King of shooting guards

Chapter 235 Victory
However, the head coach Geng Xiangzhi is well aware that the use of the three-two mixed defense by the Chinese youth team is far inferior to that of the Argentine team, and the copy is only a copy of the appearance. product.

It took only a little more than a month from when Geng Xiangzhi accepted the National Youth Team to leading the team to participate in the World Youth Championship.It is obviously too hasty to use new tactics to knead a loose sand into a team with the strength of the top eight within a month.Even Geng Xiangzhi can't be perfect.It is not enough to practice new offensive tactics within a month. It is obviously impossible to expect the Chinese youth team to have a balanced offense and defense.The most pragmatic approach is to attack with seven points and defend with three points, and Geng Xiangzhi did just that.But even if there is only three-point defense, Geng Xiangzhi will try to do his best.Naturally, the traditional zone defense of Chinese basketball cannot be discarded, but when facing the world's top teams, the Chinese youth team must also prepare a life-saving straw, right?After carefully examining the five players in the lineup, the "three-two mixed defense" was released.

Among the five, Sima Shenji and Li Zheng are the Jianle team's partners, naturally there is no problem in cooperating, and Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji are natural partners, and a period of time has not affected their cooperation at all.One month is enough time for the backcourt combination of Li Changgeng and Li Zheng to develop a sufficient understanding.With these foundations, Geng Xiangzhi began to practice defensive tactics.With a tacit understanding to make up for the lack of skills and tactics, the China Youth Team even fiddled with the "three-two mixed defense".When playing against Turkey, a small test has achieved unexpected results.But in the subsequent games against Angola, Australia, and Slovenia, this defensive tactic has been hidden by the snow.

Up to now, the "three-two mixed defense" of the China Youth Team is the second appearance, and it has obviously achieved great success again.

"Why did you have such a strong defense until now?" If someone questioned it face to face, how would the person involved, Geng Xiangzhi, react?Smile wryly, speechless!Do you want him to tell others: this can only be used for emergencies, and it won't work if you use it a few times.

It doesn't work if you use it a few times, which naturally means that there is a big flaw in it.

The coach of the Argentine team on the court obviously hasn't found these flaws yet.

Although the Argentine team's inside players pass the ball well, they are not superior to Song Liuming and Li Zhenhua in terms of height. The outside defenders obviously lack Li Changgeng's super guard like Li Changgeng. is their advantage.After combining these factors, Argentina will of course choose to use long-range three-pointers to disintegrate the "three-two mixed defense" of the China Youth Team.

And this did not exceed Geng Xiangzhi's expectations, he was even looking forward to such a reaction from the Argentine team.

A missed three-pointer, the Zhongqing team grabbed the rebound, passed the ball to Li Changgeng, crossed the dribble, accelerated the breakthrough with his feet, hit the ground behind his back and passed the ball, the ball was passed to Sima Shenji, and Sima Shenji shot in the gap Song Liuming, who missed the basket and followed up, directly wiped the popped basketball into the basket.The point difference narrowed to five points.

Argentina made another three-pointer from the outside line, "Shua!" It hit the net and the goal was scored.

The point difference becomes eight points!

……

Li Changgeng of the China Youth Team continued to make domineering breakthroughs. If he can break through, he will never pass the ball, if he can score by himself, he will never assist, and if he can dunk, he will never layup. Flat, the basketball pierced through the opponent's crotch to pierce their defense, and flew over the opponent's head into the Argentine team's basket.The gentle and refined Pianpian boy completely transformed into a savage fighter at this moment.Insiders Song Liuming and Li Zhenhua, left and right Sima Shenji, and Li Zheng took the initiative to pull the opponent away and leave enough space for him to attack.Under the leadership of Li Changgeng, the China Youth Team is like a chariot with full horsepower, majestic and invincible.

The Argentine team has not found an effective way to break through the double-teaming of the Chinese youth team for a while, so the inside line cannot be opened, and the offensive means are only three points from the outside line.With the China Youth Team's continuous assistance in defense and replacement, it is impossible for the Argentine team to take a calm shot as they did in the third quarter.Thanks to the Argentine players' sights are really good, the three-point shooting rate was able to remain above 40.00%.Such a hit rate is rare even for outside teams. It can only be said that God is indeed not on Geng Xiangzhi's side.

You come and go, the Chinese youth team's two consecutive successful attacks seem to be close to the score, and the Argentine team opened the gap again with a three-pointer.Although they continued to attack and score, the China Youth Team has never been able to hit a real score climax.Scored four points, then gave the approaching three points, and there was still no way to hit the climax of the score.But no matter what, the score is still approaching bit by bit.

At the 5th minute of the fourth quarter, the Argentine coach, who had been silent, finally called a timeout.It is almost certain that the Argentine old man has seen the strangeness in the "three-two mixed defense" tactic of the China Youth Team, and he will aim at these flaws next.

Although it was a little shorter than expected, Geng Xiangzhi still achieved his goal-the Argentine team's leading score has only the last point left.

The game continues after the timeout.Geng Xiangzhi did not give the Argentine team the opportunity to sieve the China Youth team's "three-two mixed defense" under the watchful eyes of the public. He took the initiative to adjust the defensive tactics, and the China Youth team's defense was replaced by a triangle zone defense.

With a score of 93:94, the time for opportunism has passed, and the rest of the game is an upright contest of strength.

The defense of the China Youth Team can't stop Argentina's attack, and in turn, although Argentina's shield is a bit stronger, it can't stop the sword of the China Youth Team.For two teams with the same abnormally strong offensive power, the decisive factor may be who can attack more times.Rebounds once again became the key to winning or losing.The rebounding gap that had been weakened by Geng Xiangzhi with various tactics became sharp again at this moment.

If you can't grab a rebound, you may lose the game!

In the last 2 minutes, the score was 103:104.

Li Changgeng moved around in the crowd, passing the ball to Song Liuming under the basket with difficulty.After receiving the ball, Song Liuming shot the basket with a backhand hook, "Crack!" The basketball went slightly wide of the basket.After the basketball bounced off, the flying distance was very short, and the Argentine No. [-] player who occupied the three-second zone under the basket quickly jumped up and hit the ball in his hand——

At the same time, the Argentine players defending Li Changgeng felt that the figure in front of them flashed and lost the target of defense.

Grab the rebound!Argentine No. [-], who caught the basketball with both hands, habitually dropped the basketball in his hands after landing on the ground with his feet. Hug tightly in your arms after basketball!
Li Changgeng!
The audience outside the stadium screamed in an uproar.

Before it was over, the figure holding the ball in the crowd bent his knees, bent over, and turned, and a straight line flew out of the three-point line from the crowd, where Li Zhengzheng was in an unguarded space.

Li Zheng catches the ball, raises his hand, and shoots... "Shua!" The clear sound of hitting the net, the ball goes in!

Three point shot!
106:104, the China Youth Team finally overtook the score!

"It's so beautiful!" The audience in the hall and the fans in front of the TV cheered.

"How is it possible?" The Argentine white-haired coach stood up with an expression of disbelief.

"How did that ball come out?" After sending the ball into the basket, Li Zheng reflected on the route the basketball flew over with a stunned expression on his face.

"It's so beautiful!" Sima Shenji excitedly put his arms around Li Changgeng's neck, while Song Liuming and Li Zhenhua swarmed up beside him, and a few big hands ravaged the hair on Changgeng's head.

Geng Xiangzhi on the sidelines shook his fist fiercely. Although he didn't say a word, everyone around him could read a sentence from his face, "It's so beautiful!"

It's really beautiful!The scout hiding in the auditorium couldn't help but stand up like other spectators at this moment.It's just that instead of shouting loudly like other audiences, they muttered to themselves in a low voice: "How is it possible? How is it possible?"

Yeah, how is that possible?

Even though the entire process of defending the goal just now was repeated in slow motion on the screen in the arena, even if everyone could clearly see that there was indeed such a small gap in the passing moment, these scouts The shock in my heart did not decrease in the slightest.Withdrew, bent his knees, turned his body, and then the basketball passed through the arms and passed from behind, passed through the small gap and along the only possible passage, and passed out to Li Zheng on the outside.The moment before turning around, the gap has not yet been created. The moment the ball was shot, the boy did not look back at all. From the beginning to the end, the 16-year-old ace of the China Youth Team in the crowd had no chance to see Li Zheng outside the three-point line, but the ball was like this Spread the word!
Is it a coincidence?

How can there be such a coincidence!

The eyes of several scouts focused on the big screen at the same time, and the picture was frozen at the moment of passing the ball. The expression on the young man's face was so calm that it was almost cold, with only a faint smile on the corner of his slightly raised mouth.

"That's self-confidence!" These dormitories have seen this expression too many times, "That's the self-confidence of a top player!" In an instant, these scouts seemed to have foreseen the result of the game at the same time.

The Argentine team is quite strong, but they lack Li Changgeng, a top player who regards impregnable defense as nothing, and an ace who can play a key role at critical times.At this critical moment, no matter how strong the Argentine team's rebounding advantage is, it cannot offset the tremendous power brought by Li Changgeng.

God, what was I thinking about just now?The scouts who suddenly woke up were surprised that they had such a high opinion of this 16-year-old boy-this is the ability only a top star has!Can a 16-year-old boy, an oriental boy with no experience in a professional game, be equated with a top star?
Can it be equated with top stars?

Li Changgeng didn't let the scouts' doubts continue for too long, "Boom..." There was a loud noise in the gymnasium, and his eyes quickly turned to the court, where the basketball in the hands of the Argentine point guard had just been stolen by the opponent, and now the ball is rushing towards the court. The figure in the Argentine half was Li Changgeng!
Suddenly there was a long howl, and the high-speed running figure suddenly jumped up, and the inertia of the fast running drove the jumping figure to fly high and hit the hit.That's right, flying!Holding the basketball in the right hand and holding it high, the left hand keeps the body balanced. The slender body is fully stretched out, like a high-hit goshawk spreading its wings and hovering, swaying and flying freely.The raptor flying in the midst of the long howl found the prey on the ground, and a lightning-like figure pierced the sky towards the target...

"Boom!" The basket trembled violently, and the basketball was smashed into the basket!
The dunk figure fell down gently, turned around, raised his right index finger high, and the clear eyes on his stern face shone with blood-colored light.That look made every Argentine player facing him face-on couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.

The Argentine coach secretly called out that it was not good, and hurriedly requested a timeout.But at this moment, he was already secretly regretting: he should have called a timeout earlier, because of that ball just now, the young man from the China Youth Team had successfully rooted his mighty and invincible image deeply in the hearts of his players.If this was just the beginning of the game, I would have enough time to calm down the emotions of the players, but now... the white-haired coach looked at the scoreboard of the junior on the court, and there was one minute and 20 seconds left in the game.

However, the boy on the other side is really great!The white-haired coach's gaze still couldn't help but drift towards the rest area of ​​the China Youth Team.There, a 16-year-old boy with a white towel over his shoulders was drinking water with his head up.

The moment Li Changgeng walked off the court to take the drink, he realized how dry his mouth was. The whole uniform was soaked in sweat except for the hem of the trousers.The white mist above the head is transpiring, which is a bit like the scene of martial arts masters in the third-rate TV dramas. It is the mist formed by the rapid transpiration of sweat on the top of the head.Although the slender bangs on the forehead did not lie on the sweating forehead, drops of sweat kept falling.This whole person is like turning around in a bath full of hot water with clothes on.

Li Changgeng was undoubtedly the one who performed the best throughout the fourth quarter, but he was also the one who exercised the most.No one can relax like a normal person after bouncing for such a long time, not even Li Changgeng.But at this time Li Changgeng didn't have time to confirm the feeling of his body, his brain was completely filled with the game.It was more than a minute until Geng Xiangzhi told Li Changgeng that the most critical moment had arrived.

Defense cannot defend victory, the only way to win is to score more points than the opponent.

Shaking off the towel on his shoulders, Li Changgeng set foot on the football field again.Pushing away the bangs hanging from the eyelids, looking around, suddenly domineering. "As long as you seize every offensive opportunity and put the ball in the basket, there is no chance of victory slipping away."

After the timeout, Argentina continued to attack.Somewhat affected by the impact just now, Argentina's offense was slightly stagnant, but their strong rebounding strength guaranteed their offensive results.After two consecutive offensive rebounds, the basketball was still sent to the basket, and the score gap was reduced to two points.

When the ball was passed to Li Changgeng, there were 56 seconds left in the game.

"Pa, pa..." He controlled the rhythm without haste, the basketball was in his hands and the offense was controlled by himself, Li Changgeng didn't feel that something was wrong.

No one in the China Youth Team thought it was wrong!
Neither the fans nor the audience felt that there was anything wrong with letting the 16-year-old Chang Geng control the offense at this critical moment.

The only one who feels inappropriate in his heart is the Argentine white-haired coach. He is praying that the ball will not let the 16-year-old boy score.

At this time, the members of the China Youth Team, the audience at the scene, the Chinese fans in front of the TV, and even the Argentina team, the opponent of the China Youth Team on the court, had already acquiesced in their hearts to the absolute weight of Li Changgeng's China Youth Team.

Unknowingly, Li Changgeng has completed the transition process from tactical core to team leader.

In the last 40 seconds, Li Changgeng moved.At this moment, everyone's eyes and cameras were focused on him, and time passed very slowly at this moment.

"Snap!" The basketball was retracted, and his body was lifted slightly to catch the ball with both hands-at this moment, his position was outside the three-point line.

Is he going to shoot the basket?The Argentine defensive players rushed up to block.

The hands holding the ball suddenly lifted up quickly...

The conditioned reflex Argentine players jumped high at the same time.

The Argentine player who jumped to hit was depressed to find that his defensive target's heel was still firmly nailed to the ground.But his depression didn't last long, and the figure on the ground moved—jumped up, raised his hand, and with a crisp sound, the back of the boy's hand grabbing the ball hit the Argentine player's arm.

"Flute..." The referee's whistle sounded.

"Whoosh!" The basketball drew a high arc and flew towards the basket at the same time, and there was a crisp sound of "swish" into the net, the ball scored!

Look at the referee——

"Handling rules, a goal counts as a penalty!"

The middle and young players cheered, and the Argentine players were ashamed.

The referee did not make a mistake, nor did he make a wrong judgment. This is the rule of basketball.

On the free throw line, he patted the ball easily and sent the ball to the basket easily.The score gap widened to six points, and at this time the game time was only the last 34 seconds - Li Changgeng used 29 seconds for this attack!
Geng Xiangzhi gave up the last timeout, leaving no chance for the Argentine coach to rearrange his tactics.

Foul by an Argentine player.

The China Youth Team made free throws, made two free throws, and scored.

Argentina attacked.

……

After repeating this cycle several times, the Argentine team gave up the final fight-in fact, they had lost their belief in winning after Li Changgeng scored a three-pointer.

The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

188:184, the China Youth Team won!

The game is over, victorious!
Geng Xiangzhi from the China Youth Team rubbed his nose and opened his mouth slightly. Is this the end?Did the expected final bitter battle not appear at all?Did the Argentine team simply give up the game in the end?Every second of the game has been literally gone, but Geng Xiangzhi can't help but feel unreal.It is a bit too much to describe the last quarter of the game as anticlimactic, but the game ended in a dramatic way. The stalemate ended almost immediately after Li Changgeng scored a three-pointer.Thinking about it for the Argentine team, at such a critical moment, giving Chang Geng four points all at once, no matter how tough their nerves are, they can't stand it.Their final rout was so sudden, although unexpected, but also reasonable.

It was impossible for Geng Xiangzhi to foresee the change in the last minute of the game, and Li Changgeng's performance at the end of the game was beyond his belief.It is obvious to all that Geng Xiangzhi values ​​Li Changgeng, but I am afraid no one knows that even he is more shocked than delighted by Chang Geng's growth rate.After almost every game, he can see his obvious improvement, and today this game seems to be the leader of the team.

Looking at the joyous Chang Geng on the court, Geng Xiangzhi on the sidelines couldn't help but lament: "This Chang Geng? The leader? Is it simply tarnishing the team's image!"

Among the jubilant crowd in the stands, the scouts who lowered their heads and calculated the technical statistics "Yeah" jumped up as if they were stung on the buttocks, "Oh, Mygad!" They stared straight at the technical statistics in their hands. With an unbelievable look on his face, "Li Changgeng, No. 24 of China Youth Team, scored 41 points, [-] assists, [-] rebounds, [-] steals, [-] of [-] three-pointers..."

Scoring 41 points and assisting 41 times, this kind of data is unmatched in this game, and there is no one in the entire World Youth Championship that can match it.Even in the NBA, after a [-]% discount, it is definitely at the level of an All-Star player. [-] points, a height that can only be achieved by top scorers; [-] assists, the standard of a super guard, any player who can possess one of these abilities is definitely the object of NBA scouts.If the same person appeared in a game, then no matter how exaggerated the performance of these scouts, they would never be too much.

The performance of these scouts was indeed exaggerated. They opened their mouths and then quickly took them out, frantically squeezing to the outside of the court. They wanted to get the video of the game as soon as possible.These scouts all have such a self-awareness: if the opponent gets the video, no one will kindly copy a copy for themselves.What if I get it myself?Of course, it will not be copied to others!

At the short press conference after the game, Geng Xiangzhi was smiling, but the Argentine white-haired coach was not downcast.Geng Xiangzhi repeatedly called out "to be lucky", and admired the Argentine team a lot; when the microphone and the camera were aimed at the Argentine white-haired coach, the old Argentine man grabbed the microphone without hesitation.

"This is a high-level confrontation, a wonderful game. Although he lost the game, Li Changgeng is still very satisfied with the performance of Li Changgeng's boys today. The Argentine team has fully demonstrated their strength in the game. In the end Losing the game is because our opponent did really well. The strength of the Chinese team today surprised Li Changgeng. They are already a top team in the world. Especially their No. 24 player, the 16-year-old Young man, we almost lost to him in today's game. Any coach has reason to be jealous of the good luck of the Chinese team coach, because he has such a talented Li Changgeng player.

(End of this chapter)