you are all star

Chapter 73 Advancing to the Finals

Because Louis was worried about over-training his son, his whole body was still sore on Monday afternoon. His muscles were too tense, and he didn't recover. As a result, his body was inflexible. It would be a bad thing at that time.

Therefore, Louis originally wanted to punish his son for a repeat or dribble through him for a layup. Based on this consideration, his wife, Nuana, did not make a sound to stop her from training her son, but she felt sorry for her a long time ago. Therefore, Louis decided to be extra merciful, taking his wife and son to go shopping and buy Neil’s daily necessities and food. Even though the family was not well off, for Louis and Nuana, the son was their No matter how much they pay, no matter how hard they work, they can't make him feel disappointed in this world, or even blame the injustice of fate, so that he can grow up physically and mentally.

It may be because of his parents being around, happy and happy, time flies so fast, and Monday will arrive in a blink of an eye, Neil also seems to have forgotten the things between him and Lavender and his teammates in his heart, and seems to have forgotten , forgave them.

Lavender also came home on Saturday morning, and sat cross-legged on the sofa with her puppy in her arms, thinking a lot about whether I was too childish and wayward. Neil was tired all day, and the competition also made him It's very annoying, if I'm not in the mood to appreciate the sunset carefully, maybe I'm too willful, but I also hope that he will not be so tired, and try to release all the pressure on the field in the beautiful sunset. Let him forget everything and enjoy that wonderful moment to the fullest, and he has been in the game for more than a month now, except for class and practice every day. I just look at it and want to care about him. I don't know me, what a fool, but he must feel uncomfortable when I treated him on Saturday, and I don't know how he is doing this weekend?
Lavender was worried and depressed every day, and spent two days that seemed like years to her, and it was quite a torment. Sometimes she even didn't think about food and tea, and from time to time she would lose her princess temper at her family members.

When the two days finally passed while she was counting the minutes and seconds, she could finally go back to school and cheer for Neil again, but her heart wanted to see him very much, but she didn't want to see him very much. Seeing him, she finally made up her mind amidst the endless entanglement in her heart. In the next games, she would no longer cheer for Neil, but asked her roommates to bring the cheerleaders to cheer for him.

On Monday afternoon, Louis and Nuana sent their son to the teaching building, and the couple went to his trainer, Marcus, and asked Neil if there was anything in terms of training and learning. Questions, or whether there is something about not listening to his instructions, but Marcus told the couple that he was very satisfied with Neil, his head was quite flexible, and his response was extremely fast, and he had a lot of ghost ideas. With a heart that can withstand failure and does not easily admit defeat, there is a tenacity in his body.

Parents heard what the teacher said, and said thank you to the teacher.

Marcus responded to them, that is, as parents, they have been educated well since childhood, so that their children have cultivated good qualities of hard work, optimism, self-confidence and bravery.

When Louis and Nuana asked Marcus if it was good about Neal's obsession with basketball since he was a child.

Marcus answered them in this way. It is good for him to like basketball. On the one hand, it is good for his health. On the other hand, it is because he is doing what he likes, so no matter how tired he is, No matter how much sweat he sweats, he is also happy. This may be the importance of dreams to a person.

After Louis and Nuana sat down in Marcus's office to learn about Neil's situation with him, they saw a teacher waiting outside the door, as if they wanted to find Marcus, the couple got up and said goodbye and left, saying that they Take a tour of the campus and go to cheer on my son in the afternoon.

Hearing what they said, Marcus suddenly felt very grateful. Guessing that the arrival of Neil's parents would definitely stimulate Neil's potential, he nodded happily at them after watching the game this afternoon, and then Louis and Nuana Smiling and walking out of Marcus's office.

A few hours passed like running water, and when the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Neil hurried to the gymnasium, saw his parents and teachers already there, greeted them, and began to warm up.

To Neil's surprise, they were all over ten minutes after school, and only the cheerleaders came. Lavender and teammates didn't come. In a few minutes, DePauw Middle School led by Peel, the relevant leaders of their school and us Relevant leaders of the school will also enter the arena, and there is a huge crowd at the moment, presumably today's game must have attracted a lot of attention, but if the teammates really don't come, the entire Wolves will lose face today, I think They should not stop coming, just wait.

The relevant leaders have arrived, and there are still 5 minutes before the game. Marcus and Neal are in a hurry, fidgeting back and forth, and Louis and Nuana hurriedly comfort them: "Wait a little longer, they should come."

When Peel saw the Wolves standing there alone with his parents and coaches, Pierre cast a disdainful look at him, and thought maliciously: "Neil, today I will be in front of your parents. In front of your teacher, in front of so many people, take back what you took away from me, and make them understand that I am a basketball genius."

When the host said that the game was about to start, and the Wolves, except Neil, hadn't come to participate, could they really have the heart for Neil to fight alone?I yelled at them on the radio.

The voice calling for them sounded on the radio. After they heard it, they also felt that there must be a misunderstanding on Friday afternoon. If Neil was left alone like this, it seemed nothing like the teammates who had fought together before. They should not bring their personal grievances to the court, they should be magnanimous, so they decided to put it down first, and let Neil explain it to them after the game, and then they rushed towards the stadium one by one. In the gymnasium, it was less than 1 minute before the start of the game.

Seeing them rushing towards them, Marcus and Neal felt less nervous and worried.

The teammates walked up to Marcus and Neal, bowed sincerely, and said sorry.

"It's okay, just come!"

Neil looked towards the cheerleaders, but he still couldn't see Lavender. His teammates followed Neil's gaze and looked in the direction of the cheerleaders. Seeing that Lavender didn't come, they seemed to see something.

When the whistles of the referees on both sides sounded quickly, the host announced the start of the game on the radio.

There was an uproar, screams, and applause in the audience.

Neil looked at his parents, Nuana and Louis stroking his head trustingly and smiling at him.

Afterwards, Neil walked into the midfield with four other starters arranged by Marcus. During the march of the five, Neal said sorry to them because of what happened on Friday, and they shook their heads at Neal.

Neil is still playing the center position, but Peale is not playing the center, but the guard, so they send Neil to jump the ball with Neil is a little shorter than Neal, but the wingspan is too long, although DePauw Middle School players are all tall It's not too high, but the overall strength is too strong, so they made great progress all the way to the quarter-finals.

Because of his superior jumping and height, Neil jumped the ball into the hands of his teammates.

The teammate who received Neil's jump ball quickly transferred the ball to the defender. The defender also saw that he was about to be defended by two people. He glanced at Neil and his teammates and saw that Neil was guarded by Peel, who was much shorter than him. Pass, Neil in the penalty area received the pass from his teammate, stared at Pierre, held the ball, kept one foot on the spot, and swayed the other foot with a large arc. Taking advantage of his height advantage, he directly made a pull-up jumper. Pierre hurriedly jumped up to intervene, but he had already made the shot. The ball passed over his head and entered the basket firmly.

Except for those sent by DePauw Middle School, everyone applauded for Neil and shouted his name loudly.

Seeing the goal scored, Neal hurried back to the backcourt and gave his teammates high-fives to congratulate.

As Pierre, who has always been competitive, how could he see Neil so rampant, facing him, and taking points abruptly, because he is a point guard, after receiving a pass from his teammate, he pushed forward against Neil's defense, and reached the three-point mark. There was still two meters from the point line, and one meter away from Neil. He forced a three-point shot against Neil, but the ball actually went in, and there was an uproar in the field.

Neil saw that he dared to shoot the ball just now. It seems that he had bad intentions today and even fought against the opponent, but I just didn't fall for it. You like to fight alone, but I will lead my teammates.

Neil stepped down and said to his teammates: "If you have a chance, just take the shot, be confident, and rest assured that I will have the rebound."

After hearing what he said, his teammates shot decisively after the ball rotated a few times. As a result, he snatched the second offensive rebound that he really didn't make.

But DePauw Middle School was not to be outdone. Seeing that Peale couldn’t defend Neal at all, he actively switched defenses and adjusted his tactics, allowing Peale to break through Neal for a layup, causing him to foul and win free throw opportunities. .

After Peel got the coach's tactical arrangement, and also saw that the Wolves led by four points, it should be like this.

But Marcus and Louis also arranged tactics for Neal's teammates. If they switch defenses, the point guard will try to pass the ball to Neal in the low post, and let Neal use the height difference to make a strong play. After the second offensive rebound, distribute it to other teammates on the outside who are not deadly guarded. Finally, if they still crack this trick, they will implement a pick-and-roll tactic, let Neal hit them hard, force them, and make them foul. In the end, but the premise is that other players have to share the burden for Neil first, and he can't make too many fouls, otherwise he may end up resting before he has used this trick. If this is the case, it will be difficult to win today.

After pausing to adjust tactics, the two teams took effect immediately. Peale dribbled the ball and forced his way into the penalty area. The purpose was to make Neal foul, but Neal let his teammates stick close to him and interfere with his shooting, but they still couldn't guard Peale and let him All kinds of scoring and leading the team to overtake the score, Neil had no choice but to stretch out a long arm to interfere with him from time to time, paying the price of fouls, in order to prevent them from increasing the score.

For every Peel foul on Neal, Neal's low post fouled their center twice.

In the final quarter of the game, Neil received two fouls, and both were called two plus one by Neil, but their center received four fouls, and they dared not attack Neil anymore, because they No bench players, five starters is all players.

And Marcus and Louis continued to let them play low, and let other players jump one from time to time, the purpose is to directly send off the opponent's center, and tell them: "Don't worry, don't worry, the score is very close, only two points Difference."

Neil and all the players were very tired and sweating profusely, but they knew that this time meant that the game was coming to an end.

Nuana and the cheerleaders kept calling Neil's name and cheering for him, but Neil was still a little distracted, looking for Lavender in the crowd from time to time, but he never found her coming.

When there were less than 30 minute before the end of the game, DePauw still led by one point. Peel received three fouls and Neal received four fouls. In order to ensure their rebounds, DePauw actively let other players except the center People go chop Neal and try not to let him score.

Marcus called a timeout, and after the final consensus, let them try to control the error as much as possible, and then gave the ball to Neil for a sudden kick.

Since Lavender did not come to this game, although Neil was actively cooperating on the surface, his heart was actually broken.

After receiving the ball from his teammates, he pushed forward carelessly. His move was seen by Pierre, who had been guarding him closely. He reached out and the ball was intercepted by Pierre.

Immediately, there were boos and jeers off the court.

Neil felt that the ball was out of his hands, so he knew that it must have been stolen by Pierre, so he quickly turned around and chased after Peel. Just wanting to layup under his nose, Neil jumped up, chased after a big cap, slapped the ball to the ground, picked up the ball and started dribbling and advancing. Seeing that he was capped, Peale felt aggrieved, and hurriedly chased after Neil. Er, I also want to avenge this blood hat.

In the end, his legs were short and his speed couldn't keep up. Under the pick-and-roll of his teammates, Neil successfully broke through the four and made a layup. With 0.2 seconds left, the score was overtaken.

There were applause from the audience and repeated applause, praising Neal's handsome ball just now.

In the end, DePauw Middle School had to surrender with only 0.2 seconds left, and left the little bit of dignity for itself. The coach and other team members except Peel saw that they were quasi-lore, and they came over optimistically. Congratulations to the Wolves coaches and players.

Peele looked at the score at 39:40, squinted at Neil, and walked out of the stadium.

In the end, Peale scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, while Neal scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Peale was completely overwhelmed in all aspects of statistics. However, Peale is also good and has made great progress.

Because of Neil's last goal, the Wolves had a chance to advance to the finals. His parents kissed and hugged him, and his teachers and teammates happily hugged him and threw him up. Filled with a very happy smile.

The relevant leaders and participating players of DePauw Middle School were unhappy and left dejectedly.

(End of this chapter)