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During the intermission, Xue Beibei came to the lounge from the audience.

"You've played so well! I can't believe that I can firmly bite the team of the College of Engineering and Technology! If it hadn't been a bad start, maybe they were all ahead by now! ”

"Xue Beibei is right, you performed very well in the first half, I saw the shadow of last year's invincible Jiao Da team from you, you are very cohesive and hardworking, and never give up every opportunity."

"Mu Xiang, your flying save is very exciting, it was this ball that gave us the lead for the first time, although it was not very long, but it greatly inspired our teammates."

"And Shangguan Yun, I didn't expect that you who usually like to be mischievous and casual, you are really an excellent player when you play seriously, if it weren't for you in the first half, we would probably be more than ten points behind."

Coach Zhao praised them one by one, and the faces of the players were full of belief in winning the game.

"Okay, I won't say anything more, don't be anxious in the second half, play one ball at a time, I believe you can catch up with your opponent soon."

"Believe that we are the strongest Jiao Brigade!" The old man's words were simple, but they gave confidence and encouragement to the team members.

At the beginning of the second half, in response to our strategy of strengthening the defense of the inside line, the opponent began to focus on the attack, and frequently used medium and long range shots as a way to score, and once we fell into passivity. Soon the gap between the two sides was in double digits again.

The coach called another timeout and laid out some tactics. But it seems that his routines have been seen through by the opponent's "treacherous and cunning" coach, and there has been no improvement on the scoreboard, and time is losing little by little, 8 minutes, 7 minutes, 6 minutes.

With just 5 minutes and 45 seconds remaining, and with us still 16 points behind, it looks like the tide is turning. My teammates were impatient and dazed when they attacked, and more often than not, passed the ball to my hands, and I was watched to death by the opponent's special personnel both inside and out, and I couldn't get a chance to shoot, and I started to get dazed.

I ignored the opponent's tight defense, stubbornly dribbled the ball to the inside line to break through the layup, and was slapped out by the opponent's center, fortunately Fan Wenling got the ball back to me again, I broke through to the inside again, jumped high but was hit hard by the opponent's double pinch, my back was to the ground, and I was suddenly in pain, I couldn't move for a long time, my consciousness began to blur, and my mind was blank.

When I became conscious again, I saw two tall figures in my eyes.

"Zhou Junyi, Zheng Pengfei, is that you? Did you come to see us play today? But I'm sorry, we're probably going to let you down, and it's probably hopeless to fall behind by so many points! ”

"Is the game over?" The burly figure asked.

"Nope!" I replied.

"So why is there no hope? As long as there is still fighting spirit and the belief that you will win, there is still the possibility of winning, and don't give up even the slightest hope that seems to be a little bit of hope. ”

"When the belief in winning is gone, the game is over." The voice continued.

"Before the final whistle blows, you still have hope of winning." Another figure said.

"Come on, don't insult the reputation of the strongest team of Jiaotong University!" A girl's voice came from the two of them, and the voice was quiet and powerful, which made people feel encouraged.

"Ruan Xinqi? Is that you? "I reached out to grab something, but it was empty.

I opened my eyes and found myself on the bench on the sidelines, next to Coach Zhao's elegant figure.

"Oh, you're awake, it's nothing serious!"

I look at the scoreboard, it's 70:83, and it's only 3 minutes and 50 seconds.

"Coach, replace me!" I straightened up, and a heart-piercing pain hit my back, and I couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Is your body really okay? If you say yes, then I'll replace you. ”

"I ...... Of course I can, please trust me. I said with support, cold sweat oozing from my forehead.

"Well, this is the last pause." The coach asked the referee for a final timeout.

When I was about to play, Coach Zhao patted me on the shoulder and said, "If you say you can, then I believe you, I have always believed in our captain - to be able to lead the team to victory after victory." ”

I nodded firmly and got back on the field.

I slapped the back of the players on the field one by one, and the players looked at me in confusion before I spoke.

"Do you all think the game is over at this point?"

'The real end of the game is when the referee's whistle blows, and before that we have to do just two things to do to finish our own attack and to defend the opposition's attack.

"Remember what our goddess said? She's somewhere waiting to boil with us! ”

"Come and shout our slogan with me again: 'We are the team, we are the strongest!' ”

"We are the Jiaotong team, we are the strongest team!" Slogans resounded throughout the stadium.

Next, the energetic players were like bamboos, Mu Xiang's rebounds and blocks made the opponent useless, pulled to the outside, Shangguan Yunjing, who was originally absent-minded in defense, also opened his eyes, so that the opponent did not have a chance to shoot; Fast break, three-pointers, free throws, slam dunks, and before we knew it, we narrowed the score difference to just 5 points, but the time was only 41 seconds.

"Rebound!" The opponent missed the shot again, Fan Wenling got the rebound and handed a long pass to me in the front court, without waiting for the opponent's defense to settle down, I went out of the three-point line, this trick is a new trick that I have been practicing since last year, the timing of the shot, the angle of the shot, the height of the jump, and the arc after the basketball shot I am familiar with it, as if the same practice replay again and again. Ji Zhilin, who was defending me, was so vicious that he wanted to block me and pounced on me.

At the same time as the referee's whistle blew, the basketball went into the frame and I was given a chance to make an additional free throw.

I don't bother to look at the sidelines, I only have victory in my eyes. But from Xue Beibei's exclamation, I could tell that she couldn't cry at this time.

The penalty went into the net and we were just one point behind. The opponent rushed to the front court in a hurry, and also took advantage of our foothold to shoot two points, and the difference was stretched to three points, with only 16 seconds left.

I got rid of the opponent's defense again, the back pain has been tormenting my body more and more clearly, just before the three-point line, I jumped up and shot a three-pointer, the opponent did not dare to do anything more, the ball went into the net, 87:87, the time is still 5 seconds.

As long as the referee's whistle doesn't blow, the game is over, even when everyone thinks it's over. I finally understood the meaning of this sentence, and the layup that broke the opponent's baseline completed my best moment.

The referee's whistle blew, and at 89:87, Jiaotong University won.

"I hate defeat more than any of you, and I only have the word victory in my eyes." I announced to my teammates who hugged me tightly, I felt a glorious feeling that I had never felt before, a feeling that I will remember for the rest of my life, and the pain in my back finally reached its peak at this time, and I collapsed under the arms of my teammates.

There was also news in our favour from another venue, although the East China Institute of Technology defeated our opponents, but they were less than us in the calculation of small points, so that we finally qualified to represent Shanghai in the East China Regional Finals.

We partyed all night that night, celebrating our qualification, celebrating our glorious moments.

However, the joy and splendor lasted only a week. On this day, the news from the organizing committee surprised all the basketball players.

This news was announced by Coach Zhao, and I can't imagine how much damage such a result would have done to him:

"Today, I want to announce to you that you did a great job a week ago, it was the best game I've ever seen in my life, and I'm very proud of you. The audience can prove that you are truly strong. But today, the news from the organizing committee said that we played match-fixing in that game, and we bought off some players from the College of Engineering and Technology to release water in the game, so that we could get the right to qualify. The report said: "Today's Jiaotong University is not the same as last year, in the case of two less souls in the team, its strength is roughly only the level of the average strong team, it is impossible to enter the semi-finals, and it is impossible to defeat the East China University of Science and Technology in the second game in the case of the first defeat to the East China University of Technology, the strength of the East China University of Technology is far above the strength of the East China Institute of Technology, the most incredible thing is that it eliminated the East China Institute of Technology team with a coincidental net score advantage." After our investigation and verification, the information we have confirmed that Jiao Tong University was involved in match-fixing in this series, so it was officially disqualified from participating in the East China finals and replaced by East China Institute of Technology, which ranked third. Then the attached list is the confession of some players of the so-called engineering and technical college. ”

"What, we play match-fixing! Is there any reason for this? Fan Wenling was furious.

"We put so much effort into saying we were match-fixing? Didn't the Institute of Engineering and Technology accept a bribe? So how did they not get disqualified? And Shangguan Yun was even more angry.

Coach Zhao continued: "The College of Engineering and Technology is only a single player who has harmed the interests of the collective, and the team has already punished them, and the College of Engineering and Technology has always been the leader in the national competition, representing the highest level of basketball at Shanghai University, so the team does not constitute participating in this match-fixing activity, which is what the report says." ”

"How can it be!" My roar even shook the windows of the gymnasium.

"There must be a reason, someone must be obstructing us and framing us." I continued to shout.

"Who could that be?" I started searching for memories.

"Could it be? It would be him...... "The person I had just thought of actually appeared in my sight a second later.

"Hehehehe, Zhang Quanyi, I haven't seen you for a long time, do you remember me?" The person who came was none other than He Jinwen.

"It's really you!!" There was only anger in my eyes.

"It's me, how about it! I can remember vividly that time when you collectively bullied me, you were the one who hit me the hardest in the stomach! "The way he behaved was disgusting.

"Today, I'm going to beat you scumbag anyway." clenched his fists and shook his hand towards He Jinwen.

"Zhang Quanyi, stop! He's the next sponsor of our school's basketball club! "It was Coach Zhao who stopped me.

"Sponsor representatives, oh my! I can't accept the fact that this well-dressed guy actually got into this position within a year. ”

"In the future, I will have the final say on the affairs of the basketball team of Jiaotong University! Hahahahaha! "I left with He Jinwen's wanton laughter, while I stood in the gymnasium and couldn't do anything.

The Legend of the Green - Zhang Quanyi (End)