Halfway through the summer vacation, the high school league ended, and another basketball tournament was ushered in, and the summer vacation was a holiday for middle school students, especially for those who love sports, and this game was the annual Nike Thunder Street 3-on-3 basketball game.

Every year, this competition attracts a large number of middle school students to participate, and this competition is quickly welcomed by the students, and the number of participating teams in each session will increase a lot compared to the previous one, and the level of the competition will naturally improve year by year. Xia Jun, Zhuo Yifan, Li Xin and Chi Shengwei, who left regrets in the high school league, of course, also decided to participate in the competition, and the name of the team that signed up was of course "Lanmeng Boy".

Speaking of registration, I also want to mention Zhang Xiaoxue, in a joke, Li Xin only occasionally learned about Nike Fenglei from her mouth, although she is a basketball maniac, but due to the lack of contact with people, Li Xin, who doesn't care much about the news, didn't know that Nike Fenglei had a three-on-three basketball game for high school students, which was really lonely enough.

The start date is set for August 6 and the tournament will last for two weeks. The champion team will not only receive generous bonuses, prizes, but also the opportunity to watch NBA games in the United States, and have the opportunity to compete against opponents of the same age in the United States. For the four-man who loves the ball, the prizes and honors of the game are not the most important, but the most important thing is to be able to witness the highest level of basketball in the basketball kingdom. It was this temptation that made the three of them practice hard before the competition, although they participated for the first time at the age of the first year of high school, but because of the good results in the "Siyuan Summer Cup" competition and the experience gained in the three-on-three competition, the four of them believed that they could achieve good results in the Nike Wind Thunder.

The day before the tournament began, the four of them had one last practice on the school's basketball court. Li Xin and Chi Shengwei in a group, Xia Jun and Zhuo Yifan in a group of training, the rules of the game simulate the rules of three against three, the first team to score 11 points wins, and the final leading team must at least exceed the opponent by more than 2 points to win, each attack is worth one point, if the shot outside the three-point line is worth two points.

Xia Jun and Zhuo Yifan, who have experienced the training of the school team, are impressed, Xia Jun's accurate shooting has reached a higher level, and Zhuo Yifan's awareness of defense has been further strengthened under the guidance of the coach, and he knows how to get rebounds with a favorable position and the right time to jump, instead of just blindly relying on bounce and momentum to scramble. In terms of blocks, I have also learned to read words and colors, and I have a better grasp of the actual jump of my opponent. Although arrogant, I have to admit that Zhuo Yifan is indeed very talented in basketball, and he has gradually become a real basketball player from a rookie. Every time Chi Shengwei shoots in front of Zhuo, he will be blocked, and in desperation, he passes the ball more to Li Xin, although Li Xin suddenly throws and throws, and scores a lot of points, but it is difficult to scream alone, and finally the three games in a row ended in failure. Naturally, Zhuo's pride was inevitable: "Li Xin, what's wrong, it's not been a long time for the technology to degenerate, it seems that the training of the school team is really helpful, how dare you accept my challenge, let's go head-to-head again, this time it's not so easy to lose to you." ”

"The first 10 goals wins." Xia Jun got a whistle from nowhere and blew this confrontation.

Li Xin just nodded slightly, and Xia Jun was the referee, and the two were ONEONONE for the second time after four months. Although Zhuo Yifan's progress can be described as rapid and fast, Li Xin is not stagnant, while retaining the original all-round skills, he has also gained a lot of experience in the confrontation with Ling Junxiao and Han Chongyu, and the most important point is that he has learned to use patience and thinking to deal with opponents. Although the heat was unstoppable for a period of time after the exam, Li Xin still insisted on going to school every day to practice alone to correct her lack of offensive and defensive skills. Although it is not invulnerable, there are few flaws that can be caught by opponents compared to the past. Zhuo Yifan and Li Xin were once inseparable.

When the two sides had a point and I had a lively game, Chi Shengwei left the arena with his hands in his trouser pockets, took his clothes and left the arena with a blank expression, probably because he felt that he had dragged Li Xin down after losing the practice, or he might feel that he was still far behind the other three, Xia Jun did not stop Shengwei, he knew that he needed to be quiet, and he was not the case when he first started playing basketball.

After hitting eight balls, Zhuo Yifan, who couldn't prevent Li Xin's changeable attack, fell into the trap of impatience again; Relying on patience and calmness, Li Xin gradually gained the lead; Although the circumstances of the engagement were diametrically opposed to the first, the outcome was consistent.

Zhuo, who was full of confidence, heard the whistle of Xia Jun's end, and sat down on the ground and covered his head for a long time without making a sound, Li Xin thought that Zhuo couldn't stand the blow of failure, so he stepped forward to appease Zhuo, who expected Zhuo to suddenly take off and grab Li Xin's jersey, staring at Li Xin menacingly, Li Xin was really startled.

"Hey, Zhuo Yifan, don't make any outrageous moves, Li Xin will also win you openly!" Xia Jun was anxious on the side.

"Don't worry, I'm just asking Li Xin for one thing."

Li Xin, who was confused, was just grabbed by Zhuo.

Zhuo smiled evilly, which made Xia Jun feel a little cold. Who knew that Zhuo actually fell to his knees and hugged Li Xin's legs, so he cried bitterly and shouted: "Brother Xin, you are really amazing, take me as an apprentice!" ”

Li Xin was almost not frightened by this sudden strange scene, and finally let Zhuo play a scoundrel and didn't agree to him, but this time the arrogant Zhuo threw himself at Li Xin.

Finally ushered in the first day of the competition, Li Xin and others came to the competition venue early to prepare for their first Nike Wind and Thunder three-on-three match. saw that although the teams that played first were uneven, none of them were above the "Lanmeng Boy". The four of them were immediately relieved, thinking that it would not be a problem to pass the preliminaries. There is still a period of time before the start of their game, the four of them sat on the sidelines to watch the games of the other teams, the players of the game are really many of the general high school students, the figure and technology are not outstanding, after inspecting for a while, the four people will focus on the highest level of the four games, although there is a gap between the level of the two sides, but the weaker pair is full of hard work, but it is also quite good-looking. Looking at it, the four of them began to discuss.

Sheng Wei spoke first: "What kind of team will be the first opponent we will meet? ”

Xia Jun pointed to the leading team and responded: "At most, it's at their level!" ”

Li Xin asked again, "How many points do you think we can beat them?" ”

"At least nine!" Zhuo replied confidently.

"So it's just for them to get two points?"

"That's right, Xia Jun, what do you think?"

"The game is twenty minutes at most, and we can solve the battle in about 7 or 8 minutes!"

This is by no means an exaggeration, after the big score victory over the first opponent, the opponent in the second round of the game is the team that won the game, "Lan Meng Boy" in the case of Li Xin did not play, it only took more than six minutes to beat the opponent with a disparity of 12:2, and the audience present all praised the performance of "Lan Meng Boy".

With two big wins in a row, the younger ones began to be a little self-inflated, especially Zhuo.

"The opponent is a little too weak! If this continues, it seems that it is not impossible to win the championship! ”

"Don't be too complacent, the real test is ahead!" Li Xin was unimpressed by Zhuo's words.

"But judging from the games we've watched, we're a lot better than them!" Chi Shengwei said.

"It's true, our pre-match worries seem to be a bit unnecessary." Xia Jun actually said the same.

"Don't forget that the strong have their own strong players, have you forgotten Zhang Qiyi of Nanyang?" Only Li Xin contradicted them.

"Forget it, a big star like him wouldn't come to such a competition." Zhuo Dao.

"How so?"

"Didn't you watch the news? When interviewing Zhang Qiyi, the reporter asked him what his greatest wish would be if he led the team to win the national championship? He said he went to college in the United States and then entered the NBA a few years later. Moreover, when the reporter interviewed the principal of Nanyang High School later, he also said that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely do his best to help Zhang Qiyi study in the United States. Xia Jun said.

"He's the strongest of the high school students in Shanghai! He has no interest in winning such a competition, and he has already had the opportunity to go to the United States to participate in a youth basketball summer camp after winning the Shanghai High School League, so he has no appeal to go to the United States to watch the game. "Ikedo.

In the previous two games, Zhang Xiaoxue and Fang Wenxin said that they would not come to watch the game of "Lanmeng Boy", saying that they believed that they could easily break through, and when it came to the key game, they would come to cheer for them, but in fact, there were two familiar figures in the crowd in the first and second games, and they only deliberately concealed the teenager because they didn't want to affect the teenager's performance, and of course the news of the victory was also known to them for the first time, which made Li Xin a little doubtful that they really didn't show up to watch the game.

The next day, "Lan Meng Junior" will meet the third game, and he also entered the field early, inspected the performance of each team's game, and also did not find a team stronger than himself, so another game day that seemed to be nothing new lasted until Xia Jun got the opponent's information an hour before the game.

When he went, he was full of ambition, but when he came back, Xia Jun, who was bloodless, returned to the three of them with a solemn face with the opponent's information, and the three of them suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked Xia Jun about the opponent one by one.

Xia Jun sneered, as if he had a sense of loss, and this feeling was also infected after the three of them finished reading it.

"The opponent is called the Xiangying Team, all of them are senior high school players, from Huili Middle School, this is the top four in the Shanghai division of this year's high school league! And the three of them are the team's main center, power forward and point guard. Li Xin said that as long as ordinary people hear this name, half of their faith will be lost.

And if you look at it again, the other half of your confidence has almost lost: "The information of the three people: No. 1 Mu Zheng, 184cm tall, in charge of ball control; No. 2 Shirakawa, 195cm tall, plays as a striker; No. 3 Lei Kefeng, 198cm tall, plays as a center forward. ”

Strength aside, the average height alone has surpassed the "Lan Meng Boy" by more than 15cm, could it be that the "Lan Meng Boy" only stopped in the third round of the Nike Wind and Thunder Competition?