Chapter 58 Seven of Seven

The fans at the arena were going wild.

Why was Tang Tian's open three-pointer so accurate?!

Why could he shoot three-pointers so steadily?!

After two consecutive three-pointers, UConn had widened the point difference to 12 points!

Twelve points was already a considerable, and difficult to close, gap for a team like Georgetown University that played at such a slow pace.

The pressure was now on them.

The fans in the arena were ecstatic. Many were even doing an Indian dance in their seats, celebrating their team's victory in advance.

If they won this game, they would be second in the Big East Conference!

If they won this game, they would avenge their previous brutal defeat!

If they won this game, they would add another glorious chapter to the history of the two schools' rivalry!

Who wouldn't be happy? Who could not be happy?!

Georgetown University's offense saw Monroe continue to force his way inside. Tang Tian went up to double-team him again, and was knocked out of bounds once more.

But this time, the referee called an offensive foul on Monroe.

Tang Tian punched the floor excitedly when he saw the referee's gesture.

He was completely immersed in the game.

The fans in the arena were moved by this scene.

In a way, Tang Tian's tough defense had brought an unprecedented tenacity to the team.

This was something that statistics couldn't fully reflect.

In UConn's offense, Walker's mid-range fadeaway missed, and Monroe grabbed the defensive rebound.

Back on the offensive end, Georgetown University made a tactical adjustment. After signaling their power forward to post up against Tang Tian, the guard passed the ball into him with a bounce pass.

They knew that Tang Tian didn't have an advantage in terms of strength at the power forward position, and they were preparing to use their player to overpower him.

Tang Tian lowered his center of gravity, and the opponent directly used his body to drive into him.

"Bang! Bang!"

There was direct physical contact between the two.

Tang Tian was at a disadvantage in the lower position, but it wasn't significant.

Just as the opponent was about to exert force for the third time, Tang Tian suddenly sidestepped with a standard "pulling the chair" move.

The opponent lost his point of leverage and his entire center of gravity shifted backward.

Tang Tian suddenly lunged forward and poked the ball out of his hand.

Another steal!

After the steal, Tang Tian passed the ball to Walker, who led a fast break.

Georgetown University's defense retreated in time, preventing Walker from directly attempting a layup.

However, Tang Tian had been following up on the fast break after the steal, and intentionally spaced himself apart from Walker, running to the right three-point line.

Walker jumped up and saw Tang Tian in the air, and passed the ball out to him.

The quality of the pass wasn't great, but Tang Tian caught the ball and saw that the defender was still far away from him. He adjusted himself before shooting.

The ball drew a spinning arc in the air.

"Swish!"

Tang Tian's trailing open three-pointer went in!

This was his fifth three-point attempt of the game, and also his fifth three-point make!

Flawless!

"Oh! God! Who can stop him?! Someone stop him!" The commentator was also excited by the shot, and couldn't help but shout out loud.

With 10 minutes left in the second half, the point difference had been widened to 15 points!

Georgetown University's head coach called a timeout. After calling the timeout, he looked at the point difference and couldn't help but shake his head.

On the UConn side, Tang Tian was mobbed by his teammates as he went off the court, all excitedly bumping chests with him.

After the timeout, Monroe continued to force his way to the basket, and he scored frequently, but the point difference was still gradually widened by UConn.

Tang Tian got two more open three-point opportunities, and he made them all.

Just like he had said to Ollie during the timeout, three-pointers will always be worth one more point than two-pointers.

With just over two minutes left in the game, Monroe was subbed off by Georgetown University, signaling that they had given up on the game.

Monroe received applause from the crowd as he left the court.

He had scored 28 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in this game, another dominant performance, but unlike their last encounter, UConn won this time, and by a huge margin!

In the end, UConn crushed Georgetown University 78-60 at home, and while achieving a nine-game winning streak, also proudly rose to second place in the Big East Conference!

As the UConn players left the court after the game, they were greeted with a hero's welcome from the crowd.

This was an absolutely memorable classic game.

For UConn, Walker continued his steady performance, scoring 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists, Lamb had 11 points and 5 assists, and Oriakhi also contributed a near double-double with 9 points and 12 rebounds.

But the most eye-catching player in this game was undoubtedly Tang Tian, who scored a season-high 21 points! In addition, he also had 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1 block.

Of course, even more amazing than the statistics was that he only took 7 shots in the entire game, making 7 of 7 from beyond the three-point line!

God-like stats!

At the post-game press conference, Calhoun once again brought Tang Tian to the press conference.

Compared to previous games, this was probably the time with the least controversy, and also the time that reporters were most eager to see Tang Tian.

Sure enough, as soon as Tang Tian appeared on the scene, he was met with a flurry of flashbulbs. These reporters couldn't wait any longer.

"Tang, you scored a career-high 21 points, and even more incredible is that you only used 7 shots, and made all 7 from beyond the three-point line. How did you do it?" The first reporter to stand up and ask a question didn't even ask head coach Calhoun first, as was customary, but instead directly began to ask Tang Tian.

"I just shot the ball. Kemba, Jeremy, they found me in open positions. I just shot and made those shots," Tang Tian said calmly.

What he said was completely true. The open three-point package required the support of tactics and the passing of teammates, and he just made them all.

The reporter couldn't help but smile after hearing this. Although the words were true, the way he said them made them sound completely different.

"You didn't miss a single three-pointer tonight. Is your open shot accuracy 100%?" The reporter cooperated and continued to ask.

"No." Tang Tian shook his head.

"Only 97%," he replied honestly.

In the system settings, it was 97%, and it would continue to decrease as stamina was consumed, all the way down to 50%.

As for why it was 97%, Tang Tian felt that it was completely the system's joke.

Back when Novak was still playing for the Houston Rockets, after a training session, a reporter interviewed him and asked him how his feel was today. He replied that his feel was average, he only made 97 out of 100, which was exactly 97% accuracy.

This incident caused a lot of discussion among fans at the time, and the system probably referenced this.

Not 100% but only 97%?!

Tang Tian was telling the truth, but the reporters were all stunned when they heard his answer.

What the hell, is there a difference?