"Are we going to bid farewell to the World Championships in this way?" Durant looked unwilling. As the boss of the Dream Nine Team, he once dreamed of leading the US team to regain the world championship after ten years and complete those of his predecessors. Nothing they did. However, the cruel reality taught a vivid lesson.
Krzyzewski forced himself to remain calm. As the most famous coach in the United States, he has experienced countless ups and downs, witnessed too many big scenes, and faced adversity many times. But in such an important arena, he failed twice in a row. It was the first time for Krzyzewski to encounter them all at the hands of one person.
"The referee has returned the clock!" Someone shouted. Everyone immediately looked and saw a number "1" appearing on the timer.
"1 second exactly! After the referee watched the video, he decided to give 1 second to the clock! 1 second is too short to complete an attack. This should be the last second of the American team in this World Championships Bar!"
Deng Huade looked at this number and was a little unhappy. It is said that this time the return time is only a few tenths of a second at most. The referee gave a full second of time, which was obviously beyond the normal range. It seemed that he wanted to give the American team a little more time.
However, Deng Huade was confident that one second was no longer enough for the American team to make a comeback. If it is in the NBA, comebacks within 1 second will always occur once or twice every season, even in the playoffs, because in the last two minutes of the NBA, after a timeout, you can be at the midline Serve. But in the World Championships, you can only serve from the baseline, and 1 second seems too short.
The U.S. team made another substitution, with Love, Gay and Westbrook coming on to replace Odom, Billups and Rose. Coupled with Iguodala and Durant, these five people almost represent the best physical talents of the American team.
When Love stood on the baseline preparing for a free throw, the players on the Chinese team already realized that the American team was preparing to use an alley-oop to achieve a comeback.
In 1 second, the ball has to be served from the baseline. The alley-oop is undoubtedly the method with the highest scoring probability. After grabbing a defensive rebound and throwing it directly into the frontcourt, Love's specialty is Love. The task of serving from the baseline and throwing it directly into the opponent's basket can only be accomplished by Love.
As for the candidates for the alley-oop, Durant and Gay are both suitable. Durant's height and physical fitness make it easy to complete an alley-oop. Gay has an extraordinary wingspan and amazing jumping. He can dunk from the free throw line, and alley-oops are not difficult for him.
"Guard Durant and Gay!" Deng Huade immediately issued the order.
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Love has never felt that the burden on him is so heavy.
As an inside player and the core of the Timberwolves, he has shouldered the important task of saving the team many times, but it was always by making buzzer-beating shots or grabbing the most critical rebounds. But today, he has to do the things of a point guard and save the team by serving the ball.
Love took a deep breath, chose a landing point, took a half-step back, and threw the ball directly.
"Block Durant!"
"Stop Guy!"
"Don't let Iguodala pass!"
The players of the Chinese team resisted their opponents and did not let them move at all.
"Damn! I'm stuck with this Chinese!" Rudy Gay looked at the air angrily. The basketball had already flown over. Love's choice of placement was excellent. With Gay's jumping ability, as long as he could Get rid of the defender and easily complete an alley-oop.
"Let me pass!" Durant squeezed past like crazy. Zhou Peng was almost knocked down by Durant in the physical confrontation. But at this point in the game, no one cared about this. Everyone was focused on basketball. .
"Oops, it's too late!" Durant watched helplessly as the ball got closer to the basket, but he had no time to run past it.
"Team America is finished!" Seeing Durant being blocked, almost everyone had this thought.
At this moment, a body suddenly flew over!
Indeed, for humans, this can really be described as "flying".
"Westbrook! Alley-oop!"
There was a cry of exclamation from the audience.
Westbrook grabbed the ball and pushed it gently towards the basket. His body lost his balance in the air and fell heavily to the ground.
"Did the ball go in?" People looked at the basket.
I saw the basketball rolling twice on the rim, and then slowly stopped.
At this moment, time seemed to have stopped.
"Go in!"
"Don't come in!"
Everyone's heart was in suspense.
"Bang!"
The ball still rolled into the basket.
"The ball went in! Alley-oop, the ball worked. At the last second, 128 to 128, it was tied! It was tied again! We are going to see the fourth overtime!"
"It's not Durant, it's not Iguodala, it's not Gay, it's Westbrook! Westbrook brought the U.S. team back from the brink of defeat!"
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On the bench, Krzyzewski breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw that Durant and Gay were blocked, he really thought that the US team had lost the game. However, Westbrook suddenly came up this time. The alley-oop was not part of Krzyzewski's plan.
With a center-height forward like Durant, a spring like Gay, and an all-around fighter like Iguodala, Krzyzewski certainly wouldn't expect the shortest point guard to complete the alley-oop. , but Westbrook brought him a big surprise.
"Russell (Westbrook)'s physical talent is really terrifying. I think it won't be long before he becomes the number one point guard in the NBA!" Krzyzewski sighed softly.
The assistant coach next to him was slightly surprised. Now, of course, Paul is recognized as the number one point guard in the NBA. In the future, this position will obviously belong to Rose.
"Does the coach think Westbrook has more potential than Rose?" The assistant coach looked surprised. He lowered his voice and said: "I think Russell still has a long way to go before he is the world's number one point guard. "
"I'm talking about the No. 1 point guard in the NBA, not the No. 1 point guard in the world!" Krzyzewski added.
"Isn't the number one in the NBA the number one in the world?" the assistant coach asked in confusion.
"No! The world's No. 1 is still on the court, in our opponent's lineup! It's almost impossible to surpass him." Krzyzewski looked at Zhang Guan, and then said: "To play the No. 1 Four overtimes, we must win the Chinese team in one go and there must not be a fifth overtime!"
The first chapter has arrived, and there will be another chapter later.
(End of chapter)