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Chapter 47 Advance to the Final Four
The old coach K decisively called a timeout after seeing that the situation on the field was wrong. He had to solve the situation where the team's substitutes faced Liu Han's incomprehensibility.

"Soldier, are you afraid of being beaten by the opponent? Or do you need me to give you extra training after the game? Don't stand still on the court, run, move, and quickly catch up with the opponent's attack. As for the opponent's Easterner , He double-teams him as long as he catches the ball, fouls when necessary, as long as he prevents him from shooting, and does not limit your means." The old coach K, who was born in West Point Military Academy, has always demanded his players with a soldier's attitude.

13 minutes into the first half of the game, the Duke players who came back from a timeout double-teamed Liu Han. Facing the opponent's double-teaming, Liu Han was not reckless. He smartly passed the ball to the open teammate.

The main offensive tactic of the Bruins this season is open shots from the outside, so all players of the Bruins must have shooting ability. After Duke starts double-teaming Liu Han, there will always be missing players on the court, which gives the Bruins other advantages. Player opportunities, when Duke's main force began to be replaced, the Bruins widened the gap to fifteen points.

Bruins head coach George replaced the team's backup point guard, Stephen Anderson, on the court after seeing Liu Han getting caught in the opponent's double-team. .

Stephen Anderson, who just came to the team this year, was not very convinced of Liu Han at first, but after he stayed in the Bruins for a while, he completely admired Liu Han. He had never seen such an accurate Three point shooter.Stephen, who is 1.8 meters tall, has good ball control and passing skills, but his body is not outstanding, and his speed is too slow compared to ordinary defenders, but Stephen can handle the current situation on the court.

With the point guard handling the ball, Liu Han began to run like last season. It is impossible for Duke players to double-team the running Liu Han like Liu Han with the ball, so they under the instruction of the head coach Only Chris Collins, who is physically strong, is assigned to chase and defend Liu Han.

The Bruins' backup point guard Stephen was a little nervous when he came on the court. He dribbled the ball to his feet in his first attack. Duke's players caught Stephen's mistake and quickly counterattacked to score two points. The gap came to thirteen points.

The Bruins also replaced the main players one after another. Captain Thomson patted Stephen, who was still a little frustrated with the mistake just now, to show comfort. Newcomers always need the guidance and help of old players. Facing tens of thousands of players in a large stadium, The audience, rookies will be nervous.

Stephen, who had recovered a little bit, passed the ball to Thomson at the right corner of the field after dribbling the ball halfway. Liu Han ran towards Thomson. A hand-to-hand pass passed the ball to Liu Han very smoothly. After receiving the ball, Liu Han made a shooting action, and the opposing Chris flew up. Liu Han retracted the shot and dribbled the ball from the right side. go in.Facing the opponent's supplementary defense, the power forward Liu Han passed the ball back to Thomson at the bull's corner. The latter caught the ball and hit two points, 31 to 16, and the score gap returned to fifteen points.

The Duke Blue Devils began to improve offensively after the return of the main players. They relied on the cooperation of the team and the point guard Chris hit a three-pointer, 31 to 19.

The Bruins then responded with a three-pointer from Liu Han receiving a pass from Stephen, 34 to 19.

About 15 minutes into the first half of the game, the two teams fell into a stalemate again. Duke had no good way to attack the Bruins, and the Bruins were not able to defend the opponent's offense.

At the end of the first half, Duke Blue Devils shooting guard Jeff Kaboll hit a three-pointer against Liu Han's defense from the bottom corner. After making the three-pointer, Jeff also made a demonstration against Liu Han raised his fist.

In the last attack of the Bruins in the first half, Liu Han dribbled the ball halfway and stopped at the top of the arc. He hoped to run out of time in this attack and not leave Duke to play the last game. opportunity to attack.

With 6 seconds left in the clock, Liu Han speeded up his dribbling rhythm. Thomson first lifted it up to cover Liu Han. Liu Han made a breakthrough, and the defending Blue Devils player Chris immediately chose to go around Thomson to chase. Defended Liu Han, but Liu Han pulled the ball back to make a step-back jumper. The basketball crossed a beautiful arc and fell into the net with the whistle at the end of the first half. 41 to 29, the Bruins won At the end of the first half, they led Duke by 12 points.

During the intermission, the old coach K gave a speech full of military mobilization to his players. He hoped that the team could cheer up and fight back hard in the second half to win the game.

The head coach of the Bruins, George, praised the performance of the player Dream in the first half. The team still showed strong strength even though it lacked a main scoring point.

The Bruins players underestimated the opponent's players at the beginning of the second half. They were confused by their lead in the first half and felt that their defending champion was better than the opponent. This game should be won, but Duke It has always been a strong team in the NCAA. They may not produce too famous stars, but their team awareness is definitely the best.

At the start of the second half, Duke gave the Bruins a head start. Duke center Damon Donzacki slapped Stephen's layup with a block. The dunk ended the counterattack, and the score of the two teams came to ten.

The players of the Bruins seemed to be blown away by this big hat. The team's offense began to stagnate, and the players' touch began to decline.

Duke continued to rely on its excellent team basketball to launch a fierce counterattack against the Bruins. The Bruins began to fall into a passive position. They only relied on Liu Han's shooting to get three points in 6 minutes, while the opponents were in the middle of the period. Li played a 14 to 3 climax, and the score was overtaken. 44 to 45.

The head coach of the Bruins called a timeout. He hoped that the players could calm down and let go of the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing.

"Hey, guys, don't think that we can advance to the semi-finals by winning this game. We are behind now. The team needs us to cheer up. Liu, tell us, what do we need to do now?" Captain Thomson said Showed his leadership ability.

"We need to score, we need to prevent the opponent from scoring, it's that simple." Liu Han can always make complicated things simple.

"Yes, that's right. The thing now is very simple. It is to score and then prevent the opponent from scoring. Come on, lads, show your courage to fight and prove your strength." Coach George concluded at the end.

After the timeout, the Bruins finally recovered. They cooperated smoothly in the offense. In the end, Liu Han received a pass from Thomson from the outside and scored a three-pointer, 47 to 45.

Coming back to defend, Duke's cooperation is also very good. Their center Damon has rich experience, relying on the Bruins rookie center Kevin Horford to score two points and get an extra penalty, 47 to 48.

The game fell into a stalemate again about 8 minutes into the second half. Duke showed their team basketball to the fullest in this game, and the recovered Bruins also showed their strong offensive strength.

At 13 minutes into the second half, the score was 64-66, with Duke leading by two points.

Liu Han, who has played all the time, did not show too much fatigue. The training camp he participated in during the summer vacation made his physical strength better than the average player, while the opponent Duke, who was in charge of defending Liu Han, was at this time. He couldn't keep up with Liu Han at the beginning. At the beginning of the game, Liu Han was at the point guard position, and Chris could still keep up with Liu Han, but later when Liu Han started to play the shooting guard position, he started to Running with all his strength, Chris was able to keep up at first, but then he couldn't keep up.

In the 4th minute of the second half, Liu Han threw away Chris and hit two consecutive three-pointers after receiving a pass from his teammates, opening the score to 72 to 67.

Duke's coach, Old K, replaced the team's backup point guard after seeing that Chris couldn't keep up with Liu Han, and then asked Jeff Kaboll to defend Liu Han.

The state of the Bruins was completely lifted by Liu Han's two three-pointers. The restored momentum of the Bruins showed their shooting ability. Facing this kind of team that almost has the three-point ability and the touch is starting to explode, Du Ke basically has nothing to do.

For the Bruins, captain Thomson and point guard Stephen hit two mid-range shots in succession, and then with the cooperation of the whole team, Liu Han hit two three-pointers again. In the 17th minute of the second half, the scores of the two teams came to an end. At 82 to 71, with 3 minutes left in the game, the Bruins led by [-] points, and Duke's situation was over.

The final score of the game was 89 to 79, and the Bruins defeated their rival Duke University Blue Devils to advance to the final four.

Liu Han did not get a double-double in this game, but his 32 points were the highest among all players on both sides. Thomson scored 18 points, 12 rebounds, and rookie Stephen scored 6 points, 7 assists and 3 steals. data.

The UCLA Bruins once again reached the final four of the NCAA Tournament. This result is not unexpected. The Bruins have shown their strength this season. So far, they have won an amazing record of 33 consecutive victories .The Bruins have the highest title call of any team this year.

(End of this chapter)