With the tacit cooperation of the first-year team, the situation on the court gradually reversed. Especially under the leadership of Zhao Feiyang, he, Michael Carter and Antetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo gradually became the core pillars of the first-year team.
The offense led by the three of them helped the first-year team stabilize the situation, and also took advantage of the poor feeling of the second-year team to continuously make up for the previous staggered score gap.
The two sides fought fiercely until the last 1 minute and 39 seconds of the game. At this time, the score of the two teams was 130 to 132.
After continuous pursuit, the first-year team only has a 2-point disadvantage at this time.
It was the freshman team's turn to attack.
Michael Carter held the ball across half court. As soon as he reached the midline, Damian Lillard pounced directly on him.
The defense of both sides was quite fierce at the last moment, and they almost locked down immediately after half-time.
Michael Carter was not reckless. Facing Damian Lillard's defense, he chose to pass the ball to his teammates.
Snapped.
The person who came up to respond was Zhao Feiyang.
After getting the ball, he did not rush to take action, but kept observing the situation on the court.
The person guarding him was Harrison Perot. The two of them were secretly competing today, but Harrison Perot was always at a disadvantage.
Especially in terms of shooting, his shooting rights were taken away by others. In terms of offense, he was constantly restricted by Zhao Feiyang, and his performance was not as good as before.
But his mentality remained calm, and he continued to adopt psychological tactics when facing Zhao Feiyang.
"bring it on!"
"I know your shooting is accurate!"
"But I won't step forward to defend... No matter how you shoot, you can't break through my defense..."
What Harrison Perot didn't expect was that Zhao Feiyang had a calmer mentality than him.
Facing the constant provocative trash talk, Zhao Feiyang did not rush to prove himself, but suddenly made a gesture to Giannis Antetokounmpo inside.
Antetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo suddenly stepped forward to pick and roll, and Zhao Feiyang took advantage of the situation and went from the left to the penalty area under the basket.
Anthony Davis, who was marking Giannis Antetokounmpo inside, saw no one to cover him, so he could only grit his teeth and resist.
As soon as he moved, Giannis Antetokounmpo ran past him.
The next moment, Zhao Feiyang threw an alley-oop pass, and boom, Giannis Antetokounmpo caught the ball in mid-air and dunked.
The ball went in.
132 to 132.
The whole game lasted for so long, and the first-year team finally tied with the sophomore team at the last moment of the game.
There are 1 minute and 20 seconds left before the end of the game.
All the fans in the stadium had stood up. While they were applauding and cheering, they were also looking forward to the wonderful performances of both sides at the last minute.
The sophomore team serves.
Damian Lillard stood on the sideline waiting for his teammates to pass the ball to him, but this time, his ball was intercepted halfway by Harrison Perreault.
"Harrison, what are you doing?"
Damian Lillard shouted at Harrison Perot.
Anthony Davis under the basket was also dumbfounded. He initially passed the pass to Harrison Perot just because he was standing relatively close, thinking that he would transfer the offensive power to Damian Lillard.
"what can I do?"
"Damien, you are not the only protagonist in this game! In other words, I was willing to cooperate with you before because I was selfless, but now I want to fight on my own..."
"What's the problem? You're not my coach!"
Harrison Perot said a few words that stunned Damian Lillard.
The players of the sophomore team have always worked well together and shared the ball with each other selflessly.
However, at the beginning of the second half, as the game progressed and the situation on the field changed, Damian Lillard, as the absolute core, did control more of the ball than before, and the number of shots was also much higher than before.
Such changes have also made Damian Lillard's statistics very good. If the sophomore team can win, then he will be the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.
After Harrison Perot finished speaking, he took the ball and sprinted directly towards the half court. At this time, Zhao Feiyang was already in front of him, and the two of them were in offensive and defensive postures, about to face off again on the court.
"bring it on!"
"Harrison, I know you won't give up... If you don't want to prove that you are Damien's vassal, then use your score to prove to me..."
Zhao Feiyang continued to make provocations.
Harrison Perot was also very tough. After Zhao Feiyang said these words, he suddenly raised the basketball and made a pull-up.
His movements were very crisp, quite a bit like Tracy McGrady's elegant look back then.
Zhao Feiyang jumped high and failed to block Harrison Perot's shot. However, it seemed that Harrison Perot had not shot for too long. This time, his pull-up shot not only failed to score, but also fell one step early. Go down.
Snapped.
The basketball fell out of bounds.
The referee whistle sounded.
Harrison Perreault threw a triple.
The whole place was in an uproar, many fans covered their mouths in disbelief, and some celebrities watching the game shook their heads.
"Oh! God! What kind of magical operation is this?"
"Who is this young man? Is he taking after Tracy?"
There was a lot of discussion off the court, and the players on the sophomore team also came together on the court. Some teammates even openly questioned Harrison Perot.
"Harrison, what are you doing?"
"Man, I'm always waiting for the rebound, but the basketball you shoot must at least hit the basket, right? Are you giving me a hard time?"
"Why don't you pass the ball to Damien?"
The questions from his teammates made Harrison Perot look livid, but at this time, Zhao Feiyang also took the opportunity to come up and finish the attack. He looked at Harrison Perot and joked, "Dude, did you hear that? I told you earlier that you should have killed him." Pass the ball to Damien!”
"Don't sneak the ball out again!"
"You are so disobedient, be careful Damien beats you up after the game..."
After Zhao Feiyang finished speaking, he ran away, leaving Harrison Perot standing there alone and sulking.
Although he knew very well that Zhao Feiyang said this deliberately to provoke him, he still cast a hostile look at Damian Lillard.
The freshman team serves.
Zhao Feiyang took the initiative to throw the ball into the hands of Michael Carter, who advanced with the ball. As soon as he reached the three-point line, he was jumped on by Damian Lillard and interfered.
Giannis Antetokounmpo on the inside suddenly moved to the high post to pick and roll, but Michael Carter failed to understand Giannis Antetokounmpo's intention, resulting in a failure to cooperate and was double-teamed. At the critical moment, Zhao Feiyang stepped up to respond in time. .
Harrison Perreault was blocked. After getting the ball, Zhao Feiyang planned to break through, but found that there were already two opposing players under the basket, and the person who came up to guard him turned out to be Damian Lillard.
"Zhao."
Giannis Antetokounmpo shouted to Zhao Feiyang and gave him a pick-and-roll gesture.
Michael Carter on the side also ran out of space, trying to help Zhao Feiyang share the pressure.
But Zhao Feiyang rejected their good intentions. He made a very bold move and directly rushed to the other people on the court to wave away.
There was a sudden commotion on the sidelines.
"What does he want to do?"
"Is he going to fight Damien alone?"
