Chapter 425: A Breath Remains
"The basketball game is not only about the score, but also about the psychology, if you can't see the fluctuations and changes in the psychology of the players behind the score, and only stare at the score, then the basketball will punish you."
Duanmuqu sat on the sidelines and remembered what Yao Guangzhi had said to him when he was studying at Deming High School.
Today, seeing that Lizhong was pulled away in a few minutes, he suddenly had a deeper understanding of this passage, and he saw that Yao Guangzhi's three adjustments were to regain the rhythm of the game, and what was behind this was not only a tactical and strategic adjustment, but also a psychological pressure on the opposing players.
The first time he put pressure on Lu Yuan, the second time he put pressure on Lu Yuan and Bai Ye, and the third time, he finally used a killer trick and put pressure on the entire Licheng Middle School and their coach.
The first two times, Lizhong survived, and this last time, there was not much time left for them.
If a team fails to serve the ball in an offensive row, makes consecutive mistakes, and is continuously chased for points, the psychological blow is absolutely huge.
And this is already the quarterfinals, Lizhong has already played their best result in history, and they played very well against Deming High School, even if they lose in the end, their amazing performance can be called a defeat or glory.
In this situation, it is like a person who runs 10,000 meters, falls in the last 100 meters, is exhausted, and the people around him are encouraging him, telling him that it doesn't matter if he doesn't finish the run, he has run well.
Many people may just lie on the ground and give up, so that the body can relax, breathe a good breath of fresh air, take a sip of water, and sleep beautifully, and life will go on.
What's more, the basketball team is not one person, it is a lot of people, as long as one person begins to have such a mentality, it will spread and spread like a virus, until the body of a team collapses and completely gives up.
As the so-called "soldier who surrenders without a fight" is the highest level of the art of war, and letting the opponent give up on the court is always the most clever and powerful performance.
Yao Guangzhi called a timeout when he saw Lizhong, and for the first time in the game, he looked up at the scoreboard, and the difference was 17 points.
"17 points, still 3 points short, unstable. ”
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And the bench in Lizhong, contrary to many people's guesses, was quite calm. Of course, the players are inevitably a little frustrated on their faces, and everyone is a little confused about the successive mistakes just now, and this emotion is easily contagious.
But no one complained, no one showed the slightest idea of wanting to give up, and everyone was listening carefully to Gao Jing's next arrangement.
Perhaps this is the fundamental reason why Lizhong has been able to get to where it is now - this is a group of united, persistent, and distracting children, who treat basketball so sincerely and simply, even if Bai Ye, who had the most ideas at the beginning, has been deeply integrated into this team after a whole year.
They're going to fail, they're going to be timid, they're going to behave badly, they're going to get lost, but they're not going to give up.
The idea of giving up, from the first warm-up game, has never, never, not appeared in the minds of the players in Lizhong, and they will never give up.
"Time is running out and we have to make some changes. Chen Cai, you go up, Wang Yourong goes down, and Zhang Run! Get ready to play and replace Zou Zhou. ”
Gao Jing made personnel adjustments, replacing Wang Yourong with Chen Cai and Zou Zhou with Zhang Run. This is no longer one big or four small, but a real five small, and it is a life-fighting lineup!
Such a lineup is undoubtedly very risky, this is not the NBA, it is the NHBA, and what is even worse is that this lineup has never been used in official games.
So far in the national competition, Zhang Run has not had the opportunity to play, and he has mainly appeared more in the county and city competitions, but when it comes to the East China competition, he has very few appearances, because he really can't watch everything except shooting.
But now, what Lizhong wants is shooting, what he wants is three points, and nothing else matters.
After receiving the call, Zhang Run immediately took off his sports jacket and stretched it simply, his face showed no surprise, no panic, not even a trace of nervousness - because he had waited for such a moment for too long.
As the second of the team's bench end trio, because of personal strength, the farther Lizhong goes, the less chance he has to play. But as a pitcher, he knew he would come in handy one day.
So although he didn't get a chance to play a lot of the time, he never pulled down in training, especially shooting.
He loves shooting so much, and seeing himself able to throw the ball into that little basket gives him great satisfaction.
And being able to help the team hit the basket at the critical moment of the key game is even more of his dream, and now, when such a moment comes, how can he be nervous and afraid.
"Everybody remember, take every opportunity to attack, pull away enough, reduce your passes, put everybody into offense, defense and rebounding, I'm talking about everybody! We didn't do well enough before, and now, we still have a chance, but time is running out, we have to win the game!
"Yes!"
At such a critical moment, Lizhong has inspired even more vigorous morale, but can a lineup like theirs withstand the pressure of Deming High School?
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The timeout was over, and the two sides appeared again, and when they saw the lineup discharged by Lizhong, the audience at the scene was taken aback, knowing that Lizhong was going to fight for his life.
Duanmuqu looked at the lineup on the midfield and said: "Lizhong is going to work hard, the tallest on the field is a small forward, if they don't play well, I think they will disarm and surrender within two minutes." ”
Lin Xin replied: "They fought a little late, there are still more than five minutes, nearly 20 points, even if Deming doesn't score, it is estimated that it will be difficult." ”
"Look at the first attack, if you score, you still have a chance. ”
The first attack that Lizhong suspended and came back, the key to the abnormality, as Duanmuqu said, this goal was scored, and there is still some hope, if you don't go in, come and go, time is gone, then it is really going to be powerless.
Deming High School also seemed to see the key to this ball, so it was strictly guarded from the beginning of the serve, but this time, with five small players on the court, it was not so easy to block the serve.
Wu Peng successfully got the ball in the backfield, and then immediately passed to Bai Ye, who came up to answer, Deming's defense returned to normal position, and Bai Ye organized in a high position, which was a huge test of his organizational ability.
Bai Ye's brain turned fast, and he quickly found an opportunity, Lu Yuan cut in from the middle, and then ran back to 45 degrees on the right side, attracting the defensive attention of the two people, Zhang Run, who had been ambushing at the bottom of the right side, ran to the bottom left corner, and a good shooting opportunity appeared.
Bai Ye immediately passed the ball to Zhang Run, and Zhang Run took a three-point shot at a zero degree angle when he received the ball!
But as soon as Zhang Run shot this ball, it was wrong, the trajectory was obviously crooked, obviously although the psychology was not nervous, the body was still nervous, and it was not hot.
"It's over!"
Duanmuqu looked at the crooked trajectory of the ball, as long as the ball missed, Lizhong would be powerless.
The ball smashed into the front of the basket, and several people under the basket jumped up and fought for the crucial rebound, which could have been the one that decided the outcome of the game and the fate of both teams.
But the first person to touch the ball was not An Runzhou, who was tall and long-armed, not the strong Zhu Zhaolun, but the inconspicuous Chen Cai. He touched the ball with his fingers again, changed the direction of the ball, jumped again, clicked again, and finally took the ball into his arms!
Chen Cai, who got the ball, did not hesitate and threw the ball back to Zhang Run, the defender focused on rebounding, and the defense was not in place!
In the same position, the same distance, the same ball, Zhang Run received the ball and shot again, and there was no hesitation on his face.
"I was born to shoot, how could I be afraid......"
At 84:98, the difference came to 14 points, and there were still 5 minutes before the end of the game.