() Chen Jie's dunks did not panic the University of Connecticut. Okafor, who already has three years of NCAA experience, hit Blackie three times in a row in the paint and scored six points in a row to stabilize the situation.
The commentator smiled at Lucas, meaning look, it is the inside that dominates the game.
Lucas responded with a faint smile, but still had enough confidence in Chen Jie.
Naturally, Chen Jie would not disappoint him. Okafor was playing inside alone, and Chen Jie responded with a breakthrough. Although he was hit by Okafor, Chen Jie still had no fear and did not flinch, three times in a row.
All layups were made steadily.
From the beginning, the two teams were bayonets and red, with the best players stepping up to score.
The final was really exciting!
After Ben Gordon missed a shot in the face of Chen Jie's defense, Xiao Hei blocked Okafor. Saiya picked up the rebound and quickly passed a long pass to Chen Jie who was about to pass. Ben Gordon had no time to catch up.
When Jay was about to go for a layup, he pulled hard.
After the referee's whistle blew, Chen Jie still managed to take the shot despite losing his balance. The basketball spun quickly and made a circle on the rim before still going in.
2+1!
UConn called a timeout, and with five minutes left in the first half, Duke led by two points, 32-30.
After the timeout, Ben Gordon was replaced, Duke University also replaced Shelton to let him rest, and the four main players, Du Hong, Xiaohe, Chen Jiesiah, were still on the court.
Chen Jie made a free throw and Duke University led by three points.
Okafor turned around and shook off Xiao Hei's defense, and smashed the ball into the basket with an alley-oop.
Then, on the defensive end, Okafor made another big block that knocked Blackie's turnaround throw out of the baseline.
Okafor, who roared fiercely at his teammates, showed his dominance at this moment.
But Chen Jie just quietly went up and patted Xiao Hei's chest to indicate that it didn't matter.
A sideline ball was issued and with little offensive time left, Duhong reluctantly took a three-pointer. The ball missed the basket and Okafor collected the rebound.
The score between the two teams is still tense. Although the University of Connecticut has been lagging behind, it can always fight back after Duke University scores, and the score gap has been hovering at two or three points.
With 50 seconds left in the first half, Okafor hit a rebound shot, narrowing the score gap to one point.
Chen Jie took the baseline ball from Xiao Hei and signaled that he would come to the ball himself instead of passing it to point guard Du Hong.
After dribbling the ball through the half, Chen Jie did not choose to attack immediately, but chose to control the ball. It seemed that he wanted to treat this attack as the last one in the first half.
When there were 15 seconds left in the attack time, Chen Jie started, and after changing direction, he took the first step to get away from his defender by half a step. Chen Jie relied on Okafor's body to help defend and shot.
Just when Cafu's fingertips were about to touch the ball, Chen Jie suddenly pulled the lever in the air, and his entire arm holding the ball passed through Okafor's armpit, and he picked up the basket, and the basketball fell into the basket.
Two-point hit, Duke University leads by three points!
This ball was extremely exciting. The audience in the stands shouted Chen Jie's name enthusiastically, and Lucas also smiled proudly. The person he was optimistic about did not disappoint him.
Okafor clapped his hands in frustration and immediately ran towards Duke's half court. There were only 25 seconds left for UConn's final attack.
Chen Jie's control of the game time can be said to be perfect.
There was no timeout at all. The UConn point guard dribbled the ball past half court and handed the ball to Okafor, ready to let his offense end the first half.
Okafor dribbled the ball and beat Blackie in a back-up, and Blackie pushed him hard. The two people's bodies came into contact again and again. This time, Blackie did a particularly good job in defense, until there were three seconds left in the game.
At that time, Okafor just couldn't squeeze out a shooting opportunity.
Okafor, who turned left and right without getting out of the way of Xiao Hei's defense, had no choice but to take a shot, half-turned with his left hand and threw the ball toward the basket based on feeling.
Xiao Hei raised his hands high and did not jump.
A crisp whistle sounds!
foul!
The referee actually whistled for a foul on Xiao Hei, and with the referee's whistle, the ball that Okafor reluctantly shot actually went in!
2+1.
On the last ball of the first half, Okafor actually hit an and1.
Xiao Hei squatted on the ground, holding his head. He couldn't believe that the ball was a foul. He shouted "no" loudly.
But the referee didn't give him a chance to explain at all. He waved his hand to indicate that he would stick to the penalty, walked to the basket, took the basketball and stood directly on the baseline.
There was one second left in the game and Duke had no chance to attack.
Okafor made a steady free throw, and after Xiao Hei made a baseline pass, Chen Jie gambled on his luck and threw a three-pointer. Naturally, he missed the shot and was still four or five meters away from the basket.
Shaking his head and smiling helplessly, Chen Jie thought to himself, in the past, many people in the NBA would make a shot at this time. It doesn't seem to be easy.
He didn't pay much attention and walked back to the locker room side by side with Blackie, telling Blackie how to defend Okafor in the second half.
Xiao Hei nodded repeatedly. Although Chen Jie is only a defender and has never played in the post, he has a wealth of basketball knowledge. Although he will definitely not be able to guard against Okafor if he plays in person, on paper, he is still clear-headed and sound.
Xiao Hei naturally cared about Chen Jie's words and kept them in his heart.
After a fifteen-minute break, the game continued.
In the second half, Ben Gordon came back to play against Chen Jie. He didn't score a point in the first half and it seemed that he was really beaten by Chen Jie.
Logically speaking, the difference in strength between him and Chen Jie is not that big, but Chen Jie, who fully understands Ben Gordon's playing style, just doesn't follow his breakthrough and only defends his shots. Once he breaks through, he reaches for the ball.
Not being able to pull it out also disrupted his rhythm, not to mention that there was Xiao Hei on the inside to help defend.
Ben Gordon is completely stuck in the quagmire.
He was very unconvinced and planned to give Chen Jie some color in the second half. Although he was in full swing now, he was not someone to be bullied!
On the first goal of the game, Ben Gordon hit Chen Jie with a three-pointer from the top of the arc. Although the offensive choice was not very good, the ball went in.
UConn's first lead of the game came after Ben Gordon's three-pointer.
Ben Gordon, who smiled at Chen Jie, actually made a gesture of blowing out the gunpowder in his pistol.
Wow, you really know how to pretend!
Chen Jie smiled disdainfully in his heart. Don't you want to be struck by lightning?
Chen Jie didn't care about the ball at all. Ben Gordon was capable. It was normal to score one or two incredible goals. He just had to stick to defense and there was no need to change his strategy.
As for his provocation, Chen Jie, who was no longer a freshman, just smiled and acted like a clown, so why bother.
After the University of Connecticut took the lead, the two teams continued to be anxious in the second half. The score kept alternating and the game fell into a melee.
Ben Gordon was on fire and had already scored 10 points with 9 minutes left in the second half. However, Chen Jie had already scored 20 points in the second half. In comparison, Ben Gordon's efficiency was still
negative value.
The coach of the University of Connecticut shook his head. Although the previous statistics and reputations of his defender Ben Gordon and the opponent's Jay Sean were similar, the actual matchups were obviously not at the same level.
However, looking at the anxious game on the court now, he really couldn't change it.
