With 10.4 seconds left, Duke University, with three points behind, relied on Gilles to break through to the layup and foul while scoring the ball! Is it 2+1? No! The referee blew an early foul!
The goal was invalid, the free throws were two and one, Duke Missed the perfect opportunity to equalize, and finally lost 77-81 to North Carolina outside the final of this year's NCAA men's basketball team, coach K's 42-year coaching career could not end with a championship, and after the buzzer sounded, the legendary coach finally came to the end.
We're all used to calling him "Coach Old K," just because Mike Krzyzewski is a long read by even his American counterparts, but this title is like the four emperors symbolized by the "Old K" in playing cards, single-handedly establishing Duke University's dominance in the American university men's basketball team, and the honor of five national championships is only less than that of a player and coach. John Woodden, the late greatest basketball coach in history in the Smith Basketball Hall of Fame, won the 1,000th victory in charge of madison Square Garden, the world's basketball hall, becoming the first thousand-win coach in the men's basketball world in the United States, and has handed over 1202 career wins today, accompanied by a 76% winning percentage.
Being able to meet North Carolina in the NCAA semi-finals in his final season in charge was like the final climax of the movie. Just a month ago, K-Slader led Duke into the final home of March Madness, and some fans spent up to $75,000 to enter cameron's indoor stadium, but North Carolina eventually became the spoiler of this historic moment 94-81! From recruiting Jordan in 80 years to watch the proud son of heaven go to North Carolina, to the last battle of his coaching career and once again defeated North Carolina, such a story is full of regrets but has to sigh, this may be fate.
Throughout his 42-year coaching career, for Chinese fans, it may be from the 2008 Olympic Games to lead the "Avengers" of the United States men's basketball team began to recognize him, after experiencing the 2002, 06 World Championships and 04 Olympic Games like a humiliating defeat, the old K coach led the "Dream Eight" a snow shame! But what needs to be noted is that he got the first card of Kobe Bryant and James, two teams that have not been to college, and won the Olympic triple crown in one fell swoop, and old K has such magic.
In 2017, when Tatum, who is now known as "Kobe's successor", was still playing at Duke, after a home defeat, everyone including him was notified by text message to the old K's house, and coach K missed some games because of back injury surgery, but after seeing Tatum, he vigorously reprimanded: "You just want to go to the NBA!" Then get out of here! "The next day everyone in the locker room was put in front of this garbage bag, and in the eyes of Old K, none of them deserved to have the team's training equipment...
These stories of Old K, which Tatum recalled, made everyone feel the fear of being dominated by Old K. But as a college coach, he must not be just a "tyrant", just as after today's game, he hugged Duke University rookie Trevor Giles at the end of the locker room, leaving tears that had not been left in the home closing game.
Imagine the Jordan documentary released in 2020 is called "The Last Dance", and the last stop on the home field of coach K, Sports Illustrated, named it "The Last BIG Dance", but is old K's career just one more "BIG" than great? Maybe a "GOAT" is not too much, after all, when he began to be the manager of Duke, the president of the United States was still Jimmy Carter...