basketball hero

Chapter 66

On October 10, the newly promoted Zhejiang Guangsha team continued to play at home and ushered in their second opponent, the Fujian Xunxing team.Before the start of the season, Ye Xiangyu, the general manager of the Guangsha team, made it clear that he hoped that the team would win at least one victory in the first four rounds.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Guangsha team has been slightly adjusted from the first game. Yao Peng and Zhang Nan entered the starting lineup, and Zhang Weigang and Ma Yukun went to the bench.

The starting lineup of the Fujian Xunxing team is: Chris Potter, Gong Songlin, Lin Chenyao, Sun Tiannong and Lu Xiaoming.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the Zhejiang Guangsha team, which was playing at home, started like a rainbow. Gong Songlin’s former teammate Jia Nan hit consecutive three-pointers, and the former Aoshen’s foreign aid Jia Bo made a quick shot. Wave attack climax.At the end of the first quarter, the Guangsha team led the opponent by 31 points at 17:14.

Unexpectedly, the situation changed suddenly in the second quarter. Gong Songlin and Porter in the Fujian team gradually found their hands and scored consecutive points.As for the Guangsha team, the continuity of scoring was much worse, and it did not continue the hot touch of the first quarter.Coupled with the weak scoring of the rotation lineup and the defensive loopholes, at the end of the second quarter, the score was gradually narrowed by the opponent.Throughout the first half of the game, Ying Xiong did not get 1 second of playing time, and was still waiting for an opportunity at the end of the bench.

The third quarter entered a tug-of-war, the two sides came and went, and the scene was very lively.The Guangsha team fell into a foul trap and was overtaken by the opponent by 2 points at the end of the quarter.Ying Xiong originally thought that the team's main force and rotation would get into foul trouble, and he would get some playing time.To his disappointment, coach John Newman didn't think of him until the end of the game.

In the last quarter, Wang Yihang, Lin Chenyao and others of the Fujian team gradually opened up.In contrast, the Guangsha team fell into foul trouble, did not dare to make too much physical contact on the defensive end, and the game became more and more passive.In the end, the Guangsha team failed to create a miracle. Unfortunately, they lost to their opponents at home and ushered in a two-game losing streak.

He didn't get playing time for two consecutive games, and Ying Xiong's heart dropped to freezing point.He who was eager to try before the season was hit in the head and hit back to reality.In today's game, when the team fell into a foul trap, coach John Newman didn't even give him 1 minute of playing time.For this, he has seen the status quo very clearly: Although he is in the first team, theoretically he has the opportunity to play CBA games at any time.But the reality is that unless the team has a major injury, or there is garbage time.Otherwise, during the regular rotation time, I would have no chance to play.

It is difficult for Ying Xiong to understand the thinking of head coach John Newman.He firmly believes that his strength is enough to get playing time, and he will not be unable to play for a minute.Obviously, in the two games played at home, the team has a chance to win.Maybe, if I play by myself, the result will be different?
Ying Xiong didn't dare to say for sure, but he really wanted to see what it would be like when he played.For him, the good news is that the team has been losing. As long as they lose, there will definitely be adjustments, and maybe his chance will come.But for him, even if he doesn't play, he doesn't want to see the team lose, and it's this kind of loss.He hates failure very much, whether it is study, basketball or love, he doesn't want to fail, very much.

For Xiong, the bad things don't stop there.Not getting playing time, as a healthy player, is a difficult thing to accept.But as a rookie, I am still young, and I haven't proven myself on the platform of professional basketball, and I don't have any qualifications to speak of.No playing time, and certainly not the end of the world.But since he signed with the Guangsha team and was promoted to the first team, the old people in the team began to exclude him.The reason is simple: in their view, a person who has not been in the youth team for long-term training and games, a "relationship household", the team cannot let this person enter the first team.Even the "relationship households" in their mouths performed very well in team training.But people are like that, always trying to explain in a simple way what they think is inconceivable.For them, how could a player like Ying Xiong who came out of the high school league compare to those players in the sports school!

The situation of being targeted and excluded is even more uncomfortable than not having playing time.Ying Xiong has no friends in the team, not even a teammate who speaks normally.He experienced a deep sense of loneliness and powerlessness.I want to prove myself, shut up those nonsense people, and make them believe that I entered the first team by virtue of my strength.However, the foreign head coach John Newman just refused to give the opportunity.I have no playing time, no chance of official competition, no matter how good I perform in training, everyone will only think that it is an internal team training, and I can't count it.

Ying Xiong was in a very bad mood. If it wasn't for his deep love for basketball, the encouragement of his dreams, and the encouragement of Sun Jing, he didn't know if he would back down.For a few moments, he would rather not be in the first team, and just train for a period of time in the youth team.But the reality is not that he can control it. It is extremely painful to hear his teammates say behind his back that he can't refute it.

Perhaps, for Ying Xiong, this is the so-called price of growth.Back then, in middle school basketball, he was the absolute core of the basketball team, controlling the fate of the team, the person the coach relied on the most, and the "MVP" in the eyes of the fans.But now, I am in the team, being questioned and ridiculed, unable to get playing time, and alone guarding the drinking fountain...

——This kind of gap is really too big for a proud man of heaven.

On October 10, Zhejiang Guangsha went to Yongcheng to challenge the CBA dynasty team--Bayai Shuanglu Battery.

Former CBA superstar Wang Zhizhi returned to the Bayi team from the NBA to play for the team in the CBA league this season.However, the Bayi team suffered from constant injuries this season. The team’s old shooter Li Nan has not yet returned from his injuries in the United States. The young player Chen Ke suffered a broken bone in the warm-up match. This made the Bayi team’s strength drop a lot.Wang Zhizhi's return has effectively supplemented the Bayi team's internal strength without foreign aid.In this campaign, the newly promoted Zhejiang Guangsha team will play at home. The traditional powerful Bayi team naturally hopes to win their opponents and try their best to keep their home court.

Due to the limited playing time of foreign players against the Bayi team, the Guangsha team also made another adjustment to the starting lineup: Garber, who performed well in the first two games, went to the bench, and Zhang Weigang and Ma Yukun returned to the starting lineup.Judging from the starting lineup, the Guangsha team played the "all-China class".

The starting lineup of the Bayi team is: Wang Zhizhi, Chen Chen, Zhang Jinsong, Wu Qian, Wang Zhongguang.

Ying Xiong, who was on the bench, finally saw Wang Zhizhi himself with his own eyes. Seeing his tall figure and confident expression, he felt somewhat excited.But considering that it is almost impossible for me to play, I feel a little disappointed. "It would be great if I could play against him!"

At the beginning of the game, the newly promoted Guangsha team, which had lost two games in a row, turned away and put a lot of pressure on the traditional strong team Bayi, which played at home.The teenager Ma Chao of the Guangsha team is in a hot state, scoring consecutive points, giving the Bayi team these big brothers a disarm.However, after all, the strength of the Bayi team is higher than that of the Guangsha team. Under the leadership of the famous star Wang Zhizhi, they quickly stabilized the situation and gradually caught up with the point difference.

Under the leadership of Dazhi, Bayi Shuanglu led 26:11 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Guangsha team's foreign aid Jiabo came on the field, using his strong personal ability to attack the Bayi team's inside line.Due to Moko's absence and Wang Zhizhi's rest, the Guangsha team played a wave of climax in an instant.Even so, the Bayi team took the lead into the second half.

In the second half, under the leadership of the team's top star Wang Zhizhi, the Bayi team played steadily and maintained their advantage until the end.Wang Zhizhi returned to Yongcheng five years later, scoring a game-high 5 points and 26 rebounds.

Ying Xiong still didn't get a chance to play in this game.But watching Wang Zhizhi's wonderful individual performance on the bench, he was very excited and looked forward to competing with top domestic players.

Two days later, Zhejiang Guangsha team challenged Zhejiang Wanma team away.This is the first real derby match in the history of Zhejiang basketball, but in terms of team strength, the experienced Wanma team is obviously better than the Guangsha team.

In this "derby match", the Guangsha team's starting list is: Ma Chao, Zhang Weigang, Zhang Nan, Jia Nan and Jiabo.The Wanma team's starting list is: Wang Nan, Liu Weiwei, Wang Shilong, Samaki and Ding Jinhui.

The derby has always been a beautiful landscape in the sports world. For the media, the derby is also an important game with many topics.Although Jiang Xingquan, the head coach of the Wanma team, did not take a fancy to this game, which was called the "Zhejiang Derby" by the media, the game still attracted 5000 spectators to watch the game.

The enthusiasm of the fans is still very high. It was originally a contest between two non-top teams.Under the publicity and momentum of all parties, the game, which was originally not much suspense, instantly attracted a lot of attention.

It's just that I was expecting a close game, because of the gap in strength, throughout the whole game, the Wanma team played against the Guangsha team.Except for the foreign aid Jiabo who scored 29 points, the performance of the Guangsha team was very average, especially the substitute lineup, and no one made double figures.In the end, the Guangsha team lost to the opponent with a huge difference of 20 points, and also lost the "Zhejiang Derby" that was hyped by the media.

After the game, the head coach of the Guangsha team, John Newman, was no longer as excited as he was in the previous few games. He said quite calmly: "Wanma is really a very good team. They shoot very accurately, and our defense There were a lot of problems, and there were a lot of mistakes, and there were 20 turnovers in the whole game. I want to congratulate Kazuma for winning this game."

Ying Xiong did not get playing time for the entire game.To him, this outcome seems to have been a very common thing.He's still looking forward to getting a chance to play, even if it's garbage time.

(End of this chapter)