basketball hero

Chapter 42 The Contest Between Former Teammates

After easily defeating Yamajo No. 4 Squadron, Yuezhou No. 2 Squadron has secured a place in the top 1 ahead of schedule, waiting for their opponents in the semifinals.After waiting for a week, as the basketball team of Nanming Middle School defeated the basketball team of Haibin Middle School with a total score of [-]:[-], the opponents of the semi-finals finally surfaced.The Nanming Middle School team will compete with the Yuezhou No. [-] Middle School basketball team for tickets to the final.

When he learned that the opponent in the semi-finals was the Nanming Middle School team, Li Jianwu jumped up and down to tell Ying Xiong the news.Obviously, he was thrilled with the result.

"Bear, did you know that the semi-final match is coming!" Li Jianwu said excitedly.

"Oh, who are we going to fight?" Ying Xiong said calmly.

"It's Nanming Middle School, it's actually Nanming Middle School, big bear, what a coincidence!" Li Jianwu was extremely excited, waving his arms all the time.

There was no expression of excitement on Ying Xiong's face at all, which formed a sharp contrast with Li Jianwu's expression. He said lightly, "Oh, so what, do you want to release water?"

Li Jianwu did not expect that Ying Xiong was not as excited as he expected when he heard the news, and he was a little puzzled: "Big bear, of course I won't let the water go. How exciting it is to play against the hometown team! By the way, These two guys, Yuan Bao and Moldy Tofu, are now in Nanming Middle School, and it's exciting to be able to compete with them!"

Ying Xiong is still very calm: "I just want to take a good rest now. Whether the opponent is Nanming Middle School or other schools, I don't care if I have former teammates or not. They are my opponents on the court. I want to win as soon as I play. .”

Li Jianwu was a little disappointed, he thought that Ying Xiong would be as happy as him!He felt that sometimes he could not understand Ying Xiong.

The first game of the semi-finals was played in the basketball hall of Yuezhou No. [-] Middle School.Due to the outstanding performance of the Yuezhou No. [-] Squadron in the round robin, with a record of complete victories and a very high net score, it has an undisputed home court advantage over all other knockout opponents.

The Nanming Middle School team is a veteran team with a tough style of play and a tough style of play. It is a team that most teams are reluctant to meet.Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu were originally good basketball players that Nanming Middle School planned to recommend. Unexpectedly, one was specially recruited by Yuezhou No. [-] Middle School, and the other gave up the qualification to be recommended by Nanming Middle School.The "Yuanbao" Li Jianwu said was originally named Yuan Baoming and was the main striker of the Lingchuan Middle School team; the other "Moldy Tofu" was originally named Ru Fu and was also the main striker of the Lingchuan Middle School team.Together with Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu, these two are the main players of the Lingchuan Middle School basketball team.Originally, at most one of them was recommended, but Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu were not recommended, so it was their turn.

During shooting practice before the game, Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu walked to the visiting team's shooting practice area in the other half to say hello to their old teammates.

"Captain, Jianwu!" "Yuanbao" and "Moldy Tofu" greeted Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu with a smile when they saw Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu coming over.

"'Yuan Bao', you are getting stronger and stronger now! Have you got a girlfriend?" Li Jianwu grinned, punched Yuan Baoming, and teased with a smile.

Yuan Baoming grinned and said, "Practice, I don't have a girlfriend. With my appearance, it's quite difficult to find a girlfriend. I'm not a handsome guy like the captain, he's very attractive."

Ying Xiong spread his hands and said, "I don't have a girlfriend, I've been single for more than ten years!"

"Yuanbao" and "Moldy Tofu" laughed.

Yuan Baoming looked at Ying Xiong in surprise, with an unbelievable expression on his face: "Captain, when I met you at the Lingchuan Middle School station last time, you were around 178, how come you are taller than me now, it's amazing! "

Yuan Baoming's height is 182cm, while Yingxiong's height has reached 187cm at this time.

Ying Xiong smiled and said, "Yuan Bao, will you be the one to defend me?"

Yuan Baoming smiled awkwardly: "Maybe, I don't dare to reveal the coach's tactics, or I will be scolded by him."

Li Jianwu said indifferently: "It's so mysterious, you don't want to talk about it, Yuan Bao, you are too timid! You really went to high school, and you are still exactly the same as before."

"Moldy tofu" Ru Fu said: "With the current size of the captain, neither Yuan Bao nor I can defend against it. We don't want to defend the captain either, or it will be embarrassing if we get blown up."

Ying Xiong said bluntly: "Brothers, I won't release water, so let's wait and go all out!"

"Yuanbao" and "Moldy Tofu" smiled and nodded together, but the smiles were somewhat forced.

Ying Xiong suddenly laughed, then patted the two of them on the shoulders and said, "Don't worry, you don't have much chance to defend against me, and you don't have much chance to defend against Fat Tiger, because we are—substitutes!" After speaking, he nodded with a smile He walked towards his team's half without looking back, and Li Jianwu hurriedly followed.

"Ah—" Both of them opened their mouths wide in surprise.From the two of them's point of view, Ying Xiong, a former captain who was taller than himself, couldn't start in the Yuezhou No. [-] Squadron?Could it be that the Yuezhou No. [-] Squadron is already so strong?

Back in their own half, Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu planned to take a few more warm-up shots, but Zhang Rui, not far away, said to Wang Jianfeng angrily: "Some people get close to their opponents before the game starts, Jianfeng, this kind of person what is it call?"

Wang Jianfeng replied cooperatively: "A traitor!"

The conversation between Zhang Rui and Wang Jianfeng naturally reached the ears of Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu.Whether it was deliberately told to them or not, they really heard it.Moreover, the people Zhang Rui pointed at were naturally Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu.

"Who are you calling a traitor?" Li Jianwu usually smiled in front of Ying Xiong like an idiot, but he was not someone who would let others laugh at him. He was angrily preparing to argue with Wang Jianfeng.

Ying Xiong grabbed Li Jianwu and stared at Wang Jianfeng and Zhang Rui coldly.

Wang Jianfeng didn't dare to look at Yingxiong, moved his body slightly, and stood behind Zhang Rui.Zhang Rui looked directly at Ying Xiong, his eyes full of hostility.

Ying Xiong sneered and said: "The two over there, take care of yourself, don't worry about others, don't dig a big hole later and let us fill it!"

Zhang Rui was so angry that he clenched his fists tightly, but he couldn't refute, because what the other party said was indeed true.Facing the strong counterattacks of Yingxiong and Li Jianwu, Wang Jianfeng was a little bit weak, let alone confident.

Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu stopped talking to Zhang Rui and the others, left the shooting practice field and returned to the rest area.Here Zhang Rui glared at Wang Jianfeng angrily, and complained: "They said you, why are you silent?"

Wang Jianfeng swallowed and said, "You didn't see Ying Xiong's eyes just now, as if he was going to eat people. We may not be able to beat them, so I didn't dare to provoke them again just now!"

Zhang Rui bit his lips angrily and said, "Damn, I usually invite you to eat and drink, but I can't rely on you to do something!"

Wang Jianfeng didn't dare to talk back, so he could only pretend he didn't hear, and looked elsewhere in embarrassment.

After a while, the game kicked off amidst the shouts of the audience.

Although the Nanming Middle School team does not have anyone with super personal ability, they win because of their tough style of play, tacit teamwork, and a very good overall combat effectiveness.Playing against such a team, if it is not superior in strength, is destined to be a tough battle.

On the bench of Yuezhou No. [-] Squadron, Li Jianwu was still brooding over Wang Jianfeng's statement that he and Ying Xiong were "traitors".From his expression, it is enough to see how angry he is.

The competition between the two sides on the field was very fierce, and the scene was also very noisy. Ying Xiong leaned into Li Jianwu's ear and said lightly: "It's up to him whether a traitor is a traitor or not. What to do with their kind of rubbish, there will be opportunities to deal with them in the future."

Li Jianwu nodded, his complexion improved.If Ying Xiong hadn't stopped him just now, he might really have rushed to beat Wang Jianfeng.

Both sides on the court come and go, and the score is also very anxious.But after 3 minutes, I don't know if it was not used to the opponent's defensive strength, the Yuezhou No. [-] Squadron began to make more mistakes.The Nanming Middle School team seized the opportunity and played a few counterattacks, and the score opened up in an instant.

The overall strength of the starting lineup of Yuezhou No. [-] Squadron ranks very high among the high school basketball teams in the entire Yuezhou area.Although in the previous round-robin games, the performance of the substitutes was even more amazing, but the talents and abilities of the starting lineup are still there.As long as they play normally, most teams can't stand it.However, this lineup has a fatal weakness of being afraid of physical confrontation. As long as the opponent's style of play is tough and aggressive, it is easy to lose rhythm and feel. ——This is also why in the round robin, the starting lineup of the Yuezhou No. [-] Squadron will lose standards and get stuck in the mud when facing the Yuezhou team, which is not as strong as itself but has a tough style of play.And today's opponent, the Nanming Middle School team, is also the same type of opponent as the Yuezhi team, with even better offense and stronger overall strength.

On the offensive end, the Nanming High School team has no advantage over their opponents, but fortunately, the team is purely cooperative, and they play neatly and rarely make mistakes. On the defensive end, the Nanming High School team is very tough.Whether it is [-]-[-] floor ball scrambling, or rebounding, single defense, flanking, they all convey a message-I am not afraid of you!I want to win you!Being tough and working hard is the label of Nanming Middle School, and it is also their biggest characteristic.For them, I may not be as strong as you, but I will never shrink back, and I will never be afraid.

Seven minutes passed, and it took only a few minutes for the Yuezhou No. 7 Squadron to go from feeling hot at the beginning to falling into the ice cellar.The tough physical confrontation brought about a rapid loss of physical strength.The decline in physical fitness naturally leads to unstable hand feeling.And the score at this time is also very consistent with the situation on the field-12:6, the score of the favorite Yuezhou No. [-] Middle School is only half of that of the opponent!
The home audience was distraught, but there was nothing they could do.The scene was very quiet, and everyone seemed to be expecting something.The jerseys of the starting players of Yuezhou No. [-] Middle School were soaked. Today's opponent was completely different from the previous round of Yamajo No. [-] Middle School. The intensity of confrontation was more than one level higher.

(End of this chapter)