Li Kaiming's free throw seemed to be the final blow to the dying Duke University!
78:65!
The players of Duke University are still carrying out a useless counterattack.
They served quickly, and Sher took the ball to the frontcourt and threw a three-pointer directly!
Their minds were already in a state of confusion, and they didn't even think about tactics. They were simply shooting one-on-one with the ball, and under Kemp's defense, they just hit the iron!
Li Kaiming protects the rebound!
To Kemp, Duke chose not to foul.
After Kemp reached the frontcourt, Duke fouled and served from the frontcourt!
Although Duke University still seems to be working hard to defend, everyone knows that their situation is over...
The audience at the scene, some of whom supported Duke University, had silently put away their flags and other things, and then walked out of the venue in a low mood...
Li Kaiming's key free throw refreshed the mentality of the Memphis players!
After that, Duke players fouled again until they were full, but all the Memphis players who stepped to the free throw line told the Duke players with accurate free throws.
We are no longer who we were before!
After seeing each other for three days, I was even more impressed!
Everyone else's free throws were pretty much a dead giveaway on Duke's corpse.
Duke University, which was in a state of confusion, did not make any waves in the last two minutes.
Finally, the game whistle sounds!
At the end of the game, the University of Memphis Tigers defeated the Duke University Blue Devils 81:67!
The on-site commentary was completely exciting!
"Congratulations to the University of Memphis! They won the NCAA championship in the 2009-2010 season! It was also the first championship in the history of the University of Memphis! They broke everyone's doubts and did the impossible! Congratulations to them again!"
At the same time, Li Kaiming also heard system prompts in his ears!
[System]: Congratulations to the host, for completing the A-level basic task and gaining 20 attribute points and 400 points. Complete A-level advanced tasks and get 4 badge upgrades!
The advanced tasks have been completed. It seems that the system has defaulted to Li Kaiming as the MVP of today's game!
Li Kaiming just glanced at the system interface and then put it aside, because he has more important things now!
Lucas Oil Stadium drops the ribbons for the University of Memphis!
As for the audience, except for the Duke fans who left early, everyone else was celebrating for the University of Memphis!
All the players in Memphis gathered around Pastner and Li Kaiming. They hugged the people next to them and jumped together!
we are the champion!
Hot tears flowed from the corners of Pastner's eyes. He took a deep breath to hold back the sore bridge of his nose and the feeling of tears caused by the latter.
He patted Li Kaiming on the shoulder, patted Williams on the shoulder, and hugged the remaining players one by one.
"Thank you, thank you, kids! We did it!"
"yeah!"
Li Kaiming and other players applauded and cheered!
When the celebration was almost over, the Duke players, led by Coach K, came to the bench of the University of Memphis.
Pastner looked at his idol, this world-famous coach, and felt for the first time that he was so close to him.
Being so close gave him the illusion that Coach K was just an ordinary old man...
Although he lost the championship, Coach K still maintained the demeanor of a Hall of Fame coach.
He gently held Pastner's hand, "Josh, congratulations!"
Throughout his long career, he won as much as he lost.
Although this was also a good opportunity, Duke University did not seize it.
After shaking hands with Pastner, Coach K immediately turned his attention to Li Kaiming. For the first time, this weather-beaten man had a different look in his eyes.
There is reluctance, there is admiration...
Li Kaiming was about to extend his hand to shake hands with this respected old man, but coach K suddenly stretched out his arms and hugged him!
The old man's sense of strength was so strong that even Li Kaiming couldn't break free easily.
After the hug, Old K patted Li Kaiming on the shoulder and sighed, "Good boy, I wish you were by my side!"
Li Kaiming smiled and said nothing.
After Coach K hugged Li Kaiming, he walked straight to the player tunnel without greeting the remaining Memphis players.
Obviously, in his eyes, he only greets people he likes.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the person Coach K really wants to talk to is probably Li Kaiming...
Because the former's attitude towards Li Kaiming and Pastner can almost be said to be in the sky and on the earth!
It seems that in the heart of old coach K, he did not lose to Pastner, nor did he lose to the University of Memphis, but lost to Li Kaiming...
After the players from both sides paid tribute to each other, it was the exciting MOP awards ceremony!
MOP is the best player in the championship, used to reward the winning player with the best performance in the championship game.
The on-site commentary and broadcast also put the data of the University of Memphis players on the big screen.
In order to arouse the atmosphere of the scene, the commentator also deliberately said, "Let us guess who is the best player in today's game?"
When the audience saw the data on the screen, they immediately started shouting Li Kaiming's name in unison!
This is just a guess. Are you a kid?
No suspense!
Li Kaiming scored 58 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 blocks, successfully winning the MOP this season!
For someone like Li Kaiming who likes to drive his teammates, he only got 2 assists during the entire game. This shows how poor the other players in Memphis were today!
Except for Williams who barely scored 10 points, no one else scored more than 5 points!
If he hadn't immediately activated the [Buddha's Light Illumination] experience card, I'm afraid it would be Kelzinger standing here to receive the award!
Taking over the MOP trophy from current NCAA President Mark Emmert, Li Kaiming stood in the center of the field.
The official CBS reporter handed the microphone to Li Kaiming's chin and let the best player of the game speak.
Li Kaiming looked around the audience. Everyone fell silent. Their eyes were filled with eagerness, expectation and pride as they stared at the young figure in the center of the venue.
After Li Kaiming thought for a moment, he spoke.
"A month ago, if someone would have told me that I would be standing here, holding an MOP trophy and speaking, I would have told them in no uncertain terms, screw you!"
The scene burst into laughter!
But the Memphis players couldn't laugh because they knew that Li Kaiming was not joking!
Li Kaiming paused for a moment, and after the audience quieted down, he continued, "But my teammates and I still did it."
"Along the way, countless people have told us, give up, you will go home in the next game."
"I've heard this sentence countless times."
"But I can't refute them because I don't have a reason to refute them. We are always in danger of being eliminated."
"But today, in front of tens of millions of viewers, I want to tell those who look down on us to go to hell!"
"Nothing in this world is impossible. In my dictionary, there is no such word as impossible!"
"There are only yes and no!"
"The fact that I can stand here today is the greatest rejection of these people."
"This championship does not belong to me. Today's game is not my victory, nor is it Memphis' victory, but a victory of basketball and sportsmanship!"
When Li Kaiming finished speaking, the audience burst into thunderous applause!
