Chapter 31: Winning the Game

Cardenshi, Yoon Lunyu, and Kardashian all noticed Li Changgeng's depressed expression. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoHaving a strong team like Caterina as an opponent can't make you burn? Even a Li Changgeng player like Ka Sesame, still can't you feel like you're going all out? Li Changgeng, how deep is your strength? The three of them invariably flashed such shock in their hearts.

In the lounge, after drinking the drink in his hand, Li Changgeng leaned on the wardrobe and closed his eyes. The game in the first half flashed in his mind, and Ka Sesame's outstanding performance echoed in Li Changgeng's mind at the same time. is indeed an outstanding player, worthy of the title of Li Changgeng. Whether it's defense, offense, solo or organizing the team's offense, Ka Sesame is undoubtedly the top. It's just that there always seems to be some gap compared to the expectations in Li Changgeng's heart.

Today's Li Changgeng seems to be particularly bloodthirsty and aggressive, and has taken the initiative to fight alone with Ka Sesame several times. However, Ka Sesame chose to cooperate with the whole team after Katarina's timeout. The few shots he had were also in perfect position. From his standpoint, there is nothing wrong with that, and if it weren't for a few mistakes by his teammates, Los Angeles' five-point advantage would have been achieved by five points.

The game was exciting, everyone performed well, Los Angeles took the lead, but Li Chang Gung couldn't get excited. A hearty warm-up before encountering the Raptors, is Li Changgeng's wish excessive?

The break passed quickly and the second half began.

offense, constant offense; Defend, defend with all your might. There is no need for Li Changgeng to tell everyone too much, so it is natural to do so. Katerina changed her strategy several times, and Los Angeles centered on Li Changgeng without the slightest relaxation. After the experience of defeating Shanghai and Serok, everyone has the confidence to defeat Katarina. You must know that in terms of the comprehensive strength of the team, Floying and Selock are not inferior to the opponents in front of them.

With the support of strong confidence, everyone's actions are becoming more and more flexible, cooperating more and more, and tacit understanding. And Li Changgeng, who was defending Ka Sesame, figured out his actions little by little, and gradually began to curb the power of Ka Sesame after a few effective breaks. The game has gone to Los Angeles.

Caterina took two timeouts and the situation did not change in the slightest.

In the tenth minute of the second half, Li Changgeng replaced Paul, who had been actively fighting inside and controlling most of the rebounds in Los Angeles. This guy just blindly grabbed the ball desperately, if he didn't replace him, Li Changgeng doubted whether he still had the physical strength in the next game. Harris, who was on the bench with Erlang's legs crossed and closed his eyes to recuperate, kicked Li Changgeng to the inside line to replace Paul's task just now.

With the addition of Harris, the Los Angeles team's attack has been strengthened, and although the interior defense once gave the opponent a small second son, it quickly made up for it - the arrogant Harris will not allow himself to perform worse than Paul.

Sixteen minutes in the second half. A 16-point lead of 74-86 did not guarantee an easy victory for Los Angeles.

Ka Sesame, definitely not look at the team's defeat like this. The so-called ace player is to turn the tide at a critical time. Li Changgeng players must be able to do what others can't and do things that others can't imagine.

What would you do with card sesame?

A figure with a ball rushes over - Ka Sesame! Swaying from side to side, his feet were erratic, and he was stunned that he had overtaken him. The feet suddenly turned, and the right hand supported the ground and quickly changed the center of gravity, and Li Changgeng quickly caught up.

He jumped up and took a shooting pose. Is it that simple? Li Changgeng, who was chasing after him, followed in a blink of an eye, he had no possibility of passing the ball in this position, and he was determined to judge in his heart that Li Changgeng immediately jumped up and instantly reached a higher position, and his left hand went towards the basketball cover in his hand.

"Whoosh!" Basketball shot, "Smack!" With a crisp slapping sound, the basketball was blocked by Li Changgeng from behind. The basketball bounced off the ground and Chelsea grabbed it.

Flashed Leonard's press, Chelsea rushed inside with the ball. Here Ka Sesame landed on his feet and reached for the ball from Chelsea. "Smack!" The basketball was in his hands again. Li Changgeng, who landed on both feet, was anxious to block it again, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of him - Chelsea!

Hariska jumped high in the face, raised his hand, and shot the basket. Harris's hand was on the little two. The basketball drew a high arc "Whew! It fell into the basket with a thud. After landing on the ground, Ka Sesame took a few steps back and didn't stabilize his center of gravity until he leaned on Li Changgeng - a backward throw?

Good boy, at this critical time, the two technologies can be fused.

Look up at the scoreboard: the score is 76:86, and the clock is three minutes and ten seconds. At this time, you can win safely by delaying the time. But this is not Li Chang Gung's choice.

Offensive! Go on the offensive!

Shouting out the order, the Los Angeles team continued to bet on the whole team. Leonard broke through with the ball, and received his pass, Li Changgeng hit and passed to Mozart under the basket, and Mozart hit the basket strongly, "Huh! The sound of the basket sounded again,

Score.

The Los Angeles team's offense was fluid and pervasive. There has never been such a tacit understanding at such a moment, never so smooth at this moment, and the current Los Angeles team is strong before the second child.

Time was ticking, and the two teams continued to fight with all their might.

Facing Li Changgengka, Sesame jumped blatantly, is it another backward throw? There's no chance you'll succeed again and again. The higher jump up, Li Changgeng hit and blocked his shot.

The basketball bounces high in the middle of the hit. After landing on both feet, he looked up at Li Changgeng, who was chasing after the basketball he hit, and jumped again, "Smack!" "Confiscate the ball before the other pair catches him. Holding the basketball tightly with both hands, Li Changgeng's body fell, and when he hit, Li Changgeng watched and listened in all directions, looking for the position of his teammates, waiting for the ball to be passed out as soon as his feet landed, so that it could score.

"Ahh A cry of horror rang out. At his feet was a man lying on the groundβ€”it was Ka Sesame. The position where Li Changgeng's right foot landed was really his arm. The speed of the fall combined with Li Changgeng's weight, this foot went down......

No. At the last moment, Li Changgeng kicked out his right foot, and he was able to dodge the arm at his feet. "Ahh There was a piercing pain in the condyle of his left foot, and his whole body threw himself to the ground.

Basketball! The basketball in his hand must be passed, and the moment he falls to the ground, the basketball passes to the position of Harris who has just been hit.

"Bump!" The body and the ground slammed into each other, "Flute!" "I heard the referee's whistle.

The team members nervously gathered around one by one. "It doesn't matter to you, Li Changgeng?"

Enduring the pain in his foot, Li Changgeng raised his head and asked, "Did the ball go in just now?" The crowd nodded. Reaching out and putting his hand on Captain Beethoven's shoulder, Li Changgeng was helped up. I tried the situation of my right foot, and I couldn't help but moan, it hurt.

was helped to the rest area, and the teaching assistant immediately ran over with a medicine box. Paul stretched out his hand to take off Li Changgeng's shoes, but Li Changgeng stretched out his hand to stop him: "You replace Li Changgeng on the field!" He looked up at the surrounding players and ordered, "The game is still going on, get back on the pitch." Li Changgeng's feet are fine! ”

Seeing that Li Changgeng was fine, everyone regained their composure. Captain Beethoven returned to the pitch under the leadership of Harris, who was at the end.

"Harris!" Li Changgeng called.

Harris stopped and looked back at Li Changgeng.

"Please!"

Without saying a word, he nodded heavily, and Harris turned back and walked into the court. There was one minute and twenty seconds left, and the score was 76:88. Los Angeles leads by 16 points.

For the rest of the day, the Los Angeles team slowed down the tempo and deliberately delayed the time, leaving the ball in Harris control. Caterina deliberately used foul tactics, and Harris's repeated free throws shattered Katarina's last chance.

"Flute!" The whistle blew. The final score was fixed at 86:91. Los Angeles advanced to the finals.

took off his shoes, and a pair of jade hands gently took off his socks for Li Changgeng. "It's swollen!" With an exclamation, the jade-faced assistant lightly covered her jade lips.

This is already a hotel room, and only Li Changgeng and the assistant teacher are in the room, no matter how loud their voices are, no one else can hear them.

After being replaced on the court, Li Changgeng has been watching the game from the sidelines with a calm expression. After the game, he rushed to the court and partyed with everyone. Hold the hand of Ka Sesame, say goodbye solemnly with sympathy, and make an appointment to see you next year. Waving goodbye to the audience, he stepped on the bus back to the hotel with a relaxed step.

The perfect performance clearly told his teammates: Li Changgeng is very good, and he was not injured at all in that fall just now. Everyone was relieved and happily returned to their respective rooms.

The performance was undoubtedly perfect, but there was one person who couldn't be deceived by the past - the teaching assistant. From the moment Li Changgeng left the game, her eyes were always locked on Li Changgeng. Refusing her to be examined, and walking back and forth in front of her with a complacent demeanor did not give her any relief. She looked at Li Changgeng, who was talking and laughing, and felt like she was sitting on pins and needles.

Back in the room, her worried expression and complaining gaze quickly made Li Changgeng raise his hand and surrender and obediently take off his shoes for her to check.

As a result, the condyle under the sock is swollen.

The teaching assistant's eyes immediately turned red, and tears rolled in his eyes: "From then to now, why didn't you let Li Changgeng check it?" Why didn't you say a word? Why put up with it? ”

"Li Changgeng ......" opened his mouth to speak, but Li Changgeng couldn't say a word in the face of her tears.

Crystal tears slipped from his eyes, and the teaching assistant couldn't wipe away the tears on his face, so he hurriedly took out the medicine box and opened it. An unstable medicine box fell from the bed and fell to the ground. In a hurry, the teaching assistant reached out to pick up the medicine box but put it down, and found "Yunnan Baiyao Aerosol" and gauze from the spilled medicine. lifted Li Changgeng's trouser leg, gently wiped the sweat from the condyle, and carefully touched the medicine. After doing all this, she leaned weakly on the edge of the bed and said nothing. The mess of medicine under his feet was not cleaned up.

Looking at her sneeringly, Li Changgeng's voice was dry for a while, and his lips opened and closed several times, but he didn't know what to say. In the face of the pear blossom with rain in front of her, any justification is superfluous. Unconsciously stretched out her right hand, and in a trance, she gently touched her face and gently wiped away the tears on her face.

Raising her head and looking up at Li Changgeng, her body trembled slightly.

The four eyes looked at each other, like two magnets attracting each other, and the eyes of the two could no longer be taken away. In a quiet room, a gentle atmosphere quietly permeates. Gently holding her jade hand, the two looked at each other like this.

Any explanation is superfluous, and any words are unnecessary at this time. Looking at each other, she could see the guilt in Li Changgeng's heart, and Li Changgeng could read her worries.

Silence is better than sound at this time!

The ringing of "Ding Bell Bell ......" breaks the silence of the room. The faces of the two of them turned red at the same time, and the clenched hands let go at the same time.

What a bastard, that guy called at this time.

The TA picked up the phone: "Hey...... Oh...... That's right...... Knowing it...... "put down the phone," just now Brother Li Changgeng called, and the semi-finals over there are over. The Raptors win! ”

Raptors? Suddenly got up from the bed, and the final opponent was really a Raptor! Excited, Li Changgeng clenched his fists: I finally have a chance to compete with the Raptors, Li Changgeng has finally waited for this opportunity!

The atmosphere seemed to be a little strange, and the beautiful eyes of the teaching assistant were staring at Li Changgeng. The old face was slightly red, and Li Changgeng sat down again. The assistant teacher took out the bandage from the mess of medicines on the ground, lifted Li Changgeng's right foot and prepared to bandage it.

"I heard my brother say that the final score of the two teams is 30 points apart. It didn't take long for North Carolina to lose control of the game! While gently bandaging, the teaching assistant told Li Changgeng.

More than thirty points? The opponent is a strong team in one of the top four, and the Raptors were able to achieve an absolute advantage of more than 30 points! The North Carolina team that beat Los Angeles lost the game so easily. Is this the Raptors? What terrifying strength!

"The final is tomorrow...... You...... Are you going to play tomorrow? After hesitating for a long time, the teaching assistant finally asked.

The room fell silent again. It's been a long time, and finally ......

"Hmm!" With a soft sound, the room was quiet again.

She lowered her head as if concentrating on the work in hand, and Li Changgeng couldn't see her face. Her hands were steady, but her shoulders seemed to tremble slightly.

Li Chang Gung can have a whole bunch of reasons why he has to play, Li Chang Geng can tell her that Li Chang Geng's injury is not in the way, Li Chang Geng can tell her that this is the opportunity that Li Chang Geng has been waiting for for four years...... But all this is superfluous. With the hand-holding just now, these reasons are not justified.

She understands all of this.

Li Changgeng was speechless, she was silent.

"Alright, stand up and give it a try!" Raising her head, she said to Li Changgeng with a calm face.

Standing up and walking around a few steps at will, trying to jump a few times, Li Changgeng's face was full of smiles: "It's good, I don't feel any pain at all!" And it seems that you can jump even higher when you take off! ”

"That's it!" She also had a smile on her face, "This girl's craftsmanship is not bad!" ”

The smile came so suddenly, but neither of them seemed to realize it. In the blink of an eye, the somewhat dreary atmosphere seemed to disappear without a trace.

"Knock knock!" There was a knock on the door. Li Changgeng lowered his trouser legs.

Opening the door, Harris appears outside.

"There was a result of the game over there, the Raptors won, and in the end they won by more than 30 points!" Harris still had a cool expression on his face, and he didn't see any effect on him from this result.

Li Changgeng nodded and said, "Li Changgeng already knew about it just now. ”

"You're all right with your feet!" With Harris's cold voice, the doors of each room opened and several heads poked out at once. Do these guys have such good ears?

Jumped a few times: "Do you see Li Changgeng looking like something is wrong?" He turned to the heads that were about to retract and said, "Don't retract back to you yet, we have a meeting in the evening." After dinner, go to Li Changgeng's room to gather! ”

"Oh!" "Got it!" Voices of answers came from all over the room.

In the room, Li Changgeng opened the cabinet and found his duffel bag. He pulled out one of the videotapes and stared at the silence.

The teaching assistant asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

"Tape, tape of the Raptors game."

"Are you going to show it to everyone?"

After a moment of silence, he sighed weakly: "Li Changgeng is hesitating!" "The Raptors are really strong. Their strength is not evident in a single NCAA-level game. The Raptors undoubtedly showed themselves to be very strong after losing to them by 30 points, but their strength was more than that.

Only a strong enough opponent can channel the Raptors' strongest strength. Similarly, no matter how good the Raptors are in the NCAA game, they are not all they are.

So Li Changgeng never went to watch the Raptors play. This tape is enough to overturn the strength they have shown in all their previous fights. And Li Changgeng believes that the current Raptors must be more powerful than this.

Such a Raptor, such an opponent, is it something that the Los Angeles players can accept calmly? Will they be intimidated by this? After the opening ceremony of the competition, the frightened performances of the team members are still vivid.

However, if they are not mentally prepared now, won't they be even more panicked tomorrow once the Raptors' true strength is revealed?

But can a day really bring them back to their normal state of mind? If not, then it wouldn't be a loss for Los Angeles before the game even started.

Damn it. It's a big head. Grabbing his head with both hands, Li Changgeng was annoyed.

A jade hand gently handed the tape to Li Changgeng, and the gentle voice of the teaching assistant sounded: "Li Changgeng knows what you are worried about, please show it to everyone." If you lose your fighting spirit here, there is no need to participate in the finals. After all, the competition is not your own competition, please trust everyone! ”

Raise your head, look up at her, a gentle smile on her beautiful face, a gleam in her eyes - that is encouragement!

Yes, trust your teammates! Why did Li Changgeng, who has always put this sentence on his lips, forget this at this time. Now that the NCAA has played, the Los Angeles teammates are no longer rookies who have stepped into the NCAA threshold for the first time.

Los Angeles is also a strong team!

After dinner.

Raptors.

A Raptors player rushed into Guo Jinyi's room and said excitedly: "Coach, I got the video of today's game in Los Angeles." ”

"Everyone has already gathered in the conference room, right?"

"Yes, everyone is here!"

"Let's take the tape with you!"

Los Angeles.

The floor and the bed were full of players. Although the room is not small, it is still a little crowded with more than a dozen big men pouring in at the same time. Groups of three or five team members talked happily.

"Haha, Los Angeles is also in the finals. I'm already satisfied with tomorrow's final, no matter what the result is! ”

"yes, even if we lose the game, Los Angeles is the runner-up. I still can't believe it! The two first-year team members whispered in a low voice.

"Bump! Touch! The two men immediately received two violent blows on the head, and Mozart's terrifying figure appeared in front of them: "Stupid, can the runner-up make you psychologically satisfied?" Los Angeles is aiming for the championship. ”

"But, tomorrow's opponent is the Raptors......"

"Bastard!" Paul's head suddenly appeared in front of Chu Cheng, and he said with high ambition, "What about the Raptors." Tomorrow Los Angeles will crush them like that! ”

The voices of Mozart and Paul attracted everyone's attention. Beethoven and Leonard watched with a smile on the sidelines, and it was rare that they did not reproach them for "bullying" their juniors. Harris sat at the end of his head without raising his head, and his mind seemed to be attracted by the pendant in his hand.

It's almost time. Li Changgeng stood up, and the room suddenly fell silent. Under the attention of everyone, Li Changgeng took out the video tape and put it into the video recorder. Want to open?

Coach Ben also has an opening remark.

"Tomorrow is the final. It will be the most important tournament since Los Angeles entered the NCAA. Tomorrow's opponent will also be the strongest Los Angeles has faced since they entered the NCAA - because they are the Raptors. King Raptor, Li Changgeng thinks everyone must be familiar with this title. A team that has been at the top of NCAA basketball for a decade!

"The Raptors are strong, how strong are they? Everyone has probably seen the opening ceremony. But what I'm telling you is that the Raptors are much stronger than what you see.

"What I'm going to show you is a video of the Raptors. This game is not any in the NCAA League, and their opponents are professional teams. The Raptors showed much more strength in this game than you could have imagined, and it was enough to blow the confidence of each and every one of you. People who are low on confidence in themselves can exit this room. This is not alarmist, let alone agitated. Those who left the room should not feel ashamed, because when he first watched this video, Li Changgeng couldn't regain confidence for three days. ”

A heavy opening remark made the whole team suddenly solemn. There was a serious atmosphere in the room.

"It's time to play, please watch it carefully!" Press the play button to start recording.

At the same time the Raptors.

Evans' opening remarks.

"Tomorrow is the NCAA League Finals. The Los Angeles team finally made it to the final. Los Angeles' expectations in the past few months have finally not been disappointed, and NCAA football champion Li Changgeng has finally not disappointed Los Angeles.

"For the past two months, Los Angeles has practiced more rigorously than in the last few years for tomorrow's race. Everything will be known tomorrow. I don't think everyone needs Li Changgeng to mobilize. ”

The Raptors' team members all had firm expressions, and the room was serious.