The first of the semi-finals began at 8:30 a.m. at the Suzhou Sports Center, between the High School Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou and Furen High School in Wuxi. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this way, each of the four teams in the semi-finals has at least one from each prefecture-level city, which is very balanced.

It's just that in the past, there were two teams in Suzhou to participate, and after Changshu Sports was unexpectedly eliminated, the two Changzhou teams occupied half of the country.

After breakfast, the group arrived at the gymnasium on the school bus, and each team was assigned a seat.

In the hall, Lu Yuan and Jia Yumeng said goodbye, today is not only a basketball game, but also a cheerleading game at halftime, and the final champion will participate in the East China competition with the basketball team during the winter vacation.

"Well, come on, I see that your actions are quite dangerous, be careful. ”

Lu Yuan rarely told Jia Yumeng seriously, he had seen it when the cheerleaders were rehearsing before, the difficulty was really high, and if he missed, the consequences could be very serious.

Jia Yumeng snorted, nodded, and said, "Then you have to work hard for the afternoon game, let's go to Shanghai together." ”

This year's East China competition has been confirmed to be held in Shanghai, and whether you can get a train ticket to Shanghai depends on the three-day competition.

Lu Yuan grinned and said: "No problem, I can't go to Shanghai, how can I go to Beijing." ”

Then the basketball team went to the stands, and the cheerleaders went to the locker room.

The principal really wanted to follow the cheerleaders to the locker room, and encouraged him, but after a moment's hesitation, he went to the stands with the basketball team.

Zhu Yida is the first time to go out with the basketball team to watch the game, in the past Lizhong has never had this opportunity, this time he finally chic, can use the school's funds to Suzhou to play for three days.

Because it was the first time, Zhu Yida said very little along the way, which made the basketball team unaccustomed.

After arriving at the stands and sitting down, Lu Yuan sat next to Zhu Yida.

As a player with special treatment for the basketball team, Lu Yuan sits with the principal on the left, the coach on the right, and the vice principal and the director of teaching next to him, which can be described as "heavily guarded".

Lu Yuan was complacent, staring at the players on the field and pointing.

"Hey, I saw that person, that foreigner, my God, it's so dark. Lu Yuan pointed to a player wearing a white jersey on the field and said.

The player turned out to be a black man, with curly hair, about 190 tall, brown and black skin, muscular arms, and the front of the jersey printed "Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool High School".

Before the start of the semi-finals, Gao Jing summarized the information of the three opponents and explained the analysis to the players in the training session, among which Carl Vincent of Suzhou Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool High School was one of the players highlighted by Gao Jing, for the simple reason that he was an American and an out-and-out black player.

The NHBA has allowed foreign players to participate in tournaments since its inception, as long as the basic conditions for participation are met.

It's just that the NHBA is a campus league, and foreign students will not come to China to play campus basketball, and only a few children of foreign residents who have settled in China will participate in the school basketball team and participate in the NHBA league with the team.

After all, there are very few foreigners who settle down in China to study, and even fewer of them have children who are talented in basketball, and the NHBA league is not something that everyone can play.

Another situation is different, that is, foreign aid is invited, such as the recruitment of Shimada Sho by the Chinese school outside Licheng.

Still, more schools are willing to admit American children, pay them generous scholarships and admission conditions, and invite them to play in China.

Carl Vincent is the latter, born in Baltimore, Maryland, because of a chance to be spotted by NHBA scouts, after discussions with his single mother, came to Suzhou to play for the Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool High School.

Of course, this kind of situation is not common in the NHBA, not because it can't find good players, but because the vast majority of children are reluctant to come to China. They would rather wander the streets of the United States and fight for a chance to play professionally in the future than go to China, thousands of miles away, to play and study.

Of course, Suzhou Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool Affiliated High School has relied on Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and has experience in Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, so they have always had a tradition of inviting foreign aid in campus sports.

Before, their football has always been strong, because they can bring in young players from the United Kingdom, and now the school has begun to shift its energy to basketball, hoping to use foreign players to quickly expand the strength of the team and achieve good results.

Lu Yuan was very interested in this American player from the beginning, because he knew that the United States is the strongest country in basketball in the world, and the ultimate dream of any professional basketball player is to be able to play in the NBA.

Lu Yuan's ultimate dream is to sit on the bench with an annual salary of one million, which coincides with the ideal of playing in the NBA, so he wants to know what kind of level American players are.

After starting to like basketball, Lu Yuan has watched a lot of NBA games and videos, as well as highlights, and knows that American players are very good.

But just watching the video can't have an intuitive feeling, only when you face to face with them on the field, you will understand how powerful these people with different skin colors are about themselves.

Sitting in the audience and looking from a distance, Lu Yuan could see that this player was stronger than others in terms of size, with longer arms, more obvious muscle lines, slender and powerful calves, and he was very capable of jumping at a glance.

The match between Lizhong and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool is scheduled for tomorrow, and Lu Yuan really wants to play against him, and today is just a good time to see his performance on the field.

Not only Lu Yuan thought so, but the other players in Lizhong, as well as the audience, all paid attention to this American foreign aid.

In the previous games, he has always been the team's top scorer, averaging 30 points per game, and has super scoring ability.

The principal looked at this black boy and said, "This guy is black, he really sent carbon from Dongshan and dug coal from Xishan." But those powerful stars in the NBA are all black rumbling, you say Lao Pan, can we get a player like this?"

Vice Principal Pan Minghe smiled, and said "Yes, yes", and didn't say anything more.

Lu Yuan found that this vice principal had no sense of existence, no matter what the principal said, he was "okay", "not bad", always with a gentle smile on his face, giving people a very good temper.

Such a vice principal is a perfect match for Rory's rambling Zhu Yida.

At this time, the warm-up between the two sides is over, and after the introduction of the players on the field, the game is about to begin.

Lu Yuan noticed that the cheerleaders of the four schools were already sitting behind the basket, and Lu Yuan saw Jia Yumeng, who was wearing a navy blue tights today, which was really good-looking.

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The first half of the game between Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool and Furen High School was quite intense, and Carl Vincent was indeed very good, scoring 20 points in the first half alone, half of which were scored by dunks.

This guy can really jump, and he is very strong, and his physical fitness is amazing, and the inside line of Furen Middle School can't resist his impact at all.

However, Fu Jen Middle School's outside three-point shooting is very accurate, and when Xi'an JiaotongLiverpool constantly relies on Vincent to score points inside, they can always hit three points on the outside and bite the score.

The overall height of Furen Middle School is average, and they are known for their speed and shooting accuracy, smooth cooperation, and decisive shots, which are comparable to Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool, which has stronger comprehensive strength.

During the intermission, there were also cheerleaders from the two schools performing, and Lu Yuan stared at it for a while, feeling that the level of the cheerleaders of the two schools was too different.

The principal strongly agreed with this and said that he would vigorously develop the school's dance activities in the future.

In the second half, the situation suddenly changed, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool still played the same way in the first half, but Furen Middle School's three-point shot suddenly became inaccurate, and he couldn't shoot it.

That's the flaw of a team that relies on outside three-pointers, and once the touch is lost, the offense of the whole team will stop.

The difference between the two sides quickly widened, and Carl Vincent played better and better, constantly scoring inside dunks, which made the audience extremely enjoyable and applauded.

Even Lu Yuan was so enthusiastic that he couldn't wait to go up and deduct one himself.

The score gap began to widen, but Fu Jen Middle School never gave up, because even if it lost, it would be counted as a small score.

In the end, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool, which was more powerful, defeated Wuxi Furen Middle School with an advantage of 80:71, 9 points and won the first game of the semi-finals.

Half an hour later, it will be the match between Lizhong and Changzhou Benshi Middle School, seeing that the first game has been divided, Gao Jing shouted all the Lizhong players, everyone left the audience and went downstairs to the locker room to prepare for the dressing game.

The crucial first battle to determine the quota for the East China competition is about to begin.

The principal and vice principal followed the basketball team to the locker room to cheer them on before the game began.

The principal naturally wanted to say a few words freely, and everyone changed their clothes while listening, and did warm-up exercises by the way, and when the principal finished speaking, it was almost time to play.

Lizhong's starting lineup was different from the previous game, the starting center changed from Zhang Fan to Wang Yourong, and the other positions remained the same.

This made Wang Yourong quite nervous before the game began, and he ran to the toilet and vomited, because the center opposite was Tang Yiyang, an inner line with very outstanding skills, Wang Yourong was most afraid of this kind of opponent.

After returning from the toilet, Vice Principal Pan Minghe walked up to Wang Yourong, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Wang Yourong, come on, I believe in you." ”

This is the longest sentence Pan Minghe said after arriving in Suzhou, but the effect seems to be very good, Wang Yourong's originally ugly face immediately improved a lot, and he whispered to Pan Minghe: "Got it, principal." ”