Chapter 17: Twin Guards
"Pause!" Li Zijiang walked to the technical desk and said. He can't sit idly by while the score is caught up, no matter how powerful Wang Zekai's attack is, he must receive the ball first.
"I saw Coach Li Zijiang walk to the technical table, is he going to call a timeout? Two timeouts in a row in less than a minute, is it a bit too cautious, considering it's only the second quarter! Liu Qiliang explained suspiciously. He knew for a long time that Li Zijiang's tactics were changeable, could he have any tricks?
Liang Jun dribbled the ball past half the court, and just wanted to observe the passing route, the whistle sounded during the pause. He walked to the sideline in a depressed mood, but after a passing error, the coach called a timeout, still not believing himself.
"Liang Jun, you can take a break!" Li Zijiang said a little stiffly. He wanted to reprimand him, but after thinking about it, he gave up on the idea of how high he could expect from a player without talent.
"Li Jie, you have to hold the ball more to break through when you go on the court, attract the defense to Zekai in the ball, so that Zekai can have easier offensive opportunities!" After Li Zijiang finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Wang Zekai, who was going to arrange an offensive task for the most proud disciple.
On the side of Hecheng University, Zhang Tiejun briefly praised Liu Xiaodong and began to make personnel adjustments.
"Guo Cheng, you go to rest first, and I will arrange Xiaodong to organize the team's attack for you!"
"Yes, Coach!" Guo Cheng gasped and replied. He's been playing a quarter and a half, he's already exhausted and needs a good rest to prepare for the second half.
"Hou Wei, you play the main defense against Wang Zekai, you can take a foul if necessary, I would rather see him stand on the free throw line than have a comfortable shooting opportunity!"
Hou Wei heard the coach's words, although he was a little reluctant to confront Wang Zekai, he didn't dare to refute.
"Others, when defending opposing players, should also pay attention to Wang Zekai's co-defense, as long as he receives the ball, try to cooperate with Hou Wei to implement a trap on him!" After Zhang Tiejun finished speaking, the pause time was also up.
The game restarted, and as soon as Li Jie received the serve in the front court, he saw Liu Xiaodong blocking in front of him, and couldn't help but be stunned, whether he was the wrong person.
"Are you surprised?" While Liu Xiaodong spoke, his right hand suddenly stretched out to the basketball controlled by Li Jie.
Li Jie's conditioned dribble took a step back and avoided Liu Xiaodong's steal.
"I'm not Liang Jun!" After Li Jie finished speaking, he flicked his wrist and passed the ball to Wang Zekai on the right.
Wang Zekai held the ball with both hands and quickly lifted up, and after deceiving Hou Wei, who was in a bad mentality, to jump, he immediately dribbled the ball and changed direction past Hou Wei, who was full of frustration.
Zhu Zihua, who was closest to Wang Zekai, quickly rushed over to make up for the defense.
Wang Zekai faced Zhu Zihua who rushed to him, he did not hesitate, and jumped directly to shoot.
Zhu Zihua tried his best to jump up and want to interfere, but before he could jump, Wang Zekai had already thrown the basketball out. The basketball crosses a standard arc in the air and hits the basket steadily.
"I thought you would change after the break, but I didn't expect it to be like that!" When Wang Zekai returned to defense, he deliberately ran to Hou Wei's side and sneered.
Hou Wei didn't have any rebuttal, he just ran to the sideline with his head down, and responded to Liu Xiaodong to catch the ball.
Liu Xiaodong dribbled to two steps outside the three-point line and stood still, reaching out to make a blocking and dismantling gesture. Yu Fei came over with a comprehension, which was a cooperation that he and Liu Xiaodong often used when training in the team.
Liu Xiaodong started suddenly, so that Li Jie was blocked by Yu Fei before he had time to react.
Ouyang Xiahua immediately changed his guard, and he moved sideways to stop Liu Xiaodong. Liu Xiaodong turned his back and passed Ouyang Xiahua.
Seeing Liu Xiaodong rushing to the basket, Feng Chuanzhi immediately gave up his defense against Zhu Zihua and rushed towards Liu Xiaodong.
Facing the empty basket, Liu Xiaodong did not rush to make a move, but glanced at Feng Chuanzhi who chased behind him with the corner of his eye.
Liu Xiaodong lifted the ball to his head, shook Feng Chuanzhi, and shook his wrist back.
Zhu Zihua, who rushed over, caught the basketball, his left leg glared suddenly, his body took off in the air, and Feng Chuanzhi, who was descending through his body, dunked the ball into the basket.
After Liu Xiaodong played three players from the University of Petroleum in a row, he hit the ball and passed it to Zhu Zihua! The players of the University of Petroleum have no way to face Liu Xiaodong, he has completely played with confidence! Liu Qiliang shouted excitedly. He didn't expect that in the case of Liu Mu and Guo Cheng going down, Liu Xiaodong would be able to lead Hecheng University and the opponent to attack each other.
The University of Petroleum sent the baseline ball, Li Jie controlled the ball and pretended to break through, and with a flick of his wrist passed the ball to Wang Zekai in the bottom corner, who directly ignored Hou Wei's defense and threw the ball into the basket.
Liu Xiaodong took control of the ball and came to the three-point line to stand still, and reached out to make a blocking and dismantling gesture.
Just when Li Jie thought that Liu Xiaodong was going to break through with the help of blocking and demolition, he suddenly passed the ball out. The basketball flew from Yu Fei's right side and flew towards the basket.
Fan Ming, whose attention was attracted by Liu Xiaodong, was a little lax on Qian Ning's defense, and the latter suddenly accelerated and rushed to the basket. This scene did not escape Liu Xiaodong's eyes.
The basketball flew to Channing's hand just right, and Channing, who had no defense in front of him, did not hesitate to dunk the ball into the basket.
Li Jie controlled the ball over half the court and passed the ball straight to Wang Zekai, he knew that Wang Zekai had absolute offensive confidence in the face of Hou Wei.
But something unexpected happened to Li Jie, Wang Zekai did not choose to attack, but reached out to let him go over to block and dismantle.
Li Jie was full of doubts, why did Wang Zekai let himself go over to block and dismantle, did he want to dislocate and single out Liu Xiaodong?
After the blocking, Liu Xiaodong was forced to switch to Wang Zekai. Wang Zekai smiled confidently, he just wanted to single-handedly beat Liu Xiaodong and shatter Liu Xiaodong's newly established self-confidence.
Wang Zekai slowly dribbled forward, and when he crossed the three-point line, he suddenly accelerated and rushed forward!
Liu Xiaodong thought that he was going to force a breakthrough, so he quickly took a step back and straightened his arms to block. But Wang Zekai did not do what he thought, but suddenly stopped and took a step back to the outside of the three-point line.
Wang Zekai moves very quickly, and he believes that as long as he gives himself space to shoot two steps, he can shoot the ball.
However, a surprised glance appeared to Wang Zekai. When he suddenly stopped and retreated to shoot, Liu Xiaodong also stopped instantly, took two steps forward, and stuck in front of him.
Although Liu Xiaodong's reaction speed was surprising, Wang Zekai did not stop his movements. He still held the basketball tightly, his legs strained, and he was ready to make a jumper.
Wang Zekai firmly believes that with his height and arm span advantage, this ball will definitely be thrown in front of Liu Xiaodong!
As soon as Wang Zekai's feet left the floor, he felt that his hands raised to his chest suddenly lightened, and the basketball disappeared in his hands.
Liu Xiaodong saw the opportunity and pulled it hard, and snatched the basketball in Wang Zekai's hand stiffly.
"Attack!" Liu Xiaodong yelled at Hou Weiwei, who was closest to the middle line, and the latter reacted immediately, shook off Li Jie's entanglement and rushed through the half.
Seeing Hou Wei rush into the penalty area and run to Liu Xiaodong outside the three-point line, he passed the ball over Li Jie's head.
Although Hou Wei was not tough enough in the face of Wang Zekai, it was only Wang Zekai! His legs snapped into him, his body jumped high, and under Li Jie's surprised gaze, he grabbed the flying basketball and smashed the ball into the basket.
"Roar!" After landing on the ground, Hou Wei beat his chest and roared, venting the depression in his heart!
After this goal was scored, Hecheng University surpassed the University of Petroleum by 1 point. In the rest of the second quarter, it almost became a two-person performance of Liu Xiaodong's assist and Wang Zekai's shot.
Although Liu Xiaodong does not have Wang Zekai's offensive ability, his overall view is comparable to that of a point guard, which makes the players of the University of Petroleum know this newcomer from a new perspective!