Chapter 77: Violent Li Changgeng

Just when people thought that the stalemate game would be able to be decided at the last moment, the fourth quarter just began to change the situation, the main forward of the Argentine team was replaced after two consecutive fouls, and the other players of the Argentine team also seemed to lose their touch at this time, and then missed several consecutive shots. The U.S. team took www.biquge.info the opportunity to set off an offensive frenzy after two consecutive three-pointers. The defensive rhythm of the Argentine team, which scored two consecutive three-pointers on the guard line, was slightly chaotic, and the Chinese forward, who had super personal ability, seized the opportunity to break through several times in a row and took advantage of the momentum to expand the score.

Within two minutes, the U.S. team hit a climax of 2:2.

In just two minutes, the attack and defense of the two sides only changed a few times, and the sharp change made people not have time to blink a few more eyes, and the situation completely fell in favor of the American team.

In the stands, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji saw the horror from each other's eyes at the same time!

Terrible, it may have been the only mistake Argentina made in the whole game, but this time the U.S. team completely turned them over.

What a terrible American team!

In the following game, the Argentine team counterattacked frantically, but the strong individual ability of the American team players began to show, and the Argentine team did not turn over in the end of the game. When the whistle blew, the score was fixed at 104:82, and the U.S. team won the game by a huge margin of 26 points.

It was Argentina's worst defeat at the World Junior Championships, but it should have been a convincing defeat for their opponents.

At the end of the game, some people have begun to withdraw from the field, while others are still celebrating the victory on the field. Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng walked out of the court in the crowd. However, when they stepped into the square outside the stadium, one by one the microphones suddenly stretched out in front of them, and reporters carrying cameras or holding microphones suddenly appeared in front of them as if they were coming out of the ground, with both east and west faces.

The sudden appearance of the reporters made Sima Shenji a little nervous, and he looked around in the crowd to find the direction of the breakthrough. And his companion, Li Changgeng next to him, this guy who doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, but he looks at the camera and shows his bright smile like an idiot. The reporters seemed encouraged by his smile, and one by one they desperately stretched the microphone forward, and the microphone was almost stuck into his mouth. At this time, the sluggish boy seemed to feel that the situation was a little troublesome, but at this time they were completely surrounded.

After a period of confusion, the scene calmed down a little, the camera pointed at the interviewee, and the reporters scrambled to ask questions. Sima Shenji looked left and right while coping with it without a word. And Li Changgeng, who upholds a gentlemanly demeanor, does not answer any reporters' questions at this time except for smiling.

He's just dull to the world, not an idiot!

However, the reporters did not pass up the opportunity to interview, scrambling to ask one question after another, even though neither of the two interviewees actually answered them.

Many of these reporters are Chinese journalists, and at the moment they have completely forgotten to consider whether the two interviewees know English. But things are always unexpected, and it was a Chinese journalist's question that opened the young emperor's mouth.

The reporter's question was: "How do you think the U.S. team is strong after watching this game, and does it make you frustrated to meet the U.S. team again in the final?" In the second meeting between China and the United States, how much chance do you think the American team will win? ”

Li Changgeng grabbed the microphone that the reporter stretched out in front of him, and the young emperor replied with a smile: "In fact, since the first game of the World Youth Championships lost to the United States team, we have been looking forward to the second meeting with the American team. Depressed? Can you see the look of frustration on my face right now? For us, that's the best way to end this World Junior Championship journey. The U.S. team is strong, he's stronger than all the opponents we've faced before – including the U.S. team we played for the first time. But that doesn't mean we don't have a chance to win. In fact, we played all the games before qualifying for the final, playing the role of a weak opponent, but this time it was just a stronger opponent. ”

"When we beat Australia, the voices of the fans were 'unbelievable, China won', and then when we beat Argentina, people said again 'Oh my God, Argentina lost too?'; What will people say if we beat the U.S. team? Honestly, I'd love to know the answer! The young ball king said with a look of anticipation.

The perfect answer of the young football king, who is neither arrogant nor humble, makes Chinese reporters proud, and makes Chinese reporters smile. Then, the reporters suddenly realized that the language in which he had just answered the question was English, fluent in English, and although with a strange accent, it was indeed standard English. There was an uproar at the scene, and many reporters were stunned for a while. Sima Shenji hurriedly seized the opportunity to rush out of the encirclement. A thunderous car stopped abruptly on the side of the road, the door opened, Geng Xiangzhi jumped out of the car, grabbed two people and stuffed them into the door, and followed him in. The car started, and in a blink of an eye, it disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

In the car, Geng Xiangzhi Tie blushed and said nothing, and Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng lowered their heads and did not dare to raise their heads. Back at the hotel, the two obediently followed Geng Xiangzhi back to the room. Heads popped up quietly at the door of the other rooms, and with sympathy on their faces, they watched the two people enter Geng Xiangzhi's room.

"Bang!" Geng Xiangzhi's door slammed shut, and then Geng Xiangzhi's roar came from inside the room.

The heads at the doors of each room looked at each other, and a chill flashed in their eyes at the same time. Together, several heads retracted to the door at the same time.

After a while, Geng Xiangzhi's door opened, and two dejected figures walked out.

Returning to the room with their heads down, the two of them looked at each other, and there was not a trace of dejected expression on their faces. "Poof!" Two people laughed at the same time.

It seems that Geng Xiangzhi's half a day's saliva has been wasted!

The final of the World Youth Championship has finally been decided by the two teams of both sides. The junior team and the United States team, two teams from the same group in the preliminary round, will meet again in the final.

If someone had predicted this outcome before the World Junior Championships, they would have been seen as grandstanding if they were not considered insane. And today, when the youth team really appeared in the finals, the world basketball world did not have any sense of shock except for sighing or sighing. Except for the ecstatic Chinese, those who follow the World Youth Championships accepted the result almost calmly.

Since the victory of the Chinese youth team over the Argentine team, there is not much doubt that the Chinese youth team, which has created miracles in a row, has advanced to the final.

The final suspense left in the World Youth Championships: who will the championship belong to, will it be a dark horse to the end, or will the former hegemon restore the country?

This is not a suspense at all in the eyes of the vast majority of people, because the American team has an absolute advantage in every way. The time, place, people, and strength of the team ......, Chinese there are too many reasons to believe that the American team will be the final champion.

The U.S. team is a team full of talents, the main players, substitute players, and the sixteen players on the team are the top players in the National League and the Collegiate League, and each of them is definitely the Li Chang Gung of Li Chang Gung. There are many famous coaches in the NBA who believe that if such a lineup is fixed to represent China in the World Championships and the Olympic Games, they will definitely be able to bring back the championship for China.

Of course, there are still many people who think that the youth team can win the championship, and their reason is: the youth team is an incalculable team, and they are almost synonymous with "miracles" in this World Youth Championships. And we can have Li Changgeng's team, of course the team under His Majesty the Emperor should be the champion!

Of course, these people who believe that the youth team can win the championship are basically Chinese.

In the history of the Chinese men's basketball team for decades, for the first time, the Chinese team reached the finals.

Standing on the field of the World Series finals and competing for the final championship with the world leader of basketball, the United States, is in itself a reason to raise eyebrows. All Chinese fans have reason to be proud of their team at this time.

The youth team makes all Chinese basketball fans proud, and the fans have also cast the strongest backing of the youth team. All the voices of doubt are gone, and the whole of China is speaking with the same voice: China Youth Team, come on!

On the day of the final, although the Chinese in the audience were crowded, there were still Chinese here. Although the Chinese, who have a home advantage compared to the church, are only the tip of the iceberg, this does not affect the fluttering of the five-star red flag. All the overseas Chinese who were able to come over arrived in the city. Wearing China's red jersey and waving the national flag in their hands, they clearly identify themselves: We are Chinese, we support the American team!

Among these red crowds there is a particularly tall figure. From time to time, the Chinese audience in the stadium audience recognized him, and when he appeared in the TV camera, the audience in front of the TV set was all dazzled: "Yao Ming! ”

Yes, it is Yao Ming, China's No. 1 superstar and the only superstar of the Chinese men's basketball team. In the eyes of Chinese, Yao Ming is synonymous with Chinese basketball.

He's coming to see the ball!

Although he could watch the game on TV, he still made it halfway through China to the scene. He was supposed to be sitting in the VIP seat, but he sat in the middle of the Chinese fans. Like other spectators around him, he wore a red youth jersey on his jacket and waved the national flag in his hand to the young team entering the stadium.

He is here to cheer for the Chinese team!

The young and middle-aged players who entered the stadium waved to the enthusiastic fans, and naturally they also saw Yao Ming. After the surprise, the young and middle-aged players waved their hands more excitedly. These members of the youth team are not yet eligible for the national team, and they have not yet had the opportunity to get close to Yao Ming, the boss of the national team. For Yao Ming, the young ones are not only admired but also admired. Their idols come to cheer them on, and nothing excites them more.

Yao Ming's eyes in the audience searched among the young players on the field, he was looking for the boy who was known as the Chinese Youth Emperor, and Li Changgeng's eyes on the court were also looking at Yao Ming in the audience. Eyes meet in hit. The eyes of the "Zizizi ......" seemed to flash in the hit, and the corners of the mouths of these two leaders of Chinese basketball at different stages flashed with the same smile.

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Warm-up before the game.

On the court, Li Changgeng stretched out his fists and kicks and stretched his body, he felt that he was particularly energetic today, and every muscle seemed to be filled with an explosive force.

The right hand raised the ball thrown by Sima Shenji and pulled it away, "Smack!" "The basketball bounced off the ground and fell quickly, running from behind and under the crotch, turning to the front and hovering at the side...... The basketball flying up and down magically hovered around Li Changgeng, and it couldn't escape the grasp of his hands.

The dribbling sound suddenly stopped, and the slender figure bounced straight in place, "Whoosh! The basketball in his hand gently left his hands and flew towards the basket in a high arc, "Huh! "The basketball brushed the net and fell straight down.

It feels great!

Since the start of the World Youth Championships, today's Li Changgeng is definitely at his peak in terms of physical fitness and technical condition.

Meet the strongest opponents in the best condition!

Sima Shenji, Li Zheng, Song Liuming, Li Zhenhua, every player in the Chinese youth team is in the best condition today. With a truce of 48 hours, Geng Xiangzhi adjusted the youth team to the best state of battle.

On the other side of the court, the U.S. warm-up still seemed so casual, with fancy dribbling, easy shots, chewing gum in the players' mouths, and the occasional nice dunk, everything seemed to be the same as when they first met.

However, Li Changgeng felt the difference, and occasionally met the eyes of the American team members a few times, and their gaze made Li Changgeng feel a strong oppressive force and a subtle power. It's only been a dozen days before and after, and the World Youth Championships is really a good place to train players!

And Geng Xiangzhi saw a condensed momentum from the American team in front of him. The current U.S. team is no longer a "Li Changgeng motley army" cobbled together by a group of Li Chang Geng players, and the World Youth Championships have tempered them into a real strong team.

"It's not just our youth team that has improved!" Geng Xiangzhi couldn't help but express the same emotion as when Li Changgeng watched the game on the spot. When he actually faced the American team, Geng Xiangzhi only felt that his hope of victory in this game seemed even more slim.

Even more shocking was the American team. In just ten days, when the youth team regained their opponent position, the coach and players of the American team couldn't believe that the team in front of them was the Chinese national youth team they were facing at that time. They are confident and composed, they are high-spirited, and the youth team in front of them is no longer a team that only seeks a decent defeat, they are really competing for the championship!

The reunion after more than ten days, both sides impressed each other and each other.

But no matter how surprised they are, the warm-up will not be extended because of this.

The warm-up time is over, and the game is about to begin!

The coach finally arranged the tactics, and the main players appeared on the stage - Li Changgeng appeared in the lineup!

On the U.S. side, the No. 1 point guard Chris also appeared in the playmaking guard position.

Li Changgeng is only sixteen years old because of his age, and Chris is due to his lack of physical ability, although both of them are absolute main players in their respective teams, they are not normal candidates.

Now these two people are in the lineup at the same time.

There is only one way for the two sides to understand such a lineup: the final battle, the strongest lineup, and no one wants to let the championship slip away from their hands.

On the court, Li Changgeng and Chris attacked and defended against each other. The two are also 183 centimeters tall and about the same weight, but the age difference is four years. Chris, the nation's No. 1 point guard, and Li Changgeng, the Chinese teenager's emperor, will determine who is the best defender in this World Youth Championship, and perhaps the best player.

What flashed in Sima Shenji's mind at this time was the first duel between China and the United States, and Li Changgeng watched the team roar after losing the game from the sidelines: I can block him, I can block that Chris!

Let's do it for everyone, Li Changgeng!

"I can stop him!" Li Chang Geng also remembers such a declaration.

"This teenager is the core player of the youth team, he must be blocked!" Chris was thinking about what his coach was asking of him.

The two met with their eyes: "Ziziz!" "There seems to be a spark in the hit.

"Flute!" The referee blew the whistle and threw the basketball in his hand high.

Jump Ball!

Two tall center forwards on both sides jumped at the same time......

At the same time, a figure suddenly flickered rapidly on the periphery......

"Smack!" The center of the U.S. team touched the ball first and hit the basketball towards his team's side, and the basketball flew towards Chris. Suddenly, a figure flashed, and a figure blocked the way forward of basketball, confiscating the ball in his hands with both hands - Li Changgeng!

The U.S. team did not delay for a moment, and quickly retracted like a tidal wave back to their positions.

The basketball was in the hands of Li Changgeng, unhurriedly approaching the opponent, and other players, including Li Zheng, quickly cut into their respective positions.

Li Chang Gung is a point guard!

Any tactics must be adjusted according to the time and place, and the alignment of players in each position is compared to Li Changgeng on the non-defender line who can be the only player in the youth team who can compete with the opponent. Geng Xiangzhi is even convinced that his Li Changgeng has surpassed the first point guard of the American team, and the offensive and defensive victory between them is definitely his trump card.

In other words, if Li Changgeng can't win against Chris, the last hope of the youth team will be gone.

Geng Xiangzhi has never been a coach who is rigid and tactical, and it is his character to turn advantages into benefits. So today the Teen Emperor appeared in the point guard position.

The original point guard Li Zheng also stayed on the court, not only as a scoring guard to increase the attack power on the periphery, but more importantly, as another fulcrum in addition to Li Changgeng.

Li Changgeng controlled the ball, Chris defended, and no other players stepped forward to wrap up, one-on-one offense and defense.

The speed ......of the dribble suddenly accelerated, and the movement under his feet was about to break through, and the extremely fast Chris followed him like a shadow on the inside line and only stuck to Li Changgeng, not giving him any chance to accelerate and start.

Good defense!

But Li Changgeng is not a breakthrough! Sideways, backhand pass, the basketball flew from behind accurately through the gap to Li Zheng in the right corner of the three-point line - Li Zheng was unguarded!

Li Zheng received the ball and raised his hand......

Amre, the inside power forward of the U.S. team, pounced and blocked, "Smack!" The basketball in Li Zheng's hand was pressed down, hit the ground and then bounced high into Song Liuming's hands. Turn around and hit the board, the ball goes in!

A perfect attack!

Although it was not Li Changgeng who completed the fatal pass, he still played the role of threading the needle and creating an offensive, and he was still the tactical core of the team in a different position.

The counterattack of the American team, the counterattack of Chris.

Li Changgeng did not wait for Chris to get close to the three-point line and pasted it, as the opponent just defended him, he pasted it as much as possible to limit the opponent's acceleration. Chris wisely opted for a pass, and the ball was passed to a teammate who came over to pick it up, while he made a quick off-ball move of his own.

Li Changgeng followed closely.

Team USA's basketball was in the hands of small forward Kenyan Smith. The youth team adopts a zone-to-man joint defense, and it is Sima Shenji who defends him.

Dribbling through and making a stop-and-go jump shot, Sima couldn't react and could only watch the basketball fly over his head to the basket.

"Huh!" The ball is in!

This is the offense of the U.S. team, even if there is no organization of defenders, and with the super individual ability of the players, they can still score the ball. As the playmaker for the U.S. team, Chris most of the time has to trust his teammates to give the ball to them.

This is the basketball of the American team, another basketball style that is completely different from the youth team!

Offensive and defensive transposition, the youth team still has Li Changgeng to organize and plan when attacking, with him as the core and Sima Shenji and Song Liu Ming as the focus of attack, the attack of the youth team has shown extremely high efficiency.

What is especially commendable is that the young and middle-aged players on the field did not have the slightest restraint in the face of the American team, were calm and calm, and made reasonable actions at the most appropriate time.

The U.S. team's offense is not inferior, except for small forward Kenyan Smith, the other four players on the court are also good scorers, coupled with the tactical coordination that is not inferior to the youth team, the U.S. team distributes the offense to every position on the court. The young team, which is not good at defense, does not seem to have much to do in the face of such an attack.

In the eighth minute of the first quarter, you went back and forth, both on the field and on the score, and the two sides were evenly matched.

In the rest area of the two sides on the sidelines, Geng Xiangzhi sat on a chair and habitually crossed Erlang's legs, put his hands together on his knees, and watched the game on the field with a focused expression, except for focusing on his face, he couldn't see any other look. The white-haired old coach of the American team stood on the sidelines with his hands behind his back on his stomach, and like Geng Xiangzhi, he couldn't see any other expression on his face except for concentration.

The situation on the court is the best for Geng Xiangzhi, as long as he can maintain this stalemate until the fourth quarter, he will have a chance to win.

For the white-haired coach of the U.S. team: acceptable, it's still early, and the situation can't remain unchanged forever. Even if the U.S. replaces all five players, they will still be able to maintain their current attacking power. The No. 24 player of the youth team is obviously irreplaceable, and the other four players do not have too good replacements. Unless the five players on their pitch can maintain such good form all the time, any one leak will make it impossible for them to turn over completely.

As the coach of the U.S. team predicted, the situation cannot remain unchanged all the time.

The change in the situation occurred in the eighth minute of the first quarter, the United States team's shot missed, Li Zhenhua won the backcourt rebound and passed the ball quickly, and the ball was handed over to Li Changgeng!

Fight back quickly!