The eight-to-four games were held simultaneously in the basketball halls of four schools, namely Yunda High School, Zijing Middle School, Tieyi Middle School, and Huapu Middle School. What¡¯s interesting is that all four schools entered the quarterfinals. In order to avoid the situation of playing at home, the organizing committee deliberately combined these four schools with the competition venue, so the game between Huapu Middle School and Changning Middle School was arranged. The basketball gym at Bauhinia Middle School.
Zijing Middle School is also a private high school. Its equipment and teachers are similar to those of Huapu Middle School. As a traditional basketball powerhouse in Yunhai City, Zijing Middle School also has a lot of fans. The cheering groups of Huapu Middle School and Changning Middle School cannot fill up the basketball. The stands were filled with students from Zijing Middle School.
After that brutal practice match, the players from both sides were very familiar with each other. They shook hands and greeted each other friendly before the game, but when the game started, the atmosphere suddenly changed.
Changning Middle School threw away all thoughts of underestimating the enemy, whether it was the dangerous practice match they won, or Huapu Middle School's consecutive wins over Wenyuan Middle School and Tieyi Middle School, and after qualifying, they defeated Ocean Middle School and Hong'an Middle School. The record is enough to attract enough attention from Changning Middle School. They have put in a lot of effort to prepare for this game and strive to defeat Huapu Middle School again.
The Huapu team is united and vows to avenge the practice match.
"You won't be as lucky today as last time." Lu Sen met Liao Zeyu who was walking over with the ball and used trash talk to provoke him.
"You have a defeated general and you still dare to talk nonsense." Liao Zeyu fired back tit for tat.
In the battle of life and death, Changning Middle School did not dare to hold back. At the beginning, they used their specially trained special skills to press the box - the high pick-and-roll tactics of Yan Jingda and Liao Zeyu.
Yan Jingda completed the screen for Liao Zeyu and moved horizontally to the middle. Liao Zeyu quickly passed the ball. Yan Jingda received the ball and made a mid-range shot. Wei Chao's defense was a step slower and failed to seal the ball.
When Yan Jingda was trying to get a position under the basket, Wei Chao could use his strength advantage to make it difficult for him to get the position. However, after Changning pulled Yan Jingda to a high position, Wei Chao's shortcomings of slow movement were fully exposed. Huapu suffered a small loss at the beginning. deficit.
Huapu Middle School followed Lu Sen's pre-match arrangement and asked Wei Chao to attack mainly to consume Yan Jingda's physical strength. However, Changning Middle School seemed to have been prepared. When Wei Chao received the ball with Yan Jingda's back, Liao Zeyu came around from behind and caught the ball by surprise. Knocked the ball out of his hand. Back on the offensive end, Changning Middle School's pick-and-roll tactics once again showed their power. Liao Zeyu pulled to the side and passed the ball to Yan Jingda in the middle. Naturally, the little giant was not polite when facing an empty basket, and he jumped up and dunked with both hands.
Changning Middle School unexpectedly arranged for Liao Zeyu to steal the ball in response to Huapu's center tactics, catching Huapu Middle School off guard. However, Huapu at this time is no longer the Huapu team that had not practiced tactics during the practice matches. The tactical drills focused on during each training camp, the four group matches and two knockout matches, plus the actual combat drills in Nanxi City, made it difficult for Huapu to This team's tactical execution is not what it used to be. They adjust their tactics without calling a timeout. They only need a gesture from Lu Sen.
Lu Sen is the brains of this team. As long as he can make correct judgments on the situation on the field, this team will not be out of order.
In Hua Pu¡¯s second round of attack, Lu Sen stretched out four fingers and pointed at Yang Lin. The meaning of this gesture is the pick-and-roll tactic, and it is a pick-and-roll covered by Yang Lin. Huapu Middle School should treat others with their own medicine, and let Changning Middle School also have a taste of the power of pick-and-roll tactics!
However, it should be said that the defense of Changning Middle School was still very successful. Liao Zeyu bypassed Yang Lin and followed Lu Sen, while small forward Gu Chang blocked Yang Lintong's route to the basket.
Yang Lin didn't care so much. He didn't think Gu Chang could guard him and made up his mind that if Lu Sen passed the ball over, he would definitely attack Gu Chang.
Yang Linping moved to the free throw line, and Lu Sen used a clever ground pass to pass through Liao Zeyu and Gu Chang, giving Yang Lin the opportunity to attack. Yang Lin caught the ball, pulled it up and shot. Gu Chang quickly moved his steps and rushed to block the shot.
"You can't block it!" Yang Lin raised the ball above his head and threw the ball with the strength of his wrist. He had absolute confidence in himself and believed that Gu Chang would not be able to block such a high shot even if he tried his best.
Gu Chang stretched out his arms and tried his best, but still failed to touch the ball. He secretly regretted it.
The same pick-and-roll and a mid-range shot! Huapu Middle School tied the score to 2-4.
After that, the shooting percentage of both sides dropped, and the scene of high scores in the practice match did not happen again. Changning Middle School's pick-and-roll tactics still worked, and Huapu Middle School also kept the score tepidly. Ten minutes passed in the first half. , the two teams tied at 18.
¡°Team Liao, we can¡¯t drag them on like this anymore! We must take the lead as soon as possible!¡± Yan Jingda said breathlessly. HuaThe middle school sometimes plays pick-and-roll tactics, and sometimes plays center tactics, which makes it difficult for Changning Middle School to adapt. Yan Jingda was the first to bear the brunt. He not only had to play the main offensive role in his team's pick-and-roll tactics, but also had to deal with the strong attack of Wei Chao in Huapu Middle School's center tactics, which was a lot of physical exertion.
"We try to defend them a few more times and we can take the lead!" Liao Zeyu responded.
Lu Sen happened to rush over with the ball at this time. Hearing Liao Zeyu's words, he couldn't help laughing and said: "You still want to guard us? Figure out the situation first!"
¡°Did we not understand the situation, or did you not understand it?¡± Liao Zeyu asked disapprovingly.
"Of course it's you!" Lu Sen stretched out his index finger and pointed to the sky.
Liao Zeyu didn't know why, but the eight players behind him had already started running. All Huapu players ran to the left half. Changning Middle School, which implemented man-to-man defense, had to keep up, and the entire right half was empty. out.
This is Hua Pu¡¯s No. 1 tactic, emptying singles! Lu Sen plans to play one-on-one with Liao Zeyu!
Liao Zeyu knew nothing about the situation behind him. He only saw Lu Sen dribbling the ball unhurriedly. How could he know that the field behind him was empty?
It was then that Lu Sen began to break through! The basketball was flying across his body and behind him, like a sewing needle held by an invisible skillful hand. Suddenly, he stretched out his right hand and threw the ball to the right front of his body. Liao Zeyu flashed to the left to block Lu Sen, unexpectedly, Lu Sen's wrist flicked, and the ball flew back to his feet. Lu Sen, who caught the basketball from behind with his left hand, threw the ball to his left front. Liao Zeyu kicked the ground suddenly and changed direction. But this was Lu Sen's fake move again. He took a step forward with his right foot, pulled the ball back, stepped down and dribbled in another direction, successfully breaking through Liao Zeyu's defense!
Liao Zeyu wanted to retreat to the left and rear, but his body could no longer support another sudden change of direction. The shift of his center of gravity caused him to sit on the ground.
The whole audience exclaimed, and most of the audience understood what was going on. Liao Zeyu was knocked down by Lu Sen's fake move!
Liao Zeyu couldn't hold on to his face at that time. He only had one thought in his mind: Lu Sen could never be allowed to break through like this. He sat on the ground and reached out to grab Lu Sen's legs.
Lu Sen was well prepared. He used a lot of strength in his legs and tried his best to maintain balance. He dragged Liao Zeyu to take another step before throwing the ball towards the hoop.
This throw was different from Lu Sen¡¯s usual high-arc shots. The arc was very low, but still accurate. The ball landed on the front edge of the hoop and rolled in. Only then did Lu Sen make a plop and fall to the ground.
The players on the field and the audience in the stands exclaimed in unison. The referee's whistle that the goal was valid and that Liao Zeyu committed a flagrant foul was drowned out.
The fastest mover was Yang Lin. He ran up three steps at a time, grabbed Liao Zeyu who had just gotten up from the ground, and roared: "Are you here to play basketball or to wrestle?"
Liao Zeyu knew that he was in the wrong, so he could not say a word.
Worried that Yang Lin would get a technical foul, Lu Sen hurriedly picked up Yang Lin and pulled away. Changning's players also rushed up and pushed Liao Zeyu to the back, and the conflict was calmed down.
Jiang Dazhu looked livid on the sidelines and punched the chair hard. Generally, when this happens on the field, the coach should replace the relevant players to adjust their mentality. However, Liao Zeyu is the offensive engine of Changning Middle School. If he is replaced, Changning Middle School's offense will be unsustainable. It will probably take less than a few minutes for the current stalemate to turn into a big deficit.
Since substitutions cannot be made, all Jiang Dazhu can do is call a timeout.
Lu Sen dragged Yang Lin to the sidelines and scolded: "I'm not even angry, why are you angry? I finally gave him a flagrant foul, and you still want to give them a technical foul?"
Seeing that Lu Sen was fine, Yang Lin sat back on the chair and asked, "Have you had enough of the cat and mouse game? It's almost time to let them give up."
"You guys are so mean. Just do what I say and just win them with three strikes, five divisions and two. Changning is not as strong as Nanxi No. 4 Middle School. If we go all out, we will be able to decide the winner soon!" Song Xuguang said.
Lu Sen nodded and said: "It's almost time now. Even though Chang Ning called a timeout this time, it's still impossible for Liao Zeyu's mentality to completely return to normal. Being knocked down by me once, plus a flagrant foul, is not something that can be easily let go. "
"Even if he puts it down, you can still use trash talk to make him pick it up again." Yang Lin joked.
Lu Sen took out the tactical board and began to dismantle Changning Middle School's offense: "Liao Zeyu is not in good condition. After the pick-and-roll, the possibility of passing the ball is higher. Next, we will let Tianjian defend Yan Jingda. Tianjian, your footsteps will follow. It shouldn¡¯t be difficult to get on Yan Jingda, ???If he receives the ball in the high post, pay attention to his mid-range shot, he is unlikely to break through on his own dribble. If he runs to the basket without the ball, you need to follow him and intercept the pass. Everyone else performs their duties, and Changning's pick-and-roll tactics are broken. "
"It's that simple?" Liang Tianjian asked numbly.
"It's that simple. Your jumping and strength training are not in vain. With your current jumping and strength, although you can't completely prevent Yan Jingda from death, you can at least reduce his offensive success rate to less than 30%. Liao Zeyu is not in good condition, you If Yan Jingda is further restricted, what will be left of Changning Middle School?" Lu Sen said proudly.