Monday, 30 September 1996.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Hongshan Gymnasium, located in Wuchang District, Wuhan City, welcomed a group of special guests. They are all high school players from four provinces and cities, and thousands of people are gathered together, and it is very lively. It was the opening ceremony of the Central China Regional Competition of the National High School Basketball League.

Cheng Fei and the others were also dressed in civilian clothes and stood with a team of middle school colonels from Yichang City. The tall players and unfamiliar faces around made these two teams, which were originally fierce rivals and also from Yichang, become strangers.

Wang Baojiang and Coach Lu had a very strong conversation. The difference is that Wang Baojiang is full of 'spring' wind, while Coach Lu frequently makes gestures, and sometimes 'shows' disappointed expressions on his face.

Although the Rangers are not good at words, they also talk to the players next to them.

"When did you start practicing?" Wang Zhiwen asked Zhang Xiaodi.

"Seven or eight years old," Zhang Xiaodi said with a smile, "When I was a child, my dad put a big basketball in front, but I grabbed a small table tennis ball, and my dad was angry and let me practice basketball ......."

"Your fundamentals are solid!" Yang Cong interjected, "Have you been professionally trained?" ”

Zhang Xiaodi pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, I have to go to my father's field for a few hours every week......

Over there, Yang Ji and Cheng Fei also chatted.

"It turns out that there are professionals who teach defense!" Yang Ji said, "No wonder you are so powerful! ”

Cheng Fei scratched his head: "No, your defensive skills are so good, I want to learn more from you!" ”

"Ahem! Don't mention it! Yang Ji smiled, "I couldn't prevent you at all later!" ”

At this time, a loud voice came from the loudspeaker: "Students, please be quiet, let us welcome the ...... of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education with warm applause" and then reported a list of leaders' names, and then asked some leaders to speak on stage according to their official ranks.

Cheng Fei wanted to ask Zhang Xiaodi what kind of people they were in Xiangfan No. 4 Middle School, but there were too many people on the scene, and they couldn't see it for a while, so they had to give up. After the lengthy opening ceremony, the host finally announced the official start of the competition in Central China, and then announced the venue of the first round at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The Rangers will face Jing'men Longquan Middle School in the gymnasium of Wuhan University of Technology, while Yichang No. 1 Middle School will face Xiangfan No. 4 Middle School in the gymnasium of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By the end of the opening ceremony, it was already 11 noon. After returning to the guest house and having lunch in a hurry, they had to take a car to their respective competition areas to familiarize themselves with the venue and warm up. At the 'gate' of the guest house, next to the two big buses, the rangers shook hands with the players of the Yichang No. 1 Middle School team and said goodbye.

"Come on!" Cheng Fei held Zhang Xiaodi's hand tightly.

"You too," Zhang Xiaodi smiled meaningfully, "you must win!" ”

"It's a game," Coach Zhang Pingya patted Zhang Xiaodi on the shoulder, "It's fun!" ”

At this time, it was really a bit of a "wind and water cold, and the strong man would never return", everyone waved goodbye and got on the bus one after another. A few hours later, when they return here, perhaps one of the brother teams will have to say goodbye to Wuhan in a hurry.

Cheng Fei, who was in a complicated mood, sat in the car, and had no time to watch the urban scenery in Wuhan. The various tactical playing styles and various offensive and defensive skills taught by Coach Zhang Pingya in the past few days quickly flashed in his mind, and they were quickly sorted out clearly. Cheng Fei has always had this ability, and he believes that no matter how difficult the problem is, as long as he masters the skills, he can solve it easily.

After a twenty-minute drive, the bus of the rangers drove into Wuhan University of Technology, located on Luoshi South Road.

The campus is quiet, and college students are not as busy as high school students, who come and go in twos and threes, not paying any attention to the bus. At the entrance of the school, the words "Teachers and students participating in the National High School Basketball League are welcome to come to our school" were posted in an inconspicuous place.

It's a much fairer environment, no home, no away, not even tsunami applause, maybe no spectators at all. They will have a life-and-death duel in the quiet of the court!

Wang Baojiang and his entourage came to the gymnasium of Wuhan University of Technology under the leadership of the school's special staff. To Cheng Fei's surprise, the gymnasium here does not look as advanced as the stadiums of some high schools in Yichang City, with an old style and poor equipment, except for an electronic scoreboard hanging on the wall, which seems to be specially prepared for this competition.

On one side of the court, a group of people wearing sky blue 'color' jerseys gathered, and the words "Jing 'Men' Longquan High School Basketball Team" were printed on the back of their uniforms!

"They came so early," Cheng Fei whispered, .......

The Rangers walked over in silence and began to change their clothes and prepare for the warm-up. Seeing the team from Jing'men' City, they felt both familiar and unfamiliar, and had a complicated feeling. But the other party's attitude towards the Rangers is completely different.

When the Longquan Middle School team found out about the appearance of Ge Liu's players, they almost unanimously stopped their warm-up activities, and all turned around to carefully look at the opponents in this game. Their eyes, without exception, were full of fanatical confidence, a slight contempt, and a lot of dangerous momentum.

The height of the Longquan Middle School team is no longer superior to that of the Rangers. The tallest of them is 1.85 meters, the shortest is 1.75 meters, and their physique is not very 'fine'. Wang Baojiang has obtained the information of the other party, and the main five starters are: point guard Long Qianli with a height of 1.76 meters, point guard Li Shi with a height of 1.78 meters, Fang Hai 'Bo' with a height of 1.82 meters, Wu Tengyue, a big forward with a height of 1.82 meters, and Han Tian, a center forward with a height of 1.85 meters.

The two sides did not speak, the well water did not interfere with the river water, and the practice began in obscurity in two halves. They will secretly look at each other's training and try to judge the strength of their opponents based on this.

Maybe he wanted to give the Rangers a dismount, Han Tian and his teammates came to an air relay, and there was a loud "clang", which was especially harsh in the silent stadium, and the Rangers looked back and saw that Han Tian was hanging on the basket, but the ball bounced out!

"Holy!" Liu Junfeng couldn't help but swear, "This level...... Let Lao Tzu have one, and let them open their eyes! ”

"That's it!" Wang Zhiwen stopped him, "Warm up according to what Coach Zhang said, don't 'mess around'!" ”

They carried out various warm-up activities in an orderly manner, and then ran baskets and set point jumpers. With twenty minutes left before the game, Zhang Pingya called them all down and sat on the bench to rest. At this time, the referee team also came, and there were four of them, a recorder, a chief referee, and two deputy referees.

They took out their water glasses and took their seats in the referee's bench. Cheng Fei clearly heard their conversation.

"Lao Chen went to Huagong (the abbreviation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology), right? Xiangfan's game is good-looking! ”

"This year, the team in Yichang City is unlucky enough, I heard that it has been 'drawn' to Xiangfan No. 4 Middle School for three consecutive years......"

"Hahaha, that's fun! But the game wasn't good, the amateur team played the professional team. ”

"I hope Xiangfan can hit the national championship this time......"

Their topic has always been inseparable from Xiangfan No. 4 Middle School, and they didn't look at the two teams in front of them at all.

A whistle blows, and the referee signals for players from both sides to come on. The Rangers and the Longquan High School varsity team walked up to the field, facing each other, there were twelve members of the Longquan High School varsity team, but the Rangers only had eight people, which made Longquan High School feel a little surprised. Judging from the expression, the Longquan High School team is domineering and murderous; The Rangers, on the other hand, looked indifferent and didn't see anything in their minds.

"Hello, we are students of Gezhouba No. 6 Middle School," Wang Zhiwen held the hand of Long Qianli opposite, his eyes scanning each other, "We are a team composed of dormitory members, all from Gezhouba Cement Factory. ”

The word Gezhouba Cement Plant immediately attracted the attention of all the Longquan High School varsity players, who looked at each other in surprise. In Jing'men' City, Gezhouba Cement Factory is also a well-known enterprise. Since the other party is from a cement factory, they must have lived in Jing'men City for many years, and their home must still be in Jing'men' until now.

In the face of the kindness thrown by the rangers, Fang Hai 'Bo', the captain of the Longquan High School team, was very indifferent: "Hello, we are the Longquan High School team of Jing'men' City. We are very happy to see half of our fellow villagers here, but we are also fighting on our own, you represent Gezhouba, Yichang, and we represent Jingmen! ”

As soon as the words came out, the hostility suddenly became much stronger. This means that the line between them has been completely drawn.

"We don't represent anyone...... Cheng Fei said lightly, "only on behalf of ourselves." ”

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At the beginning of the game, the referee threw an orange-red 'colored' basketball!

Deng Liang and Han Tian rose from the ground, the height difference between the two was three centimeters, and the strength of the bounce power was high. Deng Liang almost surpassed Han Tian by half an arm, and easily dialed the ball to Wang Zhiwen!

Fang Hai's 'wave' face sank, and he commanded everyone to return to defense.

"That Fang Hai 'Bo' is their captain," Cheng Fei whispered to Yang Cong, "Nine times out of ten, he is the core figure." ”

Yang Cong moved his wrist and said succinctly: "I'll kill him!" ”

Liu Junfeng, who was sitting on the bench, shouted loudly: "Yang Cong, come a handsome one!" ”

Yang Cong gave Liu Junfeng a thumbs up and began to advance with the team.

In the first contact, neither of them dared to attack rashly, but mostly probed the truth with tentative 'sex' actions. Wang Zhiwen skillfully dribbled the ball, constantly changing hands and shaking in front of Long Qianli, but he just didn't break through. The rangers began to run through the 'interspersed', Cheng Fei received the ball and passed it to Yang Cong, Yang Cong received the ball and passed it to Zhang Yulai, and Zhang Yulai hoisted it to Deng Liang.

Han Tian single-handedly defended Deng Liang. Deng Liang, who always had an excess of 'fine' strength, began to dribble the ball and relied on playing Han Tian. Han Tian straightened his arm and hugged Deng Liang tightly, not giving the other party any chance to shoot or make a layup directly.

Deng Liang took his left foot as the axis, and his right foot suddenly drew a semicircle, making a gesture to shoot.

Han Tian immediately moved his center of gravity, and Wu Tengyue, who was defending Zhang Yulai over there, was also affected by this action, approaching this side, and the basket suddenly squeezed the opponent's two generals, and Deng Liang could no longer have a shooting angle no matter what. But he didn't want to shoot at all, he handed his hands out, and an orange-red 'colored' lightning suddenly rushed in from the outside!

This person's speed is as fast as a sharp arrow 'shot' from a strong bow, and it will be split in an instant!

Yu Yang, who was sitting on the sidelines, took it for granted that this person was Yang Cong. First, Yang Cong's offense is very strong, and he is always used to tearing apart the opponent's defense line fiercely at the beginning; Second, judging from this speed, only Yang Cong and Liu Junfeng took this thunderous way to cut straight to the inside. But he never expected that the number behind the man was 12.

It's Cheng Fei.

Li Shi, who was in the opposite position, didn't react at all, and the No. 12 had already thrown off three steps away, as if by magic, he got rid of the defense, and appeared in *** in an instant!

However, at this time, if you don't count Deng Liang, you are also squeezing the opponent's big front and small forward, no matter what, it is not the best time to break through to the basket, such a slamming slam, its recklessness is even worse than Yang Cong and Liu Junfeng, and it may also cause injury to yourself or the other party.

Cheng Fei took Deng Liang's pass, took two steps directly, and flew up!

Because his speed was too fast, and Deng Liang's pass was also sudden, Wu Tengyue and Han Tian were stunned for a moment, and seeing an opposing player ferociously 'inserting' into ***, they subconsciously turned around and prepared to block. But this kind of action is quite passive, and when people see the opponent rushing at a rapid pace, they will first seek to protect themselves before considering the possibility of blocking.

These seem to be within Cheng Fei's calculations. In fact, because of Deng Liang's play, the opponent's two interior players are actually very close to rebounding. That is, they "crowded" under the basket.

Cheng Fei kicked with his left foot and rose from the ground, and the astonishing height seemed to soar into the sky like a cloud!

The referee couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Cheng Fei's right hand holding the ball stretched forward, his body obviously paused in mid-air, and across the two people under him, he actually "clicked" and dunked into the basket! Wu Tengyue and Han Tian, who were about to jump off the cover, were suddenly suppressed by Cheng Fei from top to bottom and fell to the ground alive.

Yu Yang smiled bitterly: "When did Cheng Fei change from a three-point shot to a dunk start?" ”

Zhang Pingya smiled: "The key is that he sees the possibility of scoring goals." Mr. Wang, I think the biggest improvement of Cheng Fei recently is that he has a different understanding of offense, seizing the opportunity to score, I think he can slowly provide great help to the team. ”

Wang Baojiang sighed: "Actually, I have to be scared by his dunk every time, it's really a blockbuster, it's a blockbuster......

"It's so beautiful!" Liu Junfeng, Li Lin, and Chen Jie all stood up with their fists waving.

Yang Cong ran over with a smile and high-fived Cheng Fei.

"Two points are valid!" The referee was stunned for a moment, and then remembered to signal to the scorekeeper.

On the side of the Longquan High School varsity team, the faces of the team members were all white. This thunderous and lightning-like dunk really poured cold water on them! These children, who usually play ball in school, regard dunking as an action that can only be done by cattle people, and people who are less than 1.8 meters tall do this kind of dunk between people, which is tantamount to a fool's dream!

"I've seen a lot of kids who can dunk, and to be fair, most of them have a bounce and physical fitness that Cheng Fei can't match," Zhang Pingya said lightly, "One thing that attracts me about flying is that I have a sense of 'fine' in grasping the timing." He has a keen grasp of fleeting moments. ”

"What do you mean......" Yu Yang asked in disbelief, "Cheng Fei's bounce power is nothing?" ”

"Not bad, isn't it?" Zhang Pingya said, "But if you have a good bounce and can't grasp the really good timing of the dunk, it is completely useless." A dunk like this may be shocking from the scene, but it's an illusion. Cheng Fei's jumping position, arm length, and impact strength are no different from what he usually does in training, and he has not even reached his personal limit. It's just that there are two people pressed under him, so it has a more impactful feeling. ”

"I understand," Yu Yang said thoughtfully, "it's he who knows when the other party can't stop him." ”

"Yes." Zhang Pingya continued, and Liu Junfeng also listened attentively, "A genius with strong bounce power may not be able to dunk once in the whole game, because he can't get the opportunity to dunk at all, and even if the opportunity comes, it will disappear quickly." A dunk is just a formality, and it's the same with shots and layups, it's important to capture the timing, not how amazing the action is. Cheng Fei actually did just that. ”

Between the words, Yang Cong took a picture of the basketball in Fang Hai's 'wave' hand, and rode away wildly, Fang Hai's 'wave' was going to chase back, and then looked at Yang Cong's lightning-fast speed, he could only sigh and watch Yang Cong wrap himself in the dust all the way, and directly scored a layup!

In less than half a minute of the opening game, the score was already 4:0.

Fang Hai's 'wave' heart sank completely. The Longquan High School team is a veteran strong team in Jing'men City, although it is a round of the national league every year, but it has also seen many strong teams, and they are also well-known basketball masters in Jing'men' City. Who has ever seen these players on the other side! No. 7 Wang Zhiwen is skillful in ball control, No. 12 Cheng Fei is like a superman, No. 5 Yang Cong is thundering and lightning, and No. 13 Deng Liang is amazingly bouncing.

In the third round, Fang Hai 'Bo' forcibly shot, but he came with a three-way non-stick and was directly grabbed by Deng Liang.

The Longquan High School team has not had time to return to the defense, and found that Yang Cong has rushed to the middle line! He took Deng Liang's big throw while running, and his feet suddenly accelerated, and he instantly rushed past Li Shi who tried to stop him!

In the referee's whistle, Yang Cong flew up in the air and poured the basketball into it with a "click" with a tiger pounce!