Basketball is Faith - Chapter 19
Zhang Tiejun never thought about losing this promotion-related game. Even if the starting point guard Hou Wei’s performance is not satisfactory, he still firmly believes that he can take away a victory on the road.
But Liu Xiaodong, one of the key players in the game, although he played less than 20 minutes in the first three quarters. But his playing time is mainly from the second half of the second quarter to 2 minutes before the end of the third quarter. For a freshman, the intensity and physical consumption can be imagined.
“Xiaodong, you take a break in the fourth quarter, and I will arrange you to play in the second half!” Zhang Tiejun knew that in order to win, Liu Xiaodong must have sufficient physical strength to better resist Wang Zekai’s attack.
“Yes, coach.” Liu Xiaodong replied tiredly. Although he rested for a few minutes, the physical exhaustion caused by defending Wang Zekai cannot be recovered in a short time.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Guo Cheng took possession of the ball to half-court. This 1.76-meter-tall point guard led the team’s offense with his size and physical stamina that did not match him.
Looking at Guo Cheng, the shortest on the field, Liu Xiaodong sat on the bench in awe. This man who has been on the court for 25 minutes and did not rest for 1 minute in the third quarter, he is the tallest guy on the team!
Guo Cheng exhausted all his energy to shake off Li Jie’s entanglement and passed the ball to Willow on the inside line, who dunked the ball into the basket with both arms.
When it was Li Jie’s turn to control the ball, Guo Cheng’s defense was close to him like a brown sugar. Li Jie could clearly hear Guo Cheng’s heavy breathing, but no matter what breakthrough he used, he couldn’t get rid of this man who was half a head shorter than himself!
At the moment Li Jie was distracted, Guo Cheng’s eyes like a hungry wolf noticed it. He took the ball without any politeness, and passed a long pass to Channing, who rushed to the half, who rushed into the penalty area and dunked in the face of an empty basket.
After , Guo Cheng did his best to contribute to the team. His fighting spirit has infected everyone in the arena.
Coach Li Zijiang looked at Guo Cheng, who fell and struggled to get up, and couldn’t help but sigh: “If there is such a hard-working point guard in his team, it would be great!”
At 5 minutes and 26 seconds into the game, Coach Zhang Tiejun walked to the technical stage and called a timeout. Amid the respectful applause of the audience and teammates, Guo Cheng walked off the court vainly.
He did not rush to the bench and sit down to rest, but went straight to Liu Xiaodong and said: “Guard Wang Zekai, I don’t want to lose this important game, please!”
“Don’t worry!” Liu Xiaodong replied with clenched fists. He will never let Guo Cheng’s efforts be wasted on his own hands, even if his opponent is the province’s first shooting guard!
“We saw the University of Petroleum replaced the head shooting guard Wang Zekai, and the backup point guard Liang Jun who played only 26 seconds.”
“Hecheng University has replaced Liu Xiaodong and backup point guard Tian Bin. It is worth noting that Tian Bin has not played so far. It seems that both sides have tried their best to leave a point guard hidden danger. “Liu Qiliang analyzed earnestly. He knew very well that in such a well-matched battle, it is impossible for both sides to leave behind.
The game restarted. Liang Jun took control of the ball and stood two steps beyond the three-point line. Seeing Wang Zekai stretched out for the ball, he did not choose to pass the ball, but shook his shoulder to prepare for a breakthrough.
Tian Bin quickly lowered his center of gravity and opened his arms. He stared nervously at the direction and footsteps of Liang Jun controlling the ball.
“Are you nervous?” While Liang Jun spoke, he slammed his left foot to the left. After tricking Tian Bin into moving, he shot back the basketball and broke through to the right and dropped Tian Bin.
Seeing Liu Mu rushing out of the penalty area, Liang Jun suddenly stopped and threw the ball over his head. The basketball went over Willow’s head and hit the rim firmly.
Li Zijiang frowned. Although Liang Jun made the ball, he broke his offensive tactics.
Tian Bin dribbled the ball through half the time with a depressed face, and saw Liu Xiaodong reaching for the ball, he passed it.
Liu Xiaodong caught the ball twice in a row and broke through fake moves, and did not shake Wang Zekai’s defensive center of gravity.
Wang Zekai’s defense made Liu Xiaodong difficult to move, and other members of the University of Petroleum had no defensive loopholes, which left Liu Xiaodong with no good passing options.
College League regulations require that players on offensive teams closely guarded by defenders must pass, dribble or shoot within 5 seconds, otherwise their team will lose possession of the ball.
Willow suddenly kicked off Ouyang Xiahua and ran to the free throw line to meet Liu Xiaodong. Zhu Zihua stuck his body in front of Feng Chuanzhi, creating opportunities for Liu Mu to catch the ball.
Liu Xiaodong saw Liu Mu rushing over and was overjoyed. He didn’t have any time to think about it and passed the ball.
Ouyang Xiahua rushed to Liumu, preparing to block the opponent’s attack. Liu Mu stood at the free throw line and turned around to catch the ball, facing Ouyang Xiahua who rushed over, his legs suddenly jumped up.
Seeing Liu Mu taking off and preparing to shoot, Fan Ming, who is closest to Liu Mu, gave up his defense against Qian Ning and rushed towards Liu Mu.
Willow faced the front and back flanking, and did not choose to throw the ball in the air. Instead, his body drove his arms to spin to the right and passed the ball to Channing who ran beyond the three-point line. ?
While the audience exclaimed at Willow, Qian Ning made slight adjustments to catch the ball and threw the ball into the basket.
Although Channing has average defensive ability, he is still very accurate in shooting from a long distance in one hand. This is why Zhang Tiejun let him start as a small forward.
Liang Jun came out of the three-point line with the ball and watched the fierce Tian Bin sticking up his defense. He didn’t take it seriously. What could a guy who couldn’t help himself care about?
Just when he was about to break through, Tian Bin suddenly rushed forward to steal. Liang Jun hurriedly slapped the ball to the other side, only to avoid Tian Bin’s snatch.
Tian Bin saw that the steal was unsuccessful, so he opened his arms and stuck in front of Liang Jun. Liang Jun did not lose Tian Bin after two attempts to break through. Due to time, he hurriedly passed the ball to Wang Zekai.
? Liang Jun hurriedly passed a pass, and wanted to pass it to Wang Zekai, who was running to the bottom corner ~www.mtlnovel.com~, but due to panic, he did not observe Liu Xiaodong lurking beside Wang Zekai.
Liu Xiaodong stretched out his right arm and blocked the ball firmly in his hand.
“Stealed! At such a critical moment, such a mistake should be too much!” Liu Qiliang shouted excitedly. Although it is a mistake made by a player from the University of Petroleum, he also thinks that such a mistake is too low.
Liu Xiaodong quickly passed the ball to Tian Bin, who was standing outside the three-point line. The latter rushed towards the half with the ball, followed by Liu Xiaodong.
Tian Bin was stopped by Liang Jun who opened his arms just after half-time. Tian Bin didn’t panic, but made a long pass and delivered the ball to Liu Xiaodong who rushed into the penalty area.
Liu Xiaodong caught the basketball, his feet slammed, his body jumped, and his right hand slammed the ball into the basket.
In the subsequent game, Liang Jun quickly passed the half-court and passed the ball to Wang Zekai. Under Liu Xiaodong’s defensive interference, Wang Zekai did not shoot the ball as bravely as before.
Liumu got stuck in his position and grabbed the rebound and passed a long pass to Tian Bin from beyond the three-point line. The latter dribbled the ball across the half and made a layup in the face of an unguarded penalty area.
The University of Petroleum, which was 4 points behind, failed to recover the score and achieve a go-ahead under the overall defense of Hecheng University.
In the end, the electronic buzzer sounded at the end of the game and Hecheng University won an important victory with 80 to 76 points.
“We won! We won!” The bench players from Crane City University rushed into the field and celebrated this hard-won victory with their teammates.
The shouts of the Crane City University players made the home audience bow their heads. Some audience members couldn’t believe what happened before them, staring blankly at the final score on the big screen, and were reluctant to leave for a long time.