Chapter 53 Advancement to the Final Four
After returning from the timeout, the Huskies still failed to break through the Wildcats' defense and continued to hit shots.
Whiteside protected the rebound and the Wildcats launched a counterattack.
Curry dribbled the ball quickly and passed the ball forward just after half-court.
Sun Yi, who was about to leave, received the pass, took a step, and immediately pulled up and shot a mid-range jumper.
Adrien, who was still retreating, immediately rushed forward to interfere, reaching out to cover Sun Yi's view.
He felt that he defended the ball very well and should not have scored.
But then Adrien heard deafening cheers, and he knew that his defense had failed.
Sun Yi hit another mid-range jumper.
"Good shot! Although Adrien defended well, Sun's hot touch is unstoppable. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is possessed by Jordan at this moment." Miller highly praised.
Looking back, Walker drove to the basket and caused a foul and got a free throw opportunity.
He withstood the pressure and made two free throws, breaking the scoring drought for the Huskies.
Although the offensive end has improved, the defensive end still cannot find a way to limit Sun Yi.
Price wanted to use a gambling steal to prevent the attack, but Sun Yi saw through it.
After dribbling from behind to avoid Price's challenge, Sun Yi hit an open jumper.
Seeing that single defense could not limit Sun Yi, the Huskies adopted double-teaming measures.
Although Sun Yi caused one or two passing errors, most of them were passed out to assist his teammates in scoring.
The Wildcats have fully blossomed under Sun Yi's organization, which is something the Huskies don't want to see.
Before they could restrain Sun Yi, Curry started again and hit three-pointers from outside many times.
When there were about 5 minutes left in the game, the Wildcats still maintained a 15-point lead.
For a slow-paced game like the NCAA, such a point difference is fatal.
The Wildcats didn't give the Huskies any chance, slowing down the pace and playing every offense steadily.
When Sun Yi was double-teamed and assisted Curry with a three-pointer, the game was almost finalized.
"With tacit cooperation, Sun Ku connected again and further widened the point difference. There was not much time left for the Huskies," Brin analyzed.
In the next few rounds, the Huskies wanted to chase points through three-pointers.
However, the Wildcats were well prepared and adopted a 3-2 zone defense, forcing the Huskies' outside shooting percentage to plummet and losing the possibility of chasing points.
The Wildcats did not attack haphazardly. Curry firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, reducing mistakes and not giving the Huskies any chance.
In this way, time passed quickly, and the game came to an end before long.
As the piercing buzzer sounded, the elite eight game came to an end.
In the end, the Wildcats defeated the Huskies 81-65 and successfully advanced to the final four.
"Let us congratulate the Wildcats for reaching the final four for the first time in team history. They gave us an extremely exciting game tonight. I believe everyone is still unsatisfied."
"Sun did not disappoint us in tonight's game. He once again brought surprises to everyone. His performance on the court is obvious to all. I believe he will definitely make important decisions this summer and look forward to him being able to show it on a bigger stage."
With my own abilities, I can bring exciting games to the fans.”
"Okay, this game is over here, see you next time!"
In the live commentary box, Breen and Miller were finishing their post-game summary work and saying goodbye to the fans in front of the TV.
Back on the field, when the whistle sounded, Sun Yi relaxed and sat down on the floor.
He tried his best tonight and put a lot of energy into both offense and defense.
In the first half, he served as a defensive gate to limit the opponent's scoring; in the second half, in order to help Curry share the offensive pressure, he began to engage in a large number of singles.
This may be the first time in Sun Yi's life that he has collapsed from exhaustion after playing a game. He feels even more exhausted than he usually does after completing high-intensity training.
Even in the last few minutes of the game, he felt that his physical strength was exhausted, and he gritted his teeth and persevered entirely through tenacious perseverance.
"Although I have unlimited fire rights, I am so damn tired!"
Sun Yi sat on the floor, breathing heavily and complaining in his mind.
At this time, he admired those NBA stars very much. They often took thirty or forty shots in every game without taking a breath, and they still had the energy to go to nightclubs after the game.
After regaining his composure, Sun Yi looked up at the big screen, which displayed the statistics of the best player in the game.
"Although I am exhausted from the fight, my efforts will be rewarded."
There is no suspense that the best player of this game was won by Sun Yi, and his score reached a new high.
In the 35 minutes he played, Sun Yi scored an NCAA career-high 36 points, plus 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks, filling up the data column once again.
The two core figures of the Wildcats also performed very well.
In the 34 minutes he played, Curry made 7 of 13 three-pointers and scored a double-double of 25 points, 10 assists and 2 steals.
Dabai Bian scored 8 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks, playing a very important role on the defensive end.
As soon as the game ended, the players on the Wildcats bench rushed to the court to celebrate wildly.
Curry, who was jumping up and down with excitement, only then realized that Sun Yi was not celebrating with him.
"Where did this guy Sun go? He is the biggest contributor to this game. We can't do it without him."
The primary school student looked around and finally found Sun Yi sitting on the floor not far from him.
He stepped forward and pulled Sun Yi up, and then joined the Wildcats players to celebrate the hard-won victory.
After briefly celebrating the victory, Sun Yi waved to the Wildcats fans who had not yet left the game, and then walked to the player tunnel.
After returning to the locker room, he immediately found a change of clothes and went to shower, and then couldn't wait to open the system panel.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the temporary task. The reward has been distributed. Please claim it in time."
Sun Yi quickly received and opened the reward.
"Ding! Badges are being randomly drawn..."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the bronze badge restricted zone deterrence."
【Restricted Area Deterrence】
Grade: Bronze
Effect: When the wearer is in the penalty area, the confrontation ability is slightly improved and the opponent's shooting percentage is slightly reduced.
Upgrade conditions: In official competitions, successfully interfere with opponents 50 times in the penalty area and earn 1,000 training points.
Sun Yi's face turned dark when he saw the randomly drawn badge.
Is this the legendary African?!
I'm an outside player, so why would I need an inside badge?
"I can only get a new outside badge in the future and replace it. Now I can barely use it."
Even though he said this, his actions were very honest.
Sun Yi immediately installed the new badge into the badge card slot and would not let go of any items that could enhance his strength.
After finishing his work, Sun Yi quickly washed and showered, then changed clothes and returned to the locker room to join the team and listen to head coach McClop's next plan.
Chapter completed!