whirlwind basketball

Chapter 132 Invitational Tournament (5)

After receiving instructions from coach Xiangfeng on the court, Ahui, who was in charge of the ball on the court, slowed down the pace of the game, and his handsome face still had a calm and calm expression.

The calm Ah Hui greatly stabilized the mood of the Jiangcheng team.Li Yifan was obviously an exception, it was he who had the strongest desire to fight and obviously couldn't bear such a slow pace.

There is always someone on the court who pays attention to Li Yifan all the time. Ahu put his hand on his shoulder from behind and said, "Don't worry, calm down first."

A simple sentence has an immediate effect.Taking a deep breath and trying to stabilize his emotions, Li Yifan nodded slightly.

"Crack!" Ah Hui suddenly sped up the breakthrough and passed the ball to A Hu. A Hu touched the hand and passed the ball.

Catch the ball, take a step back, raise your hand, jump up, stay in the air, shoot the basket... "Shua!" There was a soft sound of entering the net, and a three-pointer was made.

Returning to the defense, two fists lightly collided in the air while running - Ah Hu and Li Yifan.

Coach Xiangfeng just denied the three-pointer tactic, and Li Yifan sent a three-pointer at this moment on the court.Watching the basketball go into the basket, coach Xiangfeng was excited, but at the same time, not only an embarrassing expression flashed across his face: Damn Li Yifan, you always embarrass me!However, Coach Xiangfeng hoped that there would be more embarrassment like this.

After the three-pointer just now, the Jiangcheng players on the court seemed to remember that they still had the most stable outside scoring point on the court.The basketballs were handed over to Li Yifan one after another, and Li Yifan seemed to have heard Coach Xiangfeng's voice, and he did not disappoint him. His embarrassment and surprise were further escalated, "Shua, Shua, Shua" three consecutive three-pointers from outside the three-point line The ball hit Turkey's forehead firmly like three saps.The momentum of the Turkish team's pursuit came to a screeching halt here.The Turkish coach outside the court quickly called a timeout.

The score was stretched to [-] points again.

When the TV broadcast came here, the excited commentator was already a little incoherent: "It's really amazing, it's really amazing..." Fortunately, the commentary consultant's head was still clear at this time, and after the commentator's incoherent speech came to an end, he began to explain: "The four three-pointers just now are indeed very important. It can be said that each one is worth a thousand dollars. These four goals are like four sap hits on the opponent's head, completely overturning the opponent's momentum. The opponent's efforts so far are because of this It is not a small blow to any team to be completely in vain in just 1 minute. If the opponent cannot recover morale in a short period of time, it is very likely that this is the turning point of the game. Regardless of the final result of the game How about it, these four three-pointers are definitely the most exciting performance of the game. Being able to hit such important four goals at such a critical moment, Li Yifan has indeed lived up to Coach Xiangfeng's trust in him.'Jiangcheng Team's The 'trump card' is on the horizon."

Aces?Many fans still have reservations about this.However, no one would deny the importance of these four three-pointers, because the subsequent game was as expected by the consultant. Turkey failed to organize an effective counterattack throughout the third quarter, and instead, the Jiangcheng team took the opportunity to expand the score. gap.

When the game entered the fourth quarter, the Jiangcheng team's lead expanded to seventeen points.Under the leadership of Simmons, the Turkish team, which was struggling to counterattack, launched several violent counterattacks in the fourth quarter, but they were all suppressed by Jiangcheng's tactics in cooperation with coach Xiangfeng.To say it was violent was only relative to their loss of fighting spirit at the end. The entire fourth quarter of the Turkish team was not able to play a threatening counterattack against the Jiangcheng team in the third quarter.And as expected, as coach Xiangfeng expected, such a perverted hit rate did not last until the end.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, after several counterattacks failed to score the score, the Turkish team finally lost their will to win.The last 5 minutes of the game ended in a calm manner.

107:99 The Jiangcheng team finally won by eight points.The final fourth quarter was so easy that Coach Xiangfeng always had an unreal feeling when he finally won.Originally, I prepared a lot of strategies for the ups and downs of the game, but I didn't expect it to be useless.

The night the game ended.

After seeing these reports on the Internet, Coach Xiangfeng smiled and turned off the computer.The phone rang, a celebratory call from Smith.

In the Jiangcheng players' room, the players were chattering happily.They are all young people in their teens, not yet mature enough to face such a victory and laugh like Coach Xiangfeng.Some of the excited players were chasing and fighting, but when they were quiet, a few people got together to reminisce about today's game and talk nonsense to each other.

However, there are always exceptions, Li Yifan's room is still silent at this moment.In the dark room, only the lamp in front of the desk was on.Li Yifan, who was lying on the table, seemed to be immersed in calculations.Four sharpened pencils were lined up on the desk, and the one in his hand made five—it seemed that the subject he was studying was mathematics.This is his habit. Li Yifan doesn't like mechanical pencils, so he prepares five pencils for spare before studying mathematics.Normally, Chen Ang and Yu Mengjiao would know what their son was doing just by looking at the pencils placed in front of him.

However, Li Yifan, who was holding a pencil, was obviously distracted at the moment.

After such an intense competition at this age, it was already a miracle that he could still sit in front of the desk and review himself. It would be a monster if he could still concentrate as usual.

As if to verify this conclusion, after sighing, Li Yifan turned his gaze to the book in front of him again, and the pencil in his hand began to "rustle..." again.

A monster indeed!

Like the other members of the Jiangcheng team, Li Yifan was also very happy about the victory, but he did not see the extraordinary significance of this victory like the other players.In his eyes, this is a victory. After he is happy, it is time to review his homework, isn't it?
Li Yifan was the primary contributor to the victory, how could he not come out and be happy with everyone at such a time of celebration.But every team member who wanted to knock on his door was told by Zhang Yu: "Don't bother him!"

When the lead of the fifth pencil was blunted, Li Yifan's homework was over.He climbed into bed early but didn't sleep until Zhang Yu came back, still staring at the ceiling with wide eyes.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Today's game."

"What do you think?"

"we won!"

"That's it? Is your head not broken?" Zhang Yu put his hand on Li Yifan's forehead in a gesture.

"Don't make trouble, don't disturb my thinking."

"What do you think of the strength of the Turkish team?"

"Strong!"

"Not only are they very strong, I think their strength even surpasses ours."

"Huh?" Zhang Yu tilted his head and thought for a while, "Even so, what does it matter?"

Li Yifan seemed very dissatisfied with Zhang Yu's tone: "What do you mean by that, this is my conclusion after careful consideration."

"Okay, as you said, their strength has indeed surpassed ours. Now you can tell me your thoughtful experience."

"Stupid, didn't you tell me what you think, we won!" Li Yifan gave Zhang Yu a blank stare at the idiot.

Zhang Yu immediately reacted to Li Yifan's white eyes, climbed onto the bed, pressed the person on the bed under his body, and stretched his left and right hands under each other's armpits to make scratching movements - scratching!

The effect appeared immediately, "Hahaha... woo woo woo... Spare me, spare my life!"

What a pity for such a big man!

It wasn't until Li Yifan under him begged for mercy and screamed that Zhang Yu finally let go.

"Is it time to continue the topic just now? What does this have to do with us?"

"Nonsense, the other protagonist of this match is us. Even though we are not as strong as the opponent, but we can beat the opponent for the entire match, isn't that unusual?"

"Anything can happen on the court. It's not a myth that the weak win the strong."

"However, if I were the head coach of Turkey, I would be very depressed. It is obvious that my team's victory is better than that of the opponent, but the whole game was dominated by the opponent."

Zhang Yu disagreed: "If I were him, I should reflect on whether I am a competent coach. Their players have already performed quite hard, and the loss of the game can only be the coach's own responsibility."

"The coach's responsibility?" Li Yifan asked in surprise, "Can the responsibility for the loss of the game be shifted to the coach like this?" His surprise was not just expressed on his face, he had never really thought about the outcome of the game in his heart It has nothing to do with the coach.It is not unheard of news that the team's record is not good and the coach is dismissed, but he has never taken it seriously.In Li Yifan's understanding, the game is played by the players after all, and no matter how clever the coach is, he can't replace the players.It is always the overall strength of the Jiangcheng team and their own performance on the field that determine the game.

A good coach integrates the players into a whole and can make the team stronger, but can a good coach change the result of a game with disparity in strength?It always depends on the hard work of the players on the court.This is Li Yifan's entire understanding.

shallow!

Zhang Yu seemed to see Li Yifan's inner thoughts, with the same white eyes as Li Yifan just now, it felt like he was looking at a hopeless idiot.

Li Yifan was angry, but he couldn't refute.At this moment, he himself felt that he was quite an idiot.The process and result of today's game has seriously overturned his "common sense".The strength of the two sides is obviously superior to the Turkish team, not only himself, but also Zhang Yu, Geng Tianfang and others. Compared with the domestic media, the players of Jiangcheng are more daring to face this fact. The Jiangcheng team won the game with a completely different strength.The result may have been accidental, but what really showed the problem was the progress of the entire game. Except for the brief lead in the first quarter, the Turkish team was almost always beaten by the Jiangcheng team throughout the game, and finally lost the game depressingly.

This is definitely not a "normal game"!
Zhang Yu finally did not make Li Yifan depressed for too long, and said: "The strength of a team should not only be the strength of the team members, the level of the coach is also a very important component. The Turkish team's players may be better than you and me, but However, their coaching level was inferior to that of our coach Geng—in the competition between the two coaches, the white-haired old man of the Turkish team lost, which also determined the final result of the team they commanded.”

"You mean, the two coaches sitting on the sidelines decide the game?"

"It's not as exaggerated as you said. After all, we are the ones playing on the court. The two teams compete to see who has more advantages, who can maximize their own advantages and contain the opponent's advantages. In both teams In the comprehensive competition between the teams, we were almost evenly tied with the Turkish team, but with the factor of the off-court coach’s command, our advantage was slightly higher than that of the opponent, so we won! Understand?”

Li Yifan shook his head.

"What an idiot. Have you ever seen a tug-of-war match? When the two sides are evenly matched, whoever can increase their strength even if it is only a little bit wins."

"You mean the straw that broke the camel's back?"

"Right!"

"It turns out that the coach is a straw in your heart!"

"Wrong, no matter what, there are two straws!"

Looking at each other, the two burst into laughter at the same time.

……

In the Jiangcheng team's training ground, the players are doing light recovery training under the leadership of the team's assistant coach.Tonight, the Jiangcheng team will welcome Australia, their second rematch opponent.

Coach Xiangfeng, who left the work to the assistant coach, sat on a chair beside the court, crossing his legs comfortably, and didn't feel ashamed of his lazy behavior at all.

Li Yifan, holding a basketball, appeared in front of him. Coach Xiangfeng raised his head with a smile: "What's the matter?"

"Coach, help!" Li Yifan held out his hand for the ball.

Coach Xiangfeng nodded and said, "Yes!"

Zhang Yu, who was stretching his body in the stadium, saw this scene, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

At [-]:[-] p.m. local time in China, the match between the Jiangcheng team and Australia at the World Invitational Stadium is about to begin.After the Jiangcheng team killed Turkey, other teams that might encounter the Jiangcheng team had to face up to the threat of the Jiangcheng team.In this game, apart from the Turkish team, which had already played against the Jiangcheng team, the other teams sent people to observe.

Chinese and overseas Chinese accounted for a huge proportion of the audience in the stands.The magical performance of the Jiangcheng team greatly encouraged them. It is the choice of many Chinese after get off work to cheer for the motherland team.And more fans were already waiting in front of the TV at this time.The Jiangcheng team has surprised the fans again and again, and everyone expects the Jiangcheng team to continue to create miracles.

Everyone is waiting for the game to start.

When the players of the Jiangcheng team appeared on the stadium, warm applause resounded throughout the stadium, and audiences with oriental faces waved the five-star red flag vigorously.

On the court, the Jiangcheng players raised their heads and looked around the court. Such a lively scene was beyond their expectations.

Li Yifan looked at Zhang Yu's enthusiastic waving to the stands, and asked wonderingly, "Is there anyone you know in the audience?"

"No, no one else knows who I'm waving to anyway."

The Australian team also played after the Jiangcheng team.Like the Turkish team in the previous match, Australia's team members are all white players.However, they are the real European team.

The Jiangcheng team couldn't care about other people's opinions, and winning the game before them was more important than anything else.

In the starting lineup, coach Xiangfeng sent Zhang Yu, Ahui, Ahu, Tong Haifeng and Ma Jue, and Li Yifan was still sitting on the bench.

The Australian team is known for its accurate outside shots, and their previous victories in the past few games have been defeated by abnormal three-point shooting.Although Australia is an outside team, they also have tall players with outstanding strength inside.

After the referee blows the whistle, the game really begins.

Because Li Yifan, the core figure in the tactics, sat on the sidelines, the Jiangcheng team gave up the fast and furious attack, and adopted the traditional tactics to play steadily.It was still Ahui who controlled the rhythm of the game on the court. After receiving Zhang Yu's jump ball, Ahui controlled the rhythm of the game and steadily pushed the ball into the opponent's half.

Zhang Yu and Tong Haifeng on the inside play important positions on the inside, and occasionally go outside to cover for their teammates. Ahu, who is free on the inside and outside, is still the team's offensive focus. He is always ready to receive the pass from his teammates and send the ball into the basket.Although the backcourt formed by Ma Jue and Ahui lacks Li Yifan's aura, it is stable enough to ensure that the ball can be safely delivered to the frontcourt.

Tong Haifeng, who cooperated with the pass and the inside line several times, shot from outside the penalty area and missed the basket, and was rebounded by the opponent. Jiangcheng team's first attack ended in failure.

The offense and defense changed positions, and Australia's outside line made a neat three-pointer to let the Jiangcheng team see their outside line strength.

0:3.Such a score seemed to herald a bad start for the Jiangcheng team. "Touch!" Ah Hu's shot landed on the basket, "Touch!" Zhang Yu's hook arc was too straight, and he flew directly to the backboard and bounced back, "Touch!" It was Ah Hu's shot again, this time basketball After bouncing off the rim, he spun on the rim for a long time and then still popped out of the rim.

On the other hand, in Australia, "shua!" a three-pointer, "snap, shua!" The inside center hit the basket and "shua" was another three-pointer.

One and a half minutes into the start, the score was 0:11, a start that couldn't have been worse.

Four guards who are good at passing, fast, and extremely accurate three-pointers, plus a center with strong inside strength, this combination is definitely an abnormal combination.For the defensive side, this is definitely a very headache opponent.The situation on the pitch clearly illustrates this point.After Australia's outside shots went into the basket consecutively, the Jiangcheng team was forced to expand the defensive area and pull out to man-to-man defense.Facing the Jiangcheng team's outside man-to-man defense, Australia's skillful dismantling of the screen can pass the ball to the inside without forming a gap for shooting.The Jiangcheng team defended heavily on the outside, and the inside line was naturally empty. When the ball was passed to the inside line, it almost formed a one-on-one singles situation.In singles close to the basket, the offensive side of two players with equal strength has an absolute advantage. Within 1 minute, Australia made three of four three-pointers, and scored eleven points in a blink of an eye with a rebound under the basket.

On the other hand, the Jiangcheng team's own offense seemed to have suddenly lost the aim of shooting. They made long shots, mid-range shots, and hooks at the basket. They didn't make any of the four shots, and they also made a passing error.

It is impossible for any fan of the Jiangcheng team not to be worried after watching such an opening.All eyes on the field were on Coach Xiangfeng on the sidelines, and the TV broadcast was also aimed at Coach Xiangfeng at this time.

At this time, we should pause to stop the opponent's momentum. Even if we don't pause, we should replace Li Yifan.Even the most amateur can see that the gap can no longer be allowed to widen.

As if hearing everyone's aspirations, Coach Xiangfeng called a timeout, and changed players after the timeout.But it wasn't Ma Jue who was replaced, and it wasn't Li Yifan who was replaced.

Get off Ah Hu, get on Lin Zihao.

Lin Zihao?Who is Lin Zihao?The audience looked at each other, is he stronger than Li Yifan?
The Australian coach looked down at the Jiangcheng team's investigation data: Lin Zihao, new player!

that is all?

that is all!

What about more specific data?Perhaps only Coach Xiangfeng has it in his heart.

When coach Xiangfeng selected Jiangcheng players, due to tactical reasons, he had very strict overall technical requirements.I can't wait for everyone to be an all-round fighter who can break through, pass, shoot, singles, impact, rebound, score and organize offense.Such a requirement is naturally too harsh, but this shows the overall technical requirements of his players.The final selected players are indeed as he expected, and they are relatively comprehensive technically.But there is one exception - Lin Zihao!

In the guard position, Lin Zihao is not fast enough, jumps high enough, his ball handling ability is not as good as Li Yifan's, his passing awareness is not as good as Ah Hui's, let alone his singles ability.But in the end, coach Xiangfeng still put him on the list of the final official players of the Jiangcheng team.Why?
Because he is indeed a very good pitcher.Lin Zihao's characteristic is very obvious and prominent, that is, shooting three-pointers.In terms of shooting three-pointers alone, even Li Yifan is slightly inferior to him.His psychological quality is very stable (or very slow), without the big ups and downs of ordinary people, and most of the time he will not lose his touch.

With such an excellent three-point shooter, why did Coach Xiangfeng put him on the bench before?Could it be for the so-called surprise soldiers again?

Just like his strengths, Lin Zihao's shortcomings are also very obvious and very prominent-except for shooting, his other skills are very ordinary.He is the kind of player who takes the opportunity to pass the ball to him and he is responsible for shooting. However, in Coach Xiangfeng's tactics, the player at the shooting guard position should be a player like Li Yifan who can organize offenses and score by himself.Even if there is no Li Yifan, he should be as good at passing the ball as Ma Jue and creating gaps for his teammates.

It can be said that Lin Zihao's tactics are completely incompatible with Coach Xiangfeng's.But as I said before, Coach Xiangfeng is not a coach who is obsessed with tactics, and changing tactics at the right time may be able to achieve miraculous results.

like now.

Lin Zihao came on stage.

(End of this chapter)