NBA peak

Chapter 3 Duke, defending the dream

Once Ingram was injured, the sharpest blade of the Duke Blue Devils was broken.

The Duke Blue Devils' annual championship trophy is about to fly again!

Ingram was carried on a stretcher and quickly carried off the field.

Old K didn't say a word, a little distracted.

The Duke Blue Devils still maintain a 22-point lead with 12 minutes left in the game.

If there are no major accidents, the Duke Blue Devils can still win this victory and successfully advance to the top 32!
However, without the core Ingram, how should the Duke Blue Devils play in the next championship?This is a problem that old K can't wait to solve.

Ingram was injured and left the game, New Orleans' last chance.

New Orleans began to fight back frantically.

Ge Feng was not in the mood to pay attention to the next game. He glanced at the silent old K on the bench from a distance, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the old K.

After coming to the NCAA, Ge Feng saw with his own eyes that Old K's love for basketball was as pure as a child's love for a beloved toy.

Old K is getting old, and there is not much left in his coaching career.

Old K once publicly said to the media: "If I win another NCAA championship, I will retire."

The depth of the Duke Blue Devils this year is the most promising year of defending the NCAA championship coached by the old K.

Who would have expected it to come so suddenly.

Old K's decadence will not last long.

Soon, old K regained his strength and returned to the field, loudly instructing the players how to play.

Ge Feng thought to himself, he really deserves to be the most legendary basketball coach in the United States.

Just relying on this indomitable and indomitable mentality is enough to help him defeat countless opponents.

NCAA competition is full of uncertainty.

The NCAA is not like the NBA. The players participating in the competition are all students studying in school.

Many of the talented players among the students will only play in the NCAA for one or two years before joining the NBA.

There are also some players who gave up their dream of professional basketball after playing.

After all, the NCAA is a student league, with no contracts and no salaries.

In this world, how many people can generate electricity for love and stick to their dreams to the end?

Therefore, the turnover of NCAA players is very frequent, and it is difficult for the team to develop stably like the NBA.

In the NCAA, as long as it can win an annual championship in the cruel competition, it is the highest honor of this school.

Last season, the Duke Blue Devils successfully aspired to the NCAA championship under the leadership of Terrence Jones.

Terrence Jones was also selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 24th pick in the first round.

Ingram was the most important champion of the Duke Blue Devils last season.

After Jones left, Ingram took on the Duke Blue Devils for the new season.

This year, under the leadership of Ingram, the Duke Blue Devils absorbed freshmen Paul and Siakam, allowing the Duke Blue Devils to once again run ahead of other teams.

The Duke Blue Devils have every chance to defend their title again this season!

Turn over the dusty NCAA historical records.

In the full 1990 years from 2016 to 16, only the Duke Blue Devils led by Old K and the 'Trident' University of Florida led by Noah, Harford and Blair have achieved the miracle of defending their titles.

Defending this honor, except for Duke University and the University of Florida, no school has ever done it.

If Ingram is not injured, the Duke Blue Devils will go all the way through and hope to win this year's championship.

The Duke Blue Devils will also become the second team in NCAA history to achieve two myth-level universities that defended the championship twice.

Unfortunately, these can only be said, if.

Ingram's accidental injury has too much impact on the Duke Blue Devils' next schedule!

Although point guard Paul is the second starting point of the Duke Blue Devils' firepower, after all, Paul has just entered the NCAA for one year, and his court experience and ability to handle the ball are still a little immature.

This is especially prominent after Ingram's absence.

The University of New Orleans played well in the second half and almost smoothed out the embarrassing situation of losing nearly 30 points in the first half.

Several times in the middle, New Orleans even had a chance to tie the score!
Fortunately, old K changed his formation many times at critical moments, and only then did he curb the momentum of New Orleans' counterattack.

Finally, with the final game whistle sounded.

The Duke Blue Devils beat the University of New Orleans 79:70 at home and advanced to the top 32.

University of New Orleans small forward Belfry played well in the second half, scoring 29 points.

It is an exaggeration that 21 of Bevenley's points were scored in the second half, almost leading the team to overtake the score.

For the Duke Blue Devils, the best performer is point guard Paul.

After Ingram was injured and left the field, Paul shouldered the banner of the offensive end, scoring 14 points, 6 assists and 1 rebound.

At the same time, Paul made as many as 5 turnovers in this field, which is very rare.

Without the core Ingram, the Duke Blue Devils' involvement on the offensive end is significantly weaker.

If the Duke Blue Devils are a group of wolves under the leadership of old K, then Ingram is the wolf king responsible for killing and killing among the wolves.

Without the wolf king, even if the pack of wolves were united, they still lacked the ability to make a final decision.

This was confirmed in the second half.

After the game, the Duke Blue Devils players were all sullen, not at all happy about winning.

Old K, like a normal person, kept praising the players and encouraging their confidence.

A large number of reporters rushed forward, and Old K calmly led Paul to appear in front of the media.

"Old Coach K, Duke University's core player Ingram is injured, will it affect the next game?" Julie, a beautiful reporter in scantily clad clothes, asked Old K with a microphone.

Old K couldn't see much expression on his face: "Oh, I'm sorry for Ingram's injury.

Generally speaking, the Duke Blue Devils are a team with balanced offense and defense, and balanced strength. We will not stop because of any factors. "

Julie didn't get the answer she wanted.

So Julie continued to ask: "But after Ingram was injured, Duke was almost overtaken by the University of New Orleans several times. What do you think about this matter?"

Julie put the microphone closer to Old K, for fear of missing any word that Old K said.

Old K glared at the female reporter and said, "As I said just now, the Duke Blue Devils are a team with a balanced offense and defense. Nothing can affect our determination to win."

Old K's answer was very official, which made Julie very unwilling. She really wanted to get some explosive news from Old K's mouth.

But what kind of person is old K, old K has experienced this kind of scene hundreds of times in his life, how could it be possible to give her a chance to ferment her speech.

Julie's follow-up interviews were all blocked by old K with the sentence "We are a team with a balanced offense and defense", and Julie had no choice but to terminate the interview.

After answering the media's question that is not a big deal to watch, Old K hurried back to his office.

There was no one else around, and old K finally couldn't suppress the depression in his heart, and smashed the cup on the table to the ground, breaking it into pieces.

Old K's assistant stood aside, not daring to take a breath.

"Old K..."

(End of this chapter)