A Game That Cannot Be Lost

The NCAA National Championships, a grand celebration involving the entire nation of the United States, has a theme each year.

A topic that has garnered nationwide attention in the United States.

Without a doubt, this year's NCAA theme is the battle between the University of Washington and Duke University: who will be the star!

The University of Washington's storm-like journey of relentless crushing force.

Duke University's long and arduous journey of revenge after learning its shame.

The journey was one of crushing everything in sight, accompanied by glamorous praise from all over America.

His long journey of revenge only brought him endless ridicule and contempt.

Will this year's NCAA end in glory or rise from a long period of humiliation?

No one wants to live in a state of humiliation and contempt forever; everyone wants to stand in the spotlight on a glamorous stage.

But there can only be one protagonist in the center of the stage!

The Atlanta-based final between Duke University and the University of Washington determined one of the four teams to advance to the final four.

This also determines who will be the protagonist of the NCAA this year!

Faced with overwhelming pressure from all sides of the United States, even the University of Washington, which had previously wanted to massacre Duke again, is now in a state of extreme anxiety.

In competitive sports, there are winners and losers; no one is naive enough to think they will always be the victor.

Everyone thinks about the cost of failure.

Take the game against Duke University, for example.

Winning is heaven, losing is hell.

This is not an exaggeration at all.

The University of Washington is in heaven now, and they don't want to be dragged down to hell by Duke University.

Life in heaven must be wonderful.

Even a substitute like Justin Dentmon receives media attention and his draft position keeps rising.

Nobody wants to lose these.

This sense of gain and loss now permeates the University of Washington.

This intense sense of gain and loss is something even seasoned veterans in the NBA might not be able to handle, let alone these nineteen- or twenty-year-old lads from the University of Washington.

"Yes, don't you know what stress is? I swear, I'm going to have insomnia tonight!"

Pressure? Of course he knows!

He wants to be the number one draft pick, he wants to enter the NBA and become a superstar, so he needs to win this game. He has more pressure than anyone else to lose!

He has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He is more prone to stress than others, and he also understands better than others that stress, tension, anger, anxiety, and unease are of no use.

There is only one way to overcome this pressure: make yourself stronger!

He is very powerful now, so the tension, anger, anxiety and unease caused by pressure will only excite him!

I'm so excited I'm shaking!

I'm so excited I can't wait to go to the competition!

"If you can't sleep, come go for a run with me."

"running?!"

"Running, two hours"

"Another two hours?!"

"Um"

He needs to burn off his excess energy, otherwise he'll be too excited to sleep!

Taking off his coat, Yes jogged out of the hotel.

Roy, Conroy, Washington, and Simmons followed without hesitation.

After a slight hesitation, Justin Dentmont, Ryan Appleby, Bobby Jones, Brockman, and others followed him out.

There are a lot of people in Atlanta, Georgia now.

This year's Duke vs. Washington game has garnered more attention than the NCAA championship game!

Here are tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of fans from all over the United States who want to witness this epic battle!

"Are those Yes and the University of Washington players? They have a game tomorrow, and instead of resting at the hotel, they're out running? Is this the University of Washington's evening practice?"

Have you ever seen an NBA team have an evening practice like this?

"Never seen it before!"

The hotel where the University of Washington is located is very close to the hotel where Duke University is located.

The University of Washington players, led by Yes, were jogging in the Georgia night, which Duke University noticed.

With such a huge commotion, thousands, even tens of thousands, of fans across the city were running after them.

The media van was followed by cameras.

It's hard not to notice.

Coach K is one of the most famous coaches in the NCAA, and he has participated in many NCAA quarterfinal games.

He had never seen any team so nervous that they would do something like this the night before a game.

"The University of Washington is going to collapse!"

Coach K has seen far too many top-performing teams collapse in the NCAA.

The NCAA has an immense level of attention and pressure that is unimaginable.

Moreover, the NCAA's format is a brutal single-elimination system, which most young players simply cannot withstand.

Moreover, this game between Duke and the University of Washington is far superior to any previous Finals game!

Perhaps only the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the NCAA can compare!

"The University of Washington's success or failure both stem from 'Yes,' Duke University's opportunity has truly arrived!"

Five months ago, Duke University suffered a humiliation at the hands of the University of Washington, but that humiliation has now become an advantage for the university!

Duke University has nothing it can't afford to lose anymore!

Dignity, respect, future, glory—they lost them long ago!

They are in hell right now, and even if they lose, they will still be in hell.

But if they win, they'll return to heaven!

Tomorrow, let's put an end to everything this year!

On the evening of March 25, 2006, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

"Hopefully, the boys can withstand the pressure this time."

The 81-year-old Gates spent a season with the University of Washington this year.

He has been following the University of Washington across the country ever since the University of Washington's away victory over Duke University.

When he arrived at the National Championships, his son and family were also by his side.

Although Bill Gates was still in good health, the sheer amount of travel made Bill Gates, who was standing next to him, a little worried.

Four years ago, my father was also one of the Seattle fans who followed Garfield High School around.

Therefore, the father's feelings for these University of Washington lads were deeper than those for many other University of Washington fans.

"Brother Li, will there be any problems with this match?"

CCTV intern reporter Wang Han only recently witnessed firsthand just how powerful the media influence is in the most developed capitalist countries!

It turns out that the impact of the United States focusing its national resources on one issue can be so great!

She's just an ordinary fan who hopes Yes will do well, but now she's finding it hard to bear it.

What about Yes, who was at the very center of this media storm?

What will he do?

Can it withstand it?

Looking around, both teams had finished warming up, and their head coaches were making final arrangements.

"Listen, lads, I'm not going to say this game is meaningless for us. I'm not going to lie to you and give you a false sense of ease. I know my lads aren't stupid or idiots!"

"This game against Duke is the most important game of our season!"

Since the start of this season, University of Washington head coach Lorenzo Romar has rarely given such a long pre-game speech.

"These past two days, the public opinion surrounding this match has been troubling us. I had insomnia last night; I was afraid that if I fell asleep, I would dream that we lost the match. I'm afraid of having such a dream, and I believe we would all be afraid. This is the most terrifying dream!"

"I will not deceive my own heart to relax, nor will I deceive your hearts to relieve your pressure. We cannot control other people's affairs, nor can we control the voices, attention, and expectations of the media, fans, and families."

"These things will come eventually; we can't control them, nor do we need to. All we need to do is control ourselves, focus on our strengths, and if everyone performs to their best, we can win this match!"

"I'm afraid of everything that would happen if we lost this game, so we have to win it!"

"We will definitely win this match because we are the strongest!"

"Guys, tell me, can you win this game?"

"able!"

"Why!"

"Because we are the strongest!"

Coach Romar, whom Yes had always criticized for lacking a passionate style, was now giving Yes a boost with his encouragement.

Although Yes's face remained expressionless, he joined the University of Washington players beside him in raising his fists and howling.

Ok?

The properties panel has changed?!

Besides weightlessness, is there yet another physical state?!

Physical condition: Coach Romar's encouragement (Strength attribute increased by 5%, Explosiveness attribute increased by 5%, Speed ​​attribute increased by 5%, Agility attribute increased by 5%, Lateral movement attribute increased by 5%, Jumping attribute increased by 5%, Balance attribute increased by 5%, Endurance attribute decreased by 5%)

Coach Romar's encouragement increases all physical attributes except for stamina by 5%, while stamina decreases by 5%!

Is this the burst damage in the game?

The disintegration of the Heavenly Demon in Wuxia novels?

"It's no use; under this kind of pressure, saying anything more won't help!"

Coach K, who was the first to finish his training, glanced nonchalantly at the University of Washington next door.

He didn't know what Romar had said that made the players so excited.

But he knew that this would only make things worse!

A taut string will only tighten further and is more likely to snap!

Duke University is poised to win this game!

Yes, the storm started with him, and it should end with him!