whirlwind basketball

Chapter 207 Youth Competition (22)

Durant is a master who can feel the opponent's defensive intentions with his back. Li Yifan is also a genius who can feel the opponent's offensive intentions with his hands.
At this time, Durant's bones and muscles slid slightly, and Li Yifan's fingertips immediately caught it!

Just when Durant was about to go around and break through, Li Yifan suddenly retreated ahead of time to make way for a wide space.This step was beyond everyone's expectation, but how rich Durant's experience is, his defensive pressure disappeared in an instant, his body immediately regained his balance, and he was about to pull up and shoot!

The transformation in this is also so fast that it is unimaginable!

It's a pity that the space released by Li Yifan is only fleeting. Wang Siyang, who is next to him, suddenly stepped over and jumped almost at the same time as Durant!Durant, who was in the air, wanted to pass the ball to Wang Siyang, who let go of Noke, but suddenly realized that Li Yifan might be waiting to steal the ball. This might be a trap designed by the opponent!
With this hesitation, Durant refocused on shooting. Wang Siyang's block and the passage of time did not make Durant lose his shooting position.
Another orange-red shadow suddenly flew above the falling Wang Siyang's head.

Oops!Durant yelled in his heart, but when the basketball had already been shot and spun into the sky, he watched Li Yifan jump to an astonishing height, and simply blocked a block with a "pop". rostrum!The observer reaches out and catches the basketball firmly.

The audience was silent and then burst into warm applause!
"This kid's jumping ability is really exaggerated!" Scout A exclaimed, "Why didn't I see it before? Even in terms of jumping ability, I feel that Li Yifan is not inferior to Dirk! With such physical fitness and basketball IQ, a child is amazing." Teach children to teach!"

"This block is really beautiful and rare in a raw game!" Scout B also sighed.

"Durant may not have tasted a block in the past few years..." Scout C said.

After landing on the ground, Durant was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned blue. His indifferent expression finally changed a little, bringing a touch of emotion.He silently walked near the sideline to catch the ball, and after getting the ball, he dribbled the ball towards the three-point line without giving any hint to his teammates and walked towards Li Yifan.The cheers of the entire audience were louder and louder, but those people in the basketball world were stunned.

Anyone who knows Durant knows that he is an extremely calm person on the court, even so calm that it makes people feel terrible.Coach Poposchi still remembers that there was a physical conflict between the two sides in a game, but Durant didn't make a move and just defeated his opponent to convince everyone.He has always focused on the overall situation and integrated with the entire team, never relying on a moment of enthusiasm to find opponents singled out.This situation has really never happened in the three years he has been in school.

But this time Durant was clearly agitated, he dribbled the ball straight towards Li Yifan uncharacteristically!
"Block is so beautiful, Li Yifan..." Durant actually called out Li Yifan's name. Although his voice was calm, there was a trace of resentment. "Again! Let you come with your friends and we will do it again!"

Standing in front of Li Yifan, Durant's pale face turned red with blood.

Seeing Durant's expression, even Li Yifan was stunned.Now that the game has progressed, he has become accustomed to facing the indifferent, calm, and cunning number one ace of the German team.Unexpectedly, just a block made this iceberg-like player show an unusual side.

As the saying goes, how can you not get your shoes wet when you often walk by the river.Anyone who has played basketball knows that even if you are tall and skilled, you will inevitably eat "hot pot". It is normal for anyone who plays basketball to shoot and get blocked. It's the color of the opponent.Ordinary people can understand, let alone Durant who has been on the court all year round and has seen the world.

And his reaction was so intense (compared to Durant's normal nature) that really surprised the other players, coaches and even the group of national leaders sitting on the rostrum of the German team.

"Durant, Durant, which song are you singing?..." Scout A muttered to himself.

Coach Wang Tao folded his hands on his chest and looked at the two aces on the field indifferently.Durant's abnormal performance, of course, he has also noticed, but he has seen too many duels between trump cards, and what he is worried about now is only Li Yifan's performance.If Li Yifan can resist Durant's attack, then this game is still hopeful...

This is the first time Durant has faced the basket in this game.

Durant's dribbling showed that the veteran's good ball-handling ability made everyone's eyes shine.Even Dirk, who was sitting on the bench, straightened up and stared at the big brother intently.

In an instant, Durant raised his right arm and sprinted towards the basketball to the left. The thin shadow on the right side of Li Yifan passed by like a cobra.That kind of flexibility definitely makes you think that this is a big man with a height of 1.8 meters [-]!
Wang Siyang immediately rushed over from the other side, Fatty Zhang also took a step forward to stop him, and Durant suddenly made a small jump and stretched out his slender arm across the middle of Wang Siyang and Fatty Zhang, and raised his palm——

The basketball enclave spun on the backboard and bounced into the net with a "crack".

"Strike!" Coach Poposchi couldn't help cheering, and even Dirk applauded gently with a smile on his face.

There was a burst of applause in the arena. Durant's breakthrough is really rare. It is different from Dirk's wide opening and closing, thunder and lightning breakthrough. I feel that this is definitely not something that can be done in a year or a half, but through years of rich experience and persistent observation and learning.

This seemingly ordinary ball actually contains the essence of Durant's many years of basketball skills.

Durant turned around with his expressionless face and suddenly said to Li Yifan: "Do you really want to beat the German team?"

Li Yifan stared blankly at Durant's thin and strong back, firstly because he was impressed by the attack just now, secondly because he didn't understand what Durant meant.Since they are here to participate in the invitational tournament, which team doesn't want to beat their opponents?The overall state of the German team was not good at the beginning. Durant tried his best to turn the tide and led the team to occupy an overwhelming advantage, so why was he so angry and why did he say such inexplicable words?

Could it be that the answer to Durant's mentality change is hidden in these words?
Li Yifan dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, the ball was passed to Li Yifan's hands and then passed to Wang Siyang.The German team did not give them any chance to attack after a regular tactical movement of the youth training team, which once again proved that the original carefully designed tactics had failed and the changes had also lost their effect.Under the leadership of Durant, the German team's defensive pressure is astonishing. Not only Zhang Fatty and Jiang Dongyu, the two insiders are struggling, but the outsiders can only maintain the basketball without losing.

Li Yifan passed the ball to Wang Siyang with the help of a pick-and-roll.The impetuous Wang Siyang immediately got up and suddenly bumped into Nuo Ke's fleshy wall. The basketball in his hand was broken by Durant with quick eyesight and quick hands!
Durant's fast break ability with the ball is not inferior to any defender's slender legs, driving the whole person like an arrow from the string to the frontcourt!And Li Yifan's feet are like stepping on a hot wheel, sticking tightly to Durant's side, and he is not behind at all!
Coach Wang Tao nervously watched the two rushing towards the backcourt.It doesn't matter too much without answerba11, but making mistakes and causing the opponent to score is very important.If Durant makes it this time, the situation will be very dangerous.

Although Durant went straight to the basket with momentum at this time, Li Yifan was undoubtedly the biggest obstacle.The ace of the youth training team wearing the No. 8 orange jersey has a strange footsteps, and the angle and rhythm of the body are just right, which does not give Durant the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes!

The observers on the sidelines nodded frequently, not knowing whether they were optimistic about Durant's offense or appreciated Li Yifan's defense.

In fact, Durant has no good fast break opportunities. If he passes the ball backwards at this time or settles down and then plays the offensive position, it might not be a better choice.But his height, skills, and experience are all superior to Li Yifan. This veteran did not choose the usual stability and calmness, but directly charged forward with a spear and a leaping horse!

Forcibly take off and swing the arm to smash the buckle!A series of actions is like a reprint of Dirk!
"Beware of fouls!" Scout B whispered.

Li Yifan's movements are very clean and his movements are too aggressive. Durant's forced jumping and dunk does have the risk of an offensive foul.If Li Yifan was replaced by an experienced veteran player, the referee would probably directly punish Durant if he made a move or yelled twice.But Li Yifan didn't. He just did everything the defense could do without any extra moves.

With a bang, the basketball escaped from Durant's hand and hit the inner basket, bouncing high!

"No!" All the audience yelled with regret.

Durant hit the ground immediately after the dunk. He knew very well that the dunk had already been dropped. The most important thing was to grab the rebound and launch a second attack.Staring at the basketball above his head, Durant took off vigorously and flew up, stretching his slender right arm towards the basketball in mid-air.

But he forgot that Li Yifan's amazing jumping ability was not even inferior to Dirk's.Li Yifan, who is not good at grabbing rebounds, took off a beat slower than Durant, but rose so fast that he tapped the basketball with his fingertips before Durant reached the basketball, and the ball rose slightly upwards again after receiving force!

Durant fell back to the ground helplessly and was about to take off again, when an orange-red shadow passed his eyes and reached the sky!
"What a great continuous jumping ability!" Scout B couldn't help but admire.

Li Yifan easily grabbed the rebound in mid-air and then suddenly bypassed Durant's long arms to block the low-altitude dribble.
At this time, the entire stadium was in a state of chaos. Neither the youth training team nor the German team had put up an effective offensive and defensive formation. Zlatan Ibrahinovic, who was running at the front, didn't even have time to turn around. Passed the ball over.That kind of weird footsteps are as light as walking on snow!

Coach Wang Tao has long discovered that Li Yifan is a player who has not yet been finalized.Many of his technical characteristics come from different opponents, which is determined by his strong learning ability. ... No matter the opponent or teammate, as long as he has outstanding skills, he will learn and use them for me.It is precisely because of this that Li Yifan always uses different technical means in the competition, which makes it difficult for the opponent to grasp his rhythm and thinking.

Therefore, whenever coach Wang Tao saw Li Yifan advancing alone, he felt novel and unfamiliar.After all, Li Yifan is usually a very team player, and it is rare for others to see such an "independent" side.

Shooting guard Nuo Ke was waiting outside the three-point line, Li Yifan kept walking and suddenly shook his upper body, trying to attract Nuo Ke to change his focus.But as a player of the German team, which one is not experienced in many battles?Nuo Ke didn't move at all, and all his attention was focused on Li Yifan's hands.

Li Yifan's fast break was blocked and the German team's defensive formation quickly formed.Durant fiercely blocked Li Yifan, who received the ball one step inside the three-point line, after some downballs.He leaned against Durant and straightened his arms to stabilize himself.This posture worked immediately. Although Durant likes to interfere constantly, he is afraid of fouls and dare not rashly slap the opponent's arm.And he is also confident that as long as he is stuck behind Li Yifan, it is impossible to give the opponent a chance to shoot with the advantage of his height and arm length.

Li Yifan took a deep breath and suddenly turned around with his left foot as the axis!Durant immediately moved laterally to block Li Yifan and then turned back to the left.Before Durant adjusted his posture, Li Yifan turned to the right again lightning-fast. The speed and range of this turn almost made Durant lose his balance!

But Durant is Durant and he still managed to control the opponent.

People say that the same trick is not used a second time.Li Yifan unexpectedly turned back to the left again!A turn to the left is likely to be followed by a step-back jump shot.For a pitcher like Li Yifan, Durant dared not let go of the space no matter what. At the same time as he moved, Li Yifan turned to the right for the third time and spun!

Six turns and five fake moves finally made Durant lose his defensive position!

"Pretty..." the observer whispered.

Li Yifan took off with both feet at the same time and leaned forward sharply, avoiding Durant by as much as half his body and easily shooting into the net in mid-air!

"Good guy!" Scout A let out a long breath, as if holding it in for a long time. "This kind of shaking is rarely seen in Huaxia players repeatedly turning around until they get rid of the opponent..."

"It's useless for ordinary people to do this kind of action." Scout B nodded, "His balance is very good, the stride range can shake even a defensive control surface as large as Durant, and there is no preparatory action when changing the rhythm midway. "

Li Yifan even singled Durant to score a goal, which undoubtedly gave the youth training team a shot in the arm.Amidst the cheers of the audience, coach Wang Tao couldn't restrain his inner excitement and shook his fist fiercely!
Durant picked up the ball and slapped his hand suddenly, muttering something in his mouth.It seemed that there was something wrong with his mental state.Li Yifan's goal and the previous block have greatly affected his mentality.

58:47 points difference is still 11 points.

The game has been played for more than half of the time, and the scores of both sides are not high.

From the scene, this is really not a wonderful game.The German team has always been invincible in previous invitational tournaments. The average high score is about 9 points, and the lost points are generally less than 7 points.In the two rounds of this league, the German team has swept through with a terrifying record of averaging 11 points and only conceding 5 points per game.No one doubts that they are a team good enough to challenge for a championship.

But today's German team is not as good as it used to be.

First, Dirk's abnormal breakthrough in the first quarter, although he still had some footsteps, had no touch, which caused the German team to misfire embarrassingly on the offensive end.At the same time, the well-prepared youth training team caught the German team by surprise by frequently pulling out of the gap and hitting the basket with quite effective tactics.Later, although Dirk's hand feeling recovered, Li Yifan's two fouls forced Coach Poposchi to replace Dirk.

The second is that Durant's mentality has undergone subtle changes.This is unexpected by almost everyone, because Durant is the most reliable point of the German team. Veterans who have experienced so many games to participate in this "low-level" game Theoretically speaking, their psychology should be calm. .

But few people really understand Durant really understand today's German team.

Durant still didn't organize the team's offense this time. After two downballs, he stood in a familiar position and chose to force a single with his back to Li Yifan again.All the players pulled away so that Wang Siyang and others could not double-team Durant unscrupulously.

Both Coach Bobosiqi and Coach Wang Tao looked at their favorite players very nervously.Coach Wang Tao is worried that Li Yifan may be difficult to defend with Durant's strength; Coach Poposchi is worried about whether Durant's mentality has some problems, and I don't know what he is thinking...

Durant stood up with the ball and looked sideways at Li Yifan behind him.A huge pressure hit Li Yifan.

"How many years have you played basketball?" Durant suddenly asked in a low voice.

Li Yifan was taken aback for a moment, then replied: "One year."

Durant's body trembled slightly, and his voice suddenly became harsh: "I'm afraid you were still wearing crotch pants when I started playing. Do you think you can beat our German team with a team like yours? Don't be fooled." Overwhelmed..."

Li Yifan remained silent.He has heard that many old balls have dirty mouths when they are on the court, in fact, it is to interfere with the opponent's mind and achieve the purpose of affecting their attention.Therefore, it is normal for Durant to speak like this.

Unexpectedly, instead of shutting up, Durant started nagging more and more, with dirty words on his mouth: "You guys are just a bunch of cockroaches annoying me to death! I came on stage just to deal with stupid people like you, hurry up!" Get out and don't upset me!"

Coach Wang Tao and Coach Wang Tao looked at each other: "What is Durant talking about?"

Durant's voice was so low that almost no one could hear it except Li Yifan.But many people can see that Durant's state is not normal, his face is slightly flushed, and the slight tremor of his body represents the violent ups and downs of his mentality.

Durant is still so flexible with his back-to-back footsteps, and he is still so proficient in spying on the defender's information.It looked like he hadn't lost his cool.He suddenly spread his right arm and quickly retracted it to pat the ball heavily with both hands. At the same time, his upper body shook imperceptibly.

This is a tentative shake that is extremely high feint.Novices will not be fooled, only defensive experts with a certain level will take this trick.Durant didn't know whether Li Yifan was a novice or a top defensive expert.In short, Li Yifan didn't move his center of gravity at all.

Durant snorted coldly, turned around quickly and made a standard step-back jumper!
Before that, the muscles and bones suddenly conveyed a wealth of information from Li Yifan's fingertips to the brain.He accurately captured the action after Durant.Because he has already speculated on the court that Durant's almost unsolvable step-back jumper has confidently mastered the opponent's unique rhythm.

Transverse take-off and everything is done in an instant!
The palm of Li Yifan's right hand was just right in front of Durant's shooting position.The basketball, which was thought to be unimpeded, suddenly hit an obstacle and fell down with a dull sound!
"Wow—" the audience exclaimed in unison.

Durant's good step-back jumper was actually blocked by Li Yifan!This time the block was very clean. Li Yifan grasped Durant's shot angle and timing to a very precise level, which is really amazing.Not only did the faces of the players of the German team and coach Popovich change, even the leaders on the rostrum were stunned.They are all familiar with the basketball industry. It can be seen that the defensive level of No. 8 of the youth training team is quite high. It is unbelievable that he is a novice with only one year of playing!

Anyone who knows basketball knows that defense is more difficult to practice than offense. This is not just a matter of technical details and experience. What is more important is that there is no student who does not spend a lot of time practicing shooting, layup and various Instead, the scoring method is obsessed with boring defense.Not only novices, but most of them have a long playing experience and even professional players don't like to practice their defensive skills.It's like football where most people like to shoot and few like to keep.

Li Yifan made Durant eat "hot pot" twice in less than 5 minutes, and his defensive ability cannot but be convincing.

Although Durant was shocked, he grabbed the basketball again and took advantage of Li Yifan's unstable center of gravity to shoot, but the ball obviously lost his focus and hit the basket and bounced out!
Fatty Zhang snatched the rebound in front of Barbosa amidst sobs.Fatty Zhang's rebounding ability is really good. He also has a lot of experience in the long-term contest with tall centers.The protection of this defensive rebound made the German team's offense a failure.Durant's indifferent face was visibly agitated.

"Good! Good! Good!" Coach Wang Tao said three good things in a row, "Li Yifan defended well this time and completely contained Durant!"

"Pay attention to where the feet are placed?" The young Ma Feifei kicked coach Wang Tao's calf hard.

A burst of severe pain hit. Coach Wang Tao held back and didn't cry, but tears rolled in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)