Chapter 199: Just Be Yourself
On the evening of March 30. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
At 82:78, Shaoguan No. 4 Middle School narrowly defeated Huipu Middle School in the last four points.
After today's game, the first thing everyone did when they returned to their rooms was to fall asleep. Of course, Wu Yichen, who didn't play, was naturally not as tired as them.
Looking at Zheng Chao and Ouyang Haoyu, who slept all afternoon, Wu Yichen couldn't help but smile knowingly.
It's really hard for them!
"Congratulations, congratulations, without Wu Da Genius, the fourth middle school also won the Huipu Middle School, and my senior middle school is strong!"
Wu Yichen looked at the chat records between himself and Zhang Fan and snorted.
He was still a little reluctant in his heart, but at least, the only good thing was that they won.
No, it can't be said to be the only one, at least Wu Yichen felt that his foot injury was recovering at an accelerated pace.
"Hmm!" Zheng Chao suddenly sat up directly from the bed, with a frightened look, looking like he had some bad dream.
"What's wrong?" Wu Yichen asked in a low voice, after all, Ouyang Haoyu is still sleeping!
Zheng Chao gasped and said, "I dreamed that you were injured!" β
The corners of Wu Yichen's mouth twitched, and he pointed to his nose and said, "What?" You said you dreamed that I was injured, what did it matter to me? β
Zheng Chao said in a low voice: "I dreamed that in another match with Changsha Mingde, you were injured. β
"How is that possible!" Wu Yichen smiled and said, "How can I be so fragile. β
Zheng Chao shook his head and said, "I don't know, I can't remember exactly what I dreamed of." What time is it? β
Wu Yichen turned on his mobile phone and looked at it and said: "At half past seven o'clock in the evening, don't sleep, you won't be able to sleep at night, tomorrow's game, don't be an upset!" β
Zheng Chao sneered and said: "Tomorrow is my home field, play this little minion of Yibin No. 1 Middle School, you have to let me vent." The important thing is the focus battle between Huipu Middle School and Changsha Mingde, in fact, our right to qualify has not been locked up yet. If Huipu Middle School wins Changsha Mingde, then all three of our teams will have 3 wins and 1 loss, but there can only be two places to qualify. β
"That's not something we need to take care of." Wu Yichen was sitting at the computer desk, but he didn't use the computer. As he said this, he stretched and leaned back in his chair.
"But I don't think Huipu Middle School will be able to win." Zheng Chao analyzed.
Wu Yichen said suspiciously: "How do you say this?" β
Moonlight came in from the window, and Zheng Chao's face was illuminated. Wu Yichen also saw Zheng Chao's expression clearly at the moment.
Zheng Chao smiled leisurely: "Because this is an era of alternating between the old and the new!" β
"Haha." Wu Yichen smiled.
"Today, Ouyang got thirty points, and I got twenty-three points, I always feel a little little." Zheng Chao muttered.
"Are you too little?" Wu Yichen's eyes widened in surprise, he usually had a hard time scoring more than 20 points, because he was more helping his teammates score.
"Because you didn't help Wu Yichen win the points that belong to him, right?" At this time, Ouyang Haoyu's lips were buzzing.
"Are you awake?" Zheng Chao said in surprise.
"Yes, yes, I was woken up by the sound you just had, and I've been listening to what you said." Ouyang Haoyu did not get up, but still lay on the pillow.
"Then again, why are you so good today!" Zheng Chao said strangely.
Ouyang Haoyu smiled and said, "That's not it, brother didn't show his true strength before. β
"Bragging rights, you." Zheng Chao said unbelievingly.
Wu Yichen said: "I don't think so, on the contrary, I have always felt that Ouyang Haoyu's strength was a little too weak before. Of course, I mean the quality he showed. β
Ouyang Haoyu didn't say anything, as if he had fallen asleep again. Zheng Chao said: "Why do you say that? β
"Ouyang Haoyu and I have met twice before." Wu Yichen said slowly, "The first time we met was a weekend, and it seemed that we had just won the provincial championship at that time. When Zhang Fan and I went to play video games, we ran into Ouyang Haoyu. β
"Ha, I didn't expect you to play video games?" Zheng Chao seemed to have discovered a new continent, "In my impression, Wu Yichen is a good student!" β
"What a three-good student, brother is a four-good boy!" Wu Yichen smiled.
"Go on." Zheng Chao urged.
Wu Yichen continued: "At that time, Ouyang Haoyu recognized me, so he asked me to fight alone. I don't know what his purpose was, but only now do I understand that Ouyang made this request to me in order to join our fourth middle school. β
"He can enter the fourth middle school in the name of righteousness, why should he pass your level?" Zheng Chao asked puzzled.
Wu Yichen said: "Maybe he wants to see what kind of level his current level is in China." β
Wu Yichen paused, took a sip of water and said: "I don't remember the score very clearly, it seems to be 10:8 or 10:9, anyway, the two of them are quite close." Ouyang's offensive methods are endless, but I am a little puzzled, I have always wondered, why a Chinese who came back from the United States is actually similar in strength to me? β
"In my opinion, the strength of basketball players who come back from the United States should be at the top in the country."
"Nothing like that." Ouyang Haoyu had been listening carefully to Wu Yichen's narration before, and finally said at this moment: "There is also a classification in the United States, although I am in the position of the sixth man, but the overall level of our team is placed in the entire New York State, which is too much."
It's bad. β
"I see, no wonder your strength is not as strong as I thought." When Zheng Chao said this, he felt a little rude, so he immediately added: "No, you are already very strong, at least you are already a top existence in Chinese high schools." β
Ouyang Haoyu smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Wu Yichen, you go on." β
Wu Yichen nodded: "At that time, he told me that if he lost, then he would join our fourth middle school." I thought it was just a joke, so I didn't pay much attention to it until later. β
"One day after the final exams of the first semester, I went back to my alma mater in junior high school to visit the gymnasium of my alma mater again."
"After Ouyang Haoyu came back from the United States, he studied at my alma mater, which is a complete middle school, that is, a middle and high school."
"Not long after I entered the gymnasium, Ouyang Haoyu walked over. Just as we were about to play together, one of us suddenly said, "I want to play." β
"This person is a classmate from your alma mater, Shi Haoxuan." Wu Yichen said to Zheng Chao.
Zheng Chao was stunned, Deng Shaoxin said before that Shi Haoxuan went to Shaogang, and he didn't know why at the time, it turned out that he went to Wu Yichen's alma mater to play ball!
At this time, Ouyang Haoyu answered: "When I saw that I chose to come over to play, I felt very unhappy, so I was the first to step forward to fight." As a result, I was beaten 5:0 by him, and his physical fitness was no less than any black man I had ever seen in the United States. It was only then that I realized how ridiculous my strength was in the whole of China. β
"At the same time, I also lamented the rapid development of Chinese basketball."
Wu Yichen said: "After Ouyang Haoyu was defeated, I played. This is the second time I have met Shi Haoxuan, and it is also the first time I have played with Shi Haoxuan. 5:4, I just lost by one point. β
"Wait." Zheng Chao suddenly interrupted Wu Yichen's narration and said, "Brother, aren't we talking about Ouyang Haoyu?" How did I talk about your story? β
Wu Yichen patted his head and smiled embarrassedly: "Oh, oops, what you said!" Straight to the point, down to the point. β
"I don't know if Ouyang Haoyu's strength itself is like this, or if he didn't get used to the way of playing here after returning to China, after all, most of the games on our side are half-courts, and there are very few people who play the whole game. Or maybe the rhythm of our full-court play is different from their side, causing Ouyang Haoyu to not be able to play his true strength. β
"I think it's more of the latter." Ouyang Haoyu rolled over.
"I've been thinking about a question before." Zheng Chao pondered.
"What?" Both men asked at the same time.
Zheng Chao said: "I'm thinking, our current backcourt strength is so strong, why can't we play the effect of 1+1+1 equals 3?" β
"I think a big part of it is due to me, and of course part of it is that we didn't stagger our playing time better." Wu Yichen took the responsibility first.
Zheng Chao shook his head and said, "No, I think I'm dragging everyone back." I think I'm good at scoring, but I'm not consistent enough, and my shooting percentage isn't as good as that of the two of you. β
"That's just because I didn't create more and good enough opportunities for you." Wu Yichen argued.
Zheng Chao shook his head: "After Ouyang Haoyu came, I didn't seem to let go of the fight." It's not that I don't want to let go, it's that I feel like I can't let go at all. β
"Why?" Wu Yichen's head tilted.
"I always felt like I was going to waste this opportunity......"
"Isn't that a lack of self-confidence? Zheng Chao, in my impression, you are not such a person. Wu Yichen said.
Zheng Chao nodded and said, "But since that dunk yesterday, I haven't had this idea anymore." β
"That's right." Wu Yichen laughed.
Ouyang Haoyu said: "Wu Yichen, you just said that a large part of the responsibility lies on you, how can you say this?" β
Wu Yichen said this with some gloom and self-reproach, and said: "My idol is Chris Paul, but my technical characteristics are more like Stephen Curry. I tried to combine the characteristics of two superstars in my own body, but I found it too hard. β
"I like that feeling of shooting threes, and the team needs me to shoot that." Wu Yichen said: "But I like the feeling of connecting teammates and controlling the overall situation. I've watched Paul's footage countless times, but my style of play is getting more and more like Curry......
"I was taking up too much of the ball in search of that feeling of being a combination in my heart. And did you find a problem? That is, when I'm attacking with the ball, I'm rarely able to create three-point shots, more of a passing assist. β
"Even though I had a lot of assists, I found that I wasn't very efficient."
"Maybe it's because of this problem that the data you played out by Ouyang and you is not as good as you imagined." Wu Yichen blamed himself.
Ouyang Haoyu and Zheng Chao were silent, and the whole room was silent for a while.
It's as if everyone is thinking about their own shortcomings.
"How can we produce a chemical effect where 1+1+1 is greater than three?" Or Wu Yichen threw out questions.
Zheng Chao got out of bed and said, "I'm a little hungry, let's go eat something first." β
βJustbeyourselfβ¦β¦ Just be yourself......" Ouyang Haoyu muttered.
"Huh?" Zheng Chao just walked to the door, and stopped after hearing Ouyang Haoyu's words.
The two of them turned their heads at the same time, Zheng Chao turned on the light in the room, and for a while a strong light pierced Ouyang Haoyu's eyes, and Ouyang Haoyu covered his head with a quilt.
Wu Yichen's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was savoring this sentence.
βJustbeyourselfβ¦ Justbeyourself..."Wu Yichen's lips twitched, repeating this sentence constantly.
"I mean, reduce the amount of time you spend on the attack, play when you need to, pass when you need to, don't drag your feet, and you can't have more than six seconds of possession for everybody." Ouyang Haoyu's voice came from the bed.
"Is this possible?" Zheng Chao blinked: "In this case, time will be very tight." β
"Golden State Warriors, isn't that what Golden State Warriors do? They have an unprecedented Big Four, although the run-in problem is still relatively large, but their solution to this problem is not what I just said? Ouyang Haoyu said.
"More willing to share the ball, throw when you should throw, pass when you should pass, everyone can pay a little time to occupy the ball for the arrival of the new giant, and everyone's division of labor and cooperation is very clear." Ouyang Haoyu said.
A glimmer of light flashed in Wu Yichen's eyes, as if suddenly, and said, "I understand, do you mean to make our division of labor more clear?" β
Ouyang Haoyu in the quilt smiled happily, but Wu Yichen and Zheng Chao outside really couldn't see clearly.
"Didn't Ouyang say it very clearly......" Zheng Chao yawned and walked out of the door.
Justbeyourself.
When Zheng Chao went, Wu Yichen and Ouyang Haoyu started a new topic.
"I think if we can really do that, our overall strength will definitely go to a higher level." Wu Yichen smiled happily: "What is basketball like in the United States?" β
Wu Yichen finally asked what he wanted to ask the most.
Ouyang Haoyu finally poked his head out of the bed, he leaned against the corner of the wall and sat up straight.
"Do you yearn for that place?" Ouyang Haoyu asked.
Wu Yichen nodded and said: "Every Chinese basketball person yearns for the United States, but it's a pity that I don't have that economic strength." β
"You don't need your financial strength, as long as you have basketball strength." Ouyang Haoyu said.
"Why?" Wu Yichen said incomprehensibly.
"There's a saying in American basketball that no matter where you are, if you're good enough, scouts will find you. If you want to be discovered, then there is only one thing you have to do, climb to the top of the country, and then find a way to stand on the world stage and attract more people's attention to you. Ouyang Haoyu said.
"Poof......" Wu Yichen suddenly burst out laughing, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have the same habit as me, that is, off-topic." β
"What's wrong?" Ouyang Haoyu was a little confused.
"I'm not asking you how to go to the United States, I'm asking you what it's like in the United States!" Wu Yichen said with a smile.
"Ah, that's right." Ouyang Haoyu scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "The United States is over there, the competition is very fierce." β
"How fierce is it, and the competition on our side is also fierce?" Wu Yichen asked.
Ouyang Haoyu said: "If you use two words to describe it, then it is cruel." β
"You're talking a lot."
"The basketball league of our Chinese high school, in terms of the level of our No. 4 Middle School and Changsha Mingde, is also the first-line level of the junior high school league in the United States. But in high school, barely at the end of the second line. β
"I say it's the sixth man, but the team in the United States is only at the second level. I found that when we Chinese people who play ball, when they hear the word America, their faces will show a look of yearning, and I have never been able to understand, why is this? β
Wu Yichen explained: "Because the United States is a basketball mecca. β
"You don't think that way when you get there. In China, the United States is a basketball mecca. But in the U.S., for someone of my calibre, it's basically a nightmare. β
"Ah, so horrible?" Wu Yichen didn't believe it.
Ouyang Haoyu nodded: "I still can't describe the specifics, only when you have the opportunity to go to the United States in the future, you will know how terrible the basketball competition over there is." With near-professional training and weekly games, it's not impossible for you to experience the life of a professional footballer. β
Speaking of this, Ouyang Haoyu suddenly looked at Wu Yichen solemnly and said, "Do you want to go to the United States?" β
"Yes." Wu Yichen replied almost without hesitation.
Zheng Chao, who was leaning against the door, ate bread and listened to the conversation coming from inside.
β¦β¦
"What are your plans for tomorrow's match with Huipu Middle School?" At the dinner meeting in Changsha Mingde, Guo Zhigang asked Shi Haoxuan.
Shi Haoxuan smiled: "Use the way of others to govern their bodies." Didn't they take advantage of the fact that the fourth middle school used too much energy to play in the game against us? As a result, they failed, even if they tried their best. And now we have a role reversal, let Huipu Middle School and No. 4 Middle School fight to the death, resulting in their lack of physical strength, and we are winning easily. β
"Well said!" Guo Zhigang clapped his hands and laughed, and said: "The plan of returning to Pu Middle School is already very risky, plus they gave it a go in the game against the fourth middle school, but they still failed to win. What does this mean? It means that they will face setbacks again and again, and this is the end of their national competition this year. β
"Let's ...... tomorrow"
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"Bang!" Sitting in front of the computer desk, Men Yu suddenly slapped the computer desk hard, and then grabbed his hair with his head in his hands, looking very painful.
Fang Jiachen, who was in the same room as him, couldn't help but hang in his heart when he saw the captain's behavior.
Why, why did it come to such an end?
Damn it! Menyu roared in his heart.
He has worked hard for this year's national competition, but he doesn't want to be eliminated in the group stage.
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The entrance of Shaoguan No. 4 Middle School, the gate post.
Just now it was said that a courier arrived, and Lin Qinran didn't know what the courier was, maybe the teaching aid he bought online a few days ago arrived.
So, Lin Qinran and Xinyue went to the gate post to get the express delivery.
It's really strange to say that a creature like a woman can be a rival in love and a good sister at the same time.
But the express delivery that Lin Qinran got was not in the shape of a teaching book, but a thin piece that I don't know what it was.
"What is this?" Xinyue asked suspiciously.
Lin Qinran shook his head.
"Take it apart?" Xinyue Road.
Lin Qinran nodded, borrowed a pair of scissors from Uncle Gatekeeper, and unpacked the package.
"Huh?" Lin Qinran's face turned red all of a sudden, because the piece of paper in his hand was enveloped in an envelope. And this envelope, he has seen many times.
Xinyue's face darkened, and when she saw Lin Qinran's expression, she could probably guess what it was.
I'm not going to lose.
This should be the seventh seal! How many letters does this guy have to give me! Lin Qinran's heart was pounding.
That's right, this is Wu Yichen's seventh love letter.
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The next day, March 31.
"Sore muscles...... Zheng Chao stretched his waist, as if he wanted to unblock the meridians in his body.
"Don't stay in the room in the morning, go and watch the game of Nanjing No. 9 Middle School. After all, if we qualify from the group, the first opponent we face is likely to be Nanjing No. 9 Middle School! Zhou Leehom encouraged everyone, and yesterday's battle made him feel very gratified.
's own bitter tricks are really not in vain.
Today's schedule looks like this:
In the morning, there will be a special session for Group A.
At 9:00, Nanjing No. 9 Middle School played against Chongqing No. 1 Middle School.
At 10:30, Wuhan No. 2 Middle School played against Beijing No. 4 Middle School.
In the afternoon, it will be a special session for Group B.
At 15:00, Shaoguan No. 4 Middle School played against Yibin No. 1 Middle School.
At 16:30, Changsha Mingde played against Huipu Middle School.
The competition in Group A has basically come to an end, and there are two places, if nothing else, it should be the first place Nanjing No. 9 Middle School, and the second place Beijing No. 4 Middle School.
Today is also the final game of the final day of the group stage, and in the evening, there will be an entertaining skills contest, a three-point contest and a slam dunk contest.
This is also a novel element specially added to the Chinese high school basketball league in recent years, and each team must send at least one player to participate.