King of shooting guards

Chapter 200 Fighting the Raptors (2)

The moment Li Changgeng got the ball, his eyes fell on Paul from the corner of his eye. What posture? "Shua!" The basketball wiped Heroin's jersey and flew towards Paul through Kazier's armpit.The basketball bounced off the backboard and fell steadily into the hoop.

Heroin landed on both feet and turned around to look at the basket, seeing the basketball brushing the net and falling.

"Good job, boss!" Paul excitedly raised his right hand towards Li Changgeng.

After raising his hands and high-fiving Paul, Li Changgeng quickly rushed back beyond his position.

Behind.

"That guy, when did he rush into the restricted area?" Heroin couldn't help asking despite being annoyed.

"The moment the striker made the shot." Kotaichi from the outside line answered Heroin's question.

Pierce took the ball from Kazier, "Crack!" He walked forward with the ball, and said to Heroin, "Just be careful next time, I won't let this happen again."

Raptors attack.Pierce's excellent organization and exquisite passing, the highly skilled Raptors often receive the most comfortable passes in their best positions, and the top strength in the country allows them to face the Los Angeles players single-handedly.Put the basketball into the hoop again and again.Pinol and Heroin have shown their strengths in line with their fame. Harris and Mozart can only watch the basketball fall into the basket again and again despite their best efforts.Kotaichi from the outside also scored two three-pointers in his only two shots.The extremely high shooting percentage of the two teams made power forward Kazier basically have no chance to play.

Los Angeles' offense is equally varied and pleasing to the eye.With Li Changgeng as the core, the Los Angeles team tore through the Raptors' defense time and time again with no less sharpness than the Raptors, sending the basketball into the basket.

In the 10th minute of time, the score was 21:18.With Los Angeles leading by three points, the situation seemed to be evenly divided.

"Flute!" The whistle sounded, and the Raptors called the first timeout of the first half.

Lucas was particularly satisfied with the current score and grinned happily: "Hey, you see, Los Angeles is leading now!" Unknowingly, Lucas regarded himself as a member of Los Angeles.

Kebo's expression was as calm as water, and he said indifferently: "The first half has just started, isn't it too early to be happy? Although Los Angeles leads by three points, but if the situation continues like this, the Los Angeles Raptors will have the advantage. You won't You're dizzy with excitement, you're so blind that you can't even see this, right?"

Lucas said relaxedly: "Li Changgeng will solve this problem. As long as the Los Angeles team has Li Changgeng, they will never lose."

Kebo glanced at Lucas coldly and remained silent.

He stopped talking, but someone beside him spoke.One of the two foreign boys next to him asked: "The situation is dominated by the dragon, how do you understand this?" It turned out to be pure Chinese, and the speaker was a young white man named Mike.

Lucas followed the sound in surprise, as if he didn't realize that there were actually two foreigners sitting beside him until now.Looking each other up and down, professional instinct concluded that the two foreigners in front of me were also like-minded.Just looking at it, Lucas didn't pay too much attention.Not humble, Lucas explained with a smile: "Now that the game is down, you have also seen the tactics of Los Angeles and the Raptors. Compared with the Raptors' varied tactics and unrestrained cooperation, Los Angeles is much more monotonous. Throughout the The No. 24 player on the court dribbles the ball to disrupt the opponent's defense, passes the most accurate ball at the most appropriate time, or directly shoots and scores by himself. This is the tactic of Los Angeles."

"That's not a problem. The opponent has no way to block No. 24's pass, isn't it?" Mike was still puzzled.

Lucas shook his head and said: "The Raptors haven't played their true strength. So far, except for No. 24, the strength of other players in the Los Angeles team has almost bottomed out, and the Raptors have only played [-]% of their strength at most. .”

"Seventy percent!" Cobb corrected.

"Hehe..." Lucas couldn't help laughing, it was rare to see Kebo so serious.After laughing, Lucas continued, "Although the situation remains balanced now, once the Raptors show their true strength, this situation will change quickly. Los Angeles' advantage will be disintegrated in an instant."

Mike was skeptical: "Is the Raptors really that good? Have you seen it?"

"Me? I have experienced it myself."

"Then the Los Angeles team will lose this game?"

"Hehe, this is not necessarily the case. As long as the Los Angeles team has No. 24, they will definitely not lose. He will definitely try to make the team win." Lucas showed confidence in winning.

The strength of the Raptors is far more than that!Li Changgeng, who was resting on the bench, kept turning this idea in his mind.The game has been played so far, except for the few times when they confronted Pierce head-on, the Raptors' players did not show their full strength at all.Compared with the level shown in the video, the Raptors' overall strength only showed about [-]% at most.Whatever their reasons, things should change dramatically after this timeout.The Raptors can't just keep silent like this.

Don't let their counterattack horn blow, at least in the first half, don't let their amazing strength play out.The leading advantage must be maintained until the end of the first half. Even if there is only one point, it is a great boost to morale.Otherwise, there is no need to play the second half of the game.

The towel in his hand was squeezed tightly, and he secretly made a determination to die.

"Flute!" The whistle sounded and the game restarted.

The trident composed of Pierce, Pinol, and Heroin is the foundation of the Raptors' offense and defense, and Pierce is the core of the core.The first step of the attack is to block their core.Freezing the core hub of Pierce, the Raptors can only fight on their own, and no matter how powerful the other players are, the overall strength will be greatly reduced.

There are 10 minutes left in the first half, even if Pierce has all-powerful ability, he must be suppressed for 10 minutes.

The Raptors kicked in and the ball passed to Pierce.Li Changgeng stepped forward early before he dribbled the ball past halftime.For a player like Pierce, once he gets close to the three-point line, it's even more difficult to block him.The other members of the Raptors have already entered their respective positions. Under the eyes of everyone, the two people in the center of the court are facing each other.

With erratic footsteps and erratic dribbling, the basketball kept changing its position in front of Pierce.Li Changgeng, who was standing in front of him, didn't dare to blink any more, and focused on the basketball in his hand, predicting his next move.

Pierce still failed to break through several fake moves in a row, and there were already spectators counting seconds on the sidelines.His stern face was still calm, with his lips tightly pursed, he didn't seem to be in the slightest panic.

Why didn't anyone else step forward to help?Occasionally, such questions flashed through the minds of the audience.

This is an upright decisive battle, a decisive battle between the two strongest guards in NCAA history, no one can intervene in it, and no one can stop it.The province's No. [-] point guard, Pierce has never lost, and the only NCAA champion, Li Changgeng has neither, nor will he fail.

In a basketball game, the offensive side always has the upper hand, and the one who controls the ball is always more active than the defensive one.Getting the ball into the opponent's field without difficulty in one-on-one defense is a basic requirement for a point guard.

But Li Changgeng wanted to subvert all of this.

After continuous feints, a small gap finally appeared, and that's now!With a flash of a figure, Pierce rushed over.Was breached? "Crack!" A hand hit the basketball in Pierce's hand, and the basketball flew out of bounds.

not yet!
The rest of the Raptors stepped forward and took a foul.After Pierce received the ball, he raised his hand and passed the ball. The basketball passed over Li Changgeng's head, and Pinol received the ball.

Pass?It doesn't matter.Such a pass is not at all the value of a first-class defender.The point guard's job is not as simple as dribbling and passing.Integrate the formation, organize the offense, and break through the opponent's defense when necessary, and even make a shot to open the gap for teammates.If Pierce can only pass the ball like this, there is no place for him in the Raptors' main lineup.

The Raptors' offense, the basketball is tossed in the hands of other players such as Pinole Heroin.Occasionally Pierce received a pass, but because of Li Changgeng's close pressing, he could only send the ball back. Pierce, the core hub, was paralyzed for a while.But the Raptors are the Raptors after all. Except for Pierce, the other players are all top players.After a few upside downs, Pinole leaped high in the face of Harris and shot from outside the penalty area.The basketball was about to pop out after bouncing in the basket, and a hand suddenly appeared under the basket and easily pressed the ball back——Heroin.

As expected of the Raptors, Li Changgeng secretly sighed in his heart while admiring: It is completely impossible to contain the Raptors' attack, and now the only option is to continue to suppress Pierce.In this way, even if they can continue to score, the offensive methods are quite monotonous, and the Los Angeles players should be much easier to defend.

It was LA's turn to attack.

It is still Li Changgeng who controls the ball.

The front is still Pierce.Do you want to be singled out?The mad rushing figure stopped in an instant, and the slingshot-like right-handed rushing turned to Pierce and disappeared behind him.

Break through!The restricted area is just ahead.Before the joy arose, a warning sign suddenly appeared in my heart - suddenly a figure stood in front of me, and a hand behind me quietly extended towards the basketball in Li Changgeng's hand.

With his left foot as the axis, his body dodged like a whirlwind, "Crack!" With a crisp sound, the basketball changed from his crotch to his right hand, and suddenly a shadow flashed from Li Changgeng's right side - it was a pass.

Under the basket, Paul grasped the sudden basketball in a daze. "Stupid, shoot!" A loud roar woke Paul up from his dream, jumped up, and shot!

"Crack!" There was a sound of hitting the ball, and a sudden giant hand hit the basketball shot by Paul fiercely--heroin!

The basketball flew out to the sidelines, and a figure suddenly appeared and grabbed the basketball with one hand, Harris.Raising his hand to shoot, Gong Tianyi, who was wandering outside the three-point line, suddenly appeared and jumped high to cover the ball in Harris' hands.There was no chance to make a shot, and the basketball held up high was pressed down, "Crack!" The basketball fell into Beethoven's hands with a thud.

"No one is defending, shoot the basket!"

Leaping high and taking the shot calmly, the basketball steadily draws an arc, "Shua!" and falls accurately into the basket.

Three point shot!
At 24:20, Los Angeles extended its lead to four points.Looking back at the time, there are more than eight minutes left in the first half.

Back to defense.

The game repeated the scene just now. Li Changgeng stepped forward to block Pierce just after halftime, making full use of the rules of the game to firmly guard him near the center line.Pinol stepped forward to respond and barely passed the ball.After a few exquisite cooperations, fierce competition started at the basket, and in the end the ball was still sent to the basket by Pinol.

The competition proceeded minute by minute according to the script Li Changgeng envisioned.The core of the Raptors was restrained and unable to exert their full strength. Under Li Changgeng's support and dispatch, the morale of the Los Angeles team was high.

Tightly guarding the opponent in front of him, he glanced at the scoreboard from the corner of his eyes, and there was a little more than one point left in the first half.The score was 36:34, and the Los Angeles team still led by two points.His chest felt numb, and his breathing was uncontrollably rapid.The physical exertion of the defensive side is no less than that of the offensive side.Especially when Li Changgeng was facing a master like Pierce, if he wanted to completely stop him, he had to keep moving his feet, waving his arms, and constantly calculating his possible next move in his mind.As a result, Li Changgeng's physical and mental exhaustion far exceeded Pierce's.

Pierce, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Can you keep moving until the end of the game?"

Suppressing the bitterness in his heart, an inscrutable smile overflowed from the corner of Li Changgeng's mouth, and he said, "You don't need to worry about this. After being silent for so long, at the end of the first half, shouldn't it be time for you to explode!"

"Naturally!" While speaking, the basketball in Pierce's hand suddenly disappeared, and when it emerged from behind him, it flew towards Gong Tianyi beyond the three-point line.Pierce's figure did not stop at the basketball shot, and a gust of wind passed by and was already running towards the other side of the three-point line.The speed was completely beyond Li Changgeng's expectation.

Damn it, Li Changgeng hurriedly chased after him, his right foot suddenly became weak, his running steps stopped suddenly, and a slight numbness came from his right foot.

Over there, Pierce received a pass from Kotaichi, raised his hand from outside the three-point line and shot, "Shua!" With a crisp sound, the basketball fell into the basket!
The score is 36:37.

was overtaken.The Los Angeles players stopped abruptly, and everyone forgot to move while watching the basketball bouncing on the ground.

"Bastard, pass the ball quickly!" Li Changgeng dashed forward quickly, ignoring the numbness from his right foot.Another goal must be scored in the first half, and the eyes scanned the timing card. There are 34 seconds left in the first half.

Mozart hurriedly kicked the ball, and the basketball was passed to Li Changgeng.

Pierce blocked the front, there was a Pinole next to it, and the other Raptors didn't immediately return to their own half.Man-to-man!Are the Raptors going to make another one?

How can it make you happy.After dodging Pierce's steal, his feet stepped into the Raptors' half.Want to go fast?Just when everyone thought so, Li Changgeng stopped, controlled the ball and intentionally slowed down the rhythm.

To procrastinate!Everyone suddenly realized.In the first half, this was Los Angeles' last chance to attack. There was no need to leave fast breaks to the opponents. It was a wise choice.Someone on the sidelines has already started to admire.

Only Li Changgeng knew in his heart that there were really unspeakable difficulties in doing so-the numbness of his right foot has not been relieved until now.

"Give me the seconds!" when passing the Los Angeles dugout on the sidelines

The team members in Los Angeles were stunned for a while and didn't know what it meant. After a long time, the first team member to react shouted loudly: "24, 23..." 30 seconds countdown!The other team members who came back to their senses yelled loudly together, and the countdown sounded like a drum, which immediately raised the morale of Los Angeles on the field.

No one will notice that Li Changgeng's footsteps are slightly unnatural when he is in possession of the ball.

"Thirteen, fourteen..." The interest of the audience outside the stadium was mobilized. The actions of the Los Angeles team were undoubtedly the most obvious provocation to the Raptors.In addition to the die-hard Raptors fans, many spectators have joined the ranks of the countdown, and the sound is getting louder and louder, and finally the entire stadium can only hear the loud countdown.

The center of the full line of sight is Li Changgeng and Pierce who are facing each other head-on.With a clear mind and a calm face, Li Changgeng was not affected by the atmosphere of the stadium in the slightest.So is Pierce on the opposite side.

"Six, five..."

The feeling of the right foot gradually recovered, and the time was almost up.The rhythm of dribbling began to speed up, the left and right feet moved slightly, the shoulders seemed to be shaking slightly, and the whole body was about to pop out at any time like a slingshot ready to go.

It is now.

A phantom flashed amidst the rapid dribbling sound, and he swayed from side to side and rushed past Pierce like a whirlwind.Desperately turning around, Pierce followed closely behind, only to find that the figure who had just rushed over was empty-handed.

Where's the ball?

The ball was in Beethoven's hands.The basketball came so suddenly that Beethoven caught the basketball reflexively but didn't know what to do.Gong Tianyi opposite him also looked dumbfounded.

The figures intertwined, Beethoven seemed to have just recovered, the basketball in his hand had disappeared, "Block him!" After taking the basketball from Beethoven's hands, Li Changgeng whispered in his ear.

Facing the basket and beyond the three-point line, Li Changgeng jumped up. The basketball in his hand drew a high arc and flew towards the basket. basket.

At this time, Pierce and Kotaichi were blocked by Beethoven.The gymnasium was silent, and then "boom..." earth-shattering applause burst out suddenly.

Looking back at the scoreboard, there are four seconds left on the clock.

The Raptors took the ball, and the Los Angeles team pressed close. Heroin smashed the basketball into the backboard in the middle of the field.

The first half is over.With a score of 39:37, the Los Angeles team ended the first half perfectly with a two-point advantage.

The figures of the players of the two teams disappeared at the door of the players' lounge, and the gymnasium gradually became quieter. The earth-shattering cheers fell silent, replaced by bursts of buzzing discussions.The audience obviously didn't want to finish it, and the people around them were talking about it.

Players Zone.

"Haha, attacking in seconds? It's clear that the Raptors are not in their eyes. It's really happy that the Raptors with their eyes above the top will be treated like this!" Capdase laughed exaggeratedly while hugging his belly .Although he was a bit annoyed at the loss to Li Changgeng, the stinky expression of the Raptors made him even more upset in comparison.

The other people around him were not as happy as Capdase. Yin Lunyu sighed softly: "The situation in Los Angeles is not as good as what Los Angeles saw. Playing against the Raptors, being able to win against the Raptors in the first half There are not no teams that tie or even take the lead, but the final result is the same. The myth that the Raptors decide the game within 5 minutes of the second half has not been broken. Attacking in seconds, I am afraid it will only be more exciting Team Dragon!"

"But there's no way around it!" Kardashian interjected, "Li Changgeng must use extraordinary means to boost the morale of the team. Los Angeles is still a very young team, and leading into the second half will have a great impact on them. Huge. Everyone in Los Angeles should have experience with this!" The teams represented by the people sitting here have all played against Los Angeles.

"Yeah!" Kardashian nodded.He and Yin Lunyu have the deepest acquaintance, and they have the most tacit understanding between them, and it seems more natural to pick up the topic.Kardashian continued: "The situation should change in the second half. It is impossible for the Raptors to remain silent like this. Heroin, Pinole and Pierce, the three of them have been the main players of the Raptors since the first grade. They were also among the top ten players last year, so this year's Raptors should be even stronger. Zhao Tong, you are the only one in Los Angeles who has played against this Raptors team. Judging by how much strength the Raptors have played today."

Zhao Tong showed a contemplative look, and said calmly for a moment: "I don't know how strong the Raptors are. Although they lost to them by [-] points, I always feel that they have not fully exerted their strength. It is different from playing against Los Angeles. Compared with the performance level at that time, the Raptors don’t seem to be playing very well today.” Although he is arrogant, he is not a vain and impetuous person, and he admitted the gap with the Raptors very frankly.Ka Zhizhi, who didn't see eye to eye with Zhao Tong, couldn't help secretly admiring his frankness.

Yin Lunyu nodded and said, "It's no wonder, it's the first time Pierce has been suppressed like this today. No one can attack in front of the Raptors in seconds except Li Changgeng."

"Only that guy would do such a thing!" Capdase added.

Yin Lunyu Kardashian looked at each other and smiled, amused at Capdase's childishness.Kardashian's eyes slid past Ka Zhizhi who was sitting quietly next to him. He was always very active, but he was silent at this moment, with a slightly pensive and dignified expression on his face.

"What's wrong with Kazhima?"

"I'm thinking about Li Changgeng's attack in a few seconds just now." The serious expression on Ka Zhizhi's face made Kadashi, who was about to speak, swallow the words again.All eyes fell on Ka Zhizhi, waiting for his next words.

(End of this chapter)