Chapter 15: Coach, I Want to Play!
At the end of the first quarter, Wang Zekai made 9 of 10 shots and scored 22 points. With his dominant performance, he led the University of Petroleum to 28-13, 15 points ahead of Hecheng University.
If it weren't for Yanagi's continuous tough performances in the penalty area in the last minute, the score of Hecheng University would have stayed in single digits.
On the four LED screens in the stadium of the Sports Institute, Wang Zekai's wonderful goals are constantly playing, which makes the emotions of the home audience high, and some excited fans even start a human wave game.
On the commentary seat, Liu Qiliang couldn't help but smile wryly when he saw the end of the close-up that the guide cut to Wang Zekai. If Hecheng University can't limit this yellow No. 3 in the second quarter, then the game won't have to be watched.
Sitting on the bench, Liu Mu was sweating profusely, and he played for a whole session. As the leader of the team, everyone else can run away, but he can't.
Although he is tired, he will never give up, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he will fight!
Zhang Tiejun looked at Liu Mu, there was a lot of indescribable bitterness in his heart, he understood Liu Mu's thoughts, if they lost this game, they would have to go to Bingcheng and face the more powerful Bingcheng University, which was the top eight team in the country last year!
"Yanagi, let's rest more off the field." Zhang Tiejun knew that Liu Mu was a character who did not admit defeat, but he still said unconsciously.
"No need, Coach." Liu Mu replied without thinking. He knew very well that if they couldn't recover the score in the second quarter, they would have a harder time in the second half.
Zhang Tiejun waited until the team members were almost rested, then got up and walked in front of them with the tactical board. He glanced at Liu Xiaodong and Hou Wei, who were depressed, and began to arrange tactics.
"In the second quarter, Liu Mu was responsible for the main offense, and Sun Yangyang returned to the small forward position, and ran more on the outside to open up offensive space for the inside." After Zhang Tiejun finished speaking, Sun Yangyang breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't have to face that monster in a different position.
"Hou Wei, Wang Zekai is unlikely to play in the first half of the second quarter, you have to shoot more on the outside and provide enough help to the team!"
"Yes, Coach!" Hou Wei replied seriously, he heard that Wang Zekai would not play in the first half of the quarter, and he returned to his previous high-spirited demeanor.
Zhang Tiejun successively explained the matters to be paid attention to to the three substitutes who were going to play, how to assist Yanagi in the inside attack, the electronic buzzer over the arena sounded, and the second quarter of the game between Hecheng University and Oil University began.
Li Jie dribbled slowly through the half, and his idea was simple, which was to lead the four substitutes to hold on to the existing lead and wait for Wang Zekai and the rest of the main players to return.
The players from the University of Petroleum started to run and it looked like they were looking for attacking opportunities.
Substitute center Lin Ziqiang leaned on Liu Mu and reached out to ask for the ball, but Li Jie ignored it directly. He knew very well that the coach kept this stupid big man with an "rough" offense on the field, just to defend Willow, not to be responsible for the offense.
Li Jie looked at the time on the timer and stretched out his hand to call a block. Lin Ziqiang, who was physically strong, pretended not to see and continued to reach out for the ball.
"This brain-dead!" Li Jie scolded angrily, the original tactic arranged by the coach was that Lin Ziqiang came over to block and dismantle, and Li Jie broke through to the basket or distributed the ball to the outside.
Now Lin Ziqiang does not implement tactics, and other players do not dare to act rashly. In this way, the offensive tactics of the University of Petroleum were disrupted, and Li Jie could only play on the spot.
Therefore, in the face of Guo Cheng's close defense, Li Jie could only choose to force a breakthrough.
He leaned on Guo Cheng and gave Guo Cheng an elbow to his abdomen with his left arm, his range of movements was very small, but his strength was very strong, and he looked like a veteran who often used this move.
Guo Cheng almost lost his breath in pain, and just wanted to make a foul after his body took advantage of the situation, but Li Jie had already passed him to the penalty area, and he could only suffer a dark loss.
Li Jie was very proud after successfully breaking through, but his black elbow watched a lot of NBA game videos before he summed up this set of small actions, which made him try again and again.
The University of Petroleum starting point guard was inevitably a little complacent in the face of the spring breeze, and he threw the ball to the basket with Iverson's offensive style when facing Yanagi's defense.
"Smack!" Yanagi jumped high and fanned the ball into the half court with his right hand. Liu Mu told Li Jie with practical actions that not everyone has Iverson's offensive ability.
Guo Cheng, who was still depressed just now, suddenly saw the basketball flying towards him and couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly reached out his arm to stop the ball and rushed towards the halfcourt.
"Chase!" Li Jie, who reacted, shouted loudly to a substitute who was standing at a 45-degree angle and was stunned. When the reacting University of Petroleum players chased after Guo Cheng, he had already run to the basket and made a layup.
In the fifth quarter of the game, Liu Mu and Guo Cheng worked together to chase the score of Hecheng University to only 3 points.
On the sidelines, Coach Li Zijiang couldn't sit still, and he had to make adjustments before Hecheng University overtook the score, so that the balance of victory was tilted back in his favor.
"Zekai, get ready to play!" Li Zijiang shouted in a low voice, Wang Zekai immediately took off his down jacket, and it was still a little cold in the venue.
The whistle sounded at the timeout, and Li Jie walked off the field in frustration, knowing that he had performed badly and had not completed the tasks assigned by the coach.
"It seems that the excellent performance of Liu Mu and Guo Cheng made Coach Li Zijiang, who has always been calm, unable to sit still." Liu Qiliang jokingly explained. He likes Liu Mu and Guo Cheng very much, one plays hard, the other plays calmly, and they are a good combination of inside and outside.
"You guys think this is training, you can let Hecheng University recover 12 points, defense, defense, the defense I demanded!" Li Zijiang roared angrily, he looked at the five people in front of him, and had the urge to hit someone.
"You five, give me a good reflection off the field. Liang Jun, you play instead of Li Jie! Li Zijiang looked at a strong point guard and said.
Here at Hecheng University, Zhang Tiejun looked at Liu Mu, who had been playing for 14 minutes in a row, and knew that he couldn't let his disciple continue to overdraft his body. He said in an unquestioning tone: "Liu Mu, you can rest first." ”
"Coach, I don't feel tired yet, I can play for a while!" Liu Mu said very seriously. But the sweat oozing from his cheeks had betrayed the true condition of his body.
"Alright, if you want to win this game, just follow my arrangement!" Zhang Tiejun said solemnly. He's desperate to win the game, but he's not going to sacrifice the health of his players!
"Coach, I want to take a break too!" Hou Wei said a little nervously. He knew it might upset his coach, but he really didn't want to face that terrifying opponent again.
Zhang Tiejun looked at Hou Wei with a shocked face, he couldn't believe that his team's starting quarterback could say such ridiculous words!
You must know that Hou Wei didn't play more than 10 minutes in the two quarters of the game, and he didn't even sweat when he faced the extremely slow backup quarterback of the University of Petroleum just now.
But now he actually said that he was tired, so there was only one reason, he was scared by Wang Zekai, which is a great sadness for a young player!
If he can't change the mentality of running away when encountering difficulties, Zhang Tiejun can be sure that his basketball career will not go far.
Just when Zhang Tiejun wanted to teach Hou Wei a few words, a voice came into his ears.
"Coach, I want to play!"