Chapter 5: The Three-Point Shot That Determines the Outcome (Part II)

The confrontation in the first quarter can be regarded as giving Qin Feng a certain understanding of the strength of Pinghai's three-point team.

The five people who started all have the ability to shoot three-pointers, so the tactical space on the court can be said to be quite flexible.

Among them, the most top-notch three-point ability is their guard line.

In the second quarter of the game, Pinghai No. 1 Middle School also left his starting point guard, and the other four were all replaced by substitute players.

This point is just the same as Lin Qi's taste!

In the first quarter of the game, he failed to limit the opponent's three-point shot, which made Lin Qi slightly dissatisfied with himself!

The opponent's point guard also looked at Lin Qi with interest, and when he just dribbled past the halfway line, Lin Qi's blocking defense had already come up.

"If you're so positive, you're not afraid of being broken by me, besides, do you think you can defend our three points?" The man's eyes looked directly at Lin Qi, and he said with confidence on his face.

Throughout the first quarter of the game, the two failed to limit each other, the only difference was that the opposing point guard was constantly scoring, while Lin Qi focused more on passing.

Finding that the other party was actually talking to him, Lin Qi carefully stared at the ball in the opponent's hand, and replied briefly, "Don't play seriously, be careful of being stolen by me."

As he spoke, Lin Qi made a gesture to pull out the ball.

The opponent immediately shifted the ball from his crotch to the other hand, and then assumed a pose ready to shoot.

However, he found that Lin Qi did not make any moves to step forward to defend, and was still staring at himself tightly in the position where he was defending himself just now.

"If you shoot at this distance, please, I will never defend," Lin Qi said with a smile.

The point guard of Pinghai No. 1 Middle School has just passed the middle line at present!

If the opponent can score such a mid-line shot, Lin Qi will have nothing to say.

The opponent obviously reflexively posed to shoot, and didn't really want to shoot here.

As soon as Lin Qi said this, he simply passed the ball out.

However, Lin Qi had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and the moment the ball left his hand, Lin Qi also immediately stretched out his hand and tried to steal.

The ball grazed Lin Qi's fingertips, except for a slight disturbance in the track, it did not affect the ball to finally reach the opponent's hand.

Feeling the heat in his fingertips, Lin Qi secretly said that it was a pity.

The point guard opposite Lin Qi suddenly became vigilant, he didn't expect Lin Qi to almost cut off the ball.

In the eyes of others, maybe Lin Qi almost broke the ball, but it was more of luck.

But he himself knows best that every time he passes, he has thought carefully, not so much Lin Qi's luck, but his luck just now was not broken!

In short, this ball made him suddenly raise Lin Qi's threat level by one level, and he didn't dare to pass the ball at will like just now...

And Lin Qi followed the orders given to him by Ji Shuai, in addition to defense, he did not take the initiative to attack, and every time he held the ball, he would put the assist first.

Five minutes into the second quarter of the game, Ji Shuai replaced Lin Qi and let Zhao Jianming play instead.

Of course, it's not that Lin Qi doesn't do well defensively, but simply gives Lin Qi more time to rest.

Lin Qi has been on the court for a few minutes, which has already caused the expected pressure on the opponent's attack, and because of caution, the offensive rhythm of Qinhai No. 1 Middle School has also begun to slow down.

For them, the pursuit of three-point tactics against the enemy, once the rhythm is dragged down, the three-point fast break style of play is largely choked.

In the second quarter of the game, Ji Shuai carried out unlimited rotations, basically rotating all twelve people except Wang Qichao and Lin Qi, but every time he was replaced, Ji Shuai would ensure that at least one of Sun Hao or Yu Liao was on the court.

"Pinghai No. 1 Middle School, which has a strong three-point ability, the weakest link is the center position, once the outside line can't find the feel, the weakness of the inside player's lack of frame protection ability will be fully amplified" Wang Qichao sat on the sidelines and rarely discussed the situation on the court with Lin Qi.

Listening to Wang Qichao's explanation, Lin Qi also said with a smile, "That's right, Ji Shuai's infinite rotation ensures that we have enough energy and physical strength to keep up with their outside players, interfere with their three-pointers, and create more opportunities to grab rebounds, so that the rhythm will inevitably be in our hands."

Ji Shuai was originally standing on the sidelines watching the situation on the field, and when he heard the words of Wang Qichao and Lin Qi, he turned around with a smile and joked, "You two are so accurate, you can both come and be coaches!" ”

Lin Qi hurriedly shook his head and said, "Even the two of us can see it, and the other party's coach has naturally seen it a long time ago, I think Ji Shuai's idea should be more than that simple!" ”

When Ji Shuai heard this, he smiled slightly, did not continue to answer, and continued to pay attention to the situation on the field.

Lin Qi and Wang Qichao's analysis is naturally correct, but what Ji Shuai really wants to do is to force the other party to have a duel between the main forces as soon as possible.

"The defeat in the last round was my carelessness in giving your main players plenty of rest so that in the final quarter, when our main players were tired, you were all full of energy...... Today, I really want to see how long you can endure it."

Ji Shuai looked at the other coach, and couldn't help but recall the first battle, because he didn't understand, so in the face of the disadvantage of the score, he was forced to let the starters occupy a lot of time for the substitute players, so that later the main players could not rest, and the substitute players could not find the state.

In that game, at the decisive moment of the fourth quarter, the tired Qin Feng's main force was completely blinded by the opponent's three-point shot, thus losing that victory.

In this game, Ji Shuai's order to those substitute players is very simple, similar to Lin Qi, focus on defense! Even if you break the ball out of bounds, you have to defend the opponent's three points and cut off their circulation.

As for the basket, with Sun Hao or Yu Liang here, rebounding is not a problem, after all, except for the two interior players in the starting lineup, none of the substitute players are close to or even more than Yu Liang's height.

With the last minute left in the second quarter, the score of the two teams was only 29:33, and Qin Feng was still four points behind.

However, the mentality of the players on the field was beyond everyone's expectations, Qin Feng's players did not feel much in the face of a four-point gap, and Pinghai No. 1 Middle School, everyone's face was more or less impatient and even impatient.

Come to think of it, whenever they catch the ball, Qin Feng's defenders are like a dog skin plaster, and they are pasted over regardless of consumption.

It's not that you can't get rid of it, it's just that it takes a lot of energy to get rid of a defender.

Not to mention passing, it's not just the player who plays the ball who needs to look for opportunities, but also the person who doesn't have the ball needs to put a lot of effort into running out of space to catch the ball.

After the first quarter of the game, the players of Pinghai No. 1 Middle School showed fatigue on everyone's faces.

The shooting rate is low, the more impatient the heart, and the more unbalanced the mentality, the more difficult it is to score, which is simply a nightmare for Pinghai No. 1 Middle School.

After the player from Pinghai No. 1 Middle School threw another ball and did not score, Sun Hao once again steadily picked up this defensive rebound.

At this time, their coach finally called a timeout and changed to the full starting lineup.

Ji Shuai also predicted it early, and took advantage of this pause to replace his own all-main lineup.

Lin Qi, who is still a point guard, faced opponents who also focused on defense, and worked hard to calm down his mentality.

In fact, after defending in the first and second quarters, Lin Qi can be regarded as quite experienced in defending the opponent, and he has a slight advantage in the psychology of the opponent.

Maybe the other party is desperate to steal Lin Qi to win an offensive opportunity, or simply wants to show himself and relieve his pressure.

After Lin Qi made a simple flaw, the other party immediately took the bait, and the whole person was already rushing out, wanting to break this ball.

Because the strength is too great, the whole person of the other party is a little unbalanced.

Lin Qi would not miss this opportunity, he changed the ball from his back in time to the other side by hitting the ground, and then gave the ball to Wang Qichao's hands without any delay.

After receiving the ball, Wang Qichao was about to attack, directly past the defender in front of him, and went straight to the basket...

The opponent's center position and the big forward guarding the side of the basket were blocked in front of Wang Qichao at the same time, plus the defender who was chasing after Wang Qichao after being overtaken by Wang Qichao just now, the three of them presented a scene of locking Wang Qichao.

Who knows, at this time, Wang Qichao suddenly stopped, turned around and flashed the opponent who came out from behind him again...

It's time to make a move!

Just when everyone thought that Wang Qichao was going to make a move, they found that he actually gave the ball to Lin Qi's hands.

Lin Qi had already run out of the empty space at this moment, and at the same time threw his defender more than two steps away.

After receiving the ball, Lin Qi returned to the three-point line in time.

"Three-point master, launch!"

With that familiar fluctuation, Lin Qi used his soft touch and strength to send the ball into the basket in a near-perfect attitude.

32:33

There was less than ten seconds left for the opponent to attack, and after they sent the ball, Lin Qi locked the opponent's ball handler directly in the front court.

When he managed to protect the ball and give it to his supporting teammates, there were less than four seconds left.

The opponent's small forward who received the ball saw that it was too late, and directly near the halfway line, a large long throw was thrown towards the basket.

As a result, in the astonished eyes of everyone, the three-point shot was scored!

32:36

Qin Feng's score difference, which was finally narrowed, was actually dramatically opened up again in just a few seconds.

At the end of the second quarter of pizza, Lin Qi and they still felt incredible for the ball just now.

Time is insufficient, Wang Qichao is only a little more than a step away from the opponent's small forward, he is near the halfline, with all the strength of both hands to push the ball out, the ball smashed on the rebound, as if roaring, slammed into the basket!

For Lin Qi, he sighed at the miracle of this ball, and was grateful that this scene did not happen at the last moment!