The opening whistle blew and the quarterfinals officially began.

For a long time, the group stage and the knockout round are completely different levels of competition, the relationship between the competition system, many strong teams will choose to retain their strength in the group stage, even if they lose the game, they will not be eliminated, and the knockout stage is different, there is no room for slackness, and if you lose, you will go home directly.

The nerves of the players on both sides are very tight, and the teams that can enter the knockout stage have a certain strength, especially the opponent's team has players with strong scoring explosiveness, and Beihu does not dare to relax in the slightest.

Beihu successfully jumped to the first offensive possession and handed the ball to Zhan Yang's control.

"As soon as I came up, I handed the ball to Zhan Yang, it seems that Beihu is still very cautious." In the past, Wu Di was the main ball handler in Beihu, and Zhan Yang played more often without the ball, and he would only take over under special circumstances.

Now, Beihu uncharacteristically handed the ball to Zhan Yang at the beginning, which is enough to show their strong desire to win, and they want to suppress a high school from the beginning.

North Lake didn't just want to win a game, they were telling other teams that their goal was the championship.

The only one in a high school who can compete with Zhan Yang is Zhou Peng.

"Do you play ace ball on the first ball?"

It was only a matter of time before the cores of the two teams collided with each other, but I didn't expect it to be so fast.

The significance of this goal has gone far beyond the value of its "opening goal", but will affect the final outcome of the game.

"Are you in such a hurry to win or lose so early?" Li Yao was surprised that the core players determine the ceiling of a team, that is, the possibility of this team, if the strongest players in a team can't beat each other, then this game can almost give up struggling.

"But, what if Zhou Peng carried it down." Mu Chenfeng said softly, "Then the game will become very exciting." ”

Mu Chenfeng's idea is too simple and ridiculous, how can Zhou Peng be Zhan Yang's opponent, although Zhou Peng also has a certain strength, after all, he is a high school golden signboard, but he can't beat Zhan Yang after all, and the gap between U16 and ordinary players cannot be measured by imagination.

Almost everyone except Mu Chenfeng has always believed that Zhou Peng's defense of Zhanyang is tantamount to blocking the car with a mantis arm, and it is difficult to pose a threat.

But Zhou Peng didn't plan to disarm and surrender, set up his posture, and waited for Zhanyang.

"The most suitable location." Qiu Fei commented, his words made everyone stunned and didn't know what to say.

"Zhou Peng stood in the most suitable position to defend the war." In the Winter Cup final, Zhan Yang caused great difficulties to the attached middle school, his attack had almost no weaknesses, Qiu Fei found the best way to limit Zhan Yang in the defensive failures again and again, but when he was ready to implement, the game was already over, if Qiu Fei was given a little more time at that time, the result of the game might have been different.

Zhan Yang's biggest feature is the combination of sudden shots, so the key to limiting Zhan Yang is to grasp the distance, maintain an appropriate defensive distance from him, and advance or retreat, so as to pose a defensive threat to his breakthrough and shooting.

Zhou Peng accurately stood in the best defensive position, which shows that he has conducted in-depth analysis and understanding of Zhan Yang's style of play, and it can be said that he is prepared.

No one knows himself better than Zhan Yang, and no one knows how to defend himself better than him, and what Zhou Peng is doing is the most appropriate choice.

"Don't think that if you draw our first high school, you will be on the lottery." Zhou Peng is extremely confident, even if he is the MVP of the Winter Cup standing in front of him, the strongest player in the U16, and the most champion in the quarterfinals, he is fearless.

Zhan Yang's several attempts to break through were in vain, and Zhou Peng's defense was relaxed, effectively curbing Zhan Yang's attack, which greatly boosted the morale of the already disadvantaged high school.

"Captain, pass." Wu Di lifted the ball to share the pressure of the attack for Zhan Yang.

"He won't pass it on." Mu Chenfeng asserted, "Any other ball can be worn, but this one is impossible." ”

"Zhan Yang represents not only himself, but the entire Beihu, if he passes this ball, he will quite give up this trump card duel, then the situation will be tilted in the direction of a high school."

Zhan Yang really didn't pass it, Wu Di reluctantly ran for most of the lap, and finally returned to his position.

"You really didn't pass it on." Zhou Peng was not surprised by this, if it were him, he would have made the same decision.

"I'll be enough for you." While Zhan Yang spoke, he slammed on the accelerator with his right foot and raided the penalty area, Zhou Peng's defense was very concentrated, and he quickly followed up and blocked Zhan Yang's first wave of offensive.

Immediately afterwards, Zhan Yang stopped suddenly, pulled away from his position, and pretended to shoot, attracting Zhou Peng to make up for his defense, worship Buddha in advance, fake and shoot really suddenly, and finally passed Zhou Peng.

Zhou Peng's defense is already quite good, but Zhanyang's movements are extremely smooth, and he can't see any flaws at all, and it is understandable that Zhou Peng was fooled.

Just past Zhou Peng, he ushered in Gao Tianci's supplementary defense, but Gao Tianci is an inside player in the end, and the flexibility of his steps is difficult to compare with that of an outside player.

Beihu got off to a good start, but the process reminded Beihu that a high school is far more difficult to deal with than imagined.

The first attack of the North Lakes took a full 20 seconds, and few teams were able to put so much defensive pressure on the back, and it was the first goal of the game.

After being scored, Zhou Peng slapped his head hard, very annoyed, he could have done better in the defense just now, although he had done well enough.

The first goal was hit by North Lake, which seems to be a matter of no suspense, but in any North Lake game, the probability of them scoring the first goal is as high as 90%.

Zhan Yang's face was expressionless, and he was also dissatisfied with his attack.

"The ace ball is still won by Zhanyang in the end." Li Yao muttered, obviously this was not the result he wanted to see.

Ye Lin shook her head and retorted, "No, it's not over yet. ”

Zhou Peng faced Zhan Yang again.

"The trump card ball should be completed by both sides to complete an attack and a defense, and now it is the turn of Zhanyang to defend." Zhan Yang won the first game, and it is impossible to conclude who will win or lose in the second game, if Zhou Peng can also score, then the two sides will be tied.

Zhou Peng's attack on Zhan Yang is obviously more difficult, Zhan Yang is an excellent offensive and defensive player, and his defense is equally fierce.

Zhan Yang spread his arms and expanded the defensive area, almost enveloping Zhou Peng in it, which was a champion-level defense.

Zhan Yang defended completely closely, and he didn't worry about being passed by Zhou Peng at all, because he knew very well that he would not be passed.

Zhou Peng encountered a strong obstacle when he broke through, because Zhan Yang occupied an advantageous position, Zhou Peng's speed could not be increased to the maximum, coupled with Zhan Yang's torso as hard as steel, Zhou Peng's first wave of attempts ended in a sloppy end.

This process consumed 18 seconds of attacking time in a high school, leaving them only 6 seconds.

Zhou Peng took two steps back, took the initiative to open the distance, and Zhan Yang stepped up to follow, which was extremely oppressive.

"That's not good." Ye Lin sighed, Zhan Yang's defense simply didn't give Zhou Peng a way to live, there was no chance to break through, there was no space for shooting, Zhou Peng was just outside the three-point line, quietly waiting for time to run out.

"Time is not up yet, anything is possible." Fu Di, who has been watching the game, finally opened his mouth, and he has the most say in the whistle ball.

At the last second, Zhou Peng threw the ball out against Zhan Yang's defense, was impacted, his body lost his balance, and the basketball drew a weird arc in the air, flying directly out of the court, and the ball did not go in, but he successfully caused Zhan Yang's foul.

Sitting on the ground with his right hand raised, he was quite proud.

Gao Tianci ran over and pulled Zhou Peng up from the ground, and after a slight adjustment, he walked to the free throw line and executed the free throw, and he hit both free throws.

"It's exciting." Mu Chenfeng couldn't help but cross the road, "Zhou Pengming knew that he was not Zhan Yang's opponent in the confrontation, so he found another way to score, and he made good use of Zhan Yang's only weakness. ”

"The body is too strong!" Qiu Fei continued, "An overly strong body makes Zhan Yang not suffer in anyone's alignment, but this kind of strength is a double-edged sword, in the case of the same impact, his opponent will be affected much more than him, so the reaction and effect after the impact should also be more obvious, so Zhan Yang is more likely to be blown foul in the case of physical confrontation." ”

If you think about it carefully, Zhan Yang's average fouls per game are indeed a lot, and there are many "controversial penalties" similar to the one just now, but the culprit of all this turned out to be his biggest asset: a strong body.

Some people like to go head-to-head and play above board.

Some people are accustomed to using their brains to compete with theories and "skills", which is commonly known as "Lao Yin Bi".

The aces of the two teams were evenly divided, and even Zhou Peng had a slight advantage, and while scoring points, he also caused a foul by Zhan Yang.

However, a foul does not have much impact in the game, as long as it is well controlled in the following games.

In the follow-up game, Zhan Yang deliberately controlled his movements, tried to avoid physical contact with the players of a high school, and the game was carried out in an orderly manner.

The two sides started peacefully, scored each other, and the point difference was never opened, and the turning point was in the middle of the first quarter, Gao Tianci of a high school suddenly made a force and hit Xiang Shang three consecutive balls on the inside line to help a high school take the lead.

Gao Tianci's play completely stimulated Xiang Shang's offense**, scoring 5 goals in a row with Zhan Yang's assist, and each goal ended with a dunk.

The morale of a high school was suppressed all of a sudden, Gao Tianci's performance was short-lived, and then continued to hit the iron, a high school can only rely on Zhou Peng's hard work alone, but the two fists are hard to beat the four hands, Beihu played a fast attack in the last minute of the first quarter, and the score difference suddenly came to 10 points, and entered the game in the second quarter with a huge advantage.

In the second quarter, it completely became the stage of Zhan Yang, and his excellence was not reflected in the score, but all reflected in the assist data, Zhan Yang sent 8 assists in a single quarter, and when he increased the number of assists in this game to double digits, he also easily broke the league's single-quarter assist record, the previous record was 6 times, maintaining Qiu Fei.

Qiu Fei watched his record being broken, but what appeared in his eyes was not the helplessness of being replaced, but the surprise.

"You don't really think we're looking at you as an adversary, do you?" Zhan Yang suddenly spoke, and a sentence directly pierced Zhou Peng's heart.

"Don't give up until the last minute." Zhou Peng gritted his back molars and retorted.

"You have to recognize the reality, the gap between me and you." With a snap, the basketball bounced in front of Zhou Peng's eyes, Zhou Peng subconsciously reached out to grab it, but unexpectedly Zhan Yang took the first step, and then quickly dribbled the ball, and the basketball drilled through Zhou Peng's crotch and easily passed him.

Zhan Yang didn't shoot himself, but passed the ball to Wu Di, who had a better chance on the outside, who hit a three-point shot.

At the end of the second quarter, Zhan Yang scored 9 assists in a single quarter, made 0 shots, and scored 0 points.

Each of these 9 assists was a sword to help his teammates score directly, and with his help, except for himself, the other four teammates all scored in double figures.

True leadership is to make teammates better, and Zhan Yang did it.

At the end of the half, a high school trend has gone, and after coming back in the second half and barely entangled with Beihu for a few rounds, he surrendered, just when the coach was ready to withdraw all the main forces, Zhou Peng refused to be replaced, he played a full game, and finally gained 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, which is nothing compared to Zhanyang's data, but throughout the whole process of the game, Zhou Peng's performance deserves everyone's respect.

The moment the final whistle sounded, Zhou Peng finally couldn't help but shed hot tears, this was his last game in high school, although there were regrets, but it was also a success, he was not able to lead a high school to go further in three years, and the quarterfinals were already the best results.

Su Miao in the audience felt the same way, he could understand Zhou Peng's feelings at this moment, and he didn't want to be the next Zhou Peng.

"I have to win tomorrow's game, I don't want to see the captain crying." Li Yao quipped.

"Fuck off." Su Miao scolded lightly, "Hurry up and practice shooting, I hope to get an assist from you." ”

"And not only do you want to, but we all want to." Mu Chenfeng echoed on the side, "Why don't we compare each other to see who is the first person to get an assist from Li Yao." ”

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

All the team members gave extremely uniform answers without any discussion.

"Huh." Li Yao seemed to feel that countless basketballs were flying towards him at the same time, and the picture was really terrifying, "Good luck." ”

A big win is the signal that Beihu sends to all the teams, and they are running for the championship.

Beihu became the first team to enter the semi-finals, and the two teams in the afternoon match were the seventh and second teams, and a strong dialogue, the pair of opponents was the most suspenseful of the four matchups in the entire quarterfinals.

Seven vs second out.

Liu Tianyu vs Zhang Jianing.

The winning team will be North Lake's opponent in the semi-finals.

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