Chapter 25: The Eve of the Match
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The game was a stalemate. "Smack!" After missing the basket and scrambling for rebounds, Los Angeles' Paul fought his way to the top of the board and grabbed the rebound first.
"Well, this guy jumps so high!" is also a big forward, Zhong Zhaoying praised, "The card position is also doing well." ”
Kasro glanced at the picture and sneered: "It's good, but that's the result of Li Changgeng's cover." If in the game, Li Changgeng will let him not catch a single rebound! ”
The other called a timeout, and both sides changed tactics. The opponent replaced Curry, and the Los Angeles team replaced the tall center Mozart. After that, the Los Angeles team's offense became Li Changgeng's one-man show. The camera is mostly focused on him, and it is difficult to see the performance of the other players. When the opposition attacked, in the face of their excellent collective attack, the Los Angeles team did not show much to do. It wasn't until the full-court marking in the second half that the opponent could be a little troublesome.
The team members looked at each other, as if they didn't see anything at all!
"Sure enough, Los Angeles is still Li Changgeng's one-man team!" Some people are starting to think this way. It was striker Carter who spoke.
The other team members also nodded, in their opinion, if it weren't for Li Changgeng's existence, the Los Angeles team would not even be eligible to participate in the NCAA.
The coach didn't speak, his eyes wandered among the players, and finally fell on Yin Lunyu, and asked, "Yin Lunyu, what do you say?" ”
After pondering slightly, Yin Lunyu said: "Li Changgeng doesn't think so. When Li Changgeng was injured and could not play, the other players won two games and advanced to the round of 16. It's hard to believe that they don't have the strength. This game was just because Li Changgeng's performance was too outstanding, overshadowing the light of the other players. But you can still see some of it from the occasional footage. As he spoke, he grabbed the remote control, and the screen shifted to Los Angeles forward Harris, "This is their striker, everyone saw that he was completely suppressed in the confrontation with Kardashian, but in fact, he also put a lot of pressure on Kardashian." Looking at the picture, Kardashian used three feints in a row and still couldn't get rid of him. Also, after Curry, who was active in the first half, was targeted by him, there was no performance in the second half. ”
The team members whispered for a while, confirming Yin Lunyu's statement, obviously no one noticed these just now.
Selock's coach smiled and said, "Yes, as Yin Lunyu said, the rest of the Los Angeles team is not as incapable as Los Angeles sees. They were just overshadowed by Li Changgeng's light. Or it can be put another way, they buried themselves for the sake of Li Changgeng! ”
"Bury yourself?" The team members exclaimed in surprise.
Nodding, the coach continued, "The opponent's tactic is to completely block the other players of the Los Angeles team. In this way, the Los Angeles team's offensive opportunities are only left with Li Changgeng, so the reason why Li Changgeng's performance is so eye-catching has a lot to do with it.
And Li Changgeng also seemed to see the other party's tactics and resolutely met this challenge. Replacing the tall center forward was the official start of this asymmetrical game.
"No madman has dared to do such a thing until now, and I am afraid that no one will believe that anyone will do it until then. But the Los Angeles players believed it. Since Li Changgeng changed his tactics, all the members of the Los Angeles team have undoubtedly implemented this tactic. All the balls were passed to Li Changgeng, and all the offensive opportunities were given to Li Changgeng. Not only that, but you may not have noticed just now that when Li Changgeng was attacking, except for the center who was staring at him, the other opposing players were very far away - and this was all because of the relationship between the other Los Angeles players and the other Los Angeles team players to draw them away. As he spoke, the coach took the remote control in Yin Lunyu's hand and called up the picture of the game. The team members exclaimed in surprise after seeing it, and sure enough, it was so.
The coach continued: "All the offense is concentrated on one person, even if he is Li Changgeng, he will be crushed because of physical exhaustion. Naturally, they know this. From the beginning of the second half, in order to share his pressure, the Los Angeles team launched a full-court marking - since Li Changgeng's physical exertion could not be reduced, then increase the opponent's physical exertion and pull the opponent into the water. With this in mind, the Los Angeles team resolutely implemented the most physically demanding tactics such as full-court marking. Therefore, you can see that at the end of the game, the Los Angeles team was physically exhausted, and the opposing players were also exhausted because of their full-court marking. ”
The team members were surprised: "There are so many twists and turns......
"I can't imagine that there is such a ridiculous tactical ......"
"No wonder they're acting so!"
……
The coach pressed his hand slightly, and the sound of the players chatting immediately stopped.
The opponent substitution, the Los Angeles team also changed tactics with the substitution, during which Li Changgeng did not have time to explain to the players, and after several pauses, Li Changgeng did not see Li Changgeng have time to analyze his players, but all the players of the Los Angeles team did not hesitate to implement his tactics and unreservedly supported his decision. Once the tactics are formulated, they are implemented most thoroughly, without the need to analyze and explain why; Once you have established a self-centered approach, you will immediately receive the most thorough support, and you don't need to worry about whether there will be opposition from anyone. Whether as a coach or a player, Li Chang Gung is the absolute center of the whole team. All the team members are tightly united with this center.
"Maybe the Los Angeles team players themselves didn't realize that Li Changgeng has far more weight than a coach and an ace player in their hearts. In their hearts, NCAA ball king Li Changgeng has become a mythical existence. All the Los Angeles team players have this idea in their hearts: as long as Li Changgeng is here, the Los Angeles team will definitely win. And Lee Chang Gung has not lived up to that hope, and so far, as long as he is present, the Los Angeles team has won the game.
However, once Li Changgeng falls, the Los Angeles team will also fall apart in an instant, so in the game against the North Carolina team, after Li Chang Gung was injured and left the game, the game was immediately controlled by the North Carolina team. Although it is despicable to hurt the opposing ace player, it is indeed the most effective way to deal with the Los Angeles team. No one can outweigh Lee's weight on the Los Angeles team.
And Li Changgeng seems to have seen this kind of crisis, so he tried to reduce his playing time as much as possible, and deliberately increased the experience of players and masters. In the game with North Carolina, he insisted on not replacing the center who had committed four fouls, and would rather cover himself than let him and Zhao Tong continue to fight. In the game against the opponent, he would rather take on a greater offensive burden than replace the striker who was repeatedly broken by Kardashian. It may be precisely because of these that he was able to win the respect of the whole team. So by a coach's standards, he's also outstanding.
However, so far, the rest of the Los Angeles team has not grown up to be comparable to him, the team has not really established a second center, and Li Changgeng's mythical status in the hearts of the Los Angeles team players has not changed in the slightest.
"Therefore, as long as Li Changgeng is defeated, the entire Los Angeles team will fall apart in an instant, repeating the scene when he played against North Carolina."
"The other party blocked the other team members, avoided confronting Li Changgeng head-on, and dragged him down with physical exertion, but they failed, precisely because they didn't see this." Speaking of this, the coach deliberately paused, looked around at the nervous players, and said, "Los Angeles' tactics are the opposite of them, Los Angeles must concentrate superior forces and completely block Li Changgeng, as long as their center is chaotic, the entire Los Angeles team will follow suit." Victory naturally belongs to Los Angeles!
A few words will analyze this Los Angeles team thoroughly, and the players of Sherok are all convinced, one by one, elated, and full of confidence in the game against Los Angeles.
Coach Selock finally said: "From the coach's standpoint, I envy Li Changgeng for being able to have such a player who obeys orders, but he will envy Li Changgeng even more for having so many outstanding players." The lack of strength of the Los Angeles team decided that the final winner of this game was the Raptors! ”
"The one who wins must be the Raptors!" The crowd is excited, shouting in unison!
What is Theroke's weakness? What will it take for Los Angeles to beat them? With this question in mind, Li Changgeng couldn't sleep all night. In the middle of the night, he hid in the bathroom as usual to repair the injury of his right hand, although the unexpected discovery of the injury not only did not think that the relationship between the game had deteriorated, but the bone joints showed signs of improvement. But this did not bring many surprises to Li Changgeng,
I thought all night, and when I returned, the dawn was already shining outside the window. Quietly got out of bed, changed into jersey and sneakers and walked out of the room. Came to Harris's room, knocked lightly on the door a few times, and after a while someone opened the door, and Harris was inside.
Li Changgeng nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "I'll wait for you on the basketball court downstairs, put on your jersey and shoes, and take the basketball with you!" ”
Harris glared at Li Changgeng without saying a word, and then closed the door.
If it were Mozart or Paul Lee Chang Gung, it would have been understood: Bastard, I haven't slept enough, don't bother me. But he is Harris, needless to say, Li Changgeng knows that he will come down.
Carrying a basketball, Li Changgeng took the lead downstairs.
Stand still under the basketball hoop. The dawn has just dawned in the east, and the sun has not yet fully risen. It's already late autumn, and I feel a cool air in the morning wearing this penalty uniform.
Let's warm up first. Run a few steps to warm up your body, stretch your limbs, stretch your body, move your joints, and shoot a few dribbles.
A person stood quietly behind him, and he didn't need to look back at Li Changgeng to know that it was Harris.
"Warm up!" Li Changgeng stopped what he was doing and turned around.
still didn't say a word, and warmed up step by step according to the usual warm-up steps. After Lee scored a couple of three-pointers, Harris had already warmed up with a standard shot.
"Don't you ask why Li Changgeng called you over?"
"You're going to say it yourself, aren't you?" Standard Harris answers.
For such an answer, Li Changgeng is no exception, but it would be strange if he showed a very enthusiastic question. Gently roll the basketball to the sidelines, raise it with one hand, and shoot the basketball in his hand at Harris. Harris grabbed the basketball with his right hand and held the basketball firmly in his hand.
"Come on, one-on-one!" With his hands outstretched, Li Changgeng assumed a defensive posture.
Harris grabbed the basketball, his eyes were shining, and although the expression change could not be seen on his cold face, the fiery eyes could not hide his violent inner turmoil.
With only a brief hesitation, Harris quickly demonstrated his decision in action. Pursing his mouth, the basketball in his hand was suddenly pressed down, and the ball was dribbled.
This is normal, how could this man run away from the challenge!
The basketball hit the ground unhurriedly, and his footsteps slowly drifted along the three-point line, but his sharp eyes never left Li Changgeng's eyes.
His outstretched hands drooped slightly, and his feet followed his steps as easily as a leisurely walk. With a smile on his face, Li Changgeng faced this cold man.
The speed of the dribble suddenly increases, and it is time to break through!
Accelerating along the three-point line, Li Changgeng on the inside line worked hard at his feet, and he couldn't let him overtake. "Smack!" The basketball hit the ground, the forward momentum suddenly stopped, and the basketball was handed to the left hand, "Bang!" "The momentum of the right rush suddenly turned into a breakthrough to the left. The two of them staggered and slightly opened a little gap, did they shoot baskets? No, Li Changgeng's right hand, whose center of gravity has been stabilized and pulled down, has quickly blocked that gap. With Li Changgeng's explosive power, he can completely block him in hits.
No shots, "Smack!" The basketball crotch was changed to the right hand, the left rush disappeared, and the right hand continued to break through to the right with the ball, and at this time Li Changgeng was already entangled again......
The two continued to face off.
Turning around like a whirlwind, Harris finally found a gap, jumped up, and shot the basket!
"Smack!" The basketball was shot down.
Panting slightly, Harris stared at Li Changgeng coldly, "It's your place!" ”
Grabbing the basketball bouncing on the ground with one palm, Li Changgeng let out a long breath: "Are you ready?" ”
"Come on!" With his hands outstretched and his feet open, Harris stared at Li Changgeng with sharp eyes.
"Smack!" The speed of the ball suddenly accelerated, the left foot in front, the right foot in the back dribble speed suddenly changed, the body rushed forward, and suddenly there was a tendency to rush forward to the right.
"Right?" Harris instantly blocked to the right.
"Smack, smack!" The basketball drills from the crotch to the left, grabs it with the left hand, jumps, shoots! The basketball arced and landed steadily in the hoop!
Feet on the ground, still not out of place!
1:0!
"Good shot!" With a cold exclamation, Harris grabbed the ball on the ground, "It's time for Li Changgeng to attack!" ”
Come on!
"Smack!" After a series of feints, the ball was once again sealed by Li Changgeng. The two panted and stared at each other.
"Come again!"
3:0!
……
4:0!
……
The last ball, turn, heel kick, head to him high jump! Frontal shots? Harris jumped up just in time.
"Brush!" The basketball grazed his fingertips and flew to the basket. Will it go in? As soon as he landed, Harris turned and turned back. The ball landed on the basket, bounced and fell into the basket again.
5:0!
"I lost!" panting, unwilling, but still very upright to admit defeat.
Li Changgeng here is not much better than him, and he also gasped and said, "Rest for a while, and then come back!" "In just a few weeks, his strength has been completely judged by the two.
Just, it's not enough!
Kung Fu for a while.
"I've rested enough!" Harris stood in front of Li Changgeng, holding the basketball in his hand, and looked at Li Changgeng quietly.
Wiping the sweat, Li Changgeng said lightly: "Let's start!" It's still you who attack first! ”
"Smack!" The dribble accelerated, the step of rushing forward suddenly stopped, the basketball was handed over to the right hand, and he turned around and shot the basket! "Smack!" It's blocked!
"You took too big a step just now, so when you retracted, it affected your speed!" After steadily blocking his ball, Li Changgeng told him lightly that there was no ridicule in his tone, and there was no taste of arrogance, just telling him.
Thinking for a moment, "I see! ”
"It's my offense!" Grabbing the ball, Li Changgeng attacked.
"Brush!" The basketball landed safely in the hoop. "It's too fast to block just now, and it's good to react quickly, but don't be confused by feints. In addition to relying on experience, there are still traces to follow in determining whether it is a feint or not, and you can try to judge whether it is a feint from these aspects......"
Pondering, he nodded, "I see!" ”
"Then go on!"
……
"Brush!" The ball went in, and this time it was Harris who scored. Even if he was as cold as Harris, a smile finally appeared on his face at this time.
"Yes, take a break!" Li Changgeng smiled slightly.
The impact on Harris against a master like Kardashian is immeasurable, and after giving him time to digest and absorb this experience, his ball skills will grow rapidly. But there's no time now, it's tomorrow when we have to play.
The quickest way is for someone to help him digest these experiences and break through the obstacles to help him complete this critical step. And this person is Li Changgeng. In addition to Li Chang Gung, even if Coach Meigelo comes in person, he will not be more qualified than Li Chang Geng. Let him play in actual combat, point out his shortcomings after breaking his moves, let him gradually absorb these experiences in the continuous confrontation, and improve the technical moves step by step, this is Li Changgeng's teaching method.
And this kind of mentorship is not exclusive to Harris. For this cold man, even if Li Changgeng taught in the form of reprimand, I am afraid there would be no criticism. The thirst to improve his technique, the desire to win, makes him tolerant of everything. The fact that he made two concessions in the match showed how obsessed he was with winning the match.
The sun was rising high, and the two men under the basket were already sweating. There were already onlookers around.
"That's it, that's all for today!" The right hand began to ache again, and the stimulation from the sweat that had just entered the broken wound made Li Changgeng almost unable to hold the ball.
Harris hesitated for a moment, then hesitated, "I want to practice a little longer!" ”
"That's it. There's a tough battle tomorrow. The most important thing now is to recover your strength. You're going to have to take the lead in tomorrow's game. Besides, if you go back and think about it, you can better help you improve your technology. Li Changgeng said in a tactful tone, but the tough taste was very obvious. At this time, it is really not advisable to consume too much physical strength. He's a must-have for tomorrow's game.
Harris nodded slightly, grabbed the basketball on the ground, and followed Li Changgeng towards the hotel.
Suddenly, two people in front of him blocked the way to Los Angeles. It was two girls who were so nervous that their faces were flushed, and a girl in front pinched the corners of her clothes and plucked up the courage to step forward and said, "May I ask if you are Li Changgeng, a classmate of the Los Angeles basketball team?" ”
Li Changgeng looked at her in surprise and replied, "Yes, I am, is there something wrong?" ”
Mustering up her courage, the girl raised her head, and said with a red face: "Los Angeles is the reporter of the school newspaper of XX University, like asking you a few questions, do you have a second child?" ”
Interview, Li Changgeng frowned, how could Li Changgeng have such time at this time. His eyes fell on the two of them, and on the other side of the hotel, the teaching assistant was walking towards him. He smiled slightly and said, "If you have any questions, the manager of the Los Angeles team will answer them." She's coming! He pointed to the teaching assistant who was walking by.
The assistant teacher walked up to him and looked at Los Angeles suspiciously. Li Changgeng hurriedly said: "There are two reporters who want to ask a few questions, Yunyun, you can answer them!" Saying that, he hurriedly pulled out his legs and left, just kidding, this kind of hot taro has a chance and should not be thrown away quickly.
Go back upstairs, wash up and look at the time, it's already breakfast time. The team members all appeared in the hallway, with the exception of Mozart and Paul.
"What about Mozart and Paul?"
"I don't think I've gotten up yet!"
Haven't gotten up yet? What a bastard! kicked the door open, and Li Changgeng rushed in angrily. After a while, two shirtless men ran out with their clothes.
"Bastard, can you sleep lazily without a game?" Li Changgeng scolded angrily, "Are you complacent just after reaching the quarterfinals?" ”
Mozart and Paul lowered their heads and muttered something, but in the end they did not say it.
Glancing at them fiercely, Li Changgeng led everyone downstairs. When I met the teaching assistant and the two girls just now in the elevator, the assistant teacher's bitter smile made Li Changgeng's old face instantly hot, and there seemed to be a cold sweat on his back.
After eating and resting for a while, Li Changgeng took the players to the basketball court. The stadium that was full a few days ago has thinned out a lot today, after all, there are only eight teams left! And there are four more teams playing today.
Because yesterday's game was too expensive, Li Changgeng only scheduled some recovery training. But there are exceptions......
"Mozart, Paul, you two come here!" Standing under the rebound, Li Changgeng shouted to the two people in the jog.
The two of them stood in front of Li Changgeng suspiciously.
"You two, do special training!"
Mozart screamed, "No, Los Angeles just slept a little longer, no more punishment!" ”
"That's right, boss, forget it this time!" Paul also said with a bitter face.