Inside Lucas Oil Stadium, the referee's whistle came from the field!
Memphis Tigers head coach Pastner requests a timeout!
With five minutes left before the end of the game, Li Kaiming walked off the court amid cheers from the audience.
After taking the towel handed over by the staff, Li Kaiming held the towel in both hands, rubbed it on his face and head, and then sat down on the bench.
The substitute teammates next to him had already made a seat available for him.
Then he looked with admiration at Li Kaiming, who was sitting on the chair and panting.
Before this, they had already admired Li Kaiming for being able to become a starting player from the water dispenser. But today, something happened that made them admire him so much!
In the second half, Li Kaiming played 15 minutes and made 10 of 12 three-pointers. He only made one hook shot inside the three-point line. The remaining three-pointers were pure shots. He did not even enter the three-point line. He only relied on three-pointers. Just got 30 points!
On the opposite side, Duke University, the players also felt very good today. In the second half, everyone took a total of 20 shots, hit 11 goals and scored 24 points.
In the first 15 minutes of the second half, Li Kaiming led Duke University by 8 points 32:24.
However, even if Li Kaiming feels so explosive today, the point difference between the two sides is still not big at this time.
So far, Memphis leads Duke by 7 points, 70:63.
In other words, except for Li Kaiming, the rest of Memphis scored 4 points together!
In addition to the fact that the shooting power is concentrated on Li Kaiming, the more reason is that the other people in Memphis felt so bad today!
Williams, who felt pretty good in the first half, played 14 minutes in the second half and scored 4 points on 1-of-4 shooting, including one mid-range shot and two free throws.
The rest of us didn’t get a point!
If Li Kaiming hadn't immediately activated the epic experience card, Memphis would have been in garbage time now...
On Duke's bench, Old Coach K couldn't sit still anymore. He stood in the middle of a small circle surrounded by Duke players, and the pen in his hand kept drawing on the tactical board!
His face turned red with excitement, his eyes were rounded, and his tone was ferocious, almost cannibalistic!
"Hold on! Do you understand? The guy opposite is definitely running out of energy. The next five minutes are our chance to make a comeback!"
"Take up the big man on the opposite side! He hasn't rested for a minute so far. Their scoring basically comes from him, so his physical strength must have bottomed out!"
"Don't be afraid, just hit him when you see him! Just wear him down for me. When he dies, the opponent will be finished!"
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The timeout ended and the game came back to Memphis to serve.
Point guard Kemp's playing time is also full, and together with Li Kaiming, he has not rested for a minute so far.
Except for Kemp, everyone else in Memphis has very limited ability to handle the ball, and Li Kaiming, as the main attacker, also needs Kemp to pass the ball to him, so Pastner has let Kemp play until now.
Kemp dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Schell's defense was very tight. With his breakthrough ability, it was almost impossible to score against Schell.
So Kemp called center Witherpens to come up and cover, and power forward Daniel Mack came out from the other end and made a motion to catch the ball.
Shooting guard Li Kaiming used the screen of small forward Williams, who was a head shorter than him, to move around the pile, throw away Duke's defender, and run to Daniel Mack's symmetrical position.
Duke University has been scared of Li Kaiming's shooting. They would rather let go of Williams inside the three-point line than double attack Li Kaiming.
The open opportunity was fleeting, and Li Kaiming lobbed the ball to Williams, who was unguarded in the mid-range.
At this time, there was only center Zubek under the basket. Williams immediately started and faced Zubek for a layup.
But Zubek was too tall for Williams. He raised his hands and jumped on the spot. Williams couldn't even see the basket.
So he could only rely on his touch and experience from the side to make a hook layup.
The possibility of such a ball going up is extremely slim.
Zubek got the rebound and passed the ball to Schell.
The Duke players kept in mind Coach K's instructions and thought that Li Kaiming must be exhausted at this time, so they immediately launched a fast break!
Scheer holds the ball in the middle, and the other four people run on both sides.
Memphis players fought hard to defend.
Schell dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to Singler at 45 degrees on the right, who had a decent shot!
Daniel Mack, who was guarding Singler, immediately pounced.
Singler had already raised the ball and took off, but in the air he suddenly changed from shooting to passing and threw the ball down!
It turned out to be Nolan Smith in the right corner. After a sudden reverse run, he got rid of Williams' defense and made an air cut into the three-point line!
In front of Smith who received the ball, there was an unguarded empty basket!
Smith, who rushed along the baseline, only took one step after receiving the ball, and then ejected directly into the air. His whole body formed an arc in the air, gliding towards the basket.
The fans at the scene had their eyes wide open!
At the last moment of the game, can we still see such an explosive dunk...
Just when the audience thought Duke University was going to deliver a wonderful top-five goal, a figure wearing the No. 34 Memphis jersey came out halfway, waved his hand, and directly pushed Smith's dunk onto the backboard from the side!
Basketball games are full of ups and downs, and fans never have to regret that a wonderful dunk is ruined, because apart from flagrant fouls, the only thing that can prevent a wonderful dunk is a more wonderful block!
The entire stadium, after a few minutes of silence, cheered again!
"Is this a human being?"
"I don't know what to say, you are my god today!"
"If Memphis can win the championship, today's game will be the most exciting game in NCAA history, bar none!"
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The fans were mostly impressed by how entertaining Li Kaiming's defense was, and the NBA stars present could see something deeper.
"Generally speaking, physical strength is a weakness for players who are so tall and have strong athletic ability. Why didn't I see that his physical strength was declining?"
"Are you telling me this is a person with a ruptured Achilles tendon? The person with the ruptured Achilles tendon plays the most time, but is more active than others?"
"This guy's physical fitness may have reached the level of an alien. His body is a dimensionality reduction compared to the NCAA!"
In the audience, something different flashed in LeBron James's eyes.
He turned his head and asked a black man next to him, "Rich, do the Wizards still have salary space this summer?"
The black man named Rich Paul next to him replied, "Let me check, what, do you want to go to the Wizards?"
James smiled, "Who knows, I just think it would be cool to fight side by side with this guy."
Rich Paul shook his head helplessly, and just as he was about to speak, James asked again, "Aren't you interested in such a good idea?"
Rich Paul was stunned. He was so absorbed in watching the game that he forgot that he was still a player agent!
Players like Li Kaiming, who is obviously the favorite to be the No. 1 pick, will definitely make his influence much greater if he can recruit him.
His dream is to become an agent like Rob Pelinka, and even team management will give him face.
If Li Kaiming can hit it, then he will not be far from his goal...
James glanced at Rich Paul, who was meditating next to him, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. He turned his head and stared at No. 34 on the court, with an inexplicable meaning flashing in his eyes...
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