Chapter 71:-for-tat

A sound of hitting the ground and the basketball passed to Sima Shenji on the inside. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Sima Shenji jumped up after receiving the ball, and the posture of shooting the basket caused the Argentine defenders to jump up and block it. The two hands that grabbed the ball were reversed, and the basketball flew straight to the three-point range. A figure flashed from beyond the three-point line, and a figure appeared there - unguarded in front of him.

Catch the ball, raise your hand, jump, shoot the basket, and the basketball will fall steadily into the basket after drawing an arc.

Pointers!

It was Li Changgeng who shot.

"Yay!" Li Changgeng, who shot, and Sima Shenji, who assisted in passing, high-fived each other, and the two of them raised their heads and looked at Geng Xiangzhi on the sidelines at the same time. Geng Xiangzhi shrugged, stretched out one finger with his left hand, and three fingers with his right hand, and nodded again, with an expression of "understanding" on his face.

Such a scene fell into the eyes of the other members of the youth team, and it did not cause a burst of conjecture: Is Coach Geng giving them instructions? No, it's only been less than twenty seconds into the show!

The game on the field had no choice but to stop and guess that Argentina had come on a quick attack. The defender quickly dribbled forward and the other four players quickly moved into position. The point guard advances the ball to the front court and passes the ball quickly, and the basketball quickly transfers in the hands of the Argentine players, inside and outside, and then to the basket in a blink of an eye.

Fast, flexible, and a combination of inside and outside, Argentina's style is so similar to that of the youth team!

Without waiting for the audience on the sidelines to sigh, the young players on the court have been rushing to attack quickly, with a momentum of chasing behind the opponent. Li Zheng received the ball and passed the ball quickly, and the ball was handed over to Li Changgeng. Raising his hand to pass the ball, he suddenly dribbled and broke through, and the defenders were left behind in a blink of an eye, and the three-point line stopped sharply outside the three-point line and raised his hand to shoot the basket, and the Argentine player jumped up to block, "Smack!" The basketball passed under his feet, hit the floor and bounced inside, and a figure followed up at the same time to grab the bounced basketball and slam it into the basket, "Boom! "Clasp your hands together.

It was Sima Shenji who dunked!

Such a fast speed, such a realistic feint, such a beautiful coordination, and such a strange two people - Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng looked at Geng Xiangzhi on the sidelines again after high-fives, Sima Shenji raised two fingers in his right hand, and Li Changgeng raised one finger in his left hand!

What exactly does this gesture mean?

There is no one to answer.

Only when Li Zheng passed by the two people, he quietly dropped a sentence: "Don't make such strange movements, this is a live broadcast." You're not asking fans across the country to guess your strange moves, are you? ”

The two of them looked at each other and followed Li Zheng to defend stupidly.

What does this strange action mean? Geng Xiangzhi in the coach's bench on the sidelines held his stomach and lowered his head, as if his stomach was hurting, God knows that he was fighting against his urge to laugh.

Time rewinds to yesterday morning, Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng went to Geng Xiangzhi's room to admit their mistakes after listening to Li Zheng's "suggestion", and the review began.

The two brothers knocked on the door and walked in, and walked in uneasily. In the room, Geng Xiangzhi sat on the sofa and crossed Erlang's legs, and he was not surprised to see the two people walking in. Feelings, he is just waiting for these two to come in after listening to Li Zheng's "advice"!

Respectfully bowed his head in front of Geng Xiangzhi, and Sima Shenji spoke: "Coach, I'm really sorry about the pillow incident just now." We ......"

"Ah, what is this doing?" Geng Xiangzhi said in a very unhappy tone, "Didn't you say it just now, it was an accident." No matter how angry I am, I won't punish you for an accident. If you have said that it was an accident, don't take it to heart. ”

Geng Xiangzhi's "comfort" was heard in Sima Shenji's ears, and his anxiety turned into fear: It's over, he is really angry. Of course you won't punish us, but you'll retaliate. Li Changgeng on the side didn't hear Geng Xiangzhi's voice, and he was stupidly about to raise his head, but he was pulled by the difficult brother next to him, and then looked at Sima Shenji's warning eyes, and finally didn't raise his head.

The two of them stood in front of Geng Xiangzhi, such a small action naturally couldn't hide from his eyes, Geng Xiangzhi almost burst out laughing, and hurriedly hid the smile on his face by drinking tea. When he raised his head, he had a serious and sullen expression.

Sima Shenji continued to "heartbreaking" and said: "It's really our fault, pillows shouldn't be thrown around......" lowered his head and spoke in a painful tone, with a standard expression of regret and heartache. But sitting in front of him, Geng Xiangzhi didn't seem to hear it at all, took a sip of tea lightly with a teacup, and said lightly: "Tomorrow's opponent is Argentina, alas!" ”

An inexplicable sentence Li Changgeng was completely confused, and secretly turned his head to look at Sima Shenji. Sima Shenji seemed to smell a little smell, and said, "Is tomorrow's opponent Argentina?" Are they strong? ”

"Nonsense, is it not strong to be able to win until now?"

"It doesn't matter how strong they are, we will be able to beat them under the wise leadership of your coach." Sima Shenji's face did not change at all when he said this, and Li Changgeng next to him was in admiration.

"This sounds like a sycophant, hahaha, but Li Changgeng likes it. Truth be told, it's not too difficult to beat Argentina under this coach's leadership! ”

Only then did Li Changgeng realize that Geng Xiangzhi, who was sitting there with the thickest skin. This also explains Sima Shenji's outstanding performance just now, is it in the same vein! muttering these things in his heart, Li Changgeng still nodded with Sima Shenji.

"But although this coach is wise, the game still depends on you to play. If the players on the court are not competitive, no matter how clever the coach is, he will not be able to win. ”

"Coach, don't worry, we will fight for you in tomorrow's game, and we will definitely fight with 100% strength!" Sima Shenji held his head high as he spoke, with an expression of swearing. Seeing that Li Changgeng next to him was still stupidly lowering his head, he patted him on the back, "Yes, Li Changgeng!" ”

"Yes yes yes ......"

Geng Xiangzhi said with a skeptical expression: "Fight hard? ”

"Go all out!"

"How do I know if you're fighting hard?"

Sima Shenji was speechless, yes, how can it be regarded as "fighting with all your might"? Haven't you been fighting hard so far?

"Alas, if we win tomorrow's game, I'll forget about some unhappy things as soon as I'm happy. Alas, who wants to keep in mind these unhappy things all the time. For example, you hit me with a pillow ......" The meaning of the words couldn't be clearer, even a guy like Li Changgeng who was sluggish in the world heard the flavor of it, and hurriedly said: "We will definitely win tomorrow's game!" ”

As long as it's a competition, who can guarantee that you will win? What an idiot! Sima Shenji on the side sighed secretly in his heart.

Geng Xiangzhi glanced at Sima Shenji with the afterglow of his eyes, and continued to add casually: "Of course, as long as you work hard, I will be very happy no matter whether you win or lose the game!" ”

Li Changgeng glared: How does this sound like the words of an elementary school teacher encouraging students to study hard? Sima Shenji slapped Li Changgeng's head, who was rolling his eyes, and at the same time asked tentatively, "How can we be considered to be playing hard?" ”

"Well, there's a very simple criterion for this: if you score forty or fifty points in a game, it should be all the best to play."

Forty or fifty points? Sima Shenji was about to faint when he heard this.

"It's two people!" Geng Xiangzhi's addition.

Two people? The two people standing in front of Geng Xiangzhi looked at each other, forty or fifty points for two people is not a problem, which game did the two of them score not add up to forty or fifty points?

"Of course, if a player only scores the whole game, it only means that the player is playing too alone, not working with his teammates, not following the coach's tactics. You two aren't that kind of players, are you? ”

"No, no, absolutely not, we resolutely obey the coach's tactical arrangement!"

"Then there should always be a dozen or twenty in a game of grabbing rebounds, passing assists or something, right?"

A dozen or twenty rebounds? Assists? Even if it's two people, it's ...... Also...... Sima Shenji is going to faint again!

"Li Changgeng is talking about rebounds and assists combined!"

Sum up? Fortunately, it adds up, Sima Shenji sighed lightly and then resumed his high voice: "There is absolutely no problem, coach, you just look at us." We race hard! ”

"Look at you?"

"Look at us!" Answers in unison.

"Won't there be a problem?"

"Absolutely no problem!"

"Okay, then you can sign it!" Geng Xiangzhi pushed the open notebook in front of him in front of them, and there was a pen on the notebook.

Sign? Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng looked at each other and picked up their notebooks. It clearly says "Agreement: ...... In the match against Argentina...... Score: 50, rebounds and assists: 20 ......, and agreed that if they could not meet the standard, the two would voluntarily clean the toilet of the national youth team for a month after returning home. Attached: Technical data conversion standards: one frontcourt rebound = two points, one backcourt rebound = one point, one assist = two points, one steal = three points...... If one of them is not enough, it can be converted into other surplus data ......" Finally, the two parties to the agreement signed Geng Xiangzhi have signed their own names.

"This ...... This ......" The two people holding the notebook suddenly blushed, and they suddenly understood in their hearts: Isn't this obviously a set of clothes ready for them to drill into?

"You decide whether to sign or not, and never force it." Geng Xiangzhi leisurely picked up the teacup in front of him, and the expression on his face almost stated: I'm not afraid that you won't sign!

The brothers and sisters looked at each other tragically, and they both read the desolation in each other's eyes: people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, so I can only sign them.

Sima Shenji's hand trembled and stretched out to the pen on the table, Li Changgeng grabbed his hand, and he still had to make a final effort: "Can you lose a few rebounds and assists?" ”

Geng Xiangzhi, who was drinking tea, squirted out of his nose with a "poof", and replied angrily while coughing: "Refuse to bargain!" ”

Seeing that Geng Xiangzhi was angry, the two brothers didn't dare to do it anymore, and both signed their names.

Out of the door, there were bursts of ......laughter from Geng Xiangzhi's room behind him, which was Geng Xiangzhi's treacherous laughter after his treacherous plan succeeded.

This is the whole process of solving the pillow incident. signed such a covenant under the city that lost power and humiliated the country, and it is understandable why the brothers Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng have been depressed in the past two days. The match against Argentina was their only chance, and it's understandable why both of them had a murderous look on their faces when they heard the name "Argentina" for the past two days.

With such an in-depth understanding of the inside story of the pillow incident, it is very easy to understand the meaning of the gestures of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji just now. Raising two fingers is to tell Geng Xiangzhi, "Li Changgeng has scored two points, don't forget to write it down." Sima Shenji raised a finger, which was to say, "There is also an assist from Li Changgeng!" ”

That's why Geng Xiangzhi endured so hard! And Li Zheng, who also knows the inside story, can still play so calmly, which has to be admired for his super self-control.

In fact, if Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng only need to calm down a little in the past two days, and look back and think about the content of the agreement, they will find that the so-called agreement is actually a joke from beginning to end.

It is simply impossible to clean the toilet of the national youth team for a month, and the World Youth Championships is already the last competition of this year's national youth team. After the World Youth Championships, the national youth team will be disbanded immediately after returning home, and where will they have the opportunity to go back to clean the toilet for the national youth team. Especially Li Changgeng, he is not even a professional player, and after returning to China, he can run away by patting his buttocks, and Geng Xiangzhi doesn't even have a chance to catch him.

It's ridiculous that these two people have been thinking about today's game for two days, and they haven't seen such a big loophole.

In fact, the reaction of Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng had already been expected by Geng Xiangzhi, and the agreement was just a joke, but the effect that Geng Xiangzhi expected had completely appeared-that is, the powerful attack power and attack desire that the two people broke out in the game.

In the game against Argentina, Geng Xiangzhi vowed to win the game, claiming that Argentina was just a whetstone for the youth team to reunite with the Chinese team, but as a professional coach, he would not blindly ignore the strength of the opponent, and he knew the strength of the opponent better than anyone else, Argentina was definitely the strongest opponent that the youth team had encountered so far - the Chinese team that encountered in the first game was not the real Chinese team at all.

Comparing the technical statistics of the Chinese youth team and Argentina from the beginning of the World Youth Championship to the present, we can roughly judge the comparison of the strength of the two sides: all the games won by the two teams were to subdue the opponent with a score of 100, but Argentina's average score was 110 points, and the Chinese youth team was only a little more than 100 points. Defensively, the youth team limited the opponent to 95 points, while Argentina limited the opponent to 80 points; The youth team averaged 45 rebounds per game, while Argentina averaged 55 rebounds per game, and it is clear that the youth team is also inferior defensively.

The data contrast is so stark, but Geng Xiangzhi is still full of confidence in winning the game. Again, here's why: it's not the stats that decide the game.

After carefully studying the game in Argentina, Geng Xiangzhi had to admit that there was indeed no possibility for the youth team to defeat the opponent, and the only chance to win the game was to go off the beaten path - to counter the opponent's defensive advantage with a stronger attack.

Stronger offense, more points, Geng Xiangzhi dug into the second little effort to tap the remaining attack potential of the youth team, and his eyes were finally aimed at Li Changgeng.

So far, Li Changgeng has averaged nearly 20 points per game and ranked third in the team, which is not an outstanding performance. But looking back at Li Changgeng's last game with a critical eye, Geng Xiangzhi can still find evidence of his ineffective offense.

Maybe it's because he was born as an organizational guard, maybe it's because he doesn't want to steal the limelight from the big brothers, or maybe it's the first time that he has so many teammates with outstanding strength around him that he has learned to rely on, and Li Changgeng hasn't made many shots in the game. The basketball is in his hands, and the choice of passing and shooting is mostly passing. You must know that Geng Xiangzhi has been asking him to increase the number of shots. With an average of 20 points per game, but the number of shots is less than 20, the scoring efficiency is staggering, and it also makes people sigh: if they take a few more shots, the attack of the youth team should be more powerful.

In the last game against Slovenia, in the fourth quarter when Song Liuming fouled Sima Shenji was injured and left, when the Chinese youth team was facing the crisis of defeat, Li Changgeng suddenly burst out with a powerful attack, and almost all the points of the Chinese youth team in the fourth quarter were covered by one person. Against Australia, he also had a frustrated attacking performance, but it was short-lived before he reverted.

After examining all of Lee's performances, Geng Xiangzhi came to the conclusion that Lee was only able to perform like in the last quarter of the last game when his emotions were in full swing or when the team was facing a crisis and he had to step up. In other words, Li Chang Gung's subconscious needs a reason to explode.

And Geng Xiangzhi's intention in this agreement is to give him this reason!

Geng Xiangzhi was not worried that when Li Changgeng found out that the so-called agreement was a complete joke, he would laugh at the terms and conditions in it, and completely ignored it in the game. The so-called Li Changgeng players are all guys with a lot of character, even if they know it's a joke, they will meet the terms of the agreement in the game. He was almost certain that Li Changgeng, who had fulfilled the requirements after the game, would definitely run in front of him and be proud.

The terms of the agreement, which tied Sima Shenji and Li Changgeng together, were also the result of Geng Xiangzhi's careful consideration. Bundling the requirements for these two people avoids the mental baggage of one of them "stealing the other's scores", and every time anyone completes a shot, it is a common "deed of sale" for the two people.

Naturally, any of these people also include Li Changgeng.

On the court, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji's performance was as he expected, like two tigers descending the mountain, unstoppable. Looking at the performance of the two people on the field, Geng Xiangzhi couldn't help but admire himself: How could Li Changgeng be so smart?

One thing must be confirmed that the "pillow incident" was not expected by anyone in advance, and grabbing a pillow can make a big fuss and then sign such an agreement, Geng Xiangzhi really deserves the word "smart".

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it cunning.

On the court, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji of the Chinese Youth Team were like two tigers coming down the mountain to feed, and their red eyes were murderous and glanced at the opponents who dared to block their advance, and their expressions were like tigers who chose people to eat. When the Argentine defenders in front of them met their eyes, their hearts couldn't help but flutter.

Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji didn't care if their expressions frightened their opponents, at the moment they only had the basketball in their eyes, and they were thinking about how to snatch the basketball in the opponent's hand and send it to the opponent's basket.

"Rub!" The basketball in the hand of the Argentine point guard was suddenly pulled out, and a figure skewered out at the same time, grabbing the basketball that bounced on the ground in the blink of an eye - Li Changgeng!

It was Li Changgeng who was attacking and defending against the opponent's point guard who broke the ball!

The basketball was in his hands, and his feet suddenly accelerated, and the proud speed unfolded at full speed, and by the time the Argentine defender turned to chase after him, he had been thrown off the position.

The line of the penalty area jumped up, the stretched body was like a big bird spreading its wings in the hit, and the basketball raised high smashed down with a bang when the body rose to the highest, "Boom!" "Slam dunk!

"Pap, pap......" The basketball that fell on the ground bounced unhurriedly, and the figure on the basket fell gently, turned around, and raised the index finger of his right hand and shook his arm fiercely.

The stadium burst into cheers and cheers, and the excited fans in front of the TV jumped to their feet and shouted "Beautiful!" The two commentators learned from the audience and jumped up and yelled, "Beautiful! Thankfully, the TV camera didn't cut back to the live room at this time.

"Yay!" Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, who were high-fived and celebrated, looked at Geng Xiangzhi on the sidelines at the same time, although they didn't make gestures this time, but the look of squint also seemed to remind Geng Xiangzhi: "Look, it's scored again!" ”

The score was 18:8, and the youth team led by four points, and Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji teamed up to score seven points in these sixteen points.

Such a start is indeed unexpected by Argentina, and the fierce momentum of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji is even more incomprehensible to them: a game that has nothing to do with the overall situation, why are they so desperate?

But whether they understand it or not, they don't want to lose this game either. The Argentine coach on the sidelines made a gesture, and the Argentine team controlled the tempo on the field.

The morale of the Chinese youth team was greatly boosted because of the continuous wonderful performances of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, and Song Liuming was even more excited about Li Changgeng's dunk, so he thought about doing the same. Li Changgeng, Sima Shenji, Song Liuming, plus another Li Zhenhua, who is also emotional, almost the entire youth team is in flamboyance and impetuousness. Fortunately, there is also a calm Li Zheng. He is responsible for controlling the ball, firmly controlling the rhythm when attacking, and constantly reminding the players to move and assist when defending.

No matter how Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji blew their beards and stared, the rhythm of the game finally slowed down with the efforts of the point guards on both sides. And Li Changgeng finally sobered up a lot after eating a foul.