Chapter 41
Chapter 40 – It Won’T End Like This
The game resumed after Mogaro Miranda called a short timeout.
Zhang Jun held the ball from the outside, and Boulder immediately double-teamed him to force him out.
This tactic had already been used by Boulder in the first half. At that time, Zhang Jun’s choice was to distribute the ball immediately and let his teammates finish the attack.
But now Zhang Jun hardly intends to pass, unless there are vacancies for Love and Aaron Afflalo.
boom!
“Another slash!”
“From the Bruins Zhang Jun!”
Zhang Jun passed the ball through the gap between the two double-teamers, and stunned everyone present with a talented dunk.
“Being able to accurately find the double-team gap and quickly pass through it before the double-team is closed, this kid’s basketball IQ is really amazing.”
“I haven’t seen such a smart player with such a strong breakthrough ability for a long time.”
in the audience.
Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan exclaimed with his hand on his chin.
The Trail Blazers currently have a record of 25 wins and 35 losses, and it is basically certain that they will miss the playoffs in the NBA’s powerful West.
So after the All-Star Game, the team immediately held a management meeting to re-determine the team’s policy. President Steve Patterson decided to perform poorly this season.
Nate McMillan doesn’t want to complain about how incompetent the team’s management headed by president Steve Patterson is, and he doesn’t want to complain about how the players in the team don’t like Steve Patterson. The vampires who put pressure on the coaching staff.
But this is indeed the fourth consecutive season that the Blazers have been determined to be bad.
From the beginning of the 02-03 season, the Trail Blazers reached the playoffs for the last time under the leadership of Bunche Wells, Rasheed Wallace and Damon Stoudemire. Steve Patterson took office as the team’s new president, and determined that the current lineup of the Trail Blazers was completely unqualified to hit the championship, so the team was cleaned up.
Bunch Wells was traded to the Grizzlies, Rasheed Wallace was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, and Damon Stoudemire didn’t stay long and was also traded away.
“Now, he even wants to trade Zach Randolph away.”
Wow~
There was an uproar all of a sudden in the arena.
It turned out that Zhang Jun went inside and encountered the defense of the four-man defense of the Boulder campus. Zhang Jun chose to turn around in the air and hook the ball back to the moon, and successfully put the basketball into the basket against the four-man defense.
“Nice shot! This shot even reminds me of that guy.”
Nate McMillan came back to his senses.
“If nothing else happens, the Trail Blazers will get the top 8 picks this season. Of course, if the subsequent games go well, they will also have the opportunity to get a higher pick.”
“I would suggest, no, strongly, to that old guy Steve Patterson, take this player!”
“The premise is that he participates in the draft.”
on the pitch.
In the last 30 seconds of the game, Zhang Jun scored a difficult hanging layup, which finally helped to achieve a lead in the score.
This is also the first time in this game that the score is leading.
Alford was very excited to clench his fists off the court, looking forward to completing Parker’s 20-game winning streak in the 12th League.
The entire audience has already stood up and applauded, congratulating Zhang Jun for his heroic performance tonight.
But in the last round of offense, Boulder completed a super long three-point goal at the top of the arc under the tight defense of the audience.
“It was lore!”
“This is a three-pointer!”
“From 5-14 Boulder!”
“They defeated the arrogant and powerful team, ended the opponent’s 20-game winning streak, and also ended their own 10-game losing streak.”
“Let’s congratulate CU-Boulder!”
On the court, Love stood there with his hands on his hips and sighed.
Tonight, he made 5 of 11 three-pointers and 7 of 15 shots in the game. He scored a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds. He played very efficiently, but unfortunately he still failed to help the team win the game.
Le Fu couldn’t help looking at Zhang Jun beside him.
Mata and Michael Roll looked at the Boulder players celebrating wildly on the court, their eyes full of disappointment.
Aboya turned his head and saw the depressed mood of his teammates, as well as Alford’s coach who was holding his head silently on the coach’s bench, and his heart tightened.
Aaron Afflalo walked up to Zhang Jun and patted Zhang Jun’s chest lightly.
“Brother, you have tried your best.”
Mbah a Moute, who was on the bench, had reddened eyes, and he walked onto the court to apologize to his teammates who had done everything for this game.
“It’s all my fault. It’s my fault that caused everyone to lose the game. I’m sorry…”
Ba Mote put his head on Zhang Jun’s chest and said.
This game put everyone in the Bruins in a bad mood.
Losing to a 5-14 Boulder team was a real shame for them.
“This is the last time, Ba Moute, next time you can’t be so willful.”
Zhang Jun patted Ba Mote’s head and said relaxedly~www.mtlnovel.com~ Ba Mote couldn’t help but raise his head, this pat made him unable to hold back anymore, tears burst into tears.
Alford on the coach’s bench was originally depressed, but after seeing this scene, he couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.
“Coach, are you okay?” Assistant coach Sid couldn’t help asking softly.
Alford stood up and said with a relaxed expression: “There is no undefeated team, and there is no absolutely undefeated strong.”
“Failure is not a disgrace in a person’s life, but an experience that a strong person must have in his life.”
“Everyone will have a successful experience in their life, but failure is the main theme, and how to face failure will divide people into two different ways.”
“Some people will be knocked down, and some people can get up and move forward. I think real growth is not the pursuit of perfection, but the courage to face your own failures. This is the essence of basketball.”
Alford saw such an essence in Zhang Jun, and he also saw this essence in Zhang Jun, which he had never seen before.
Post-match interview.
“Zhang Jun, you personally scored 48 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists tonight. This is the highest score in your NCAA career, but you failed to win the game for the team with such outstanding statistics.”
“Is it because of the teammates or because of the coach?”
Zhang Jun looked at the reporter who asked the question, and said affirmatively, “It’s because of me.”
“I couldn’t help my teammates out of trouble, I couldn’t help the team win the game, if I could have been more accurate or scored those two missed goals, the team would not have ended like this.”
“But I believe that we will soon get out of today’s loss in this game, and we will become the top team in the league again.”