Chapter 30 Final Moment
The head coach of the University of Oregon on the sidelines didn't care about his coaching reputation.
He rarely lost his temper and said to the players:
"Don't you understand the fake move he just made? All of them were shaken off; are you professional players?"
"5 people defending one person, do you think you are defending Jordan?!!"
"The key is that you can't even defend against him!!"
The coach of the University of Oregon was very dissatisfied, but the players were also very helpless.
"Coach, I really have no way... I really can't defend him!"
"His fake moves were so realistic that we always felt he was really going to make a move at that moment!"
"And every time we were about to react, he would seize that split second, shake us all off, and then go for the layup."
"Yes, yes, yes! The feeling he gave me was like... it was as if he knew that I was going to jump at that moment!"
"We had a very difficult time playing, coach. We felt like even with more people, we couldn't defend against his offense."
"I feel the same way... Coach, we really tried our best; there was nothing we could do."
...
I am speechless.
I am really speechless.
Doesn't Sashiro know whether he is strong or not?
Didn't I watch the whole thing from the sidelines?
What's the point of just complaining, damn, stop him from scoring!!
The Oregon coach took a moment to think.
Finally, he said:
"Forget it, the next tactic is to fight like this...!"
Next, the second quarter begins.
There is a big change in the University of Oregon's lineup.
That is, several players who played before were replaced by substitutes.
This made the commentators on the field stunned:
"What does this mean? Are they planning to give up?"
"Haha, didn't Sashiro break your mentality?"
"I don't know. It's very rare for all the players to play as substitutes! I'm not sure what the reason is."
"I really don't know what they are up to. Even the main players can't deal with Sashiro. Is it possible that substituting for the substitutes will be helpful now?"
...
Although everyone didn't understand him, when the game started, they understood the significance of what the University of Oregon did...
As soon as Sashiro got the ball, the five substitute players rushed forward to fight for the ball like crazy.
Even if they cause a foul, they don't care.
All of them were like hyenas surrounding their prey, constantly harassing and torturing their opponents, draining their energy!
As for Sashiro, although he was not caused to make mistakes by their defense.
But in order to deal with the actions of five people, Sashiro's offensive moves became more numerous.
In other words.
Just more tired!
These five people used several times their physical energy to exchange for Sashiro's extra physical energy.
Although their five players were in a biting defense, they were unable to cause any hindrance to Sashiro's attack.
As long as Sashiro has the ball in his hands, he can almost certainly score!
When the defensive player that Sashiro is marking is about to attack with the ball, there is a high probability that he will be directly intercepted by Sashiro.
Even just halfway through the second quarter, the score was already 29:25!
UCLA was trailing by more than ten points, but in the short time that Sashiro returned to the court, they not only tied the score but also took a 4-point lead!!
This is almost impossible to reverse!
But everyone was also surprised to find another thing.
That is now.
When the game was going at a good pace, Sashiro suddenly signaled to the referee and coach.
"Coach...I'm tired."
At this moment, all the audience supporting UCLA University showed the same expression.
The one covering the face in emoji!
That's the expression!
So helpless!!
"Genius is indeed different from others!"
"Do you think he is really tired? I don't believe it."
"I don't believe it either. How could a genius get tired so easily?"
"Although the opponent had five people defending him alone, the intensity was indeed very high, but I still saw that he was playing very easily!"
"I think so too...but we can only say that geniuses have genius ideas."
"It's okay! UCLA is ahead now anyway, so what's wrong with letting him go down and rest?"
"f**k, what the above person said makes sense!"
...
Sashiro was substituted, and the utility man came back on to replace him.
But perhaps it was because they saw Sashiro leave the field that the opposing University of Oregon immediately replaced all of its main players.
Moreover, they were aggressive from the start, and it was obvious that they wanted to do everything possible to score quickly when Sashiro was not on the court!!
Ball and others are certainly not easy to mess with.
However, when the opponent used the double-team defense tactics, the gap between the two teams gradually widened.
Just like that, when Sashiro was not on the court, the opponent regained a 6-point advantage!
In the third quarter, Sashiro returned to the court.
With Sashiro, UCLA University is unstoppable.
The score was tied again, and some advantages were gained.
But when Sashiro returns to the sidelines to rest, the University of Oregon will sound the clarion call for a counterattack.
And so on.
So much so that when Sashiro came onto the court, the fans in the audience cheered.
But when Sashiro was about to go down for a rest, the fans from UCLA sighed.
It was as if they felt that as long as Sashiro was on the court, they would definitely win, and without him, the game was hopeless.
However, Ball was clearly controlled by the opponent's double-team defense.
After the whole game, everyone was stunned!
Not to mention the five opponents, the joint defense tactics of just three people against Ball was enough to make him feel very powerless.
Faced with this situation, only Sashiro could easily put the ball into the basket.
The two teams took turns leading, and with 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the game, the University of Oregon was still able to maintain a three-point lead!!
This is really amazing.
At this crucial moment in the final, Sashiro on the bench said to the coach:
"Coach, I've rested enough; let me play."
The coach showed an expression of great gratitude.
UCLA called its final timeout and brought Sashiro in.
When Sashiro came back on the court, all the fans were very excited.
Because in their eyes, only Sashiro can turn the tide of the battle in this limited time!!
At this time, the University of Oregon had the ball. Their head coach had a serious face and gave a strict order to their players:
"No matter what, do your best to delay time, and this goal must be scored!!"