Chapter 92 Final Four
"Ah!!!!!!" As soon as the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Lu Qiujian was thrown into the air by the players on the bench. Coach Thompson also changed his usual stern style and hugged assistant coach Black.
We hugged each other and cried together. I never thought that Princeton would reach the Final Four many years later!
The reporters were even more outraged. It was legendary enough that Michigan's five freshmen led the team to the Final Four, but this time Princeton didn't even have a scholarship player in the lineup. What should we call this? A myth?
After some celebrations, Coach Thompson finally remembered that there was a press conference and quickly rescued Lu Qiujian from the crowd. You don’t have to go to the one before the game, but you can’t escape the one after the game no matter what!
"How do you feel about breaking the NCAA's single-game three-point record this year?"
"Are you ready to sign up for the draft?"
"We saw you chatting with Yao Ming before the game started. Is he inviting you to join the national team?"
After going to the dressing room to wash up and change his clothes, as soon as Lu Qiujian came out, the reporters started bombarding him regardless of order. This guy had only appeared in front of the media a handful of times, so he had seized the opportunity now!
"Syracuse University is a great team, and Cameron is also a great player. He is destined to become one of the top players in the league! We were just a little lucky to win the game!", first.
Some compliments made Bao Ham and Anthony feel better, and Lu Qiujian began to answer personal questions, "Yao Ming just said he would treat me to dinner after the game, and didn't talk about anything else. I just want to
I will play well in the remaining games and will not consider other issues for the time being..."
It sounds like he said a lot, but unfortunately when reporters took a closer look, they found that he actually said nothing. When the minimum time stipulated in the press conference came, Lu Qiujian ran away on the pretext that he had to have dinner with Yao Ming.
"Sorry, nat, Yao Ming invited me to dinner. I'm afraid I can't go to you right now! Maybe you don't want to be targeted by reporters?" Lu Qiujian comforted Natalie and asked Yao Ming.
Walk to the appointed place.
When they arrived at the underground parking lot, they got into Yao Ming's car and ran toward the city. Of course, their little move couldn't be hidden from the reporters, and several cars immediately followed them.
Arriving at a high-end Chinese restaurant in the center of New York City, Yao Ming had already reserved a private room here; I don’t know what the two of them said, but Yao Ming had a regretful expression on his face when he came out, which triggered countless associations among reporters.
Regardless of celebrating, the team immediately rushed to New Orleans to prepare for the Final Four. According to the game arrangement, they will face the Texas Longhorns on April 5th.
When he saw the video of the Longhorns game, Lu Qiujian couldn't help but laugh. How many games have he played? I finally met an opponent shorter than me! The height of Longhorns point guard T-J Ford
Only 1.83 meters, three centimeters shorter than Lu Qiujian
meters, which made him quite happy. However, with such a height, he can lead the team to the final four, which proves that this guy also has his own strengths. T-J-Ford has top speed and amazing jumping. He can win every game before.
15 points and 7.7 assists.
The player that the Longhorns should also pay attention to is their inside player James Thomas. This guy's physical fitness is even better than Patrice. He scored 11 points and 11 rebounds in each game in the previous games.
A double-double.
However, these two players cannot be compared with Carmelo Anthony after all, and the Longhorns are not as strong as the Syracuse University Orangemen. After defeating Syracuse, the Princeton players are all confident; under Lu Qiujian
Under the leadership of , they played to their best, fully demonstrating Princeton's traditional running and passing skills, and took the initiative from the beginning of the game.
Even if T-J Ford tried his best, he couldn't easily break through Lu Qiujian's defense, and when it was his turn to defend, he kept retreating under Lu Qiujian's back blows.
The team's core players were restricted, and the Longhorns also lost their last chance. After chasing closely for more than 20 minutes, Lu Qiujian once again hit consecutive three-pointers to open the score. The Longhorns saw that the trend was over.
Hands surrender.
The final score of the game was 95:84. The two sides contributed a wonderful offensive battle to the fans, and the Princeton Tigers had the last laugh!
Afterwards, they watched the game between the University of Kansas and the Marquette Golden Eagles. Dwyane Wade once again defeated Kansas led by Hinrich, and the Marquette Golden Eagles and Princeton Tigers entered the finals together.
Two days later, with the attention of tens of millions of viewers across the United States, the NCAA finals opened grandly. Perhaps it was because of too much overdraft in the first two games, or perhaps Lu Qiujian's defense was too strong, and Dwyane
-Wade did not perform to his extraordinary level in previous games.
Although the second-leading scorer Robert Jackson made consecutive hits under Patrice's defense, the core players were restricted, and the Marquette Golden Eagles could only watch Princeton widen the point difference point by point.
Although Wade's performance was better in the second half, Lu Qiujian also began to exert strength on the offensive end. The two sides formed a situation of mutual explosion, but the Marquette Golden Eagles still could not narrow the point difference.
In the last five minutes of the game, all the fans in the New Orleans Superdome stood up. They couldn't wait to witness the biggest miracle in NCAA history!
Holding the ball, he broke through Wade's defense and went inside. When Daniel came in from the outside to cover, Lu Qiujian passed the ball to Lei who came on the bench. Lei lived up to his name and adjusted his posture and hit two points.
The difference widened to double digits.
This goal also extinguished the last fighting spirit of the Marquette Golden Eagles. Looking at the few seconds on the timer at the top of the basket, Wade also gave up resistance.
"Congratulations on your victory, but I won't give up so easily next time I meet you in the NBA!" Wade said to Lu Qiujian while dribbling the ball to waste time as the audience counted down.
Well, when he was about to respond, the referee blew the whistle to end the game, and his teammates who rushed over frantically blocked Lu Qiujian's words.
"Lv! We are the champions! We fucking won the NCAA championship!!!!", Patrice hugged Lu Qiujian like crazy and talked nonsense, Gadson, Spencer, Will, Ray
The other teammates all burst into tears.
After twenty hard games, the Princeton Tigers won the final championship of the NCAA men's basketball program with a complete victory! This also surprised countless forecasters.
Chapter completed!