I have a lot of skills in the NBA

Chapter 9 The quarterfinals are out, against Zhong Yuan

In the next few days, there will be no competitions from No. [-] High School, but other competitions are still going on in an orderly manner and in full swing.

In the round of [-], No. [-] Middle School defeated Guangming Middle School and entered the quarterfinals first. The remaining [-] teams competed for the other seven places in the quarterfinals in the next few days.

As the game progressed, the top eight list will be released soon.The news quickly spread throughout the major high schools, and No. [-] Middle School was no exception. The players knew the news early through various channels.

As the coach, Chen Wei not only knew the result of the game, but also got a detailed game data.

Chen Wei couldn't help frowning as he looked at the data in his hand.

The top eight are No. [-] Middle School, Shengshi, Panyu, Yuyan, Zhongyuan, Dongguan No. [-] Middle School, Zhanjiang No. [-] Middle School, and Shishan High School.Of these eight teams, Yuhe Province, needless to say, the traditional strong teams are strong contenders for the championship every year, and this year is no exception, with exceptionally strong strength.

In addition, Zhongyuan Middle School is not weak. Driven by the three star players Zhang Yang, Li Hui, and Xu Ping, the team is getting better and better. Yuyan has high morale and strong combat power. He is regarded as the biggest dark horse to win the championship this year.

With the passage of time, No. [-] Middle School finally ushered in their second game in the provincial league, against Zhongyuan Middle School.

The opponent in the quarter-finals of No. [-] Middle School is Zhongyuan Middle School, and the venue of the match is still the basketball gymnasium of the high school of Panyu Middle School.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, players, coaches and referees from both sides came to the arena early. The arena, which originally accommodated more than 2000 people, was already full of enthusiastic students.

Although the level of the high school league is relatively immature and far inferior to the domestic high-level professional league, the enthusiasm for basketball shown by the students is so pure.

The strength of the opponent Zhongyuan Middle School in the quarter-finals is not very strong, and the mentality of the players in the second middle school is also very relaxed.

Walking into the stadium, Tao Zhixiong glanced back and forth at the players of Zhongyuan Middle School. He seemed to think of something funny, laughed out loud, and said disdainfully: "Last year, Zhongyuan Middle School lost to Guangming Middle School in the first round of the league. I heard that Zhang Zibo scored 28 points by himself, which made Zhongyuan Middle School miserable."

Teammate Zhang Long Hanhan echoed: "We defeated the upgraded version of Guangming Middle School some time ago. The Guangming Middle School with Zhou Tianyu is even stronger, and it's not that we were pulled down by us in the end."

"Okay, everyone must play well in this competition. The competition system is very cruel. If you lose, you will be eliminated, so everyone must not take it lightly."

"If anyone doesn't play well on the court, I will let him sit on the bench for the whole court." Coach Chen Wei said to the players with a serious expression.

"Okay, I got it, coach, you are too careful!" Some players muttered, and everyone obviously didn't take Zhongyuan Middle School too seriously.

Chen Wei frowned immediately after hearing this. Although he was not satisfied with the attitude of his players, he thought that Zhongyuan Middle School really had no strong point, so he simply arranged the tactics and didn't emphasize anything else.

With the whistle of the referee, the game began, and the starting players of both sides entered the field.

The starting players of No. [-] Middle School: center, Li Tiezhu; power forward, Zhang Zhibin; small forward, Wu Qian; shooting guard, Tao Zhixiong; point guard, Ye Fan.

Zhong Yuan's starting list: center, Li Hui; power forward, Ke Jie; small forward, Xu Ping; shooting guard, Zhang Yang; point guard, Li Minghao.

Li Yang could only sit on the bench. Looking at the five players on the field at this moment, he felt a little hopeful in his heart. Although the last strong explosion, his performance was a blast.

Everything on the court speaks for itself with strength, and being super-superior in a game doesn't mean much, but at least it can prove that he is possible.

But he also knows that he can only shoot a three-pointer with one hand at present. Although the dribble breakthrough has improved a lot, it still can't play a role.

Therefore, his current performance alone is not enough to impress the coach and let him start directly.Moreover, I am playing shooting guard, and there is still a big mountain in the way. It is a bit difficult to kick Tao Zhixiong's position in one go.

However, Chen Wei had other arrangements for him, and asked him to be the team's best sixth man and lead the substitute players to play during the starting break, so it was difficult to advance in the first quarter.

To put it bluntly, Li Yang's ability can be used as a starter, but Chen Wei also has his own considerations.

Li Yang is an offensive player, and he is a shooter-oriented player. His ability to break through with the ball, rebounding ability, and passing ability are not outstanding.His greatest contribution to the team is scoring, and this determines that he must have many shots.

If it is in the starting lineup, Li Yang's more shots will inevitably take up the shots of Li Tiezhu and Wu Qian. Although three scorers on the court can make the team's offense more varied and more selective.But to some extent, it will reduce efficiency.

There is only so much time in one quarter, and if you take too many shots alone, the number of shots for others will inevitably decrease.

In this way, many times one person attacks, and the other two can only watch.It's okay if that person's offensive efficiency is high, but if the hand feels bad and the offensive efficiency is not high, then it will be troublesome.

Therefore, Chen Wei decided to let Li Yang be the team's best sixth man, and play with a substitute lineup when starting off, fully releasing his scoring ability.

In this lineup, Li Yang is the core, with unlimited firepower!

The game begins with players on both sides preparing to jump the ball.Li Tiezhu, the center of No. [-] Middle School, and Li Hui, the center of Zhongyuan Middle School, stood on both sides of each other, ready to go. When the whistle sounded, the two immediately took off.Since Zhongyuan's center Li Hui is less than two meters tall and his jumping speed is not as good as Li Tiezhu's, Li Tiezhu easily got the ball.Li Tiezhu patted the ball into the hands of point guard Ye Fan.

Ye Fan took a deep breath, calmed down a little bit of excitement, quickly pushed the ball to the front court, looked at the position of his teammates, and passed the ball directly to small forward Wu Qian. Wu Qian made a fake breakthrough, and suddenly passed the ball with a high lob to Li Tiezhu who was already stuck in the basket.

Li Tiezhu held the ball with his back, leaned against Zhongyuan's center Li Hui, lowered his center of gravity, patted it, squeezed in with his strong body, pouted his buttocks, and immediately squeezed Li Hui away, then turned around, faced the basket, plucked the green onion from dry land, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

At this time, the audience cheered, and Zhang Long jumped up excitedly from the bench of No. [-] Middle School, waving the towel vigorously with his right hand!

Due to age, height, and jumping limitations in the high school league, few people can complete such a violent dunk in the game.Unexpectedly, the big center of No. [-] Middle School actually dunked with both hands as soon as he came up.

The atmosphere of the audience was immediately ignited, and the students of No. [-] Middle School in the auditorium began to shout Li Tiezhu's name in unison.

However, there was no panic at Zhongyuan Middle School, after all, their inside line was already weak.What they rely on along the way is not the inside line, but their strong outside three-point firepower.

While all the fans were still immersed in the domineering dunk of No. [-] Li Tiezhu, Zhong Yuan quickly served the ball from the backcourt and rushed to the frontcourt. The shooting guard Zhang Yang signaled the center Li Hui to step forward to do a pick-and-roll.

Taking advantage of the small space separated by his teammates' pick-and-roll, Zhang Yang directly took off and shot a three-pointer. The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and entered the net hollowly.Zhongyuan Middle School responded directly and forcefully with an answer ball, and Zhongyuan took the lead by one point in an instant.

"It seems that Zhongyuan has improved a lot this year! He is indeed the dark horse of this year!" Chen Wei sighed as he looked at Zhang Yang with his arms raised high.But just relying on the outside line, how long can you last? After the outside line hit rate is down, let's see what methods you can come up with to resist our offensive! "Second Middle School coach Chen Wei sat on the sidelines confidently.

However, what Chen Wei didn't know was that the league has now entered the era of small ball, and the outside three-pointer is getting more and more attention, while the role of the inside line is slowly weakening.

When the team does not have a burly center on the court, the rotation of the players and the high-speed movement of the ball create opportunities for open shots and score more quickly, allowing the team to have a stronger impact in a short period of time.

As a result, the traditional half-court offense and defense and the center-centered style of play were completely subverted, and fast breaks and three-pointers became the weapons a team relied on most.

The possession of the ball is switched, and the second center serves in the backcourt.The ball came to Tao Zhixiong again. Tao Zhixiong faked a shot and feinted a shot, but Zhongyuan Li Minghao, who was defending him, was not fooled.

Seeing this, Tao Zhixiong did not hesitate to start it directly, rushing in like lightning.Li Minghao didn't lose his position, he was always beside Tao Zhixiong tightly.

Due to the obvious physical gap, he couldn't rely on Tao Zhixiong, who was more than ten centimeters taller than him. Tao Zhixiong suddenly retreated, and then jumped up directly, opening his hands to shoot a jumper.

At this time, it was impossible for Li Minghao to block the shot again, but he still did not give up, and still jumped up desperately, but unfortunately his fingertips flew into the air, and he could only look desperately at Tao Zhixiong's triumphant throw of the ball.

Who would have thought that the force of the shot was a little stronger, it hit the back edge of the basket, and bounced high.

The moment the ball bounced off the basket, Li Tiezhu leaped high, grabbed the ball in his hand, and then pushed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Boom!" Li Tiezhu's strong force tore the basket, almost deformed and crumbling.No. [-] Middle School has overtaken again.

"Very good. This is the way to play." Chen Wei encouraged loudly from the sidelines excitedly.

Defensive transition, here Zhongyuan center Hu Zhiqiang directly turned around after receiving the ball at the basket and hit two points with a small hook.

In the next few rounds, the two sides will come and go, each showing their talents and gaining from each other.

Throughout the first quarter, Zhongyuan Middle School made three of four outside three-pointers, and center Li Hui pulled out to make two mid-range shots. With a super high shooting rate, he successfully bit the score.

At the end of the first quarter, Zhong Yuan was only three points behind at 20:23. The plot was not as Tao Zhixiong boasted, and the second middle school easily beat the opponent!
(End of this chapter)