whirlwind basketball

Chapter 130 Invitational Tournament (3)

A sunny smile appeared on Jiang Dongyu's handsome face.

One extra penalty...

After taking a few shots of the ball, Zhu Jitong took a deep breath, raised his head to look at the 4-meter-3-high basket that was more than [-] meters away from him, lifted the ball, placed it in front of his eyes, shook his wrist forward, and moved his fingers. The ball, the basketball spins and flies towards the hoop.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, the basketball smashed through the net and scored two points.

Jiang Dongyu seemed to be playing crazy, stealing the already tired Li Yifan's dribble, and advancing quickly, this time he did not choose a heavy dunk, but a light mid-range jumper.

"Shua!" The basketball pierced the basket and got in again.

The bench was full of cheers and applause like mountains and seas, oppressing the players of Jiangcheng No. [-] Middle School.Whether it is offense or defense, it feels more and more difficult...

Jiang Dongyu made another sudden jump shot, and the ball quickly drew a white light with almost no arc, and smashed into the basket with a swipe.

The score gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger. Coach Xiangfeng also considers that this is just a group match, just a noun. There is no need to go all out to win a victory. If any player is injured, it will be a loss. Mrs. Li lost his team again, so coach Xiangfeng replaced players one after another, and put some other substitute players on the field.In this way, the 12 players from Jiangcheng Middle School all had playing time and performance in this game...

Xue Baohua singled Mr. Jiang.

With a sway, he used his own speed to throw Mr. Jiang away. As soon as his right foot accelerated, he was already on shoulder level with Mr. Jiang. Xue Baohua was overjoyed, it passed!

His hands were suddenly empty, and he looked down in horror, the ball had already been snapped off by Mr. Jiang's lightning-like hand the moment it passed Mr. Jiang.

Mr. Jiang didn't move at all, let Xue Baohua kill him, but his eyes could see clearly the moment Xue Baohua dribbled the ball. An arrow catches the ball, and within a few steps, he immediately increases his speed to full speed. All the Jiangcheng Middle School players have already killed the basket alone. Looking at the empty basket, Mr. Jiang jumped up, one by one. He raised the ball with one arm, then paused at the highest point, and slammed it down. The basket was still trembling slightly, but the person had already landed quietly.

Suddenly there was an uproar.

Jiang Dongyu smiled all over his face.

……

In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 78:94, and the reserve team beat Jiangcheng No. 16 by [-] points.

Being abused by the reserve team for 16 points, Jiang Cheng and the others couldn't accept it, and they were very depressed.

From the national competition to the present, they have lost very few games, especially when the personnel are neat, they have never lost by 10 points.But today they lost to the reserve team by 16 points, which seemed unbelievable to them.

"Okay, don't be sad!" Coach Xiangfeng clapped his hands and continued.

"They are the reserve team of the CBA." After finishing speaking, coach Xiangfeng also looked at Li Yifan, and Li Yifan suddenly realized that with his strength, he would go to the United States to seek death, and he was not even considered the top in China.

"This time, I called them here to train you. You have also seen that they are similar to your age, but their skills are very different. This is because their basketball atmosphere is good, and like the United States and Argentina. Those with a good basketball atmosphere are on par with these little guys, and can even be said to be stronger than them! So we need to use the reserve team to improve our strength!"

"I don't ask you to improve much! But I hope that you will gain something in every battle, and that the opponent you face in the end will still have the strength to deal with it!"

"Yes!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Okay, go on to training."

"Yes!"

……

Time passed little by little, and Jiangcheng was improving little by little. Of course, the overall strength was still somewhat different from that of the reserve team, but the starting five had made great progress, especially Li Yifan, who was now on par with Jiang Dongyu.

"Come again!"

"Stop coming!" Jiang Dongyu smiled wryly.

It wasn't the first time he trained with Li Yifan, but this time Li Yifan worked harder than ever, even a professional athlete like him couldn't keep up.

"You're still a professional!" Li Yifan stopped!
"You are not as professional as you, and you don't take a break!" Jiang Dongyu took the opportunity to drink water!

"Throw it!" Li Yifan cursed, took the basketball and went out to shoot.

Seeing Li Yifan's appearance, Jiang Dongyu's bitter mouth curled into a slight smile.

"U.S. team, you guys have to suffer!"

……

Time soon came to the first match, which was the opening match against Turkey. Although the opponent was not a strong old team, it was not weak.

As the opening match, naturally, there is only one match.So the audience is extraordinarily large, and of course those young players are indispensable.

Jiang Cheng and the others are also people who are used to seeing big scenes, but they didn't expect the scene to be even bigger here. In a arena with tens of thousands of people, the shouts were so loud.

"We must win!"

Ah Hu and Zhang Yu are gearing up, preparing to give each other a hard blow in the match.Although Ah Hui remained calm, he couldn't hide the sternness in his eyes when he squinted his eyes.Ah Hu and Zhang Yu, who were familiar with him, knew that it was a sign of his fighting spirit.For these players who are participating in international competitions for the first time, there is no such boring psychological burden when playing against strong teams.Just like Ah Hu's "standard answer", go all out for every game.

Other players, they also do not lack the enthusiasm of young people.Some people may have thought of losing, but absolutely no one thought of giving up the game.

Coach Xiangfeng is naturally the person who knows the strength of the two sides best. It may be possible for him to admit the difference in strength between the two sides, but he will never think that his team will lose.There are any possibilities on the court. Apart from the strength of both sides, there are many other things that determine the outcome of the game.Otherwise, why would the U.S. basketball lose to other teams with its tyrannical strength?There are too many examples of the weak defeating the strong on the court. The performance of the players, the countermeasures of the tactics, the on-the-spot command of the coach... There are many, many, at least in the confrontation between the two coaches, Coach Xiangfeng will never think that he will lose.

Everything will be revealed in the game.

At [-]:[-] pm local time in Huaxia, the game between Jiangcheng and Turkey officially started.The excellent performance of the Jiangcheng team, especially Li Yifan's outstanding performance has already attracted the attention of these professionals.

At the start of the game, to everyone's surprise, Coach Xiangfeng did not send out the starting lineup from previous games—he put Li Yifan on the bench again.

Doesn't he want to win this game?
Regardless of what the fans thought, the game went on at the referee's whistle.

Turkey is also a typical European-style team. High speed, strong confrontation, and overall style of play are the characteristics of Turkish basketball.Compared with the Jiangcheng team, the physical fitness of the white players is quite obvious compared to the Asians.Even Zhang Yu, when compared with the opponent's tall and strong center, seems to be "thinner" a lot.

The result of the jump ball is that the opponent grabs the basketball.With the overall advancement and quick pass, Turkey quickly found a chance to make a shot, but "touch!" The ball fell on the basket.

In the 2 minutes after the opening, neither side seemed to find the crosshairs, and neither side scored a goal in several shots.This situation lasted for the second minute and 13 seconds. Turkey beat Zhang Yu under the basket, turned his back to the basket and hooked the ball into the basket.

Once the deadlock was broken, the goals continued to flow.Ah Hu of the Jiangcheng team immediately made a mid-range shot to tie the score.Then, you come and go, both sides seem to have regained their sights at once, and the scores between the two sides have been rising steadily.

In the 5th minute of the first quarter, with a score of 15:13, Tong Haifeng, who was in extremely poor form, was replaced, and a shooter Xue Baoyi was added outside.Coach Xiangfeng still didn't seem to want him to play.

Also surprised was the head coach of Türkiye.Even if the opponent is the Jiangcheng team, he will not be unprepared. Looking back at the Jiangcheng team's game, he will naturally not fail to see Li Yifan's performance.Like everyone else, he took it for granted that Li Yifan would be in the starting lineup.

However, up to now, coach Xiangfeng has not allowed Li Yifan, who was identified by the opponent, to play.Sitting firmly on the coach's bench and watching the game on the field, Coach Xiangfeng's face can't see the slightest gap.

Take it for granted?joke!
Even if Li Yifan is placed on the bench, he is still the core of coach Xiangfeng's tactics.

The practice of hiding heavyweight players on the bench is not original to Coach Xiangfeng.But to hide the absolute core of the team on the bench, even coach Xiangfeng, is actually helpless.Who told his core players to be injured!Before he was aware of the situation, he would never get angry.

In the NBA, the main role of a substitute player like Li Yifan has a special name - the sixth man.

Li Yifan served as the sixth man, and coach Xiangfeng actually had more freedom tactically.The team has more than a dozen official players. With the shrewdness of Xiangfeng Coach, he will not only rely on a few starting players to fight hard.Every member of the Jiangcheng team has their reasons for being selected, and even more so, their existence value.Combining their characteristics, Coach Xiangfeng can form a variety of lineups to maximize combat effectiveness according to the situation on the field.

For Li Yifan, the position of the sixth man properly saves his playing time and saves his precious physical strength, which naturally improves his performance on the court.At the beginning of the game or at non-critical moments like now, when he was pressed on the bench, Coach Xiangfeng did not forget to ask him to pay attention to the situation on the court, and occasionally explained to him the tactics of both sides on the court. (This scene fell into the eyes of the audience, every time they thought that Coach Xiangfeng was about to send him on the field, but every time they were disappointed. After a few times, the number of jumping feet suddenly increased.)
Throughout the first quarter, Li Yifan did not play in the end.And several starting players also took turns to take a break under the scheduling of Coach Xiangfeng.Ahu, who played the longest, only played 9 minutes in the first quarter.

With a score of 24:27, the Jiangcheng team was only three points behind.

At the beginning of the second quarter, coach Xiangfeng's starting lineup surprised all the fans: Zhao Wenyun, Xue Baoyi, Zhang Xianxian, Lin Zihao, and Li Yifan, who was always pressed on the bench by Xiangfeng coach, led the team with a core player. Five substitute players played.

The first reaction of the fans was: Coach Xiangfeng's head is showing off?

No one knows if Coach Xiangfeng is showing off, but Li Yifan led the Jiangcheng team to continue their sharp offense in the first quarter. Li Yifan's three-pointer brought both sides back to the starting line.In terms of defense, the energetic substitute players did not lose the defensive intensity of the main players at all, and the more active movement and pressing made the opponent unable to find a chance to shoot.This is another role of Li Yifan as the sixth man: when most of the starting players are in a state of respite, he leads the team of substitute players to fight and avoid a short-term shock in the lineup on the field.

In the 3rd minute after the opening of the second quarter, Ahu and the others re-entered the field after resting off the field.And at this moment, Li Yifan's technical and tactical level has risen to the peak after his body is hot. At this moment, the teammates around him are replaced by a more tacit main player.The return of the core players also made Ah Hu and his team more comfortable.This is the so-called improvement of on-court performance, allowing Li Yifan to play his role to the maximum in the limited playing time.

The Turkish players had just adapted to the Jiangcheng team's tactical rhythm, and they had no way to adapt to the sudden change of rhythm when Ah Hu and the others played.

Suddenly, the situation on the field changed drastically.Li Yifan interspersed wantonly inside and outside Turkey, stomping and destroying their defense.The Jiangcheng team is blooming inside and out, and every player can send the basketball to the basket in the most comfortable position and in the most accurate way.The chaotic Turkish offense was also affected, and successive shots missed the basket.

Within 1 minute, the Jiangcheng team played an 8-0 climax, and the Turkish coach was forced to call a timeout.

This is the style of coach Xiangfeng: focus on Li Yifan and let the opponent revolve around him!

In terms of player scheduling, it is obvious that Coach Xiangfeng has won.

After the timeout, Turkey made some changes, replacing the point guard on the field with the point guard No. [-] who is better at controlling the rhythm.What changed with it was that the game rhythm of the entire Turkish team slowed down, playing steadily and steadily, trying to slow down the speed of the Jiangcheng team with a strong offensive and defensive position.

Is it that simple?Coach Xiangfeng on the sidelines smiled secretly: The white-haired old man in Turkey really has trouble seeing, and he hasn't even seen the situation on the field clearly.

On the court, the Jiangcheng team made the best interpretation of the smile on Coach Xiangfeng's face with actions.

"Crack!" The Turkish pitcher wasted another chance, and Ah Hu got the rebound.Over there, Ahui and Li Yifan turned around and attacked the opponent's position the moment Ahu caught the rebound.

Raising his hand, throwing it long, Li Yifan received the ball, and the momentum of quick attack was formed again.The basketball was handed over to Ahui, and Ahui, who received the ball, dribbled the ball twice and passed forward again. At this moment, Tong Haifeng and Li Yifan were already waiting inside the opponent's three-point line.

Two-on-two at the basket, Li Yifan who received the ball feinted to lure the ground one-on-one, then suddenly dribbled the ball, made a layup, and passed the ball suddenly in the air. Tong Haifeng bombarded the basket after receiving the ball, "Boom..." The basket violently Vibration - dunk!
After grabbing the rebound and passing the ball quickly, the Jiangcheng team's offense was completely chasing the opponent's back.Before the opposing player has fully returned to the defensive area, two or three players have completed an attack.The fast pass after grabbing the rebound, the overall fast advance, and the fast pass during the advance process are the portrayal of the Jiangcheng team's fast break on the field.

Looking at the Jiangcheng team's positional attack.

Türkiye quickly returned to defense after throwing the ball in, and Ah Hui dribbled the ball to organize the attack.

Ahui passed the ball, Ahu moved quickly, Li Yifan caught the ball, pretended to break through and passed the ball suddenly, Ahu passed the ball immediately after receiving the ball, Zhang Yu received the ball under the basket, the opponent's defense was tight and there was no chance of a mobile phone, basketball shells The child flew from the inside to the three-point line. After the child Haifeng received the ball, he made a split with Ahui and then Ahu from outside the penalty area sent the ball into the basket.

12 seconds!
From the outside to the inside, and then from the inside to the outside, a disassembly and cooperation, plus the dribble before the half court, the basketball was sent to the basket after a round of rotation in the hands of the five players of the Jiangcheng team. The whole process only took 12 seconds .

This is the speed of the Jiangcheng team's positional attack!

The five Jiangcheng players Ahui and Ahu on the court are all point guards, and Li Yifan and Tong Haifeng are also good passers. Zhang Yu is tall and strong with a wide vision. Very good among players.In terms of passing level, the five players on the field are all top players in various positions.The Jiangcheng team does not rely on the rapid breakthrough of a certain player to drive the speed of the entire team. Fast and effective passing is the engine of the Jiangcheng team's fast speed.

The Turkish team's attempt to slow down the Jiangcheng team's speed was obviously a wrong move.

On the court, the Jiangcheng team continued the stormy offense just now, with multi-faceted inside and outside lines, layups, hooks, dunks, mid-range shots, long-range shots, aerial catches and dunks... All kinds of offensive methods simply turned the game into a game. Watched the offensive performance of the Jiangcheng players.

Dare to show so presumptuously in front of the world's top teams, it is really rare in the history of Jiangcheng basketball.To be able to overwhelm the opponent, this is something that no fanatical fan before the game would have dared to think about.Although it was only a few minutes, the Jiangcheng team coached by Xiangfeng did what Jiangcheng basketball hadn't done for decades.

At the match site, the Chinese audience who watched the game cheered loudly, and the centripetal force of the Chinese nation was vividly displayed in a foreign land.The Jiangcheng fans in front of the TV were also in the ecstasy. They couldn't shout loudly like the fans at the scene in the dead of night, but it was not uncommon to see excited fists and cheers in the room and on the bed.

"Beautiful, this ball is so beautiful!" The commentator's voice on the TV wondered if he jumped up and cheered loudly.

The momentum on the court has completely turned to the Jiangcheng team.

The Turkish coach called the final timeout for the remainder of the first half in an attempt to change the situation on the pitch.

The score gap has widened to [-] points. Under the huge pressure, the players of the Turkish team have lost their composure for a while.With their heads drooping, they looked dejected.

At this time, it is time for some players to stand up, otherwise, no matter how clever the coach's tactics are, the players' inability to send the basketball into the opponent's basket will be empty talk in the end.

At this time, a player needs to stand up and lead the team out of the predicament with strong skills.

The head coach of Turkey cast his eyes on Simmons, their No. [-] player, and met the coach's gaze. Simmons nodded firmly, and his sharp eyes were full of determination.

How could we lose to a second-tier team like Jiangcheng here? We are the World Youth Championship team!

How could he be defeated by such Li Yifan? Li Yifan is going to enter the NBA!

Simmons, Turkey's ace player, his status in the Turkish Jiangcheng team is equivalent to Yao Ming's status in the Jiangcheng team, the absolute ace!With a height of more than two meters, his scoring ability from inside and outside, wide vision, and quick pass, he can easily play between the first and third positions, and his excellent defensive awareness is the leading player of the Turkish team in defense.With comprehensive skills and outstanding physical condition, it is no wonder that many NBA teams favor him.He has participated in this year's NBA draft and is very likely to be selected in the first round.

In any case, it was not acceptable for him to play like this against an underdog like the Jiangcheng team.It must be retaliated, Simmons's fist was clenched secretly at some point!
For the Jiangcheng team, Coach Xiangfeng would naturally not be so stupid as to wait for the opponent to counterattack successfully before knowing how to arrange tactics.After studying Turkey's previous games, coach Xiangfeng naturally thought that at this time, he must curb the performance of the opponent's No. [-] player.The Jiangcheng team has been playing against Simmons on offense and defense with Ahu. In terms of strength, Coach Xiangfeng doesn't think that the disciples he has carefully trained are worse than him.However, on the basketball court, when two opponents of similar strength attack and defend, the offensive one will always have the advantage.Moreover, coach Xiangfeng would never foolishly play one-on-one Cavaliers on the court with the style of coach Xiangfeng.

The game restarts after the timeout.Turkey's defense suddenly changed its tactics, using full-court pressure to contain the Jiangcheng team's rapid offense, double-teaming the Jiangcheng players holding the ball, and delaying the time for the Jiangcheng team to enter the position.

Under the pressure of the opponent, a pass error caused the Jiangcheng team to lose this offensive opportunity.The Jiangcheng team, which returned to defense quickly, did not leave the opponent a chance to break fast.

Facing the double-teaming of two people, Simmons controlled the basketball in his hands, and he looked nervous, but his lips were slightly raised, with a smile that was not a smile.

The expression of this big man is really annoying.While Li Yifan was very upset, his right hand had already quietly reached out to the opponent's basketball.

Copy the ball? !
No, I didn't grab it!The moment Li Yifan touched the basketball, Simmons turned suddenly, turned sideways, dribbled the ball behind his back, and accelerated at the same time, intersecting with the teammates rushing from the opposite side. defend the opponent.

The neutral appears in front and the basket is in front.

An unguarded shot, "Shua!" echoed into the net.Türkiye narrowed the score down to [-] points.

Turn around and go back to defense.Simmons quickly took the Turkish players on the court back to defend.

(End of this chapter)