Chapter 2: Intra-Team Confrontation
Group A lineup, center Redick, power forward Harris, small forward Johnson, scoring guard Paul, point guard Li Changgeng. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Group B lineup, center Mozart, power forward Leonard, small forward Beethoven, scoring guard Vujacic, point guard O'Neal.
The reason why Li Changgeng was assigned to the role of point guard was because he was not tall enough, and Coach Mergello did not want to look at Li Changgeng's basic skills.
Before the start of the game, Coach Mergelo did not make arrangements for the tactics of the two teams, but clearly told the players of the two teams that you negotiate for yourself.
On the side of Group A, Redick and Harris began to discuss, and Li Changgeng just watched from the side and did not express his opinion, because he was not familiar with Reddick and the people in Group B, so he didn't know where to start if he wanted to speak.
So, he simply didn't express his opinion, and waited for a few minutes to find out the truth and truth.
And Reddick didn't mean to ask Li Changgeng's opinion, the four of them got together and discussed for a while, and then told Li Changgeng the result, telling Li Changgeng to pass the ball quickly when attacking, don't do it alone, and adopt man-to-man tactics on defense, so it's over.
"After discussing for a long time, it turned out that such a way of playing was discussed, these guys are really ......" Li Changgeng was a little depressed.
He didn't know much about the people in Group B, so he didn't have anything to say, but Redick knew a few things, but he only discussed such a way of playing, and there was no detailed division of labor, just said that the offense should be stable and the defense should be careful, but how to play steadily and how to be careful, but there is no explanation.
This made Li Changgeng have to despise Reddick a few times in his heart, just this tactical literacy, it is indeed a little bad!
He didn't know that Reddick was actually a rookie who was only recruited this year, and their understanding of each other was also very limited, no one could convince anyone, and no one could arrange any tactics, so it was simply simple and improvised.
On the other hand, in Group B, Mozart, Leonard, Beethoven, Vujacic, and O'Neill are almost all second-graders, or third-graders, all of whom are the main players of the team, playing together for at least a year, and they know each other well, who is good at what and who is not good at what, all of them are clear.
Therefore, after a little discussion, several people quickly determined the tactics.
"Toot ......"
The whistle blows, and the ball jumps.
Redick is 209 cm tall and weighs 105 kilograms, and the bounce can only be said to be average, while Mozart is 211 centimeters tall and weighs 109 kilograms, and the bounce is much better than Redick, so it was easy to give the racket to O'Neill.
O'Neill is a typical black guy, 1.94 meters tall, with excellent physical condition, strong muscles, and fast speed, he crossed the halfway line in the blink of an eye, and gestured to his teammates, Mozart quickly lifted it up to help him block and dismantle, O'Neal accelerated with a change of direction, and made a quick stop jump shot.
"Huh!"
Goal in, 2:0.
"This O'Neal seems to have two brushes, excellent physical fitness, fast speed, solid ball control, and good at pull-up jump shots." Li Changgeng said secretly in his heart, and quickly summed up these information.
Group A attack, Redick served to the bottom line, Li Changgeng advanced with the ball, O'Neill seemed to intend to give him a dismount, and he directly knocked down Li Changgeng and stretched out his arm, wanting to break the ball from his hand. Li Changgeng snorted coldly, accelerated with a change of direction, and instantly shook off O'Neill.
On the sidelines, Coach Meigello's eyes lit up and praised with a smile: "Lee's ball control ability is good, the ball sense is very good, and the speed is also very fast. Next to him, another assistant coach recorded these messages in a notebook, which will become Li Changgeng's internal file.
After passing the middle line, Li Changgeng took in the situation on the court at a glance, Redick and several people were entangled with each other, he himself got rid of O'Neal, and the other party did not come up to make up for the defense, so there was a chance to play alone at this time. But seeing Paul rushing to ask for the ball, Li Changgeng thought about it and chose to pass the ball.
This is just the beginning, he doesn't need to play immediately, he can look at his teammates first, and it's not too late to shoot when he knows the strength of his teammates.
Paul took the ball, made a pick-and-roll with Redick, and then quickly returned the ball, Redick made a jumper along the free throw line, but unfortunately the ball didn't go in and bounced out of the frame.
With a "snap", Mozart took the rebound and quickly passed it to O'Neal.
Group B began to counterattack, Group A quickly retreated, Li Changgeng glanced at Paul and Redick, and there were two more messages in his heart: "Paul lacks the ability to hold the ball and play alone, he should be a pitcher, although Redick is a white player, he doesn't feel good, he should be biased to attack inside, and rely on flexible steps to eat." ”
O'Neal quickly crossed the halfway line, passed the ball to Leonard, and ran around the basket himself, to the right near the baseline, Liu opened his hand, and Leonard quickly passed the ball to him.
"Made, these guys really treat me like a soft persimmon, damn!" Li Changgeng suddenly reacted, the other party is consciously hitting himself at this point, thinking that he is Chinese, his physical fitness is definitely not good, and his height is only one meter and eight, so he deliberately created this opportunity for O'Neill to play in a low position.
The next moment, O'Neal's words confirmed this: "Kid from China, let me tell you, you shouldn't come to play basketball with your stature." As soon as the words fell, he began to play with his back to himself, wanting to rely on his height and body to eat Li Changgeng and give Li Changgeng a dismount.
"You want to hit me with your body, huh!" Li Changgeng exerted his strength, and a force that was difficult to see from his appearance erupted from his body and collided with O'Neal.
With a muffled sound, O'Neill paused, and glanced at Li Changgeng in surprise, he found that the other party's strength was not inferior to his own, and he was a little confused for a while.
At this moment, Li Changgeng made a bucket and immediately stabbed the ball in O'Neal's hand, and then accelerated around the front and grabbed the basketball first.
The next moment, Li Changgeng was like a bright sports car, and the whole person turned into a phantom, quickly crossed the halfway line, hit the three-point line, and scored an easy pick.
2:2。
This made Mozart's face a little ugly, and Vujacic glanced at O'Neill and complained: "O'Neill, what are you doing?" A Chinese who is only one meter and eight meters, have you forgotten how to carry a single on your back? And being robbed, God, I'm so ashamed of you. ”
"Bastard, you wouldn't be better off than me." O'Neill cursed secretly in his heart, looked at Li Changgeng, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "That guy is only one meter and eight, and he is still a Chinese, how can he have so much strength?" Could it be that he took doping? ”
In fact, it's all the credit of Xiao Er.
Under the guidance of Xiao Er, Li Changgeng's body training is perfect, there are no terrifying muscles, but it is incomparably perfectly coordinated, and the strength is hidden under the skin, which is difficult to see with the naked eye, and only when he explodes can he feel that explosive power!
Next, O'Neal tried two more back-to-back singles against Li Changgeng, but the results were unsuccessful, and then no matter what his teammates said, he stopped trying because it was meaningless.
However, although O'Neill did not take advantage of Li Changgeng, the overall strength of Group B is indeed stronger than Group A.
Group B is full of old players, with tacit understanding, and the strength is also stronger than the people in Group A, Mozart, Leonard, Beethoven, Vujacic completely crushed Redick on the side of Group A. Mozart and Vujasic, in particular, almost knocked Redick and Paul out.
Moreover, Li Changgeng was observing his teammates, and he didn't take the initiative to shoot in the next few minutes, and handed the ball over to his teammates after passing the ball over the middle line.
Of course, out of distrust of him, once the ball is passed, his teammates will never pass the ball back to Li Changgeng, so that he has no chance to play even if he wants to.
After coming and going, a section of time passed.
At the end of the quarter, the score became 30:12, and Group A trailed by 18 points.
You know, the NCAA regular game is only divided into two halves, each half is 20 minutes, today because it is a training game, so it is divided into four quarters, each quarter is 10 minutes. In just 10 minutes, Group B actually allowed Group A to score 30 points, which can no longer be described as humiliating, this is simply a shame!
Reddick, Harris, Johnson, and Paul were all depressed, and the huge sense of loss made them feel congested and unable to lift their spirits.
Looking at a few people, Li Changgeng was also very depressed, he only shot twice in this quarter, one was a fast-break layup after stealing O'Neal, and the other was when there were only three seconds left in the first quarter, and he threw a whistle ball at the half-court position, but naturally he didn't shoot.
Therefore, Li Changgeng can't be blamed for playing like this in the first quarter, but as a member of the team, Li Changgeng is still sad.
Meigello walked over, looked at Li Changgeng and the others, and said, "Young men, you are a lot behind." ”
Several people's heads hung even lower.
Meigello smiled and said: "Redick, Harris, Johnson, Paul, and Lee, you are all newcomers who only entered the team this year, Mozart They are all old players, and they cooperate more tacitly, and it is nothing for you to lose to them." As he spoke, his tone changed, "Okay, if you think the difference in strength is too big, I can adjust the lineup, what do you think?" ”
As soon as Redick and the others were about to agree, Li Changgeng stepped forward and spoke first: "No, Coach Meigello, please believe us." We may lose this game, but we don't throw in the towel before we have a result, and we don't accept handouts. ”
"Lee, what are you doing?" Reddick exclaimed.
"What are you talking nonsense?" Paul was also anxious and whispered, "We are not opponents at all, and we will lose even worse later." ”
Li Changgeng pretended not to hear their words, stared at Meigello seriously, and repeated: "Coach, please believe us." ”
Meigello's heart shook slightly, and after looking at Li Changgeng for a while, he found that he couldn't see through this young man from the East, who was only about one meter eight tall and not strong, but he exuded a kind of confidence from the inside out, which made people involuntarily convinced.
"Mysterious China, a magical country, maybe it really brought me a surprise little guy." Meigello said secretly in his heart and nodded, "Okay, you will still be in this lineup later." Lee, you can shoot more on the outside. ”
"Huh?" Li Changgeng's heart moved, and he immediately understood that the coach was reminding himself that the inside strength of Group B was very strong, and the outside line was the breakthrough. I didn't expect the coach to remind himself that Li Changgeng smiled gratefully at Coach Meigello and said, "I understand, thank you." ”
A smile appeared on Meigello's face, and he found that he liked the oriental lad more and more.
......
When Meigello left, Reddick and Harris suddenly pulled down their faces, and glared at Li Changgeng angrily, very dissatisfied with his unauthorized master.
Facing the eyes of several people, Li Changgeng had a serious expression and said in a deep voice: "Griffin, Harris, Johnson, Paul, let me ask you, do you think you are inferior to Mozart?" ”
"I ......," Reddick opened his mouth.
"We weren't their opponents in the first place, they were already in the second and third grades." But Paul said weakly.
Hearing this, Li Changgeng's face sank and he shouted: "Wrong! I don't think so, maybe we have a gap with them in terms of personal strength, maybe we don't have as much cooperation as they do, but we don't necessarily lose. Even if we lose, we can't admit defeat without finishing the fight. If you were still men, I think you would understand this and make the same decision as I did. If it's not a man, forget it. ”
For a while, Reddick's faces changed, one moment entangled, one moment unwilling, and another moment a little hesitant.
After a while, a few people returned to normal, and Reddick gritted his teeth fiercely and roared, "Lee, you're right, we can't admit defeat without finishing the fight." Although we know that we will lose, we still have to fight, and if we are soldiers, we must not surrender without fighting. ”
Li Changgeng couldn't laugh or cry at Reddick's metaphor, but it didn't affect his understanding, in the final analysis, Li Changgeng meant this.
"Fight."
"Even if we lose, we will fight to the end." At this time, Johnson, Harris, and Paul also said one after another.
Seeing that several people had already made up their minds and their morale had regained, Li Changgeng smiled and said to a few people: "Brothers, I said that we will not necessarily lose. As soon as the eyes of several people lit up, they listened to Li Changgeng continue: "The other party's personal ability is above us, and the cooperation is also better than ours, so we can't fight with the other party, we need to surprise to win." ”
"First of all, we have to avoid the inside line, the opponent is very good inside, the physical quality is good, and we are behind the opponent in the confrontation."
"Avoiding the inside, we focus on the outside. Paul, I know you're a pitcher, your job is to shoot from the outside, I'm going to pass the ball to you, trust me, I'm going to get the ball when you get the chance. Please also promise me that I must vote. Li Changgeng said.
Paul nodded and reassured, "Don't worry, if the opportunity is good enough, I will definitely be able to make it." ”
"Okay." Li Changgeng nodded and looked at Redick, "Redick, you have to run more and attract Mozart to the outside, so that we can have a chance to rush and grab rebounds." In the case of inferior opponents on the inside, you can only win by actively rushing for rebounds. ”
"Harris, near the baseline is your range, and you're in that range."
"Johnson, you have to cooperate with Paul more, Paul's range is biased beyond the three-point line, your range is biased inside the three-point line, you can complement each other......"
"Do you all understand?" After Li Changgeng finished speaking, he licked his lips and asked, "Is there anything else you don't understand?" ”
"Nope."
"Understood." Several people nodded.
At this time, Li Changgeng realized that the eyes of several people looking at him were obviously different from before.
If the previous few people still underestimated him, then their eyes were full of admiration at this time, because they found that in just such a time, Li Changgeng actually saw the technical characteristics of each of the four of them, and was able to distribute, combine, and utilize, which was not simple.
Several people asked themselves that they would never be able to do it, so no matter what Li Changgeng's ball skills were, this ability alone was enough to impress them.
On the other side, several people from Group B also gathered together.
Several people are led by the center Mozart, because Mozart is the oldest and strongest among the several people, and is the core of the current team, so several people are willing to listen to him.
"Leonard, Beethoven, Vujasic." At this moment, Mozart was telling a few people, "Don't take it too seriously later, we are 18 points ahead, we will definitely win anyway, but everyone is teammates after all, and it is not good to win too much." ”
"Hmm."
“ok!” Leonard nodded in agreement.
Then, Mozart looked at O'Neill, his face was slightly gloomy: "O'Neill, I was very disappointed by your performance in the first quarter, you couldn't fight a Chinese boy, I even wondered, what did you do last night?" Is it wasting too much effort on your little girlfriend's belly? ”
These words were a bit poisonous, and O'Neill's face suddenly pulled down, and he retorted: "Mozart, please take care of your mouth, I didn't do anything last night." Also, don't insult Daisy again, and if you dare to say that again, I'll knock out your front teeth. ”
"Okay, I'll take back what I just said." Mozart shrugged his shoulders and quipped, "But O'Neill, are you really good?" ”
"Don't worry." O'Neill gritted his teeth, looked at Li Changgeng, and said hatefully, "Wait and see, I'll let that kid know that he's powerful." ”
......
Soon, the second quarter of the game began.
There were also two substitutes on the side, Richard and Green, who were watching and expected the coach to replace the two of them in this quarter to help the rookies in Group A, but to their surprise, the coach didn't say anything and didn't seem to plan to make a substitution.
"Oh, I see." Richard suddenly screamed and whispered to Green, "I know why the coach didn't change people, the coach must want to teach that Chinese kid a lesson, so that he can be a water cooler administrator obediently in the future, it must be like this." ”
"......" Green rolled his eyes.
On the field, Group A attacked.
Li Changgeng controlled the ball and crossed the halfway line, glanced at his teammates, and made a gesture to them, and Redick quickly lifted it up to block Li Changgeng. By blocking and dismantling, Li Changgeng quickly shook off O'Neal, walked to the right with the defender, and after two steps, he gave the ball to Redick with a return pass.
At this point, Paul quickly reversed and passed Redick, who handed him the ball and sideways to help him block the pursuing Vujacic.
In this way, Paul finally ran out of the open space, quickly pulled up the jump shot, and the basketball crossed an arc and happily drilled into the Nets.
"Good shot!" Li Changgeng came up and high-fived Paul.
Paul was also very excited, and said to Li Changgeng with a smile: "Li, you are really amazing, this tactic you arranged is very beautiful." ”
In fact, this tactic was temporarily remembered by Li Changgeng, and it was also a tactic he commonly used in Hongcheng, except that he replaced the original Sima Shenji, and Paul replaced his original position.
At 14:30, Group A was still 16 points behind.
Then Group B quickly launched a counterattack, the ball passed twice, and then returned to O'Neal's hands, he was bent on hitting Li Changgeng, so after taking the ball, he accelerated and forced a breakthrough from the right hand, wanting to rely on his own strength and speed to pass Li Changgeng.
It's a pity that his strength is at most comparable to Li Changgeng, but his speed is more than a little slower than Li Changgeng, and he is firmly stuck in the position by Li Changgeng, so he can only force his shot.
"Bang!"
The ball bounced out of the frame, and Harris, who was rushing quickly, got the rebound, and quickly passed to Li Changgeng, and he quickly ran to the frontcourt. At the same time, Redick, Johnson, and Paul also quickly ran to the frontcourt, and everyone was resolute and did not hesitate.
Seeing this scene, Coach Meigello on the sidelines looked at him, swept over a few people in Group A, and finally fell on Li Changgeng, exclaiming: "You brought Reddick and several people together so quickly, Li, you are really a magical Oriental boy." ”
Li Changgeng went to the frontcourt, made a block with Griffin, and then accelerated into the inside, attracting Leonard's help defense, and he suddenly jumped.
Seeing Li Changgeng jump, Leonard also jumped up quickly.
But just after jumping up, he found that the ball in Li Changgeng's hand was gone, and it suddenly disappeared the moment he jumped.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Harris dunked and fell off the hoop, beating his chest excitedly and roaring loudly.
Of course, he will not forget his benefactor Li Changgeng, who helped him dunk it, ran over with a smile and hugged Li Changgeng, and praised: "Li, your ball pass is amazing." ”
This ball was Li Changgeng used the block to kill the inside, attracting Leonard's help defense, and then jumped up while passing the ball from behind, which was very hidden to Harris, who cut into the inside. With such a good opportunity, Harris naturally won't let it go, and immediately made a violent dunk.
Looking at Group A suddenly like a different team, as soon as it came up, it played a 4:0, the people in Group B couldn't be calm, the offense seemed a little impatient, the ball was passed from O'Neill's hand to Beethoven's hand, Beethoven didn't pass it, it was just a dry pull-out jump shot.
The ball didn't score, and Li Changgeng picked up the rebound and quickly launched a counterattack.