Section 6 We are the champions
"Everyone, without further ado, let's go!" As the referee issued the reminder, before getting up, Young conveyed his thoughts to his Duke teammates.
At the same time, the two commentators, Reggie Miller and Marv Albert, were discussing the last question set during the timeout:
"Gov, what do you think Young has only taken 3 shots so far? I remember his season shot count is around 14, sometimes 17."
"It's not a big problem for him to take three shots. After all, the Duke guard's performance today was perfect. He doesn't need to do anything more on his shots. What he has now is enough;
On the contrary, Duke relies more on his performance in protecting rebounds, distributing the ball, moving in a wide range and initiating fast breaks.
This is another way of leading a team that we don’t often talk about: you do the things you are good at, and I will take care of the rest that you are not good at.”
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"clang"
Twenty seconds later, with the dull sound of a strike, Young, who had grabbed his 18th rebound, changed his previous pace and dribbled the ball towards the Wisconsin basket.
"How is that possible?" Decker, who had chased Young on a fast break in the second half of the first half, realized after two steps that he had gotten nothing but smoke and dust.
Rushing to the three-point line, facing the empty basket, Young directly chose to collect the ball and take three steps.
one step, two steps
When he strode across the free throw line, Young's right hand swung in a circle and hit it hard towards the basket.
"Walter Gerald Young"
The on-site DJ, who had not shown his face during the whole show, finally grabbed the "front page headlines" immediately after this big windmill of arms.
"A beautiful dunk. If it were a dunk contest, it would have scored at least 49 points." The commentator praised him, although he was a step late, but he was not absent.
54:74
On the next possession, Wisconsin's offense once again encountered misfortune. Bronson Koeninger's pass to Decker was always a sure shot, but Winslow firmly blocked it.
After the backcourt rebound was successfully protected, the ball was handed to Young's hands in time, and the other three Duke players, according to the plan, bloomed in Wisconsin's half like a rose.
Young took the ball and advanced two strides beyond the three-point line. Due to the unlimited right to fire, this time he did not search for the position of his teammates at all, but chose to directly pull out.
"What? He shot a three-pointer." Decker, who fell into inertiaism, did not expect that the opponent would be so bold and choose to shoot a long three-pointer. When he saved again, the opponent did not even look at the result of the shot.
Turned around and retreated to his own half,
"Wow!" How could Yang not look at Decker? Decker turned his head and saw the ball falling into the frame crisply.
54:77
It wasn't over yet. 30 seconds later, Young once again held the ball and advanced through the half court. He exerted the last force on Wisconsin. After just one step past the midline, he leaned forward and threw the longest three-pointer in the NCAA this year.
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"Whoa!" When the three-pointer was successfully scored, the 71,149 spectators at Lucas Oil Stadium fell into a deathly silence, followed by Wisconsin coach Ryan's hoarse voice requesting a timeout.
After the timeout, Wisconsin, which was 26 points behind, withdrew all its main players.
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As Wisconsin substitute Vito Brown missed a tip-in, Grayson Allen, who picked off the rebound, held the ball and waited for the end of the game.
5,4,3,2,1
"Beep~~~"
As the clock on the timer returns to 0, the first thing to freeze is the score on the field.
85:62
Although Duke's bench lost some of its lead, the 20-point lead still did not shake Duke's victory foundation.
After the score was confirmed, the Duke fans in Lucas Oil Stadium immediately became excited. Their roars and cheers celebrated the team's victory of another championship. This is the fifth NCAA championship in the team's history.
It's been five years since the last time.
After the cheers, all kinds of ribbons began to be sprayed out on both sides of the court to celebrate Duke's victory. Duke's bench players were also among the ribbons, and quickly ran into the court, starting to shout at each other.
Hug, throw away when seeing someone
A few seconds later, they discovered that Young was missing. It didn't matter. They looked back and picked up Winslow with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, followed closely by Quinn Cook with 14 points.
"You played great in the end! Let me give you a suggestion. After you enter the NBA, practice your back in the summer. Smooth frame attacks are likely to be targeted."
"To attack from behind or to support from behind."
"Practice turnaround jumpers and golden roosters independently. After all, you are tall, and your strong side can be used for a fadeaway jumper. This can also take advantage of your height." Coach K, who had already thought about it, decided to point out the shortcomings to Yang.
direction
"Okay, I understand, thank you coach, take care of yourself in the future, coach,"
"Well, let's go celebrate the championship!" Young lowered his body and gave Coach K the most sincere hug he had ever received in college.
"Found it" Leaving the coaching staff area, teammates discovered Young's whereabouts
Just when everyone was about to raise the Yang, they found that the medal podium in the center of the stadium had been set up, so they had no choice but to put down the Yang and head towards the podium.
As Duke players all stepped onto the podium, NCAA President Mark Emmert also appeared on the podium with the Final Four O trophy and the NCAA's most important championship trophy.
After an opening speech that was neither long nor short, Mark Emmert got to the point:
"The NCAA Final Four from 2014 to 2015 is...
"Walter Gerald Young"
When Mark Emmert named him, no one was surprised; after all, his 18 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists in the semifinals were Duke's best statistics, not to mention his 15 points, 19 rebounds and 14 tonight.
Triple-double data for assists
"First of all, thank you to all the fans who came from afar. With your support, we were able to exert more than 100 energy in today's game and win this game.
Secondly, I would like to thank Coach K and the members of the coaching staff. Without their supervision and careful teaching, we would not have won today’s championship.
Finally, I would like to thank my teammates. Without their support and help, I alone would not be able to contribute such amazing achievements.
By the way, and my family, I love you
Taking over the microphone from Mark Emmert, Young began his speech.
After that, Young took over the championship trophy from the chairman's hand. The moment the championship trophy was held high by Young, the entire Lucas Oil Stadium fell into a sea of blue joy.
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"Bang, bang, bang"
Ten minutes later, after Young had finished his post-match press conference, he heard the sound of champagne being opened as soon as he arrived at the door of the locker room.
Knowing what they wanted to do, Yang opened the door to the locker room after taking a look at the assistant coach.
"Wow, wow, wow..."
As soon as he entered the locker room door, Yang was hit by a shower of champagne. A few seconds later, he felt that his teammates really loved him. They poured champagne on him bottle after bottle without their money.
"Okay, let's get here. It's almost 12 o'clock. Aren't you hungry? Take a shower quickly and then go to the restaurant." As the time came to 12 o'clock, Coach K and the members of the coaching staff began to chase the players.
go take a bath
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"Drink?"
"drink"
"Have you found an agent? Now you are the favorite to be the No. 1 pick. There are many people coming to see you today. You have to plan carefully."
"I have no choice! Do you know who is coming today?"
"I've heard about it. Scouts from the Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Sacramento Kings, except the Timberwolves, all bad teams are here."
"One more bottle."
"Are you still drinking?"
Chapter completed!