Chapter 13: Burning Fighting Spirit
In the first game of the new semester, the Firefoxes completely disintegrated the opponent's defense with a fierce offensive like a bamboo, and the results of the hard training during the holiday finally appeared, the rhythm of the whole game was completely controlled by Lin Mingyang's feet, and Thomas played his scoring machine worthy of the name at the same time, and even sent 6 assists to his teammates, the team won by a big score, Thomas got the highest single game score this season, and Lin Mingyang won the best game with excellent offensive and defensive data, and the team was immersed in a huge joy.
It was a good start, but unfortunately in the second game, the Firefoxes suffered an accident. Before the game, everyone from coach Jefferson to ordinary players thought that it would be an easy game to win, but the final result was a big upset.
In this game, including Lin Mingyang, they all despised their opponents a little, and the whole team paid a heavy price for this. As soon as the Firefox opened the game, they encountered the opponent's stubborn resistance, and the Firefox players who had been unable to attack for a long time began to be a little impetuous, and the mistakes on the field increased significantly, while the opponent used defensive counterattacks to score quickly.
Lin Mingyang tried to stabilize the rhythm of the whole team several times, but it was difficult for him to turn the whole situation around on the court alone. Thomas, who was forced by his opponent to be anxious, almost forgot the agreement he had made with Lin Mingyang in advance, and forced a breakthrough by himself as soon as he got the ball. Jefferson made a substitution of players, but still failed to stabilize the team's already chaotic position, and in the end, the Firefoxes lost the game in disgrace on their own doorstep.
One can imagine how ugly Jefferson's face was after the game, with all the players in the locker room sitting dejectedly, and the boos from the whole stadium after the game had already carried a heavy psychological burden on their backs. Jefferson was called to his office by the disgraced principal and scolded, and the anger of the loss will be vented on the players. Before the storm, the atmosphere in the locker room was extremely oppressive.
A grim-faced Jefferson walked into the locker room, and the anger that had been suppressed since the end of the game finally erupted without hesitation. As the captain, Lin Mingyang bore the brunt of the top. "Felix, tell me you were sleepwalking on the field today? As a point guard, you don't touch the ball as much on the court as the opposing power forward, so what do you think of the game as a game? ”
In the face of the coach's accusations, Lin Mingyang chose to remain silent, although he was the only player in the Firefox team today who did not show that much of a point loss, he did make some serious mistakes in this game. As a member of the team, he has an inescapable responsibility for losing.
Lin Mingyang's attitude sent a clear signal to all his teammates, and then whether it was Jefferson accusing Thomas of being "completely brainless and stupid like a pig" on the court, or cursing center Evan for acting like "eating poop", and small forward Kent was "about the same as a woman" when defending, everyone silently endured.
After a desperate seizure, Jefferson finally calmed down. He also made a self-examination of the failure, which made the scolded players finally feel better.
"It's a naked humiliation, and even if we win, Cook is a team with no hope of reaching the finals at all. We can't run into them this season, but we're going to take our vengeful anger out on our next opponents and tear them apart! Jefferson slammed his fist on the locker next to him, and before leaving, he said a cruel sentence: "If you still want to mix in Moss, give me every next game!" ”
After Jefferson left, everyone in the locker room breathed a sigh of relief. Thomas stood up and slammed his towel on the ground, "It's so embarrassing to lose this game!" ”
"Felix, what are we going to do next?" All the players were stunned by Jefferson's stormy reprimand just now, and everyone looked at Lin Mingyang in unison, because he is now the recognized core of the team.
"Maybe we won the last game beautifully, so a lot of players, including me, had some ideas in this game that had nothing to do with playing! I know you've been having a good time because we've been winning, but after today, I wonder if you're embarrassed to walk in school? Lin Mingyang's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and many of them lowered their heads.
"Maybe you're playing to get a sports scholarship, or to get a girl's attention and let go of ideas that have nothing to do with winning!" Lin Mingyang clenched the bath towel in his hand, "We have no choice but to keep winning!" ”
He held out his right hand, "I need your help for victory!" ”
Thomas was the first to put his hand on it, and the rest of his teammates did the same, and a roar of "victory" resounded throughout the locker room!
Jefferson, who had just walked out of the gym, also heard this roar, he stopped, turned his head to look in the direction of the locker room, and finally showed a smile of relief on the corner of his grin.
With a raging flame of revenge, the Firefoxes "slaughtered" their old rivals from Moss on the road, declaring that they had met "the bloodiest team in history" when they commented on the Firefoxes' performance after the game.
In the first quarter of the game, the Firefox attacked fiercely, the opponent defended, and the Firefox suppressed the opponent on the field, and at the end of the first quarter, the score difference between the two sides was not very large.
The overwhelming advantage appeared in the second quarter, in the face of the opponent who was still defending across the board, the Firefoxes did not make the same mistakes as in the previous game, Lin Mingyang and Thomas's excellent outburst led the team to play an 18:0 offensive **, and then although the opponent organized a counterattack, it was resisted back by the Firefoxes, and the Firefoxes entered the second half with a 26-point lead.
In the third quarter, the Foxes' offensive momentum was suspended, and the opponent immediately launched a counterattack. The Firefoxes took advantage of the opponent's mistakes to play a couple of beautiful defensive counter-attacks, the main players were substituted off the court, and the substitutes were equally unstoppable on the court, and the results of the whole game were announced in advance by the end of the third quarter.
The final quarter of the game was all show time for the Firefoxes, and the game went into garbage time with wave after wave of offense that completely blew up the opponent. When the full-time whistle blew, the Firefoxes led by a full 42 points, a record for the league's highest point margin.
Because several other teams with similar points to Firefox came in with a poor record, after the Firefox team won this key game, it was equivalent to getting a ticket to the final in advance. The next match was played with ease, and everyone had already set their eyes on the upcoming final.
According to the final standings, 8 teams stood out and entered the finals. The Firefoxes had a tough bone to bite in the first game, against their arch-rivals who knocked them out of the finals last season, and the game was extremely difficult, the score was deadlocked, and both sides played a little impatiently, and the Firefoxes took advantage of the opponent's mistakes in the fourth quarter to take the lead, and finally won by a narrow margin.
The opponent's counterattack also seemed unusually fierce, the next two games, the Firefox team struggled to support, and finally lost one after another, the other party got the match point first, and the Firefox who was forced to a dead end broke out again with strong combat effectiveness, two games in a row, and advanced to the semifinals with a 3:2 victory.
The Firefoxes, who had washed away the shame of the past, swept the opponent in the semifinals 3:0 with the power of consecutive wins, and the team's various states have reached an unprecedented peak. In order to celebrate this unprecedented victory, the school deliberately gave all the players three days off. Although Jefferson announced that there would be no training until the final opponents were selected, the players still spontaneously came to the school to practice some regular surnames under the leadership of Lin Mingyang.
Lin Mingyang has sent several emails to Megan in the past few days, but the other party has never replied, which makes Lin Mingyang's happy mood cast a faint haze. Lin Mingyang is not a very ambitious guy in basketball, but Meghan's departure has put a championship heart on him. He sat on the roof outside the window, looking at the bright night sky, and suddenly an inexplicable melancholy surged in his heart.
The two twinkling stars in the distant sky were like Megan's blinking eyes, and Lin Mingyang found that his mind was now full of that girl's sweet smile. Could it be that you already like the girl you have only met three times? This thought popped out of Lin Mingyang's mind, startling himself, and he shook his head, trying not to let himself think about those messy things.
At this time, the computer in the room made a soft sound, and Lin Mingyang climbed back to his cabin from the window, and couldn't wait to open the mailbox. When he saw that the sender column displayed the words "Megan Fox", the little bit of sorrow in his heart was instantly squeezed out by the bulging joy, and after reading the other party's message, his mood was like riding on a rocket, and he suddenly rose from the bottom.
"When you lift the championship trophy, I will appear in front of you!"
If it weren't for the fact that it was late at night and he was afraid of disturbing the rest of his parents and neighbors, Lin Mingyang really wanted to yell at the sky, and even he himself would have made it clear why he was controlled by this inexplicable and wonderful joy. He is now excited like a child, where is there still two lives of calmness, from the beginning of the youth to the present gradually infected by his surrounding environment, Lin Mingyang found that his mentality is getting closer and closer to the actual age of the body. He has fully adapted to his identity and has fully integrated into the times.
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