Chapter 14 Back to the same starting line
cdr frowned regretfully and cursed the United States' national swearing to express his inner depression.
There is no time to waste Kansas. Chalmos takes the ball in the backcourt and advances quickly. They need to score points quickly because the team is still 4 points behind the opponent.
Memphis retreated quickly, and they landed well, forcing the opponent to attack the half-court position.
Xie Kai, who has scored the highest score of 21 points on the court, has become the focus of Memphis' defensiveness. Even without the ball, they would not give him any comfortable catch opportunities. For this reason, they would rather relax their defense against other Kansas players a little.
Kansas is impatient and cannot find a good offensive opportunity. But they dare not take action easily. After all, what they want is the success rate, not hastily and blindly attacking points. The 4-point difference is very ambiguous and looks close, but one offensive opportunity is not enough. After all, 4-pointers are not so easy to do.
Time passed by seconds. Not only the players on the court were impatient, but the fans watching the game on the sidelines were even more anxious to take off their pants. But there was nothing we could do. At this time, the superstar who forcibly tear the opponent's defense was the fault of this Kansas team.
Xie Kai was running hard. He knew very well that his ball holding ability would be good at defending at low intensity, but under the defense of this kind of meat grinder, it would be a bit too good to watch. There is no way, what he left now is a god-like feel. He hoped that his feel could last until the end of the game, otherwise, it would be a pity to lose the ball.
There were only 10 seconds left before the attack time of 35 seconds. At this time, the ball was in the hands of Rush in the bull horn position. Rush was also helpless. He could play alone, but the feel between them was really unsatisfactory. There was no way, if he forced the inside, he would not have the destructive power of Ross.
Just as he was hesitating, Xie Kai ran past him like a gust of wind.
Rush instinctively passed the ball over and passed it out, and he felt relieved in an instant.
Xie Kai received the ball, and the fans at the scene raised their throats. Not only the fans of Kansas felt nervous, but even the fans of the opponent Memphis University stood up nervously.
"Kain thanked for receiving the ball. Can he still score 3 points?" The live commentator was so excited that his eyes were almost popping out.
Xie Kai received the ball, and faced his cdr and moved toward the bottom line with the ball. He suddenly pulled up and continued to shoot 3 points...
CDR almost tried his best to jump to block him. He knew that if this guy shot again, he would really have no face to meet Memphis fans.
Unexpectedly, Xie Kai, who seemed to have already taken off, suddenly dropped his center of gravity!
The live commentator exclaimed in an instant: "Kane actually made a jump shot fake action with one foot off the ground. He was really incredible!"
"Fake action, another fake action!" CDR in the air felt that he was deceived by this East Asian boy again, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry.
However, he was not worried that Xie Kai would shake off and shoot 3 points like he did just now, because he saw that his teammate Antonio Anderson, who was near the baseline, had already made up for defense.
But Xie Kai did not play according to common sense. He did not take a horizontal step and jump shot, but took off vertically. The timing was just right and naturally leaned on CDR.
cdr At this time, the person was in the air, so he naturally had no choice but to avoid it. Seeing the strange smile on the corner of Xie Kai's mouth, he regretted that he had jumped too high just now and gave the other party a chance to commit a foul.
The referee's whistle sounded - a foul!
Memphis University coach Calipari rushed into the field almost quickly. He was very dissatisfied with Xie Kai's foul, and he believed that the CDR did not foul the ball.
The fans of the University of Memphis began to boo and those who scolded him also began. However, the fans of the University of Kansas also began to fight back, and the two sides almost started fighting in the stands. Fortunately, the security force on the scene was enough, otherwise it would be really likely to evolve into a big fight between fans.
Because the game is at its most critical moment, and a penalty may determine the final outcome of the entire game, the referees carefully checked the correctness of this penalty through slow motion.
The game temporarily stopped and the players also got a short rest. CDR walked past Xie Kai, snorted, and said, "I didn't foul, wait!"
Xie Kai didn't go to see him, but said lightly: "I just know that I'm going to play the first free throw in this game soon!"
cdr: "You..."
The referee quickly made a decision - to maintain the original judgment, but Xie Kai stepped on the line, so he made two free throws.
The University of Kansas cheered excitedly, which meant that the home team had a chance to catch up with the score further.
But in this way, the pressure fell to Xie's beginning. This was his first free throw in this game. It was impossible to say that there was no pressure at all. It was just that he was very confident at this time and could turn any shot into a score, of course, this also included free throws.
Chalmos patted Xie Kai's butt and said, "Come on, man!"
Cowan walked to the basket in obscurity and prepared to wait and grab the rebound.
Everyone's eyes at the scene focused on Xie Kai.
Xie Kai enjoyed the feeling of being stared at by tens of thousands of eyes. At that moment, he seemed to have become the biggest star in this game. This feeling was something he had never seen in his basketball career.
Xie Kai was very confident. He almost didn't make any preparations. He took the ball and took a shot directly - a free throw!
He wants to continue the hot feel, so when the feeling comes, there is no need to make many adjustments slowly.
The second free throw is exactly the same, Xie Kai continues to hit!
There was constant applause on the scene, and the commentator said in disbelief: "Coach Bill is really amazing. He dared to send Kanesha and Sasha Cowan when the team was behind. Now he has received a reward. These two people are really like the offense and defense core of this team now!"
At this time, with 1 minute and 18 seconds left before the game ended, Memphis University led Kansas with 58:56 only 2 points.
Coach Kalipari also used the team's last timeout. Now, the pressure of the game has completely reached them. You must know that once this wave of offense is not able to be won, then it is likely that the opponent's equalization or even overtakes!
There was a sense of tension everywhere, and everyone was looking forward to something. The game was indeed beyond everyone's imagination to this point.
The game continues after the suspension.
Rose received the ball and dribbled slowly to the top of the arc.
Kansas is no longer pressing hard. They obviously intend to defend in a more stable way, no longer fight for life and steal, and no longer use foul tactics.
After watching the live commentator, he said: "Kansas no longer uses foul tactics. It seems that they plan to defend themselves in the remaining minute!"
Chapter completed!