whirlwind basketball

Chapter 198 Youth Competition (13)

"Cunning people!" This is the definition given by the American sports media to coach Wang Tao, the head coach of the youth training team, after looking back at the youth training team's schedule.The sharp-eyed Americans will naturally not fail to see Li Yifan, who performed well in the two games.

"A very good boy, he has the potential to become the world's top basketball player!" More than one basketball star gave such an evaluation. The scouts in the NBA were moved after hearing the wind. Although he is not yet the age of the NBA, who can guarantee that he will not appear in the ranks of the NBA draft in a few years?

Inside the bus.

Of course, Jiang Dongyu wanted to refute Li Yifan's ridicule, but his dry mouth made him unable to say a word in the end.The other team members in the car surprisingly didn't laugh—the bus stopped!
The car door opened, and the head coach Wang Tao came out first.Watching and scanning the crowd of reporters, Coach Wang Tao sighed secretly, knowing that this time he couldn't avoid it like before.In fact, being able to block media interviews to this day is already a very remarkable miracle.We have won and entered the top 32. There is no reason to stop reporters from interviewing us.Moreover, after completing the task of the top 32, he will definitely enter the national team. Even coach Wang Tao has to consider how to build a good relationship with reporters and media.In the eyes of everyone watching, coach Wang Tao announced: "We will hold a press conference later, please wait for the reporters at the venue!"

With the help of the hotel staff, the youth training team went through the siege and finally returned to the hotel.The camera focused on Li Yifan's calm expression, which amazed the reporters.God knows that the calm expression on his face is completely supported by the inner strength of Shaolin in his body.Although Li Yifan's kung fu practice was a mess, he could barely manage to keep his mind calm.

press conference.

Coach Wang Tao, head coach of the youth training team, appeared on the podium at the press conference for the first time.As a rule, no team members attended this kind of press conference, but the reporters still protested in disappointment because they did not see Li Yifan and other youth training players.

No matter how disappointed they were, the journalists expressed great enthusiasm for Coach Wang Tao who led the youth training team to achieve such excellent results.After an ebullient eulogy, the reporters began to ask questions.

"After two hearty victories, the youth training team has historically entered the top 32. May I ask Coach Wang Tao, what do you think of the performance of the players in the game? Has their performance met your requirements!" It seems very nonsense It is a question, but there is a mystery hidden in it. If coach Wang Tao's answer is a little careless, follow-up questions will follow.

"Not only the two victories, but also our players in the whole group stage were very active and hardworking. Li Yifan is quite satisfied with the performance of the players." Coach Wang Tao's answer was watertight.

"The youth training team did closed training before and did not conduct warm-up training. May I ask whether Coach Wang Tao intends to give the opponent a sudden surprise during the game?"

"Sudden surprise? Haha, I like this way of saying." Coach Wang Tao smiled, "But this is not the real reason. It takes a month to build a new team. Fortunately, no matter what Months of closed training always pay off, doesn't it?"

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The next day, when people woke up from their sleep, the news of the victory was spread all over the streets and alleys with overwhelming media reports after a busy night.Every newspaper of the day was filled with glowing reports.

Take a look at the domestic media's evaluation of this victory:
"Victory, a real victory. The opponent is the last champion, and there is no doubt that the world's first-class team won such a head-to-head confrontation. The youth training team has always controlled the situation of the game. What could be better? Does that make more sense?"

"This is the first victory in the wrestling between basketball and American basketball in the past ten years! This may be an epoch-making victory representing the rise of basketball!"

"Coach Wang Tao, who planned this victory, actually directed a great miracle in the history of basketball. From entering the top 32 to defeating the previous champion, coach Wang Tao's youth training team achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in basketball."

"This victory is the victory of coach Wang Tao, and it is also the victory of basketball.

"Coach Wang Tao proved through this victory that he has found the most suitable path for basketball, and basketball has found its most suitable helm through this victory.

"Long Xun, Jiang Dongyu, Zhang Fatty and others who performed well in the previous games continued to perform well in this game. After experiencing the baptism of this youth competition, Long Xun and Jiang Dongyu have gradually shown the leadership of the young people. The leadership style of the players. Fatty Zhang has secured the position of the main center of the youth training team with his balanced offensive and defensive inside strength. The biggest surprise came to Li Yifan. This was praised by coach Wang Tao as a "genius player who can't be met" (in the face of the media, coach Wang Tao's evaluation of Li Yifan was still quite low-key). He has become the de facto core player of the youth training team. It was because of his three-pointer that directly led to the collapse of Brazil. In addition, Zhang Shaolong, who started four consecutive games at the power forward position, also continued to maintain a stable performance. These players are still players in the youth training team, but it is certain They will appear in the national team in a few years. It is these young players who let us see the bright future of basketball. Let us imagine that when the genius Li Yifan really grows up a few years later, our national team will have What a lineup. That might be the time when our basketball really stands among the best teams in the world."

At this time, there was also news of promotion in Group B. The Spanish team won the top spot in the group, so they were facing Spain.

Spain, the European matador, is a very strong team. It is a stumbling block for the US team every year, and it is also a spectacle for all international competitions. It can be said that if Spain wins, there is a 40.00% chance to beat the US team's assistant Lineup, as for the latter 60.00%, it depends on their running-in before meeting the US team in the later stage.

Therefore, everyone attaches great importance to it.

Soon, the game will come to this day.

The youth training team enters first, and Spain enters later.

As soon as the whistle sounded, Fatty Zhang and Gasol jumped up at the same time. The gap of [-] centimeters was amazing. Although Fatty Zhang fought hard, Gasol still hit the ball into the hands of point guard Levi's.

"Okay!" Levi's raised a hand and started dribbling.

The big men strode up the court and ran orderly. They knew exactly where they were going.Li Yifan pushed Castin against him and felt that the opponent was like a mountain, completely covering him up.He smiled wryly and thought to himself that this is simply asking his shooting guard to defend the center!

Jiang Dongyu leaned over and stared at the basketball in Levi's hands. Although Jiang Dongyu was short and flexible, he found that Levi's was very sophisticated.Levi's body is sideways to prevent Jiang Dongyu from drawing the ball at any time, and because of the long arm, the dribbling position is also far away from Jiang Dongyu.

Levi's advanced to near the three-point line and handed it over to Castin who ran forward.Castin turned around and faced Li Yifan, holding the ball high with both hands.This seems to have an insulting meaning. If Li Yifan jumped up to reach the ball, the scene would be really embarrassing...

The competition for the basket was fierce, but Fatty Zhang was almost completely at a disadvantage.Gasol was like a mountain completely suppressing Fatty Zhang waving for the ball.As soon as the ball was in his hand, he leaned back a little and dribbled the ball on the ground, turned around and made a hook.Fatty Zhang can only sigh in despair!
With a "clang" sound, the basketball hit the edge of the basket and bounced. Before Fatty Zhang took off, Gasol grabbed the basketball with one hand and landed, then shook the basketball in his hand before taking off lightly on the spot Snaps in easily!

"Pau Gasol is amazing!" The Spanish bench players next to him began to cheer.

"Let's go!" Jiang Dongyu took the ball from Fatty Zhang and rushed forward!
This time it was the Spanish players' turn to be a little embarrassed. Their speed of returning to defense obviously lagged behind the speed of the youth team's offense.Gasol's running movement is obviously very slow, but Culis and others have big strides and seem to be relatively flexible and struggling to catch up!

In the jungle of giants, Jiang Dongyu shuttles like a flying elf with the ball!
"What a great ball control!" The opponent's player couldn't help but shouted out.

Jiang Dongyu made a sudden change of direction and swayed past the chasing Kastin, but Levi's came out from behind with a roar, stretched out his arms, and rushed over!

Jiang Dongyu's low-altitude dribble quickly changed his body and completed a layup before Levi's blocked the shot!

But the basketball hit the oblique angle between the basket and the backboard and fell!
Levi's jumped up and grabbed the rebound with a "snap"!

"Oh!" Jiang Dongyu waved his hand angrily and reluctantly followed Levi's forward.

"Give it to me! Give it to me!" Coulis shouted from the frontcourt.Levi's slammed the ball directly in the backcourt, and he suddenly screamed out just as he shot it!A figure flew up to catch the ball at an unbelievable height!

As soon as Li Yifan dribbled the ball, he sprinted forward. His agility immediately attracted the defender's full attention.Seeing the basketball flying up and down in Li Yifan's hands, his palm seemed to be sucked by the basketball, Levi's heart trembled and he stepped forward to meet him.

Li Yifan's body suddenly deflected to break through from the right side of Levi's, but then the ball swayed past Levi's left side like a flowing cloud!Levi's screamed "beautiful" in his heart and hurriedly turned around to chase after him!

But there is no basketball in Li Yifan's hand, but his body is still pulling to the outside!

Levi raised his head in surprise and saw a man with No. 5 on his back holding the ball at an incredible speed and shooting towards the penalty area.On one side of the basket, the power forward Coulis rushed to the 1.9-meter-two body and flew over like a giant, pressing against the clenched Long Xun...

Long Xun's dunks have always been fierce and fierce, and the speed with which he swung his arms neatly exceeded Cullis' judgment!

With a loud bang, Long Xun flew over to dunk the ball and actually pressed the ball on the basket!He slammed the basketball out of his hand and lost his balance and fell down.No matter from which point of view, Long Xun should not have made such a mistake in this dunk. The only explanation is Cullis' interference.

Li Yifan could see clearly the moment Long Xun dunked with his arms just now, because Culis's defense caused the final movement to be deformed.It can't be blamed that Long Xun's 1.9-meter-two behemoth is like a flying mountain peak, and anyone who sees it for the first time will feel scared.

Long Xun got up and wanted to grab the ball, but Levi's quickly caught it.

"Come on slowly!" the coach shouted from the sidelines.

The Spanish team pushed forward like a group of tanks. The giant Gasol was the slowest. Fatty Zhang stood in the penalty area and watched the giant slowly approaching with fear in his eyes.For the first time, he felt so powerless against a center of such exaggerated height that any defensive skills seemed useless.

The Spanish team is like a heavyweight chariot, although it is slow but extremely firm.

Levi's passed to Castin. Castin didn't dribble and lobbed it directly to Gasol, who was standing in the paint.Fatty Zhang bent down and stretched his feet desperately, as if he was leaning against the side of the mountain and wanted to push the mountain away with all his strength.Gasol effortlessly dribbles slowly on the ground and moves back step by step.

His size, strength and Fatty Zhang are simply not in the same breath.

In only two or three seconds, Gasol pushed into the penalty area. Zhang Fatty raised his head weakly and looked up at the mountain in front of him.

Li Yifan suddenly started to go straight to Gasol. His goal was to move forward quickly and break the basketball in Gasol's hand.Pinching the center is a common tactic when the inside strength is insufficient.

But he didn't expect that since it was a routine countermeasure, Gasol had seen it more than once.

Although Li Yifan's speed was fast, Gasol was not slow at this time, he suddenly picked up the ball and pushed it directly to Castin who was short.Li Yifan hastily turned around to defend against Castin, but the opponent's movements were crisp and quick - he jumped up and shot!

As a big man with a height of 1.8 meters [-], Castin made an unambiguous fixed-point jumper with one step inside the three-point line. The standard arm was as straight as a basketball, and he drew a beautiful parabola and fell directly into the net!
"Strike!" Castin and Gasol high-five.

It can be seen that their cooperation has been practiced many times. Whether it is Gasol's pass or Castin's shooting, they are extremely decisive and unsloppy.And Casting's CIC has a very high level no matter what angle you look at.

Li Yifan shook his head helplessly.He can't relax his defense against Castin casually.A shooter with a stable shot is always an object that cannot be relaxed. Even if Li Yifan is short, he can at least cause a certain degree of interference.

Opening 4: o The weaknesses of the youth training team are fully exposed.

Coach Wang Tao frowned and drew tangent lines on the tactical board while staring at the opponent's players for a while.The assistant coach squinted at his drawing but couldn't understand it and gave it up
"Let's go!" Jiang Dongyu rushed to Levi's with the ball and followed closely.

(End of this chapter)