Long Xiaochuan was overly optimistic.

This is a common problem of young people, who are always blindly optimistic and confident, thinking that they can touch the sky with their hard work.

In fact, there are many great talents in the world, and there are difficult opponents such as the Longjiao team in the municipal competition alone, and there are even more strong teams in the provincial selection competition, and each opponent is an insurmountable mountain for them.

The previous games of the Thundering Team were inspirational and high-profile, and many online anchors used their games as material to edit videos, and the technical and tactical characteristics have long been thoroughly studied by the outside world.

Whether it is an Internet V, a basketball celebrity or an ordinary audience, they all think that they are a fish belly team that relies on luck to advance all the way, and they will be torn off the fig leaf and beaten by any team in the face of absolute strength.

This prediction hurt morale, and Yu Zhiyi took the initiative to provoke the burden of public opinion confrontation.

He himself is not very bright-minded, but with the excellent quality of being righteous, he has made friends and encircled a large number of network anchors.

Everyone brainstormed to set up the image of the Thundering Team, some came up with ideas, some wrote line scripts, some provided video materials, and some were good at editing and making videos, and soon made a series of short videos - "We, have never been favored!" 》

The video is beautifully done, looking back on the journey, declaring the determination to win, and packaging these farmers and small-town youths as superheroes who can turn the tide.

However, reality soon slapped him in the face.

Liu Bo took everyone to study the opponent's game video, familiarized with the technical and tactical characteristics of the opposing players, simulated the offensive and defensive routines, and explained the tasks from the main force to the substitutes, which were arranged more carefully than Long Xiaochuan had done before.

There are also many highlights in the game process, Long Xiaochuan strictly implements Liu Bo's tactics, focuses on organizing the offense, everyone in the team actively runs and cooperates with each other, and the three of Xue Zhuang, Shi Lang, and Du Gangnan on the inside also have exciting performances such as slam dunk and dunk.

The scores of the first two quarters of the two sides alternated upwards, and the balance of victory remained balanced. But as the game time passed halfway, the physical strength and state of all members of the Thundering team declined, and the decline was gradually revealed.

The turning point came on a careless pass and catch, after Xue Zhuang grabbed the defensive rebound and held the ball high, he saw that most of the opponents took the initiative to retreat, so he took it for granted and handed it to Long Xiaochuan to play the organization.

Who knew that there was a "sixth" ambush behind him on the opposite side, suddenly sneaking to grab the ball and attacking under the basket.

Xue Zhuang jumped up in a panic and gave the opponent a "two plus one".

After the score difference was suddenly stretched to 5 points, the Thundering team was eager to chase the score, and Gao Fu's bottom-line serve was actually intercepted by the "old six".

The man attacked the basket again, although the ball was fanned out of bounds by the annoyed Xue Zhuang, but the ball was still in the opponent's hands, and the man reorganized the offense and scored the ball.

Such continuous gifts broke the balance of the score, and also made the players' psychological state become impatient, and there was a passing error again when attacking, and the basketball was directly knocked out of bounds.

Liu Bo hurriedly called a timeout, reprimanded Xue Zhuang and Gao Fu with a high-decibel roar, let them go down to reflect, and replaced Gong Zhengyang and Luo Gaozhan on the field.

The game resumed, and the Thundering players held back their strength and chased tenaciously, but every player on the opposite side was taller than them, faster than them, and more accurate than them.

In the end, the fourth quarter of the game was played, and the score of the two sides was 58:64, and the Thunder team lost.

At that time, Liu Bo also comforted everyone: "This game is good, you are all tenacious fighters...... This is your first time participating in a provincial high-level competition, and it is good to be able to overcome psychological pressure, and you also have to learn how to play, how to play with strong teams, and how to play under high-intensity confrontation. ”

He said it very pertinently, and after the game, he also encouraged Xue Zhuang and Gao Fu separately, apologizing for his previous angry gaffe.

Everyone quickly packed up their mood and prepared for tomorrow's game, and made enough preparations, just to go all out and leave no regrets.

However, nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory, and it is the hardest to leave no regrets.

They thought of all the conventional playing styles, but they didn't expect that the opponent's strength was strong and shameless, knowing that the offensive and defensive fulcrum of the Thundering team was all on Xue Zhuang, the main big center, and they actually used the malicious foul tactics of "Tian Ji Horse Racing" at the beginning of the game.

They used a bench player on the court and deliberately gave Xue Zhuang an elbow when they were scrambling for rebounds.

The corners of Xue Zhuang's eyes cracked, and blood spilled on the spot.

Shi Lang and Xue Zhuang were like brothers, and immediately lost their minds and cursed and rushed forward, entangled with the player.

The referee, team leaders, coaches, and players hurriedly maintained order to stop the conflict, and in the end, Xue Zhuang was rushed to the hospital to stitch up his wounds, and Shi Lang and the instigator opposite were both expelled from the game.

Liu Bo was furious and helpless, so he could only let Gong Zhengyang and Pan Lei play at the same time to replace Xue Zhuang and Shi Lang.

These two have an obvious height disadvantage, and occasionally using them will work wonders, but it is difficult to be qualified for the main position, and they are continuously targeted after they come on the court.

Pan Lei was knocked down by someone else's "removal of the stool" and fell on all fours, causing the audience to laugh and lose face.

Gong Zhengyang was continuously blocked, so that he lost the courage to shoot when he took the ball under the basket.

Without the inside fulcrum, the solid inside basket attack tactics that the Thundering team has been training mainly in recent times will not be able to work properly, and the whole team will be beaten back to its original shape, relying only on unstable outside projection to try to open up the situation.

Good shooters are made with time and training, and what these players lack in the Thunder team is long-term systematic training, and the average long-range shooting rate of one in five shots is completely giving up victory to the opponent.

As the margin widened to 20 points in the third quarter, the coach of the opposing team was happy and made a five-for-five adjustment, using an all-bench lineup to play with the Thunder team.

What a humiliation!

Long Xiaochuan was beaten out of anger, he no longer cared about Liu Bo's tactical arrangement, and gave full play to his personal ability to make strong and strong shots, and once narrowed the difference to 10 points.

However, the defensive shortcomings of the Thundering team, which lacked Shi Lang and Xue Zhuang, were too obvious, and after the opponent's main lineup returned to the game, they once again lost the ability to chase points.

In the end, the Thunder team won the second consecutive defeat with a score of 67:79.

In the locker room of the Thundering team, the atmosphere was dull and scary, and everyone was like a powder keg that exploded at the slightest moment.

If Xue Zhuang hadn't been injured, if Shi Lang hadn't been expelled, with the performance of all members of the Thundering team, there would have been a chance to win the game!

The biggest regret in life is not "I can't do it", but "I could"!

Now, instead of losing one game, everyone is facing an early group exit with two consecutive defeats, and even if you win the last game, it is useless.

What's more, their next opponent is the provincial favorite, a super strong team whose strength can be comparable to that of a professional team!

Luo Gaozhan, who always prides himself on being "sober in the world", said frustrating words: "I see, we can pack our bags and get ready to go home." ”