Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Second Battle - Team Lenovo
As time passed, the Storm team also ushered in their second game in the national major division, and they faced off against Lenovo.
The Lenovo team is also an old strong team, he is in Haining City, but his status is not as embarrassing as the status of the storm team in the capital, the Lenovo team is completely a dominant team, so the resources are extremely good. Also enter the top 16 of joy every year. There will be no shortage of their share, but the Lenovo team has not achieved any good rankings in the Happy Top 16, and many times they are eliminated in the first round, in the end, it is caused by the lack of heritage, after all, the Lenovo team has only been established for four or five years. Although they have a lot of resources at their disposal, the domination of a strong team is not something that happens overnight, and for the Lenovo team, every year the competition is a challenge, they will go all out to fight, no matter how strong or weak the opponent is, they have been breaking their own record in the national competition.
Therefore, for the Storm Team, an old and strong team in the past, the Lenovo team will not release water while it is determined to win, and this battle must be a hard battle. It's also a time to put the Storm to the test.
The team came to Haining City one day in advance, and the next day everyone arrived at the Phone Arena of the Lenovo team as usual. Phone Arena is the home of the Lenovo team, and as the name suggests, it's like a phone lying in the heart of the city, which is hilarious, but the locals are proud of it, and countless basketball enthusiasts rush here to cheer on the home team. It's because there was a game today.
At about 9 o'clock, the players on both sides began to warm up, and the audience seats were already full, most of them were fans wearing Lenovo team uniforms, and only a few Storm diehards were nesting in the corner.
"Damn, I've played two away games, when will it end." After two consecutive away battles, Ah Zheng was very dissatisfied, he said.
"Play well, I guess we can go back to home in the next game." Liu Heng said seriously.
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"Today's game is between the Storms and Lenovo, both of which are good teams and champions of both cities. And today, what kind of feast will they bring us? Let's see. β
On the technical platform, a host named Long Tian held the microphone and said loudly, and the fans in the stadium rose up to applaud, bursting the atmosphere of the stadium.
Another host is called Admiralty, he also picked up the microphone, and very officially introduced the history of Team Lenovo and Team Storm to the big guys, and then he raised the voice of the intermediary and said.
"Then we invite our starting players to come on the field, introduce each other and start the game."
In fact, before the game, they led the Storm Team and others to come forward to say hello, and the Lenovo team was different from the Big Cake Team, and they didn't encounter anything at all this time. There was no need for them to be pretentious, so as soon as they quickly introduced themselves on the field, the captains of both sides looked at the recording table, signaled that the preparations were complete, and waited for the other side to start
The game is about to start, the players on both sides are in place, on the side of the storm team, Coach Hu looked at the players under his hands, and said: "This is last year's happy top 16 team, you must not take it lightly, and if you cross it, it will prove that you are qualified to participate in the national competition, if you can't cross it, the next game is meaningless, so you must not lose, hear no." β
"I hear you." The coach's death order made everyone cheer up, put down the wisp of ease in their hearts, and move forward with tension.
"Okay." Coach Hu continued, "I won't say anything else, I've said everything that needs to be said, play well, play at our level, they are the bottom team of the Happy Top 116, I believe you will be able to do it." Remember, we're behind you, your team-mates are backing you, and the spectators in the stands, they've come all the way here to cheer you on, and you can't live up to their hopes. β
"Also, don't forget, the organizing committee came a few days ago, that is, the fact that we are not famous enough, the team is not strong, and anyone dares to bully, so today you are bound to win, and you have to win beautifully."
Everyone's hearts were uplifted, and they felt the courage in their bodies, and their blood boiled in an instant, and everyone's eyes lit up with a majestic flame, although everyone didn't say it explicitly, they did come for the championship, so they wouldn't be intimidated.
Storm starters: Dawn, Ah Zheng, Ah Cheng, Duke, Adams.
Lenovo team starters: Zhang Xue, Gu Le, Meng Tian, Omi, Lan Tian.
The referee threw the ball into the air, Adams and Blue Sky jumped at the same time, Adams touched the ball first, and put the ball in Ah Zheng's hand, Ah Zheng quickly advanced, full speed, a few steps to the defensive half, Gu Le hurried up to defend, he was very fast, tightly attached to Ah Zheng, ready to give Ah Zheng a crotch break, planning to give them a dismount.
But how could Ah Zheng let him get his wish, Gu Le's intentions were too obvious, even a fool could see it, he glanced at the front of his eyes, and Gu Le next to him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: Go die! If you want to break my ball, do your spring and autumn dreams!
Seeing A Zheng hit the free throw line, sold a flaw, and deceived Gu Le to come up and break the ball, Ah Zheng saw Gu Le coming up, immediately twisted his body, replaced the ball, and passed it to Liming who followed next to him, Liming took a walk to the basket, followed by Zhang Xue, who defended Liming, hurriedly followed, wanting to make up for the defense in the back and give Liming a hat to wear, but found that Liming was not a layup, but a low-handed pass to Duke on the outside.
The basketball flew along an arc, like no man's land, to Duke's hands, Duke had already gotten rid of the defense at this time, he caught the basketball, jumped high at the three-point line, Omi wanted to come up and block, but the height was too high, he couldn't reach it at all, and he could only watch the ball get out of his hands and fly into the basket.
"Huh."
Three-point goal, the Storm team just started with a three-pointer, which is somewhat different from the past, and judging from the performance of the players on the court, it seems that they want to open the situation at the beginning and blow up the Lenovo team. This kind of situation can't help but make Ning Donghai, the head coach of the Lenovo team, a little nervous, Ning Donghai has peeked into the strength of the storm team, especially the last time they beat the big pie man to ashes, he had to be vigilant about this sleeping tiger, after all, this team together, but it has always been a strong force, although they have declined over the years, but who would have thought how they would rise and when.
"After this offense, wait for the next round, increase the defensive intensity, one-on-one marking, and can't let anyone go." Ning Donghai shouted loudly.
Gu Le nodded, took Lan Tian's serve, and the audience immediately erupted in applause and cheers.
"Hit one back, Gu Le." The sound was very loud, and it could be said that it resounded throughout the audience.
The atmosphere at home is so strong. Let the generals of the home team cheer up, Gu Le advanced quickly, kept pouring the ball on the outside, and the two center forwards Adams and Blue Sky on the inside were entangled in the key positions, and the two strong and large muscles collided together, sounding a slight sound, which sounded very scary. Ah Cheng and Meng Tian were entangled, and no one would leave anyone, just like a pair of lovers.
The ball returned to Gu Le's hand again, he glanced at the situation on the field, there was no position to pass the ball to attack, he didn't expect the storm team to be so ruthless, so strong, although he had seen the relevant information before, but it was not enough for him to take it to heart, he put away the contempt in his heart. Listen to the shouts of the audience.
"Ancient music, ancient music".
"Don't try to attack." Ah Zheng was silent in his heart.
The thoughts and actions were instantaneous, Gu Le didn't wait for Gu Le to react, he moved, two consecutive crosses changed direction, the speed was very fast, and Ah Zheng lost his balance all of a sudden, and then, Gu Le showed no mercy at all, and quickly killed into the inner line.
"Thinking too much." Ah Cheng rushed to help his younger brother defend, he pounced on Gu Le, the two collided in the air, and in an instant Ah Cheng seemed to feel a car crashing into him, his shoulder hurt, and he moved his body slightly, Gu Le immediately took advantage of this small space to squeeze in, lifted the ball high, stiffened his abdomen, and pressed his hands.
"Boom!"
Gu Le in the air came to a violent buckle, or facing Ah Cheng, who looked taller and stronger than him, a group of people stood up in the audience, shouting the name of Gu Le loudly, and the sound resounded through the stadium, as if to lift the roof.
Ah Cheng looked at Gu Le with a shocked face, he couldn't imagine that Gu Le, who looked so thin, could have such a strong explosive power, and he could still stand up to his dunk, he couldn't help but feel a little unconfident in himself, he began to be afraid that this game would be blown up like the last time, he was a little timid.
Dawn stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous and to put down his mood and go playing.
"Don't be pressured, the progress of the past few days is obvious to all. Believe in yourself. β
"Hmm!" Ah Cheng responded, he looked at Gu Leye in front of him and didn't know what he was thinking, but one thing was for sure, he didn't get out of the shadows. So his eyes were now wavering.
"This guy."
On the side of the Storm Team, Coach Hu frowned tightly, he found that his evaluation of this starting point guard was still too low, such a strong physical fitness and outstanding skills, with him alone, it was enough to compete with most teams, and even dominate the outcome of a game.
"Dawn, watch that guy." Coach Hu shouted from the sidelines.
"Everyone defended seriously and opened the gap with three points in one go." Coach Hu is not afraid of revealing the tactics here, he is very confident in the shooting ability of Liming and others, they have been strengthening their shooting ability in the past few days, he doesn't believe that the opponent can defend against it, even if they have a genius player on their side, but there is no doubt that Liming is also a talented player, and there are two aces and a general, it is hard to say who can win.
"Okay!" The Storm generals shouted in unison.
"You're naΓ―ve." The generals of the Lenovo team responded
As soon as the ball kicked off, Ah Zheng dribbled over half the court, glanced at the form on the court, and found that his teammates did not have a good chance, so he wandered around the high post and motioned for Duke to come up and block the demolition.
Liming was outside the three-point line at the moment, but he was depressed that he was being defended by two people at the moment, obviously the Lenovo team had already made full preparations for him, knowing that one person could not prevent him at all, so he sent the two people to him.
Although the ball can't be passed to him, they will still miss the defense if they do so. Ah Zheng glanced at his brother Ah Cheng on the inside line, although there were people in front, but the distance was not very far, but it was enough to attack, he hurriedly hoisted the ball into Ah Cheng, Ah Cheng drank in a deep voice, after receiving the ball, he bent over and hunched his back to be hard, but who knew that there was a Cheng bite gold halfway, Gu Le flashed in front of him, Ah Cheng was shocked, obviously the shadow of being dunked by Gu Le just now has not yet dissipated, he was a little sluggish, and Gu Le caught the opportunity to break the ball, Gu Le took the opportunity to accelerate the counterattack, and Dawn was also not to be outdone at this moment, forcibly raised the speed and rushed to the side of Gu Le, and the two confronted each other in the front court.
The players on both sides of the team hurried back, and at this time, Gu Le launched an attack, and his feet shook several times in a row, like a butterfly wearing flowers, and the whole person was erratic, making people wonder how he would go.
Dawn did not rush forward to defend, but took a step back and opened his arms to intercept. Gu Le laughed, raised his hand and pretended to shoot, Dawn hurriedly stepped forward to pounce, but he didn't expect Gu Le to throw the ball to Dawn's heel, and then he quickly started to bypass Dawn, the ball hit Dawn's heel and bounced forward, and in half a breath, Dawn was thrown away by Gu Le's strange move.
Gule quickly caught up with the ball, and despite the defenders in front of him, it didn't stop him from getting to the basket, and he turned three steps into two, one flying to the basket.
But at this moment, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the opposite side and grabbed Gu Le's basketball.
"What?" Gu Le was a little shocked, he clearly saw that the big hand was Dawn, he was shocked that Dawn was so fast, but he didn't want to be caught just like that, in order not to be covered by Dawn, he changed his offensive posture and picked the ball from top to bottom to the basket.
The ball spun around the basket and then slid out of the basket, Adams got up, withstood the pressure of his opponent, grabbed the basketball, and then he struck hard and threw the basketball to Duke, who rushed forward like a Mustang with bad brakes, and Omi, who was defending him, was not in a hurry, and could only watch him run to the front.
Duke was almost at the three-point line, glanced behind him, but no one was following him, so he immediately slowed down and stayed at the three-point line to get up.
"What, is this the rhythm of a three-point shot? He's got water in his head. Omi couldn't help but think when he saw that Duke didn't continue to break fast, but stayed at the three-point line.
Sure enough, Duke reached out, plucked the ball, shot, and the action was done in one go, which was very standard. (To be continued.) )