Chapter 29 The Drawing of Lots
When it comes to domestic sports competitions, whether they are professional or amateur, whether they are official or non-governmental, they can't escape that patterned process.
Speech, endless speech.
Leaders speak, sponsors speak, player representatives speak, referee representatives speak.
Speech, speech, speech, one speech, one by one, there is almost no audience representative to speak.
After the lethargic speech, the contestants present were almost stunned.
Fortunately, the exciting draw ceremony began immediately.
This tournament adopts the half-court three-on-three game mode, which has been very popular in recent years.
The rules of the game are the same as those of a full-fledged basketball game, with the only difference being that the offensive and defensive transitions to grab a rebound must dribble or pass the ball out of the three-point line.
The match consists of two quarters of 10 minutes each, for a total of 20 minutes, with an extra 5 minutes of extra time in the event of a tie until a winner is decided.
There are as many as 400 teams participating in this competition, among them, there are several teams that are particularly noteworthy, they are:
dominates the high school basketball world, won the national student group championship of last year's "Ronald McCup Cup", and has the "57 Team" of Leng Yihan, the MVP of the high school league.
Last year, the runner-up of the national senior group of the "Ronald McCup Cup", the "hip-hop team" led by street ball king Chen Youran.
It is composed of elites from normal universities, has participated in four competitions, and cooperates with the skillful local strong team "Green Army Glory".
There is also the "Zijin Dynasty", a veteran powerhouse that often haunts various competitions, is equipped with professional coaches, gathers many wild ball experts, and has first-class strength.
Although there are no seeded teams in this competition, these four teams are undoubtedly the theoretical seeded teams in the Shanghai Division, and everyone believes that the final championship will definitely be produced between these four teams, and the team that is unfortunate enough to be separated from them will have to ask for more blessings.
The draw took place on a giant LED screen, and representatives of the sponsors, a middle-aged man with glasses, were invited to the stage.
At the touch of a button, the static team names on the screen scroll.
Emotions such as nervousness, excitement, and uneasiness creep up on people's faces, and this is the moment that decides their fate.
"Stop." The middle-aged man gave an order, the screen returned to static, and the lottery results came out!
Countless eyes are on the big screen, and everyone is looking for the name of their team.
Roy was no exception, his glasses swept up and down, left and right like a radar.
Speaking of which, the names of those teams are really interesting, some are named after regions and schools, some are named after supporting teams and stars, and some are very creative and weird.
Roy and Lao Yang searched hard, and the sharp-eyed Cheng Zixi found "Derek?" Ross Supporters' Club".
"Ah, look, look, in Zone D, we're in Zone D."
Following Cheng Zixi's prompt, Roy looked at it, and sure enough, it was in Zone D, and the opponent in the first round of the preliminaries was "Old Boy".
"Old boy"? It sounds like the name is an opponent in the senior group, how strong are they? Is this a good sign?
After a while, Cheng Zixuan also came back from the infield, and he also didn't know anything about the "old boy".
The draw was finalized, the tournament was about to begin, and the organizers filled in the names of each team on three large blackboards prepared in advance, and the dust settled on the first round of the preliminary round.
With the topic of the lottery, Roy's attention was temporarily dispersed a lot.
The teams that drew the four "seeded teams" naturally sighed and sighed in vain.
The team that is not in a group with the strong team has more expectations in addition to rejoicing.
The rest is more to watch the excitement, find acquaintances, and gossip.
"You're unlucky, that 'old boy' is the team that made it to the senior finals last year, hahahahaha."
I don't know where a familiar voice came out.
If I'm not mistaken, this is the nagging and non-stop Su Xiaohe.
If it was really Su Xiaohe, he appeared in front of Roy in a flash.
Compared with the hip-hop style of the last time they met, today he wore a formal competition uniform, with a few eye-catching big characters printed on his chest, "Fifty-Seven Middle School".
"Why are you alone? What about Leng Yihan and the big man? Roy found that the Leng Yihan he was thinking about did not appear.
"You said the captain and Da Wei? How could they come to such a boring opening ceremony. ”
"And what about your game?" Roy was puzzled.
"Hahaha." Su Xiaohe laughed, "Do you still need the captain and Da Wei to play in the preliminaries?" As long as I lead the team, it's enough to deal with it, don't underestimate our substitutes, they are also masters of the school team, although they are not as good as me, hahahahaha. ”
Can you still do this? Roy was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at it again, Su Xiaohe really had three unfamiliar faces.
"Okay, the game is about to start, I'll go first, good luck to you, I'm at venue 1, remember to come and enjoy my wonderful performance."
Su Xiaohe was blessing me just now? Roy was flattered.
Where is Venue 1?
Speaking of venues, the basketball park that hosts this tournament has a total of 25 basketball courts, which can accommodate 100 teams to play at the same time.
The "57 Team" is in Group A, which is the first team to compete, and it is also the focus of attention of most teams and fans.
With the appearance of the "57 Team" led by Su Xiaohe, the focus of fans immediately gathered on the No. 1 venue, and the surrounding area was instantly surrounded by spectators.
Su Xiaohe enjoyed everyone's discussion and envy.
Leng Yihan and Wei Haochuan are not there, he is the team's number one star.
The other two players who played with him are also from 57 Middle School, both first-year students, and they are also members of the school team, the difference is that they are substitutes, and Su Xiaohe is the only main team member of the school team among the first-year students.
Therefore, Su Xiaohe has the capital to flamboyantly.
He's really strong.
The last time he competed at the Normal University, he showed strength that was not even the tip of the iceberg.
And today, he is completely free of restraint and can play to his heart's content.
Breakaways, dribbles, long shots, steals.
As soon as the scene opened, Su Xiaohe was full of firepower, almost single-handedly destroying the opposite side.
Only 5 minutes after the game, the "57 Team" was far ahead with 12 points.
"It's amazing." Roy couldn't stop complimenting.
After this period of day and night training, his understanding of basketball has reached a new level.
If he was still in the stage of watching the excitement before, now he is watching the game with a professional eye.
"Isn't it amazing? What do you think he's so good about? ”
Someone actually picked up Roy's words.
Roy turned his head in a voice, and it was a middle-aged uncle with sunglasses next to him who spoke.
"It's very powerful in all aspects, Su Xiaohe, it's the ability of No. 1, which is a few grades higher than the opponent." Roy gave a pertinent evaluation of Su Xiaohe.
"Really? Do you think that scoring more points is a sign of ability? Uncle's words stopped Roy.
"Isn't it? Isn't scoring the most important ability? ”
"Your words are right, but the upper limit of No. 1's ability is just that, basketball is a collective sport, not just scoring ability to judge ability, in other words, if you only look at the ability to score, then Maddie's championship will not be less than Kobe."
After the uncle finished speaking, he took off his glasses, and Roy was stunned, it was really a pair of sharp eyes.