The news that the school basketball team won three consecutive victories and qualified for the city's competition group was reported by a series of media such as the school TV station and the school newspaper, and spread throughout the school like a spring breeze. Overnight, there was a basketball craze in Huapu Middle School. Students would talk about basketball in their free time. There were more people playing basketball on the court. Many students decided to go to watch the next game of the school team. Even Maple Moon The number of cheerleaders increased rapidly from twenty to nearly fifty.
Due to the poor performance of the school team in the past, Huapu students¡¯ love for basketball has been suppressed for too long. Once this suppression is lifted, the enthusiasm that bursts out is amazing.
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Perhaps because of the second-seeded team from Tie No. 1 Middle School, the last group match of Huapu Middle School was finally moved to an indoor venue¡ªthe basketball hall of Yunda High School Affiliated. Before the game started, a fight broke out in the stands. The audience from Tieyi Middle School and the audience from Huapu sat together when they entered the venue. They started to argue about which team was stronger while chatting. The two sides refused to give in to each other until they came to blows. Yun The security guards from the High School Affiliated to the University had to completely separate the two groups of spectators, arranging all the spectators from Tieyi Middle School to the west side of the stands and the spectators from Huapu to the east side of the stands.
Although the audience was separated, the struggle was not over. The audience at Tieyi Middle School showed a banner with a line of large characters written in strong regular script: "The copper wall and the iron wall show the power of the gods, and the ten thousand-year-old fish belly appears in its original shape."
Not to be outdone, the audience in Huapu also unfurled a banner with sixteen characters: "First level the iron center, then destroy the clouds. I am the only one who dominates the basketball world, Huapu."
The Huapu students who unfurled the banner first faced the audience in a very ostentatious manner. After everyone saw it clearly, they turned it around and faced the stadium. There were many students from the High School Affiliated to Yunda University and they booed when they saw the Huapu banner.
There were several tall spectators sitting in the last row of the stands. The one in the middle had a slender face, a mustache on his upper lip, and his half-open eyes exuding an aura of scorning the world. He was the captain of Yunda High School, the "Almighty God of War." "Xiao Tie. Sitting on both sides of him were Zhou Shan, Li Wenhua and others, all of whom were members of the High School Affiliated to Yunda University. Xiao Tie saw Huapu's banner blatantly provoking his own team and snorted: "Huapu has won against a few weak teams, so you don't know how high the sky is."
"The mentality of a weak team. After being unable to qualify for so many years, if you have some capital and qualify again, you will naturally become arrogant." Li Wenhua analyzed.
"In your opinion, who will win today's game?" Xiao Tie asked.
"It must be Tie No. 1 Middle School. Last year, their main players were sophomores like us. This year, their strength has only increased, and they have become more proficient in defensive counterattack tactics. An upstart team like Huapu has no hope of beating them. "
"Heroes see the same thing." Xiao Zhan agreed, "I just don't know how far Huapu can push Tie No. 1 Middle School. If Tie No. 1 Middle School can get seven or eight points of strength today, it won't be in vain." ¡±
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At this time, in Huapu¡¯s locker room, Lu Sen was making final arrangements.
"Have you all read the scouting report about Tieyi Middle School that was sent out the day before yesterday carefully? I emphasize again that this team's zone defense is very good. Everyone is reviewing in their minds the tactics we used to break the zone defense. Once, and also, focus on practicing three-pointers during the warm-up later," Lu Sen said.
"No matter whether we win or lose, we have qualified, why should we be so serious?" Wei Chao said, taking a bite of the bread in his hand.
"Your idea is too naive. If we lose this game, we will be second in the group, and the knockout schedule will be more difficult. If we want to be more relaxed in the future, we must fight hard." Yang Lin scolded.
"Wei Chao, you don't have to start today, let Dayang start." Lu Sen said.
"Why?" Wei Chao asked dissatisfied.
"Dayang is faster than you. We need to adapt to the opponent's counterattack and fast break first, so it is more suitable for Dayang to start. Also, your desire to win is not very strong, so you need to develop your feeling on the bench first." Lu Sen explained.
"Humph, I can't win anyway if I don't get there." Wei Chao said angrily.
"Our goal is to win the championship. Tieyi Middle School was the runner-up last year. If we can't beat them, what qualifications do we have to compete for the championship? Some people may not know that Tieyi Middle School lost to the High School Affiliated to Yunda University by 14 points in the final last year. We We need to win by at least 15 points to prove that we are better than the High School Affiliated to Yunda University, right?" Lu Sen encouraged.
"15 points is too few. If you want to win, you have to win by more than 20 points!" Song Xuguang laughed.
"According to Fang Bo's report, Tie Yizhong's offense basically relies on fast breaks after successful defense. Everyone should pay attention during the game to quickly return to defense after the attack and not give the opponent an opportunity." Lu Sen added.
"As long as we don't give them rebounds, how can we get a fast break?"Liang Tianjian said in front of the closet.
Lu Sen clapped his hands and said, "You're on to the point. What we have to do is not to give them rebounds. Therefore, we must first improve our offensive success rate, and then, we must rush for offensive rebounds. Wei Chao, Tianjian, you two have a very heavy task. It is said that Tie Yizhong's inside line is very strong. Their captain No. 4 Hua Tanying was selected for the best team last year. No. 7 Zhu Yanfei is also very good at defensive skills. Yun Zhou Shan from the High School Affiliated to the University could not score in double digits under his defense last year."
"I know this, it's written in the information. I want to match up with Tie Yizhong's ace. It's really unfortunate. I hope he's not in good condition today." Liang Tianjian sighed.
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In the locker room of Tieyizhong, a big man who was putting contact lenses on his eyes suddenly sneezed and the contact lenses in his hand fell to the ground. He hurriedly lay on the ground, groped back and forth with his hands on the ground, and murmured: "My glasses, my glasses"
"Team Hua is so cute! He has all the attributes of a shot, a daredevil, and a natural idiot!" The big man sitting next to him has a fat face, a crew cut, and a mole at the corner of his mouth. He smiles brightly, but he doesn't lean over at all. Meant to help.
"Da Fei, you are so unkind. You know that the Chinese team is highly myopic, but you still don't help him look for it." A small team member with dark skin came over. He had a broad forehead, short hair, and was wearing a half-frame pair. glasses and face covered with pimples. After bending down and searching for a moment, I found the fallen contact lens, picked it up and returned it to its original owner.
The big man who lost his glasses is the captain of Tieyi Middle School, Hua Tanying, known as the "Jade-Faced Demon Boy". He has a cute baby face, fair complexion, and slender and well-proportioned limbs. At this time, he took the contact lens from his teammate with a blank look on his face, nodded and said, "Ke Zai, thank you so much, you are really the best and good person in the world."
"I am Deng Shui, not Ke Zai." The person who was mistakenly admitted sighed and said.
"Ah, it turns out to be Ah Shui. You are really the best good person in the world!" Hua Tanying squinted her eyes to see the other person clearly, but in vain.
"I'm so glad you can take away that damn title." A handsome-looking team member said, patting Deng Shui on the shoulder. He has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and his hair stands straight up vigorously. He has a strong back and waist, and the deltoid muscles on his arms have clear lines and are as solid as stone.
These two are the main players of Tieyi Middle School. The dark-skinned little man is their main point guard, Deng Shui, known as "Black Diamond", and the sunny and handsome one is their main small forward Shi Ruike.
"Ah Shui, can you buy me a pack of Oreos?" Hua Tanying looked at Deng Shui innocently.
Deng Shui sighed and said, "I don't know where the store is. There is a pack of betel nut here. Do you want it?"
"No! I just want Oreos!" Hua Tanying refused without hesitation.
At this time, the door of the locker room was pushed open, and a somewhat hunched old man walked in. He was not tall and was quite thin compared to the players in the room. He had high cheekbones, a pointed chin, and a white beard could be seen vaguely on his cheeks. However, a pair of eyes is not angry and intimidating.
Seeing his appearance, all the team members stood up straight and greeted in unison: "Teacher Yu!"
This person's name is Yu Dewen, who has been the basketball coach of Tieyi Middle School for more than 20 years. Although he has reached retirement age and no longer serves as a physical education teacher, he is reluctant to give up his job as the coach of the basketball team. The school Seeing that he loved this job so much, he hired him back to coach the basketball team. The members of the school team were also in awe of the old man.
Coach Yu walked to the center of the team members with his hands behind his back and said: "Our opponent today, Huapu Middle School, used to be a notoriously weak team, but this year they are not weak. If anyone has the intention of underestimating the enemy, please put it away as soon as possible. I clearly remember the results of the group stage. They defeated Wenyuan Middle School by 22 points in the first game, which was more than we won!"
"Coach, when we played against Wenyuan Middle School, we didn't try our best at all." said the big man with a mole on the corner of his mouth. He is Zhu Yanfei, the main center of Tieyi Middle School.
"We didn't try our best, so you know that Huapu did our best? We can't underestimate the enemy!" Coach Yu said, "We have very limited information about Huapu Middle School. We only know that their second and third positions are very capable. There was insufficient intelligence, and that was very detrimental to us.¡±
"Coach, we are playing a zone defense. No matter how strong their individual abilities are, they can't beat four hands with just one fist!" Zhu Yanfei said.
You idiot, are you addicted to contradicting the coach? Several other team members secretly cursed Zhu Yanfei.
Coach Yu frowned and said: "Now we can only cope with the changes by staying the same. Let's play a two-one-two zone defense at the beginning, guard the inside line, and observe their characteristics before adapting to changes. Xiao Deng, the zone defense formation on the field is different. I've given you the command. We willYou must bring out your own characteristics, guard against their offense, and immediately go for a fast break after getting the backcourt rebound. Xiao Deng, Xiao Lu, and Xiao Shi, the three of you must make accurate judgments and run ahead of time as I have emphasized before. Pay attention to creating space between the three of you so that the fast break can start. "
"Coach, I also want to do a fast break. I can do 100 meters 11.5 seconds." Zhu Yanfei said.
Everyone rubbed their foreheads and sighed.
"It's really a waste of you to let you play fast break. You should just sit on the bench." Coach Yu said angrily.
Deng Shui advised: "Coach, Da Fei is just like this. He talks nonsense. Don't argue with him. He will still implement the tactical arrangements."
"You don't need to say anything. I think it's good for him to sit on the bench and calm down. Xiao Xu, you will be the starting center today." Coach Yu decided not to allow Deng Shui to persuade him any more.
Zhu Yanfei didn¡¯t dare to say another word this time, for fear that coach Yu would keep him on the bench throughout the game.
So, before the game started, Huapu Middle School and Tieyi Middle School unanimously removed their starting centers, although their reasons were different.