Chapter 3: The Edge

I have to say that the people in Group B have a very tacit understanding, and they are very fast in defense, and they don't give Group A a chance to play fast at all. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In desperation, Li Changgeng could only slow down, made a block with his teammates, and then accelerated with a rapid change of direction and passed the defender. At this time, there was only one Mozart left in front of him, and Mozart stared at Li Changgeng deadly, wanting to give him a big hat.

But at this moment, Li Changgeng put the ball away, and without looking at it, he passed it from the gap to the three-point line in the bottom right corner.

In the bottom corner, Paul comfortably received the ball, and there was no one within two meters in front of him, he adjusted slightly and jumped to shoot.

"Huh!"

The ball goes in, and the three points work!

It was Li Changgeng's assist again, and another scalpel-like pass, under the leadership of Li Changgeng, Group B played a wave of 7:0 shockwaves.

"Steady, steady."

In a blink of an eye, he was chased by Group A for 7 points, Mozart was a little angry, and while shouting to his teammates, Liu Kai asked for the ball and wanted to have one for himself.

O'Neal quickly passed the ball to Mozart, Mozart took the ball and then played with his back to the single, his physical fitness was much better than Redick, Redick couldn't carry it at all, and was easily pressed to the basket by Mozart. Seeing this, Harris quickly pounced to help defend, but it was still a little too late after all.

Feeling that the position was almost there, Mozart quickly turned around and made a small hook.

The ball was scored, 32:19, with Mozart's goal, Group B stabilized the situation, so that several people in Group B breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down.

"Be careful, watch your people die." Mozart shouted as he ran back.

O'Neill, Leonard, Beethoven, and Vujacic all nodded their heads one after another, indicating that they understood, and they all became serious.

They know that the other party is different from just now, so their side can't follow the original style of play, can't be waterproof, at least they must be serious and can't slack off before opening the score difference to more than 20 points, otherwise if they are turned over by a group of rookies, then their faces will be lost.

The strength of the people in Group B is indeed stronger than the people in Group A, so when they go all out, the pressure on the side of Group A is great.

Li Changgeng was still controlling the ball and guiding his teammates to attack, but as the opponent's defensive pressure increased, his teammates' shooting percentage decreased. Moreover, as the opponent became serious, the momentum immediately overwhelmed the side of Group A, making Group A play tied and unable to let go at all.

"It's not the way to go." Li Changgeng secretly said in his heart and decided to take action himself.

In this case, the first thing is to boost the morale of his teammates, without morale, no matter how he organizes, it is useless.

Therefore, after Li Changgeng got the ball, he blocked and dismantled with his teammates, and accelerated into the inside line.

This time he didn't pass the ball, but a pass feint to trick the opposing player and then scored with an easy pick to score two points.

"Good shot!" Reddick was the first to shout.

Harris, Johnson, and Paul also had their eyes lit up, they didn't see how Li Changgeng shot in front of them, and they didn't know how he scored in addition to passing. Now that they see this ball, they know that Li Changgeng's scoring ability is not weak, and they are very happy.

Looking at a few people, Li Changgeng nodded lightly, he knew in his heart that this ball alone was not enough.

Group B quickly counterattacked, several people cooperated very tacitly, the ball went to Leonard after two passes, Leonard took the ball was a shooting feint, and then pulled a step to the side and hit a jumper.

Turning around, Li Changgeng quickly crossed the halfway line and handed the ball to Johnson, who was the only one of the few who had the ability to hold the ball alone.

However, the people in Group B obviously knew this, the defense was very tight, the defense line shrank inward, and people were huddled together, Franca could only smile helplessly and pass the ball to Li Changgeng.

"Pull away, stretch the line wide." Li Changgeng gestured to his teammates, and Redick, Harris, Johnson, and Paul pulled outside.

For Li Changgeng, the people in Group B don't care much, because Li Changgeng has few shots, so the people in Group B only think that he has a beautiful passing skill.

Therefore, only one O'Neill was left to defend Li Changgeng, one Mozart was left on the inside, and everyone else was pulled to the outside.

This is exactly what Li Changgeng wants, he glanced at the basket, the speed of the dribble accelerated, and the crotch changed direction repeatedly, and then suddenly accelerated, breaking through from the left.

"Thought about me, dreamed." O'Neill roared in his heart and moved quickly.

But at this moment, Li Changgeng changed direction, the ball was handed over from his left hand to his right hand in an instant, and his feet were on the ground a little, wanting to accelerate.

At this time, O'Neill's heart pinched, he secretly gritted his teeth, and tried his best to control his body, but fortunately, his physical fitness was quite good, and he successfully shifted his center of gravity.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Li Changgeng paused, dribbled behind the back of his right hand, the ball was handed over from his right hand to his left hand, his feet were a little, his center of gravity returned to the right, bypassing O'Neal, catching the ball with his left hand, and a short body accelerated, passing past O'Neal.

O'Neill was dumbfounded, frozen in place, he was still over.

In fact, action is not the key, the key is speed.

It's like the same action, some people can break through, some can't, just because of speed, power, and explosiveness. Of course, the most important thing is speed, if you are fast enough, the other party will not have time to react, but if it is slow, it is not necessarily.

Li Changgeng's speed was undoubtedly very fast, and he passed O'Neill in an instant, stepped into the inner line, kicked his feet on the ground, and jumped up.

"What is he going to do?" Redick, Harris, and Paul were beating wildly.

On the sidelines, Coach Meigello, Jordan and others were also stunned, watching Li Changgeng fly up and jump, several people were both worried and expectant.

At the same time, Mozart, who was guarding the inside, had already jumped up, and Li Changgeng dared to dunk in front of him, he would never allow it.

"Bang!"

There was a muffled sound, and the two bumped into each other.

In an instant, Li Changgeng felt a strong attack, and his whole body was in pain, and he couldn't help but secretly scream in his heart, he still underestimated Mozart, he didn't expect Mozart's body to be so hard and so powerful, and he was knocked out of balance and flew backwards.

Mozart was also surprised, he was still blaming O'Neill for not being able to beat Li Chang Geng alone, but now he tried it himself to know that it was not O'Neill's problem, but Li Chang Geng.

"Fack! Why is this Chinese so powerful? Mozart scolded in his heart, and when he saw that Li Changgeng had been hit and flew back, he couldn't help but be happy again, "Haha, it doesn't feel good to be hit by me, right?" You can't dunk this ball. ”

The next moment, the expression on Mozart's face suddenly froze, and subconsciously Liu opened his mouth, his eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity.

Coach Meigello, Jordan, Redick, Paul, Harris...... The crowd, like Mozart, had shocks on their faces.

At this moment, Li Changgeng gritted his teeth, his waist and abdomen were forced, and he was beaten in the air alive, as if he was still in the air out of thin air.

Then, he leaned forward with his upper body, grabbed the basketball in his right hand, and smashed it at the basket with all his might!

This is a strange scene, but also a shocking scene, Li Changgeng adjusted his body in the air, leaned forward with his upper body, and it looked like a force pushed him behind him, making his upper body fly to the basket, but his lower body did not move.

"Bang!"

The ball went in, and Li Changgeng naturally fell heavily to the ground.

At this moment, the arena was surprisingly quiet, only the sound of basketballs bouncing on the ground, and everyone was speechless in shock.

"Can you get it in that way?"

"Am I right?"

A whisper of self-muttering sounded, and then Reddick and the others went crazy, and they rushed over, and several people pulled up Li Changgeng, surrounded him in the middle, and shouted excitedly.

This dunk is so beautiful, such a stagnation, shocking!

“good!” Coach Mergello shook his fist fiercely and pulled Jordan excitedly, "Jordan, did you see that ball just now?" Oh my God, that's just amazing. He was already smiling, "Jordan, I really want to thank you, I invited you to dinner tonight." ”

"Coach Meigello, you're so polite." Jordan said with a smile, happy in his heart.

On the field, the game continued.

Stimulated by Li Changgeng's dunk, the people in Group B were a little distracted, but the people in Group A were full of morale, fighting spirit, and in very good condition.

Under the advantages of the other, Group A almost suppressed Group B steadily in an unfamiliar situation, and the score difference was also rapidly narrowing.

During this time, Li Changgeng only made two shots, made 1 of 2 shots, made a three-pointer, and mobilized his teammates the rest of the time. His passes are always just right for his teammates, so they don't have to think too much about it, they just need to shoot.

Unconsciously, Li Changgeng has become the absolute core of Group A, the engine and CPU of their attack, controlling the attack of Group A and delivering shells to his teammates.

At the end of the quarter, the score became 42:48, and although Group A was still behind, it was much better than the 18-point deficit at the end of the first quarter.

In this quarter alone, Li Changgeng delivered 7 points and 7 assists, counting two points and one assist in the first quarter, in just two quarters, he scored 9 points, plus 8 assists.

"Alright, that's it for today's practice session." Coach Mergello called the game off.

After all, this is just a practice match, and his purpose is just to test Li Changgeng's strength, now this is the best, Group A is not too much to lose, Redick is in a good mood, although Group B did not win much, but in the end he won, and he did not lose face.

What's more, there are only 12 people in the team, and there are no extra people to rotate, and if you play four quarters, you will have to lie down tired.

Coach Meigello waved his hand and said to everyone: "Okay, you guys continue to train, and you can leave after training for another half an hour." With that, he went to the side to chat with Jordan.

The crowd began to train freely.

"Lee, let's train together."

"Li, can I practice the breakthrough with you one-on-one? Your breakthrough moves are simply handsome, and the timing is very good. ”

With the friendship that fought side by side just now, and Li Changgeng successfully proved himself, Reddick, Harris, Johnson, and Paul's attitude towards him also changed a hundred and eighty degrees, and they all smiled and invited Li Changgeng to train together and learn from each other.

Li Changgeng naturally agreed, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at least his first step was very good and was recognized by his teammates.

Of course, only a part of the teammates.

Unlike Redick, Mozart, Leonard, Beethoven, Vujasic, and O'Neill have not changed their attitude towards Li Changgeng, but have intensified. From the eyes of several people looking at him, Li Changgeng knew that he was regarded as a thorn in the side of several people.

Especially O'Neal, he played point guard in the team, and his life was relatively comfortable because there were two point guards on the team, one was him and the other was Green. Green is a sophomore, and his strength is a cut away from O'Neal, so O'Neal doesn't care about Green, and his position as the main point guard on the team is also as stable as Mount Tai, and he can't move.

But now that Li Changgeng is here, after this battle, O'Neal found that his position as the main point guard seems to be dangerous.

Therefore, among the several people, O'Neill was the most hostile to Li Changgeng, and his eyes were cold when he looked at Li Changgeng.

A group of young people began to train freely and divided into two halves, with the veteran players led by Mozart on one side and the new rookies led by Li Changgeng on the other.

Neither side can get used to seeing the other, so the land is demarcated, and no one interferes with the other.

......

On the sidelines, Coach Meigello and Jordan were chatting.

"Jordan, I really want to thank you this time, thank you for bringing me Lee." Coach Meigello took Jordan's hand and said excitedly, "You know what? I was suspicious of Lee before, but now I know that he is a magical Oriental boy, as magical as that ancient country. ”

The more he talked, the more he talked, the more he seemed to have a tendency to stop: "Oh, did I tell you? I love China, I love their food, it's so good, I can eat my tongue. And their kung fu, Bruce Lee, do you know? ”

Jordan's forehead began to have black lines, and he smiled bitterly: "Coach Meigello, I also like China, their food is indeed delicious, but I don't know anything about kung fu." He shook his head and changed the subject, "Coach Meigello, what do you think of Li Changgeng?" ”

Meigello muttered, when it came to basketball, he immediately became serious, and after a while, he said, "Jordan, Lee is a very good player." He has a physical talent that is rare in Chinese and also has a very high basketball IQ. As he spoke, he glanced at the court and shrugged, "But Jordan, I think I still need to keep watching, and he needs to deal with his teammates first." ”

"Huh?" Jordan frowned, quickly stretched again, and nodded: "Okay, Coach Meigello, please help me take care of him." ”

"Of course." Maggio laughed, "It's my responsibility. ”

Jordan and Major said two more words, agreed to have dinner together in the evening, and then said goodbye.

Before leaving, Jordan pulled Li Changgeng to the side of the court and said to him without subtlety: "Li Changgeng, Coach Meigello likes you very much, but if you want to gain a firm foothold in the team, it is not enough to get the approval of the coach, but also the recognition of your teammates." ”

"I'm not talking about a small group of teammates, I'm talking about all of them," he stressed. After thinking about it, he changed his words and said, "At least most of it, this is a test for you, do you understand?" ”

"Understood, thank you Jordan." Li Changgeng thanked him and waved goodbye to Jordan.

Back on the court, remembering Jordan's words just now, Li Changgeng couldn't help but look at Mozart and the others, and after thinking about it for a while, he already had a plan.

In any case, his purpose today has been achieved, he has been recognized by Redick and others, and he has also won the favor of coach Meigello, at least he is no longer an insignificant person in the team. As for the rest, he felt that he could take his time.

........

Half an hour later, after the training session, the players dispersed, went to the locker room to shower, changed into clean clothes, greeted each other, and left together.

Reddick and the others beckoned Li Changgeng together, Li Changgeng refused with a smile, he had to go back to the dormitory to make the bed and make up the things.

Carrying his bag back to the dormitory, Li Changgeng pushed open the door and saw a blonde young man, about ten years old, with a pair of glasses, which looked like a tech nerd.

"Hi, hello." Technologist got up and stretched out his hand with a smile, "My name is Amico, it's nice to meet you, what's your name?" ”

"Li Changgeng." The other party didn't look difficult to get along with, and Li Changgeng also smiled and said, "You can call me Li, it's nice to meet you." I'm new here and don't know a lot of things, can I ask you? ”

Emec happily agreed, and the two went out for dinner and had a good chat.

For dinner, it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and Emeco helped Li Changgeng make the bed and pack up his things, and it was only half past six.

Looking at the sky, Li Changgeng thought that it would be almost time to practice in a while, but a question stumped him.

In the past, he used to practice at the community stadium near his home in the city, but what should he do here? It seems that the basketball hall is not open, and there must be open space on the school court, but Li Changgeng is reluctant to go, where there are too many people, he will communicate with Xiao Er when he trains, and that is also the only time he communicates with Xiao Er in a day, it will be weird, he doesn't want others to see it.

"Lee, what's wrong with you?" Emec noticed Li Changgeng's abnormality and asked worriedly.

Looking at Lucas, Li Changgeng's heart couldn't help but move, and he said: "Emec, are you familiar with the surroundings of uclA, do you know where there is a community court?" ”

"Stadium?" Emec looked at Li Changgeng in surprise, and didn't know why, "You want to play?" You can go to the stadium on the west side of the school, where there are a lot of courts. ”

"It's not." Li Changgeng explained, "I was looking for a community court with fewer people, I like to practice alone, I don't like many people. ”

"That's right." Lucas pondered for a while before he said, "Yes, yes, but I don't go there often, so I don't know if there are many people." ”

"It's okay, you take me to see it." Li Changgeng said.

Lucas nodded in agreement, Li Changgeng quickly changed his jersey, but Lucas didn't change, just a sportswear, leading the way in front and walking outside the school with Li Changgeng.

Li Changgeng carried a basketball on his back and walked with Lucas for about ten minutes before he saw a community court.

"This is it, this stadium is called Marmalade." Lucas pointed to the court and said to Li Changgeng, "It's a pity that there are still a lot of people." ”

The name of this pitch is strange, but the field is ok, surrounded by a fence, in the middle is a pitch, painted floors, tempered glass rebounds.

At this time, there were twenty people playing on the court, and when he saw so many people, Li Changgeng couldn't help frowning, and asked depressedly: "Emec, how can I let these people leave and leave me alone to play here?" ”

Emike was stunned, glanced at Li Changgeng in surprise, and saw that he was not joking, so he immediately smiled bitterly and said, "If you want to do this, then unless you are the boss here." ”

"How do you become the boss here?"

"Pick a show!" Emeco said, looked at Li Changgeng, and then looked at the tall and muscular group of black people on the court, shrunk his neck, and said in his heart Am I crazy, I actually gave Li such an idea, let him pick the field, isn't that looking for death?

In Lucas's opinion, if Li Changgeng is really hot-headed to pick a scene, it is definitely looking for death, not to mention anything else, just say that Li Changgeng's height of more than eight meters is not enough. There are at least seven or eight of them on the court over there, two of which are almost two meters, and all of them have strong muscles and shiny oil, but Li Changgeng can't see how strong they are, and they can't compare with the other party at all.

"Lee." Lucas really regretted it, grabbed Li Changgeng and said, "Let's find another stadium." ”

"Nope." Li Changgeng shook his head, shook off Lucas's hand with a smile, and walked straight to the court, "Since you have to pick a field to become the boss of this court, let's pick a field." Listening to Li Changgeng's words, Lucas's legs and stomachs began to turn, and he stretched out his hand to pull Li Changgeng, but he was already a step too slow.

At this time, Li Changgeng had already walked into the court, although Lucas was very worried in his heart, a hundred unwilling, but he could only follow hard, and prayed silently in his heart, praying that the other party would not kill him, and just send someone to beat Li Changgeng casually.

Some people playing on the court also saw Li Changgeng, but they didn't care, because there were many people playing on this court, and they only thought he was here to play ball.

Li Changgeng has never done this kind of thing in China, that is, that time with Wu Kai, he met the gangsters with Huang Mao in the community court to pick the field, so after thinking about it, he walked to the middle of the field and shouted at the people on the court: "I'm here to pick the field, who is the boss of this court?" ”

For a moment, the stadium fell silent. `

But then, what made Li Changgeng extremely depressed was that the one or twenty people who played with the ball all laughed, as if they had heard a joke.

A bald black man who was more than 1.9 meters tall, muscular, and wearing a Lakers No. 24 jersey looked at Li Changgeng playfully and said with a smile: "Hey, Asian, are you here to be funny?" If yes, I have to congratulate you, you've made it, hahaha"

On the side, several sturdy guys also laughed.

Li Changgeng frowned, took out the basketball from his bag, and walked outside the three-point line, Liu Shou was a three-pointer.

"Huh!"

The ball goes in, hollow.