Chapter 20: The Mystery Man After the Race

Wang Zekai looked up at the score fixed on the big screen, arrogant and confident, he couldn't accept the fact that he had lost.

He couldn't understand why the freshman, who had already been beaten by himself, could become so difficult to defend at the last moment, causing him to miss a comeback shot!

The big screen at the scene is replaying the picture of Wang Zekai's failed shot, Liu Mu grabbing the rebound and assisting Tian Bin to make a layup.

Coach Li Zijiang clenched his hands into fists, he knew that if he lost this important game, the University of Petroleum would have to defeat Bingcheng University in the "national quarterfinals" away to have two places in the province.

And even if Hecheng University loses the next game with Bingcheng University, it will not have much impact, after all, there are only three of them in the province.

Liu Xiaodong was yelling loudly, he was suppressed by Wang Zekai for the whole game, and finally defeated the invincible guy with the joint efforts of his teammates!

"Xiaodong, your final defense is fantastic, it's hard to believe that you will defend against Wang Zekai's key shot!"

Hearing the shouts from his back, Liu Xiaodong's head was full of black lines, and he just wanted to look back to see that it was the bastard who revealed his scars, when he felt his waist tighten, and suddenly the sky spun around.

Guo Cheng hugged Liu Xiaodong and kept spinning to the right, he was so excited. Last year, they were defeated by the University of Petroleum, which cost them their place in the divisional division, and today they finally got their revenge.

"Brother, your layup was great and played a decisive role in our victory!" Liu Mu walked up to Tian Bin and high-fived and smiled.

Seeing the players from Hecheng University celebrating and hugging each other, Li Zijiang walked up to Zhang Tiejun with an iron face, if it wasn't for the fear of bad influence, he wouldn't have come over to shake hands.

"Coach Zhang, your players are playing well!" After Li Zijiang and Zhang Tiejun briefly shook hands, he didn't wait for Zhang Tiejun to say a few words modestly, turned around and walked to the home team's player tunnel.

Seeing that the coaches were gone, the players of the University of Petroleum also walked towards the players' tunnel in frustration.

Wang Zekai stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel and glanced back at Liu Xiaodong, who was celebrating with the players of Hecheng University in the center of the field, with a look of unwillingness on his face.

In the face of Hou Wei and Liu Xiaodong's rotational defense, he efficiently scored 48 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, which was like no one. But what could be more embarrassing than being in such a good form and not being able to win on your home turf?

At this time, people in the audience have begun to leave one after another, and today is not destined to be a festival that belongs to them.

After interviewing Liu Mu and Guo Cheng, the female reporter of the provincial sports channel went straight to Liu Xiaodong. With the envious eyes of his teammates, Liu Xiaodong began his first college interview.

"Xiaodong, first of all, congratulations on winning the first road trip of your college career! Do you think there's any difference between college and high school competitions? ”

"Hmm... I think it's physical and technical! Liu Xiaodong replied with some lag. He was not used to this kind of face-to-face interview, especially when he was a female reporter on the other side, which made him a little shy.

"Xiaodong, I counted your data, it is 15 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, are you satisfied with your all-around performance?"

"Not satisfied! Compared with my personal data, I care more about the 48 points that Wang Zekai gets, you must know that our whole team only scored 80 points! Liu Xiaodong replied very seriously, he felt that there were some aspects that could be done better!

"When defending Wang Zekai's last shot, did Coach Zhang have a special arrangement for you? Or your own efforts. ”

"It was the coach who kept me close to him and you saw him score all the time, and he was probably too tired for the last shot." Liu Xiaodong knew that he had to be humble as a winner, so he answered a few questions and walked into the tunnel with his teammates in the tunnel of the visiting team.

At the same time that Liu Xiaodong had just returned to the locker room, a tall mysterious man wearing black-rimmed glasses had just watched the live broadcast of the match between Hecheng University and the University of Petroleum in a high-end hotel in the provincial capital Bingcheng.

"Ringing ringing... Ring, ring, ring..."The mysterious man picked up the Waveguide D650 mobile phone placed on the table and pressed the answer button.

"Hey, Lao Hu, how was this trip to Ice City? Have you persuaded Du Weibin's kid to join us, I have agreed with Yangcheng, just waiting for the good news from your side. ”

"There's no hope, Du Weibin's kid is very high-spirited, and he wants me to promise to sign him with the champion, otherwise he won't join our team." The mysterious man named Lao Hu said dejectedly.

"What? If you want to sign the champion, is he crazy! He didn't know that our Nangang team was a strong team in the CBA, so he was chosen to give him face, and he dragged it! ”

"Okay, people don't look down on us, so don't force it." Lao Hu said a little depressed. He knew very well in his heart that the current Nangang was not the champion giant of the past.

"Then what do you say, we can't select talented players, and there are no big fish to catch in the free market, so if we don't make it, we are all at risk of relegation this year!"

"Lao Hu, you are the head coach of the team, you have to think of more ways, you can't let the team continue to sink." The middle-aged man on the other end of the phone hung up the phone after finishing what he wanted to say like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

"Hey..."Lao Hu wanted to say something, but the other party had already hung up the phone. He sighed heavily, if it weren't for his hometown team, he wouldn't have taken over this mess again.

In the past two years, the retirement of the old players and the transfer of powerful players to other teams have dealt a great blow to the Nangang team. Especially at the beginning of this year, before he agreed to take over as coach, team leader Zhu Yifu chose to transfer to last year's champion team when he saw that the team had no hope of winning the championship.

This is undoubtedly the most fatal blow to Nangang, which is on the verge of relegation. If Lao Hu can't make a difference this season, then next season, it is very likely that the team name Nangang will not appear in the CBA league.

The manager has advised him on more than one occasion to bring in foreign players so that the team can be brought back to life immediately.

But as a former leader of the men's basketball team, Lao Hu has his own pride, he will never let foreign aid appear in his own team, even if the team is relegated, he will not do that, which is also his only requirement before taking over Nangang.

Lao Hu has always advocated the local cultivation of basketball talents, and it is impossible for a team that starts with foreign aid to prosper forever.

He came all the way to Bingcheng this time, only through the recommendation of the team manager, to recruit Du Weibin, the star of Bingcheng University, but unfortunately he failed.

But Lao Hu was not disappointed, because he had already found a few good seedlings in the live broadcast just now, a center and two quarterbacks, as for the team that is more suitable for today, he still has to observe for a while...