(3) Looking for a newcomer king

Time passed quickly, and the team welcomed the first opponent of the CUBA Shanghai Divisional Competition. The home game against Customs University is not a strong opponent. Before the start of the competition, the gymnasium was packed to the brim. The day before the start of the game, head coach Zhao Wenyin called all the players who were training together to line up.

"I'd like to tell you a piece of news, tomorrow is the first game of the season this year, and I want everyone to show their usual training level, compare style, compare momentum. Don't take your opponent lightly. Tomorrow there is one more difficulty to overcome. The team's assistant Xiao Jia, who you call 'Garnett' in private, is sick today and has called in sick. Tomorrow this means that there will be no one to prepare the drinks, uniforms, and towels for the team, so I hope everyone can prepare them themselves and overcome them. ”

As soon as the head coach announced the news, there was a discussion in the team, and there were more than a dozen people in the team, and everyone had drinks, towels, and jerseys to prepare. Although it is not a big matter, the logistics are not guaranteed, after all, it still has a certain impact on whether the players can focus on the game. And because it is a regional qualifier, the city organizing committee only appointed two referees and one technician to be present, and the team assistant also needs to assist the technician to count and proofread the game data. In this way, the assistant job is not easy, and if these factors affect the team's results, it will really outweigh the losses.

At the end of training, I took my soaked jersey and the jersey for tomorrow's game, and was the last one to leave the arena and walk out the door. A voice like a silver bell stopped me: "Zhou Junyi! ”

When I looked back, it was Ruan Xinqi and Xue Beibei.

"You guys, why haven't you left yet, maybe it's to watch us train, see now. It's past seven o'clock now, and the cafeteria is out of food. ”

Xinqi waved his hand and said, "It's okay! We'll go out to eat later. Why didn't Xiao Jia, the assistant of that team, come here today? Did you call in sick? ”

I nodded and said, "Well, yes, how do you know?" ”

"Coach Zhao was talking to you in the stadium just now, and we all heard it outside the stadium. He won't be able to come tomorrow, so we wonder if we can help you tomorrow. ”

"Then, how embarrassing, this kind of rough work, how can you two beautiful girls." I scratched the back of my head and said stupidly.

Bei Bei took over the topic: "No, it's not troublesome, isn't it just carrying water and handing towels, in order to keep you from being affected by these little things, and concentrate on the game." You don't have to excuse yourself, otherwise if the results are not good, there will be any differences, and everyone doesn't want to, after all, in the first game, it is very important to have an opening lottery. That's right, Xinqi. ”

"That's right, don't excuse yourself! Let's talk to Coach Zhao. Xinqi smiled slightly, it was still two sweet dimples that I couldn't bear to refuse.

"Okay, okay! I'll go find Coach Zhao tomorrow morning and talk to him. ”

"By the way, you haven't eaten either, have you? Would you like to eat with us? ”

"No, no, no, I haven't taken a shower yet, this stinky sweat, don't smoke you."

"Stinks!" Xue Beibei deliberately made a nose-sniffing motion.

"It doesn't stink, it smells good!"

I was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, so I could only stand there and smirk.

"Funny, let's go take a shower! The bath water in the bathroom is cold! Bei Bei patted me on the back, waved at me again, and pulled Xinqi to the school gate: "Play well tomorrow!" ”

"Come on!" Xinqi clenched his fists and made a cheering motion.

The next morning, I found Coach Zhao and explained to him that Ruan Xinqi and Xue Beibei wanted to help the team, and Coach Zhao nodded happily: "It's rare to have students so enthusiastic and courageous, so thank them!" The next away game can be rewarded by bringing them to watch the game as an exception. ”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the game started as scheduled, and Xinqi and Beibei were very careful to deliver drinks, towels, and coats to the players who were resting, and kept encouraging the players. I don't know how others feel, but whenever Xinqi whispers into my ear, "Come on!" That fast-break dunk you just got was fantastic! I'm jumping, do you see that? "Such a sound in my ears, it was like a spring breeze, and my whole body was full of strength, and I was not afraid of stage fright at all in the first official competition on the college field. He had 20 points and six assists in the first half.

"Great! Good job! Brothers! "When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the players went on the field together and jumped in the air to hit their chests in celebration.

With such care and encouragement from the two beauties, the morale of the players on the field was also extremely high, and the wave after wave of climaxes made the opponent unable to resist at all. Just 10 minutes into the second half, the manager replaced all the main players, and the game officially entered garbage time. Even so, in my first appearance in the college arena, I scored 29 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals, while Peng Fei also got 26 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, and we were the two highest scorers on the team, surpassing all the veterans and starters.

As a result of the game, we won by 48 points. The team won the first game and passed the test easily.

"It's different to have a beautiful woman by your side and encourage me at zero distance, haha, my whole person is full of strength!" Center forward Cao Zhixiang cheered loudly.

"If we can do this every time, then we will be invincible and go all the way to the national competition!" The main point guard Wang Xiaojun said.

"Just propose to the head coach that these two beauties be recruited into the team as assistants!"

"That's a good proposal!"

"Beauty is the catalyst, and the improvement of the player's combat power is the combat power!" The team members began to talk about it.

"Alas! That's a good slogan! Next time, it will be used as a sentence of encouragement for the team to boost morale! Zheng Pengfei clapped his hands, leaned over to me and asked, "These two girls are very familiar today, they are the two who often come to the stadium to watch us train!" ”

I nodded, "Yes, it's them!" ”

"It's called Ruan Xinqi and Xue Beibei!"

"That's right!"

"Why did you come to the team to help? Who recommended it? ”

"They volunteered!" I replied casually.

Pengfei didn't say anything more, and I looked back at him, only to see him nodding his head and a dull but satisfied smile on his face.

"Is this guy in the spring?" I thought to myself.

Beauty really has such a magic that makes the player's emotions on the field so high and quickly get into the state.

Think about it, otherwise, why would the CBA and NBA form beautiful cheerleading teams?

At the unanimous request of the players, they jointly proposed to the head coach to ask Xue Beibei and Ruan Xinqi to join the team and become assistants to the team.

The head coach didn't immediately agree, after all, he still had to think about "Garnett", and if they all came, "Garnett" would not be laid off. But he still promised that the two could be different from ordinary spectators, and they could get close to the team's training and do what they could for the team. Of course, in return, both Xue Beibei and Ruan Xinqi can go to away games with the team.

Coach Zhao's rigorous training immediately showed results, coupled with the help of Ruan Xinqi and Xue Beibei, the first big victory, so that the team's morale was greatly boosted, and the team quickly entered the role, in the CUBA Shanghai Division selection competition, the team won the Shanghai Division championship with an average of 24 points per game, Peng Fei and I both performed eye-catching, I averaged 19.5 points, 5 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game. Pengfei averaged 22 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. And entered the selection of East China, and successfully achieved the top four results, entering the national competition, which has broken through the best results in the history of the school since the establishment of the University League.

And Zheng Pengfei and I soon became the absolute core of the team because of our excellent performance. Coach Zhao began to develop a special style of play around me and Pengfei's dual-core breakout. This worked well against most teams, but in the round of 16 the problem came to light. The team's outside shooting ability was weak and there were no consistent scoring points, although Peng Fei and I took turns attacking the opponent's basket and causing damage. But the opponent also quickly discovered this, and wrapped up our offense, deliberately put players on the outside, and the low shooting rate on the outside made it easy for the opponent to win the rebound and play a transition offense. In the end, it was defeated by a few points to Hunan University of Finance and Economics, one of the top four last year.

Even so, the team's performance caused quite a stir in the school. Peng Fei and I were hailed as the two giants of the team in the school's school magazine and forum because of our outstanding performance, which is the hope of the team. And I have great expectations for next year's competition.

In the face of the problems exposed by Hunan University of Finance and Economics, Coach Zhao knows well. There is no consistent pitcher on the outside, no excellent playmaking point, no way to string the team's offense, and no guard who can thoroughly implement the coach's tactical intent. Although Wang Xiaojun is good, his height of only 174cm has become a weakness when defending, and if he faces a guard with strong scoring ability, he will become a point for the opponent to eat. Having to play with another defender creates opportunities for the other players in the opposition. The two starting guards of Hunan University of Finance and Economics scored 18 and 21 points respectively, while Wang Xiaojun, although he got 6 assists, he only scored 3 points, which can be said to be completely exploded.

It still relies more on the personal ability of me and Zheng Pengfei, to be honest, this style of play is still relatively backward. If the team wants to follow up, the first priority is to bring in a more capable backcourt in the new year.

This became the first goal of the coaching staff at the end of the season, and they made a special trip to see this year's high school league in the city, and they were impressed by the main playmaking guards in Qunhui Middle School who reached the finals. It can be said that this defender carried the team alone, not only frequently assisted his teammates, but also relied on his super personal ability to attack when the team could not open the situation, only about 180cm tall, but frequently broke into the inside, the opponent's interior line was helpless against him even if it was a head higher, and watching him score in his own paint area was like a bag. When the opponent's foothold is not stable, he throws one or two three-pointers to make matters worse.

"What is the origin of this defender, this year is the third year of high school. Help me investigate, I'm going to visit him. We must invite him to join our team! Coach Zhao gave the scout a death order, and a week later the scout sent in an investigation report.

"The No. 5 organizational guard of Qunhui Middle School, named Zhang Qiyi, 180cm tall, senior in high school, the team's top scorer, assist king, steal king, three-point king, is about to graduate this year. Home address: ......."

"Ho ho, scores, assists, steals, and three-pointers are all the first on the team! Good, we'll visit him tomorrow! After reading the investigation report, Coach Zhao got up excitedly and immediately, as if he had found a piece of jade.

If you can invite such a player to join, let alone the top 16 in the country, even if you reach the final, it is not unthinkable.

The next day, Coach Zhao, together with the school's sports minister and team captain Cao Zhixiang, went to the home of this high school student named Zhang Quanyi.

"Mom, I'm back!" After school, Zhang Qiyi returned home and greeted his parents while changing his shoes in the hallway.

"Quan Yi! Hurry up, there's a guest looking for you at home! Mom hurriedly beckoned Quan Yi to come to the living room.

"Looking for me?" Quan Yi pointed to his nose and asked in surprise.

Mom nodded and said, "Yes, come and see, they said it was Jiaotong University." ”

"Jiaotong University?" Quan Yi muttered and walked into the living room, Cao Zhixiang was the first to get up and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, you are Zhang Quanyi, I am Cao Zhixiang, the captain of the basketball team of Jiaotong University." Quan Yi looked at the tall man who was more than 2 meters in front of him, and had 100 questions in his heart.

"Hello, I'm Zhao Wenyin, the head coach of the basketball team of Jiaotong University!" Coach Zhao also stretched out his hand and shook Zhang Quanyi.

"Don't all stand still, sit down, and eat some fruit!" Quan Yi's mother brought a pot of fruit and beckoned the three of them to sit down.

"Hello, Quan Yi, I think you probably guessed what we were trying to do. We are the basketball team of Jiaotong University, we have seen your outstanding performance in the city's high school league, we hope that you can join our school after graduation, Jiaotong University is a strong team in Shanghai University basketball, you should know it, this year has achieved excellent results in the top 32 in the country, if you can join our team, I think our team can hit better results next year, and even enter the finals! Coach Zhao Wenyin looked at Zhang Quanyi and solemnly said his intention.