23 October 1995.

Ten o'clock in the morning was the time for the whole school to do recess exercises, but the music on the radio did not play on time. The square in front of the school building was crowded with people, mostly boys. The crowd was roughly divided into three groups, and three physical education teachers were in charge of each other.

It turned out that this time was the draw ceremony of the school-level basketball league.

If you look down from the top of the school building, you will find that most of the people are dressed in a variety of clothes, while some people are dressed in a uniform manner. Some classes are more particular, and the whole class pooled money to buy a complete set of uniforms, which is very eye-catching. The freshman class of high school does not have such eye-catching equipment.

The players of the first class were all gathered together, Cheng Fei was wearing an orange-red No. 12 jersey, Zhang Yulai was wearing an orange-red No. 10 jersey, and the two were among them. Captain Zhang Yifei, who was wearing a pure black jersey, stood out from the crowd, especially eye-catching, and his handsome face quickly attracted the attention of many girls.

"I'll find someone with good luck to draw later," Zhang Yifei said, "Which of you has won the lottery?" ”

"Cut, don't talk about this, superstition, which class is not the captain to smoke?" Small forward Chen Xiao said. He wears eyes and looks like Sven, but he is actually a fierce player on both the football and basketball courts.

"No, no!" Zhang Yifei waved his hand again and again, "My luck is really stinky, I suggest letting Cheng Fei smoke it, the luck of the first place in the school must be good!" ”

"Huh?" Cheng Fei was dumbfounded.

"Makes sense!" The team members next to him began to coax, "Cheng Fei, go to the lottery on our behalf!" ”

At this time, Tian Shengyong, who was in charge of the draw for the first group of high school - this person teaches physical education class in the first year of high school, is 1.90 meters tall, and I heard that he used to be the small forward of the provincial youth team - shouted: "Class 1 of high school, class 1 of high school!" Send a representative to draw lots! ”

The members of the first class pushed and pulled Cheng Fei forward, and Cheng Fei saw Wang Zhiwen standing in the crowd of the sixth class and smiling at him. Worried, he reached into the box, pulled out a note, and unfolded it: No. 2 sign!

"Good sign!" Yu Jing, who was standing on the side, shouted happily, attracting a group of inexplicable eyes. Cheng Fei heard that Yu Jing took the initiative to apply to help Teacher Tian Shengyong take charge of the lottery box, and Teacher Tian was of course happy to let this beautiful girl help.

"What's so good to sign, the back hasn't been drawn yet, I don't know which classes to be in a group with." Cheng Fei whispered to her embarrassedly.

Yu Jing let out an "oh" and said obediently: "Cheng Fei must be a good sign!" ”

Cheng Fei deliberately ignored the bundles of jealous gazes behind him, turned around and walked back to the team.

Zhang Yifei silently looked at the second-class representative who walked up and said, "The No. 2 draw is Group B." This is the captain of the second class, named Zhang Wei. ”

Zhang Wei may be a few centimeters shorter than Cheng Fei, but his body looks quite strong, he unfolded the note in his hand and shouted: "No. 1 sign!" ”

Zhang Yifei said with a smile: "It's a pity, the No. 1 lottery is Group A." If we get the No. 4 draw, the second class will play against us, and it will be good for us. ”

This was followed by three shifts. Cheng Fei noticed that the players in the third class were almost a group of big men, all of them were vigorous, especially one of them, who was 1.82 meters tall, as strong as a bull, and had a dark complexion, like a black iron tower. Cheng Fei thought to himself, this is completely the big Hu Haitao, Hu Haitao is so difficult to deal with, isn't this big man even more ......

The third class drew the No. 5 lot. Zhang Yifei let out a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, it's from Group A." ”

"Is Class 3 amazing?" Cheng Fei asked.

Zhang Yifei nodded, "If you want me to say, they are the top seeds in this league." ”

Cheng Fei secretly thought that Wang Zhiwen and Liu Junfeng's sixth class of high school should be the top seeds, and the players who can play like that with the trio of the school team, it is estimated that only Wang Zhiwen will be the only one in the entire first year of high school......

The representative of Class 4 is a skinny fellow, tall and long-armed, and very agile in his feet.

Zhang Yifei muttered: "Li Bowen......" Li Bowen raised the sign in his hand: No. 4!

The first pair of the first round was finally born, and Mr. Tian announced on the spot: the first class of high school will play against the fourth class of high school!

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yifei's mouth, and he patted Cheng Fei's shoulder: "Good luck." ”

That is to say, Li Lin and Chen Jie have become their opponents? Cheng Fei tilted his head and looked, just in time to meet Li Lin and Chen Jie's eyes in the crowd, Li Lin gave a thumbs up, and Chen Jie smiled and made a winning pose.

The representative of Class 5 drew the No. 3 lot, and then the first pair of the first round of Group A was born: the first and second classes of high school against the fifth class of high school!

The representative of Class 6, that is, Wang Zhiwen, who was wearing an orange-red No. 7 jersey, stepped forward, and his appearance attracted the attention of the audience. After a battle with the trio of the school team, most of the people in the school got to know this little man with extraordinary ball skills, although it was mixed, but at least he became famous. He unfolded the No. 6 pick in his hand! Even number of lots, i.e. Group B!

Cheng Fei smiled and shook his head, he found that although Zhang Yifei pretended to be calm, his face sank.

If Zhang Yifei's words about the strength of the third class are true, then the sixth class entered Group B, just avoiding the third class, and it almost locked the first place in the group. Because the remaining classes of seven and eight have not yet been drawn, their strength is at the same level as that of class four, and they cannot pose a threat to class six.

The draw ended quickly, with Class 7 drawing the No. 8 pick and playing Class 6 in the first round – much to the frustration of Class 7's players. The eighth class was directly assigned to Group A.

Teacher Tian finished sorting it out and asked Yu Jing to copy the compiled group match sheet on the small blackboard.

The first round of Group A: Senior 12 Class VS Senior 15 Class, Senior 13 Class VS Senior 18 Class

The first round of Group B: Senior 11 Class VS Senior 14 Class, Senior 16 Class VS Senior 17 Class

The second round of Group A: Senior 13 Class VS Senior 15 Class, Senior 18 Class VS Senior 12 Class

The second round of Group B: Senior 14 Class VS Senior 16 Class, Senior 11 Class VS Senior 17 Class

The third round of Group A: Senior 12 Class VS Senior 13 Class, Senior 18 Class VS Senior 15 Class

The third round of Group B: Senior 14 Class VS Senior 17 Class, Senior 11 Class VS Senior 16 Class

When Yu Jing copied the matchup, Mr. Tian called the captains of all the classes to explain the league system. Among all eight classes, Cheng Fei found that only Wang Zhiwen stepped forward as the captain of class 6 in dormitory 204.

"The first three rounds of the competition are round-robin, and the rankings of each group are ranked according to the results of the wins and losses, and the top two advance to the semi-finals," Mr. Tian spoke in a loud voice, and Cheng Fei from afar could hear it clearly, "The semi-finals adopt a knockout system, the first place in Group A plays against the second place in Group B, the second place in Group A plays against the first place in Group B, and the winners on both sides play the finals, understand?" ”

"Got it!" The squad leaders shouted in unison.

"Good! I'm sure you're all ready, starting this Monday, every day at 4 o'clock in the afternoon is the league time, and all classes have to report to the stadium in advance. Monday, Wednesday and Friday are the first three rounds of Group A, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are the first three rounds of Group B. Numbers should also be assigned. ”

"Got it!"

"Okay," Mr. Tian stood up, put on his pen cap, and waved his hand, "Disband!" ”

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Cheng Fei squeezed through the crowd and found Wang Zhiwen and Liu Junfeng. Their orange and red jerseys were so eye-catching that the eight people in Dorm 204 arrived quickly, and a group of people were joking with each other, which was so unpleasant!

At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind Wang Zhiwen: "It's Wang Zhiwen, right?" ”

When they turned around, it turned out to be a varsity trio! The person who spoke turned out to be the ace of the school team with a quiet personality - Xu Jian!

The three of them were wearing white varsity uniforms, with the words "Gezhouba No. 6 Middle School Basketball Team" printed in bright red lettering, which was very enviable. Wang Zhiwen's eyes couldn't hide the look of jealousy.

Hou Yankun glanced at Yang Cong triumphantly and said, "Yo, isn't this a young man who has joined our track and field team, he actually played basketball too, maybe when we can still compete." ”

Yang Cong sneered: "Accompany you at any time." ”

Xu Jian said lightly: "It's nothing, just come over and say hello." The league is on and good luck with it. ”

Wang Zhiwen smiled shyly: "Thank you, you are the same." ”

Although Deng Liang had never dealt with them at all, he asked unceremoniously: "Hey, where do you play in the second year of high school?" There are not many places in this place, how can it be enough for three grades to play in the league? ”

Zhang Hao replied kindly: "Of course, the time is staggered, our sophomore game starts at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the third year of high school seems to be two o'clock......

"Okay, goodbye......" Xu Jian waved his hand and turned to leave.

Wang Zhiwen looked at his figure thoughtfully.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, countless students poured out of the first and second floors of the teaching building of No. 6 Middle School - the basketball league of the first year of high school was about to kick off. Because the sixth middle school attaches great importance to basketball, and it is directly related to the performance of the class teacher, even the most demanding teachers encourage students to form cheerleading teams, and leave class on time, requiring students to be on the scene to cheer for their home teams.

Even, the head teacher of Class 3 - this person is a male, about 30 years old, an avid football fan and basketball fan - paid out of his own pocket to buy a full set of team uniforms for the third class team, a yellow Lakers team uniform, which is very eye-catching. It is also very envious of other classes, but you can't expect that group of aunt-level class teachers, who are mostly menopausal and grumpy, to buy a set of football uniforms for free, right? Therefore, envy is envy, most teams still have no choice but to wear clothes casually, no matter what, as long as you remember the appearance of your teammates.

Across the small square in front of the school building, there are two basketball courts – the field below the student residence hall. Although these two venues are a little more simple than the venues at the school gate, let alone go to the gymnasium next to them.

When Cheng Fei was in physical education class, he once entered the first floor of the gymnasium, which was the stadium where badminton and table tennis were located. But listening to Wang Zhiwen, the second floor is a fully enclosed indoor basketball hall with wooden floors, and the environment is quite good - of course, only for the situation at that time. I heard that the school team often trains on it, and some of the more important games, such as friendly matches and invitational matches between the school team and a foreign team, will also be held on it.

The basketball hall on the second floor seems to be quite strictly managed, and Cheng Fei has been in No. 6 Middle School for two months and has never been in it.

Imagine if you could train and play in it one day, it would be a great pleasure, right?

Let's get back to that. On these two courts, the teams that participated in the first round of Group A have already gathered. They have a concession to leave class 20 minutes early and come here for warm-up training. The class in Group B, although there was no competition, was also stained and came to watch the game after class early.

Cheng Fei came to the sidelines with the flow of people. There were about 500 people in the whole grade, almost all of whom were crowded around the stadium, and although there were not too many people, they were also crowded to the air.

In the four halves, the players of each class were warming up seriously. But Cheng Fei found that their warm-up methods are different, such as the fifth and third shifts, there are special players standing under the basket, handing the ball to the players who run forward, and asking them to do three-step layups or play boards, taking turns and being organized. But the second and eighth classes, just like the usual jungle field, a group of people gathered around one or two basketballs, grabbing it happily, and it was a mess.

In this, it seems that the level can also be seen.

Although there is the top seed class three on the venue over there, Cheng Fei is of course more concerned about the game of class five. The fifth class team has Yang Cong and Deng Liang. At this time, Yang Cong, who was wearing an orange-red jersey and carrying No. 5 on his back, took the ball from his teammates very seriously, and went to the basket at a glance. But Deng Liang, who was also wearing an orange-red jersey and carrying No. 13 on his back, was different, he jumped very high, and almost every time his strength was not used in place, either his strength was too small and he didn't put the ball in, or he had too much strength and threw the ball over his head.

Speaking of numbers, Deng Liang's reason for choosing number 13 is that in the West, it is a sign of the devil.

At 4:5 p.m., the two referees walked into the field. The referee in charge of the third class VS eighth class game is Tian Shengyong, who is familiar to the first year of high school; And the referee in charge of the fifth class VS second class game is said to be a physical education teacher who teaches the second year of high school, named Wang Baojiang.

Unlike Tian Shengyong, Wang Baojiang's height is only less than 1.70 meters, his skin is dark, he is very strong, and he has a mustache on his mouth.

Wang Baojiang negotiated a few words with the players in the field and walked to the center of the field.

The players on both sides took a position.

Wang Baojiang put the whistle in his mouth, threw the basketball in his hand up, and the basketball rushed straight into the blue sky of autumn.

The high school basketball league kicked off an exciting battle!