More than four months later. 25 August 1996.

Jingmen Gezhouba Cement Plant Family Area.

The huge house was empty, and Cheng Fei was writing at the desk in the bedroom. On the table are the textbooks of the sophomore year. After the start of school, Cheng Fei is about to end his freshman year of high school and become a sophomore in high school, and he is used to reading the textbooks he needs to study in the next semester during the winter and summer vacations.

"Jingle bell—" The phone rang. Cheng Fei raised his head and glanced at the alarm clock, half past two in the afternoon. As soon as he was excited, he immediately jumped up, threw down his pen and ran to the living room, picked up the phone, and excitedly responded, "Hey-"

"Cheng Fei," Mom's voice came, "It's Mom!" Really, we were supposed to be back today, but there was something temporary, so ......"

"Oh," Cheng Fei interrupted her, "Got it." ”

Mom's voice was a little embarrassed: "We specially bought you a pair of sneakers in Wangfujing, Nike's, very good-looking, your father said that you must be very handsome when you wear them!" By the way, you are going to Yichang on the 31st, and we will definitely be back on the night of the 30th......"

"Okay, I see, I still have something." Cheng Fei said coldly.

"Okay, let's have enough money left, pay attention to wearing more clothes, and eat well when you go out, you know?"

"Got it, got it!" Cheng Fei said impatiently, "I'm hanging!" ”

"Okay......" Before the mother finished speaking, Cheng Fei frowned tightly and hung up the phone. At the same time, the phone rang again, "Jingle bell—"

Cheng Fei immediately picked up the microphone: "Hey-"

"Let's go, three o'clock, the Stadium of Lights!" Yang Cong said succinctly.

"Good!" Cheng Fei's brows furrowed. He hung up the phone and rushed back to the bedroom.

Basketball has become an indispensable part of his life, becoming his most loyal partner and, so to speak, completely changing his life.

Cheng Fei originally wanted to play basketball because he wanted to change others' impression of him and make others think that he was not a good student who could only study. Now, he has made it happen. The blood and tears in the middle, and the hardships of the price paid, only Cheng Fei himself knows.

Among the Rangers, he has become one of the most important members. He is not an honorary leader, but a leader; It's not a trump card in reputation, it's better than a trump card.

In the bloody battle between the Rangers and Gezhouba Vocational High School, Cheng Fei's super high scoring efficiency can be described as amazing, scoring nearly 40 points, and the passing awareness shown by playing point guard on behalf of Wang Zhiwen in the last quarter directly defeated the opponent and became the number one contributor to the promotion of the Sixth Middle School to the urban league!

Today, basketball is his blood, his existential value, and his whole life!

At the beginning of the summer, the Rangers got together and began a hellish training camp under the guidance of physical education teacher Wu Zhongmin. The training content this time is more professional and intensive than the previous winter vacation. Due to the long summer vacation, Wu Zhongmin gave careful guidance in terms of physical strength, personal skills and basic tactics.

Wu Zhongmin has long discovered that Cheng Fei's basketball level has made a huge leap compared to the last time he saw him, and the players who have experienced several actual combat exercises are indeed much better than the players who soak in the training court all day. What especially caught his attention was that Cheng Fei's previous weakness, defense, had undergone earth-shaking changes, whether it was defensive attitude or defensive skills, he had a new feeling.

This made him sigh, gratify, and worry in his heart.

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By the time Cheng Fei ran to the court, the Rangers had arrived. They were doing shooting practice on the half-court, talking and laughing. If Cheng Fei hadn't gotten along with them day and night, he would have been surprised by their changes.

People say that playing basketball can make you taller. At first, everyone didn't believe it, because Wang Zhiwen had played basketball for several years, and his height was only a pitiful 1.68 meters. But now, the Rangers have noticed a big surprise - each of them has been growing in height since they started playing basketball last September!

So far, the tallest person in the team is Chen Jie, who is now 1.83 meters, but he is still as thin as a hemp pole, and his confrontation ability has improved compared to before, but it is definitely impossible for him to compete with the strong centers of various school teams. It's just that Chen Jie's basket skills are already quite proficient, and the sky hook on his left hand and right hand can be described as perfect, and every hook must be hit.

followed by Deng Liang, who is 1.82 meters tall, and his perverted physical fitness has grown at the same time as his height. If Deng Liang wears a coat, then from the outside, he is not the kind of burly and strong type, but those faintly bulging muscles seem to be born for explosiveness, and Deng Liang's current values are rising rapidly, except for his shooting percentage.

Then there is Zhang Yulai, whose height has reached 1.80 meters. Zhang's defensive awareness is a weakness, but his staggering shooting percentage (he even learned to shoot backwards in the summer) ensures his dominance on the offensive end, and his offensive awareness is good, finding the gap as quickly as possible anywhere inside the three-point line and shooting.

Li Lin's height is also nearly 1.80 meters, and now, his three-point shooting skills are even more perfect, and what is especially outstanding is his defensive skills. With his unusually strong body and agile footwork, he always puts the most pressure on his opponents, and he is smart enough to know how to make and avoid fouls. He is a defensive expert among the Rangers.

There are also two people, both of whom are 1.78 meters tall. Yang Cong and Cheng Fei.

Yang Cong has excellent offense and defense, and can be described as an indestructible sword in the rangers. Speed is still his sharpest weapon, starting with the ball and attacking quickly in the half, Yang Cong can get rid of most opponents with the speed of lightning and fire. What's more, now he has more comprehensive offensive methods, stable mid-range shooting, and even developed the technique of hitting the back under the basket and stepping back to make a jumper.

Cheng Fei, who is 1.78 meters tall, has reached his personal peak in skill since practicing basketball, and even people have forgotten that he used to be a pitcher who wears 100 steps. Because the magical feel is here in Cheng Fei, it has been perfectly integrated with the dazzling scoring method.

In addition to his greatly improved ball control skills, Cheng Fei's amazing bounce power finally created a naturally formed technique - dunking. It's just that he's not used to it. On the one hand, it is the barbarism and rudeness of this way, and on the other hand, it is the fear of causing harm to oneself. Therefore, even when playing, very few people see Cheng Fei dunk.

Of course, when it comes to dunking now, Cheng Fei is not the only one who can do it, dunking is a common scoring method used by Deng Liang, and Yang Cong can also complete the dunk at a close distance, and Liu Junfeng, who is 1.77 meters tall, can also perform a one-handed flying dunk performance when he is in excellent physical condition.

Wang Zhiwen's height was probably also strongly influenced by other people, reaching a meter 74 that he was very satisfied with.

Therefore, today's rangers are no longer the same as they used to be. It is said that basketball is a sport for the elderly, and although this is not entirely true, it is universal. The current height may not be enough to give the Rangers an advantage, but at least it will greatly reduce their disadvantage. On this basis, basketball skills are naturally rising.

The young workers of the cement factory who served as their sparring partners half a year ago are no longer opponents at all.

At the beginning of the summer vacation, Wu Zhongmin had to fight on both sides, but he quickly gave up. Because in the case of comparable physical fitness, the Rangers' various technical abilities obviously exceed the opponent by several grades, rebounding ability, shooting ability, defensive ability, coupled with their long-term tacit cooperation, almost all-round explosion of the opponent.

Xingzi and Malaysia are convinced of the loss, and there are no complaints.

Even Wu Zhongmin was secretly surprised in his heart, and he was even worried that if he couldn't find a suitable sparring partner, would these children be too arrogant and neglect basic training? Although the rangers were very diligent in the two months of training, his worries were not unreasonable, Cheng Fei and they were in a stage of rapid ascent, and at the same time they were at the impetuous age of sixteen or seventeen years old, it was inevitable that they would not feel complacent.

However, Wu Zhongmin's worries were unexpectedly resolved.

When Cheng Fei walked into the lighted stadium, he saw that the brothers were surrounding a boy of the same age who was fifteen or sixteen years old. The boy is about 1.75 meters tall, his body is very strong, he wears a pair of black-framed gum glasses, his eyes are bright, his eyebrows are thick and black, if you only look at his face, he is the appearance of a good student, but looking at his body and temperament, he is definitely well-trained and extraordinary.

When the man saw Cheng Fei, he immediately smiled kindly, took the initiative to step forward, and stretched out his hand.