Chapter 50: The Four Heavenly Kings Meet
Coach Hakata thought for a long time, and suddenly opened his eyes, and his gaze was firm again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 He motioned for Akhmetov to come forward and communicated to him in English: "Get ready to play." You've been resting for so long, and the two defenders in Xiangbei are tired, so it's okay to change the defense at this time, right? ”
"No problem!" Akhmetov's Chinese is not good, but English is okay.
Liu Chuan threw his first shot after re-playing, but unfortunately the ball still slipped down after two turns on the basket.
"It seems that his physical fitness has not recovered to a good level, and his physical fitness is still his shortcoming." Liang Kuan said with a sneer.
Duncan protected the rebound, and the Bodo called a timeout.
"Jema, Donnie, if we lose this game, this will be your last game in China." Coach Bodo spoke: "Can you two basketball geniuses from the United States accept such a result?" ”
Iverson and Duncan listened to him surprisingly carefully, and each remained silent.
"Now our fate is the same, if we lose this game, I will definitely be fired." Coach Bodo seemed to be under too much pressure and suddenly complained: "I know you all look down on me as a manager, but I don't want to end this coaching career right here." You're all talented, youthful and arrogant kids, and I hate you, but I can understand that. I still hope you can keep winning and win back a championship. ”
The Bodo players were stunned, why did the coach suddenly vent his feelings?
"At times like these, we need Akhmetov, our strongest rim protector on the inside, to come on the pitch. Xiangbei will continue to use the three-point tactic of covering when he sees him on the court, at this time we have to actively change the defense, their No. 5 and No. 14 two guards have played the whole game, we will definitely be able to defend. The coach arranged: "Then the biggest focus, Jema wants to get Liu Chuan, this is our only hope." Defend against Liu Chuan, we can reverse and win! ”
Iverson nodded earnestly.
Back on the court, Bodo handed the ball to Akhmetov, who was the most energetic, after all, Duncan and Iverson were already exhausted. The Russian giant took a strong shot against Qiao Liang, and the ball bounced out of the frame. But Akhmetov rebounded from the basket and grabbed the rebound.
"Damn, too tall!" Qiao Liang struggled very hard, but the gap in height could not be overcome. "Senior Ikebana has been dealing with such a powerful guy before!"
Akhmetov jumped up for the third time, this time he was ready to dunk with both arms, but Hanamichi jumped up from behind him, cleverly reached between his arms and picked it up, and the ball fell!
"Although the Russian is tall and has long arms, his hands are relatively small, and he has buttery hands when he plays." He Jinan smiled: "I lost the ball several times last year. ”
As soon as Hanamichi hit the ground, it bounced up and firmly controlled the ball in the air.
"Amazing bullet speed!" Duncan was dumbfounded. Akhmetov had just landed, but Hanamichi had already jumped to get the ball for the second time.
"Yang Ping, let's go!" Instead of dragging his feet, Hanamichi quickly handed over the ball. Yang Ping gets the ball and advances.
"Stop him, we're going to defend this ball no matter what!" Coach Hakata shouted. There are only a little more than 2 minutes left in the game, and Xiangbei is still ahead by 4 points, if Xiangbei scores again, it will be difficult for Boduo to chase points.
Liu Chuan did not hesitate to run to the bottom left corner, he was not fit, but the attacking threat was still there. As long as he pulls the blazing-fast Iverson away, he can reduce the pressure on other players and reduce the risk of being disconnected.
Yang Ping tried his best, moving left and right, swaying up and down, and finally a feint to shoot the basket tricked Hu Zhou into jumping up and blocking. He took the opportunity to cut diagonally to the right, Jefferson immediately pounced and tried to make up for the defense, and Yang Ping passed the ball to Lan Yuan in the bottom corner of the right side without any greed.
"Oh no, it's too late!" Jefferson rushed too hard, and he didn't have time to return to his position, seeing that Lan Yuan was about to shoot three points in the open position after receiving the ball.
Duncan strode out with all his strength, and took advantage of the moment when the opponent received the ball and adjusted, and suddenly sealed in front of Lan Yuan. Lan Yuan shot at his huge opponent, and the ball grazed Duncan's fingertips and shot out.
"Senior Qiao Liang!" Lan Yuan shouted after shooting the basket.
"Understood!" Qiao Liang jumped up to catch the ball and shot directly, this is a fake shot and a real pass!
Akhmetov pulled Qiao Liang to the ground, and the ball scored at the whistle, and he had to add a penalty!
"Good shot!" Qiao Liang got up all of a sudden, and high-fived Lan Yuan vigorously.
The penalty was missed, but the difference still came to 6 points after all.
"This must be shot!" Jefferson also became impatient, "After Gema joined, we were known as the strongest Hakata in history, how could we not even make it to the semifinals?" ”
He dribbled past and took advantage of his height to shoot a three-pointer.
missed, but the Bodo twin towers guarded the basket and tried to grab this frontcourt rebound.
Duncan struggled to squeeze Qiao Liang away, "We're not going to fall here!" ”
Liu Chuan jumped hard, and even more than Duncan, picked up the rebound. He didn't pause at all after he landed, and directly launched a fast attack.
Iverson followed closely and finally blocked Liu Chuan when he ran to the three-point line. "You still have the strength?" Iverson laughed.
"Enough to break you!" Liu Chuan's answer was firm, and there was no chance of a quick attack, and he began to consume time steadily.
The vast majority of people think like this: there is not much time left in the game, 75:69 Xiangbei leads, and normally they will definitely consume time to drag on to victory.
But Hanamichi has quietly risen to a high position and made a color to Liu Chuan.
Liu Chuan dribbled horizontally, Iverson was about to chase, Hanamichi had already stood solid in front of him, a high-quality cover.
Liu Chuan shook off Iverson and was about to shoot a basket, but Jefferson hurriedly pounced.
Liu Chuan divides the bottom corner of the ball, Lan Yuan shoots in the vacant position, and the ball goes in! There is only 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the game, and the difference is 9 points!
"Ahhhh Lan Yuan, who had always been calm, also waved his arms excitedly and shouted, he shot such a fatal ball!
At this moment, if Bodo wants to win again, he can only shoot every ball himself, and pray that Xiangbei will miss every shot. Such a miracle is too difficult.
Iverson still runs tirelessly, trying to steal his opponent.
Duncan and Akhmetov are still fighting for every rebound under the basket.
Unconsciously, the audience also began to give a lot of applause to the Hakata players, not to sympathize with the losers, but to give respect to the fighters.
The coach of the Hakata team tried his best, and the players did their best, but the miracle was not born after all.
The game is over! At 81:73, Xiangbei Lik giant Boduo reached the semi-finals of the national competition for the first time in team history!
Iverson took the initiative to extend his hand to the exhausted Liu Chuan, and the two shook hands. Iverson grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth.
Although the words are incomprehensible, Liu Chuan knows very well what his opponent means.
"You're a great opponent. I lost this time, let's fight again next time! Jema Sunshine's smile was full of unconvincing challenge.
In the stands, Liang Kuan got up and laughed: "I said that Xiangbei will win 8 points, right?" You guessed it. ”
"The golden generation of the Four Heavenly Kings in the mouth of the media will really be in the top four." He Jinan was still smiling.
"Liu Chuan, what a good prey." Utu couldn't help but lick her lips, "There's no one better than you to serve as an appetizer before hunting monsters." ”