whirlwind basketball

Chapter 204 Youth Competition (19)

Those big hands slammed into the basketball in Dirk's hands. Dirk's arm strength was astonishing. That powerful momentum immediately repelled Fatty Zhang's block. The strong Fatty Zhang fell directly from the air to the ground!But Dirk's subsequent dunk went off course, and with a loud bang, the basketball hit the basket and bounced back far away.

"Good!" Wang Siyang shouted!

Before Clay snatched the ball, Long Xun almost changed direction as soon as he touched the basketball with his fingertips in an almost diving motion.Li Yifan grabbed the football and ran away!

Zlatan Ibrahinovic in front immediately stepped back and moved back and forth in Li Yifan's direction.The timer on the wall showed red numbers: ten seconds, nine seconds, eight seconds... The first quarter of the game is coming to an end!
Although Li Yifan was fast, he dribbled the ball very steadily. He drove forward along the diagonal line. Under the tighter and tighter defense of Zlatan Ibrahinovic, his right hand suddenly hooked the ball behind him and then changed direction. In the hands of Li Yifan, who then ran in, Li Yifan dribbled the ball a few times and then rushed to the unguarded basket in two steps and one stride!

We all know that Li Yifan's layup is very stealthy and difficult to defend.But the good Ibrahinovic, he left Li Yifan and rushed over with one step and jumped up high.Just as Li Yifan's layup hit the backboard, Ibrahinovic volleyed a basketball racket and bounced back on the backboard!

Extremely clean and crisp caps!
The hour hand was moving towards zero. After Ibrahinovic landed, he turned around and saw Li Yifan jumping up with the ball inside the free throw line, making a standard shooting gesture with an extremely soft gesture, as if he was holding a newborn baby.At the same time the whistle blows for the end of the first quarter—

There was no sound, and the Nets trembled slightly.The referee raised two fingers and swiped down to indicate that two points are valid!
Two points at the buzzer rewritten the score to 12:24!

The youth training team walked off the field with a 12-point advantage.Although the scene did not show weakness, the German team, which had no touch and frequently hit the wall, set a record for the lowest score in a single quarter in team history in this World Youth Championship!
The first five members of the youth training team were dripping with sweat and gasping for breath, but with proud smiles on their faces.Being able to win the German team like this in the first quarter can be counted to complete the task.But their physical strength is also consumed a lot. The offense is okay, but the direct physical confrontation of the defense also allows them to see the strength of the opponent.

"The pressure on their offense has never been encountered before," Li Yifan panted. "Compared to those teams that have played before, it is like playing. I can't do it for another 2 minutes."

Li Yifan swallowed: "That Dirk is like a beast. I saw him the night before yesterday and he is still a guy who likes to play with technology. How did he become a tiger today?"

"Fortunately, they don't feel good," coach Wang Tao said, "otherwise the score wouldn't be so wide."

Li Yifan nodded: "Our rebounds can't protect them at all, and they can't restrict their shots. Sometimes they even pull out the open space and just can't make a shot. The basket has helped us a lot."

"You feel very good today." Long Xun said to Li Yifan.

Li Yifan looked at the basket in the distance.He felt that today's basket feels very close and the shooting feels very comfortable, as if he can let the basketball get into the basket no matter what.I hope this wonderful feeling can always accompany him to face such a strong opponent. He needs such a warm touch.

14 points.Facing the German team, Li Yifan scored more than half of the points scored by the commentator in the whole game.Obviously, in the second quarter, the German team will get serious, especially against Li Yifan, the leading scorer.

Coach Wang Tao took advantage of the 2-minute break to explain the tactical changes.In fact, what he listed is almost the same, because the youth training team can only understand part of it, and the training time is too short. You can't expect this group of kids to become tactical geniuses overnight.

After he finished speaking in a hurry, he raised his head and saw the German players preparing to play.Dirk sat on the bench in a long-sleeved shirt with a gloomy face.Durant has changed his jersey and is bouncing on the sidelines to high-five his teammates.

The real ace of the German team is finally about to show up.

Durant, wearing the No. 1 purple jersey, was bowing his head and talking to his teammates, his expression still so indifferent.His appearance immediately attracted the attention of the group of leaders.The team member from the U.S. team was visibly refreshed. Others were also paying attention to Durant's performance.

There is no doubt that although Dirk is the most eye-catching number one rookie, Durant is the veteran ace of the German team.His performance and strength and which team he can finally join are naturally the most concerned issues of those directors of the national sports department.

The lineup of the youth training team has not changed.

The shooting guard of the German team was replaced by Norco and the small forward was replaced by Durant.Durant has a thin body, slender arms, a hooked nose, and cold eyes, always with a rebellious look.

The youth training team attacked with the ball. Li Yifan brought the ball to the midfield and was blocked by Zlatan Ibrahinovic.Li Yifan walked around behind Zlatan Ibrahinovic to catch the ball, turned around and saw Durant standing less than two meters away from him, leaning over with his arms outstretched, staring at the basketball in his hand intently.

"Let Durant defend Li Yifan?" Ma Feifei said nervously, "Durant's defensive ability..."

Before the words were finished, Long Xun raised his foot to pick and roll Li Yifan and flew over to Jiang Dongyu who ran back from the inside. Jiang Dongyu then passed to Li Yifan.The final target of this tactic should be Li Yifan.Coach Jiang Tao kept emphasizing to the youth training team before the start of the second quarter: "It is best to allow Li Yifan to catch the ball in these positions. There is no chance to catch the ball and continue to repeat tactics! Remember to leave it to Li Yifan! Li Yifan! Li Yifan!"

This can't be blamed on coach Wang Tao's rigid tactics. Except for Li Yifan, no one can contribute such a stable shooting percentage, and no one can have a shooting range that can fire on half the court.Handing the ball to Li Yifan is the safest choice.

However, the conduction of the tactical running ball just started has gone through seven or eight rounds. Li Yifan kept interspersing back and forth, and Durant always followed him like a ghost. Wanting to pass the ball to Li Yifan before waving.He completely ignored such complicated moves and just aimed at Li Yifan!Li Yifan!Li Yifan!
"Good job!" Coach Poposchi murmured to himself with a stone in his heart.Marking the opponent's first scoring point No. 8 will at least paralyze the effectiveness of this tactic by more than half.

"Time!" Ma Feifei shouted loudly.Li Yifan looked up and saw that the red number had jumped to "6".

Gritting his teeth, he suddenly ran against the tactical line just now, Long Xun stood on his heels, let Li Yifan step in, took the basketball that Li Yifan handed over in time, and stood up without the slightest hesitation!Even at such a fast speed, Durant almost destroyed it.

Durant rushed to Li Yifan's side and jumped up. He raised his left hand to block the block, but he didn't know where he put his right hand.

"Back!" Scout A raised his eyebrows in surprise. "What a beautiful back!"

Li Yifan estimated that Durant would step forward to block the shot and directly resorted to his housekeeping skills to make a fallback jumper.His recline is very large, and it is amazingly difficult to pull up the ball immediately after catching the ball, but Li Yifan, relying on his strong waist and abdomen strength and good balance, just managed to stabilize his shooting action, and there was obviously a time in the air.

Don't underestimate the time of staying in the air, it can directly determine the direction of basketball.

But Li Yifan suddenly moved his mouth slightly, and the moment he withdrew his hand, his fingers deviated a little bit.At the same time, Li Yifan suddenly shouted: "Rebound!" The basketball hit the edge of the basket with a "bang" and Parker easily put it in his arms!
Li Yifan staggered a few steps and looked towards the referee.But the whistle in the referee's mouth did not sound.

He looked at Durant again. Durant was still so indifferent and looked at Li Yifan with pretendingly confused eyes.

"I bet!" Ma Feifei gritted his teeth and said, "Just now Durant fouled Li Yifan, it is impossible for Li Yifan to throw this kind of ball!"

"You can't say that." Coach Wang Tao shook his head. "Li Yifan's fadeaway jump shot is not so high because the opponent's defense is too tight. This time their defense succeeded."

"Foul or no foul is up to the referee." Coach Wang Tao's eyes showed a trace of worry, "Just now Durant made a small move in his hand, and Li Yifan must have been affected, so he didn't make the shot. As long as this kind of small move is handled properly, the referee will not be able to spot it." I can only let Li Yifan get used to it..."

The German team started to fight back. Don't look at Durant's height of 1.8 meters. He is very flexible and coordinated when running.Nuo Ke held the ball and turned his back to Li Yifan to observe the halftime situation.

Durant stretched out one arm in front of Long Xun, maintaining a posture ready to catch the ball at any time. He slowly shook his head and suddenly turned around and rushed into the penalty area!His footsteps were extremely wobbly and there was no warning at all. Long Xun was completely shaken in a daze!

Before Nuo Ke turned his back to pass the ball to Li Yifan, Li Yifan suddenly realized that something was wrong, took a step back, turned around, and chased after the basket, just as he saw Durant grabbing the basketball in the air in a completely open space, and made a short lateral move with a small jump to hold the ball. Hack to the hoop!
Li Yifan still wanted to jump to interfere with Durant who was already pressing on it with a "click" and dunked into the basket!
"Wow——" a burst of cheers resounded like a tsunami, and Durant's dead face showed a trace of blood. He raised his right arm skillfully and pointed at Noko.The teammates laughed and gave Durant a high-five while returning to defense.

Li Yifan rushed into the frontcourt eagerly, and came out from near the penalty area under Ibrahinovic's marking.With Li Yifan's ball-handling skills, he can guarantee that the basketball is not lost. As for finding opportunities to attack the basket, it is beyond the scope of his ability.Of course, this weakness cannot be exposed in front of ordinary teams, but it is obvious in front of the German team.

Tactics move again.Coach Wang Tao's tactics have become a little weak after repeated use.

As the attack points of the youth training team were discovered one by one and contained, Coach Wang Tao's cards were running out.

The ball was passed to Li Yifan but Durant immediately posted it.Li Yifan has realized the greatness of the old ace of the German team. His defensive ability now seems to be superior to him. The airy footsteps are also huge.

"No! This has become a one-on-one match between Li Yifan and Durant!" Ma Feifei said anxiously.

Li Yifan's rhythm was a bit disordered under Durant's trap, and he could only choose to dribble and break through when he was almost forced to walk.Long Xun desperately resisted Nuo Ke's block, and helped Li Yifan make a pick-and-roll cover. Li Yifan took the opportunity to dodge, and when Long Xun was about to pass Nuo Ke again, he felt a chill on his neck!
The basketball in his hand suddenly lost control and jumped into Nuo Ke's hands.

Li Yifan turned his head and saw Durant sprinting towards the frontcourt, a basketball passed over his head!

Amidst the cheers, Durant grabbed the basketball and rushed into the frontcourt penalty area with four consecutive strides. His amazing stride and wingspan fully demonstrated that he did not give the youth training team any chance to chase and defend.As soon as he entered the free throw line, Durant jumped high and amidst the cheers of the crowd, he didn't make a shocking dunk as expected, but simply made a layup and easily threw the ball into the net!
To put it simply, the layup hand that is almost flush with the basket is pleasing enough.

16:24 The German team chased 4 points in a row and the point difference was close to 8 points.

"Hmm..." Scout A pondered for a moment and stared at Durant with intense enthusiasm.

"Comprehensive offense and defense deserves to be the number one ace of the German team." Another scout sighed.

"I don't know what I'm thinking," Scout A laughed, "Let that Dirk dangle in front of us all day long, no matter how good he is, we won't be able to do it! And that kid is too tender and urgently needs to be sharpened, otherwise it will be too late." A good piece of jade was wasted!"

Dirk, who was sitting on the bench, looked at the indifferent Durant with a complicated expression.It is true that Durant is the number one ace of the German team, but Dirk has always been educated to "challenge all authority" and "I am the only one in the world". He has never been convinced that anyone can become the German team with his physical fitness and technical confidence. Coach Poposchi, the strongest player in history, is also very optimistic about Dirk and has given him a lot of care.

But coach Poposchi can also see that only Durant can highlight the true qualities of the German team when it is really needed.

After 3 minutes of the second quarter, Li Yifan, who scored 14 points, failed to score a single point and made 4 turnovers in a row!This is an extremely rare situation since Li Yifan played. Caution and stability are the characteristics of Li Yifan. He often makes zero mistakes in a game.

Of these 4 turnovers, two were steals, one was an offensive foul and one was a defensive foul, all of which were directly related to Durant.In other words, Li Yifan has already committed two fouls.And in these 3 minutes, none of Li Yifan's four shots hit the last shot or even an air ball!
与几近瘫痪的青训队相反德国队突然气势暴增在杜兰特的带领下掀起了一阵1o：2的小高氵朝将比分迅迫近到了22：26追上4分的分差看来也是铁板钉钉的事情了。

At this time, coach Wang Tao requested a timeout.

Coach Wang Tao replaced Li Yifan and Jiang Dongyu and moved Long Xun to the shooting guard position. Wang Siyang played small forward Smith to replace Jiang Dongyu.This is no way, Li Yifan is completely at a disadvantage in front of Durant. Right now, Li Yifan must be given enough rest time to adjust, otherwise it will be even more difficult to deal with the weak follow-up.

The game continues.

Just as coach Wang Tao was worried, the tactics of the youth training team almost completely failed. After receiving the ball from the weak side, Smith was eager to shoot and was immediately blocked by Parker.In the cheers of the audience, the German team finally showed the strength of a national-level team, steadily advanced the lateral pick-and-roll, and cooperated with Durant to assist Parker to hit the basket.

The score caught up to 24:26 with only 2 points left.

Li Yifan put the towel on his head and watched the game sadly.Coach Wang Tao sat down beside him and said, "There are a lot of things you need to learn from Durant. Can you see it?"

Li Yifan nodded: "He is very strong both offensively and defensively..."

"No." Coach Wang Tao shook his head, "This is not your main gap. Have you noticed that the German team changed after Durant came on the court. When Dirk was on the court, they were fragmented bystanders and matadors; but Durant As soon as Rand came on the field, the atmosphere of the whole team was different. We quickly fell into a disadvantage on both ends of the offense and defense. Do you know why?"

Li Yifan pondered for a moment and said, "I didn't expect that Durant's personal ability is very strong."

Coach Wang Tao said: "Dirk's personal ability may be stronger, but he can't do this. Why a team has an ace is not because the ace becomes the strongest point of offense and defense, but because the ace leads the whole team to win. If the role of the ace is only to score or defend, it is far from enough. What Durant has is "dominance" in the words of the United States. When he is on the court, the invisible influence on the team can be Create a huge boost."

Li Yifan's eyes flashed with splendor.Durant sometimes runs on the field, sometimes directs, and sometimes shoulders the task of attacking or defending. His calm and calm expression and simple and concise movements have undoubtedly become the vane of the German team.

At the same time, Scout A was also talking about the same topic, "There is no doubt that the German team is very strong in every aspect, but it can't do without all the dragons. It is because of Durant that this team has the strength to dominate the world! Durant is really the leader that a team needs most!"

The situation on the field should have been the German team's destruction, but a very wonderful change has taken place.

When Wang Siyang was making a tactical move, he should have taken advantage of the situation to cross the wall made by Li Yifan after completing the pick-and-roll with Li Yifan and attack again from the outside to the inside.But he didn't do that. I don't know if he forgot or ran against the tactical line suddenly on a whim. Noco suddenly lost his position, and the quick-witted Long Xun handed the ball to Wang Siyang at the first time!

Barbosa was still chasing Fatty Zhang, turned around and was about to block Wang Siyang, who had entered the penalty area at some point, and saw this skinny monkey-like guy just took a step and threw the basketball up ahead of time!
"Nonsense!" Coach Poposchi snorted disdainfully.

The basketball bounced a few times on the hoop and rolled into it!
"Okay!" Ma Feifei shouted, Lu Weiben, Huang Tianlong and others were busy applauding.Wang Siyang came back laughing and high-fiving Long Xun with a look of triumphant villain.

Germany attack.After the ball was handed to Durant, Wang Siyang lowered his center of gravity and pressed Durant's waist nervously.He was already ten centimeters shorter than Durant, so Durant could hardly see him, but this also made up for the lack of defensive strength.

Durant extended his arms to protect the ball, looked left and right, took a calm step back, and his body swung back sharply, instantly shaking Wang Siyang by two positions!It is impossible for Wang Siyang to step forward to stop him!

"It's amazing!" Li Yifan couldn't help sighing.The commentators also often use this kind of retreat to shoot, but whether it is the range of shaking, the rhythm of mastering and the fluency of movements, they are not on the same level as Durant.

In mid-air, Durant took a shot with a slight lean back.The basketball hits the net!
"Let's go!" Li Yifan dribbled the ball and charged Wang Siyang and Long Xun from both sides of the court.The formation of the German team was undisturbed, and they retreated in an orderly manner, each staring at the opponent to be chased.But something happened to Nuo Ke, who was in charge of Wang Siyang.

Li Yifan threw it to Wang Siyang.The audience did not expect that Wang Siyang went up to catch the ball not directly with both hands, but slapped the ball with his left hand first and let the basketball fall to the ground.This move immediately allowed Nuo Ke to seize the opportunity, and he rushed forward to grab the ball!
But Nuo Ke didn't expect that Wang Siyang slapped the basketball like lightning and got past Nuo Ke's crotch.At this time, Wang Siyang hadn't controlled the basketball well and Durant got up and rushed over.Seeing Durant, Wang Siyang, who was aggressively coming to grab the ball, he flicked the basketball with his hands on the spot, and a ground roll pass came!
Durant, who was too late to catch up, just collided with Noke who was chasing after him!
Long Xun, who was unguarded, grabbed the basketball and stepped directly to the layup. Parker strode forward from behind and slapped Long Xun ferociously with his big hands!No one expected that Long Xun's layup was an extremely realistic fake. His second move was to take off, but he didn't actually take off. The basketball flew out of his hands like a relay. It's just a jerky backhand wiping the board!

The ball is in!
The audience was in an uproar!The point difference is still maintained at 4 points!
Coach Poposchi was slightly stunned and said to himself: "What are they doing? Don't they play tactics?" Wang Siyang's 4 points in a row seemed to be luck, which made the leaders on the rostrum speechless.Scout A, who has been talking eloquently, touched the stubble on his chin at this time and didn't know what to say.

The rest of the second quarter surprised them even more.

After Li Yifan left the field, the youth training team's offensive style suddenly changed.This was originally not the arrangement of coach Wang Tao. The main reason is that Wang Siyang's appearance disrupted the original deployment.Wang Siyang has always disliked following common sense and tends to get overzealous. Although he got the ball in the right position, he played cards not according to common sense and often ran in a direction that should not be run at all.As a result, coach Wang Tao's carefully designed tactics were completely messed up.

(End of this chapter)