Chapter 85: "When the Game Goes On"
On the third day, the game officially began. The competition is divided into two stages, the first stage is the group stage, which is rounded by each group of each house, and then the top two teams in each group qualify for the quarterfinals, and the second stage of the knockout stage is carried out one after another. The members of these four groups were also the result of the previous draw.
The other four opponents in the group where Wu Yanbo's academy was located were not particularly strong, and only the Academy of Physics and Information Technology still had the strength to fight.
Wu Yanbo and Song Zhiyan didn't play much in the first few games, on the one hand, to preserve their strength, and on the other hand, to free up time to watch the games of other groups to understand which opponents are strong and which players need to be more careful. After all, after qualifying for the group stage, you will face opponents from other groups.
Although the two did not play much, Wu Yanbo's team still qualified with the first place in the group with the overall strength, and the School of Physics and Information Technology naturally appeared in second place, but this second place also means that they will meet the first place in the rest of the group in the quarterfinals.
Through three days of observation, Wu Yanbo and Song Zhiyan observed that among all the colleges, the School of Media and the School of Music are quite powerful, especially the School of Music, their foreign aid is very strong, as a point guard, the three-point ability is very strong.
The draw results of the quarterfinals came out, and Wu Yanbo's luck was like a hanging, and he drew the relatively weak Life Academy in the qualifying team, and the School of Physics and Information in the same group was also a bit back, and the lottery turned out to be the Conservatory of Music.
The quarterfinals officially started in the afternoon of the next day, Wu Yanbo and Song Zhiyan still didn't play at the beginning, Wu Yanbo wanted to see how far the team could carry without the two of them.
The intensity of the knockout round and the group stage was really different, and after the first half, the score was already a bit broken, and at halftime, the two houses launched their own cheerleading performances, which drew applause from the audience.
After Song Zhiyan saw this score, he discussed with Wu Yanbo: "Brother Bo, let's get it, if we don't go up, we will have to do it next year." "It's on, but you can't get it all, and you don't need it, so, you go first, anyway, it's only two sections, just a sign of your playing time limit, you go up to play to warm up, you have to fill in the holes in the first two sections." Wu Yanbo patted Song Zhiyan on the shoulder and said.
"Hey, look at you, this situation is easy to control" Song Zhiyan took off his coat and went to warm up after speaking.
As the whistle blew in the third quarter, the second half of the game officially began. Song Zhiyan's appearance still caused a commotion, after all, this foreign aid with the "champion sign" has never shown up much.
Song Zhiyan's appearance obviously gave this team a backbone, the offense became smooth, and the defense appeared to be orderly. The outside player from the School of Life came on in the first two quarters, which meant that he couldn't play again in the second half anyway.
The tactics of the School of Life are to use the fierce attacks in the first two quarters to penetrate the School of Economics and Management where Wu Yanbo is located, and break their psychological defense line, and the remaining two quarters can be as long as the team plays normally, even if it is back and forth with the opponent. But what they overlooked was that the two big names of the School of Management and Economics had not yet appeared.
Song Zhiyan originally played small forward, but the ability of other people in this team to control the ball was not particularly good, so he assumed the position of point guard.
As his center grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Song Zhiyan after the opponent's long-range shot missed, Song Zhiyan accelerated and took the ball across the half court like a bulldozer, brought it to the basket, and then scored the ball with a slight hook.
The crowd burst into applause and screams. There was no shortage of praise in the audience, "This is the real strength of foreign aid", "That's not it, people are the champions", "No. 0, I love you...", "Which No. 0 are you talking about", "Nonsense, of course it's the one on the field, is it off the field!" ”……
With the success of this fast attack, Song Zhiyan completely broke out, first covering the opponent's mid-range shot at the defensive end, and then rushing to the opponent's three-point line two steps outside the position to open his hand to shoot, the referee raised a three-point gesture, and the ball fell into the net bag.
Song Zhiyan and the players on the field high-fived one by one, and the shouts of the audience came and went. Then there was a stormy attack, and the stadium has become Song Zhiyan's personal show stage.
At the end of the third quarter, the score had become life 55 VS 65, Song Zhiyan not only filled in the 20-point hole, but also led the opponent by 10 points.
Some viewers went out to have a meal during the intermission, and when they came back from the end of the third quarter, they were also dumbfounded to see this score, and they never dreamed that the kung fu of a meal would change the sky.
The players went to the sidelines to rest, Wu Yanbo personally took a towel and handed it to Song Zhiyan, Song Zhiyan wiped his sweat and said: "How about it, I didn't let you down", Wu Yanbo grinned at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Domineering and exposed, not restrained at all, then you can't play in the last quarter, and the other party has no foreign aid, it should be about the same", "Come on, why not, I was just warmed up, and I haven't officially moved my muscles and bones" Song Zhiyan unscrewed the bottle cap and drank water after Song Zhiyan finished speaking.
"I don't think you haven't had an event, it's that you haven't shown off enough! Forget it, don't go on it first, it's enough to warm up, save your physical strength to fight against a strong enemy" Wu Yanbo had insight into Song Zhiyan's mind at a glance.
"Okay then", Song Zhiyan's tone was obviously a little lost, but thinking about the opportunity performance in the back, it was not bad for this section.
The whistle sounded in the fourth quarter, and the audience saw that the No. 0 was not on the side of the management, and they sighed "alas, alas", thinking that this fourth quarter would be more exciting, but they were disappointed, hearing sighs and boos, Song Zhiyan and Wu Yanbo looked at each other, spread their hands and shrugged their shoulders, and said: Look, this audience also has requirements, Wu Yanbo shook his head with a smile, as if to say: "You kid just stay steadfast."
I don't know if the backbone is suddenly gone, or if I am tired in the fourth quarter, my physical strength can't keep up, and the players on the field of SME began to play rhythmlessly again. The coach hurriedly called a timeout and reminded the players to be sober, conscientiously implement the established tactics, put three points, prevent breakthroughs, and shrink the defensive range, because the advantage of the life academy lies in the inside, the strength of the center and the big forward is still good, and the outside is relatively weak. Wu Yanbo also came over to cheer up the players, "You have to fully believe in yourself, our strength is very strong, don't mess up after playing, don't be brought to the opponent's rhythm, and play your own advantageous ability."
At the end of the timeout, after returning to the court, the players had a slight momentum, but the opponent's attack was obviously more violent, the desire to win was stronger, and the style of play was more ferocious.
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