Chapter 398: Warm-up Competition
Three days later, the World Youth Championships officially opened, and at 9 o'clock in the morning local time in Los Angeles, the Chinese national youth team ushered in the first game against the host United States team.
The time difference between Los Angeles and Beijing is 16 hours, and it is late at night on the other side of the world in China. In such a late night, there are still many people who have not slept, and among them are people who Zhang Yufeng is very familiar with.
Han Yanshuo, Luo Wenhao, Li Jing, Xiang Feng, Wu Xuzhi, Wu Xiaoning, Bai Ye and others, whether they were former teammates or opponents, were so excited that they couldn't sleep tonight.
Because they know that their pride Zhang Yufeng will usher in a major game, although they can't watch the live broadcast, everyone still doesn't want to sleep, they want to be with Zhang Yufeng, pray for him, cheer for him in the air, hoping to convey their thoughts and hopes to Zhang Yufeng on the other side of the ocean, giving him the confidence and strength to overcome all difficulties.
Although they know that in the face of the United States team, the chances of victory of the national youth team are very small, and the victory or defeat has been decided in the hearts of the fans, and everyone is concerned about how the national youth team will perform in this game, and what kind of performance Zhang Yufeng will have in this game.
What they never expected was that Zhang Yufeng would not play in this game, and head coach Yang Juncheng had strategically chosen to give up this game......
At the Los Angeles Coliseum in the United States, the national youth team has entered, and many Chinese fans are waving Chinese flags and shouting loudly for the national youth team.
Zhang Yufeng stood in the center of the stadium and looked up at the stadium and exclaimed, "This stadium is really big!" ”
"Yes! Compared with those stadiums in China, it is indeed much larger, and only Wukesong Stadium can compare with it. Ji Fan also praised.
"How can this stadium accommodate tens of thousands of people!" Ren Qinwei looked at the dense crowd of human heads on the seat and said in surprise.
"Why? I once went to the Staples Center in Los Angeles to see a game, and the arena was about the same, with at least 20,000 people. Yang Jie said proudly.
"Twenty thousand!" Everyone exclaimed, and they couldn't help but look at the entire stadium.
Zhang Yufeng glanced at Yang Jie with some envy, and it was also one of his dreams to be able to watch a game at the Staples Center.
The thought of being in the same city with Kobe Bryant couldn't help but get excited.
Today's game against the United States team, so he has a thought that has been coiling in his heart, I don't know if Kobe Bryant will come to watch today's game, if he can come, it will be so lucky!!
While he was stunned, the other players had already started warm-up training.
"Catch!" A loud shout interrupted his thoughts, and he keenly felt a basketball flying on the left, so he subconsciously reached out to intercept it, so as to prevent the basketball from hitting his face and making a fool of himself in front of thousands of people.
"Warm up!" Ren Qinwei shouted.
"Hmm!" Zhang Yufeng nodded, stood in place and scored three points.
"Huh!" Basketball hits steadily.
Then Ren Qinwei passed the ball, and he shot more than ten three-pointers in a row, all of which were hollow into the net.
"Whew!" There were bursts of exclamations from the audience, Chinese fans cheered excitedly, and foreign fans didn't expect this yellow man to have such a good and soft feel.
Suddenly, there was a louder call from the audience.
The players of the national youth team turned to look, and the American team ran out of the players' tunnel, they were so tall and mighty, they didn't look like they were under the age of nineteen at all, they couldn't see any sense of immaturity, only gave people an invisible oppressive force.
There were blacks and whites between them, and blacks looked stronger, with bulging muscles hiding explosive power.
Their warm-up is a dunk show, and for a country that loves to show, they will take any opportunity to show themselves.
"Boom, boom......, boom" The basket groaned, and the players of the American team smashed the basketball into the basket with various movements, dunking with both hands, splitting with one hand, and dunking 36 times in the air...... Every dunk can attract bursts of applause and screams, completely attracting the attention of the audience. After the dunk, they would raise their arms and cheer, just like they were in the dunk contest.
"What tigers they are! It's just a warm-up time, as for such a desperate effort? Lu Qing was stunned, he liked to mock others at this time, and he wanted to mock the players of the American team.
"What? People don't take us seriously. Zhou Chu said with a gloomy face.
Ji Fan nodded lightly and said lightly: "In the eyes of the American team, there is no suspense about the outcome of this game, no matter how much physical strength is squandered, they can win this game." ”
"Hmph." Zhang Yufeng snorted coldly, "The game hasn't started yet, and we won't know until after the fight." ”
"That's it, just wait and make them look good!" Ren Qinwei was also angry, and couldn't help clenching his fists, "No, I can't swallow this breath, I want them to see, but it's not just them Americans who can dunk." ”
As he spoke, he picked up a basketball, dribbled it twice, and then rushed to the basket, then jumped up at the free throw line, glided for some distance, and then slammed the basketball into the basket with one hand!
"Whew!" This dunk immediately attracted the attention of many audiences, who were used to seeing the dunk of strong Americans, and now they have another taste to see Ren Qinwei's dunk, plus Ren Qinwei's movements are in place, and the whole body is stretched out, which looks like a fallen leaf flying in the air, which is really pleasing to the audience.
Some players on the U.S. team also saw the dunk and showed disdain.
The players of the national youth team did not compete, but continued to warm up.
Yang Juncheng couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he saw this scene off the field, and he didn't know how the players would react when he said that he was going to strategically give up this game.
The warm-up was over quickly, and the game was about to begin.
Yang Juncheng announced the list.
Center, Yang Jie. Power forward, Seinfeld. Small forward, Ren Qinwei. Scoring guard, Zhao Jiwei. Point guard, Ji Fan!
Zhang Yufeng's name is not on the list. The players froze, Zhang Yufeng can be said to be the strongest person in the team's offensive ability, this is known to everyone, the coach is not allowed to play, what does this mean?
Zhang Yufeng, who was about to appear, also froze in place, randomly turned his gaze to Yang Juncheng, looked at him with a puzzled expression, waiting for his explanation.
"What do you see? Get ready to play! Yang Juncheng said expressionlessly, and a majestic aura instantly emanated.
The players shivered and hurried onto the court, while Zhang Yufeng sat back on the bench in frustration.
Next up is the announcement of the playing roster of the U.S. team.
Center, Devin Wiggins. Power forward, Derek Norway. Small forward, Duon James. Shooting guard, Kevin Booker. Point guard, Kyrie Irving!!
"Toot!" A whistle blows, jump ball!
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