The game continued in a stalemate between the two sides. Although Julian tried hard to score two points for the team, it was still difficult to stop Florida from approaching the score little by little.

Finally, after Brewer threw a throw in the penalty area, the Gators tied the score.

The Bulldogs quickly requested a timeout. Li Rong opened his eyes and looked up at the timer above his head. There were 12 minutes and 04 seconds left before the game ended.

He took off his training uniform without any haste, and Stevens patted his shoulder next to him, everything was silent.

"The Bulldogs have replaced three starters, and the two inside players are temporarily off. We must give these fighters a round of applause, especially their center Julian, who still insists on staying on the field after being injured on the face, retaining hope for victory for the team." Jay Williams said with some emotion.

"Yes," said Reggie Miller. "No matter what the outcome of this game, the Bulldogs players deserve our respect. You must know that they are facing the University of Florida Gators, the defending champion, the No. 1 seed."

"This game is the biggest crisis the Gators have encountered so far this season. I wonder if they can defeat such a tenacious opponent again," Cole said.

After the game, the Gators temporarily replaced their main lineup and took a breath. Donovan has understood that it is impossible to defeat his opponent as easily as in the previous game. The main players must save some physical strength for the final decisive battle.

Brewer sat on the bench and lowered his head without saying a word. He performed well during the second half, and scored 5 points by himself, which was a little redemption for his poor first half performance.

Horford stood on the bench with both hands on his knees, holding his chin with one hand quietly watching the performance of both sides on the field.

Noah stood in front of the bench, waving the towel with one hand and constantly cheering his teammates.

After Li Rong came on the court, the effect was immediately effective. He first made two assists, and then he made a jump shot from outside the three-point line. The Bulldogs' offense immediately became unstoppable like opening the dam of the floodgates.

But the Gators played smoothly on the offensive end. Spetts scored 4 points on the field against the Bulldogs' weak substitute inside line.

More than 3 minutes passed, and the Bulldogs only scored a slight advantage of 3 points.

When the time entered within 9 minutes, Gators head coach Billy Donovan waved his hand and sent him to the starting lineup again.

Seeing this, the Bulldogs also replaced two starters Julian and Dennis, and the two sides entered the final decisive battle.

As soon as the main player of the Gators came back, Noah made a shooting foul under the basket. Although he only made one of two free throws, he still brought the scores of both sides a little closer.

Looking back, Li Rong used Dennis' pick-and-roll to break into the inside, but the move was blocked by Noah. The basketball was picked up by Horford and passed it directly to Brewer who was about to go down.

Brewer got the ball and beat the ball, and tied the score between the two sides with three big steps.

Brewer was too fast for this ball, and the Bulldogs gave up chasing and could only watch him score.

"See you! See you!" Noah bent his arms and lit up his strong biceps in front of Li Rong.

Li Rong looked at him coldly, then ran to the bottom line to serve.

After half of the basketball game, he came to Li Rong again.

The person who defended him was still Horford. Li Rong protected the ball and waved to Julian in the inside, signaling him to come up and do a pick-and-roll for him.

Horford was afraid of Li Rong's long shot and did not dare to retreat too far, but was blocked by Julian's generous body.

Noah behind him quickly made up and did not give Li Rong a chance to take action.

Julian was very smart. After blocking the man, he quickly pulled away, giving Li Rong a chance to fight Noah alone.

"You can't do it, you can't do it, you can't..." Noah muttered something, constantly interfering with Li Rong's attention.

Li Rong was unmoved and drove the balls left and right a few times, then suddenly turned around and crushed them through Noah.

Compared to Horford, Noah's pace was still much worse. When he realized that, Li Rong had almost completely passed him and hurriedly retreated.

But as soon as he caught up with Li Rong, he found that the opponent had pulled the ball back again.

In an instant, a fleeting gap appeared between the two.

Li Rong picked up the ball and shot it directly. Noah could only watch the ball fly over his head and plunge into the basket.

"This ball is for you!" Li Rong shouted at Noah.

Noah was so angry that he glared at him, but there was no way, so he had to retreat to the bottom line in disappointment.

The decisive battle between the two sides became fierce. Horford missed the strong attack at the basket but grabbed the offensive rebound and made up the ball.

Li Rong faced a double-player assist Dennis to shoot in the middle distance...

Gators Torien made a foul through the inside, and made both free throws...

Li Rong made a three-pointer to make a fuss...

Noah's offense at the basket was blocked by Dennis...

...

Both teams are like two wrestlers playing in the quagmire, both of whom are exhausted, but still unable to defeat each other.

At the last moment of the battle, Li Rong had to use a primary physical recovery card in advance.

Generally speaking, if both sides play such a anxious game, there will definitely be many timeouts in the last minute, and the physical recovery card that lasts only three minutes is best to stay for the last one or two rounds.

But Li Rong could no longer care about so much. His physical fitness had almost reached its limit. His left leg was already a little stiff, which was a sign of cramping.

And compared to him, the two inside players consumed more. They only had more than 3 minutes off in the second half. Facing the Florida interior duo, they were already a little overwhelmed and lost two defensive rebounds.

With the help of these two frontcourt rebounds, the Gators have surpassed the score by one point, and the score between the two sides has reached 64-65.

After Li Rong hit a mid-range shot again, what he was most worried about happened. Gators head coach Donovan called a timeout.

Although the pause time is theoretically only a few dozen seconds, it usually lasts for one to two minutes with various interference factors such as sideline serve. Li Rong didn't know that the duration of his physical recovery card after the pause came back is not there.

As time passed by, the referee finally blew the whistle to restart the game.

There are only 1 minute and 04 seconds left before the end of the game.

Although Li Rong felt that the time for the physical recovery card was still continuing, he was not sure whether the duration would disappear in the next second.

Fight!
Chapter completed!