Chapter 54: The Tournament Begins
Tuesday, December 29th, towards the end of the year.
The basketball team of Tongliang Middle School, which has been preparing for a whole year, and Jiang Yan, a new member who has just completed "rehabilitation", finally ushered in the first step into this national competition, the opening game of the Chongqing Division of the Naigao Grassroots Competition.
Although it is just an ordinary regional qualifier, the technical level and gold content of the event are very average.
However, because Jiang Yan, who has been very popular on the Internet recently, has become the focus of local media and some online self-media chasing this less popular high school event among the players of the Tongzhong basketball team.
At the beginning, the Chongqing Basketball Association, which was responsible for organizing and hosting the event, and Nike, the exclusive sponsor, were quite puzzled that the game could attract so many foreign media.
Isn't it just an ordinary regional qualifier? Is it necessary to come to so many viewers and so many journalists?
Could it be that we have really set up a business in China?
But when they figured out who the specific participants were, the entire Necometer official and sponsor Nike branch paid full attention.
Although Jiang Yan's traffic at this stage is quite limited, it is a drop in the bucket compared to those real top streams.
Either way, this is the biggest star player in the history of the Necometer event.
Therefore, Nike is willing to pay a certain amount of additional publicity and distribution costs for this, and with the help of Jiang Yan's own topicality, Naico, a little-known middle school basketball event, will be promoted through the Internet as much as possible.
"There are so many people! Is this competition so popular? ”
"There must be a lot of people at the opening, but it is estimated that they are all students from the host school and fans who came to see Xiao Jiang."
In the stands, the school cheerleaders and support students sent by Tongliang Middle School were all gathered in one area.
Tian Xiwei and her two best friends waved cheerleaders to cheer for their upcoming basketball team, and chatted with each other.
"He's so popular!"
"People are our big stars!"
Although it was just an ordinary regional qualifier, the spectator stands were still full.
In addition to the parents and school classmates who came to cheer and support, there were also many self-media holding various mobile phone cameras, obviously wanting to rub Jiang Yan's popularity.
"Eh, it's out, it's out!"
"Ahhhh Come on, Jiang Yan! ”
"Jiang Yan, you are the most handsome! Come on, Jiang Yan! ”
When Tian Xiwei saw Jiang Yan in a red and white jersey playing with the team, she immediately completely left the burden of her idol behind and yelled regardless of it.
"Hey, hey, pay attention to your position, Xiao Tian, it's not good for you to only cheer Jiang Yan alone?"
"Ouch, he's the core of our basketball team, isn't cheering for him the same as cheering for the whole team?"
Tian Xiwei explained to her best friend next to her with a smile, and then happily waved to the players on the field, trying to let Jiang Yan see her.
"Come on, Jiang Yan! Jiang Yan, you are the most handsome! ”
At this time on the court, Jiang Yan was listening to songs with Bluetooth headphones and warming up by himself.
"The experimental middle school is quite strong, are you confident?"
Sun Fanri stood beside Jiang Yan and stretched.
"We've fought them before in school?" Jiang Yan silently lowered the volume of his headphones and asked.
"Well, I lost a dozen points last year." Sun Fanri looked at the opponent's half, and there were indeed many familiar faces.
This scene was seen by Jiang Yan, so Jiang Yan said to him: "Don't worry, the results will definitely be different this year." ”
Sun Fanri just smiled when he heard this, "It's not that I'm worried, I'm just looking forward to what kind of reaction they will have when they see your performance later." ”
As the referee announced that the game was about to begin, the 10 players who started from both teams took to the field and ran to their chosen positions.
"It's time to start! Do you want to jump the ball first? ”
"Yes!"
"Jiang Yan, come on! Jiang Yan, you are the most handsome! ”
I don't know if it's because of someone's loud voice, the cheerleaders of Tongliang Middle School in the stands are shouting Jiang Yan's name to the stadium with the loudest voice.
Jiang Yan, who was standing in his own half, slowly put away his original casual smile, and stared intently at the two players who were standing in the middle circle and preparing to jump the ball.
Play when it's time to play, and fight when it's time to fight.
Although his future direction is not here, since he has taken on this task, he will give it his all.
With the whistle of the referee on duty, the jumping ball player of Tongliang Middle School dialed the ball back to his own half with his arm span advantage, and the game officially kicked off.
The No. 1 position controlled the ball and advanced to the front court, and then decisively handed the ball to Jiang Yan, who asked for the ball at a 45-degree angle on the wing.
"Copper, come on! In the bronze, we will win! ”
"Jiang Yan! Jiang Yan! Jiang Yan! ”
In the stands, the cheerleaders in the copper and the fans who came to Jiang Yan showed their enthusiasm.
Jiang Yan took a deep breath and calmly made a gesture to call for blocking, and Sun Fanri immediately raised his crotch guard with both hands to a high position to help him block the defender in front of him.
Limited by basic skills and physical fitness, the blocking and dismantling given by high school league players is generally not very strict.
But thanks to the outstanding explosiveness of the first step, what Jiang Yan needs is actually such a simple gap to tear the defense into the interior line.
The experimental middle school hurriedly contracted its defense to protect the restricted area.
Seeing this, Jiang Yan directly made an emergency stop in the middle distance.
"Huh!"
The hand rises and falls, and the hit is steady!
The style of the ball is soft, and he always floats on the outside to shoot, which does not mean that Jiang Yan does not dare to impact the inside line, which can only show that he is very confident in his feel and projection ability.
Seeing that Jiang Yan could score with the first touch of the ball, the cheers on the scene instantly turned into cheers and screams.
"Ahhhh
"it, this is handsome! So silky! ”
"The shooting posture is quite aesthetically pleasing."
"Looks like you can play, this position..."
Just when the and talk in the stands were endless, the players of the experimental middle school had already finished sending the ball to the half court of the copper middle school and organized an attack.
It's a pity that there was no suitable opportunity to shoot for a long time, and in the end, the receiver was forced to reluctantly shoot, and there was no doubt about the iron.
It is not impossible for a high school league game to score only 100 points in a 40-minute game.
After all, when the level of both sides is very low, the competition is defense, and it is really difficult to score goals and score high points.
"Huh!"
There was another crisp and pleasant splash.
Jiang Yan took off the rebound and dribbled to the front court to shoot three points directly.
"Ahhhhh!!hh
"Jiang Yan, you are the most handsome!!"
"! Feels so good in the hand? ”
"It's not reasonable for him to play, but he just can score."
"Cut, one by one!"
"Kobe Bryant is here?"
This three-point chase once again amazed the audience.
Although it doesn't seem too difficult, as long as it feels good, other people can do it, but they can't stand the beautiful posture of others and looks handsome!
That calf muscle line... Hiss... No matter how you say it, I have to give this guy a Nago and the most beautiful calf award!
Because there is indeed a gap in the strength of the two sides, the next game has naturally become Jiang Yan's personal performance.
The physical condition is off the charts, and the self-confidence can also be improved immediately, coupled with the unlimited right to fire promised by the coach, Jiang Yan, who has returned to the court after a long absence, is like no one.
Soon, the game was in the fourth quarter.
Jiang Yan, who was resting on the bench, looked at the scoreboard, and the current score on the court is 63:38.
OK, steady!
His heart finally relaxed.
The strength of the two teams is not much different, but with his X-factor holding the ball, he is the big core of the ball, and it is easy to completely collapse the mentality of the opposite side in waves.
So it's easy to win this game.
In the end, the score between the two sides was fixed at 75:52.
Relying on Jiang Yan's full firepower of 44 points in the third quarter, Tongliang Middle School defeated the opponent by 23 points in the first game.