Chapter 2 Overtime Performance (Part 1)
As time approached the end of the game, the audience stared at the stadium with breath and concentration. Everyone was thinking: "The last time is coming, the final climax is coming, and the winner is coming." Everyone was excitedly waiting for the final outcome.
No, they were wrong, the climax may be, but it was definitely not the final climax. Is the outcome still unknown?
The players of the two teams returned to the court with their ignorant heads. The referee's whistle sounded and his ignorant heads were awake again. The fatigue turned into excitement. Looking at the excited expressions on their faces, who could believe that a group of people were those who were just panting with their heads hanging down on the benches on both sides of the court?
They are born to belong to the court, and the whistle is their military order!
The game continued, at the last minute, the three-point gap.
"Swoosh, swish!" Chen Junhao dribbled the ball directly from outside the three-point line. The basketball slowly drew an arc in the air and then plunged into the basket.
Enter?
Enter!
"Yeah!" Missouri fans shook their fists and cheered and split evenly!
Smith leaped up and cheered on the sidelines, and suddenly remembered something and retreated with his arms in his arms. "These bastards didn't push my instructions in at all. They made a three-pointer in a rash way. Fortunately, they made it..." Smith muttered in a low voice.
This three-pointer is indeed rash. If you don't score, you will give your opponent a chance to counterattack. Duke will never miss such a good opportunity. With one minute left, the score difference will become five or six points, making Missouri's game difficult to play.
But this is the ace player. When he is willful, he can attack in an unreasonable way and succeed.
Old K quickly asked to suspend his offensive tactics. This is a common scene at a critical moment when this critical game is played.
After the timeout, Duke's series of exciting cooperation got a shooting opportunity, while Missouri's defense was obviously as good as ever. Robert made an open shot and "swish!" The basketball steadily passed through the frame.
With thirty seconds left, Missouri has another offensive opportunity. The difference between two points and thirty seconds, the time is still very rich.
It was another pause, and Smith was tirelessly drawing crossed straight lines and arcs on the tactical whiteboard, talking endlessly about the exquisite coordination of his design. Judging from the expressions on the faces of the five players around him, he was ignorant, confused, and blank, and obviously did not listen to his tactics.
The pause time ended. Smith, who looked up, saw the player's expression and said in his heart. He could pick it up and put it down, and threw it down: "Forget everything I said just now, do whatever you want."
"Yessir!" The five people answered happily. Obviously, Smith's decision was very suitable for everyone's appetite. Missouri is a team that relies heavily on stars. The performance of the trident almost directly determines the team's performance. This tactical arrangement that is too tedious at critical moments may not be a good thing. It may be a miraculous effect to let celebrity players relax their hands and feet to perform.
Chen Junhao controls the ball, double-teams. There is nothing new to defense and offense. Mario pick-and-roll covers, and Anthony supports Chen Junhao in the inside to suddenly accelerate and cut into the inside. Duke's inside is in a hurry. In the chaos, Chen Junhao's pass finds Carman, who is closest to the basket. Carman holds the ball with both hands and turns and looks like a double-handed dunk. Suddenly, under the chaotic basket, one hand touches Carman and dunks hard. "Splash" the basketball dunks heavily from Carman's hands, hitting the floor and bounces high.
Intercepted the ball? Duke saw Chen Junhao's intention to pass the ball?
The basketball bounced high, and a white figure jumped up and hugged the basketball in his arms - Chen Junhao! The moment his feet landed on the ground, his eyes clearly included the situation on all sides. Anthony was double-teamed, and Carman squeezed Wilson's strong body out of the basket and was isolated outside the penalty area, while he himself was surrounded.
Duke suppressed the trident in one fell swoop.
what to do?
"Bang!" With a sound of dribbling, Chen Junhao's body rotated on the spot, the basketball intertwined from the left and right under the crotch. With another sound of dribbling, the sound of dribbling rubbed his body and rushed towards the inside line?
Forced breakthrough?
Robert and Nash's two strong bodies moved closer and closer, sealing the way forward. "Swoosh!" A white light of the bounced basketball flew out of the inside from behind Chen Junhao from the only gap in the encirclement and flew out of the three-point line. Where was Mario there?
Mario obviously did not expect that Chen Junhao passed such a critical ball to him, and his reaction was obviously slow. "Catch the ball quickly!" Chen Junhao's roar made Mario dazed. He received the ball in a panic, with no one defending in front! Mario mechanically followed the usual training movements, raised his hand, jumped up, and shot "swhoo, swish!"
The ball has entered!
With a three-pointer, Missouri took the lead and took a long-lost lead.
"Boom!" The cheers of Missouri fans sounded loudly, and the neutral audience all applauded the goal. This three-pointer was so crucial. Mario stared at the basketball that was bouncing through the basket and landed on the ground, and suddenly his fist shook, "Yeah, I scored!" He danced high and danced.
The other four Missouri players on the court were all excited. Anthony hugged his neck, Kaman touched his head, Pierce gave him a light fist on his chest, Chen Junhao looked at him with a smile, "Beautiful job!" The words of praise were exactly the same, and the four of them spoke in unison.
Mario was so dizzy that he was forgetful. This was the time when the Trident player affirmed it. So far, this was the first time, and his whole body was as light as if he was flying into the clouds. This feeling made him more excited than Smith's praise.
"Flute!" Of course, Duke paused. With nineteen seconds left, Missouri's attack took only eleven seconds. The wonderful and efficient attack undoubtedly left enough counterattack time for the opponent.
After the timeout, the front court kicked off, and eleven seconds, there was too much time. Missouri took the initiative to step forward and pressed tightly. Defence was undoubtedly the key to life and death at this time.
But it is at such a critical moment that the value of ace players can be reflected more.
With pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll, and pick-and-roll, Ridick's running flashed in the figure like a ghost, always finding a new gap before the Missouri player blocked it, and suddenly "swoosh" the basketball pass - Duke's passing cooperation is always so exciting.
In the flash of lightning, the basketball's arc flew out and "swoosh" steadily!
Look at his feet, outside the three-point line, three-pointer? three-pointer!
116:118, Missouri fell behind two points again.
Where is the time? Chen Junhao, Anthony and Kaman suddenly looked at the scoreboard, and there were 2.6 seconds left?
What can I do in 2.6 seconds? Kaman frowned, and 2.6 seconds is not enough to pass and cooperate to send the ball into the inside line!
Chen Junhao and Anthony breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The two looked at each other, and a sense of radiance burst out in their eyes, and nodded understandingly.
Missouri's pause. The previous spare pause has finally become useful now.
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After the timeout, the frontcourt ball was started - serve directly at Duke's position. At this critical moment, Duke naturally would not allow Missouri to easily drive the ball. Two people stepped forward to double-team the players who drove the ball, and the other three actively moved their positions to guard the tight trident. The remaining Pierce, who had kicked off even if Mario wanted to catch the ball, could not find the route to pass the ball.
Missouri was unable to send out the ball within the time limit, and the "flute!" whistle sounded, and Missouri paused again.
After the timeout, before returning to the court, Chen Junhao pulled Anthony and Kaman and the three of them whispered to bite their ears. Anthony and Kaman pondered and nodded frequently. In the eyes of Duke players, such a scene was obviously a signal that the trident was going to cooperate.
But can it be curbed?
The "flute" whistle sounded, Chen Junhao and Anthony ran cross-run, Chen Junhao appeared in an open position after the pick-and-roll, Pierce quickly passed the ball out immediately, "swoosh" the basketball flew straight towards Chen Junhao. The defensive players saw several people running over at the same time, and with a "bang", Chen Junhao's speed increased sharply and forced a breakthrough in a straight line. The two defensive players also failed to block his footsteps. Nash, Wilson, immediately moved the position and moved the defense.
All this was done at the same time in the flash. Anthony moved quickly under Mario's cover, and stopped forty-five degrees outside the penalty area on the right - this is where he is best at shooting.
"Go to the forty-five degrees and I will pass the ball to you!" This is what Chen Junhao said to him before.
Can he pass the ball?
"Swoosh!" A white light flew out from the crack of the man - the basketball! The ball was passing!
Reidick rushed to block, Wilson rushed to block - they were not successful. Kaman didn't know when he appeared beside Anthony. His huge body opened and tried his best to block the way the two people. Anthony forced him to block an opportunity to take action. These were also carried out at the same time.
Anthony received the ball, Anthony shot, the basketball flew in the air, time was quickly lost, "swish!", the whistle of the "flute" and the sound of entering the frame sounded at the same time.
"Goals count. 118:118." Overtime!
The stadium suddenly silenced, and then suddenly "boom!" cheers were everywhere. Missouri fans, neutral fans and even Duke fans all cheered for this result. The wonderful goal conquest is unlimited, and even the opponents have to be impressed.
Chen Junhao's magical pass was the key start of this goal, and Carman's best efforts to block was a wonderful continuation, and Anthony's final shot was the final climax of the entire performance.
This goal is impeccable, and this goal is a classic work of perfect cooperation between Trident. Power, precise shooting, magical passes, the three are shining brightly. The light of the Trident shines on the whole audience at this moment.
The players of both teams returned to the court amid cheers. After a two-minute break, five minutes of overtime began.
Back from the court, Anthony and others sat on the chair panting, sweating down from their heads like a stream. The fierce game has reached the bottom line. Especially the tall center Kaman kept running back and forth, his physical strength consumed far more than others. In addition, since the fourth quarter, it has been a fast-paced offense and defense transition. His face is the most ugly at this moment. After trying his best to block two people for Anthony, his physical strength finally bottomed out. Instead of sitting in the chair, he was sitting on the chair.
Smith had to consider a substitution.
Among this group of people who were panting and pale, although Chen Junhao was sweating, his rosy face and steady and long breathing were still very eye-catching.
"Aren't you tired?" Anthony asked, with a clear tone of envy and jealousy.
"Of course I'm tired, but I can still hold on!"
"Are you really an Asian yellow race? How could you have such good physical strength?" Kaman muttered, his jealous expression unconcealed.
Smith is the only person in the game who is not surprising. He has seen Chen Junhao's physical examination report for a long time and knows how excellent the physical quality of a Chinese player is. The fat content is 3%. This kind of physical fitness has no other explanation except for the kindness of the Creator.
"We have to substitution!" Smith said, "We have to substitution in overtime. Except for Jack, everyone is already very tired. Mike, Jason, Rick and Paul, you four are coming down to rest. Macri, Arroyo, Charlton and Johnson, you four are ready to play."
The four substitutes who were named were warmed up quickly. But Anthony said anxiously: "Coach, is this OK?" Is this OK to replace the four main players in one go? Smith's substitution is simply crazy gambling.
"Honestly, I don't know either." Smith was very frank, "At this time of the game, everyone was already very tired. Not only us, but our opponents were also very tired. There were five minutes of overtime, and you guys couldn't support it at all. We had no choice."
Everyone nodded with serious expressions. However, Anthony smiled slightly and said to Chen Junhao who was about to play: "Jack, please, don't fail."
Chen Junhao smiled slightly and raised his right fist: "Believe me!" Anthony smiled and said: "Is there anyone more trustworthy than you in Missouri? Come on!"
Chen Junhao did not answer and shook his fists slightly.
The time-out time has come, and the game has started again. The players on the two teams made the audience unfamiliar, and an uproar sounded in the stadium. Missouri replaced four main players, while Duke replaced all main players. Swap Patton, Pavaro, Dougry, Winston, and Boggins. In addition to Chen Junhao, both sides on the court were simply a replica of the lineups of both sides at the beginning of the second half.
Chapter completed!