Xue Yao gently touched the ring on her hand, feeling dizzy with happiness. She raised her pretty face and asked, "Did you make this yourself? It's so poorly carved, and looking at these three letters, you probably didn't want to give it to me." of."
"Don't you like it? Then I'll make another one for you." Lu Sen sighed to himself. Sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing for his girlfriend to be too smart. This ring was actually made by him a long time ago to motivate himself to aim for MVP. Hard work, I recently dug it out and thought it would be a good idea to give it to Xue Yao. Unexpectedly, Xue Yao saw through it at a glance.
"No, I like it very much. This is the first Christmas gift in my life. Brother Sen, I like it as long as it is given by you." Xue Yao said.
"Christmas gift? Ah, yes! It can be considered a Christmas gift." Lu Sen then remembered that today is a festival like the Western New Year.
"Thank you, I will keep wearing it until one day you take it off yourself and put it on my ring finger." Xue Yao said with a blushing face.
When Lu Sen heard this, his whole body was shocked. His mood was so agitated that it was difficult to calm down. His voice had never been so trembling before: "No, I won't take it off. One day, I will put the NBA championship ring on your ring finger. .¡±
If we win the NBA championship, we will get married. This seems to be an almost impossible agreement, but Xue Yao firmly believes that it is not difficult for the man in front of her.
The snow falling all over the sky remembers this moment. In the name of basketball, a boy made the highest promise to his beloved.
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The group matches of the Yunhai High School Basketball League were all finished after Christmas. According to the organizing committee¡¯s schedule, the knockout rounds were scheduled for the second semester. After the group stage, the draw was held. The reason why the knockout matches were not arranged according to the results of the first draw was because the organizing committee was worried that some teams would play in the group stage in order to avoid strong opponents in the knockout rounds. Match-fixing.
The basic principle of drawing lots is that the first place in the group will play against the second place in other groups, and the first and second place players in the same group will be divided into different half zones.
The result of the draw made many teams breathe a sigh of relief. Both Yunda Middle School and Tieyi Middle School were placed in the upper half, while there were only a handful of strong teams in the lower half. Only the last third place Zijing Middle School was able to support the situation.
Huapu Middle School shouted the slogan "We will have a showdown with the High School Affiliated to Yunda University."
In a blink of an eye, the tense final exam came. Some in the school team were happy and some were worried. Yang Lin, Guan Mengyue and other top students received scholarships from the school, among which Yang Lin received the first-class scholarship. Lu Sen, Wei Chao, Song Xuguang and other low-ranking students received warnings from the Education Office. Among them, Lu Sen passed two exams very proudly and was told that if he failed the next exam again, he would not be allowed to participate in the school team competition. .
The winter vacation after the exam is the last preparation period for each school team before the knockout rounds. Huapu Middle School's high-profile declaration attracted the attention of many teams, especially their future opponents in the lower half, who came here to spy on the military situation. , however, they were surprised to find that the door to the basketball gymnasium of Huapu Middle School was closed and the entire team was missing.
At this time, the members of the Huapu Middle School team were gathering at the famous Flower Square in Yunhai City. The weather was very cold, but they did not wear much, and each of them was carrying a big bag. They lined up and boarded a bus.
This winter vacation training camp of Huapu Middle School was planned by Lu Sen and funded by Yang Lin. The team was brought to Nanxi City in the south for actual training. This not only escaped the severe cold winter, but also allowed the team to compete with high-level players. Engage opponents and improve your level in actual combat.
Yang Lin said goodbye to Murong Feng who came to see him off, and was about to get in the car when Yang Ling grabbed him by the corner of his clothes. She was wrapped in a thick down jacket, and her face was rosy and adorable.
"Brother, I want to go too!" Yang Ling said.
"Xiao Ling, we went to Nanxi for training, not to play. I will take you to have fun next time when I have time." Yang Lin obviously didn't want to bring a small oil bottle.
"If you want to go, brother, just take me there. I won't cause any trouble to you!" Yang Ling glanced at Lu Sen, who was standing in the queue and was about to get in the car, and begged.
"Don't make trouble! Xiaoling, we have rules this time. We are not allowed to bring relatives or friends. I am the captain. If I don't abide by the rules, how can I convince everyone? Listen to my brother and go back. I will definitely come from the south Xi will bring you some gifts!" Yang Lin patted Yang Ling's head comfortingly.
"Linzi, get in the car, let's go!" Lu Sen stood at the car door, leaning forward and shouting.
"Here we come!" Yang Lin turned around, took three steps and then jumped into the car. The bus door closed and slowly drove out of the square, leaving Yang Ling standing alone in the square, looking at the bus going away, showing endless sadness.
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This season, Nanxi City is still as warm as spring. Since the reform and opening up, this city has developed extremely rapidly with its export-oriented processing and manufacturing industry, and has received many various nicknames, such as "World "Factory", ugly ones such as "cottage city". But one thing no one can doubt is that the level of basketball development in this city is definitely among the best in the country. There are corresponding leagues for elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools. Each village, town, and community also has its own team, and there are many competitions. , and the citizens pay very high attention to the game. It is really a city where everyone loves basketball.
The Huapu school team settled in a three-star hotel and started their first practice match the next day. The opponent was a community team. Although it was amateur in nature, the substitutes, coaches, and cheerleaders This team has everything it needs.
The main lineup of this team consists of two middle-aged people and three young people. The youngest one is probably still in high school and his height is not impressive. The tallest center is only 1.9 meters tall. There are two reasons why Huapu chose this team as its first opponent. The first is to warm up and proceed step by step from easy to difficult. The second is because the Huapu school team is not well-known. It is a newcomer and no strong team is willing to compete with them. .
This community team obviously does not take high school teams like Huapu seriously, and just regards this game as an opportunity to practice. The high school league level in Nanxi City is very high, but Huapu is not from Nanxi City after all.
However, not long after the game started, they realized their mistake. How could this look like a high school team? Not to mention the three big men in the main lineup who are over 1.9 meters tall, just the explosive dunks of the slightly shorter No. 8 were too much for them.
Huapu completely regarded this game as an offensive exhibition match. The opening scene was a variety of breakthrough dunks and alley-oop dunks, Wei Chao's crushing dunk, Song Xuguang's tomahawk dunk, Yang Lin's gliding dunk it was very interesting. Quickly let the opponent see that the strength of both sides in this match is not at the same level.
The audience didn't care about this. Although they really wanted their team to win, but seeing that there was no hope of victory, they happily changed their attitude and began to watch Huapu's wonderful performance. Every dunk would cause a round of applause. There were more and more spectators, and soon the entire venue was filled with water.
After the Huapu players had their fill of dunk addiction, Lu Sen changed into a smaller lineup and started a running and gunning tactic. The three-pointers on the field were like rain, one after another, and the score difference was widening at a faster rate. By the end of the first half, the score was 61 to 20. .
In the second half of the game, Huapu tried multiple lineups and tried various offensive tactics. Although the firepower dropped, it still completed every attack according to the tactical requirements. The opponents were also very sportsmanlike, and they still played seriously even though they were lagging behind by a big margin. When the game ended, the score was fixed at 105-47. Huapu Middle School got off to a good start in the Nanxi City training camp.
"Are you really high school students?" After the game, this is what opponents asked the most.
In the next week, Huapu Middle School played three more games. The opponents were a community team and two high school teams. Without exception, these three games were all victories of more than 30 points, because The winter vacation is not long, and Lu Sen has decided to use these big wins to quickly build a reputation so that he can compete with the top opponent in Nanxi City - Nanxi No. 4 Middle School.
After these four games, Huapu Middle School has indeed become famous. Many people in Nanxi City know that a high school team from the north is strong and threatens to challenge the entire Nanxi City.
At this time, Huapu Middle School issued a challenge to Nanxi No. 4 Middle School, a traditional strong team in Nanxi City.
With the attention of fans across the city, Nanxi No. 4 Middle School had no choice but to challenge.
The game was held in the basketball hall of Nanxi No. 4 Middle School. The entire basketball hall was packed with students and citizens who were watching the game, and there were even people standing in the aisles of the stands.
Speaking of the strength of Nanxi No. 4 Middle School, they do have a place in the high school basketball world. They have won the provincial middle school student championship for many years in a row. Even the Lingnan City Middle School All-Star Team composed of elite sports schools suffered a defeat at their hands.
Fang Bo has such a piece of information in his hand, which lists the records of Nanxi No. 4 Middle School over the years, as well as the current team members. Different from the information that Fang Bo obtained personally, this information is very brief and does not have much substantive content. .
"Abo, in your opinion, who is better, Nanxi No. 4 Middle School or Yunda Affiliated Middle School?" Lu Sen asked.
"The height of Nanxi No. 4 Middle School is not as high as that of Yunnan University Affiliated Middle School. Yunnan University Affiliated Middle School has Zhou Shan who is 2.03 meters tall and Jin Zihao who is 1.96 meters tall. These two people are on the inside, plus Xiao Tie is a super athletic boy. The forwards mobilized to help defend, and the defensive intensity was quite terrifying. On the side of Nanxi No. 4 Middle School, center Qu Nan is only 1.98 meters tall, and power forward Wang Yan is 1.93 meters tall.?This height is about the same as our inside line. No matter how strong their outside line is, can they be stronger than the Affiliated High School of Yunnan University? So I feel that their strength should be slightly inferior to that of Yunnan University Affiliated High School. "Fang Bo analyzed.
Lu Sen gave a thumbs up and said: "The analysis makes sense, I think so too, but even if Nanxi No. 4 Middle School is not as good as Yunda Affiliated High School, it is more than enough to serve as our substitute sparring partner for Yunda Affiliated Middle School."
"There is only so much information, and without everyone's technical characteristics, there is no way to arrange targeted tactics before the game. I'm afraid you will encounter a lot of trouble." Fang Bo said.