perform Chinese kung fu?" When Gerry got Yang Long's response, he immediately remembered Chinese characteristics.

"......" Yang Long was quite speechless, at the juncture of this kind of competition, Gerry still had a mind to talk about.

Yang Long didn't answer, a cut into the inside line, but this was just a cover, Yang Long's air cut was actually a reverse run, saying that Gerry didn't react, Yang Long received Redick's pass and made a two-point jumper!

Swish! Take two points.

In the process of advancing, Gerry kept complaining that Yang Long was an unkind person, I was talking to you, how do you say attack when you attack?

Gerry was angry, the consequences were severe, and in the next round he chose to give the ball to Anthony.

Duke is opposite Anthony Dundee Jones, and there is no doubt that Anthony has formed an absolute crushing talent for Jones.

Anthony first asked for the ball from outside the penalty area and pretended to hit with his back, but it was not.

Anthony directly hit the ball and turned around for a jumper!

Soft feel, the ball is shot!

Swish!

Before Jones even could react, the ball had already drilled into the basket.

It's too easy, it's too easy, it's hard for Yang Long to imagine that Anthony of that height maintains extremely high flexibility and soft touch at the same time, and this time Anthony only took advantage of his height advantage over Jones and easily succeeded.

However, what follows proved that this was only the tip of the iceberg of Anthony's talent.

Breakaway with the ball, pull-up jumpers, back-to-back shots, dunks...... Anthony's scoring arsenal was endless, with 18 martial arts in turn, and Duke trailed by eight points at 15-23 just 10 minutes into the game, and Duke had not scored in the last three minutes.

For Duke, this is undoubtedly a dangerous signal, and someone must stand up at this time!

Yang Long carefully analyzed the situation on the court: Redick was exhausted under Couss's desperate pursuit, Jones spent too much energy in the process of defending Anthony and did not show too much desire on the offensive end, and Sheldon Williams, who was rough and dependent on physical survival, ran into Hakim, who was still physical, and Casey did not have much ability to take the initiative to attack.

"You have to stand up!" After analyzing the form on the field, Yang Long came to this conclusion.

Holding the ball at the top of the arc, Yang Long first blocked with Redick and then went to the right side of the penalty area at 45 degrees, and then Redick returned the ball, and Yang Long formed a single opportunity for Gerry on the weak side.

One go, and then decline, Yang Long knew that he had to score this goal, and if he couldn't stop the bleeding in time when he was behind, it was very likely that Duke would be taken away by the opponent in waves, which was an unacceptable ending for Yang Long.

After receiving the ball, Yang Long lowered his center of gravity, took his left foot as the pivot foot, and tested his right foot left and right.

"Come on, man, show your Chinese kung fu!" Although Gerry's eyes followed the ball in Yang Long's hand, his mouth was still not honest.

In Yang Long's opinion, this Gerry is not a big mouth, he is a real kung fu fan, but when he is on the field, Gerry can only be his opponent!

Yang Long moved, first with a right-handed shot, and then with a right-hand swing to break through to the right!

Gerry chased to the right!

That's it! Yang Long made a right-handed to left-handed change of direction to the baseline, and after a left-handed shot, he made a layup!

Gerry didn't have time to turn around, Yang Long plucked the ball with his right hand, and the basketball smashed the board into the basket!

Two points to stop the bleeding!

In the following time, realizing that he had to take on more responsibility, Yang Long frequently singled, hit a jump shot on his back, and assisted Casey after blocking and dismantling...... Duke managed to rewrite the score to 24-25 with a small 9-2 surge, and only fell behind by one point.

If Yang Long stepped forward and scored to stop the bleeding was a decision after careful analysis on the field, then Anthony's stepping up is an unshirkable responsibility.

Anthony asked for the ball again in the top corner of the penalty area, and Jones held his back and pushed Anthony out of the box with all his might.

However, the force was too strong, too much, and Anthony turned around with a bottom line!

Jones's strength fell short, and he staggered forward a few steps.

Bang! Slam dunk with both hands! Anthony scored two more points.

"!" Jones scolded, looking very helpless, in this game, Anthony can be said to be giving and taking in his head.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 41-46, and Duke was down by five points.

Dundee-Jones slammed the towel to the ground, looking a little frustrated.

Jones knew the importance of this game because he had already announced his entry to the 2003 draft, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't guard against the guy named Anthony.

"Hey, Jones, you've done a great job." The game isn't over yet, so how can you give up now? Yang Long looked at the frustrated Jones, and had to come up to calm down the poor mood, "Dude, the game is not over yet, who wins and who loses has not yet been determined, cheer up and stay focused!" ”

In the second half, at the beginning, Yang Long felt a stronger confrontation than in the first half, and it was obvious that the time had come to fight to the death.

After a block and dismantling defense, Yang Long's defender became Anthony, and this was the first time Yang Long faced Anthony in this game!

Yang Long did not use Jones's defensive strategy, he knew that his strength was not enough compared to Anthony, and he would not end well if he played hard.

Anthony saw that Yang Long, who was defending him, was half a head shorter than himself, so he was unceremoniously and directly pulled out the jump shot!

"Hmph," Yang Long sneered in his heart at all times, he had long been guarding against Anthony's hand, although he hadn't thought about blocking Anthony head-on, but blocking basketball was not good, and blocking eyes was not good?

After the interference, Yang Long was ready to go down, and when he saw that the basketball had collapsed in the direction of Casey, Yang Long ran towards the front court in a hurry.

Casey got the rebound, turned around and found Yang Long, who was fast down, with a one-arm pass across the court!

"Good shot!" Yang Long, who received the pass, couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and after a few dribbles, he stepped forward and dunked with both hands!

Duke relied on his own tactics and system to get through the needle under Yang Long's thread, while the opponent's tactics of Syracuse University were quite simple and violent - giving the ball to Anthony and using Anthony was enough to create chances. It can be said that the system of Syracuse University is tailor-made around Anthony.