King of shooting guards

Chapter 143 Key Matches
Yang Tian is a reporter for the Youth Basketball News, and was assigned by the editor-in-chief to be responsible for following up the matches of Group A in the Southern Division of the National High School Basketball League.So he has been following up and reporting since the opening game of Group A in the southern region, Hongcheng vs. Mie Shen team.

At that time, he was also more optimistic about the Mie Shen team, and in the end it was indeed the Mie Shen team that won the game.

But what surprised Yang Tian was Hong Cheng's performance. Although Hong Cheng's performance in the first half was terrible, he played very well in the second half.To be exact, it started in the second half of the third quarter, setting off a frenzy of counterattacks that almost wiped out the Mie Shen team.

It was also because of that match that Yang Tian began to pay attention to Hong Cheng.

And Hongcheng didn't let him down. He defeated the Martin team by 15 points today, showing the demeanor of a strong team.

When the game was over, Yang Tian stepped forward to interview him, and the result was beyond his expectation. Hongcheng coach Tao Ran was very enthusiastic about him, and immediately agreed to do an exclusive interview with him.For this reason, Tao Ran even rejected several other media, which can be said to be full of sincerity.

Sitting in the taxi, holding today's exclusive interview material in his hands, Yang Tian couldn't help laughing, "With this unique interview material, our Youth Basketball News will be the leader this time." Hong Cheng, he has already overfulfilled the task, and he couldn't help being excited at the moment, he just wanted to hurry up and report back to the agency, so that he could go to the editor-in-chief to claim credit.

The next day, Yang Tian arrived at the newspaper office early and rushed directly to the editor-in-chief's office.

"Oh, it's Yang Tian, ​​come and sit down." The editor-in-chief waved at Yang Tian and asked with a smile, "I heard that Hong Cheng won yesterday?"

"Yes." Yang Tian hurriedly nodded, "We beat the Martin team by 15 points."

"Hehe, it's a good thing that our report was more pertinent last time, otherwise we would have lost face this time." The editor-in-chief smiled and asked again: "By the way, how was your interview?"

When the editor-in-chief asked about this, Yang Tian was shocked. He took out the exclusive interview materials compiled overnight from his bag and handed them to the editor-in-chief. He laughed and said, "Editor-in-chief, please read this. , we are the only ones."

"Oh?" The editor-in-chief looked up, browsed through the materials, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Your interview materials are very detailed, very good."

"Hey." Yang Tian scratched the back of his head and laughed.

The editor-in-chief said: "Although the Hongcheng team is a newcomer to the national division competition, I am very optimistic about them. Although they are a young team, they have great potential. Every player is very good, especially Li Changgeng. And Sima Shenji, they are very good."

"I found a friend of mine yesterday, and only then did I find out that both Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji participated in Liu Weiping's training camp and Kobe's training camp. These two guys are definitely not in the pool. I have a feeling that these two people will definitely shock us in the future, and maybe they will change the basketball landscape in our country."

"Ah!" Yang Tianliu opened his mouth wide, his face could not hide his surprise, and he smiled wryly, "Editor-in-Chief, are your words too exaggerated?"

"Hehe." The editor-in-chief was also a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Actually, I didn't say this, it was my friend who said it. He is the coach of Guangxi Huadong Economic Company and has brought out many excellent players. His I still believe it.”

"So in the future we will pay more attention to Hongcheng, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, and I will leave this matter to you." The editor-in-chief urged, "It must be done for me."

In fact, Yang Tian was also very optimistic about Hongcheng, and he agreed with the editor-in-chief. After hearing what the editor-in-chief said, he was determined and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, I have already made an agreement with Coach Lu of Hongcheng. Yes, from now on, Hongcheng will only accept interviews from our Youth Basketball News."

"Oh?" The editor-in-chief couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. To do their job, you first have to press the right treasure, and second, they have to be willing to let you interview.

Anyway, Bao is planning to put pressure on Hong Cheng, but whether he is willing to let you interview, or give you first-hand information, this is a question.He was still having a headache at first, how could he be unhappy after hearing what Yang Tian said.

……

At this time, a report was issued from the Youth Basketball News, which was an exclusive interview with Hongcheng.

Through this report, everyone has a detailed understanding of Hongcheng. It turns out that Hongcheng almost won the Guangxi championship last year. Training Camp.

Moreover, the two also won the mvp of their respective age groups in the Kobe training camp.

If Liu Weiping's training camp is not convincing enough, then Kobe's training camp can definitely explain the problem. Can you say that he is weak if he can get the MVP of Kobe's training camp?With such two players, can you say that Hongcheng is a big team?
What's more, the Youth Basketball News also made a detailed analysis of Hongcheng's match against Mie Shen and Ma Tian, ​​so that the public finally knew that the Mie Shen team did occupy the home court advantage, and it turned out that Hong Cheng defeated Martin The team is indeed not based on luck.

Data is not deceiving. Once these things are presented, everyone will know who is right and who is wrong.

The media no longer dared to doubt Hongcheng's strength. They just found it strange that such detailed data, especially the fact that Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji participated in Kobe's training camp, they didn't know about it. Where did the basketball news come from?
In fact, if these people knew that Hong Cheng had agreed to only accept interviews with the Youth Basketball News, they would probably have guessed a thing or two.

That's right, Tao Ran disclosed all these information to the Youth Basketball News.

In addition, the fame of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji also rose rapidly.Because the report of the Youth Basketball News let people know that Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji actually participated in the Kobe training camp and won the mvp of their respective age groups.That was Kobe Bryant's training camp, and it was not an easy task to get the mvp.

You know, Kobe's training camp is full of talents, and if he can get the MVP of Kobe's training camp, his future is bound to be limitless.

Therefore, many media started to contact Hong Cheng, wanting to interview Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, but Hong Cheng refused them all.

Although Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji could not be interviewed, the major media's interest in the two has not diminished at all, and they have used their brains to dig out the past of the two from various channels, making the names of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji all of a sudden. After losing the regulars in these media reports, his fame has also risen rapidly.

This was unexpected for Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji.

Three days later, the third match of Hongcheng's group stage came against Chongqing Jialing Huoyu.

This game is Hongcheng's away game, but with the experience of playing against Mie Shen last time, everyone in Hongcheng has adapted to the atmosphere of the away game. There is no problem from the last time against Mie Shen, and they have played steadily from the beginning of the game .

At the end of the first quarter, Hongcheng and Jialing Huoyu tied.

From the second quarter, Hongcheng began to show its power. Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji began to frantically bombard the basket of Jialing Huoyu team, setting off a 12:0 shock wave. The point difference was also suddenly opened to more than ten points.

In the second half, the Jialing Huoyu team launched a counterattack, but unfortunately it didn't work. Under the leadership of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, Hongcheng's morale was high and they blocked the Jialing Huoyu team's counterattack.

In the end, Hongcheng defeated Jialing Live Fish 99:88.

In this game, all members of Hongcheng performed well. Li Changgeng scored 29 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists; Sima Shenji scored 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 assist; Nong Guang scored 12 points, 17 rebounds. It was the three of them who scored 68 points, accounting for more than half of the team's points.

For the powerful firepower possessed by the Trident composed of Li Changgeng, Sima Shenji, and Nong Guang, the major media were also amazed and sighed again and again.

For Hongcheng itself, after defeating the Jialing Huoyu team, they scored another point. With the record of two wins in three games, they are currently tied for No. The No.1 Mie Shen team got 2 point.

Now more than half of the group stage has passed, each team has played three games, and only the last game is left. The Mie Shen team will face the Martin team in the next game. With the strength of the Mie Shen team, they can probably beat Huayin Middle School , ranked first in the group with a record of four victories, and the first group to qualify.Then the other qualifying place can only be one of the Hongcheng and Gangbei Luocun teams.

Therefore, the battle between Hongcheng and Gangbei Luocun is also a battle of life and death. Whoever wins will qualify for the group stage, and whoever loses will have to leave.

For such a game, whether it is Hongcheng or Gangbei Luocun team, they can only win but not lose, and the pressure is very high.

Two days later, Hongcheng rushed to Guizhou to play an away game against the Guizhou Gangbei Luocun team.

In order to cheer for Hongcheng, Luo Jinnan and Xiaoli rushed over with their assistants; Liao Ming and Qiuming also asked for leave; the chief of Hongcheng even chartered a car and rushed to the scene with the cheerleaders for the away team. The Hongcheng players cheered.

"beep"

When the whistle sounded and the game started, the confrontation between the players on both sides entered a fierce state in an instant, which was very intense.

This game is too important, it is related to whether the group can qualify, so whether it is Hongcheng or Gangbei Luocun team, they are all fighting.

"Shh!"

Li Changgeng found an open opportunity and made a shot from outside the three-point line. The ball obediently got into the ring and made a beautiful three-pointer.

Sima Shenji not only did not perform abnormally, but performed exceptionally well, breaking through, jumping, and dunking. Various methods emerged one after another, it was like entering no one's land, and scoring points was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

Sima Shenji scored 15 points in the first quarter alone. The Gangbei Luocun team, who almost played alone, had no way to fight back. Their performance was astonishing.

However, the Gangbei Luocun team is not a low hand.

In the second half of the second quarter, Tao Ran replaced Sima Shenji, Li Changgeng, and Nong Guang, and the Gangbei Luocun team also replaced their core players.However, their rotation lineup was too strong, not much worse than the starting lineup, and they quickly tied the score and overtook it.

This surprised Tao Ran, and he had no choice but to send Li Changgeng up, and only then did the momentum of the Gangbei Luocun team be curbed.

Until the end of the first half, Hongcheng and Gangbei Luocun drew, and everyone couldn't help feeling that it was a tie.

At the beginning of the second half, the two teams came and went, and the score also rose alternately.

Hongcheng beat the Gangbei Luocun team in the starting lineup, but lost to the Gangbei Luocun team in the rotation lineup, so the score has not been able to open up, maintaining a situation where you lead for a while, and I lead for a while, until the stalemate The second half of the fourth quarter.

At this time, Hongcheng's advantage of having two super cores became apparent. Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji began to take over the game. Steadily suppressed the Gangbei Luocun team.

In the second half of the fourth quarter alone, Li Changgeng scored 11 points, and Sima Shenji also scored 10 points.

It was also by virtue of the power of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji at the last moment that Hongcheng finally defeated the Gangbei Luocun team 108:102 and won this crucial battle.

At the end of the game, Luo Jinnan, Xiaoli and others who supported Hongcheng, Liao Ming, Qiuming and other Hongcheng students, as well as the chief of Hongcheng, and the cheerleaders were all very happy, cheering loudly for Hongcheng and celebrating the Hongcheng team's qualifying.

A group of Hongcheng team members also gathered together, extremely excited.They really did it. Except for the first game of the group stage, they won all three games in the next three games, swept all their opponents, ranked second in the group with total points, and qualified for the group stage.

Of course, there must be some joy and some sorrow. The Gangbei Luocun team, which was robbed of the group qualifying qualification, was extremely disappointed.

At the same time, in the ZJ Provincial Sports Center, the Mie Shen team defeated the Sichuan Matian team, won all 4 games in the group stage, ranked first in total points, and also qualified for the group stage.

As a result, the current National High School Basketball League South Group A competition has basically come to an end. The Mie Shen team ranked first with 4 points in total, and Hongcheng ranked second with 3 points in total. These two teams Qualify as the top two in the group.

And what they are about to usher in next is the cross-knockout match in the South District. The top two teams in Group A and Group B, a total of four teams, will cross-match and compete for life and death. The two winning teams will fight again. One game will determine the champion of the Southern District.The two losing teams will also play a game to determine the third and fourth places.

At this time, Hun province, Donglin team.

Although it was already eight o'clock in the evening, in the school basketball hall, Xu Anya and her teammates were still sweating and training hard.

The phone rang for a while, Xu Anya stopped, went to the sidelines, picked up the phone, and pressed the answer button: "Xiaobai, how are you?"

After talking to the person on the other end of the phone, Xu Anya hung up the phone, looked up, and the captain Marseille came over at some point and stood in front of him.

"How, Hongcheng won?" Marseille asked.

"Yeah." Xu Anya nodded, and said in a somewhat complicated way, "They won, the second place in the group, and this time they really will meet us."

Marseille nodded, with a dignified look on his face. Their match in Group B in the southern region ended yesterday. The Donglin team won all four games and qualified first in the group.According to the next cross-elimination rules, No. 2 in Group A will face No. 1 in Group B, and Hongcheng will meet their Donglin team.

If it was before, Marseille didn't feel anything, because he didn't think that Hongcheng, which Xu Anya had been talking about, was so great.

But it is different now, thanks to Xu Anya's constant attention to Hongcheng, Marseille also has a lot of understanding of Hongcheng.

Especially in this group match, he was dragged by Xu Anya to watch the live TV broadcast of the two Hongcheng games, and he knew that Hongcheng's strength should not be underestimated.

Therefore, seeing that he was going to meet Hong Cheng next, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

"Captain." Seeing that the captain looked serious and seemed to be thinking about something, Xu Anya called out.

"Oh." Marseille came back to his senses, and smiled wryly: "To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to this Hongcheng at first. But after watching two Hongcheng games, I knew that this is definitely a strong team. I'd rather run into the Destroyer team."

"Yeah." Xu Anya also said, "Although Mie Shen team is powerful, there are no guys who are too perverted. Our Donglin team is good at defense. I believe that if we meet them, we will definitely be able to defend against them and let them no matter what. That point can’t be opened.”

"But Hongcheng." Xu Anya shook her head, a little helpless, "Others can talk, but Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, I'm afraid no one on our side can guard against them."

"That's why I said that I would rather meet Mie Shen team than Hongcheng." Marseille spread his hands, the core of their team is him, and he is also the strongest defensively, but he is a center forward, don't you think so? Counting on a center to defend other defenders?

"Forget it, let's take one step at a time." Xu Anya said.

Marseille had nothing to do, so he nodded and said, "Let's go, continue training. Although Hongcheng is very strong, we are not weak, and we are the first in Group B and have home court advantage. When the time comes, we will be in our territory." , there are ways to deal with them.”

The game was won, and Hong Cheng also successfully qualified for the group stage. The director was very happy, and invited everyone from the city team to dinner that night to reward everyone.

After some turmoil, everyone was full of wine and food, so they went back to their rooms. After a night's rest, they will board the car tomorrow morning and rush back to the city.

Sima Shenji suddenly grabbed Li Changgeng and said, "Walk with me."

"Huh?" Li Changgeng looked at Sima Shenji, his heart suddenly moved, he nodded, and said, "Alright, walking will help you digest, let's go."

Sima Shenji didn't say much, walked ahead in a muffled voice, and left the hotel with Li Changgeng one after the other.

The neon lights were shining outside, and it was bustling. Li Changgeng followed behind. Seeing that Sima Shenji didn't speak, he didn't ask any more questions, and just followed Sima Shenji.

A few minutes later, Sima Shenji stopped, pointed to a food stall and said, "Come on, go in and have a drink." After speaking, he couldn't help but walk in first, Li Changgeng had no choice but to follow.

This food stall is a common barbecue stall on the street at night. The two sat down, ordered some barbecue, and ordered a case of beer.After a while, the barbecue was served, and the beer was also brought over. Sima Shenji opened two bottles of beer, got a glass for himself, and another glass for Li Changgeng, raised the glass and said, "Come on, let's toast to our victory today." When he was done, he drank it all in one gulp.

"Oh." Li Changgeng smiled wryly, and did it too.

Sima Shenji filled another cup and said, "Thank you for coming out with me, I respect you for this cup."

If so, Sima Shenji went from celebrating today's victory, to thanking Li Changgeng for coming out with him, to congratulating the country's prosperity and strength for a few drinks, his reasons became more and more nonsense, and nothing else was said. But looking drunk, Li Changgeng couldn't bear it anymore.

"Okay." Holding down the cup, Li Changgeng frowned and said, "You can drink if you want, I will drink with you, but say what you need to say, keeping it in your heart is not an option."

"You know?" Sima Shenji raised his head suddenly.

"Of course I know." Li Changgeng nodded, and sighed: "Say what you want, even if you want to cry, I won't laugh at you, as long as you don't hold back. It's right to get drunk, but you You don’t even say it, how can you be so drunk?”

"Don't worry, no matter how long, no matter what happens, I will not change, we are still good brothers."

"Thank you." Sima Shenji smiled and continued to drink without speaking.

An hour later, both Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji were drunk.

The two of them drank more than half of a case of beer, that is to say, both of them were playing basketball. They were tall and strong. If they were ordinary people, they would probably have collapsed long ago.

Seeing that Sima Shenji was a little out of his mind, talking nonsense, Li Changgeng shook his head, got up and went to the counter to pay.I can't drink any more, Sima Shenji is fine if he is drunk, but the problem is how can he go back to the hotel tonight if he is also drunk?
"Boss, check out."

"okay."

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and Hongcheng finally ushered in their next opponent, the Donglin team with the top points in Group B.

This time it was a cross-knockout match, a life-and-death match, and the winning team could enter the next stage of the national divisional competition, the challenge match.As for the losing team, it means that this year's National High School Basketball League will stop here. At most, it will only be the consolation prize and a ranking.

Therefore, this game is very important to Hongcheng and the Donglin team. It is a necessary step to enter the national challenge and hit the national championship.

Moreover, the Donglin team's home game this time will be a severe test for Hongcheng.

HUN Province, Provincial Sports Center.

In the locker room, everyone in Hongcheng began to change their clothes.

"Xu Anya called me yesterday." Sima Shenji said to Li Changgeng while tying his shoelaces.

"Oh?" Li Changgeng raised his head and smiled slightly, "What did he say?"

"What else can you say, declare war on us?" Sima Shenji shrugged his shoulders, and said, "That guy is still the same, he is very stinky, and he vowed to defeat us. Why did they say that their goal this year is the national championship? Although we are all friends, he will not show mercy."

"Wool yarn." Li Changgeng sneered, "He's showing mercy. He's talking too much, and he's not afraid of blowing the cowhide."

"Hehe, I think so too. Anyway, we have to win this time. At worst, please treat Xu Anya to a meal to comfort me after the game." Sima Shenji said.

"You can have this." Li Changgeng nodded.

(End of this chapter)