Chapter 33: Cheerleader
Zhang Yu rarely makes the mistake of underestimating the enemy, especially the last game against France, which made him remember the old saying "lion fights rabbit". The enemy is weak, just enough to brush more points jù, how to brush the number of jù when the enemy is light?
As a number jù control, Zhang Yu is very concerned about whether his number jù is beautiful. For the sake of the three pairs, he definitely did something that was angry with people and gods. In the last game against France, 6 consecutive missed shots was a sign that he cared too much about the number, and the lower the hit rate, the more anxious he was, and the more anxious he was, the more he missed.
The next game against Canada, the future Lakers' water cooler patron saint, and cheerleader Thackeray, led a group of Canadian soft eggs, which is a good time to brush up on jù......
The cheerleader is still a potential rising star in Canada at the moment, and he has not yet fallen to the point of grabbing the camera by waving a towel.
Robert Thackeray, 213cm tall and weighing 245 pounds, plays as a center. At this time, Thackeray did not know that he would become a player who would not be sent off even if he committed six fouls, which was a treat that killed a number of Hall of Fame players in seconds.
However, the cheerleader will hang it for the future, and the home game that will be played soon, although it is a knockout round, has received very little attention. What's even more pitiful is that Canada have won only one of their seven games, and who knows how they managed to make it to the quarter-finals, the media has no interest in this match at all.
The Chinese media burst into tears when they saw the Canadian team's record. Before this World Youth Championships, the best result in the history of the Chinese team was 9th, can it be said that we didn't win a single game in the previous games? How else did Canada get into the quarterfinals?
Someone once said that those who can enter the NBA, even if they are the guardians of the water cooler, are not comparable to players in other leagues.
Although this is an exaggeration, and I don't know which bastard said it, it is not unreasonable.
Da Su Wei faced the cheerleader and jumped the ball, but it was no surprise that he failed again.
Forget it, the failure of the jump ball is normal for Su Wei. But then Thackeray played a fantasy foot trick in the low post, hooked the basketball, which broke the eggs of the big guys, and the average game was less than ten at this level?
"No wonder you can be the boss, but you have some strength, stronger than Dawei!"
Zhang Yu didn't know what level this Thackeray was before, but he only saw Thackeray easily playing Su Wei on the inside, and thought secretly in his heart.
The two teams have played each other for several rounds, and the Chinese team has the advantage on the field, plus Zhang Yu, the number one star of the World Youth Championships, and after four minutes of the game, the Chinese team has scored 8 points. But what everyone didn't expect was that Canada also got 8 points, and the two teams were drawn. The reason why Canada called a timeout was only because Zhang Yu's opposing player had already committed two fouls, and the Canadian coach wanted to rearrange the defense against Zhang Yu.
The Chinese team did not limit Canada's scoring, the main problem was Su Wei, who would have thought that a player with an average score of less than ten points per game would actually blow Su Wei out of Xiang. Of Canada's 8 points, 6 points were scored by Thackeray alone, and Su Wei not only couldn't prevent the opponent, but also paid for the two early breaks.
The Chinese team's substitute center Wang Zheng replaced Su Wei, facing Thackeray, who had already entered the state, was still exposed to Xiang, and the Chinese team's interior line was turned upside down by the cheerleader alone in the first quarter, which no one expected in advance, including the cheerleader himself.
Thackeray, who exploded in the Canadian team, unexpectedly played the role of Zhang Yu in the Chinese team, and he led the rest of his teammates with his excellent performance. After the first quarter, the Canadian team was not inferior to the Chinese team, 21-20, and the Chinese team was only one point ahead of the opponent.
In the second quarter of the game, the two teams are still evenly matched, you score a goal, I score a goal, you score a point, you go back and forth, the pace is very fast. The fast-paced game is easy to score high scores, so at the end of the first half, the two teams fought 44-42, and the Chinese team finished the second quarter, and only led by one point again, entering the second half with a two-point advantage.
Zhang Yu's appearance in the first half was tepid, and his sense of saving on the court was not strong, but everyone found out that this guy quietly won 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. People who see the number of jù are stunned, when did this guy brush such a dazzling number jù, no impression?
Thackeray, captain of the Canadian youth team, had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, and his performance was not inferior.
The second half started quickly, with Canada still playing on the inside and Thackeray in perfect form, giving them hope of winning the game.
Facing Su Wei again, Thackeray was full of confidence, and his inner steps came out, as if possessed by a big dream, his body shook, shaking Su Wei's center of gravity crookedly, turning his back and a half-hook hand, his movements were smooth and chic, and he really had a feeling of top-level inner heaven, if this ball was not blocked by Zhang Yu......
Zhang Yu didn't know when he threw away his defender, rushed into the inside, and jumped up to reward Thackeray with a big hat.
"The dream is over, it's time for you to go home."
Zhang Yu's trash talk appeared for the first time in this game, and the target was Thackeray, who was covered, and someone didn't remember it at all, just after the last game, he regretted bullying the honest man Batum with trash talk.
The cheerleader is also an honest man, and in the face of Zhang Yu's provocation, he chose not to respond. But looking at the angry expression, although he did not lose his mind, he was also angered by Zhang Yu's words.
In the next round, Zhang Yu attacked with the ball, called for blocking and directly hitting the opponent's inside. It was Thackeray who was guarding the paint area of the Canadian team, and the cheerleader was holding his breath just now, and when he saw Zhang Yu coming to the door, it was the enemy who was very red-eyed when he saw him!
Zhang Yu rushed into the inner line, holding the ball high above the top with both hands, and twisting his body from side to side, which is the European step that Zhang Yu uses most often in the World Youth Championships, especially against the opponent's big man.
Zhang Yu's European steps have a hint of Ginobili's essence, the change of rhythm and the route of breakthrough are very strange, but there is a slight difference, his breakthrough speed is slightly slower, but there are more changes. Thackeray only felt dazzled, and his center of gravity was shaken by Zhang Yu's strange breakthrough route, and in the blink of an eye, the other party had slipped past him.
Thackeray turned around and saw that Zhang Yu had quickly completed a low-handed layup, and the basketball slammed into the rebound and accurately bounced into the net.
"Don't foul! Don't foul! ”
Thackeray prayed silently in his heart, he was not afraid of scoring the ball, and it was not ashamed to be scored by the MVP, but when he just felt Zhang Yu shaking him, he had a slight contact with his arm, Nima was a foul, don't be seen by the referee!
It's impossible for the referee not to see, let alone make contact. Even if there is no contact, this kind of layup will most likely also be awarded a foul by a defender. Don't you see Ginobili in front of you and Harden in the back, and your ability to make fouls and touch porcelain is outstanding?
"Toot ......!"
When the cheerleader heard the whistle, his face turned pale!
The goal is valid, 2+1.
"Referee, he hit my hand, it shouldn't be me who fouled!"
Thackeray said with a face full of grievances, his foul was the third time, and he didn't want to rest.
The referee pointed to his eyes, meaning that I was not blind. Thackeray hurriedly shut up, no more words would be good fruit to eat, the cheerleader is not stupid.
Zhang Yujia hit a free throw, the score was 47-42, and the Chinese team led the opponent by 5 points in a blink of an eye.
As soon as the future cheerleader of the Lakers came off the court, Canada seemed to have lost its backbone, and the players all became hesitant for a while, not knowing who to give the ball to next, and they didn't dare to shoot, and the tactical changes became chaotic.
The Chinese team took this opportunity to strengthen the defense and speed up the basketball operation, and Canada made mistakes for a while, and was counterattacked and fast-attacked by the Chinese team one after another.
Halfway through the third quarter, Canada was already 11 points behind the Chinese team, and the collapse was already apparent