42. In the real first battle
The home game should be quite favorable. But in terms of experience in the game, the protagonist team showed obvious shortcomings. After all, every team in the league is struggling through actual combat.
The higher the team, the more outstanding the team is in team cooperation and combat experience.
Only by personal experience can you understand that kind of strength.
At the beginning of the game, the home team's starters experienced different experiences. Compared with last year's sports team, the team in front of them is not a few levels stronger. Of course, this year's fan team is no longer the fan team of last year.
Please watch this first quarter game:
Since Irias was intercepted by the opponent's small forward Miller in the second round, the home team has been lagging behind.
Truman's successor to the No. 5 position, Trump has a high inside dominance at a young age; not only that, as a newcomer, he has developed an amazing tacit understanding in less than two months with his new teammates. Fidel, who is also an insider, has an advantage in offense, defense and rebounds with his strong upper limbs and sophisticated skills.
Ilias scored a basket with one goal but failed to make it. Trump snatched the rebound. Under the aggressive counterattack of the visiting team, Fidel scored another two points with a wonderful dunk! The whole game was infuriated. The score was rewritten to 6-12, and the home team was six points behind.
"It doesn't matter." Li Kai immediately went to comfort Yi Li's classmate who was blaming himself, and smiled and said, "Do you still remember the previous game?"
This note made Yili suddenly realize: "Is there such an intention to play the game designed by Coach Johnson?!"
In the fifth round, Li Kai dribbled from the bottom line again. The visiting team's defense speed is really worthy of being the tenth team in the world, and he set up his team in the inside early.
This time, the opponent's second position George was the opponent's second position. He tried to gain some suppression with his height advantage; his good teammate Bai Shiyuan immediately ran and rolled his body with his pick-and-roll, trying to gain room for attack for Li Kai.
"Have you been on guard against three points?"
Li Kai smiled and threw an admiring look at his opponent George, then forcibly broke through to the inside, and skillfully passed the ball back to the outside line under George's almost hand in hand! When he realized that the basketball had fallen into Ilias's hands. He had almost no thoughts, jumped on the spot and made a three-pointer ready to go... Unfortunately, before the basketball had flew out his hands, he was knocked to the ground by the wild block of the young center...
The whistle of a defensive foul sounded instantly—
Trump was forced to raise his hand, then looked at the man on the ground with disgust and said, "Weak Chicken."
After hearing this, Mark deliberately walked up to him and blocked the unfriendly guy behind him with a stern face.
Li Kai immediately ran to help Yili up: "How are you okay?"
"It's a bit embarrassing..." Yili couldn't help laughing and crying.
"How could it be! He was successfully given a foul. Witness!" Li Kai praised with his thumb up.
Yili wanted to speak but stopped, so he simply patted his butt and stood on the free throw line with a smile.
The first ball was unfortunately failed to hit.
He felt a chill on his back and quietly glanced at Ai Yi off the court. The latter shot at him with a frosty look. He tightened the basketball in his hand, gritted his teeth and took a breath, and secretly sweared in his heart: "If this ball cannot be shot again, I will go back to my hometown to commit suicide..."
Fortunately, his second free throw finally scored safely; his third free throw was also very proud of his appearance. He avoided the fate of returning to his hometown for the time being...
One of the cruelties of basketball games: those who cannot score on the field in practice are also useless.
In the next eight minutes, Bai Shiyuan performed extremely well with Li Kai's assist, with a confident three-pointer on the front and hit the board! In the last wave of attack in the first quarter, Li Kai made a three-pointer from the bottom corner very steadily.
In the first quarter, the home team was not defeated by the strong inside line of the visiting team, and they kept trying to control the score difference. In the end, the first quarter ended 20-27.
In these 20 points, Li Kai and Bai Shiyuan each scored 5 points, Mark and Nandong each scored 4 points under the strong pressure from the inside, and Ilias also scored 2 points with free throws.
During the advertising break of more than two minutes, Yili knew that he had no face to face his fellow villagers and Dr. Ai, and sat in the corner in secret and did not dare to speak.
Before the second quarter started, Zong Zheng Zhengzong said to Johnson beside him: "This score difference is still within the controllable range, which is better than expected..."
Coach Johnson, who always remains serious during the game, thought about it secretly and nodded, "The second quarter will not be that simple."
As expected by Johnson, the Patan Bay Rays launched a rapid offensive at the beginning of the second quarter, and the touch was even more intense, making people unable to withstand it.
A coach of the Lights shouted at the court: "We must beat them at least 30 points in this quarter! Can the small forward wake up?"
In the first quarter, Miller, who was slightly passerby, was indeed awakened. At the beginning, he gave the Fans a beautiful three-pointer with a long distance.
Trump and Fidel easily blocked Mark's activities in the inside, as if they saw through Nandong's cautious nature and were not good at making too big moves.
Nandong knew that he was underestimated and was a little uncomfortable in secret; although, he was indeed a defensive support player.
There is also a gap in game experience. The visiting team showed various routines in the offensive coordination between the inside and the small forward, and the score difference was repeatedly widened.
In the new round, Nandong actively seized the position at the basket and raised his hands to ask the captain for the ball.
"No." Li Kai made a judgment without taking a look, and passed the ball straight to Ilias in the bottom corner. Yili still failed to make a three-pointer. Nandong seized the rebound when he saw the opportunity and assisted Mark to score a dunk.
However, there are not many opportunities like this. Although they are not beaten as the other party wishes, everyone knows that they have always been in a passive state.
In obvious impatient situation, Nandong made a mistake and was sentenced to a defensive foul, which allowed Miller to make another extra penalty.
『Mentality collapsed?』
Li Kai thought carefully, pretended to walk towards him inadvertently, and said to him, "Don't worry, take your time."
"Do you think I can't score?" a question.
"How could it be? Didn't you just scored two goals? I'll remember it for you." Li Kai advised calmly.
"Don't explain, you just think I can't get in." Nandong seemed to smile and ran towards his position.
This made Li Kai speechless for a moment. For a moment, he really thought it would be more beneficial to pass it on to Yili...
After thinking about it, he caught up with Nandong and continued, "The next ball. You will definitely score."
Nandong looked at the team leader in surprise.
Li Kai picked up the basketball, frowned while dribbling the ball, and pretended to be serious and affirmed: "I can't get in, I'll eat it."
Nandong laughed out loud when he heard this.
It was just a coincidence that Nandong really scored an exciting goal after that.
The two looked at each other and smiled happily.
"pretty!"
"Thanks to me, you don't have to eat the ball?"
"Yes. I don't dare to say this to Yili."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
After hearing this, Yili, who was unknown, had a black question mark on his face.
They were clearly nine points behind, but the new players in the league on the field were still talking and laughing. The members of the Light Team said they couldn't understand it and didn't want to understand it. They just had to think about how to win more points and widen the gap that they could not reach...
Li Kai didn't care what his opponent was thinking. He did not spare any effort to run the whole game just to find a better opportunity. He did not miss any chance to score, and at the same time he did not forget to motivate his teammates by example:
"Defend this game!"
"It would be even better if I could get another point!"
"If Johnson doesn't say anything, we're acting ok."
"It's up to me to get points haha."
"If we lose this time, we will definitely lose to Yili's hit..."
"Baby, run faster!"
Coach Johnson, who had not spoken a word, saw all this in his eyes, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"excellent."
Zong Zheng turned around in surprise, thinking that he was hallucinating. Johnson's mouth could even bring out words of praise!
"Are you talking about our captain?"
"Well. He did a very good job."
Zong Zheng was happy to hear it.
Li Kai's efforts were recognized.
On the court, it is no longer easy to take care of the opponent in front of him. He not only successfully watched the opponent's point guard, but also distracted from everyone on the court...
But a person's physical strength is always limited.
"He is already tired."
Just after Zong Zheng came to this conclusion with certainty, the whistle of the fan team's violation suddenly sounded in 24 seconds.
Immediately, booed everywhere in the venue, and even some people maliciously threw off the empty water bottle...
At this time, the big screen happened to capture Kanter's boss Pashilf. He frowned and looked unhappy.
After a while, the audience who threw the water bottles randomly was set up by a few strong men and left the venue. No one dared to act rashly anymore.
The moment of halftime is approaching.
Coach Johnson finally came up with the idea of replacing people. Just as he was discussing with Zong Zheng who to change, a child next to him began to get ready...
After all, I have been sitting upright for more than twenty minutes!
Duan Fengchen sat on the bench and watched the game for most of the time, he only had one thought in his mind:
"No one noticed it! I need me in this game! I need me!"
This idea arose in his heart countless times. He finally held it in his mouth and didn't shout it out. He almost felt a little frustrated!
The second quarter ends.
The Rays scored as much as 29 points, while the Fans scored 20 points with hard work.
At this point, the score is temporarily 16 points behind.
It is much better than the 30 points that their coach threatened to lead at least.
Chapter completed!