King of shooting guards

Chapter 142 The Second Battle

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and Hongcheng finally ushered in their second match in the group stage, against the Sichuan Gaoyang Matian team.

The Gaoyang Martin team is the champion of Sichuan, and it is also a very strong team. It has reached the national divisional competition three times in history. It can be said to be a veteran team.

However, the assignment of home and away games in the group stage is determined by drawing lots. Although the Martin team is a veteran team and much older than Hongcheng, they are unlucky and did not draw a home lottery, so the venue for this game is Guangxi. Hongcheng's home stadium.

In the Provincial Gymnasium, more than half of the audience seats that can accommodate tens of thousands of people are seated, almost all of them are fans who came to support Hongcheng.

Of course, because Sichuan and Guangxi are relatively close, there are also some die-hard fans of the Martin team who came here from Sichuan to cheer for the Martin team.It's just that there are too few people, and it's incomparable with the people who support Hongcheng, and they are completely overwhelmed.

Coming out of the locker room, the players of the Martin team immediately felt what happened to Hongcheng in Zhejiang last time. There were deafening boos all over the court.

Fortunately, this is not the first time that the Martin team has reached the national divisional competition. They already have experience and performed much better than Hongcheng, at least on the surface.

After a while, Hongcheng players also came out of the player tunnel.

In an instant, the audience stood up, cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena, and countless people shouted the names of the players. The atmosphere was warm and shocking.

Hearing the cheers from the audience, all the Hongcheng players almost burst into tears.After experiencing the devil's away game in Zhejiang last time, they returned to the home court and heard the voices of the home audience. They were deeply touched, and they couldn't stop waving to the fans in the auditorium to show their gratitude.

Luo Jinnan, Xiao Li, and his assistant also arrived at the scene. Seeing the warm atmosphere, Luo Jinnan laughed and couldn't help sighing: "It's better to be at home!"

"That's for sure." Xiaoli nodded, looking at the Hongcheng players, "I hope they don't have any problems this time."

Not far away, Liao Ming, Ma Ze, and Qiuming also arrived.

The last time I didn't go to Zhejiang to cheer for Li Changgeng and the others, Hongcheng lost in the end, which made Liao Ming and the others feel very depressed.This time it was in Guangxi, their home stadium, so they couldn't be absent, so they simply skipped class and rushed to the provincial capital early.

Seeing Li Changgeng and the others come out, they suddenly regained their spirits and shouted at the top of their voices, "Come on, Hongcheng, Hongcheng will win", cheer for the city team!
Near the stadium, the chief of Hongcheng led the cheerleaders, waving banners and cheering for Hongcheng.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, seeing that the game was about to start, the coach of the Martin team called the players to him and began to arrange tactics.

On Hongcheng's side, Tao Ran also called his team members over and said, "In the first quarter, Li Changgeng, Sima Shenji, Sima Shenji, Aaron, Nong Guang, you guys will go." He looked serious, with a murderous look on his face , said in a non-negotiable tone: "I just want to win, not lose."

"We must win!" Li Changgeng and the others roared in unison.

Only then did Tao Ran nod, and began to arrange tactics.In fact, there are not many arrangements. The game has not yet started, and they can only play according to their usual tactics. If necessary later, Tao Ran will make tactical adjustments according to the situation on the court.

After finishing the order, Tao Ran stopped talking, raised his fist, and cheered everyone up: "Fight well, don't forget, we want to defend the glory and dignity of Hongcheng!"

Several people nodded, their fighting spirit was soaring.

"beep"

The whistle blew, and the players from both sides entered the field. Li Changgeng and the others held their heads high and their chests upright, their momentum was like a rainbow, and everyone's eyes were full of fighting spirit, like flames.

For them, this game is not just a group match, but also a game to defend their glory and dignity. They must win!

Therefore, they all had only one thought in mind, to win this game and let those who dare to underestimate Hong Cheng take a good look at it.

"Hey, Hongcheng has such a strong momentum!" Sensing Hongcheng's momentum, Martin team point guard Huang Yuyuan said with a frown.

Martin's starting lineup is center Xu Zhiguang, power forward Ambassador Yang, small forward Li Zhifeng, shooting guard Huang Yuyuan, and point guard Malloy.Among them, the power forward Ambassador Yang is the captain, the small forward Li Zhifeng is the core of the team, and the strength of the others is also very good.

Hearing Huang Yuyuan's words, Li Zhifeng snorted disapprovingly: "I think they are just strong outsiders, and they look like rainbows, but they are actually just chickens and dogs."

"Don't be careless." Ambassador Yang, who is still the captain, is a bit more mature, glared at Li Zhifeng, and told several teammates: "No matter what the opponent's strength is, we must go all out. If anyone breaks things because of being careless, don't blame me for turning against me." .”

"Yes." Several people said in succession.

Ma Tian team center Xu Zhiguang is only [-] meters and his jumping is average, so there is no suspense that Nong Guang won the jump ball and gave the ball to Sima Shenji.

Sima Shenji pushed forward with the ball, Li Changgeng and the others ran forward quickly, and the Martin team also quickly settled down, ready to fight.

The one in charge of defending Li Changgeng is Huang Yuyuan. He is 1.8 meters nine, six centimeters taller than Li Changgeng. He is also fast and has excellent physical condition. Defense is his strong point, so he is not at all afraid of facing Li Changgeng. He just stared at Li Changgeng coldly, and secretly said: "Come on, let's see how I can guard against you!"

Seeing that Sima Shenji had passed the halftime, Li Changgeng glanced at Huang Yuyuan, and suddenly his feet swayed twice, his whole body was like a butterfly, as if he was about to fly away.

"This..." Huang Yuyuan was taken aback, and stepped forward, trying to get close to Li Changgeng.

But when he stepped forward, he felt a blur in front of his eyes. Li Changgeng suddenly turned around and slipped past him as if he could walk gently, and accelerated to throw him away.

Huang Yuyuan screamed that it was not good, and chased after him quickly, and ran into a wall of people after only two steps, and was blocked by Sima Shenji who came to cover him.

At this time, Li Changgeng was already beyond the three-point line on the other side, and Sima Shenji passed the ball just in time. He caught the ball, took off, and shook his wrist.
"Shh!"

Hollow hit!

"nice shot!"

"Li Changgeng is mighty!"

In the auditorium, thousands of spectators began to applaud loudly.

The score became 3:0. Although Hong Cheng took the lead, the game had just started, and the Martin team didn't care too much. They made free throws from the baseline and quickly launched an attack.

As a team in Group A of the Southern District, the Martin team still pays close attention to Hongcheng. Everyone has seen it.

Through those biased newspapers, Hongcheng gave the Martin team the impression that it was a small team that got lucky and made it to the national divisional competition.

Therefore, although the coach repeatedly emphasized that he should not be taken lightly, in his heart, except for the captain Ambassador Yang, no one else took Hong Cheng seriously.

But when the Martin team started to attack, they suddenly realized that their understanding was wrong. Not to mention anything else, Hongcheng's defense alone was by no means what an ordinary team can have.Everyone in Hongcheng is very active, switching defenses quickly, positioning accurately, not flustered at all, and very rigorous.

Seeing that 20 seconds had passed since the attack time, the Martin team was so defended that they couldn't find any good shots.

"It can't go on like this, 24 seconds is coming soon." Ambassador Yang thought to himself, while holding Aaron, he asked his teammates for the ball.

At this time, no one else had a chance. When Ambassador Yang asked for the ball, he immediately passed it.Ambassador Yang took the ball, played with his back, squeezed twice to the inside, then turned around suddenly, pulled up and shot.The ball was rushed, but he couldn't help it, the attack time was running out.

With a sound of "bang", the ball bounced out of the frame. Nong Guang pressed Xu Shaoqing, put the basketball in his arms, and quickly passed it to Li Changgeng, "Fast break!"

Take the ball and start.
With Li Changgeng's current speed infinitely close to B-level, once it starts, few people in his age group can keep up with his footsteps.

What's more, this time he was already outside the three-point line. After getting the ball, he turned around and threw away Huang Yuyuan. There was already a smooth road ahead of him.

He's not too polite, it's a dunk when he hits the frontcourt!
"Roar"

This dunk made the audience excited, and they began to roar loudly, cheering for Hongcheng!
"Damn it, we underestimated Hongcheng too much. We didn't expect them to be so strong." Ambassador Yang thought to himself, clenched his fists, and shouted to his teammates: "The opponent is very strong, be careful and cheer up! .”

"Yes." Several members of the Martin team replied.

As the saying goes, a connoisseur knows if there is a shot. Although the game has just started, the Martin team has already felt the strength of Hongcheng, and they are all serious.

The Martin team attacked, and the ball was quickly passed among several players, and finally it was handed over to the core player Li Zhifeng. Li Zhifeng made a mid-range shot with a step back and scored two points.

The score became 5:2.

However, when he turned around and approached Hong Cheng, he returned the favor. This time it was not Li Changgeng, but Sima Shenji.

After Sima Shenji advanced to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Li Changgeng. Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji made a pick and roll, handing the ball to Sima Shenji.Sima Shenji took the ball, first in a continuous disguise, and then suddenly took a step back, copying Li Zhifeng's previous action in front of Li Zhifeng, except that Li Zhifeng made a mid-range shot, while Sima Shenji withdrew outside the three-point line this time , a three-point hit.

This ball can be said to be a powerful counterattack to Li Zhifeng's holding of the ball just now. For the same action, Li Zhifeng scored two points, while Sima Shenji scored three points.

Obviously, Sima Shenji's ball is more difficult and more beautiful.

"This guy." Li Zhifeng looked at Sima Shenji's back and narrowed his eyes, "Copy my movements, hum, we'll see."

The Martin team attacked, and the ball was in Li Zhifeng's hands again. He didn't shoot this time, but turned around with his back in disguise with a very fancy crotch. He flew into the penalty area and made a one-handed dunk.

Falling from the basket, he gave Sima Shenji a contemptuous look, and said in a low voice, "If you are capable, you can use the same moves as me."

"Hey." Sima Shenji touched his nose, smiled lightly, and did not respond.

Although there was no response from his mouth, Sima Shenji gave the answer with his actions. In the next few minutes, he almost scored all the points in Hongcheng.

Facing Li Zhifeng's defense, he either turned around and leaned back, or made a three-pointer from the outside, or flew a dunk. In a few minutes, he scored 9 points by himself.

This made Li Zhifeng's face turn blue. Although he also scored 7 points, he was inferior to Sima Shenji after all.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Sima Shenji hit another jumper, and the score became 20:13. Hong Cheng led by 7 points, and there were 2 minutes left before the end of the first quarter.

Tian Gang, the coach of the Martin team, finally couldn't bear to call a timeout. He thought that Hong Cheng would be suppressed by his side, but in the end he was suppressed by Hong Cheng.The score was already 7 points behind. If he didn't call a timeout, I'm afraid the point difference would be stretched to double digits at the end of the first quarter, which would be troublesome.

When the players came down, Tian Gang called people to his side, first confessed that his assessment of Hongcheng was wrong, and then comforted everyone, telling them that they were only 7 points behind, and it didn't matter.In the end, he adjusted his tactics and told everyone: "No matter what, this point difference cannot be widened, and Hong Cheng must not be allowed to widen the point difference to double digits, understand?"

"clear."

"Yes." Several players under him agreed.

Hongcheng side.

Tao Ran encouraged several players under his opponent, and then ordered: "Sima Shenji performed very well in the past few minutes, they will definitely focus on you later, you have to make good use of this to attract the opponent's attention , to create opportunities for teammates.”

"Li Changgeng, Sima Shenji, Aaron, Nong Guang, you will definitely have a chance after Sima Shenji attracts the opponent's defense later, you must be firm, you know?"

"Yes." Several people nodded, knowing that the coach wanted them to bloom more, so as to completely beat the Martin team.

The whistle sounded and they returned to the field.

The Martin team's offense was very fierce, and they scored one when they came up, but they fell into a quagmire on the defensive end, and were dizzy by Hongcheng's multi-point blooming.They can't let go of Sima Shenji's defense against Sima Shenji, but if they guard against Sima Shenji, they will definitely miss other people.

In this way, Hongcheng saw the opportunity and began to bombard indiscriminately, Li Changgeng's three-pointer, Aaron's cut layup, Nong Guang's alley-oop dunk
After such a back and forth, although the Martin team was extremely unwilling, the point difference was still further widened quietly.

By the end of the first quarter, the score became 26:17, with Hongcheng leading by 11 points.

"Sigh..." Tian Gang, the coach of the Martin team, shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "It still hasn't reached double digits. This game is not easy!"

For the Martin team, this game is really difficult to play. The strength of Hongcheng has shaken their undefeated belief that they have accumulated from the city league to the provincial league and then to the national divisional competition.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Tian Gang made a new layout, strengthened the offense, and at the same time increased the defense on the outside line, targeting Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji.

After the first quarter of the game, he finally saw the reality of Hongcheng, and it was no longer limited to some information obtained from the organizing committee, or some biased reports.

Of course, there is one thing that the data given by the organizing committee and newspaper reports did not lie to him, that is, the core of Hongcheng is Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji.

So Tian Gang planned to keep an eye on these two people. If he could guard against Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, then it would be easy to defeat Hongcheng.

It's a pity that he underestimated Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji too much, and also underestimated other people in Hongcheng.

In the second quarter, the Martin team did strengthen their defense against Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, and even used double-team tactics, but the result did not meet Tian Gang's expectations.Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji's personal abilities are too strong, even if they are double-teamed, it is difficult to prevent the two of them.

What's more, Nongguang, Sima Shenji, and Aaron are not just decorations. Sima Shenji's outside three-pointer, Aaron's mid-range shot, and Nongguang's lob. All these caught the Martin team by surprise, like It was pieces of small blades that slashed at Martin's body. The wounds were not big, and they didn't look fatal.

Especially Nongguang, the Martin team's center Xu Zhiguang is only [-] meters, and his jumping and explosive power are not as good as Nongguang. Although Nongguang's skills are rough, but with his huge advantage in physical fitness, he can easily beat the basket beat Xu Zhiguang and scored points again and again.

As a result, the Martin team not only failed to prevent Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji to death, but instead allowed the three of Nongguang to play in their best form, leading to a further widening of the point difference.

Seeing that the score difference was getting bigger and bigger, Tian Gang was extremely anxious, and called two timeouts in a row, but the effect was not ideal, and the bleeding still failed to stop, and the score difference was still widening.

By the end of the first half, the score had become 52:35, and Hongcheng led the Martin team by 17 points.

This is because Tao Ran replaced Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji in the middle of the second quarter, leaving only Nong Guang three starters on the field, otherwise the point difference would be even bigger.

During the intermission, Hongcheng was relaxed and happy, but the Martin team was sad and the atmosphere was depressed.

"Damn it, how did this happen?" Li Zhifeng punched hard, feeling depressed, obviously he and others have tried their best, but why are they still so far behind?
Ambassador Yang was covered in sweat, and his eyes were a little lost. He came back to his senses after hearing Li Zhifeng's words, and sighed: "We were wrong, and those newspapers were wrong. Hongcheng is not a big team at all, but An out-and-out super team!"

Hearing this, the players of the Martin team were a little dissatisfied, but thinking of the first half of the game, they all had to bow their heads and shut up. They couldn't refute.

Hongcheng attacked.

Li Changgeng took the ball, and faced Huang Yuyuan's defense twice, pretending to break through, causing Huang Yuyuan to subconsciously take half a step back, creating a little space between the two of them, Li Changgeng immediately jumped up, and his shot was extremely fast , No reaction from Huang Yuyuan was allowed at all.

"Shh!"

Hollow hit, three points!
Seeing the goal made, Tian Gang on the sidelines sighed helplessly. This was already Li Changgeng's third three-pointer since he came up. The kind of accuracy that was like piercing Yang with a hundred steps made the Martin team have no choice but to Looking at it and sighing, Tian Gang has nothing to do.

With Li Changgeng's three-pointer, the third quarter ended. The score became 78:57, and the Martin team fell behind by 21 points.

Hongcheng's starting players only played half a quarter in this quarter, but the morale of the Martin team had already been knocked down, even if Hongcheng's rotation lineup came on the field, they still suppressed them.

Therefore, even though Hongcheng's white bull had only played a small half of the first round, the point difference was still further widened.

With a score difference of 21 points, only the last quarter is left. If there are no accidents, Hongcheng will definitely win this game.

Before the fourth quarter started, thousands of spectators in the auditorium had already started cheering, because the fourth quarter would probably be reduced to garbage time.

In the auditorium, Liao Ming's face flushed with excitement, he shook his fist fiercely, and shouted: "Ma De, finally feel elated."

On the side, Ma Ze and Qiuming nodded in succession.

The last time they lost to the Mie Shen team, Hongcheng was extremely aggrieved, and today's game was a relief for them.

Not far away, Luo Jinnan also laughed and said: "Hongcheng played really well in this game today. Everyone performed very well, even better than in the provincial league." He glanced at the scoreboard and said with a smile : "Unfortunately, the fourth quarter is not worth watching."

"beep"

The final whistle blew and nothing changed in the result, with Hongseong beating Team Martin 105:90 by a huge margin to win the game.

In the fourth quarter, the Martin team also launched a counterattack and wanted to reverse, but Hongcheng's morale was too high today, and the players felt too good. Tao Ran didn't even start the game, and the rotation of the lineup blocked the Martin team's counterattack. , won the game.

Of course, the Martin team's counterattack was not ineffective, at least the point difference was narrowed to 15 points, and it was not too miserable to lose.

This, perhaps, is the only thing the Martin team can comfort themselves.

Hongcheng played very well in this game. After the game, some reporters rushed to the stadium to interview Hongcheng.

On the bus back to the city from the provincial capital, the members of the Hongcheng City team were very excited.

Winning today's game not only means that they have won a group match and scored 1 point, but more importantly, they have successfully defended the glory and dignity of Hongcheng, making those who dare to underestimate Hongcheng People saw the strength of Hongcheng.

This last point is what everyone cares about the most!

"A few days ago, they said that we were weak, and predicted that we would not win a game in the group stage. Now we will kill the Martin team." Lu Feng said with a strange smile: "Don't say it, I can't wait, no Know what those newspapers will report?"

"Surely a good thing to say!

A group of people were talking about it, and they were all looking forward to it. They really wanted to see how those newspapers would justify themselves this time. "

Listening to the discussion of a group of players under him, Tao Ran couldn't help laughing: "I hope your evaluation is fair, otherwise."

It turned out that in the first game, they were badly hacked, because they were led so much ahead, so many basketball newspapers were not optimistic about them, but it's hard to say now.

(End of this chapter)