All-round Athlete

Chapter 794 Four Overtimes

"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 a ten-year absence, and complete those predecessors. Nothing was done. However, the cruel reality taught a vivid lesson.

Krzyzewski forcibly maintained his composure. As the most well-known coach in the United States, he has experienced countless ups and downs, seen too many big scenes, and faced adversity many times. However, in such an important arena, he won twice in a row. They were all defeated by one person, and this was the first time Krzyzewski encountered it.

"The referee has returned the clock!" Someone shouted, and everyone looked at it immediately, only to see a number "1" appearing on the timer.

"1 second! After watching the video, the referee decided to give 1 second back to the watch! 1 second is too short, and it is difficult to complete an attack. This should be the last 1 second of the US team in this World Championship Bar!"

Deng Huade looked at this number and was a little unhappy. It is said that this time the return time was at most a few tenths of a second. The referee gave 1 second, which was obviously beyond the normal range. It seemed that he wanted to give the US team a little more time.

But Deng Huade thinks about it confidently, 1 second is not enough for the US team to come back. If it is in the NBA, a comeback within 1 second will always happen once or twice every season, even on the stage of the playoffs, because in the last two minutes of the NBA, after a timeout, you can play on the center line serve. But in the World Championships, you can only serve from the bottom line, and 1 second is too short.

The U.S. team made another substitution, with Love, Gay and Westbrook playing to replace Odom, Billups and Rose. Combined with Iguodala and Durant, these five people represent almost the best physical talents of the American team.

When Love was standing on the bottom line and preparing to make a free throw, the players of the Chinese team had already realized that the US team was going to use an alley-oop to achieve a comeback.

In 1 second, you have to serve from the bottom line, and the alley-oop is undoubtedly the method with the highest chance of scoring. It is Love's housekeeping skill to grab a defensive rebound and throw it directly to the frontcourt, and he can only rely on Love to complete the task of throwing the ball directly to the opponent's basket from the baseline.

As for the candidates for the alley-oop, Durant and Gay are both suitable. With Durant's height and physical fitness, it is very easy to complete an alley-oop. And Gay has extraordinary wingspan and amazing jumping, he can complete the dunk from the free throw line, and the alley-oop is not difficult for him.

"Prevent Durant and Gay!" Deng Huade issued an order for the first time.

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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 been responsible for saving the team many times, but it was always to hit a lore or grab the most critical rebound. But today, he has to do the job of a point guard and save the team by serving the ball.

Love took a deep breath, chose a landing point, took half a step back, and threw the ball directly.

"Block Durant!"

"Stop Guy!"

"Don't let Iguodala pass!"

The players of the Chinese team held their opponents firmly, not allowing them to move.

"Damn it! I got entangled by this Chinese!" Rudy Gay looked at the air angrily. The basketball had already flown over. Get rid of the defender, you can easily complete an alley-oop.

"Let me pass!" Durant rushed over like crazy, Zhou Peng was almost squeezed by Durant in the physical confrontation, but at this point in the game, no one cared about it, everyone's attention was on the basketball .

"Oops, it's too late!" Durant watched the ball getting closer and closer to the basket, but he had no time to run over.

"Team USA is over!" Seeing Durant 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 an exclamation in the audience.

I saw Westbrook grabbing the ball, and then gently pushing towards the basket, and 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 roll twice on the hoop, and then slowly stopped.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still.

"Go in!"

"Don't go in!"

Everyone's heart hangs.

"Bang!"

The ball still rolled into the basket.

"The ball went in! The alley-oop, the ball was effective, the last second, 128 to 128, a tie! Another tie! We're going to see the fourth overtime!"

"Not Durant, not Iguodala, not Gay, but Westbrook! Westbrook pulled the US team back from the brink of failure!"

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On the bench, Krzyzewski breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw Durant and Gay were blocked, he really thought that the US team had lost the game, and Westbrook's sudden The alley-oop was not in Krzyzewski's plan.

With a center-height forward like Durant, a spring guy like Gay, and an all-around fighter like Iguodala, Krzyzewski certainly wouldn't count on 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 he will become the number one point guard in the NBA in a short time!" Krzyzewski sighed softly.

The assistant coach next to him was a little surprised. Paul is of course recognized as the No. 1 point guard in the NBA, and in the future, this position will obviously belong to Rose.

"Does the coach think that Westbrook has more potential than Rose?" The assistant coach looked surprised, and he lowered his voice and said, "I think Russell still has a long way to go from being the world's number one point guard. "

"I'm talking about the number one point guard in the NBA, not the number one point guard in the world!" Krzyzewski added.

"Isn't No. 1 in the NBA the No. 1 in the world?" the assistant coach asked puzzled.

"No! The world's No. 1 is still on the court, in our opponent's lineup! It is almost impossible to surpass him." Krzyzewski looked at Zhang Guan, and then said: "To play No. 1 There are four overtimes, we must go all out to win the Chinese team, there must be no fifth overtime!"

The first chapter is delivered, and there will be another chapter later.