basketball hero

Chapter 23 The Tacit Understanding Between Old Teammates

On the court, Yingxiong controlled the ball for half the court. In the previous rounds, his side hadn't scored. Although he didn't make a shot, he still felt that his performance was not good enough.The No. [-] Middle School basketball team has always been one of the best teams in the Yuezhou area, and those who can enter the basketball team here are without exception not the best of their respective middle school teams.

Ying Xiong holds the ball, and Li Jianwu comes up to pick and roll for him.Yu Dong also mentioned that he didn't flank Ying Xiong with Lu Bin who was defending Yingxiong, nor did he choose to switch defenses, but came over to delay, and quickly returned to defend his own person. Lu Bin here quickly bypassed the cover and defended in place. .

Ying Xiong knows and has seen this strategy of defending pick-and-rolls where the big man blocks the small man and goes around the screen.The advantage of this strategy is that there is no need to change defenses to avoid being misplaced and the small hits the big or the big hits the small.

But any defensive strategy has disadvantages, after all, defense is passive.This defensive strategy requires extremely high coordination. If the timing of the big man's delay and return is not well grasped, it is too early or too late, and he does not form a tacit understanding with the small man who is circling the cover, and it is easy to make a hole.

Yu Dong and Lu Bin have been teammates in Yuezhou No. 2 Middle School for [-] years, and they have a very good understanding with each other.The two, one inside and one outside, use this method to defend the opponent's high pick-and-roll.

Seeing that there was no chance, Ying Xiong didn't insist, and immediately passed the ball to shooting guard Liu Zeyang who was outside the 3-point line on the weak side.Liu Zeyang caught the ball, dribbled a step, pulled up and shot a jumper—the ball bounced off the edge of the basket... The rebound was grabbed by the opponent's power forward Xu Tianxiang.

Xu Tianxiang immediately handed the ball to the small forward next to him, Zhang Rui, who is known as "the first middle school Rukawa Feng".Zhang Rui took the ball and pushed back to counterattack. Zhu Xiaobo of the 2nd team fouled for trying to steal.

Yu Dong sent the ball out of bounds, and after Lu Bin got the ball, under Ying Xiong's defense, he and Yu Dong made a high pick-and-roll.After Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu switched defenses, Lu Bin immediately passed the ball to Yu Dong in Xiashun.

Yu Dong is the highest point in Yuezhou No. 193 Middle School, with a height of 180cm, while Yingxiong is only about [-]cm tall, with a clear advantage in height.He held the ball at the basket and beat Ying Xiong.Unexpectedly, Ying Xiong was very tough, he firmly resisted his foot and refused to let him start.

Yu Dong turned around in a hurry, intending to wipe Ying Xiong off.Unexpectedly, Ying Xiong withdrew suddenly.Yu Dong didn't expect that Ying Xiong, who was so tough just now, would make this move. He lost his center of gravity, but he still managed to throw the ball.Unexpectedly, at this moment, Ying Xiong suddenly jumped up high and blocked Yu Dong's shot with a slap—the ball was also shot out of bounds.

The cheers came to mind from the sidelines, but the sound was so piercing in Yu Dong's ears.As the team's No. 1 height, I was "served by hot pot" by a rookie defender who was more than 7 meters tall, and was laughed at by so many spectators. It was very embarrassing.

Lu Bin continued to throw the ball out of bounds.Zhang Rui got the ball, accelerated past Yang Guocan, faced Li Jianwu, and forced a layup.Li Jianwu didn't want to be looked down upon by the opponent, so he went up to meet him and gave Zhang Rui a hat.After blocking the shot, Li Jianwu yelled on the spot, which made the game more passionate, and also aroused the emotions of the audience. Everyone kept encouraging the 2nd team.

The ball was obtained by Liu Zeyang. Instead of handing it to Ying Xiong, he held the ball and advanced it himself.I don't know if he was in a rush to attack. He didn't control the ball well after being forced to stop by the opponent at the top of the arc, and finally ended up walking.

Lu Bin held the ball for halftime and handed it to Zhang Rui.Zhang Rui took the top of the arc on the left side of the fairway and made a fake move, which immediately attracted Liu Zeyang and Zhu Xiaobo's double-team.

Zhang Rui was very calm and quickly distributed the ball to Xu Tianxiang on the weak side.Xu Tianxiang made an open shot and the ball went hollow into the net.He scored the first 2 points of the game.

Here, Ying Xiong controlled the ball for halftime, and Li Jianwu suddenly raised the high position.Yu Dong thought that he was going to cover Ying Xiong again, so he hurriedly followed.

Unexpectedly, Ying Xiong suddenly threw the ball to Li Jianwu, and then quickly drove to the basket.Lu Bin didn't expect this move, and Ying Xiong pulled him away when he was distracted.

Li Jianwu gave the ball to Ying Xiong who inserted into the basket.He passed the ball very well, basically from person to ball.After Ying Xiong got the ball, facing Xu Tianxiang who was supplementing the defense, he made a throw!
"Wow--" The wonderful cooperation of the two teams' center forwards and guards' air cuts aroused bursts of applause from the audience.

5 minutes have passed and the score on the field is a 2:2 draw.

Lu Bin came over with a dribble, set up a pick-and-roll with Yu Dong, and passed the ball to Zhang Rui on the outside.Zhang Rui made a fake fax shot, which tricked Yang Guocan who was defending him, and made a mid-range shot with one move!
"Zhang Rui - Zhang Rui -"

"very handsome--"

There were a few girls on the sidelines, shouting Zhang Rui's name at the top of their voices, cheering for him all the time.As soon as Zhang Rui scored, these people yelled as if they had taken a stimulant. At this time, in their eyes, Zhang Rui was the king.

Ying Xiong smiled inwardly, this Zhang Rui really has the luck of Rukawa Kaede and the support of so many women.In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Zhang Rui looks sunny and handsome, and he plays very well. It is said that his family conditions are also very good.Such a boy, no girl likes to say it, and no one will believe it.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was extremely tight, and the two sides battled to 10:10.

During the intermission, captain Yu Dong encouraged the teammates of Team 1: "Our main force cannot lose to the substitute! We must open the score in the second quarter!" His encouragement received positive responses from other members of Team 1.In their view, being tied by 2 teams is tantamount to losing.

The second quarter begins.Ying Xiong controlled the ball for halftime and passed it to Liu Zeyang who came out to catch the ball.After receiving the ball, Liu Zeyang chose to break through directly, but the final layup was interfered by Yu Dong and missed - Zhang Rui took the rebound and advanced with the ball himself.

Zhang Rui passed to Lu Bin, Lu Binsheng suddenly responded, stopped the ball at the free throw line, and passed it to Shi Jiandong who was outside the 3-point line.Shi Jiandong decisively made a 3-pointer, missed the goal, and the long rebound popped out. Ying Xiong immediately made a long pass after catching it. Yang Guocan, who was running ahead, got the ball, but missed it when he wanted to make an action ball—a mistake!
After wasting a good pass from Yingxiong, Yang Guocan fouled Zhang Rui again without the ball.

Here Lu Bin quickly served the ball, and Yu Dong scored 2 points at the basket.

Ying Xiong dribbled the ball halfway, and Li Jianwu came out to cover for him.Yu Dong and Lu Bin still used the original defensive strategy, delay + cover.

When Yu Dong was blocking, Ying Xiong suddenly crossed over to get rid of Yu Dong. Due to Li Jianwu's huge stature, Lu Bin did not completely bypass him.

Ying Xiong took the ball and went straight to the basket. Yu Dong and Lu Bin chased after him, but they couldn't catch up at all.Xu Tianxiang and Zhang Rui pinched Ying Xiong under the basket, and Ying Xiong made a light pass.Yang Guocan got the ball, no one was 3 meters in front of him, he aimed from the outside, and shot...

Hit! 2 teams overtake!
"Awesome—" the people on the sidelines shouted loudly.

Lu Bin dribbled the ball across the half, and made a hand-to-hand cooperation with Yu Dong, passing the ball to Xu Tianxiang who was lying in ambush in the left corner.Xu Tianxiang was stuck by Zhu Xiaobo and had no chance to shoot. He passed back to Zhang Rui who was 45 degrees to the left.Zhang Rui didn't shoot directly after receiving the ball, and he didn't intend to pass the ball. He made it clear that he wanted to single Yang Guocan.Seeing Zhang Rui holding the ball, the screams from the sidelines began again——

Zhang Rui feinted with the ball, but Yang Guocan was not fooled.He immediately made a breakthrough to change direction to the right, but was unsuccessful, and then quickly pulled back under his crotch, and shot a fallback jumper—the basketball was flying in the air...

The movement is beautiful, and the arc is also very beautiful, but in the end it still didn't score, and the ball went out of the basket!

The competition for the basket was extremely fierce. Li Jianwu relied on his fierce positioning to grab the rebound in the backcourt and handed it over to Ying Xiong to advance.

Ying Xiong held the ball across halftime and passed it to Liu Zeyang who came out of the pocket.Liu Zeyang broke through with the ball and had no chance, so he returned the ball to Ying Xiong.

Ying Xiong passed a pass to Li Jianwu, who was in the high position, and immediately made an off-ball screen for Yang Guocan. Li Jianwu immediately got the ball, and Yang Guocan continued to shoot with 3 points open.

Keep hitting!

Team 2 leads by 16:12!

The mentality of Team 1 began to change. I saw that Lu Bin passed the ball to Xu Tianxiang. Without completely getting rid of it, he barely made a 3-pointer-the result was a "three non-stick".

After Yang Guocan got the ball, he handed it to Ying Xiong to advance.Ying Xiong quickly moved forward with the ball, and Zhang Rui and others quickly returned to defense.

Ying Xiong was very fast. He was outside the front 3-point line, suddenly pulled up, and made a decisive 3-point shot-the ball hit the net!

At 19:12, the 2 teams led by 7 points in an instant!
"Is this the rhythm for the substitute to kill the starter?"

"Who is this number 14, so powerful!"

"It's too arrogant!"

Here, the girl who was screaming crazy about Zhang Rui's score just now has a scary and ugly expression.

The game continued.Lu Bin dribbled the ball and passed it to Zhang Rui at the top of the arc.Zhang Rui and Yu Dong played a pick-and-roll and assigned it to Yu Dong who was running down.Yu Dong was eager for success at the basket and missed the hook... Li Jianwu grabbed the rebound and handed it to Ying Xiong to advance.

Ying Xiong came over with the ball, and the sidelines became lively. Just now, he made a pass and scored, which already made the audience excited.At this point he has the ball, and everyone expects him to continue to perform.

Li Jianwu mentioned the high position to do the pick-and-roll for Ying Xiong.He's very wide and has a very high pick-and-roll quality.Ying Xiong quickly pushed behind him.Yu Dong had no choice but to switch defenses with him.

Ying Xiong made a fake move to break through to the right, Yu Dong was fooled and jumped to the right.Ying Xiong immediately went to the left and went directly to the basket to kill.

Zhang Rui, who had already scored two 3-pointers by Yang Guocan, did not dare to shrink to the basket, so Xu Tianxiang had to let go of his defender and receive the basket to protect the penalty area.

I saw that Ying Xiong went to the basket recklessly and took three steps. Xu Tianxiang could only take off to block the shot.Unexpectedly, Ying Xiong suddenly looked back at the moon and passed the ball to Li Jianwu who was following up.Li Jianwu scored an easy layup under the basket.

This wave of offensive led by Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu, a climax of 11:2, caught Team 1 off guard.

The viewing area is already boiling, and Ying Xiong is quickly attracting fans.People who don't know Corresponding Xiong are actively inquiring about this magical "No. 14".

Yu Dong and the others of Team 1 could never have imagined that these familiar and powerful lineup combinations of their own could be overwhelmed and beaten?But no matter how he couldn't figure it out, the game had to continue.

Lu Bin dribbled the ball and passed it to Zhang Rui on the wing.Zhang Rui was also very anxious at this time. He has always been the one with the best combination of appearance and skills in the team.He never expected that Ying Xiong, a backup kid, would have such powerful energy.This Yingxiong is not only good at the game, but also looks no worse than himself. He feels that his idol status is being seriously challenged.He was a little out of balance, and when he was in a hurry, he broke through Yang Guocan abruptly, and under the interference of Li Jianwu's strong defense, he reluctantly shot.

The ball missed, Ying Xiong grabbed the rebound and was about to advance, but was fouled tactically by Xu Tianxiang.

(End of this chapter)