Chapter 215: The Next City

After a long-distance flight of nearly five hours, the Shanghai team arrived in Urumqi and began to officially enter the preparations for the second battle.

Even at the airport in Urumqi, Gao Dazhuang was welcomed by local fans, and several fans rushed forward to take photos.

After arriving at the hotel from the airport, the Shanghai team rushed to the training ground non-stop, and according to the plan, the Shanghai team will have a two-hour training session after arriving in Xinjiang.

"We had a lot of difficulties in the playoffs and nothing can stop us now, we have to challenge for the championship, and now we have to be able to focus on every game, on every minute, because any one ball can decide the final result," said the reporter who followed the coach of the Shanghai team, Panagio.

The players of the Shanghai team also had relaxed expressions, talking and laughing.

But as soon as the game began, the Shanghai team found that the situation was not as good as expected.

The first attack of the "Peng, Peng, Peng" Xinjiang team was initiated by **, and after asking for the ball on the inside, ** continued to dribble with his back and squeeze to the inside.

A spin, ** hard squeezing a space under the basket, just like the jump shot.

"Smack", but at the moment when Landry made up the defense, ** suddenly passed the ball.

Diogu, who "brushed" the empty position to receive the ball, easily shot, and the Xinjiang team took the lead in scoring.

More than 7,000 fans cheered at the Hongshan Stadium in Urumqi, waving blue flags representing the Xinjiang team to cheer for the home team.

And the Shanghai team's first attack made a mistake.

Liu Wei's horizontal pass was steal to the Xinjiang team, and Gao Dazhuang immediately returned to defense, but Gao Dazhuang soon found that the Xinjiang team did not plan to launch a fast attack immediately, but began to organize the attack very patiently.

The second attack of the Xinjiang team still revolves around **, this time** passed the ball to Meng Duo after a cover, and Meng Duo jumped and shot after ** a wide body.

The "brush" Xinjiang team started with 4:0.

Throughout the first half, the Xinjiang team made a fuss around the two center forwards ** and Tang Zhengdong on the inside, and used enough offensive time in each round, suppressed the rhythm of the game, and successfully brought the Shanghai team into its own rhythm of the game.

In the offense, he relied on blocking and dismantling many times, combined with internal and external, and blossomed at multiple points.

In the defense, the young national player of the Xinjiang team, Xi Relijiang, followed the defense of Gao Da Zhuang throughout the whole process, although he could not completely prevent Gao Da Zhuang, but he also successfully limited his outbreak.

44:35

With a three-pointer from Pickett, Xinjiang ended the first half with a nine-point lead.

The 35 points were also the lowest half-time score for the Shanghai team in the whole season, and only Harris and Gao Dazhuang scored double-doubles in the entire first half, and the two only scored 13 and 10 points respectively.

"Run, move the ball, play our own style" Coach Panagio was very unhappy with the team's play in the first half, "attack, attack, don't fall into their rhythm"

In the second half, the Shanghai team made decisive substitutions, and the two young players Yang Kai and Zhai Yi were put on the line at the beginning of the third quarter, and then cooperated with Gao Dazhuang, Harris and Landry.

This is also the most mobile and energetic lineup that the Shanghai team can discharge.

However, at the beginning of the second half of the game, the Xinjiang team continued to use its internal advantages, one changed the attack and defense, Tang Zhengdong forced Zhai Yi to win, and expanded the score of the two sides to double digits.

But the young men of the Shanghai team were quick to respond.

Yang Kai quickly advanced the ball to the front court and passed the ball to Gao Dazhuang after a cross screen.

With the help of Yang Kai's cover, Gao Dazhuang did not stop after receiving the ball, and in the surprised gaze of Xi Relijiang, he fired directly outside the three-point line.

The moment the tall three-pointer is shot, his fingers also have a plucking motion, which makes the ball gently throw from the index and middle finger lines with a slight spin.

The "brush" ball went straight through the Nets like a cannonball.

"Good ball, just like that" Coach Panagio waved his fist excitedly on the sidelines, now the offensive and defensive core of the whole team is tall and strong, only when Gao Da Zhuang starts playing, the Shanghai team can fully play its own strength.

The Xinjiang team attacked, and after consuming 20 seconds of offensive time, the Xinjiang team passed the ball to the inside, and Tang Zhengdong beat Zhai Yi again, but Tang Zhengdong's attack was waited by Landry, who had been waiting on the sidelines.

With a "snap" hit the big hat, Landry directly flew Tang Zhengdong's shooting fan far away.

"Counterattack" Yang Kai snatched the basketball in the scuffle and threw the ball violently to the tall man who had already rushed forward.

"Defense, pay attention to the position" In the loud reminder of Xinjiang team coach Jiang Xingquan, the Xinjiang team's Xi Relijiang, Meng Duo, and Picot quickly returned to defense and successfully occupied a favorable defensive position.

The Shanghai team's fast break was curbed.

"Squeak" but suddenly a piercing friction sound sounded in the arena, and the tall and strong man who was advancing quickly with the ball suddenly made an emergency stop near the three-point line of the Xinjiang team.

Glancing at the basket, he bent his knees slightly, lifted the ball to the upper right side of his head, and stretched his body forward and upward, and the ball was shot.

Chase three points!

In the surprised eyes of many people in Xinjiang, Gao Dazhuang unexpectedly threw a very unreasonable three-point shot.

"Brush" sound

"What?" Although the Xinjiang team did not want to see it, the sound of the basketball passing through the Nets still proved that Gao Dazhuang hit a three-pointer again.

46:41

Gao Dazhuang's two consecutive three-pointers brought the score closer, and the lead that the Xinjiang team had worked so hard to build up was soon to be dismantled by Gao Dazhuang.

The "toot" Xinjiang team asked for a timeout.

After the pause, the Xinjiang team's offense was still based on the inside line, and it also achieved good results, whether it was Tang Zhengdonghe, ** or Diogu, they all played well.

But the Shanghai team's offense began.

The ball passed to Gao Dazhuang's hands, and after Gao Dazhuang received the ball, it was a false shake, and Xirelijiang, who had been frightened by Gao Dazhuang's continuous three-point and mid-range shots, immediately pounced.

"Papa" The tall and strong suddenly put the ball away, and easily flashed the defense of Xirelijiang and hit the basket directly.

Facing Tang Zhengdong sitting under the basket, Gao Dazhuang once again successfully confused the opponent with a fake fax shot, and scored 2 points with a side layup.

As if suddenly, the iron-blooded defense that Xinjiang had managed to build in the first half disappeared, and Harris received a tall and strong pass and scored a layup.

At 57:58, at the end of the third quarter, the Shanghai team successfully overtook the score.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and the speed of ** and Tang Zhengdong slowed down significantly, and the two had already committed many fouls under the repeated attacks of Gao Dazhuang and Harris.

Although the foreign aides of the Xinjiang team, Picott and Diogu, played well, they were still less inferior to the Harris and Landry combination of the Shanghai team.

The most critical point is that the outstanding quality of the Shanghai team's tall and strong team comprehensively suppressed a cadre of domestic players of the Xinjiang team, scoring, passing, rebounding, responding, stealing, and the tall and strong in the fourth quarter was almost omnipotent.

Although the coach of the Xinjiang team, Jiang Xingquan, asked for a timeout several times, he still could not stop the decline of the Xinjiang team.

79:84

The visiting Shanghai team finally succeeded in taking away a victory at the Hongshan Gymnasium in Urumqi and avenged the defeat in the regular season.

The Xinjiang team, which fell behind by a score of 0:2, also faced the fate of being swept by the Shanghai team.

After the game, the fans of the Xinjiang team were reluctant to leave the stadium for a long time, and many die-hard fans shouted in grief: "Come on, come on, Flying Tigers."

"We will not give up" at this time, the Xinjiang team soldiers promised to the fans before leaving the field.