XXIV. The moment of the decisive battle

"Brush!" the ball sliced across the net with a crisp sound.

"It feels good!" I said to myself, shaking my arms up and down.

"Have you taken care of everything?" I don't know when Xiao Yi was already standing behind me, and I heard a hint of concern in his tone.

"When did you come!" I picked up the ball and walked over.

"I've been here for a while, and I don't want to bother you when I see you practicing so seriously. Xiao Yi smiled and walked over to the basketball hoop and sat down.

"The final is going to be played in the afternoon, and for some reason, I am a little nervous. I also sat next to Xiao Yi.

"Well, a predictable hard battle!" Xiao Yi suddenly showed a look of excitement on his face.

I turned my head to look at Xiao Yi: "Are you excited?"

"Kindly, a bitter battle you've been looking forward to for a whole year is just around the corner, and anyone else will be excited!" Xiao Yi looked up at the sky and muttered thoughtfully, "The weather is good today!"

"Oh, is it?" Xiao Yi's abrupt words made me a little confused, I couldn't help but raise my head, October is coming, autumn is crisp, in the blue sky, only a few wisps of white clouds wander around leisurely, the warm sunlight through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the banyan tree, sprinkled on the grass next to the court, as if it is a beautiful picture.

"Last year, it was such a good weather...... Today is the last battle!" Xiao Yi clenched his fists involuntarily.

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This year's finals were arranged by the school in the newly completed gymnasium, which was exciting for us who had never played on the indoor wooden floor before.

After the warm-up, I walked off the court and was about to put on my coat, but Xiao Yi suddenly called out to me: "Xiaobei, you started today." ”

"Huh?" I glanced back at Xiao Yi uncertainly, and Xiao Yi nodded at me again, indicating that I had heard correctly. I hurriedly took off the half-worn jacket again and threw it to Lele, who was sitting on the bench on the sidelines.

"Come on, Becky!" Lele took his coat and yelled at me.

"Lele, I won't let you down!" I said to myself in my heart.

At the beginning of the game, Sun Chao was the first to touch the ball, but unfortunately, he did not fully control the rhythm, and under the interference of the opponent's center Liu Kai, the ball still flew towards the half of the third (3) class of high school.

Li Mu, a scoring guard in the third (3rd) class of high school, saw the ball clearly, jumped up lightly and caught the ball.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi hurriedly made gestures and signaled everyone to hurry back to defense. Li Mu saw that there was no chance of fast attack, so he passed the ball back to Zhang Xu, the point guard who reached out for the ball behind him, and then ran straight to the front court.

Zhang Xu took the ball, unhurriedly took the ball across the half court, and then stopped near the three-point line, dribbling and observing.

Small forward Lin Wei glanced at Zhang Xu, turned around and ran to the bottom corner, and it was Xiao Yi who was guarding him. But before Xiao Yi could slide out a few steps, Lin Wei suddenly ran back again. Xiao Yi wanted to chase again, but someone quickly crossed in front of him. Xiao Yi knew that he was being blocked and demolished, so he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that Lin Wei had already inserted himself into the inner line without being marked, and at the same time, the ball happened to be passed into his hands.

"Not good!" Cheng Shuai hurriedly pounced when he saw that the situation was not good, but Lin Wei shook his hand and passed the ball in parallel to Li Mu, who had entered the inside line from the other side. Li Mu braked his body almost while receiving the ball, and then got up to shoot.

"Brush!" the ball hollows into the net, a nice block cut protrusion fit......

The third (3) class of high school is really strong, and under the opponent's double pressing in turn, Xiao Yi's performance has been greatly affected. Despite the best efforts, by half-time, we were still 27-38 behind.

Sitting on the sidelines, everyone looked listless. Lele stood beside me silently, his mouth moving slightly, but he didn't know what to say. I hugged my head, and in front of me was still the picture from the game just now: "What should I do? Is it because I practiced for too long in the morning, and now I can't find any feeling at all! I have squandered several opportunities to shoot in the open position, and I have squandered them in vain, which is really hateful!"

"Ye Hui, wait for you to go up, Xiaobei, you rest for a while and adjust your state. Xiao Yi raised the mineral water bottle, poured a sip of water into his mouth, and said with a solemn face.

The game was uneventful in the third quarter, 39:49. The score was hovering around 10 points throughout, and the senior three (3) class seemed to be confident about the upcoming second consecutive championship and did not give it their all.

"Opportunity, opportunity is here, Xiaobei has seen it?" At the end of the third quarter, Xiao Yi suddenly turned his head to me.

"I ...... Can't find the feel. "I seem to have lost faith in myself.

"Xiaobei, don't panic! we will try our best to create space for you, and you have only one task, and that is to throw the ball in!" I couldn't see any joy or sorrow on Xiao Yi's face.

On the court again, I feel that the defense of the senior (3) class is obviously sluggish compared to the first half.

After the blocking, I caught the ball and made a shooting feint, but Li Mu, who was on the opposite side, was not deceived by me, and still stabilized his body and stared at me tightly. I quickly transferred the ball to Xiao Yi in the bottom right corner, Xiao Yi held the ball and moved slightly, and was immediately caught by the opponent's double bag.

Xiao Yi did not hesitate at all, and passed the ball to Sun Chao, who had just moved from the left side to the right side. Sun Chao didn't stay for half a second after receiving the ball, and returned the ball to the outside line.

Li Mu lost his defensive position in a series of reversals we had just made, and I took advantage of the situation to bend my knees and jump up naturally, opening my hands to complete a long shot outside the three-point line.

The score was rewritten to 42:49.

Converting the ball, Zhang Xu casually controlled the ball, as if killing time. After dribbling the ball for a long time, Zhang Xu seemed to feel that the time was coming, so he made a feint to break through to the left, and then rushed to the right. In the face of Xiao Hei's tight defense, in desperation, Zhang Xu had to reluctantly get up, never thought that he had just taken two steps, but he felt that his hands were suddenly empty, and he looked down again, Xiao Hei had already snatched the ball and rushed towards the front.

At the same time, the nine people who were still holding each other in the half suddenly ran back at the same time.

Xiao Hei dribbled to the right side near the three-point line and made a gesture to me, I hurriedly ran a few steps to the left, suddenly braked, turned around and ran to the right side, Li Mu couldn't help but shout when he saw this, and flew over.

I stopped my body again, looked at Li Mu, who was about to catch up in front of me, a short body, and ran back to the left. Li Mu still wanted to chase again, but he didn't want a body that was already leaning on his body affectionately, Li Mu understood that he was blocked.

It was only then that the ball passed from Xiao Hei's hand, which had taken Zhang Xu back and forth in the penalty area several times.

I caught the ball, took a step inside the three-point line, and made a mid-to-long-range pullup jump shot.

"Whew!" the ball hollowed into the net again.

44:49! There are only 5 points left in the score.

Seeing that the score was approaching, the opponent became hesitant, and the bottom line kick-off was a little weak. Watching the ball slowly fly from the baseline to Zhang Xu near the three-point line in the backcourt, I suddenly realized that the opportunity had come. Without any hesitation, I jumped straight sideways and completed the steal at the moment when the ball was about to touch Zhang Xu's palm.

Zhang Xu roared angrily, jumped up as hard as he could, and threw himself at me with his open hand. At this moment, the ball had already flown out of my hand and fell into the basket without any suspense.

In retrospect, it was probably the most glorious moment of my basketball career.