pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 275 Opening with a suffocating defense

"The audience in the Northeast District is really enthusiastic. It would be great if we could have such an enthusiastic audience in the Southwest District." In the auditorium, a man in a blue team uniform was propping his chin with his hands, muttering softly.

"Hey, isn't this Jing Fang? Long time no see."

"Li Tianlong? Why are you here too?" Jing Fang's eyes were a little surprised, but the surprise disappeared soon, "By the way, you are the winning team in the Southern District."

"I really didn't expect you to beat Huang Junxiang in the final of the Southwest District." Li Tianlong said.

"Brother Xiang is getting old, so it's time to step aside." Jing Fang said disapprovingly, "We will take away the national champion this year from the Southwest Region." Jing Fang's tone was very arrogant. Before the final team to participate in the national competition was determined, he had already reserved the championship.

"I don't have any objection to you taking it away, but I don't know if they will agree or not." Li Tianlong looked back at his teammates behind him. Naturally, they didn't intend to hand over the championship to others.

"There can only be one national champion, and that is us." Jiang Chao was at the back of the team, but his voice was clearer than the players in the front row.

But what he didn't expect was that he was refuted by other teams as soon as he finished saying this sentence.

The teams from the east and north districts were the closest to them, and they all got up and joined the "melee".

"Even the people from the Eastern District and the Northern District are here, so the representatives from the other districts should be there too." Li Tianlong searched the auditorium, and sure enough, all the representatives from the seven districts that had been confirmed to participate in the national competition were present.

"That is to say, now there are 8 teams from the national competition in this arena."

"This is the last quota, and it is also the most mysterious one. Teams from the Northeast District never play exchange games with teams from other regions, so everyone knows nothing about the strength of the Northeast District. Everyone wants to take this opportunity to learn about the teams in the Northeast District." Jing Fang said.

"We have played against their players." Li Tianlong said slowly.

"The result? How many points did you win?" Jing Fang asked how many points he won as soon as he came up. It can be seen that he does not think that the Southern District will lose. Looking at the whole country, the basketball in the Southern District has always been at a very strong level. Exchange games are often played among the other seven regions except the Northeast District.

Usually there are 16 participating teams in the regional league, but there are 24 participating teams in the southern region. The league is longer and the team level is better.

"I lost." Li Tianlong replied calmly.

"Losing?" Jing Fang couldn't believe his ears, wondering if he heard it wrong, "You lost?"

"Yeah." Li Tianlong nodded.

"Are they really that strong?" Jing Fang looked at the two teams on the field.

"Northeast District, very strong." Li Tianlong never praised others easily, but he still gave a high degree of recognition to the players in the Northeast District. Although he hid his strength in that game, he also knew that the players in the Northeast District did not give full play.

"It seems that we really need to pay attention to them." Jing Fang couldn't wait to see the strength of the Northeast District.

After the introduction of players from both sides, after 30 minutes of warm-up, the substitutes came off the field, leaving only 10 starters on the field.

"Come, come!" Liu Zhuangshi desperately pressed the shutter, recording every detail of the game.

The player who jumped the ball with Chen Xin was Sun Nan, No. 8, Beihu.

"When the referee throws the ball into the air, the jump ball has the result." Sun Nan said.

Chen Xin had a serious expression and ignored it.

The basketball was thrown vertically into the air, and the two provoked a scramble for the ball at the same time.

The surrounding third middle school players are ready to catch the ball, and they are full of confidence in Chen Xin's jump ball.

"Ah!" In the air, the arms of the two touched a little, and Chen Xin felt a strong force coming from Sun Nan's body.

"It's impossible, I actually lost!" When Chen Xin met his opponent for the first time, he had already started to fall, while Sun Nan was still rising. As a result, Sun Nan grabbed the opening ball for Beihu.

Xiang Shang received the ball and gave it to Zhan Yang.

No. [-] Middle School was not disappointed because they lost the right to attack first. To be precise, there was no time to let them down. Under the leadership of Zhan Yang, Beihu quickly overwhelmed the half court.

Li Yao and Xiao Zijian faced off.

Wu Di ran into Mu Chenfeng.

Ye Lin and Zhan Yang, old enemies, meet again.

Xiang Shang vs Su Miao.

Chen Xin and Sun Nan fought in the interior.

"What a fast defense." No. [-] Middle School's defense speed is jaw-dropping, the execution is extremely strong, and the positioning is accurate.

"What a strong defense." Zhan Yang originally wanted to use the first attack to catch the opponent by surprise, but he didn't expect that the third middle school had already made the deployment and cut off his offensive line directly.

"Would you like to break through and try?" Ye Lin asked aggressively.

Zhan Yang looked at the positions of his teammates, they were all marked to death, and there was no chance to pass the ball, "Okay." Zhan Yang also wanted to test the strength of the opponent's defense, so he decided to play the first wave of offense by himself.

Zhan Yang's start was fast, but Ye Lin was not slow. She followed Zhan Yang all the way until she reached the penalty area line. Zhan Yang suddenly made an emergency stop and shook Ye Lin away.

Mu Chenfeng caught the rim and made a one-stop fast attack. The speed was too fast. Among the teammates, only Ye Lin could keep up with his rhythm. Wu Di followed closely beside him.

The exchange of ball rights is fleeting.

"Both teams are very active in defense," Jing Fang said.

"Different from our offense-versus-offensive approach, the teams in the Northeast District are based on defense, so they have a solid defensive foundation, and if they are not careful, they will be intercepted or blocked." Li Tianlong has experienced it himself.

Although Zhan Yang's second attack formed a shot, under Ye Lin's interference, it still ended with a strike and failed to hit.

Turning around, Zhan Yang used the same method to prevent Ye Lin from making the same shot.

Players on both sides played suffocating defense in the opening stage, and the final result was a loss for both sides.

In the opening 3 minutes, both sides scored 0 points. The two teams made a total of 10 shots and none of them hit.

(End of this chapter)