Chapter 15: Bench Depth for the Champion Team

Gu and Jian came quietly, and left suddenly, and the leaders of the Jian'an City Education Bureau didn't catch anyone, so they let people run away, and they were a little frustrated, how can they explain to the director?

Over the years, the Education Bureau has vigorously supported high school basketball competitions, just to let its small city also discover and cultivate a few basketball talents who can fight for the country.

In previous years, the World Youth Championships were selected and visited, and they have never been to the small city of Jian'an, and this year it is said that they are only passing by, but the director of the Education Bureau attaches great importance to it, so the leaders in charge of the basketball league are fully prepared to entertain these two distinguished guests, maybe they can make a meritorious return, but they did not think that the ball game was not over, and the distinguished guests disappeared.

Hey, it seems that this group of students are not qualified to enter the national youth team this year......

The leader who didn't know the ball had no choice but to return to his indoor rest area, seriously thinking about how to report to the director for a while so as not to appear to be derelict in his duties, and by the way sat and waited for the award ceremony after the game.

The basketball boys don't know what they're missing, and their minds are all on this ball!

More than halfway through the finals, the first middle school was overtaken by a small score, and the momentum was slightly depressed! On the other hand, the sixteenth middle school that has just completed the overtaking is like a rainbow!

"the pretty boys! Keep it up! Duan Cheng kept cheering up the players, but he didn't dare to relax: "In the second half, it will never be easy, everyone, you can't let your guard down!" Leizi, are you physically good? Duan Cheng asked Wang Lei worriedly.

"No problem, it's only one section, I can deal with it." Wang Lei replied easily while wiping his sweat. He couldn't help but rub Wang Yu's messy hair again! Is this kid a dog? Running crazy for two sessions, how do you feel that he is not tired at all and is still very excited?

"What are you stupid here?" Wang Lei couldn't look at it, so he slapped the smirking Wang Yu.

"Didn't you hear?"

"What do you hear?" Wang Lei was puzzled.

"Cheers, applause, shouts! It's all for Lao Tzu! ”

didn't allow Wang Lei to taunt someone, someone had already received a tactical board on his ass: "You put your mind on the game for me!" How many points did you score in the second quarter?! ”

"Forehead ......" Wang Yu's eyes rolled and he had an answer: "I have more points than Wang Lei!" ”

"Smack!" Another tactical board, this time hit the fluffy curls: "You are the sub-position!!" What are you comparing to a backup point guard who scores in the single digits!! ”

Wang Lei wanted to refute it, but he helplessly found that what the coach said was the truth and he was powerless to refute it.

"Attention, attention!"

Duan Cheng didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he called five people to come over, and the substitutes also surrounded the periphery.

"In the second half, Yizhong will definitely make a difference, and our strategy is to respond to all changes with the same!"

"Cut~~~"

Duan Cheng's words attracted disgust from the inside out.

"Don't make a fuss, it's the final! The five of you! Now the most points are Zou Qiang and Datong, the performance is good, continue to maintain, Da Kun's rebounds are good, you must not relax your vigilance, the victory or defeat in the second half depends on the rebound! ”

Duan Cheng didn't explain much, Zhang Likun knew in his heart that Wang Lei and Zou Qiang's physical strength were average, and it was difficult to maintain such a high hit rate in the second half.

So Zhang Likun said angrily: "No problem! ”

Duan Cheng glanced at his beloved general, and the promise of an honest man could always be trusted.

"Come on, let's put an end to the legend of No. 1 Middle School!"

"Drip-"

The whistle blows, the halftime is over, and the second half begins!

Five members of the sixteenth middle school have already stepped onto the field, but they have not seen one middle school player on the field for a long time.

It wasn't until the referee urged again and again that five people came up.

"What's the situation?" The bench in the sixteenth was not calm at first, "All the starters have been replaced?" ”

Duan Cheng was also shocked, is it finally here? A terrible bench depth......

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, all the starting five tigers of the first middle school were replaced, and the five people who were replaced were relatively neat, all exceeding 1.9 meters.

In the previous games, Duan Cheng also used five up and five down, but basically he would continue to deploy the lineup from the beginning to achieve a five-up and five-down lineup that basically retained 2-3 main players.

This time, however, it was different.

Without much thought, the whistle blows and the game begins.

Because there was no scrum in the first half, all the opening balls were served by the 16th.

From the moment Wang Yu received the ball from the referee outside the sideline, the number 6 who defended him spread his arms and jumped left and right to block his passing route.

Wang Yu took a few steps back, widened the distance from No. 6, and found that the other four were also stared at, and there was no chance to pass!

Half-time man to man pressing the defense!

After Wang Lei found out the severity of the problem, he began to run behind Zou Qiang, but it was too late-

"Drip-"

The whistle sounded, and the five-second violation.

Exchanging the ball, five of the sixteen people were put on defense, and the five faces were confused - they were actually prevented from a five-second service violation at the beginning of the third quarter......

Duan Cheng clapped his hands on the sidelines and shouted encouragement to the players on the field, while he couldn't help but look at the bench of No. 1 Middle School.

The five starters in No. 1 were pressed to the bench, each staring at the field with a gloomy face. Everyone's eyes were on fire, very unwilling looks.

Duan Cheng didn't know what Zhang Daqing said at halftime, but he had a very bad premonition. Fortunately, the first attack of No. 1 Middle School popped out of the frame, and the ball returned to the hands of No. 16 Middle School, which made Duan Cheng breathe a sigh of relief.

But this breath has not been completely sent, and his heart has risen to his throat again - Wang Yu, who received the serve, was instantly blocked by the opponent's 1.93 meter No. 6!

Duan Cheng hurriedly glanced at the audience, not good! It's the whole crowd!

"Could it be that Zhang Daqing plans to use such a high-intensity defensive strategy all the time in the third quarter......" Duan Cheng was taken aback by his own conjecture, if he guessed correctly......

The advancement of the game in the third quarter confirmed Duan Cheng's conjecture: the defensive tactics of pressing all over the court brought a lot of trouble to the 16th middle school generals!

Halfway through the game, the scores of both sides were still within 50 points. The five main players in the sixteenth middle school faced a defensive lineup that was stronger than themselves in height, weight and even speed, and they were a little helpless on the offensive end, only Wang Yu threw an ultra-long-distance three-point on the outside; Li Zhongtong's internal confrontation pressure is also very high, and the physical consumption is obvious. Several offensive confrontations ended with fouls on the opponent in the end, but Li Zhongtong's free throw shooting percentage was really too low...... Only two of the eight free throws were made, and the team scored a total of five points.

In the first middle school, the offensive end of the whole defensive lineup is also remarkable, several positional offenses are steady and steady, the inside line continues to fight for points by making fouls, and the outside No. 6 also used the height difference with Wang Yu to play several powerful attacks, and successfully scored 7 points.

The score came to 47-44, and the lead in the 16th was reduced to just three points. In addition, what worried Duan Cheng even more happened.

Under the high-intensity confrontation, Li Zhongtong has accumulated as many as three fouls in the whole game, Zhang Likun has committed two fouls, and Wang Yu has been annoyed by the opposite side's passes and shots regardless of his height several times, and he began to rely on jumping hard every time to try to block the opponent's ball - which will undoubtedly consume a lot of his physical strength.

The increase in the number of inside fouls and the rapid consumption of physical strength of all members are not good phenomena! Under such a high-intensity defense, the greatest physical exertion should be-

Duan Cheng's worried eyes fell on Wang Lei, who was in charge of advancing with the ball......

Duan Cheng realized that he had made an extremely serious mistake in tactics! But he turned his eyes to look at his bench - almost no one could use it!

When it is broken, it is broken! Duan Cheng immediately called a timeout, on the one hand, he wanted to buy some rest time for his players, and on the other hand, he wanted to break his tail to survive! Strive for a chance to survive the crucial fourth quarter!

"Li Qi for Wang Lei, Zhong Ming for Datong."

As soon as the words fell, Wang Lei and Li Zhongtong looked at Duan Cheng unwillingly at the same time, but they didn't say anything.

"Zhong Ming, are you nervous?" Duan Cheng looked at Zhong Ming gently, and the rest of the people also looked at the big junior in the first year of high school.

Zhong Ming was very nervous, but he knew that in fact, Wang Yu was only 15 years old like him, so he had been silently taking a deep breath for a long time, and he couldn't hold back!

"It's okay, Coach!"

Duan Cheng was very satisfied with this answer, so he continued to instruct: "I only need you to do one thing - grab a rebound!" Squeeze the opponent's No. 14 out of the penalty area for me! ”

Seeing Zhong Ming nodded, Duan Cheng added: "Try not to let Zhang Likun foul, you pay attention to help make up for the defense!" After speaking, he turned to Wang Yu's position.

"Ah Yu, the ball is handed over to you, but you are not an organizational defender! There are only three minutes left in the third quarter, and we need you to grab points! After speaking, he unconsciously glanced at Wang Lei and Li Zhongtong.

Wang Yu followed the coach's gaze, he understood what the coach meant, so he nodded firmly: "I know." ”

The game resumes.

After Wang Yu and Li Qi completed a block and dismantle, they received a pass from Zhang Likun.

After receiving the ball, Wang Yu rushed towards the basket! His momentum frightened the No. 6 in the first middle school who was opposite him.

No. 6 saw Wang Yu's eyes, and even felt a little terrifying, and unconsciously took two steps back!

It's these two steps, Wang Yu makes an emergency stop, and when he pulls up, it's a standard backward shot!

"Brush!" Basketball hollow into the net! Two points in hand!

49:44。

Different from the frequent iron striking just now, Wang Yu seems to have just woken up from a dream at this time, and he wants to score more!

Offensive and defensive transitions.

The five people in the first place also stood in a 1-3-1 joint defense formation, but Wang Yu suddenly gave up his defensive area and pressed the No. 6 with the ball outside the three-point line!

No. 6 is twenty centimeters taller than Wang Yu, he never expected that the little man Wang Yu would dare to step forward and get close to him, if he raised his hand at this time to pass the ball to the defensive position he vacated, it would be difficult for others to step forward to help defend!

Pressed by the defense, which directly affected the rhythm of No. 6's ball control, Wang Yu lowered his center of gravity, and his goal was very clear - to force him to pass!

No. 6 was stared at by Wang Yu uncomfortably! He can't squat or jump up now, and it's a little difficult to walk, just then, he found his teammate running out of the box on the right side, and without hesitation, it was a high-altitude pass, but he didn't expect the ball to be cut off as soon as he shot!

"Smack!"

Li Qi didn't know when he appeared on the passing route, and a jump changed the direction of the basketball flight! A blue figure suddenly appeared at the basketball landing point, and he quickly dribbled the ball to the opponent's three-point line and stopped-

"Brush!"

Three-point hit!

52:44!

The difference is stretched to 8 points!

No. 1 organized an attack again, and this time No. 6 was much more cautious, and before Wang Yu pounced, he passed the ball to No. 7 on the weak side.

No. 7 broke into the penalty area with the ball, and when Zou Qiang sealed it, he stuffed the ball to the inside center, and in the hands of No. 14, who is 1.98 meters tall, there is a mountain behind No. 14 - Zhong Ming, who is two meters and three meters tall and weighs 120 kilograms!

No. 14 strong back hit Zhong Ming, Zhong Ming raised his hands high, stood firm, did not give an inch, the tense confrontation did not allow him to feel nervous, he was just subconsciously defending, he remembered that the coach said "squeeze him out of the penalty area"!

Without paying attention and exerting force, No. 14 suddenly crooked his waist and was pushed out of the forbidden area by Zhong Ming!

The basketball flew out, and the whistle sounded: "Drop - Blue Team No. 14, push person foul, front court ball!" ”

It was the fourth foul of the quarter in 16 and did not result in a free throw.

The third quarter of the high school league finals didn't stop, Wang Yu glanced up at the timer, and there was not much time left for him......

He knew in his heart that if he couldn't go into the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead, his team would face a devastating impact! The main force of the first middle school to rest for a whole section to recover physical strength is absolutely terrifying!

As if knowing Wang Yu's eagerness, the nameless substitute in No. 1 Middle School deliberately slowed down the pace of serving to the baseline, and when they just advanced to the frontcourt, they also used up 8 seconds.

Damn it! They are deliberately stalling for time!

By the time Wang Yu realized this, time had passed bit by bit.

A baseline ball ran a simple tactic, scoring a shot of two points in five seconds!

The score is back to 6 points!

52:46。

Wang Yu was a little tired under the pressure, but he didn't have time to care about the physical consumption: "Ball! ”

He shouted for the ball, Li Qi ran two steps to the bottom line to serve, in the face of the tight defense of the whole court, Wang Yu took a lot of effort to receive the pass, Wang Yu, who pressed the table over the middle line, faced the No. 6 in front of him, and smiled contemptuously: "Silly big man, you can't stop me!" ”

The provocative words were very harsh in the expressionless No. 6 ear, and he followed Wang Yu closely.

"If you can't prevent it, just try it."

Wang Yu saw him take the bait, and shook off half of the opponent's body with a virtual shake, and Li Qi on the right side covered and helped Wang Yu block the defense of No. 6. No. 6 squeezed through one by one and continued to chase Wang Yu!

The alignment of the whole quarter made him very aggrieved, he had already tried his best, but he was still scored a lot of points by this little man! If you can't complete the task, you will definitely be scolded to death by the coach!

No. 6 thought a lot in his heart, and when No. 7 shouted No. 6, No. 6 was talking to Wang Yu, so he didn't hear his teammate No. 7 shouting "There is a block!" ”。

No. 7 saw that No. 6 was reluctant to change his defense, and he retreated to bypass Wang Yu and the others to chase Li Qi, but just when he took a step back, Wang Yu shook his back to No. 6 with his back to the left, and then Monza to the right! Stunned from 6 and 7 between the two of them!

Suddenly, 6 and 7 couldn't care about anything else and caught up! But they are a step late!

Wang Yu jumped high, with No. 14 and No. 13 rushing over in front, and No. 6 and No. 7 in hot pursuit!

Everyone on and off the field watched this little man who was only about 1.7 meters tall being hit back and forth by four big men who were all over 1.9 meters tall!

"Ahh Yu Chi Xiran couldn't help but block her eyes, she was afraid that she would see the scene of Wang Yu being knocked out in the next second!

ABCD, the boy sitting behind her, stopped discussing the game and unconsciously held his breath!

"Whoosh!"

No. 6 heard the sound of a basketball flying quickly in his ears, and he quickly turned his head to look-

At the top of the three-point arc, Li Qi jumped high after receiving the ball and made a three-point shot.

The basketball arcs in the air and flies straight to the basket!

"Not good!" Wang Yu found that Li Qi's posture was a little deformed, and his heart was cold!

"Pong!" The basketball bounced high after a long flight!!

"Oops!" The audience of No. 16 Middle School let out a burst of regretful exclamation, while the audience of No. 1 Middle School breathed a sigh of relief.

On the field, No. 14 hurriedly turned around to find Zhong Ming's card position, and No. 13 was also stuck in front of Zou Qiang, who rushed to the rebound from the bottom line!

The basketball slowly fell, and No. 6 blocked Li Qi's figure rushing to the basket nearby, and when No. 7 came back to his senses to look for Wang Yu, he shouted: "Not good!" ”

Before everyone could react, Wang Yu had already jumped up high, on top of the basket, and pressed the basketball into the basket!

Pour two points!

The whistle at the end of the third quarter was drowned out in a huge cheer and was ignored by everyone on the field!

It wasn't until Duan Cheng patted the tactical board and walked into the middle of the field that everyone woke up like a dream - the long third quarter was over!

The score – 54:46!

Almost under the one-man fight of Wang Yu, the sixteenth entered the fourth quarter with an 8-point lead.

At this time, Wang Yu on the field, bent over, face down, hands on his knees, rapid breathing and violently undulating chest all showed one thing - his physical strength was urgent!!