zero second lore

Chapter 243 The Hesitant Center

On the third day of the East China competition, after a day of rest, the second round of the group stage was rekindled. After the first round, each team won half and lost half, with mixed results.

The second round is basically when the fate of each team is determined. Once losing two games in a row, it means that they will definitely be eliminated in the group stage. full strength.

Huifu Middle School faced such pressure. The first loss to host Xuhui Mofan was expected and planned by Wang Minqi.

But there are two things beyond his plan. One is the state of the team center Xie Gezhi. In the first game, his unnecessary foul in the first half made Wang Minqi very angry. A means to come down and rest yourself.

Therefore, annoyed, he didn't give Xie Gezhi 1 minute of playing time in the second half, which indirectly caused Chen Li to be sent off for too many fouls in the second half.

Second, it was unexpected that Lizhong could beat Ninth Middle School to win the first round.Before this game, although I heard about Lizhong’s dark horse trip, Wang Minqi has coached the team for more than 20 years. In national high school competitions like the NHBA, dark horses will appear every year.

However, in Wang Minqi's view, those so-called dark horses do not deserve special attention unless they are in the national competition.

In the national competition last year, Huifu Middle School suffered from a dark horse and was defeated by the team led by Fan Yize, because no one could stop Fan Yize.

After defeating No. [-] Middle School in Lizhong, Wang Minqi realized that they were probably the second Guiyang No. [-] Experimental Middle School.

Therefore, on yesterday's rest day, Wang Minqi extended the team's training time, but there was still no Xie Gezhi on the training ground.

Today, when the starting players of both sides stood on the field, Xie Gezhi still did not appear. He sat on the bench with a dignified face. He was replaced by the substitute center No. 10 Lou Pulin, who was 1 meters tall. Lost to Lizhong in terms of interior height.

Today's match was held in the morning, and the match between No. [-] Middle School and Xuhui Mofan was scheduled for the afternoon, so there were obviously not as many spectators in the arena in the morning as yesterday.

Before the game, Gao Jing and Wang Minqi shook hands, but they were not familiar with each other.Unlike other strong teams that are full of peaches and plums, Wang Minqi and his Huifu have always formed their own school and become a small kingdom in Zhejiang.

He had little communication with those tactical masters of the North-South faction, and none of his students taught in other schools. His maverick always gave Huifu a unique color.

The game started with Lou Pulin and Wang Yourong scrambling for the ball. Lou Pulin, who is only 199 in height, is obviously not Wang Yourong's opponent. Big Nai pushed the ball into Lu Yuan's hands.

Lizhong felt nervous. Lu Yuan was always unreliable at the beginning of the game. He was a typical slow player. When he got the ball at the beginning, his own players and coaches were more nervous than anyone else. I don't know what new skills this guy has.

This time, Lu Yuan didn't pass the ball, but dribbled the ball alone through the half court, and then under the cover of Wang Yourong, he suddenly accelerated from the middle and went straight to the basket!

Huifu Middle School was caught off guard, and saw a white lightning go straight into the basket, bounced up suddenly, and succeeded in smashing and dunking with one hand!

The audience at the scene didn't even react, the game had just started, and some people hadn't even taken their seats yet, Lu Yuan scored the first point with a lightning-fast dunk.

This was not the tactic that Gao Jing arranged at the beginning. Lu Yuan's offense was completely dependent on his own judgment, because he didn't see Xie Gezhi, and felt that Huifu's interior defense must be relatively empty, so he could steal one at the beginning.

Unexpectedly, it was so easy to steal. After scoring the goal, Lu Yuan and Wang Yourong clapped hands, happily thinking of a monkey who stole a peach.

"Amazing physical talent, as well as an amazing offensive sense, I don't know if Lizhong's coach can make good use of him."

Seeing this goal, Wang Minqi on the sidelines marveled at Lu Yuan's offensive talent. Wang Minqi watched the whole game from the sidelines. He had a deep impression on Lu Yuan because he found that this kid was very good at finding and discovering the opponent's defensive loopholes. Take advantage of it.

This makes his goals always look easy and natural, although there is an element of this guy's physical fitness.

However, in that game, Lu Yuan didn't have many opportunities to perform on the offensive end, except for the amazing hand-changing layup in the first half. This made Wang Minqi doubt whether Gao Jing could make good use of Lu Yuan's talent, especially his offensive sense. Not any player can have.

The last player Wang Minqi saw with such an offensive sense was Mao Zhiyuan, a "hairy man" who he unearthed from the hills of Zhejiang. pass the ball.

After leading the team to play an amazing year, Mao Zhiyuan quickly fell after graduation, because his height stopped growing in high school, which made him unable to play as a center in higher-level leagues, while other positions were based on his technical characteristics. Incompetent, and eventually lost everyone.

Afterwards, he was always looking for the next Mao Zhiyuan, but no such sharp big man appeared in his field of vision, but this Lu Yuan made him feel some shadows of Mao Zhiyuan, but the positions of the two were completely different.

Huifu's counterattack came quickly, Sun Li quickly dribbled the ball across the half court, then Lou Pulin received the ball in a high position to support, Sun Li cut to the inside, Lou Pulin passed the ball to Chen Li on the wing, Chen Li passed the ball inside, After receiving the ball, Sun Li made a quick turnaround and made a throw from the baseline.

Sun Li is one inch tall. He is 182cm tall and has strong upper limbs. His speed is not fast, but his hand skills are excellent.Many people despise him because of his slightly mediocre speed and explosive power, but he is often pierced by his precise jumper.

The other Li, Chen Li, like Sun Li, has mediocre speed and bounce, but his jump shot is extremely accurate and has a very large shooting range. Any team with these two players, Can be a strong team.

But to become a championship-level team, Wang Minqi knew that a core like Mao Zhiyuan was still missing. He looked at Xie Gezhi who was sitting on the bench with a sad face. He was once the hope in his heart.

Although he is not as talented as Mao Zhiyuan on the offensive end, he has stronger defensive ability and better physical fitness. In the first year of high school, he was as famous as those famous insiders, but now he can only sit on the bench watch the battle.

At this time, Lu Yuan scored again. He and Bai Ye completed a pass and cut cooperation. They faked Lou Pulin in the paint and succeeded in a backhand layup.

Lu Yuan knew how to use feints, this kid has changed from being one-sided in the past to being blocked at both ends now.

Lu Yuan, who scored two goals in a row, exposed an important problem of Huifu Middle School - their lack of protection inside, which was easily penetrated by Bai Ye's pass and Lu Yuan's air cut.

Indeed, in the absence of Xie Gezhi, relying only on Lou Pulin and Chen Li, these two slow and undersized insiders, it is really a big problem to assist in defense and make up for leaks.

Moreover, Lizhong's style of play was completely different from Xuhui's savage attack in the previous game, and the Huifu players were not used to it; while Huifu's style of play was very similar to that of Ninth Middle School, so Lizhong played very smoothly.

Huifu continued to rely on jump shots to score points, but his hit rate was limited. However, Lizhong Luyuan made a lot of air cuts in the paint. Running according to my own feelings, I found many loopholes in the opponent's defense.

Lu Yuan, who had a mediocre offensive performance in the last game, scored consecutively at the beginning of the game today. After nearly 10 minutes of the game, Lu Yuan has already scored 11 points. Except for one of two free throws, the other points were all from the air. Cutting and fast break, which makes his offensive efficiency amazingly high.

Wang Minqi had to call a timeout twice. Now everyone understands that Lizhong is not just a dark horse, but a well-trained team with clear tactics and outstanding talents.Strong teams like Ninth Middle School and Huifu fell into a disadvantage in the match against Lizhong. This cutting-edge team is gradually attracting the attention of the public.

But Huifu obviously didn't plan to disarm early. Wang Minqi knew what the problem was. He knew that the loss in the last game and his decision to abandon Xie Gezhi hurt the team's morale, but he didn't seem ready. To correct this mistake, this old man has been the coach of Huifu for 20 years, and his temper has become very stubborn.

But things are not without a turnaround, unless Xie Gezhi takes the initiative to propose to Wang Minqi that he wants to play, Wang Minqi may think about it.

But Xie Gezhi's personality is completely different from people like Lu Yuan. Like many big men, he is shy and introverted, and feels inferior because of his appearance. At the same time, he is very afraid of Wang Minqi, because since entering Huifu Middle School, this The coach hardly ever praised himself.

After being injured in the second year of high school, he blamed himself abnormally and became more timid and cautious at the same time. In the game the day before yesterday, he was indeed fouled out because he was afraid of being injured again.

Unexpectedly, after being caught by Wang Minqi, he has never played again until today. He watched the team lose the last game, and the morale of the team was low in this game, and they were beaten by unknown opponents.

He felt resentful and very helpless. He was afraid of Wang Minqi, the vulture and his vicious eyes. From the day before yesterday's game to now, he didn't even dare to say a word to the coach, not even an explanation.

He has been bored until now. During the timeout, he hesitated whether to tell the coach that he wanted to play, but Wang Minqi never looked at him. When the timeout was over, he still didn't dare to speak and sat back on the bench resentfully.

At this time, the score on the court was 20:15, and the leader in Lizhong returned to the auxiliary team by 5 points. Xie Gezhi squeezed his fists, thinking that if the point difference was even bigger, he would take the initiative to seek a fight.

But how big is big enough?When he is old enough, will he still have time to play?

(End of this chapter)