basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 42
In the training session on the second day, Lu Ziqiu arranged an intra-team match as expected.

The members of the coaching staff are a little confused about his temporary change of training plan, but he is the head coach, so they just do what they say.

Lu Ziqiu asked everyone to go all out, and whoever did not go all out would be punished with 1000 leapfrogs.

This frightened the team members a lot.

After the grouping was completed, Thompson and Harris each led a team, while Lu Ziqiu walked aside alone and sat quietly watching.

Lan Feng, Lin Sen and others were assigned to the red team, James and others were assigned to the blue team, and the rookies and the players transferred from the second team were assigned to the next group. Each group only played one quarter.

Lan Feng glanced fiercely at the blue team, and smiled, and the blue team members couldn't help shrinking their necks when they saw this.

Lin Sen showed a bright smile.

As the referee, George glanced at the players on both sides, raised his voice and shouted: "Everyone must take it seriously, but pay attention to your actions, and don't get hurt."

The players answered in unison.

"Okay, let's guess the ball."

Guess the ball and the blue team wins.

The ball was controlled by James, Lin Sen pushed forward slowly, and said with a low laugh, "Idiot, brother defends you with one hand, don't pass the ball if you have the ability, let's fight one-on-one."

James snorted, not being fooled, raised his hand to signal his teammates to do a pick-and-roll tactic, then accelerated, easily bypassing Lin Sen's defense.

With a flick of the wrist, he passed the ball to his teammate waiting in the corner before the defense came.

"You're so timid, you don't even dare to fight one-on-one?" Lin Sen hugged him with a smile.

James frowned, shook off him and continued to run tactics.

But Lin Sen stuck to him like a dog's skin plaster, "I'll give you an empty spot, and you won't be able to make the shot, so don't waste your energy."

"Play as long as you play, what are you doing?" James paused for a moment, then replied, suddenly his feet swayed, and he threw away Lin Sen again to catch the basketball.

Just when he was about to break through, Lin Sen suddenly rushed over like lightning, and stopped in front of him again, "Shoot, you can't break through mine."

James ignored it and made a fake pass. Seeing that Lin Sen's center of gravity shifted, he took advantage of the opportunity to break through from his side.

However, before he could completely break through, he was suddenly elbowed in the ribs.

The elbow was so strong that he let out a muffled grunt in pain, and the ball was snatched away by the red team player who double-teamed him.

He was very annoyed, and suddenly turned his head and glared at Lin Sen.

"I can't take it anymore? Little bitch." Lin Sen replied contemptuously, and quickly rushed through the half court.

"Shameless, let's see how I deal with you." James chased after him with cold eyes, and stuck to Lin Sen tightly, preventing him from catching the ball.

"Are you looking for abuse?" Lin Sen laughed, and gave him another elbow. This elbow was much heavier than before, and it hit his chest.

James snorted again, clutching his chest and bending down.

The whistle sounded immediately, and George signaled the red team to make an offensive foul.

For James, this is a disaster. Breakthrough suffers elbows, defense suffers elbows, and running without the ball also suffers elbows.

He couldn't bear it anymore and protested to the coach.

Lin Sen spread his hands innocently, "This is the game. If you want to be clean, then you might as well forget about shooting practice."

Thompson glared at him angrily, "Substitute, come down for me."

Lin Sen was almost in a good mood, so he also pretended to be cursing and left the scene.

But Lin Sen's end is the real disaster for James.

Lan Feng's attack was more ruthless, and he was only the next one.

At that time, James ran out of an empty basket through the pick-and-roll tactics, and the ball was given to him in time.

He accelerated happily and made a three-step layup. When his body soared into the air, his eyes suddenly went dark.

Lan Feng, who was tall and tall, suddenly appeared, "The idiot also wants to lay up? Go home and eat milk."

Before the words fell, James was overturned to the ground with the ball.

"boom!"

A huge impact suddenly sounded.

"Ow!"

James' cry of pain immediately frightened everyone, and they hurried over to check.

After such a short period of time, the knee has swollen a lot.

George hurriedly asked someone to carry James off the court to rest, and Rhoda quickly ran out to call the team doctor.

Harris pointed at Lan Feng's nose and scolded, "Are you playing basketball or people? Do you play like this?"

The corner of Lan Feng's mouth twitched, "My responsibility is to protect the frame. Anyone who wants to score in front of me must pay the price."

Thompson also suddenly became angry: "Fart, you are clearly hurting people on purpose."

Lan Feng ignored it, turned around with a sneer and left the stage.

He exchanged a glance with Lin Sen and showed a meaningful smile at the same time.

The team members looked at Lan Feng as if they had seen a devil, and no one dared to take a step closer to him.

The two old men, Thompson and Harris, were so angry that they rushed over and pointed at Lan Feng and criticized them fiercely.

Luo Mang came over at some point, and said coldly: "There is no one who doesn't get hurt in playing basketball."

Then put on the earphones again, lean on the basket and close your eyes to listen to his songs.

"Okay, stop arguing." Lu Ziqiu also came over.

Thompson said angrily: "Head coach, you must deal with this situation seriously."

Lu Ziqiu nodded, "You go and see how James' injuries are, and I'll take care of them."

Thompson and Harris glared at Lan Feng angrily, then turned and left.

Lu Ziqiu pointed at the two of them expressionlessly, and finally walked over and kicked Luo Mang lightly, "The three of you follow me."

Lin Sen snorted.

Luo Mang took off the earphones, glanced at Lu Ziqiu expressionlessly, and then slowly got up.

Lan Feng was as obedient as a child who did something wrong, she drooped her head and said nothing.

Lu Ziqiu beckoned to Luo Da again, "From today onwards, you have to strengthen their physical training and increase their physical resistance."

Roda said with a wry smile: "But the amount of training is already large enough. If it is increased, I am afraid they will not have the physical strength to cope with the summer league."

"Don't worry about the summer league, we just go to practice tactics, but their physical confrontation ability is really poor."

Rhoda glared at Lan Feng angrily, "I will arrange it as you say."

"Go, go and see how James' injury is. If there is nothing serious, let Thompson and Harris come back and continue to host the match."

"Still fighting?" Rhoda recalled the scene where James was injured just now, and couldn't help feeling a little terrified.

"Why not fight? Without confrontation, how can we see their true level?"

Rhoda glanced at Lan Feng again, "What if someone gets hurt again?"

Lu Ziqiu did not reply to his words, and beckoned to George again, "Coach George, please continue to host the next match, and analyze their situation to me later, so we can adjust the targeted training plan."

George readily agreed, "No problem, just leave it to me."

Lu Ziqiu patted Roda on the shoulder and looked straight into his eyes, "Did you see that? This is the attitude that the team coach needs. You should learn more from Coach George. Sometimes it is not wise to protect players too much. No blood, no sweat, no tears on the training ground, what can they do when it comes to the official game?"

Rhoda's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded emphatically, "I understand."

Lu Ziqiu smiled slightly, turned to look at Lan Feng and the others, "You three come with me."

(End of this chapter)