Chapter 8: The Horn of Counterattack
The ball fell into the basket in a strange arc, and the referee's whistle blew, 2+1, 2 points were valid, and a penalty was added.
The cheerleaders on the sidelines threw flowers in celebration, and Vitra threw a wink at Joseph.
His teammates ran up to him to high-five him in celebration, and Hoggist pretended to be surprised and said, "Can you do it, buddy, this goal can be scored too?" ”
Joseph pretended to smile and said in Chinese: "There is an old saying in our East, 'near Zhu is red, near ink is black', I have played with you for so many years, and I can still occasionally score one or two of this kind of ball!" ”
"Hey, hey, are you speaking Chinese? Don't go behind our backs to communicate content that is not related to the competition! Be careful that the coach finds and refrigerates you! The other three didn't understand what Joseph was saying, and only Hoggist smiled.
Joseph stepped to the free throw line and hit the free throw safely. At 43:74, the Spartans closed the score again.
The Pirates attacked in the half, and the style of painting changed abruptly, and point guard Karl dribbled the ball past the half court and handed the ball directly to Bibbid, the big forward who responded to the arc, and he cut inside. Hoggist followed closely behind, Karl saw that there was no chance, and used Scott's cover to run to the bottom corner under the basket, Scott's wide body blocked Haugist, and Randolph had to switch defenses and follow Carl to the bottom corner three-point line.
said that it was too late, Bibbiid, who was at the top of the arc, saw that Scott and Hougist formed a misalignment under the basket, and quickly passed the ball to the basket. This buckle made the teachers and students of Mowapa Valley High School, who had been quiet for a long time, boil again, and even a few thugs began to provoke off the field.
"Oh my God, everyone, look at it, the star of the casino is being detained!"
"Buckle? You see, that Hoggist didn't jump up, he was obviously dunked by our center! ”
The two gangsters sang and harmonized, and their voices were extremely harsh.
Randolph hurriedly apologized to Haugist for his poor defense, Haugist waved his hand, so that Randolph did not care, the defensive tactics of blocking and dismantling substitutions were arranged by the coach at halftime, and Randolph changed the defense and played according to the tactical arrangement, which is understandable.
"You don't have to care, we can't let the opponent not score all the time, it's just a goal every once in a while, and we continue to chase points and don't be affected by off-field factors."
Although Hoggist said this, he was still an adolescent after all, and there was a nameless evil fire in his heart when he was dunked in the head, and he was determined to return the color in the next round or two.
Coach Dick wanted to call a timeout on the sidelines to calm down Haugist, but on second thought, a player of Hougist's level should learn to adjust his emotions on the court, respond to AnswerBall if he has the ability, and swallow his anger if he is not. This kind of thing happens in a game, and the more Howgist goes through these kinds of minor frictions, the faster he can mature.
Hoggist, who was on the court, made up his mind, dribbled past half court to the right 45-degree three-point line, and motioned for others to pull away and play alone.
While the others pulled up to the weak side to watch Hoggist perform, the Pirates' Carl was preoccupied with the defense, for fear of making a mistake.
Hougist stared at Carl with a smile on his face, and Karl was furious at the sight. In the next second, Haugist dribbled and accelerated violently to the inside, and it was seen that Haugist used all his strength for the ball, the first step was as fast as lightning, and the first step left Karl behind, and the opposing center immediately gave up Randolph to help defend under the basket, intending to block Haugist.
When Hougist saw Scott standing under the basket, he said to himself, "All I want is for you to stand here!" He dribbled the ball more firmly, put the ball away and fell two steps under his feet, and jumped high with his left leg to the ground with all the strength of milk, and was about to force a dunk past Scott. Scott had already taken up position under the basket and jumped up to block Haugist, but he could only reach Haugist's wrist with all his might.
Haugist's eyes widened with rage, as if he had descended from the heavens, and roared: "Andone! MotherFXXker! Scott slammed the ball into the basket with one hand. At the same time, a whistle sounded, the referee raised his hand to signal, the No. 34 thug fouled, and Haugista made a free throw; Hougist swears a technical foul, and the Pirates make a free throw.
The Cimaron audience immediately booed off the field, but the American high school league is like this, it pays great attention to the construction of spiritual civilization and requires the creation of a sunny and healthy league image, so a foul language like Haugist is 100% good at blowing technical fouls.
Hoggist walked to the free throw line, got his hand up and down, and hit the free throw steadily. At 46:76, there are 30 points left in the difference.
Now it is up to the Pirates Scott to make technical foul free throws, and the pirates also have the ball after the free throws, and such a technical foul at the critical moment of chasing points is very demoralizing.
As everyone walked towards the Spartans halfcourt, Scott walked past Haugist and deliberately knocked him away from behind. Randolph was in a hurry, and he was going to beat him up when he went up. Howgist knew that Scott was deliberately provoking and causing trouble, reached out to stop Randolph, and said to Scott with a smile: "I will still play alone next time, the No. 3 of your team can't prevent me, I hope you still have the courage to continue to stand under the basket." If you dare to make up for it under the basket, I'll play until you're out of the game. ”
Scott was shocked after hearing this, he didn't expect that Haugist was so paranoid about basketball, and many provocations had obviously made him angry, this technical foul was enough to show that he was full of anger, but he actually wanted to beat himself with basketball on the court from beginning to end to vent his anger! Such an opponent is too terrible, should he continue to defend him under the basket?
Thinking and hesitating, Scott casually threw this technical foul free throw, and the ball brushed out of the basket. The Pirates continued to kick off the offense, still playing the same tactics as before, with Bibiid responding at the top of the arc and several outside players constantly running and interspersing in an attempt to disrupt the Spartans' defensive strategy, in a vain attempt to make Scott form a misplaced single on the inside.
But Coach Dick was quick and immediately signaled on the sidelines to play a temporary 2-3 defense, so that Randolph always protected the basket under the basket, and the rest of the team guarded their own area and did not run around with others. Seeing that there was no chance, Bibiid tried to break through the inside, but Joseph, who defended at the top of the arc, was much shorter than Bibiid, and even though Bibiid lowered his center of gravity to dribble, he was still easily stabbed by Joseph, and the ball rolled towards the Pirates halfcourt.
Seeing this, Hoggist immediately started to run to the front. Originally, with his speed, he was absolutely unbeatable, rushing to the front court to pick up the ball and then dunk a basket, no one in the Pirates team would be able to see the taillights of Haugist, but Hougist had an extra heart, and saw that several people in the Buccaneers were chasing after him with all his might, especially the No. 3 who was only two positions behind him.
Hogist suddenly became teasing, thinking that the anger caused by your team's center provoking me should be collected from you first! Thinking of this, Hougist deliberately slowed down and let Carl chase behind him, when Hougist dribbled to the three-point line, he suddenly made a sharp stop, pulled it up and shot directly at three points, Karl chased behind and couldn't stop the car, and crashed directly behind Hoggist.
Haugist had already made solid contact with Karl before he made physical contact, and his stoppage was just to make contact and cheat a foul. Sure enough, the three-point shot was hollowed into the net, and the referee blew the whistle for the Pirates No. 3 to foul the cylinder and add a free throw.
Hougist got up from the ground and looked at Carl playfully. The Pirates' Carl was tackled, blocked, and passed by the opposing Hougist, and now he made a 3+1 foul in this teasing way, and the whole person almost collapsed. Hougist hit a free throw to tie the score at 50-76.
The Pirate coach saw that Karl was blinded as if he had lost his soul, so he had to replace him with a shorter point guard, who was only 5 feet 5 inches, wearing the No. 4 jersey, named Robinson, with fierce eyes and a lean build.
Hoggist looked at the new point guard carefully, and vaguely felt that this No. 4 should be more powerful than the No. 3, and the coach of the Pirates actually let such a player guard the water cooler, which is really eye-catching, and it may not be wise to blow up the opponent's No. 3 by himself.
The Pirates kicked off, No. 4 Robinson dribbled all the way, came to the frontcourt, saw that the Spartans were still defending the 2-3 joint defense, dribbled to Joseph's side, and a Baifo easily shook off Joseph and hit the basket from the right side. Randolph jumped up to the block, but the No. 4 deftly pulled the lever to dodge Randolph's big hand and passed the ball to Scott, who was ambushed on the other side of the basket, and the Buccaneers center got up to dunk.
Haugist saw the opponent's No. 4 fake move to pass Joseph before, knowing that this player is not simple, and then seeing Randolph let go of Scott to make up for the defense, he knew that it was not good, and immediately took the opportunity to recycle the basket, and when Scott got up and dunked, Haugist had already rushed back, and directly slapped the ball on the rebound with a pegboard cap.
The ball smashed the rebound, bounced off and landed on Bibiid, who was about to shoot the rebound, when the sound of the buzzer sounded, and the third quarter was over.
Everyone returned to the bench and sat down to rest and replenish water, and Hougist reminded everyone: "The opponent's new No. 4 is very strong, don't underestimate him because he is short, don't lose his position in defense, Randolph Harris, you remember, don't jump first when the No. 4 breakthrough is supplemented, he is short and you can jump again when he jumps." Joseph: If he pushes on your side, try to force him to go to the bottom line so that Harris can help defend him. ”
Haugist took a sip of Gatorade and said: "There is one quarter left, we are still 26 points behind, and then I will play alone, Randolph Harris, the opponent's No. 4 is small, you two must block him firmly when you block and dismantle, I will break through a few first and strive to beat the opponent's center, the opponent's interior line is not high, our defense will be easy, and it will be easier to chase points!" ”
"Understood, you let go of the slash! We won't scold you for being a ball bully! Randolph laughed.
"Don't be, my eldest brother has the courage to take responsibility!" Joseph retorted.
"Stop talking nonsense, fight the last quarter and win!" Hoggist said solemnly.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spartans possessed the ball, Horgist dribbled over the halfcourt, and the Buccaneers' No. 4 began to lead the defense in the center circle. Hoggist nodded secretly in his heart, and sure enough, as I thought, he defended actively, relying on his small pace and fast pace, and began to interfere with me at half-time.
Hoggist prayed silently in his heart, hoping that the high pass tactics he had devised could stop the little man. Hougist gave Harris and Randolph a look, Harris understood, and mentioned the three-point line, and Randolph moved to the free throw line.
Hougist passed the ball to Harris from the top of No. 4's head, and then suddenly accelerated to the basket to cut into the air, No. 4 hurriedly turned to chase after the defense, but Hoggist grabbed it from Harris, Harris handed the ball back to Haugist, and then blocked Robinson to death, and Bibiid, who was defending Harris, wanted to make up for Hoggist, but was stuck by Randolph on the free throw line, so that the basket formed a situation where Hoggist singled Scott.
Hoggist really did what he said, once again ignoring Scott's preparation for a dunk. Still adjusting the rhythm of two steps, he kicked the ground hard with his left foot, and flew to the basket with the ball.