Chapter 171: First Loss
Liu Qinhao Liu Kai stared at Li Changgeng with both hands, he knew that Hong Cheng would definitely shoot three points at this time, so he forced him to step forward, and would rather let Li Changgeng get two points after breaking through than give Li Changgeng a chance to shoot three points. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info is just a two-point and doesn't pose much of a threat to the God Exterminator.
"This is to let me break through and not give me three points." Li Changgeng knew in his heart that the ball shuttled quickly under his crotch, and his shoulders shook accordingly, making it difficult for Liu Qinhao to judge which way he would go.
"To the left, or to the right?" Liu Qinhao muttered in his heart, and before he could judge it, he saw Li Changgeng suddenly get up and break through to the left, and he was shocked, "It's to the left." "Strictly guarding against Li Changgeng's three points does not mean that there is no defense, if possible, he still has to try to prevent Li Changgeng from breaking through, so he subconsciously took a step back, and at the same time the center of gravity shifted to the right to block Li Changgeng's breakthrough route.
But at this moment, Li Changgeng suddenly turned around with his right foot as the center, retracted his left foot that stepped out, stepped on the three-point line, and at the same time took the ball away, and his right foot was also withdrawn.
"Damn it!" Liu Qinhao's heart jumped, and he flew to Li Changgeng.
It's a pity that Li Changgeng's shot was too fast, Rao is Liu Qinhao reacted quickly, and he could only make a show, and when he pounced, Li Changgeng had already made a move.
"Don't go in!" The audience who supported the God Slayer shouted in their hearts.
"You have to get in!" Countless fans who supported Hong Cheng prayed.
At this moment, everyone stared at the basketball without blinking, as if they had forgotten to breathe, they all snorted and stared, and their hearts were extremely nervous.
"Huh!"
A crisp sound sounded, and the basketball pierced the net like a precision-guided missile, and the white net flew up like a white wave.
"Yay!" Li Changgeng jumped up and shook his fist fiercely.
On the sidelines, Tao Ran was the same, Meng Yao jumped happily, like a little girl, and a group of substitute players waved towels excitedly to cheer for the ball.
The people of the God Exterminator Team collectively fell silent, and even the thousands of spectators in the audience who supported the God Exterminator Team collectively lost their voices.
At 94:91, Hong Cheng was 3 points behind, and there were 28 seconds left before the end of the game, which means that Hong Cheng still had a chance.
Song Zhezong called a timeout and said to several players under him: "There are still 28 seconds left, the ball is in our hands, but Hong Cheng still has one more chance to attack, so we must score this goal, as long as this goal is scored, we will win." After saying that, he thought for a moment and said, "In case it doesn't go in, I mean just in case." Then you have to defend quickly, and you must not give the opponent a chance to score three points. Remember, it's better to let the opponent get two points than put three points. ”
"Yes." Several people nodded.
In case you can't score and give Hong Cheng the ball, then even if Hong Cheng scores a two-point score, the score is still one point behind, and it is the same as losing. But if Hong Cheng is given a three-point score, then the game will be dragged into overtime, and the outcome will be unpredictable.
On Hongcheng's side, Tao Ran didn't make any more arrangements, but once again told a few people that this ball must be guarded down, definitely!
"Toot ......"
The whistle blew and the players returned to the field.
The God Destroyer team attacked, Liu Qinhui held the ball and walked outside the three-point line, consuming time, and waited until there were 7 seconds left in the offensive time before he started to attack, and the dribble speed accelerated, first a series of cross steps, and then suddenly accelerated, breaking through from the left side, and the speed was very fast.
"Don't think about it!" Sima Shenji yelled in his heart, moved to the right, and finally blocked Liu Qinhui, but was not overtaken by Liu Qinhui.
failed to pass Sima Shenji, but Liu Qinhui didn't care, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly stopped, and he was about to jump. Sima Shenji's heart jumped, and he even jumped up to block it, but as soon as he jumped, he knew it was bad, because Liu Qinhui didn't jump at all, it was a shooting feint.
Waiting for Sima Shenji's whereabouts Liu Qinhui jumped up and played a time difference, at this time Sima Shenji didn't dare to foul, so he could only watch Liu Qinhui shoot.
"Huh!"
The ball was scored, the score became 96:91, and Hong Cheng was 5 points behind.
Everyone looked at the timer, there were still 4 seconds left before the end of the game, only enough for Hong Cheng to play an attack, even if he scored a three-pointer, it would not help.
Tao Ran shook his head, his expression was gloomy, there was no pause on their side, 4 seconds, the backcourt ball, and they could only play one attack. If Liu Qinhui didn't score the goal just now, he would still have a chance to drag the game into overtime with three points, but that goal went in, which means that Hong Cheng has no chance.
Serving in the backcourt, the God Destroyer team pressed all over the court, Li Changgeng changed direction and passed Liu Qinhao, quickly passed the half, and grabbed three points.
"Huh!"
The ball was scored, and the whistle at the end of the game sounded, and the score was fixed at 96:94, and Hong Cheng still lost after all.
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The people of Hongcheng hugged the members of the God Exterminator team, and then left the venue, and thousands of spectators stood up in unison to cheer for the God Exterminator team.
Watching the Hongcheng players enter the player tunnel, the players of the God Slayer team were in a somewhat complicated mood. Song Zhezong kept watching Hongcheng's people leave, and only when everyone entered the players' tunnel did he let out a sigh and sighed: "What a Hongcheng, next time I encounter it, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to win." ”
The group stage is a round-robin match, taking Group A of the South Region as an example, there are a total of five champion teams in Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Chongqing, each team will play four games, one point for one win, and no points for one loss, and finally ranked by points, and the top two will get the right to qualify from the group.
Now that Hongcheng has lost one game, it is not impossible to qualify, as long as they win all three games in the back, there is still a great hope of qualifying.
However, this game against the God Slayer was their first game in the national division, and losing this game was not a big blow to them.
On the bus from Zhejiang to Guangxi, everyone in Hongcheng was in a very low mood, and the carriage was surprisingly quiet.
Glancing at the others, seeing that everyone was either closing their eyes or staring out the window in a daze, Meng Yao looked at Li Changgeng, and saw that Li Changgeng had kept his head down, she couldn't help but be a little worried, gently pulled Li Changgeng, and whispered comforting: "Don't be sad anymore, it's just a game, let's just play well, I believe we will be able to get the right to qualify from the group." ”
"Hehe......" Li Changgeng raised his head and smiled at Meng Yao, but no matter how you look at it, that smile has a bitter taste.
Meng Yao sighed in her heart, she was actually very sad, originally everyone was looking forward to performing well in the national divisional competition, all the way to the national challenge, and aiming for the national championship. But who wants to lose the first game, and it's hard to accept it if they change, how can they be in a good mood?
"Li Changgeng." Meng Yao thought for a while and said, "This time it's because we have no experience, it's not that we don't have enough strength, you don't have to do this." ”
"yes, we don't have any experience, it's the first time we're competing in the national divisions." Li Changgeng nodded, Meng Yao couldn't help but be overjoyed, but listened to Li Changgeng say: "But no matter what the reason is, if we lose, we lose." He looked at Meng Yao, "Thank you for comforting me, but I really can't let go." ”
Meng Yao froze, looked at Li Changgeng for a while, and still didn't say anything after all.
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The road was surprisingly quiet, and everyone was still immersed in the pain of losing the game, so it was still the same when the car arrived in the city.
The car drove all the way, and the members of the city team also got out of the car one after another, although it was morning, but today they could have a day off and go to school tomorrow.
"I've arrived." When he arrived at the place, Li Changgeng said hello to everyone, got out of the car with his backpack, and waved to everyone.
When the car walked away, Li Changgeng turned around, but he was stunned.
I don't know when there was already one more person behind him, a white dress, hair casually draped over his shoulders, and a pair of big eyes staring at him, which made Li Changgeng's heartbeat suddenly miss half a beat, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Selena." ”
Selena's eyes softened, she took a step forward, and suddenly hugged Li Changgeng, feeling Li Changgeng's body stiffen suddenly, she said softly: "I watched your match with the God Exterminator Team. ”
Li Changgeng was shocked, gently hugged Selena, sniffed the good smell on her body, and said movingly: "Thank you for giving me a hug, I was very uncomfortable originally, but now I feel much better." ”
"That's good." Selena said, with both hands, she broke free from Li Changgeng's embrace, seeing Li Changgeng's face full of reluctance and loss, she blushed and said coquettishly: "I can't hug it anymore now, this is on the side of the road, how bad it is for people to come and go." ”
Hearing her say this, Li Changgeng reacted, and said with a shy face: "Okay, don't hug it, wait until you find a place with fewer people." ”
"Okay." Selena nodded.
I didn't expect Selena to be so crisp and nodded seriously, Li Changgeng was a little stunned, looking at Selena's eyes, he suddenly understood, and his heart suddenly warmed: "Selena, thank you." Don't worry, I'm fine, it's just a loss, and I'll win it back next time. ”
"Hmm." Selena nodded and smiled happily, the person she likes can understand her hard work, and that's enough.
Seeing Selena, Li Changgeng was not busy going home, the two found a park and took a walk in the park.
While walking and chatting, Selena also decided not to mention Hongcheng's match with the God Exterminator Team this time, only said that she was happy and very understanding.
After walking for a while, Li Changgeng remembered a question and asked, "By the way, Selena, why did you come over, didn't your brother say it?" ”
Selena grinned, stuck out her tongue and said, "Him! That's it. ”
"Ahh Li Changgeng was taken aback, he didn't expect that such a well-behaved girl as Selena would not listen to the people in the family.
Li Changgeng glanced at the time, saw that the time was not early, and said, "Selena, let's go, let's go to dinner, and then send you back to school." ”
"Hmm." Selena nodded.
In order to make it easier for Selena, Li Changgeng simply sent Selena outside, and then found a small restaurant outside to eat.
A meal is grinding, reluctant to give up.
It took more than an hour to finish eating, and seeing that it was almost afternoon class time, the two of them walked out of the restaurant and walked outside.
When she was about to reach the Yellow River, Selena hesitated, finally gritted her teeth, pulled Li Changgeng up and ran behind a flower platform, and said with a red face: "Hug me." ”
"Huh?" Li Changgeng was sluggish.
Selena glared at him in shame, gritted her teeth, and said, "There's no one here." ”
"Oh, feelings Selena didn't lie to me before, you can't hug it if there are many people, just have fewer people." Li Changgeng was overjoyed in his heart, hugged Selena gently, and finally swept away the last bit of depression in his heart that was difficult to let go of because of losing the game, and laughed happily.
Separated from Selena, told Selena to comfort Sima Shenji after she went home, and told Sima Shenji not to take the responsibility for this defeat on himself, and Li Changgeng took the car home.
When he returned home, Li Changgeng was shocked again, "Uncle, aunt, why are you all here, don't you have to go to work?" To Li Changgeng's surprise, it's three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's not Sunday, why are uncles and aunts at home, can't they all take a collective vacation today?
"You stinky boy, why did you come back at this time, the dishes are cold." The aunt scolded with a smile.
Li Changgeng saw that there was a table of dishes on the table, all of which he liked to eat, and then looked at the soft smiles on the faces of the old uncle and aunt, his heart suddenly became clear, and he smiled: "Uncle, aunt, you also watched the game, right?" I'm fine, isn't it just a game, winning or losing is a common thing in soldiers, and winning back next time is. ”
"Yes." Auntie said.
"Well, you have to have that spirit." The uncle also laughed, and since the son was relieved, they were relieved.
Hongcheng lost to the God Exterminator team in the first game of the group stage, which made the entire Hongcheng people feel very regretful.
The next day, Li Changgeng went to school, thinking that he would be reproached by his classmates, but to his surprise, although the students in Hongcheng were sorry for losing the game, they did not have any blame.
This made Li Changgeng's heart warm.
When he arrived at the class, the classmates in the same class also comforted Li Changgeng, which moved Li Changgeng again, and said in his heart that this is the collective, which is really heartwarming.
When it came to class, the old class also unexpectedly asked Li Changgeng to go out alone to comfort him, and encouraged him to continue to work hard and strive to win back next time, and said that the director had already informed the whole school, telling everyone that the reason why he lost this time was just a lack of experience, and told him not to think too much, put down his burden, and strive to win back next time.
At this time, Li Changgeng finally understood that the whole school was like this because of the principal's announcement, and he silently praised the principal in his heart.
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In the afternoon, Li Changgeng changed his jersey early and came to the basketball court.
The others hadn't arrived yet, only Tao Ran came surprisingly early today, which made Li Changgeng a little surprised, and stepped forward to say hello: "Coach, are you here so early?" ”
"Hmm." Tao Ran nodded, looked Li Changgeng up and down, and saw that Li Changgeng did not have the slightest bit of decadence, and he was relieved in his heart, and sighed: "It seems that you have put down the matter of losing the game, that's good." But I'm afraid that others are not as relieved as you are, and I will have to find a way to enlighten them later. The outcome of a game is nothing, the key is not to be decadent and not to affect the next game. ”
"Coach, you're worried." Li Changgeng said, and secretly pondered in his heart, and he would help enlighten his teammates later.
After a while, Sima Shenji came.
Seeing Sima Shenji, Tao Ran was ready to speak, and he had already brewed the words of enlightenment.
But before he could speak, Sima Shenji ran over in three steps and two steps, and grabbed Tao Ran's hand, and said in a comforting tone: "Coach, don't worry, I won't indulge in failure, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, don't worry, we will definitely win next time." It's just that the coach must pay attention to your body, you must not worry about this incident, you must take care! ”
"This ......," Tao Ran opened his mouth.
Without waiting for him to say, Sima Shenji immediately patted his chest and said, "Coach, don't say anything, I know, I will definitely train hard." After speaking, he nodded at Li Changgeng, then put down his bag by himself, walked onto the court alone, and began training.
Here, Tao Ran felt inexplicable, he was originally going to enlighten Sima Shenji, how did he become Sima Shenji and enlighten him in turn?
Tao Ran looked at Li Changgeng, his eyes were puzzled, Li Changgeng spread his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Don't look at me, I'm also confused." ”
After a while, Lu Feng also came.
This time, Tao Ran didn't speak in a hurry, and sure enough, seeing the hippie smiling face in the past, Lu Feng, who was out of tune, looked at Tao Ran with a concerned expression, and said, "Coach, it's great to see that you're okay." I know we didn't play well against the God Slayer team, and we blame us for losing, so don't think about it again. I promise that the next time it is an away game, I will not drop the chain. ”
Tao Ran looked at Li Changgeng, and the two looked at each other, which one is this singing?
Glancing at Lu Feng and Sima Shenji, who were on the field training, Tao Ran thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, let's wait a little longer and see how the others react." ”
"Hmm." Li Changgeng nodded, remembering what Lu Feng said just now, and couldn't help but ask Tao Ran, "Coach, are you okay?" ”
"What do you think is wrong with me? Curse me sincerely, don't you? Tao Ran glared at him and smiled bitterly speechlessly, "What the hell is going on?" ”
As he was talking, Amu and Nongguang also came, and Li Changgeng and Tao Ran didn't speak, looking at the two.
Sure enough, Amu and Nongguang both looked at Tao Ran with a concerned look, Nongguang's eyes were still a little red, and he choked up: "Coach, don't worry, we have learned from the pain and recovered from the blow of failure, you must also take care of your body, and you must not leave us." ”
"Yes." Amu also helped on the side, and took out a beautifully packaged box from his backpack, held it to Tao Ran, and said: "Coach, this is spirulina tablets, which my aunt bought for my uncle, and it is said to be effective for lowering blood pressure, this is my filial piety to you, don't be polite." ”
"......" Li Changgeng held back a smile and his face turned red.
Tao Ran was so angry in his heart, I won't say anything about the curses on my lips, this kid actually sent me medicine? Are you scolding me for being sick?
Seeing that the coach's face was getting more and more ugly, and his eyes were getting more and more aggressive, Amu shrunk his neck, and said that the coach was still angry about losing the game, but he couldn't mess with him, so he stuffed spirulina into Tao Ran's hand, pulled up Nongguang and ran away.
There were several people like this, although Tao Ran was puzzled, he simply didn't ask, just waited to see what the others looked like.
After a while, Ah Long, Nongguang, Luo Tian, Long Xiaotian, and Sima Shenji ......
One by one, the members of the city team arrived one after another, without exception, everyone was full of concern, and repeatedly told Tao Ran to take care of his body, and to ensure that he must train well, and wait for the next group game to win back, and never drop the chain again.
When everyone arrived, Tao Ran was still confused, looking at the spirulina, ecological tea and other things sent by the players in his hand, and smiled helplessly: "Am I really sick?" ”
"This ......" Li Changgeng touched his nose and thought for a while before saying: "I don't think it's a bad thing, at least you don't need to enlighten them one by one." ”
Hearing Li Changgeng's words, Tao Ran couldn't cry or laugh, originally he had brewed some enlightening words, but now he can't use them all, which makes him feel depressed.
And what made Tao Ran feel most depressed was that he didn't know what was going on at this point?
At this time, Meng Yao was late, and saw that everyone else was training, only Li Changgeng and Tao Ran were standing together, Tao Ran still had a constipation-like expression, holding a bunch of things in his hands, not putting them down, not letting them go, looking very embarrassed.
Meng Yao's eyes were sharp, and at a glance she saw that those things were spirulina, ecological tea and other blood pressure lowering auxiliaries, and her heart suddenly became clear, and she said with a smile: "Coach, it seems that those guys really won the trick, but even if they have the heart, they will send you so many things." ”
As soon as he heard Tao Ran, he understood, with a tiger face, he took out the style of the elders, and reprimanded in a low voice: "You did it, didn't you?" Give me an honest account. ”
"Coach." Seeing Tao Ran's tiger face, Meng Yao didn't care that Li Changgeng was still on the side, and made a killer move, pulling Tao Ran's arm and starting to be coquettish, "I'm also good for the team, yesterday in the car, I saw that the players were all lost and depressed, I thought that it would definitely not work if it went on like this, there are two days before the next game, what if it affects the next game?" ”
"So, I did a little trick." Meng Yao stuck out her tongue and said in a low voice, "I sent a text message to each of them. ”
"What text message?" Tao Ran asked, and Li Changgeng couldn't help but be curious.
"Hee-hee." Meng Yao said with a smile, "I'll tell them that the coach, you saw that they were all discouraged and had no fighting spirit, and they were anxious for a while, and they became sick for a while, and they had high blood pressure when they went back last night, but fortunately there was no brain bolt, which is a great luck." ”
Tao Ran's forehead was crawling with black lines.
Li Changgeng finally realized that his mobile phone was out of battery when he went home yesterday, and it was never turned on, otherwise he would probably be able to see Meng Yao's text messages, and he would not be ignorant.
"And they all scared out, and they all had to call you, and in the end I said you need to rest, don't let them call, and then tell them that the best way to care about you is to cheer up quickly." Meng Yao narrowed her eyes and smiled slyly. (To be continued.) )