whirlwind basketball

Chapter 189 Youth Competition (4)

"The current situation of the youth training team is not very good. The defense is not bad, but the offense is weak. Several offenses have failed. Now we need someone to stop and score... Long Xun dribbled the ball and played with Ma Feifei after halftime. Instead of handing the ball to Ma Feifei for a crossover, he feinted into the opponent's inside line and the opponent was unprepared and he broke through easily. Three-step layup... The ball scored beautifully. Long Xun also responded with a layup with two points. Now the score is 2:4."

The audience also applauded for the youth training team's first score. Long Xun was also relieved that the media had put too much pressure on him recently.Although no one said anything about him, but he was Li Yifan's defeated player. Let him play the starting lineup instead of Li Yifan. I'm afraid no one in the team will see it.Of course, he didn't know what coach Wang Tao meant.

Immediately afterwards, Fatty Zhang caught the ball from the basket and hooked backhand to tie the score! 4:4 The Huaxia fans in the audience are cheering for the youth training team, and the sign of cheering is held high.
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Castro of Türkiye hit a three-pointer. 7:4
At this time, there was a commotion on the court, and an incident occurred. Slovakia asked the referee to argue that his nose was bleeding from the attack just now.Blood red His eyes were also red, and the game on the court gradually became gunpowder-like.

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Zhang Shaolong made a high jumper and Fatty Zhang made two free throws to make the youth training team score for the first time.The Huaxia fans applauded thunderously, and the audience in front of the TV also jumped up. They saw their team leading for the first time, and they were very happy to think that the youth training team would definitely win the game in one go. But they didn't know that the draw was the result of the whole game. Only a few times lead!
When Turkey requested a timeout to play again, Wang Tao replaced Fatty Zhang with Jiang Shaoping and Zhang Shaolong with Guan Yong.His eyes stayed on Li Yifan for a few seconds but finally moved away.

The commentator explained this action in this way: "Coach Wang Tao originally wanted to replace Li Yifan, but Fatty Zhang has already left the field. There must be someone who can speak well. And Long Xun's performance during this period of time very good."

After Fatty Zhang's two main players left the field, Turkey immediately counterattacked and hit the inside line and caused repeated fouls by China's inside line, quickly chasing the score to 18:16.

For the last attack, Turkey called for a timeout to deploy tactics for the last attack. No. 7 Garcia lived up to expectations and hit a jumper for the first time at the end of the game.The two sides battled to 18:18
Overall, the Huaxia audience was satisfied with the results of the first quarter.After all, we also led by a few minutes, but at the last minute we did not defend well and were tied.Long Xun's 4 points and [-] assist in the first quarter made the audience temporarily forget about Li Yifan.

Li Yifan still didn't play in the second quarter and everyone played with high morale.No one thought that this episode would turn out to be a nightmare for Huaxia.

Türkiye attacked the basket and Slovakia hooked the ball.He growled and his nose bleeds in the first quarter, which made him very angry. Now he has a lot of moves and he looks so big!

Turkey Garcia scored two more points after the start of the second quarter, Turkey made two shots.

Fatty Zhang immediately responded.Turn around at the basket and throw the ball in. This is a mid-range shot!
Fatty Zhang catches the ball and Slovakia immediately matches up with Fatty Zhang. He is now sticking to Fatty Zhang in defense like nougatin because their team's center Kassadin can't prevent Fatty Zhang. He fouled twice early, but Fatty Zhang himself Also a foul.

When Fatty Zhang saw that Slovakia was very tight, he had no chance and immediately pretended to turn around and hit Slovakia with his back. He immediately leaned nervously and leaned against his teammates, who were always ready to come over to help defend.But what Fatty Zhang actually did was - pass the ball to Zhang Shaolong and quickly cut to the basket to catch Fatty Zhang's ball, which is a heavy dunk.

Zhang Shaolong's dunk was not fancy, but it fully demonstrated his jumping and body flexibility, which aroused bursts of applause from everyone.Several NBA scouts in the stands hurriedly wrote something in their notebooks!
Li Yifan also stood up and applauded Zhang Shaolong. This is a beautiful dunk. The most important thing is that he can boost everyone's morale.

But the facts quickly proved that Li Yifan was wrong. The morale was boosted, but it was not from the youth training team but from Turkey.

They made three consecutive three-pointers, and Huaxia's several offenses and pass errors made the opponent open the score all at once. 22:31.The youth training team allowed the opponent to score eleven points in 3 minutes.

Wang Tao immediately called a timeout.

He kept scolding Long Xun for his mistakes

"You should play with your brain instead of always dribbling the ball blindly. You should always pay attention to changes in the rhythm of the field. He should use his own rhythm to drive the opponent to play instead of being led by the nose by the opponent." Looking at Long Xun already He lowered his head and said to Ma Feifei and Jiang Dongyu, "You have to pay attention to the marking of the opponent's outside line, especially the opponent's Garcia, who has to stick to it so that he can't break through and let him have a chance to shoot a three-pointer... "

On the other side, the Turkish coach is also setting up tactics: "...the opponent's defense has not yet formed in this way. On the one hand, we must use the outside to attack them. On the other hand, we must strengthen the inside offense and try to beat Fatty Zhang. He is a threat inside. It's too big. And..." He paused.

The Turkish players all looked at him and what

Turkish head coach Jackson looked at the other end of the court. Li Yifan, a substitute for the youth training team, was standing in a circle with the players and listening carefully to Wang Tao's tactical arrangements.

Jackson hesitated for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration patted his forehead and said: "I know, that old fox Wang Tao wants to use him as a secret weapon to give us a fatal blow when he thinks about the key. If I'm not mistaken, that Li Yifan will be there after this timeout." Garcia is about to play, you must pay attention to guard him, you know?"

Garcia nodded in defense with a solemn expression.

Jackson's reasonable speculation made the Turkish players admire everyone. Everyone looked at him with admiration. He really deserves their eyes. He has brought a Turkey, which was originally only a middle-class in Europe, into what it is now. The first-class teams rely on his ability to predict the enemy like a god.

He also likes the players looking at him with reverence. Every time he can receive such eyes, he feels that his efforts have not been in vain. He said beautifully: "Okay, let's play."

The players turned around and just wanted to play, but they stopped because the youth training team had already entered the field. Indeed, as Jackson said, a guard was changed, but it was not Li Yifan.

Seeing that the players looked at him with strange eyes, Jackson blushed and quickly reprimanded him, "Why don't you hurry up and play for me." He thought in his heart that everything can be predicted, you really think I am a fairy!
He looked at the dignified Wang Tao, what the hell was the old fox thinking?
Li Yifan sat quietly on the bench, waiting for his chance.

The assistant asked gently beside Wang Tao's ear, "Why isn't Li Yifan playing?"

Wang Tao rolled his eyes at him: "Not yet."

At the end of the first half, the youth training team was beaten without any face. 3o: 42 down one quarter and the opponent scored 24 points while he only scored 12 points.

So the audience and the audience in front of the TV thought that Li Yifan, who was forgotten by them for the first time, was calling Li Yifan's name.

The commentator also said doubtfully: "From the second quarter, the two defenders of the youth training team, Long Xun and Lu Weiben, both made a lot of mistakes, and their defense was not in place. At this time, Li Yifan should be replaced. Better, but we don't know what coach Wang Tao thinks!"

"Not yet."

Facing the reporter's interview, Wang Tao still spoke coldly.

Then I wanted to interview Li Yifan, but Li Yifan had already hid in the locker room.

The third quarter is over.The youth training team fell behind Türkiye 43:61!

第四节比赛已经结束土耳其83：58战胜青训队张胖子在这场比赛里面拿下12分！！！7个篮板但是在比赛结束前5次犯规被罚下场。应该算是不及格。而相对的斯洛伐克却拿下了24分看他兴高采烈的表情就知道他内心的兴奋他战胜了张胖子。

However, Li Yifan still did not play.

After the game, the audience didn't show much interest, but coach Wang Tao asked them to come back to sum up their experience.

For a team like Turkey, it is reasonable for them to lose, but after losing so many points, it needs to be summed up. After everyone expressed their opinions in turn, they also summed up their shortcomings, that is, their cooperation is not good enough, so when they go back this time, they Work hard to improve your tacit understanding.

After the group draw, they faced the US team for the first time. I don't know if it was deliberately arranged. Anyway, it is a bit too much to give the final boss a level of difficulty.However, the youth training team and others didn't have any emotions, they just trained silently.

On the seventh day after the youth training team arrived in the United States, the youth competition officially opened.At nine o'clock in the morning local time in Los Angeles, the youth training team ushered in their first match-against the host team, the US team.

There is a sixteen-hour time difference between Los Angeles and BJ. At this time, it is late at night on the other side of the earth, and it is one o'clock in the morning the next day.Since the upcoming day will be a weekend, and perhaps they still have expectations for coach Wang Tao's youth training team, there are still many fans waiting in front of the TV late at night.

Jiang Dongyu, who always goes to bed before eleven o'clock, is also quietly turning on the small TV on the desk in his bedroom.I haven't seen him for more than a month, how is he doing now?
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Among the crowd waiting in front of the TV and waiting for the game, how many people think that the youth training team may win this game?Insignificant!Almost everyone has a conclusion on the outcome of the game, and the fans are concerned about how the youth training team will perform in this game.

For this youth training team, most people have only one request for them-don't humiliate basketball, even if they lose, lose better.

On the TV screen, the youth training team entered the field.

Los Angeles, USA, Youth Tournament VS American Stadium.

The youth training team enters the field.

Li Yifan stood in the center of the stadium looking up at the stadium, and exclaimed: "This stadium is really big!"

"Idiot!" Jiang Dongyu lowered his head and scolded, "Idiot, it's live TV now, how many viewers are watching in front of the TV. Don't embarrass us, okay?"

"Is it really big?" Li Yifan asked aggrievedly.

Since arriving in Los Angeles, it took two days to adjust the time difference, and then closed training and adjustments. It is the first time for the youth training team to leave their residence in Los Angeles to participate in the competition today.

The game was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Coliseum.Although it is not the largest arena in Los Angeles, for Li Yifan, who has only participated in ordinary domestic competitions, such a stadium and stage are indeed a bit bigger.The entire arena is centered on the basketball court in the middle and radiates from all sides.The auditorium on the upper, middle and lower floors is enough to accommodate [-] spectators.Compared with domestic arenas that can only accommodate a few thousand spectators, this stadium is really too big.

During the Youth Championship period, the basketball leagues at all levels in the United States have not yet started a new season.Watching the youth game has also become the only choice for Americans who like basketball.And since this game was played by the host team, the United States, the attendance rate was surprisingly high.The stadium, which can accommodate [-] spectators, is already full at this moment.The auditorium of the American basketball stadium is always very close to the court, and the audience is two meters away from the court.With the crowd of spectators, tens of thousands of eyes focused on him, and the noisy sound in the stadium, anyone will be nervous for the first time in such an arena.

Li Yifan is very nervous right now, with an uneasy expression and stiff movements.

Even Jiang Dongyu and Long Xun, who have been playing in the domestic league for two years, are not so relaxed and calm when they set foot on such a court for the first time!
Except for them, the other members of the youth training team have already experienced a youth competition, so naturally they are not as nervous as they are.

Suddenly there was a burst of warm cheers in the arena, and most of the audience in the auditorium stood up and applauded—the US team entered the arena.

A group of tall men in the uniforms of the American youth team appeared on the field.Wearing a headset, chewing gum, and waving his hands above his head to greet the audience in all directions-this is the American Youth Team!
Li Yifan's heart was full of excitement at the moment, he had seen their senior American Dream Team playing in the World Championships and Olympics many times on TV, and these players in front of him were so similar to them.By the way, they are also the US team. Although they are not all world-class superstars like their predecessors, they are the dream team at the level of the youth competition.

Play against the dream team!Li Yifan couldn't tell whether it was his childhood dream or his previous life's wish.However, the tension just now was replaced by excitement and excitement in an instant.What an exciting thing to challenge the US team and the US basketball team!

Jiang Dongyu next to him looked at Li Yifan's sudden excitement, and sighed helplessly. It was not the first time he had encountered this kind of situation. Facing a strong opponent, this kid never knew to be afraid, and even became more excited.What a strange guy, a person who usually looks very gentle, seems to be a different person when he meets basketball on the court.But for today's game, hehe, I'm afraid this guy won't be able to do what he wants.

Before the game, the two teams warmed up.

Just as Jiang Dongyu thought, on the court, Li Yifan's body, which was still stiff just now when he touched the basketball, suddenly returned to his usual flexibility, even worse.Outside the three-point line, "Shua, Shua, Shua..." fired shots from a long distance again and again, and the basketball fell steadily into the basket!

A hundred steps to wear Yang example is not in vain!

"Oh..." bursts of warm cheers suddenly erupted in the arena, and the youth training team on this side of the stadium stopped one by one. Looking back, it turned out that the members of the American youth training team on the other side of the stadium were One by one, they performed their slam dunk stunts hard.

"Boom boom boom..." The basket groaned, and the players of the US team smashed the ball into the basket with various acrobatic moves, heavy dunks with both hands, windmills with one arm, and 360-degree turning dunks in the air... The applause of the audience Every time he completes a dunk, the player who dunks turns around with his hands raised high to face the surrounding audience. His expression is like the complacency of stars participating in the NBA dunk contest when they complete their moves.

"What the hell are these guys doing!" Li Yifan asked Jiang Dongyu and Fatty Zhang on the side of the court, "Do they know what a warm-up is?"

"Idiot!" Jiang Dongyu said with a sullen face, "They didn't take us seriously at all."

"Is that so?"

The basketball in Fatty Zhang's hand hit the ground heavily and bounced, and said in a loud voice, "That's not it!"

Long Xun grabbed Fatty Zhang and threw the basketball that was bouncing on the ground. With his usual calm face, he said indifferently: "In their view, this is a game where there is no doubt about the outcome. No matter how much energy they are wasting at the moment, they will not Influence them to win the game!"

He spoke in a calm tone, but hearing it in the ears of Li Yifan, Jiang Dongyu, and Fatty Zhang aroused their anger even more. "Damn it!" The three clenched their fists tightly.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and Li Yifan was the most disapproving of these show-loving guys in front of him. He greeted Long Xun who was holding the ball: "Pass the ball!"

"Crack!" Long Xun shook his wrist, and the basketball was accurately thrust into his hands.

The dribble started, but Li Yifan was heading towards the American team. Jiang Dongyu, who had quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed him and scolded, "What are you going to do?"

"Go over and say hello to them!"

"Idiot!" Jiang Dongyu thumped him on the head, "Do you want to cause trouble? This is broadcast on domestic TV!"

Li Yifan kicked his foot hard, and stared hard at the other side of the field.

The slight commotion on the side of the youth training team has attracted the attention of many spectators, and many spectators have already focused their strange eyes here.

"Crack!" The basketball passed by, turned around, accelerated, and flew up from the free throw line, "Boom!" The basketball was dunked heavily into the basket, and a small figure was dangling on the basket.

The audience in the arena who were watching this side froze for a moment, and then there was a burst of warm cheers.

Although the Americans have seen many times of taking off and dunking from the free throw line, it is the first time in the memory of the audience present that Li Yifan has done so smoothly and briskly.

Putting down his hand, Li Yifan dropped gently.Turning around and looking at the opposite side, "You are not the only ones who can dunk, a bunch of idiots!" The words were spoken in English in a low voice, but they were caught by coach Wang Tao at the side of the court.Coach Wang Tao was stunned for a moment and then burst out laughing.

On the US team, only the 180 cm tall point guard Pau Gasol was the only one who was similar in stature to Li Yifan.In fact, he couldn't even slam dunk.

The audience was in an uproar.Even though the youth training team has Fatty Zhang, Long Xun, Li Yifan and others.Such a character can be said to be a star-studded team in the United States. Players in all positions are outstanding in height and have an absolute advantage.This is a game with no suspense at all.

But Jiang Dongyu was so provocative, it really made the American audience laugh.

Head coach Mr. K ignored it and said: "The lineup is as follows: point guard Gasol, shooting guard Jack, small forward Nash, power forward Clive, and center Hex. You must give full play to your scoring ability and height advantages. If Li suddenly hits a rebound, we must ensure that there is absolutely no problem in winning. Don't worry about the others and ensure that they have enough playing time, okay?"

Hex and the others had smiles on their lips.It seems that this battle has been won.

The players of the youth training team over there surrounded Wang Tao in a circle. Wang Tao was not tall and he was very harmonious with them.He affectionately put his hands on the shoulders of everyone next to him and said, "I don't care how the lineup is arranged and who goes up to fight today. You decide for yourself. Just don't be afraid of the opponent's height and give full play to your little Kuailing's advantages. Why! The result is not important, you know?"

"Understood coach," Jiang Dongyu said with a smile, "but we are here to win. But we will fight for victory."

Wang Tao gave a thumbs up: "So determined! Let's go!"

Jiang Dongyu nodded and said, "Let me, Ma Jue, Fatty Zhang, Ma Feifei and Lu Weiben play first."

"Li Yifan won't come?" Ma Feifei asked puzzled.

Jiang Dongyu smiled at Li Yifan, "He's a secret weapon and won't take it out until the critical moment."

Li Yifan nodded with a smile.He's in no rush to play right now.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the US team and the youth training team stepped onto the court.

"It seems that the U.S. team is going to make a comeback!" Li Yifan said, "All the players who are tall and have strong scoring ability."

"There is no doubt that it depends on whether Jiang Dongyu can stand up to it." Wang Siyang said lazily.

Seeing that Li Yifan didn't play, Yu Jing and Yu Yang ran over to say hello.Several people sat in a row on the bench while Wang Tao stood on the edge of the court and watched the situation on the court.

"Beep—" a whistle sounded and the basketball flew into the sky.

The two figures soared into the air and pointed their arms at the blue sky!

Fatty Zhang has amazing jumping ability, but after all, he is more than ten centimeters shorter than the opponent. Hex easily put the ball into Gasol's hands.Gasol immediately protected the ball and waited for the players to settle into the half court.

Jiang Dongyu went up to meet him.The height difference between the two is nearly ten centimeters.

It was the first time Gasol played a point guard and didn't dare to be careless with one hand guarding Jiang Dongyu and carefully dribbling with the other hand.

But what should be born is still born.

Gasol just wanted to start the body to break forward

(End of this chapter)