Chapter 12: Away Challenge

Liu Xiaodong is no stranger to the city of Oil City, after all, in high school, he came here more than once to play away. If it is possible, Liu Xiaodong really doesn't want to come over, especially in the face of the fans here, who are the most temperamental group of people in the province.

In the away team's locker room, Liu Xiaodong sat on the familiar and unfamiliar bench, listening to the head coach assign tactical tasks to his teammates.

"Hou Wei, I will hand over the responsibility of defending Wang Zekai to you, whether you can achieve this victory related to our fate depends on you." After Zhang Tiejun finished speaking, he glanced at Hou Wei, who bowed his head and was silent, he knew that Hou Wei alone could not prevent Wang Zekai, after all, the painful lesson of last year was still vivid.

"Qian Ning, I want you to pay attention to Wang Zekai's assistance defense while defending the opponent's small forward."

"Liu Mu, give me all your real housekeeping skills today, especially in the forbidden area, and give me a hard impact on the opponent's inner line!"

"Guo Cheng, I need you to score today, and if there is a vacancy, you have to make a decisive move!"

"Xiaodong, I will still put you on the bench, you have to carefully observe Wang Zekai's every move on the field for me, and I will let you play if necessary!"

After arranging all the tasks, Zhang Tiejun glanced at his watch and knew that it was time to appear. He pushed open the door to the dressing room and shouted, "Are you ready to beat your opponents on the road?" ”

"Ready!" The team members shouted in unison.

"Okay, then let's play!" After Zhang Tiejun finished speaking, he took the lead in walking towards the players' tunnel.

In the away team passage, when Liu Xiaodong heard the host of the scene shouting Wang Zekai's name in a high-pitched voice, the applause in the sports institute was thunderous, like a tsunami-like cheer, which fully illustrated the popularity of the province's No. 1 quarterback.

Liu Xiaodong looked very excited, and he couldn't wait to go on the court and compete with this super popular quarterback to see how strong the opponent really was!

Driven by such an idea, Liu Xiaodong swept away the tension of the first game, like a hungry wolf, looking at the entrance of the passage with green eyes.

"Let's welcome the players of the away team Hecheng University with warm applause~~~"

With the shouts of the host, the players of Hecheng University, led by captain Yanagiki, rushed out of the players' tunnel in order.

"Hey, are you the star of the future? The last performance was really watery! ”

"Are you really here to play when you're so skinny? Aren't you afraid of being hit and carried out with broken bones? ”

"I advise you not to play, Wang Zekai will ravage you!"

"You think too much, he doesn't deserve to be against Wang Zekai at all!"

Listening to those incomparably familiar ridicule and insults, Liu Xiaodong seemed to have returned to his high school days, and if there was anything different from before, it would be even more annoying.

Liu Xiaodong followed closely at the end of the team, and he would use practical actions to plug the stinky mouths of those who hated him.

"What a bunch of idiots!" Liu Mu, who was warming up to shoot, saw more than a dozen students behind the basket raising the middle finger at him.

Liu Xiaodong picked up a basketball for practice and rushed towards the basket. Within one step of crossing the free throw line, he glared hard with his left leg, jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball with his right hand, and smashed the ball into the basket when he reached the critical point of the basket.

After landing on the ground, Liu Xiaodong looked around the home fans in the stands, and his fierce eyes finally stayed behind the basket, as if he was saying to the fans with the middle finger, you scum!

"Woo~~~"

The audience immediately booed, and the home fans were surprisingly united in response to the provocation of the away team's players. Some radical seniors are even more swearing, they have been watching the game for two or three years, and they have never seen such an arrogant guy before the game!

At the other end of the field, a tall and handsome player was looking at Liu Xiaodong, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"He's just a newcomer with good talent, don't worry too much, your energy should be on Hou Wei, like last year to knock him down!" Li Zijiang, the head coach of the University of Petroleum, saw that Wang Zekai was a little distracted, and reminded confidently.

He watched the video of the game between Hecheng University and University of Chemical Technology more than once before the game, and he only felt that Liu Xiaodong's performance was very talented, and as for the rest, it can only be left to time to verify.

"Got it, coach." Wang Zekai looked at Liu Mu, who walked to the middle circle standing, and couldn't help but sharpen his eyes. He knows that this talent is a threat to the team, and as for Hou Wei, who the coach said, he is just a defeated general!

"Audience friends, the game is about to begin. We have seen players from both sides start to take positions, wearing yellow jerseys are the players of the home team Oil University, they are: point guard Li Jie, scoring guard Wang Zekai, small forward Fan Ming, big forward Feng Chuanzhi, center Ouyang Xiahua. ”

"The blue jersey is worn by the away team Hecheng University players, they are: point guard Guo Cheng, scoring guard Hou Wei, small forward Qian Ning, power forward Zhu Zihua, center Liu Mu." In the commentary seat of the provincial sports TV station, Liu Qiliang, a retired well-known pitcher from Hecheng, is in charge of the commentary, and his humorous commentary style is also loved by fans in the province.

"Toot ~" As the referee's whistle sounded, the game officially began. Liu Mu used his experience to fight for the ball in front of Ouyang Xiahua.

Guo Cheng controlled the ball and advanced quickly, directing his teammates to run. He just passed the ball inside with a long pass just after halftime.

Zhu Zihua rushed to the penalty area, and in the face of Feng Chuanzhi's defense in front of him, he did not rush to attack. He is well aware that this experienced third-year power forward is not so easy to deal with.

He first made a shooting feint, and seeing that Feng Chuanzhi had no intention of jumping up, he passed the ball to the right side.

Hou Wei used Liu Mu's off-ball blocking and dismantling to shake off Wang Zekai's entanglement, and ran to the corner to get an empty three-point opportunity!

Hou Wei didn't make any adjustments after receiving the ball, and directly raised the ball above his head and threw it. As a starting quarterback, he's going to prove himself.

"I'm in such a hurry!" Zhang Tiejun saw the speed of Hou Wei's shot, and knew that there was little hope of scoring this goal.

The basketball smashed on the edge of the basket, Ouyang Xiahua grabbed the rebound in the front court and quickly passed it to Li Jie, who came to pick him up.

Li Jie received the ball and advanced directly, and this thin but fast point guard, after rushing to the free throw line after rushing across the halfcourt, suddenly stopped the brakes and passed the ball to the right side.

Wang Zekai received the ball and faced Hou Wei's pursuit, and he confidently threw the ball. The basketball crosses a precise arc and hits the basket steadily.

"Damn it!" Hou Wei scolded angrily, if the missed shot in the vacancy just now didn't make him angry, then Wang Zekai hit the same shot in the bottom right corner, which was slapping him in the face.

"Your defense is really bad, you haven't improved like last year!" Wang Zekai ran to Hou Wei's side and said sarcastically.

Hou Wei's face flushed, but he didn't fight back, because he really couldn't defend against Wang Zekai.

Zhang Tiejun rubbed his hands on the sidelines irritably, and he could see that Wang Zekai was more confident in shooting than last year. The third-year super quarterback, who scored 43 points under Hou Wei's defense last year and led the University of Petroleum to its first divisional break, gave him a headache.

Guo Cheng dribbled slowly through the half, and he wanted to press the pace of the game and get his teammates ready to attack again.

Li Jie used his tall and thin body to stop Guo Cheng from moving forward, although he was not as strong as Guo Cheng, he had a huge advantage in height.

Guo Cheng came to the three-point line and stood two steps away, observing the situation of his teammates on the court to make the right pass.

Hou Wei took advantage of the willow wood cover, ran back to the right corner, and reached out for the ball.

Guo Cheng was a little hesitant, after all, judging from Hou Weigang's shot, he had not yet entered the shooting state. But he still chose to trust his teammates, and with a flick of his wrist, the basketball touched the wooden floor and bounced into Hou Wei's hands.

Guo Cheng's overall vision and passing standards are among the top among college players, and if it weren't for his height of 1.76 meters restricting his defense, he would have achieved even more.

Wang Zekai quickly chased after the bottom corner, straightened his arm and put it in front of Hou Wei, and at the same time, he continued to exert his talent of "mouth cannon" to exert psychological pressure on Hou Wei.

Hou Wei tried to shoot twice but was firmly blocked by Wang Zekai's long arm, and he had no choice but to turn around and want to play with his back to the single.

Wang Zekai quickly put his hands against his waist to prevent Hou Wei from exerting his strength.

The offensive time was slowly draining, and Hou Wei helplessly found that it was difficult for him to rely on his strength to reach the middle line. After a few more unsuccessful attempts, Hou Wei looked for a passing opportunity. At the moment when Hou Wei looked up, the basketball in his hand was gone.

Wang Zekai did not pause after the steal, and directly started to rush to the half.

Guo Cheng rushed to the three-point line and stood still, opening his arms to block Wang Zekai who rushed over.

Seeing the defender who was a head shorter than him, Wang Zekai made an emergency stop, stood two steps outside the three-point line, and quickly raised the ball over his head and threw it. In Guo Cheng's eyes full of surprise, the basketball hit the basket steadily.

After that, Wang Zekai turned on the individual performance mode, facing Hou Wei's close defense, he shot from all angles in the long distance.

In the first quarter of the game, 5 minutes into the game, Wang Zekai had scored 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Under his defense, Hou Wei made 0 of 5 shots and did not score a point, which seriously dragged down the offensive efficiency of Hecheng University.