Chapter 64: The Eve of the Final
Hongcheng is a city in Guixi Province, the terrain is high in the north and south and low in the middle, the terrain is inclined from northwest to southeast, it belongs to a typical mountainous area, as the only inland city in Guixi Province, and there are so many mounds and hills, it is difficult for external water vapor and cold air to enter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, it also creates a unique landscape of Hongcheng City that is like summer all year round, and Hongcheng City is also named - the city on the stove.
But this year, I don't know what nerves the sky has, a few drizzles in succession, accompanied by a thin cold wind, actually made the city lower a lot of temperature, this day just entered the winter, many people began to put on their coats.
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed since the last Hongcheng semi-finals, and Hongcheng in Group B has entered the finals as a dark horse. On the side of Group A, as expected by everyone, the King of the Mountains won the promotion place.
The two teams in this final are both teams from the Western Division. This is something that has never happened in the past ten years, and if you have to go back to it, it was still the beginning of the league's establishment, the Mountain King and the Ancient Middle School, which is the predecessor of Hongcheng Middle School. Therefore, the major media are very enthusiastic and actively promote these two teams, and even many media have turned out old accounts, turning the championship battle between the two teams into a feud, and Hongcheng has been lively for a while, and even in the county and city next door, there are a lot of people looking forward to this game.
No, as soon as the championship tickets came out, fans flocked to the stadium and snatched up the tickets, which was very popular. Even the front row seats circulating in the black market reached 500RMB, in short, tickets for the championship were hard to find.
Li Changgeng had a headache, originally he wanted to get a few tickets for his uncle and aunt, but such a hot sale made him a little embarrassed to speak, but later the director of the Sports Bureau helped him solve this problem.
Mo Ning drove a red flag in front of Li Changgeng's bicycle, he opened the gate and walked down.
"Chang Gung, call your family to come and see tomorrow's game!" Mourning handed over the three front-row tickets.
"Director, you are ........" Li Changgeng was flattered and did not take it.
Mo Ning stuffed it directly into Li Changgeng's pocket, took out his mobile phone, glanced at it, raised his head again, and said goodbye.
"It's just three tickets, remember to behave well, the leaders in the city have taken a fancy to you, as long as you win the championship tomorrow, the trip to the United States is a sure thing, I have something, so I'll leave first."
Mo Ning turned around, picked up his briefcase and walked out the door, Li Changgeng was speechless in surprise, immersed in happiness, and when Mo Ning walked away, Li Changgeng took out the ticket in his pocket and checked the location.
"......"
Li Changgeng gasped, none of the three tickets given by Mo Ning were not tickets in the front row, and they were still connected, 86.87.88, such a three-in-a-row ticket is not easy to get, Li Changgeng secretly admired Mo Ning's energy in his heart, and then put the tickets in his pocket, rearranged his clothes, and quickly rode his bicycle to school. 、
When Li Changgeng stepped into this school again, an unusual aura came to his face, and everyone walking on the road looked at Li Changgeng's figure, and all of them were in awe.
"That Li Changgeng is really powerful, I heard that he scored 25 points alone that day, and he beat Amu down." A boy whispered to a friend next to him.
"Nonsense, he scored 45 points alone that day, okay? I was there and it was a wonderful one. The girl said proudly that the game was thrilling, and it almost scared the girl's heart out at that time.
"Let's talk about it!" The two boys were a little pleading in their tones, in fact, they had the opportunity to go to see it that day, but for the sake of studying, they didn't go to the scene, so it can't be said that it is not a huge pity.
"Li Changgeng has been suppressing the opponent for the whole game, if he hadn't been injured by that Amu later, I'm afraid we would still be able to take the lead, and we won't kill it, but fortunately Li Changgeng is amazing." Said that the girl's eyes were full of stars, and she looked extremely adoring.
"Amu, don't be so despicable!" The boy was a little unconvinced.
"You don't believe me?" As soon as Amu was mentioned, the girl became angry, and she dared to suppress her male god, which was simply audacious.
"Believe, how can you not believe." The boy stepped up and left the girl, and the crazy fans of this thought were terrible, and one would be eaten alive if he wasn't careful.
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Li Changgeng shook his head helplessly, in the last game, I have to say that it was very lucky, just trained the two skills, otherwise they would have lost. But luck is also part of strength, since Salt Lake does not have this blessing, then let Hongcheng replace it.
Li Changgeng is already a little eager to try at the moment, and he is very much looking forward to tomorrow's game.
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At the end of the afternoon, the players came to the field for training, and to everyone's surprise, the principal actually came, encouraged them a few words, and said that he would also be there to watch the game against the King of the Mountain tomorrow.
At this moment, everyone was flattered, but they didn't expect a victory, and even the principal was shocked.
You must know that the tradition of Hongcheng Middle School is learning, where is there sports, otherwise it will not guard such good educational resources, but it can't find the blood to integrate into the school team.
After the principal left, Coach Tao Ran stopped the training, stood in front of everyone, and said with his hands behind his back as always.
"Tomorrow's game against the King of the Mountain is very important, it is related to the ownership of the championship, and the principal is there to supervise the team, if you lose, it is not only your own people who will be lost, but also the face of the principal, and the dignity of Hongcheng."
Coach Tao Ran paused, cleared his throat, and continued.
"I never thought I'd come this far, but you surprised me."
Coach Tao Ran bowed, his eyes full of excitement.
Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you, the change of Coach Tao Ran overwhelmed everyone for a while.
Coach Tao Ran didn't care about everyone's reaction, straightened up, and continued.
"The team of this showdown, we are all familiar with it, it is the king of our West District - Sanwang High School, I will not introduce the people within their team one by one, everyone is very familiar with it, tomorrow's game, everyone please stick to it no matter what, I believe that the strength of our team is not bad with them."
After speaking, Coach Tao Ran also glanced at Li Changgeng meaningfully.
Tomorrow's victory or defeat is all tied to Li Changgeng, and Li Changgeng's performance will inevitably affect the basketball rotation within the team, as well as the opponent's restrictions. As long as Li Changgeng plays well, Hong Cheng will have a very good chance of winning the championship, so everyone also followed Coach Tao Ran's gaze.
"Look what I'm doing! I'll do my best tomorrow. ”
Li Changgeng hurriedly avoided everyone's eyes, and was a little trembling when everyone looked at him like this.
"It's good to know! It doesn't matter what hurts you! Coach Tao Ran asked with squinted eyes.
Li Changgeng touched his chest, the pain had disappeared, but the bruise on his chest still existed, but it was not big, it was the size of a fingernail, and Li Changgeng didn't pay much attention to it.
"It's okay." Li Changgeng patted his chest and reassured.
Coach Tao Ran nodded, Li Changgeng's movements didn't seem like something was wrong, so he was relieved.
"Alright, let's train!" Coach Tao Ran waved his hand and scattered the group.
Only Li Changgeng walked up to Coach Tao Ran and asked Coach Tao Ran for leave, Coach Tao Ran pondered for a while, and finally agreed, anyway, Li Changgeng can improve his strength without training with the team, and there is really no need to restrain his growth. However, before leaving, he still told Li Changgeng.
"Don't make trouble when you go out, your identity is not ordinary, the team needs you very much, you know?"
Li Changgeng nodded heavily, indicating that he understood, and walked to the door.
Coach Tao Ran looked at Li Changgeng who was drifting away, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became higher and higher.
"I'm really looking forward to your performance tomorrow."
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It was almost 6 o'clock when Li Changgeng arrived at his destination, the community court, and when he opened the gate, Sima Shenji, who was wearing Sanwang No. 8 inside, turned around and threw the ball to Li Changgeng.
"Come on! Let's give it a hand! ”
"Come on, whoever is afraid of whom."
Li Changgeng took the basketball, took off his coat, rushed into the court, and the two started a bullfight.
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Ten minutes later, the two were facing each other on the floor, propping up the floor, with a basketball in the middle, looking at each other and smiling.
Then the two of them stretched out their fist-clenched right hands at the same time and swung them at each other, colliding in the air, no violence, only friendship.
"I didn't think about it! I can make it to the final. Li Changgeng withdrew his right hand and took out the towel in his backpack to wipe his sweat.
"Nope! Predictable. Sima Shenji unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, tilted his head, and the water flowed from his mouth along the mouth of the bottle into Sima Shenji's throat, and in about a few seconds, a full bottle of mineral water was half wiped out, he wiped his mouth clean and handed it to Li Changgeng.
"Where's the confidence!" Li Changgeng did not refuse, took the mineral water and drank it according to Sima Shenji's appearance. However, he didn't leave a word for Sima Shenji.
"It's just a gut feeling, anyway, you're already in the finals, so don't worry about it so much." Sima Shenji stood up from the ground, picked up the basketball on the ground, and raised it to Li Changgeng, who shook his head and refused his challenge.
"Huh!"
Sima Shenji didn't mind, he threw the basketball to the basket, a three-point hollow into the net, and the basketball just rolled under Li Changgeng's thigh. Li Changgeng grabbed the basketball with one hand, lay flat on the ground, squinted one eye, and threw the ball out.
The basketball accompanies the wind in the air, and the board falls like a basket. Then Li Changgeng used his backhand force, bounced his body off the ground, and clapped his hands.
"It's not too early, see you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow!" Sima Shenji replied.