Nie Chuan and Carlo caught up with Ewing. Ewing raised his hand to pass the ball to Nie Chuan, but Raven had already come to Ewing's side.

Nie Chuan screamed in his heart that something was wrong. Ewing didn't know where he got the reaction ability from, and he managed to take back the ball that was about to be passed. Raven opened his arms, and Ewing's body retreated backwards. Raven's fingertips just brushed past Ewing's chest.

When Ewing dribbled the ball behind him, Nie Chuan also came behind him and took the ball.

The audience became excited again. Nie Chuan dribbled the ball towards KSU's basket, and his speed seemed to be faster than in the previous quarter.

"I thought he was fast enough, but I didn't expect he could be even faster?" Ben showed a surprised expression.

Seton chuckled, "Because he's more confident. He was dancing with shackles in the last section, but now he knows very well that he has the strength to rival Raven. Just like Ben, if your strength is originally a little bit worse than Owen Whishaw, and suddenly one time you not only resist Owen's attack but also successfully counterattack, you suddenly realize, oh, I can do this, then you will do it the second and third time."

Ben curled his lips: "You seem to mean that I can't get through Owen Whishaw's defense every time."

Seton asked back: "Have you ever passed it?"

At this time, Nie Chuan had already approached the basket, and KSU's center and small forward Ashley rushed to intercept.

Raven was about to catch up, but was double-guarded by Montenegro and Carlo.

"Nie Chuan—go score!" Carlo shouted.

In such an urgent situation, Nie Chuan took a run and jumped to shoot, while his opponents both jumped up.

The audience exclaimed, because Nie Chuan was already in the shooting position! This would get him blocked!

But Nie Chuan changed his shot into a dribbling move, retracted his dribbling hand, turned sideways in the air, and passed gracefully through the gap between the opponent's center and Ashley. He landed steadily, then accelerated and dunked!

Ashley and the KSU center could only look back and watch Nie Chuan score.

The audience went crazy for this change of direction in the air, and the three professional commentators were also stunned on the spot.

"Oh my God, it feels like Reese Reddington is still on the court..." KSU's point guard frowned and looked at Nie Chuan's back.

"What nonsense are you talking about? He's even less capable than Reese Reddington." Raven moved his cervical vertebrae.

The game continued, KSU's point guard got the ball and passed it to the point guard, who had no chance of breaking through facing Ewing's tight defense.

He was very surprised. Looking at DK's previous game videos, he saw that although Ewing had strong scoring ability from the outside, he had never been as proactive in defense as he was in this game.

He had to pass the ball to Ashley who rushed over. Ashley dribbled the ball into the basket and started a layup. Montenegro jumped up to block him. In terms of jumping ability, Montenegro was still slightly better than Ashley. Ashley saw that the situation was not right, so he stopped the layup, took a step back with the ball, and passed it to the point guard on the line.

Heishan shouted "Oh no" in his heart, and the point guard was already in a shooting posture. Just as his hand was about to push the basketball out, a figure jumped up from his side, and with a "bang" the ball was blocked.

It’s Nie Chuan!

The audience exclaimed again.

Chuck was about to take the ball, but Raven used his speed to take the ball away before Chuck.

Nie Chuan turned around and ran straight forward. Raven made a layup. Nie Chuan and Heishan jumped together. The two of them had an excellent jumping height, but Raven managed to pass the ball under their arms and put it into the basket.

"This goal was truly amazing!" the commentators praised in unison.

Nie Chuan and Heishan failed to kill Riven even when they joined forces.

Nie Chuan pulled up his collar and wiped his chin.

He exhaled a breath. The all-out running in the first half of the game consumed a lot of his energy. At the beginning of the second quarter, because of his good condition, Nie Chuan ignored his own exercise. But after jumping with all his strength this time, Nie Chuan could feel that he was getting tired.

"He's tired." Seton lowered his eyes and leaned on the railing with one hand.

"No way! That jump just now was so amazing! His feet were higher off the ground than Black Mountain who jumped at the same time!" Ben didn't believe what Seton said.

Seton smiled. "Raven's speed is one of the best in the league. Being able to keep up with Raven, this Nie Chuan is indeed a tough guy. But he also has to take on the responsibility of cutting in, and he has to take much more into consideration than Raven. When I say he is tired, I don't mean that he is physically weak, but that he is under much more pressure than Raven."

The score was constantly changing. Once DK made up for the lost points, KSU would definitely get them back within twenty seconds. DK always maintained a five-point gap with KSU.

Five points can be recovered even in the last ten seconds of a basketball game, not to mention there are still five minutes left.

Just five seconds ago, Nie Chuan chased Riven from KSU's basket to DK's basket. Riven's ball-handling skills were superb, and Carlo defended Riven one-on-one under the basket, which finally gave Nie Chuan space to defend Ashley.

But Raven passed the ball to the point guard behind him, who received the ball and jumped. Nie Chuan was shocked. Fortunately, Ewing and Chuck came to defend, but the point guard forced a shot and the ball hit Chuck's fingertips and hit the basket.

Montenegro jumped to get the rebound, but Raven jumped faster and caught the ball first, and was about to dunk it into the basket.

Both Carlo and Montenegro's interception angles were not good.

Don't let him score!

It was unknown when Nie Chuan rushed into the basket and jumped with all his might. Everyone looked over and saw Nie Chuan's palm dunking on Raven's basketball. Everyone held their breath and waited for this contest of power.

Although Nie Chuan gritted his teeth and tried his best, Riven still managed to dunk the ball.

When landing, Nie Chuan suffered a great impact and was unable to stand, so he fell to the ground.

"In fact, Nie Chuan did a great job in defending the basket this time. But the difference in strength between him and Riven is still obvious." Robert felt a little regretful.

"Hey, are you okay?" Raven lowered his head and looked at Nie Chuan, "Do you need your coach to call a timeout so you can rest?"

Raven's voice held a hint of teasing.

He had originally expected Reese to be his opponent, but DK sent Nie Chuan. He didn't think this kid could be his opponent, but the situation was beyond Riven's imagination.

I blocked this kid's shots three times in a row, and I thought it would completely undermine his self-confidence, but I didn't expect that he was not affected at all and even performed better.

But that was the end of it. Riven was well aware that the cooperation between him and Ashley had greatly consumed Nie Chuan's physical strength. He didn't think that in the remaining few minutes, Nie Chuan could hold on to the end with the same state as at the beginning of the second quarter.

Carlo rushed over and pulled Nie Chuan up: "Are you hurt anywhere?"

Nie Chuan shook his head and slowly stood up. He could clearly hear the beating of his heart in his chest.

He knew that he was tired.

After all, in such a high-intensity game, running all over the field and giving his all in every jump, if he doesn't feel tired at all, he would really be a superman.

And at this moment, Coach Gordon called a timeout.

"We really need to call a timeout. Allen must take a break." Even CBU's point guard Wright could see that Nie Chuan was tired.

"The question is whether this short break can help adjust Nie Chuan's condition." Ou En's eyes turned cold.

Nie Chuan followed Carlo and the others back to their seats. Nie Chuan looked at Reese. Throughout the entire game, Reese didn't even change his posture.

Everyone took out some water to drink, while Carlo looked at Nie Chuan worriedly.

Reese covered Nie Chuan's head with a white towel. Nie Chuan lowered his head and was adjusting his breathing.

Coach Gordon said, "Everyone did a great job, but in the last four minutes or so, I want you to coordinate the situation and be more flexible so that KSU can't guess our direction. Everyone can feel that Riven, through his cooperation with Ashley, made Nie Chuan run at least 30% more than other players. I hope that this situation can be reversed in the remaining time, and we let KSU run, instead of being led by KSU. Montenegro, the basket is up to you."

"Yes, Coach."

"Carlo, I want you to cut off the connection between Raven and Ashley. It's not enough to just defend Raven's ability to score under the basket. You've also seen that sometimes even you and Heishan together can't stop him. So don't give Raven a chance to dribble the ball into the basket. Only if you and Heishan can do this can Nie Chuan score with peace of mind, understand? Or do you, Carlo, not have the strength to face Heishan?"

"Of course I do!"

"Ewing and Chuck, I need you to control our rear. Your range of movement does not need to be too wide. It should be between the three-second zones of the enemy and us. Running all over the court is not good for us, and our key area for losing the ball is right here. Ewing, your defensive ability impresses me. I need you to teach Ashley a lesson when necessary."

"Me? Ashley?" Ewing showed a surprised expression, and then cheered up, "Okay, Ashley is really annoying!"

While Nie Chuan was still adjusting his breathing, he subconsciously reached out and grabbed Reese beside him.

Reese closed his fingers and spoke slowly, "I wanted to tell you that you are already great. Better than anyone thought. From the start of the game till now, you have scored 28 points by yourself. In previous games, you rarely scored 15 points, let alone 20 points."

Reese's voice was steady, a calmness that did not come from his indifference to victory but from his own confidence.

Nie Chuan knew very well that if Reese was on the court in this game, KSU might not be able to beat DK even without him, Nie Chuan.