Chapter 121: The Home Field
After three consecutive road trips, the Shanghai Sharks are finally back at home to face their next opponent, the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, at the Yuanshen Gymnasium in Pudong, Shanghai.
However, although back at home, the atmosphere in the entire Shanghai team is quite dignified, although Coach Panagio keeps emphasizing that this is just an ordinary game, but all the players of the Shanghai team understand that after three consecutive defeats away from home, this game back at home must not be lost.
Zhejiang Guangsha basketball team won the sixth place in the CBA league last season, and the overall strength was above the Shanghai Sharks basketball team, but the house leak happened to rain overnight, in yesterday's daily training, the Shanghai team's foreign aid Harris sprained his ankle and has been determined to miss the game.
On the day of the game, the Shanghai team came to the gymnasium early, and after adapting to the venue in advance, the Shanghai team withdrew irrelevant personnel, leaving only the coach and players to have a closed-door meeting.
No one knew exactly what the meeting would be, but when the Shanghai players walked out of the conference room, their confidence returned to their faces.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, Pudong Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai fans have gradually filled the entire stadium.
This is the first time Gao Dazhuang has fought at home, and as soon as the meeting ended, Gao Dazhuang and Zhai Yi, the two "rookies", couldn't wait to rush out of the conference room and go straight to the court.
"You're new players, aren't you?" As soon as he walked out of the conference room, Gao Dazhuang was accosted.
Gao Dazhuang looked back and saw that it was the staff of several stadiums, although they didn't know each other, they all had work cards on their chests.
"Yes," replied the tall and strong politely.
"Come on, we must win, we are the champion team," the staff cheered for Gao Dazhuang.
"Good" Gao Dazhuang smiled slightly, he knew that they were talking about the Shanghai team in Yao Ming's era, when the Shanghai team won the CBA championship without suspense under the leadership of Yao Ming, although since Yao Ming left, the Shanghai team has gradually weakened, but it does not prevent them from having a champion's heart.
"Don't worry, we will definitely take the championship back again," Zhai Yi said confidently at this time.
"Come on" Zhai Yi's words immediately won a round of applause from the staff.
"You really don't blush when you talk big, haven't you forgotten that our points are now at the bottom?" Bidding farewell to those enthusiastic staff, Gao Dazhuang whispered to Zhai Yi.
"Didn't the coach just say, we must not lose confidence, I have confidence in us, don't you" Zhai Yi suddenly said very seriously.
"Okay, you're right this time," Gao Dazhuang pondered for a while, nodded and said.
When he came to the court, Gao Dazhuang saw that the players of Zhejiang Guangsha were already practicing.
As soon as Gao Dazhuang and Zhai Yi appeared on the court, they attracted the attention of the fans at the scene.
"Shanghai, come on", "Shanghai, come on", "Shanghai, come on" resounded one after another in the stadium.
"I'm a little nervous," Zhai Yi said with some confusion.
"Damn, it's not promising," Gao Dazhuang scolded with a smile.
"You didn't? Why are you sweating? Zhai Yi asked rhetorically.
"How was the sweat you just came over?" The tall and strong replied with a gesture of contempt for Zhai Yi.
"Tall and strong, Zhai Yi" At this time, a familiar voice reached the ears of the tall and strong.
Gao Dazhuang looked back and saw that Coach Todd of the Shanghai Youth Team was sitting in the stands with all the players of the Shanghai Youth Team, and Yang Kai and others were waving their hands at Gao Dazhuang and Zhai Yi.
"Damn, Kaizi, they're here," Zhai Yi excitedly raised his hand and beckoned.
The tall and strong suddenly ran to the sidelines and chatted with his former comrades.
"Da Zhuang, with you, one fight is better than the other," Yang Kai, the tall and strong brother, patted the tall and strong shoulder and said.
"Alas, but it still didn't bring victory to the team"
"Soon, you have always believed in your strength, and I really look forward to fighting side by side with you as soon as possible."
"Let's do it together"
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The first home game of the new season of the Shanghai team is about to begin, and the host of the scene began to introduce the players of the Shanghai team after introducing the players of Zhejiang Guangsha.
The first player of the Shanghai team to appear on the stage was "rookie" Zhai Yi.
"No. 22, Zhai Yi, the new first-team player, he has always been the absolute main force of the Shanghai youth team, he must be no stranger to old fans, he used to ...... Let's look forward to his excellent performance" With the introduction of the on-site commentary, Zhai Yi ran to the center of the stadium with "cheers" and kept waving to the fans on the scene to thank him.
"No. 14, tall and strong" The second to appear is another "rookie" who is tall and strong, "This player only joined the Shanghai youth team this year, and he was promoted to the first team in a short time, which is enough to show his strength." Gao Dazhuang is the leading scorer and MVP of this year's CUBA and Youth League, and he has played in the first three games of the season, averaging nearly 10 points per game, which is undoubtedly quite rare for a young player."
Gao Dazhuang immediately ran to the center of the court and had a "chest bump" salute with Zhai Yi.
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The last one to appear was Liu Wei, the captain and core of the Shanghai team, and of course he also received the biggest cheers in the audience.
"I really envy the captain," Zhai Yi stepped aside and muttered in a low voice.
"I will too," said the tall and strong man secretly cheering himself up.
With a "beep", as the referee's whistle sounded, the game officially began.
The starters of the Zhejiang Guangsha team are: point guard Wang Fei, scoring guard Lin Zhijie, small forward Zhao Dapeng, big forward Chandler, and center Zhang Yongpeng.
The starters of the Shanghai Sharks basketball team are: point guard Liu Wei, scoring guard Renne Kelly, small forward Peng Fei, power forward Zeng Wending, and center Zhang Zhaoxu.
After the start of the game, the state of both sides was not too good, and the repeated attacks were not successful, and the first quarter of the game lasted for nearly 3 minutes, and the Shanghai team opened the scoring with a mid-range jumper from Liu Wei.
However, soon the foreign aid of the Zhejiang Guangsha basketball team Chandler played a 2+1, and then the game entered a stalemate, with the two sides scoring alternately.
Although the Shanghai team, under the leadership of Liu Wei, has repeatedly played wonderful cooperation, the foreign aid Chandler of the Zhejiang Guangsha basketball team also fully demonstrated his super individual combat ability and only bit the score.
"Tall and Strong" Just as Tall and Strong was watching the game with all his attention, a female voice reached Tall and Strong's ears.
Gao Dazhuang looked back and saw that it was Yang Ling, at this moment Yang Ling was wearing Gucci brand clothes, black high boots, and her black hair had a natural undulating arc on her shoulders, she was sitting in the VIP area behind the rest area of the Shanghai team and greeted Gao Dazhuang with a smile.
"Why are you here?" Gao Dazhuang asked suspiciously.
"Come and see you" Yang Ling is still so "sharp".
"No kidding," said Gao Dazhuang, a little embarrassed.
"In addition to looking at you, I am a fan of the Shanghai team, this position can only be owned by fans of package tickets, I will cheer you on today, I can't lose again" Yang Ling said with a smile.
"Don't put pressure on me, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it"
"Then I don't care, if you lose today, I'm sorry for me as a fan, you have to invite me to dinner"
"And what if you win?"
"If you win, I'll invite you to dinner," Yang Ling said with a wicked smile.
"Amount"
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"Hey, Gao Dazhuang, the coach called you on" Just when Gao Dazhuang and Yang Ling were chatting hotly, Zhai Yi suddenly patted Gao Dazhuang's shoulder and said.
Gao Dazhuang looked back and saw Coach Panagio looking at him with a tiger face.
"Yes," the tall man immediately took off his coat and stood up.
"Good boy, you actually asked Yang Ling to the court," Zhai Yi muttered quietly on the side.
"Go, go" The tall man glanced at Zhai Yi and walked to the sidelines.
Five minutes into the first quarter of the game, Gao Dazhuang replaced Peng Fei, a small forward on the court, and appeared in front of the home fans for the first time.