whirlwind basketball

Chapter 137 Invitational Tournament (10)

Chapter 137 Invitational Tournament (10)

"Boom!" The basket trembled violently, and the basketball was smashed into the basket!

The dunk figure fell down gently, turned around, raised his right index finger high, and the clear eyes on his stern face shone with blood-colored light.That look made every German player who was facing him face-on couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.

The German coach murmured that it was not good, and hurriedly requested a timeout.But at this moment, he was already secretly regretting: he should have called a timeout earlier, because of that ball just now, the boy from the Jiangcheng team had successfully rooted his mighty and invincible image deeply in the hearts of his players.If this is just the beginning of the game, I have enough time to calm down the emotions of the players, but now... the white-haired coach looked at the scoreboard above the court, and there was one minute and 20 seconds left in the game.

However, the boy on the other side is really great!The white-haired coach still couldn't help but drift towards the rest area of ​​the Jiangcheng team.There, the boy with a white towel on his shoulders was drinking water with his head up.

The moment Li Yifan walked off the court to receive the drink, he realized how dry his mouth was. The whole uniform was soaked in sweat except for the hem of the trousers.The white mist above the head is transpiring, which is a bit like the scene of martial arts masters in the third-rate TV dramas. It is the mist formed by the rapid transpiration of sweat on the top of the head.Although the slender bangs on the forehead did not lie on the sweating forehead, drops of sweat kept falling.This whole person is like turning around in a bath full of hot water with clothes on.

Li Yifan was undoubtedly the one who performed the best throughout the fourth quarter, but he was also the one who exercised the most.Nobody, not even a genius, can relax and look like a normal person after bouncing for so long.But at this time Li Yifan didn't have time to confirm the feeling of his body, his brain was completely filled with the game.It was more than a minute in the last minute, and Li Yifan knew that the most critical moment had arrived without coach Xiangfeng telling him.

Defense cannot defend victory, the only way to win is to score more points than the opponent.

Shaking off the towel on his shoulders, Li Yifan set foot on the football field again.Pushing away the bangs hanging from the eyelids, looking around, suddenly domineering. "As long as you seize every offensive opportunity and put the ball in the basket, there is no chance of victory slipping away."

After the pause, Germany continued to attack.Somewhat affected by the impact just now, Germany's offense was slightly stagnant, but their strong rebounding strength guaranteed their offensive results.After two consecutive offensive rebounds, the basketball was still sent to the basket, and the score gap was reduced to two points.

When the ball was passed to Li Yifan, there were 58 seconds left in the game.

"Pa, pa..." He controlled the rhythm without haste, the basketball was in his hands and the offense was controlled by himself, Li Yifan didn't think it was wrong.

No one in the Jiangcheng team thought it was wrong!

Neither the fans nor the audience thought there was anything wrong with letting Li Yifan control the attack at this critical moment.

The only one who felt terrified in his heart was wrong was the German white-haired coach. He was praying that the ball would not let this boy score.

At this time, the players of the Jiangcheng team, the audience at the scene, the Jiangcheng fans in front of the TV, and even the Jiangcheng team's opponents on the court, the German team, had acquiesced in their hearts to the absolute weight of Li Yifan's Jiangcheng team.

Unknowingly, Li Yifan has completed the transition process from tactical core to team leader.

In the last 40 seconds, Li Yifan moved.At this moment, everyone's eyes and cameras were focused on him, and time passed very slowly at this moment.

"Snap!" The basketball was retracted, and his body was lifted slightly to catch the ball with both hands-at this moment, his position was outside the three-point line.

Is he going to shoot the basket?The German defensive players rushed up to block.

The hands holding the ball suddenly lifted up quickly...

Reflexively, the German players leaped high at the same time.

The German player jumping in the air was depressed to find that his defensive target's heel was still firmly nailed to the ground.But his depression didn't last long, and the figure on the ground moved—jumped up, raised his hand, and with a crisp sound, the back of the boy's hand grabbing the ball hit the German player's arm.

"Flute..." The referee's whistle sounded.

"Whoosh!" The basketball drew a high arc and flew towards the basket at the same time, and there was a crisp sound of "swish" into the net, the ball scored!

Look at the referee——

"Handling rules, a goal counts as a penalty!"

The Jiangcheng team members cheered, while the German players were ashamed.

The referee did not make a mistake, nor did he make a wrong judgment. This is the rule of basketball.

On the free throw line, he patted the ball easily and sent the ball to the basket easily.The score gap widened to six points, and at this time the game time was only the last 34 seconds - Li Yifan used 29 seconds for this attack!

Coach Xiangfeng gave up the last timeout, leaving no chance for the German coach to rearrange tactics.

Foul by a German player.

The Jiangcheng team made free throws, made two free throws, and scored.

German attack.

……

After repeating this cycle several times, the German team gave up the final fight-in fact, they lost their belief in winning after Li Yifan scored a three-pointer.

The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

128:124, Jiangcheng team won!

The game is over, victorious!

Coach Xiangfeng of the Jiangcheng team touched his nose and opened his mouth slightly. Is this the end?Did the expected final bitter battle not appear at all?Did the German team simply give up the game in the end?Every second of the game has been literally passed, but Coach Xiangfeng can't help but feel unreal.It is a bit too much to describe the last quarter of the game as anticlimactic, but the game ended in a dramatic way. The stalemate ended almost immediately after Li Yifan scored a three-pointer.Thinking about it for the German team, at such a critical moment, giving Li Yifan four points all of a sudden, no matter how tough their nerves are, they can't stand it.Their final rout was so sudden, although unexpected, but also reasonable.

Coach Xiangfeng couldn't have foreseen the change in the last minute of the game, and Li Yifan's performance at the end of the game was beyond his belief.It is obvious to all that Coach Xiangfeng values ​​Li Yifan, but I am afraid no one knows that even he is more shocked than delighted by Li Yifan's growth rate.After almost every game, he can see his obvious improvement, and today this game seems to be the leader of the team.

Among the jubilant crowd in the stands, the scouts who lowered their heads and calculated the technical statistics "Yeah" jumped up as if they were stung on the buttocks, "Oh, Mygad!" They stared straight at the technical statistics in their hands. With an unbelievable look on his face, "Li Yifan, number ten of the Jiangcheng team, scored 51 points, 12 assists, 11 rebounds, 9 steals,..."

Scored 51 points, 12 assists, 11 rebounds, and a triple-double. This kind of data is unmatched in this game, and there is no one in the entire invitational game that can match it.Even in the NBA, after a 41% discount, it is definitely at the level of an All-Star player. [-] points, a height that can only be achieved by top scorers; [-] assists, the standard of a super guard, any player who can possess one of these abilities is definitely the object of NBA scouts.If the same person appeared in a game, then no matter how exaggerated the performance of these scouts, they would never be too much.

The performance of these scouts is indeed exaggerated. After opening their mouths and closing them, they quickly took out their mobile phones and frantically squeezed to the sidelines. They wanted to get the video of the game as soon as possible.These scouts all have such a self-awareness: If the opponent gets the video, no one will kindly copy a copy for themselves.What if I get it myself?Of course, it will not be copied to others!

At the short press conference after the game, although coach Xiangfeng was smiling, the German white-haired coach was not downcast.Coach Xiangfeng repeatedly called "getting lucky" and admired the German team a lot

After the press conference, the fanatical Jiangcheng reporters did not disperse because of this. Hundreds of people flocked to the Jiangcheng team's bus and returned to the Jiangcheng team's station.The camera was aimed at the car door, and the flashing spotlight made it impossible for Coach Xiangfeng, who got out of the car first, to open his eyes. This time, he didn't even have a chance to sigh.Reporters carrying video cameras and holding cameras crowded in front of the bus door, leaving a passage leading to the door of the hotel.Although there were no microphones flocking to coach Xiangfeng, the eager eyes made Coach Xiangfeng shrink back into his stomach with impatience.Coach Xiangfeng, who has been in the basketball world of Jiangcheng for decades, has not seen the eager eyes, the excited expression, and the pride from the heart many times.Coach Xiangfeng's head became dizzy as soon as his heart was hot, and he waved his hands smartly: "Jiangcheng team is open to the public tonight..." The reporters cheered loudly, and when Coach Xiangfeng's feverish head calmed down, it was hard to stop.

……

Another match was played that night.All the players of the Jiangcheng team watched the game through the live broadcast of the local TV station in the hotel room.The game started very intensely and excitingly. The Jiangcheng team members in front of the TV were concentrated and calm. Apart from the sound of the TV, the only sound in the room was the occasional admiration from the players.However, when behind the two oriental faces appeared on the TV screen, there was a sudden commotion in each room, and then the doors of each room were pushed open at the same time, and a figure rushed out. the door. "Bang!" The door was pushed open, and the TV was on in the room, but the two people who were supposed to be inside were nowhere to be seen.

Li Yifan and Ah Hu!

It was indeed these two people who just appeared on the TV screen.

The team members looked at each other head-on. Coach Xiangfeng ran over in a hurry, and after seeing the situation in the room, he roared with a livid face: "Two bastards!"

On the TV screen, the "two bastards" are wearing casual sportswear and baseball caps to cover half of their faces. It seems that they are very confident in the effect of their makeup, or they may be too focused on the ongoing game.The two looked solemn, pointing at the players on the field, whispering in low voices as if they were crying at home.The two of them in the audience were completely unaware that they had been captured in the live camera footage.

There was a commotion in the arena, and many spectators turned their heads to look for the two people who appeared on the big screen in the center of the court.Many sharp-eyed people were quietly approaching the two of them, and many of them were reporters with cameras.

The TV camera cut back to the game scene, but the Jiangcheng players in the room did not feel relieved by it.Imagining the scene where the two were besieged and intercepted by the reporters, many people couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

The only person in Coach Xiangfeng's room who could still calm down, he had quickly picked up the phone in the room when the TV screen switched back to the game.At this time, the players rang: Li Yifan is carrying a mobile phone!

The phone was connected, and Coach Xiangfeng's roar was quickly transmitted to the auditorium of the stadium through the radio waves.The two people in the auditorium looked around nervously, then quickly shifted, and quickly disappeared before the rushing reporters arrived.

Are they back?

never!

Change the position and continue to watch the game.After Li Yifan's playful smile on his face, Coach Xiangfeng told them to stay there and not move around. The reason was that leaving the field at this time was too eye-catching.

Watching a game live is completely different from watching a game on TV.And if you want to really observe your opponents, it is definitely not enough to rely on live TV.Therefore, even if Li Yifan and Ahu violated the team rules, they had to go to the scene to watch the game.

And how could these Xiangfeng coaches not know?So although he was in a rage, he still pushed the boat along the way to satisfy their wishes.

The game on the court will not be affected by two more people in the stands.Both sides of the game are working hard to win this crucial game.The US team is the favorite to win the championship; the Spanish team has always been regarded as the biggest opponent of the US team to win the championship.When these two teams meet, it's impossible not to have an intense game.Although this encounter was not in the final final, the game did not reduce the audience's attention to this game at all.In the eyes of everyone, this is the contest between the two strongest teams in the Invitational Tournament, and this is the collision of Mars and Earth in the Invitational Tournament.

Both sides of the game on the court showed the strength in line with their reputation, and the intensity of the game was indeed as people expected before the game.

The Spanish team is still strong, and the American team's offense is of course very strong, but their offensive methods seem to be stretched in front of the Spanish team's defense.

The same situation of offensive and defensive translocations also appeared on the two teams.

The difference lies in their defense. The US team's defense is no less than that of the Spanish team, which is known for its defense.When the offense and defense were switched, Spain's offense was also stretched in front of their defense.

In this invitational tournament, not only the Jiangcheng team has made great progress, but the US team has also improved their lineup in the game.

When the defense of both sides is extremely good, it will never be easy to score goals, and the score will never rise very quickly.

At the end of the first half, the score on the field was 44:44, and the two sides tied. 44 points.

But it didn't matter that there were cheers one after another in the gymnasium, the enthusiastic audience and the warm atmosphere. As spectators, Ahu and Li Yifan in the auditorium saw the enthusiasm of the fans for the first time.

Just when people thought that the stalemate game would be decided at the last moment, the situation changed suddenly at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The main striker of the Spanish team was replaced after two consecutive fouls. The other players of the Spanish team also It seemed that he lost his touch all of a sudden, and then missed several shots in a row.The US team took the opportunity to set off a frenzy of attack after two consecutive three-pointers.The Spanish team's defensive rhythm was slightly chaotic in two consecutive three-pointers on the back line. The American forward with super personal ability seized the opportunity to break through several times in a row, taking advantage of the momentum to expand the score.

Within 2 minutes, the US team hit a 16:2 climax.

In just 2 minutes, the offense and defense of the two sides only changed a few times. The drastic changes made it too late for the US team to blink a few more times.

In the stands, Li Yifan and Ahu saw fear in each other's eyes at the same time!

Terrible, this may be the only mistake made by the Spanish team in the whole game, but this time the US team made them completely unable to turn over.

What a terrible American team!

In the ensuing game, the Spanish team fought back crazily, but the strong personal abilities of the US team players began to show, and the Spanish team could not turn around at the end of the game.When the whistle sounded, the score was fixed at 104:82, and the US team won the game with a huge advantage of 22 points.

This is the worst game the Spanish team lost in this invitational tournament, but it should also be a game they lost convincingly, because their opponents indeed defeated them in a contest of strength.

At the end of the game, some people have started to leave the field, while others are still celebrating their victory inside.Ahu and Li Yifan walked out of the stadium amidst the crowd.But when they set foot on the square outside the gymnasium, microphones suddenly stretched out in front of them, and reporters carrying cameras or holding microphones suddenly appeared in front of them as if they had sprung from the ground. There were eastern faces and western faces. face.

The sudden appearance of the reporters made Ah Hu a little nervous, and he looked around in the crowd looking for the direction to break through.And his companion, Li Yifan beside him, this guy who doesn't know whether he is alive or not, faces the camera and shows his bright smile like an idiot.The reporters seemed to be encouraged by his smile, and one by one desperately stretched the microphone forward, almost stuffing the microphone into his mouth.At this time, the dull boy seemed to feel that the situation was a bit troublesome, but at this time they were completely surrounded.

After the reporters were chaotic for a while, the scene calmed down a little. The cameras were aimed at the interviewees, and the reporters started scrambling to ask questions.While looking around, Ah Hu responded without saying a word.Li Yifan, who upholds a gentlemanly demeanor, does not answer any reporter's questions except for smiling at this time.

He's just slow to the world, not an idiot!

However, the reporters did not give up the interview opportunity because of this, and they rushed to ask one question after another, although neither of the two interviewees really answered.

The reporter's question was: "After watching this game, what do you think of the US team's strength? Does it make you feel depressed to meet the US team in the semi-finals or the final? How much do you think the Jiangcheng team has the possibility of winning?"

Li Yifan grabbed the microphone that the reporter stretched out in front of him, and Li Yifan replied with a smile: "I don't know, I will do my best."

"However, since we have created a miracle, we are not afraid to do it again."

There was an uproar at the scene, and many reporters were momentarily stunned.Ah Hu quickly seized the opportunity and rushed out of the encirclement.A thunderous car stopped abruptly on the side of the road, the door opened, Coach Xiangfeng jumped out of the car, grabbed two people and pushed them into the car door, and he got in too.The car started, and disappeared in the blink of an eye from everyone's sight.

In the car, Coach Xiangfeng kept his face green and said nothing, while Ahu and Li Yifan kept their heads down and dared not look up.Back at the hotel, the two obediently followed Coach Xiangfeng back to the room.Heads popped up quietly at the door of other rooms, watching the two of them enter Coach Xiangfeng's room with sympathetic expressions.

"Bang!" Coach Xiangfeng's room door slammed shut, and Coach Xiangfeng's roar came from inside the room.

The heads at the door of each room looked at each other, and a chill flashed in their eyes at the same time.By coincidence, several heads retracted to the door at the same time.

After a while, Coach Xiangfeng's room door opened, and two dejected figures walked out.

Returning to the room with their heads down, the two of them looked at each other, and neither of them had any dejected expressions on their faces. "Puchi!" The two laughed at the same time.

It seems that Coach Xiangfeng's half-day saliva was wasted!

.......

After turning off the computer and stretching my waist, the feeling of tiredness in my body has not disappeared yet.Looking back at Li Yifan on the bed, he was still soundly asleep.From the past history, the more exhausted Li Yifan was, the longer Li Yifan slept, and it was usually difficult to wake him up before the time.This is the first time he went back to the hotel and fell asleep.

Today's game is indeed too difficult!

Behind the unbelievable glory of the players on the court is the unimaginable exhaustion of the audience, and Li Yifan, who is the core of the team and undertakes the pivotal task, consumes more than other players in the main lineup, both physically and mentally!

But Ah Hu didn't worry about him.During the training of the Jiangcheng team, he was so tired that he almost crawled back to the dormitory more than once, but he was still alive and well the next day; in the high school league, he fell asleep in the car before leaving the gymnasium, and he was still alive and kicking to play the game the next day .Now there is a full day before the next match, and Ah Hu fully believes that Li Yifan will be back to his best condition by then.

Sometimes he couldn't help being jealous of Li Yifan's mantis-like vitality.

Looking at the time, it was almost time for a reporter to knock on the door.He grabbed the loose undershirt on the chair and put it over the vest, rearranged his appearance a little in front of the mirror, Ahu was ready to welcome the interruptions from the reporters.

In Coach Xiangfeng's room.

The spotlight flashed, the camera was aligned, and three microphones were raised in front of Coach Xiangfeng at the same time, it was like a small press conference.The subject of the interview, Coach Xiangfeng, was still the one on the court. He took off his outer suit and left his shirt and tie, with a gentle smile and a refined temperament.

(End of this chapter)