In the next few days, there were no matches in the second middle school, but the other games were still in full swing.

In the round of 16, No. 2 Middle School defeated Guangming Middle School to enter the quarterfinals first, and the remaining 14 teams competed for the other seven places in the quarterfinals in the following days.

As the tournament progressed, the top eight rosters were soon announced. The news quickly spread throughout the major high schools, and the No. 2 Middle School was no exception, and the players all learned the news early through various channels.

As a coach, Chen Wei not only knew the result of the game, but also got a detailed game data in his hand.

Chen Wei looked at the data in his hand and couldn't help frowning.

The top eight are No. 2 Middle School, Shengshi, Panyu, Yuyan, Zhongyuan, Dongguan No. 4 Middle School, Zhanjiang No. 1 Middle School, and Shishan High School. Needless to say, these eight teams are traditional strong teams that are strong contenders for the championship every year, and this year is no exception, and their strength is exceptionally strong.

In addition, Zhongyuan Middle School is not weak, Zhang Yang, Li Hui, Xu Ping three star players driven, the team is getting better and better, Yuyan is high morale, good combat power, is regarded as the biggest dark horse to win the championship this year.

With the passage of time, No. 2 Middle School finally ushered in their second game in the provincial league, against Zhongyuan Middle School.

The opponent of the quarterfinals of the second middle school is Zhongyuan Middle School, and the venue of the game is still in the basketball hall of the high school of Panyu Middle School.

At half past five in the afternoon, the players, coaches, referees, etc. of both sides came to the stadium early, and the stadium, which originally accommodated more than 2,000 people, was already full of enthusiastic students, most of whom were students from Panyu Middle School, and some students from No. 2 Middle School and Zhongyuan Middle School came to cheer for the school team.

Although the level of the high school league is relatively immature, far less than the high-level professional leagues in China, the students' enthusiasm for basketball is so pure.

The strength of Zhongyuan Middle School, the opponent of the quarterfinals, is not very strong, and the mentality of the players on the side of No. 2 Middle School is also very relaxed.

Walking into the court, Tao Zhixiong's eyes swept back and forth on the players of Zhongyuan Middle School, as if he had thought of something funny, laughed out loud, and said disdainfully: "In the first round of the league last year, Zhongyuan Middle School lost to Guangming Middle School, and I heard that Zhang Zibo scored 28 points alone at that time, and he abused Zhongyuan Middle School miserably. ”

Teammate Zhang Long Hanhan echoed: "Some time ago, we defeated the upgraded version of Guangming Middle School, and the Guangming Middle School with Zhou Tianyu was even stronger, and in the end, it was not pulled down by us. ”

"Okay, everyone must play well in this game, the competition system is very cruel, and if you lose, you will be eliminated, so you must not take it lightly."

"If anyone doesn't play well on the court, I'll put him on the bench for the whole game." Coach Chen Wei said to the players with a serious expression.

"Okay, got it, coach, you're just too careful!" Some of the players muttered, and everyone obviously didn't take Zhongyuan Middle School too seriously.

Chen Wei immediately frowned when he heard this, although he was not very satisfied with the attitude of his players, but he thought that Zhongyuan Middle School really did not have any strong points, so he simply arranged the tactics, and did not emphasize anything else.

As the referee's whistle blows, the game begins, and the starters from both sides come on.

No. 2 starters: center, Li Tiezhu; power forward, Zhang Zhibin; Small forward, Wu Qian; Shooting guard, Tao Zhixiong; Organizational defender, Ye Fan.

Zhongyuan's starting list: center, Li Hui; Power Forward, Ke Jie; Small forward, Xu Ping; Shooting guard, flamboyant; Organizing the defender, Lee Myung-ho.

Li Yang could only sit on the bench, looking at the five people on the field at the moment, he had some expectations in his heart, although the last game broke out strongly, and his performance was explosive.

Everything on the court speaks with strength, and a game of supergod doesn't mean anything, but at least it proves that he is possible.

However, he himself knows that he can only get a three-point shot in one hand, and although the dribble breakthrough has improved a lot, it can't play a role.

So his current performance alone is not enough to impress the coach and let himself start directly. Moreover, he is playing a scoring guard, and he is still blocking a mountain, so it is a bit difficult to kick Tao Zhixiong to the top position at once.

However, Chen Wei has other arrangements for him, asking him to be the team's best sixth man and lead the substitutes to play during the starting break, so it is difficult to go up in the first quarter.

Speaking of which, Li Yang's ability can play as a starter, but Chen Wei also has his own considerations.

Li Yang is an offensive player, and he is a player who is biased towards pitchers, and his ability to break through with the ball, rebounding ability, and passing ability are not outstanding. His biggest contribution to the team is scoring, and that means he's bound to have a lot of shots.

If it is in the starting lineup, Li Yang's more shots will inevitably occupy the number of shots of Li Tiezhu and Wu Qian, although the three scorers on the court can make the team's offense more varied and more selective. But in a way, it reduces efficiency.

There is so much time in one section, and if you make too many shots alone, the number of shots of others will inevitably decrease.

In this way, many times one person attacks, and the other two can only watch. If that person's offensive efficiency is high, it's okay, but if the hand is not good and the offensive efficiency is not high, then it's troublesome.

Therefore, Chen Wei decided to let Li Yang be the team's best sixth man, playing with the substitute lineup when he left the game, and fully released his scoring ability.

In this lineup, Li Yang is the core, with unlimited firing rights!

The game begins, and players from both sides prepare to jump the ball. Li Tiezhu, the center of the second middle school, and Li Hui, the center of Zhongyuan Middle School, stood on both sides of each other, ready to go, and as soon as the whistle sounded, the two immediately jumped. Because Zhong Yuan's center Li Hui is less than two meters tall, and the bounce speed is not as fast as Li Tiezhu, Li Tiezhu easily got the ball. Li Tiezhu slapped the ball into the hand of point guard Ye Fan.

Ye Fan took a deep breath, eased his slightly excited mood, quickly pushed the ball to the front court, looked at the position of his teammates, and directly passed the ball to small forward Wu Qian, Wu Qian made a breakthrough feint, and suddenly a high hanging passed the ball to Li Tiezhu, who had been stuck in a position under the basket.

Li Tiezhu held the ball with his back, leaned on Zhong Yuan's center Li Hui, lowered his center of gravity, slapped it, squeezed it inside with his strong body, pouted his buttocks, and immediately squeezed Li Hui away, and then turned around, faced the basket, pulled the onion directly on dry land, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

At this time, the audience cheered, and Zhang Long on the bench of the second middle school excitedly ejected, waving a towel vigorously with his right hand!

In high school leagues, due to age, height, and bounce limitations, few people can complete such a violent dunk in the game. I didn't expect the big center of the second middle school to come up with a two-handed violent buckle.

The atmosphere of the audience was ignited at once, and the students of the second middle school in the audience began to shout Li Tiezhu's name neatly.

However, there was no panic on the side of Zhongyuan Middle School, after all, their inner line was already weaker. They've relied not on the inside along the way, but on their strong outside three-point firepower.

Just when the fans were still immersed in Li Tiezhu's domineering dunk in the second middle school, Zhong Yuan had already quickly served from the backcourt, and quickly whipped to the frontcourt, and the scoring guard Zhang Yang signaled the center Li Hui to step forward to make a block.

Zhang Yang took advantage of the narrow space separated by his teammates' blocking and demolition, and jumped directly to shoot three points, his hand rose and fell, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and hollowed into the net. Zhongyuan Middle School directly and forcefully responded with an answer ball, and Zhongyuan instantly overtook one point.

"It seems that Zhong Yuan has also improved a lot this year! It deserves to be the dark horse of this year! Chen Wei looked at Zhang Yang who raised his arms on the field and sighed. But only rely on the outside line, how long can you last, and after the outside hit rate comes down, see what means you can come up with to resist our offensive! Chen Wei, the coach of No. 2 Middle School, sat on the sidelines with confidence.

However, what Chen Wei didn't know was that now the league has entered the era of small ball, and the outside three-point line is becoming more and more important, and the role of the inside line is slowly weakening.

When the team does not have a burly center on the court, through the rotation of the players and the high-speed movement of the ball, open shooting opportunities are created, and the score is faster, so that the team has a stronger impact in a short period of time.

As a result, the traditional half-court offense and defense and center-based play have been completely overturned, and fast break and three-point shooting have become a team's most relied on weapons.

The ball is converted, and the two midfield backcourt serves. The ball came to Tao Zhixiong again, Tao Zhixiong made a shooting feint and shook a shot, but Zhongyuan Li Minghao, who was defending him, was not fooled.

Seeing this, Tao Zhixiong did not hesitate to start directly, and rushed in as fast as lightning. Li Minghao did not lose his position, he has been clinging to Tao Zhixiong by his side.

Because the physical gap was too obvious, he couldn't rely on Tao Zhixiong, who was more than ten centimeters taller than him, Tao Zhixiong suddenly retreated, and then bounced up directly, opening his hands to jump.

At this time, it was impossible for Li Minghao to block again, but he still didn't give up, and still jumped up desperately, but unfortunately his fingertips were empty, and he could only watch Tao Zhixiong throw the ball out proudly in despair.

Who would have thought that the ball was a little more powerful, smashed into the back edge of the basket, and bounced high.

At the moment when the ball popped out of the basket, Li Tiezhu had already jumped high, scooped the ball in his hand, and then pressed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Bang dang!" The basket was almost deformed and crumbling under Li Tiezhu's vigorous tearing. The second middle school has overtaken again.

"Good. That's how it hits. Chen Wei excitedly encouraged loudly on the sidelines.

The defense switched, and the center Hu Zhiqiang on this side turned directly after receiving the ball under the basket and hit two points with a small hook.

In the next few rounds, the two sides went back and forth, showing their own magic and gaining from each other.

In the entire first quarter, Zhongyuan Middle School made three of four three-pointers from the outside, plus center Li Hui pulled out and shot two mid-ranges, and with a super high shooting rate, he successfully bit the score.

At the end of the first quarter of the game, Zhong Yuan only trailed by three points at 20:23, and the plot was not as Tao Zhixiong boasted, the second middle school easily beat the opponent!