Chapter 99 Kyrie Irving

The tenacity of Kangda exceeded the expectations of most people on the scene.

Kangda switched back to man-to-man, and Curry didn’t have a good chance, but Smith played a pick-and-roll with Singler again. Singler scored 4 points in a row. After Tang Tian switched to Singler, Kelly took another pick. Smith made a three-pointer from the outside.

The just-approaching point difference was suddenly widened to 13 points.

Coach K is more capable than Cahon, and the adjustment is always one step ahead of the opponent.

The crisis came again, but Kangda also continued to show their tenacity. This time it was Lamb. He finally found his touch on the outside and scored a three-pointer. Tang Tian returned to the defensive end and successfully pressed Curry. Walker's fast break hit. As 2+1, Kangda once again narrowed the difference to 7 points.

Twice in a row, when the situation was about to collapse, there was always someone in Kangda who could come forward and save the situation for the team to continue scoring.

This Kangda team can reach the semi-finals. Their paper strength may be really inferior to Duke, but the spiritual level is really not lost at all, or even better.

About 13 minutes into the first half of the game, the score was 30-23. Although Duke was ahead, he still couldn't pull the score.

Coach K's expression at this time was not as relaxed as it was at the beginning.

Kangda is now like a tough bone, as if it is stuck in the throat. If he can't get the advantage earlier, he will never be able to secure the victory. He knows that the nemesis of the same city, North Carolina, was dragged to the end by this team.

"Kyrie." He turned and called Owen again.

"You go up and let go of the offense, do more damage, and their inside strength is average." Before playing, he pulled Owen and warned.

Owen nodded, his expression slightly excited.

He is talented, but he is not very suitable for the college basketball atmosphere. He prefers to let go of his hands and feet and go it alone instead of playing tactics.

Now Coach K asked him to let go of the offense, and he couldn't ask for it.

The game entered a dead ball, and both sides switched back to the main force one after another.

The 7-point difference was stalemate for four or five minutes, and it was up to who could pull the difference.

When Duke's ball came up, after Owen held the ball at the top of the circle, his teammates directly pulled away.

This is more thorough than the opening, and even Plumlee didn't mention it in the pick-and-roll.

One-on-one between Irving and Walker.

Dribbling, crotch, forward change direction, Irving's crossover skills are really outstanding.

Walker struggled to keep up with Owen's rhythm.

But at this moment, Owen suddenly stepped forward, leaned on Walker's body and turned around. When Walker saved, he changed direction and passed Walker directly!

There was a burst of amazement.

The ball seemed to be really stuck in Owen's hand!

After Owen passed Walker and went inside, Oriarch was worried that Owen's pass didn't dare to go out of the penalty area, but Owen didn't shoot from the mid-range position. Accelerate to jump up, and a big lever in the air makes a direct backhand layup.

The visual effect of this series of dribbling and pulling rods is simply explosive, and the Duke fans on the scene are seen to be climaxing one after another.

Tang Tian saw his ankle hurt for a while. Irving's dribbling skills can't be said to be the best defender after Iverson, but is it really good to play like this just after returning from injury.

Concord University's offense, Lamb's shot to the basket missed, and Plumlee scored a defensive rebound.

Duke advanced to the frontcourt and let Irving single with the ball.

This time, Walker pushed harder, and Owen's continuous crotch and body forward changes did not pass.

But at this moment, Plumlee mentioned a high pick-and-roll from the inside, and Walker squeezed through.

After seeing it, Owen dribbled the ball with his left hand, leaned his body to the left, and made a breakthrough from the left, but the next second he suddenly switched to his right hand, yanked the ball back to the right, and turned his body straight.

Shammgod!

The top dribbling skills that generally only appear in street courts.

Tang Tian had seen this technique before in the New York Street Stadium, but compared to the bells and whistles of those people, the star of Owen was more practical.

Both Walker and Oriarch were completely deceived, and Owen accelerated directly into the penalty area.

Tang Tian was forced to come over to help defend. Owen saw a through ball and gave it to Singler, who received the ball and scored an undefended layup.

"Oh my god! His dribble is really cool!" Barkley was a little bit wet by Irving's ball-handling skills.

"After Allen Iverson, I have never seen someone in college basketball control the ball so well, Irving is really extraordinary!" Miller also exclaimed.

Even Kenny Smith applauded Irving at this time. Although he supported UConn, Irving's dribble was really beautiful.

In Kangda's attack, Walker had a neutral block after breaking through, but his shot was directly a three-point non-stick.

After being played by Owen one after another, his mentality also experienced ups and downs.

Duke's offense is still Irving, and this time it's Lamb who is defending him.

Consecutively changing directions in front of the body, Lamb focused on the defense, but in the next second, Owen dribbled the ball with his right hand to the left and then dribbled the ball to the right. An inside-outside dribble directly gave Lamb a clean shot. .

In the next second, he accelerated and rushed into the inside line. Between the defenses of Oriarch and Tang Tian, ​​he pulled the bar and scored the ball.

The difference was re-opened to 13 points in an instant.

Owen was simply unstoppable.

Kahon hurriedly called a timeout. This time the opening was different from before. It was completely forced by Owen with his personal ability.

"Coach, let me defend Owen." Tang Tian recommended himself to Kahon.

"No, you're the number four, and you suffer too much in terms of speed." Kahon rejected Tang Tian's proposal this time.

The opponents before Kangda were all strong in the front line. He would use Tang Tian to guard them in the opening game. This also gave Kangda the upper hand in the opening game, but this time was different. Owen was the control. Wei, Tang Tian is the No. 4 position, and the two are too far apart.

"I can try." Tang Tian was not absolutely sure, but he still wanted to try.

"No, Singler was in good shape in the first half, you still guard him." Cahon said.

Kahun is right, Irving scored 6 points and 1 assist in this section, but Singler also scored 10 points in the first half.

Letting Tang Tian go to defend Owen means that Singler will be liberated to a greater extent, so Kangda can't stand it, not to mention that Tang Tian is likely to be unable to defend.

"We switched to 2-3 zone defense, restricted Owen from entering the penalty area, and worked hard to open the offensive end. As I said at the beginning, they will not continue to feel so good. We try to control the difference to less than 10 points, don't worry, the game Halftime is not over yet." Kahon encouraged the players.

After the timeout came back, Lamb's breakthrough caused Plumlee's foul. After making two free throws, he finally helped the University of Concord to stabilize the situation.

But looking back, Irving was another Shammgod and passed Walker. After breaking into the penalty area, he gave the ball to Smith on the outside. After receiving the ball, Smith made a decisive three-pointer.