Chapter 5 Varsity Team Internal Competition
In the second week of Li Qiang's second year of junior high school, the school team began training. The first is the old routine, the long-distance running fitness test. Among all the students in the junior high school group, Li Qiang ran third and Huang Jun ran fifth, both of which met the requirements for starters. The performance of the second group of the running was particularly good, accounting for 7 places in the top 10.
And the third group of junior high school didn't know if it was because of the pressure of the recent high school entrance examination and the fact that they didn't sleep well or because they had too many questions and didn't have time to exercise, so they were all sluggish. The performance of the second and third years of junior high school has simply dropped. The veteran players in the third year of junior high school were naturally scolded by the coach. This is followed by confrontation training and passing training. Li Qiang performed well.
For the next few weeks, the varsity team practiced every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Li Qiang also got to know some basketball bulls in the junior high school group. The first place deserves to be Wang Zhenyu in the third group of junior high school. This person is 1.88 meters tall, full of strength with tendons and flesh, I don't know how it grows, and his academic performance is miserable. It is said that this person was the school's special sports enrollment that year, and he has been powerful since he was a child. It is also said that this person once had a continuous confrontation with any of the three masters in the high school group without gaining the upper hand, and the slam dunk was like walking on the ground for him, I don't know if it is true or not. There is no doubt that this person is the absolute core of the junior high school group of the school team. Because of the overgrown body hair on his body, he was shaped like a wild beast, and earned the nickname "Beast".
Next are a few people who are about the same strength as Li Qiang, Cui Zhe, Qu Shengtu and Yang Bin. These three people are all in the second year of junior high school (it's a pity that there are no characters in the third group of junior high school except for the super fierce Wang Zhenyu). As his name suggests, Choi is handsome and dashing, and his strength lies in his excellent bounce and explosiveness, and his layups are extremely lethal.
Qu Shengtu, as his name suggests, is a tall and fat guy, known as "livestock", with a height of 1.85 meters and a weight of nearly 200 catties, making him a mobile battery.
Yang Bin, also known as Brother Bin, looks thin and thin, and his physical fitness is at the upper level compared with ordinary people, but his three-point skills are extremely in place, and his shooting rate is stable by more than half without defense, which is a hidden killer.
In the eyes of others, Li Qiang is also a very distinctive player: he is not tall, but his strength is very amazing, he is a muscle, and he is very lethal in layups and inside.
After a few weeks of training, the starting list of the junior high school group of the school team has basically been decided: Wang Zhenyu, Cui Zhe, Qu Shengtu, Yang Bin and Li Qiang.
Time flies, the midterm exams are finally over, and generally speaking, the second half of the second semester of each year is the time for the school team to compete. Guangming Middle School is a secondary school in Pudong New Area, East China, and its main rivals are Zhiyuan Middle School, Jianping Middle School and Yanggao High School in the district. Before the expedition, the coach first arranged an internal competition to check the status of the students in order to finalize the final list. 5V5, which is more formal. Li Qiang and Wang Zhenyu led a team, leading the other three; Cui Zhe, Qu Shengtu and Yang Bin were placed on the other team.
There are still five minutes left in the game to start, and everyone is gearing up at the moment, warming up, shooting basketballs, looking forward to playing a good state after a while, proving themselves to the coach.
"The Beast's girlfriend is here!" Everyone suddenly became lively.
Li Qiang turned his head to look, and a very beautiful girl walked in the distance. The girl's facial features are very delicate, with two small dimples on the goose egg face, and big flickering eyes.
Li Qiang heard the drooling sound of the wolves around him...
I saw the beautiful woman approaching, and suddenly she was hugged by a wild beast. The girl's gentleness and cuteness directly form a strong contrast and contrast with the body hair of the beast.
"Hey, a beautiful woman with a beast."
"Flowers are stuck in cow dung."
Li Qiang heard bursts of sighs from time to time around him, and couldn't help but think: When will he be able to soak in such an MM?
"Little Qiangzi, don't be in a daze. The race is about to begin! The coach reminded him solemnly.
Wiping the saliva from the corners of his mouth, Li Qiang came back to his senses and continued to warm up.
At the start of the game, the Beast King Zhenyu served. He made a gesture, and Li Qiang hurriedly stepped forward to help block the demolition. The disadvantage of this kind of intra-team game is that everyone can see each other's gestures very clearly. Li Qiang relied on his strong lower set to firmly block Cui Zhe, who was about to come forward to defend. But the "livestock" also saw Wang Zhenyu's gesture, and it was already blocked on the way for Wang Zhenyu to break through. On the first ball, the beast did not exert its might, and when he saw the livestock blocking the way, he passed the ball to Li Qiang with a backhand. Li Qiang got the ball, and "Jade Mask" Cui Zhe was already behind him. In the face of Cui Zhe, whose explosiveness is likely to surpass his own, Li Qiang did not choose to break through, but regained his power in the next game, relying on the savage power cultivated by his muscle refining technique to slowly squeeze to the inside line, a back single, hook to score.
In the next game, the two sides came and went, Wang Zhenyu frequently exerted his power, and the inside and outside lines were almost omnipotent. And the other pair relied on Yang Bin's outside three-point rain and inside livestock's rebounds, and they also maintained their scores very easily. Cui Zhe, who is opposite Li Qiang, is more depressed, although he has strong explosiveness, he has no advantage against Li Qiang, and his breakthrough is often blocked, and he can't squeeze in with a dribble.
Li Qiang was also a little depressed, and he was a little restrained in the face of Cui Zhe's own breakthrough and shooting, for fear that he would accidentally eat a block. At the end of the first half, at 35:32, Wang Zhenyu's team led by 3 points. Among them, the beast scored 18 points, and Wang Zhenyu only had 6 points. And the other party Yang Bin has 8 points, livestock has 10 points, and Cui Zhe only has a pitiful 4 points.
Since it was a practice match, there was a long break at halftime. The coach commented on everyone's performance in the first half, and it was basically good. In the second half, the coach asked several main players of the two teams to change positions, and the beast faced the livestock to test the impact of the two on each other. Li Qiang and Cui Zhe each had a weaker opponent and were ready to make a difference in the second half.
In the first goal of the second half, the energetic beast faced the defense of the livestock and directly chose to force a breakthrough. The most shocking scene of the game also happened. I saw that the two "only" monsters collided together, making a loud "bump" sound, Li Qiang's livestock that had never been touched was actually knocked away, and the beast just paused for a moment, was knocked into the air, suspended a jump shot, hollow into the net. The people on both sides have now finally seen what is called the horror of the beast. Li Qiang is glad that he is now on the same team as the beast.
If the beast is out of state, no one can defend against it. Or the person who can guard him off is at least already in high school. He either broke through or made a dry jump shot, and even the coach on the side applauded loudly. Li Qiang followed the beast that played the form, and it was easy to score 2 goals in a row. The difference is almost 20 points. The coach called a timeout and explained the practice of joint defense. Soon, the beast began to shut down in the face of joint defense and gradually declining physical strength. The score gap is also slowly narrowing. The coach called another timeout and told the beast to be aware of teamwork.
Beast King Zhenyu is worthy of being a basketball genius, and the coach's intentions are quickly understood. The Beast is now back in the role of point guard for the time being. Under his leadership, the team soon fired again. Li Qiang temporarily played the role of a scoring guard, relying on his best mid-range shots and breakthroughs, and frequently scoring goals. Soon, the other party also began to defend against Li Qiang.
The livestock on the inside line has become a mountain that Li Qiang can't get around. Bypassing Wang Yuanhao, who was defending him (he also signed up for the varsity team and became a bench player), the livestock was already waiting for him on his way to break through. At this time, Li Qiang suddenly had a pride in his heart: The beast can do it, why can't I? Today's Li Qiang has been more than two months since the start of school, with a height of 1.72 meters and a weight of 65 kilograms, and his strength has far surpassed the strength of Li Qiang's father. This acceleration, although not as powerful as a beast, is not to be underestimated.
Li Qiang held the ball in both hands, and the biceps and triceps brachi, which were the focus of muscle cultivation, bulged high, and rushed towards the beast with an indomitable momentum. After a loud bang, the livestock and Li Qiang flew backwards at the same time. After all, Li Qiang's weight is too different from that of livestock, and he can't be compared with wild beasts, but the livestock was also knocked away, which is a great improvement.
In the air, Li Qiang had a flash of inspiration, and he also learned from the beast to shoot in the air. However, it is obvious that the skills of the two are not at the same level, and Li Qiang's shot is obviously crooked on the rebound. The livestock smiled and slowly turned an eye to snatch the rebound.
Suddenly, Li Qiang rushed out of nowhere, took the rebound, caught the ball in the air, and threw it into the basket. "Xiaoqiang!" Zeng Ze suddenly appeared and shouted on the side, and everyone laughed. Immediately, the nickname became more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In the next game, I don't know if everyone has no physical strength, and the game is relatively dull. In the end, the team led by Wang Zhenyu defeated the other team 72-59. Among them, Beast King Zhenyu scored a total of 36 terrifying points in the first and second halves. Li Qiang, a small powerhouse, scored 14 points with his excellent performance in the second half, and also scored a total of 20 points. Cui Zhe also performed well in the second half, scoring 10 of the 27 points in the second half and 14 points in the game. The livestock was knocked into the air twice in the second half, but with their strong strength, they also scored 16 points in the game. Yang Bin's three-point shot also played a very good role in the second half in the face of the beast and Xiaoqiang's frequent power on the inside, scoring 15 points on 5-of-10 three-pointers, plus 2 2 2-pointers, for a total of 19 points.
After the game, the coach was very satisfied with everyone's performance, especially the beast, Xiaoqiang and Binge. The coach especially praised the momentum of the beast outbreak on the whole team, Xiaoqiang's excellent performance as the core of the team from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of the second half, and Yang Bin's stable psychological quality of continuing to shoot three-point rain in the face of continuous outbursts of opposing players.
"Come on, come on, you guys, let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Chen Xiaoyi." Wang Zhenyu hugged the very lovely-looking beauty and said to everyone.
"Hello." The little beauty said hello to everyone a little shyly, her big eyes sparkling.
Then the coach led everyone to go outside the school for a rubbing, and everyone had an emotional exchange after the game, and the atmosphere in the team was more harmonious.