Chapter 9 Fighting wits and courage
This time, Scott still jumped up and blocked, but this time he jumped with a straight arm and did not press down on his hands, although he was still blocked by Horgist, but he did not pay another foul. Just as Scott was complacent about this, Hougist fell in front of him and said lightly: "Is it still beautiful?" Look at the way your school fans look at you. ”
Scott looked in the direction of the bench, and the teachers and students of the Mowapa Valley looked at each other, this is the second time that Hougist has blocked their school's basketball star, and his school's basketball star has no way to fight back? The two thugs who were shouting below just now didn't know where to hide at this moment.
"With 24 points left, are you going to let me deduct you 12 more times?" Before leaving, Hogist gave another merciless taunt. As a man of oriental descent, the taunt skill has long been full. The so-called taunts on the pitch are more often referred to as trash talk, such as "I'm crossing you like I'm crossing the road in the morning" and "Are you here to fight for second place?" "You...... On my defense? Something like that is one of the classics. And Hoggist is not far behind the trash talk gurus in the league in this regard.
This time it was Scott's turn to get angry, and he thought to himself, and he wants to detain me 12 times? I'll scrap you next time! He drove the ball to Robinson on the baseline and ran to the front court angrily, Robinson wanted to remind him to calm down, but Scott ignored Robinson's intentions and ran forward.
Coming to the front court Robinson to organize in a high position, he knows that Scott is angry now, Bibiid has no advantage on the inside, the outside Horgist's defensive area is large and the defense speed is fast, and he may not be able to succeed in playing, and Vitesse is obviously physically dominant in the No. 3 position, but there is no chance to touch the ball. It's all Carl's coward, but Scott's order is obeyed, and the ball is passed to him.
Robinson decided to use Vitesse as an advantage to attack, he motioned to Vitesse to the top of the arc to fake cover, Vitesse pretended to hesitate to come to the top of the arc, Justin saw that Vitesse covered so poorly, thought it was a good opportunity to pack, so he brought it up and wanted to wrap Robinson with Haugist, Witesse saw that he deceived Justin, and immediately cut inside, Robinson passed the ball to Vitesse. Hogist hurriedly chased back. Vitesse received the ball and saw that Randolph was ready to help defend under the basket, and instead of breaking through, he shot directly and hit it.
Justin hurriedly raised his hand to signal, and Hougist patted him on the shoulder and said: "There is no need to cover the level of the opponent's point guard, I can solve it alone, just guard my own area, they have made a prediction that the fat man will beat you next, then you have to be careful." ”
Justin nodded: "Don't worry, I've been looking forward to him hitting me with his back, my small body, he knocked me down twice, and the referee will definitely blow him for an offensive foul!" ”
"If the referee doesn't blow you, won't you give him a chance to score for nothing?" Hoggist questioned.
"Don't worry, I've got my own measure" Justin got the confidence of the mystery out of nowhere.
The Spartans kicked off, Hougist dribbled over half the court, called the block and prepared to rush in and then burst in to dunk Scott, Robinson knew that Hougist was holding Scott going, so he decisively went around the cover and planned to shrink back to the inside defense Hoggist broke through, Hoggist entered the three-point line and saw Robinson take the initiative to go around behind the cover, directly pull the ball down and step back, retreat outside the three-point line in one step, shoot three points directly, and hit it steadily again.
The score was chased to 55:78, obviously still 23 points behind, but Hoggist seemed to be the leading side, with a confident smile on his face. After shooting this three-pointer, Hougist began to taunt Robinson again: "You are really righteous, in order to prevent me from riding and dunking the boss of your team, you actually let me shoot three points in the empty position, I really thank you, put a few more let me catch up with the score first and then go in and dunk your eldest brother." ”
Scott was originally very dissatisfied with Robinson who asked for a half-day ball when he attacked just now, but now he was even more angry when he saw Robinson leaving such a large shooting space for Haugist, and came up to ask Robinson: "Can you kid defend?" Stick to him outside and don't let him shoot again, if he bursts in, I'll solve him myself, I don't need your help! ”
Robinson shook his head: "You're already on the top at this point, you'd better calm down first." Usually you provoke others, don't be provoked by others at this time, we still have a big lead, there is still a quarter of the game, slow down the pace and play slowly, hold on and we can win! ”
Before Scott could answer, Hoggist stood next to him and continued to praise with a smile: "You still want to win?" Don't dream, if I really guard against you, do you think you can survive half the game? ”
Scott was completely angry, slapped the basketball hard, and yelled at Hoggist, "Come on! I'm going to see how you keep us from half-time! ”
Hougist pouted and shrugged, "Otherwise, why don't you think I'm going to defend myself?" ”
Scott looked up on the field and saw that the Spartans had begun to lead the defense, and Scott couldn't pass the ball for a while. Robinson detoured back to the baseline to ask for the ball, Scott had no choice but to drive the ball to Robinson, Robinson dribbled before the free throw line was cut off by Horgist, Horgist dribbled and ignored Scott, who had just run from the baseline to the basket, and was about to get stronger, Scott hurriedly stepped forward and stood up to make Horgist's offensive foul. Hougist rushed to Scott, seeing that the two were about to collide, Scott had already fallen, but Hougist turned to Scott's side directly before the body collision, and distributed the ball to Joseph, who was unguarded in the bottom corner, Joseph made a decisive three-point shot, and the ball went into the net.
58:78, 20 minutes left. Hougist looked back at Scott who fell to the ground, and asked in surprise, "What are you doing lying on the ground, big brother?" Was it just blown down by a whirlwind? ”
Scott's face was red and white for a while, and he was speechless for a while. His teammates on the Pirates hurriedly pulled him up, and Scott yelled at Robinson again: "You can't do it, you can't dribble for half the court?" If you can't, go to the side! ”
Robinson shook his head helplessly and ran away, Scott viciously drove the ball to Nance, who trembled and dribbled forward, but was unexpectedly cut off by Joseph and passed to Haugist at the top of the arc. Because it was supposed to be the Pirates' offensive possession, Robinson was not on Hoggist's side, and Hoggist was unguarded at the top of the arc.
Just when everyone thought that Hoggist would hit an open three-pointer safely, Hoggist unexpectedly dribbled to the basket. Scott's heart said again? Do you really want to play yourself or do you want to share the ball this time? Am I blocking or interfering or making fouls?
As Scott hesitated, Hougist jumped up again and made a gesture to dunk. A thought flashed through Scott's mind, and I couldn't let Hoggist humiliate me again and again! Thinking of this, Scott's eyes closed and his heart was horizontal, and he directly pushed the flying Haugist away from the air, and Haugist instantly lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.
There was an uproar in the field, and Lao Helian jumped up from the audience and wanted to rush into the arena, but was finally stopped by Mr. Bi. On the field, Spartan's teammates surrounded Scott, and at this moment, remembering the rapid whistle, the referee signaled Scott's second-degree malicious foul and ejected him directly from the field, and the Spartans got two free throws and one throw.
Joseph crouched beside Haugist and asked with concern, "How is it?" Can you move or not? Should I call an ambulance? ”
Haugist winked at Joseph and motioned for him to come over with his ear. Joseph leaned down and put his ear to Haugist's mouth.
Hoggist whispered: "Everything is under control, I mocked him for so long just to make him make mistakes impulsively, I guess he should be able to make a move on this ball, so I came prepared, don't look at the exaggeration, but I'm fine." Don't make a noise, but slowly help me up. ”
Joseph smiled obscenely after hearing this, talking about psychological warfare, it has to be my eldest brother, amazing! Joseph slowly lifted Haugist up, Hoggist signaled to everyone that he was fine, Cimaron teachers and students breathed a sigh of relief, and old Helian sat back in the audience.
Hoggist thought in his heart that he pretended to fall and injured himself, and then continued to stay on the field with a slight injury, which was a great psychological pressure on the opponent, and it would be a great encouragement for his own side, so that the trend of the game was completely under his control!
So Hougist pretended to limp to the free throw line, and his "sportsmanship" moved thousands of teachers and students at the two schools of Cimaron and Movapa, and the teachers and students of Cimaron even chanted "MVP" in unison.
With shouts of "MVP", Hougist hit both free throws. The Spartans prepare to kick off the sideline and continue the attack. The Buccaneers were replaced by No. 2 Bernard, who was about the same height as Randolph, and now the two interior players of the Pirates are the same height as Randolph and Harris.
Losing the height of the inside line, the Pirates' defense was even more unable to resist the Spartans' offense, and the Spartans continued to play inside-out cooperation, with Horgist and Joseph three-pointers coming and going. On the defensive end, because the Pirates lost their interior strength, the Spartans switched back to man-to-man defense, and Robinson was completely locked by Horgist, because of the height gap Robinson couldn't pass the ball at all, so he could only do it alone, but the end of going it alone was to enjoy the hot pot feast made by Horgist.
With one minute left in the fourth quarter, Horgist ignored Robinson's strong three-pointer to tie the score at 82-80. The audience erupted in a tsunami-like cheer, and the momentum was really noisy with gongs and drums and firecrackers; Red flags are displayed, and there are crowds of people.
The Pirates asked for a timeout, and in the second half, Hougist showed overwhelming strength, and the coach of the Pirates also knew that no matter how subtle the tactics were, it would be useless under this strength gap, but as a coach, it was impossible to give up in the face of such a close point difference, and now this state is also a kind of training for the team, after all, not all teams in Nevada have such perverted high school students as Hougist. After this training, the next time I meet a team of the same level, I will be able to play more calmly.
Robinson is also a paranoid person, although he was suppressed by Hougist at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but he still wanted to fight for the last battle, he asked the coach to give him the power of the last attack, and the coach also saw that Robinson was a better guard than Carl after this game, so he agreed to his request.
On the Spartan bench, several people were gulping Gatorade, and the second-half chase almost exhausted their physical strength. Coach Dick repeatedly emphasized that he was only leading by 2 points and that he must guard against his opponent's three-point shots.
At the end of the timeout, the Pirates served in the front court, and it was Robinson who stood on the sidelines! Hougist waved his hand on the sideline to interfere with Robinson's vision, but Robinson threw the ball high to the basket, and the energetic Buccaneers No. 2 Bernard Card took advantage of Randolph and jumped to relay.
Randolph thought to himself, if he let him receive the ball, he would definitely be able to easily score two points, why don't I foul him and let him make two free throws, he may not be able to hit both free throws! Thinking of this, Randolph pushed Bernard from behind, but Bernard was already jumping in the air, and Bernard also clicked the ball at the same time as Randolph pushed and fouled. As the referee blew the whistle, the ball finally went into the basket, tied at 82, and Bernard had to add a penalty!