Chapter 6: The flags show the triumphant song

It is a bit exaggerating to say that "no one can maintain a hot touch throughout the game." But 90% of players can't always maintain a super high hit rate in 90% of the game. The same is true for this game.

Kentucky was 15 points behind in the third quarter, a point difference that had almost wiped out their last glimmer of hope for victory. The game changed dramatically in the fourth quarter. Kentucky's patience finally paid off.

"Bang!" Anthony's shot missed the basket.

"Bang...buzz..." Kaman's hook shot was spinning on the basket for a week and finally turned it out.

"Bang!" The basketball jumped high after landing on the basket, and Mario was also infected, and the shot that broke into the penalty area was also missed.

With continuous shooting and continuous mistakes, Missouri seemed to have encountered a Siberian cold wave in an instant, and the touch was so cold that it made people jump. Kentucky seized the opportunity to launch a rapid counterattack, and three consecutive counterattacks suddenly pulled the score to within ten. Smith on the sidelines quickly called a timeout. Even if he could not immediately reply to his player's feel through the timeout, he had to slow down Kentucky's momentum. Unfortunately, Kentucky's momentum had already risen. After the timeout, Missouri's shooting percentage still showed no sign of improvement, and Kentucky seized the opportunity to score a 6:0 climax.

This is the basketball game: the situation is reversed in an instant, and a weak team can even play a strong team with a dilemma even if they seize the opportunity. What's more, Kentucky was originally a strong team among the strong teams?

Although Anthony is strong, if his shooting always goes off the basket, it will be useless no matter how big the number one striker in the United States is.

Although Kaman is amazing, he can fly out of the basket if he dunks close by. No matter how good he can be with Moyes, he can only stare at him now.

Mario is also the best among the first-year players, but at this time he was also like a rookie who had just started playing, and he actually made three-pointers.

Basketball always needs to calculate scores based on goals. No matter how beautiful the pass is, how wonderful the cooperation is, if there is no goal, you can only watch others approach the score.

Missouri's lead was only three points left in a blink of an eye. Seeing that the situation was in danger, the Missouri head coach on the sidelines finally couldn't help it, and stood up and shouted angrily: "Jack, what are you doing? Why are you still idle at this time?" The audience around the left and right smiled after hearing Smith's angry roar. On the court, Chen Junhao shrank his head, and the other Missouri players were also silent.

No wonder, at this time, the only Missouri player on the field was Chen Junhao, who was still leisurely and had no awareness of the situation on the field. After passing the ball, he hid outside the three-point line and was lazy, and did not even take the opportunity to catch the ball and score. His bad character, who was very lazy and hateful, was undoubtedly exposed.

On the court, Chen Junhao immediately cheered up Smith and took the initiative to ask Anthony for the ball. After receiving the ball, he made a loud command and raised his spirits to fight until the last moment, with a strong fighting expression. Anthony, who knew his background, whispered: "Damn, stop pretending, I am the captain."

Chen Junhao smiled awkwardly: "I forgot!"

"Stop talking nonsense, get on!" Kaman said, "We all seem to be possessed by evil spirits now, it depends on you. I'll cover you."

"Then please!" Chen Junhao controlled the ball with his left hand, stretched down his waist and right arm, "Pang!" Another sound of the basketball back to his right hand, and then stretched his left arm. Missouri players on and off the court rolled their eyes and turned their teeth up, and they hated him: Bastard, you can't forgive! You have to warm up before regaining your excitement, which shows how leisurely he has been in the past twenty minutes.

Chen Junhao's movement of stretching his waist was a look of being arrogant in the eyes of Kentucky players. Everyone in Kentucky felt despised, and their anger rose in their hearts: Bastard, unforgivable!

Poor Chen Junhao didn't know that his warm-up action had already made people angry. After stretching his waist, he dribbled the ball in a cross-step manner in a row, and felt like he was back.

"Go!" Chen Junhao said softly, and the Missouri basketball team, who had been wandering in the center for a long time, finally began to enter the opponent's position.

The Kentucky coach didn't understand why Missouri coach Smith didn't make tactical adjustments at this time. He gave the opponent a 12:0 climax. It would be natural to call another timeout at this time. Anthony and Kaman can continue to stay on the court as strategic deterrents, while Mario and the power forward who almost has no scoring ability can completely replace the field. Isn't it better to replace the players with more physical strength and stronger attack power to enhance their attack power? It's just that after shouting at the No. 10 player on the court, he no longer makes any moves. Is that really OK?

Pitino thought he had not underestimated the No. 10. In fact, he has always treated this Chinese defender as a more dangerous person than Anthony and Kaman in this game. However, at this time he couldn't help but complain: Is Smith too sir? Their opponent is our Kentucky. Does he think we can turn the situation around alone?

Even though Missouri has three top-notch star players, Pitino does not think his team is inferior to Missouri. He believes that the team he has trained and believes that tacit tactical cooperation is more important than that of stars. In his opinion, the three stars in Missouri have not really become a harmonious combination. With one or two players as the core, and a few role players with solid foundation and excellent tactical awareness are the perfect lineup. In fact, with this guiding ideology, he has won three NCAA championships in the past ten years and is the most successful NCAA coach in the past ten years. In Pitino's opinion, Missouri has too many aces! Just coordinating the positions of these three people is enough to exhaust the coach. Genius players always have edges and corners, and it would be strange if three genius players squeezed into piles and didn't stab each other.

Although he was suspicious, Pitino did not take it lightly. He did not forget: Kentucky has not yet taken the lead and has not won the game.

"Let's see how this Chinese defender reverses the game." Pitino finally thought to himself.

Chen Junhao, who controls the ball on the court, is ready to attack. The situation is very obvious. When the machine gun (Mario) artillery (Carman, Anthony) are all silent, he will take the ball to attack. The Missouri players understand that the Kentucky players also understand that the five Kentucky players on the court are eyeing each other and keeping their eyes wide and putting all their strength in defense, so as not to let this "arrogant bastard" succeed in attacking.

When Chen Junhao dribbled the ball to the three-point line, two players came up to double-team, and three were eyeing each other, and all the five opponents shot murderous intent.

Damn, so cruel! Chen Junhao screamed in his heart, but an inadvertent smile quietly flashed through his face. Due to the delay in the center line, there was not much time left for the attack.

"This ball must be scored, which is the key to Missouri's morale. Otherwise, the momentum may really be overwhelming as the other goes up and down." Although he had such an awareness in his heart, Chen Junhao still didn't see any nervousness in his hands.

As long as the ball is in your hand, any opponent can be fearless! Facing the opponent's double-team, Chen Junhao suddenly became bold and proud.

Two Kentucky double team members Brunson, Aimal felt the change in his opponent's momentum, and couldn't help but feel nervous and became nervous.

There was silence in the arena, and tens of thousands of eyes were focused on the small basketball controlled by Chen Junhao.

"Ba, bha, bha..." The sound of dribbling was not too fast or too slow. Chen Junhao, outside the three-point line, calmly controlled the rhythm of the basketball, neither fast nor too slow or too fast. His calm expression made those who supported him more confidently, and made Kentucky fans more nervous.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang," "Bang, bang, bang," each stroke seemed to hit the hearts of the two defensive players. The attack time was getting less and less, and the psychological pressure was getting heavier and heavier, but the two defensive players standing in front of him.

How will he attack?

Before this thought could be fully aroused, a figure flashed in front of him, and Chen Jun was moved.

There was no sound of dribbling, the figure flashed and moved horizontally. Chen Junhao tightly passed by Aimal, "Bang!" When the dribbling sounded, the basketball was bounced from Aimal's crotch, and in a blink of an eye the figure carrying the ball had rushed into the inside line. The Kentucky defenseman, who was waiting for the battle, completely gave up his defense against Anthony, Kaman and others, rushed up and rushed over.

The inside rabbit fell, and after a chaotic situation, several figures bounced up and jumped into the air at the same time. Chen Junhao maintained his jumping posture and moved forward with the inertial body moving in the air, and the basketball abandoned it high. Several figures were intertwined in the air, and the high arc drawn by the basketball passed through the opponent's fingers, "Swish!" It was crisp and pleasant, and the ball fell through the basket.

The ball fell from the basket, and the thirty-second attack time just ended, not a waste!

As quiet as if the virgin is moving as if it is a rabbit. From starting to scoring, there is a little more effort. You can't describe the speed of this ball, "lightning" and "lightning is too fast to cover your ears" at this time.

There was silence in the stadium, and thousands of spectators maintained the same expression: they opened their mouths in shock and looked disbelief. Suddenly, "Boom!" The loud cheers and applause suddenly sounded like an explosion. The huge vibration made the gymnasium tremble.

What matters this ball is no longer to restore morale or to increase morale, but to a heavy psychological blow to Kentucky players.

He was ready for battle and had all his strength. He knew that he would attack. He defended one person with the strength of five people at the same time, but he still succeeded in attacking the opponent. He made a breakthrough without any tricks and took action head-on!

There is nothing to say about this ball.

"Flute!" Pitino, who woke up, called a timeout immediately, and did not even give his players the opportunity to hold the ball to attack. As a senior coach, he knew his players' mental state that he was hit hard. The game has reached a critical moment. Although there are still five minutes left before the end of time, it is indeed time to decide the outcome.

Pause to suppress the opponent's momentum. But this time it was replaced by Kentucky.

What Kentucky coaches have to do during the suspension is to adjust the players' psychology. But a few words of explanation and encouragement. Except for Mark Wie Kentucky players, they are all tried and tested stadium players. And players who can be valued by Pitino all have quite stoic psychological qualities, and Mark Wie is no exception.

Turning the humiliating blow into a stronger desire to win, the Kentucky player quickly responded to his clear-eyed look and quickly shot a more intense light. After all, a goal was not enough to hit their desire to win.

One of the characteristics of the difference between a strong team and a weak team: Usually, a strong team will have a stronger desire to win!

That's Kentucky, so is Missouri.

After returning to the stadium, the expressions of the players on both sides became more resolute and their eyes became more fiery.

Kentucky still uses Moyes and Markway as the offensive center. Moyes receives the ball, holds the ball with his back to the basket, leans back, and then back, and simply uses strength to get the position. Carman tries to suddenly withdraw his force and lets his opponent lose balance, but Moyes is ready, easily turns around and hooks, "Swish!" The ball enters!

The most trustworthy person at critical moments is indeed the ace player.

The offense and defense are transferred.

Chen Junhao's goal allowed Missouri to find a strong and stable firepower point. During the timeout, Smith's instructions were: "Operation with Jack as the core." Tactical core, offensive core, and dual identity.

Chen Junhao also took on the task of attacking arrows without permission

He received the ball and dribbled the ball to Kentucky's position. When he encountered double-teams, Anthony covered the high position. After pick-and-roll, Chen Junhao rushed into the inside. Carman and Pierce in the inside blocked a shooting gap for him and shot outside the penalty area. "Swish!" The goal was straightforward and neat.

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The back and forth battle lasted until the seventh minute of the fourth quarter. With less than three minutes left, Missouri and Kentucky maintained super high offensive efficiency, and the scores rose all the way, but the score gap was still five points.

"Bang!" The basketball bounced up, Pierce grabbed the rebound. Kentucky missed the offense, and Missouri got the opportunity to expand the score. The ball was still left to Chen Junhao to handle.

Missouri's obvious center of gravity has caused Kentucky to put more and more defensive pressure on Chen Junhao. Chen Junhao always double-teams for the ball, and even more. It seems that his goal has been engraved in the hearts of every Kentucky player, and so far they have failed repeatedly!

Chen Junhao took the ball to attack, double-teamed, "Pai Pao Pao..." The body holding the ball was swaying in the sound of dribbling. "Do you want to break through?" The Kentucky player thought so naturally. "Pai!" The basketball bounced up, and Chen Junhao's figure approached. The two defensive players moved with each other, perfectly blocking his path of continuous breakthrough. He was not sure in his heart, but suddenly found that the mighty wind blew in front of him, and a white light flew directly under the basket.

Passing the ball?

Pass the ball!

The target of passing the ball was Carman at the basket. He seemed very surprised, and his opponent Moyes was even more surprised. The rabbit rose and fell under the basket, "Flute!" The referee's whistle sounded, and the basketball fell into the basket at the same time.

"The foul by the thug, the goal is calculated, and one free throw!" Moyes made a fourth foul!

There was a slight uproar in the stadium, and cheers and applauses were heard. Missouri fans cheered. This ball marked the recovery of Platinum at Missouri's basket. The audience applause was Carman and Chen Junhao. This critical pass reflects Chen Junhao's unreserved trust in his teammates.

"It is only with such a point guard who controls the game that Anthony and Carman can perform like a fish in water." Moyes, Markway, and even Pitino, who was commanding the game on the sidelines, suddenly was very jealous of Anthony and Carman, jealous of Missouri: Why can't such a player come to us in Kentucky? It's okay for us to give the ace position to him!

"Swish!" Kaman's free throw fell into the basket accurately. The gap in the score suddenly widened to eight points.

Kaman is back, and Anthony will not be too far away.

Kentucky succeeded in counterattack, three-pointer, and the score difference returned to five points again. However, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the situation had completely turned to Missouri. The remaining time was not much, and Missouri's two respectful cannons Carman and Anthony regained their touch. To win the game, Kentucky must effectively block the opponent's offense in addition to ensuring its offensive efficiency in the remaining time.

Can it be done? The subsequent game says it all.

Chen Junhao's pass guided the recovery of two Missouri's offensive generals. When three heavyweight attackers showed their power at the same time, Kentucky's defense seemed to be full of holes and loopholes everywhere.

They were not able to defend.

What maintains Kentucky's dignity is their offense. It is both efficient, smooth and exciting, and it also tear Missouri's defense into pieces. Moyes and Markway's double-player offensive combination also makes Missouri's defense dirty. Anthony and Carman are two powerful figures who are on the offense. When defending, they also give their opponents the embarrassment of dunking on their heads.

"Flute!" When the referee's final whistle sounded, the score was frozen at 98:93. Missouri won the second game with a five-point advantage and advanced to the final.

In the last quarter, the two sides fought a wonderful offensive battle. Although Kentucky was defeated, they fought to the last moment, and they were once so close to victory.

The coaches of both sides expressed satisfaction with this result. Missouri who won the game is naturally no problem. For Kentucky and Pitino, this game is not a must-win game. Understanding the background of future opponents is the key. In this game, Kentucky has found the biggest opponent on the road to winning the championship in the future.

Although Missouri is strong, it is not an invincible existence after all. Next time they fight, they will find a way to curb the trident combination.
Chapter completed!