Growing Freely Chapter 140 The Consequences of Losing a Game
Yu Yan's face was gloomy, her lips were pursed tightly, and her eyes were as sharp as knives, with deep blame and anger: "What do you mean? Are you unwilling to obey the arrangement?"
Gong Zhengyang lowered his head and remained silent. Pan Lei quickly came to the rescue: "Obey, he's coming down right now. Sister, he's also eager to win. Please calm down."
Sun Changxing also diverted his attention: "Let's look at Ogawa's performance first. This ball is very crucial."
In fact, due to the lack of cooperation from his teammates, Long Xiaochuan did not have an immediate effect after coming on the court.
Du Gangnan refused to go inside to help Xue Zhuang share the pressure. He kept asking for the ball and wanted to rely on his personal ability to play in singles. But the point guard on the court was Liu Dingding. He, Shi Lang and Xue Zhuang were in an iron triangle, so naturally he always
Give the ball to someone you trust.
Shi Lang also wanted to lead the team to win too much. He didn't have the ability to open up the situation with long-range shots from the outside, so he could only rush inside, reluctantly taking shots again and again, and wasting opportunities again and again.
No matter how strong Long Xiaochuan's personal strength is, what will happen if he can't get the ball?
Just like Pan Lei said just now, everyone wanted to win too much, and they all felt that they should stand up and lead the team to break the deadlock. As a result, it became a mess without any cooperation.
This situation lasted until the end of the third quarter. When the Thunder team was already 19 points behind their opponents, Yu Yan made the right adjustment. She sent Gong Zhengyang to replace Xue Zhuang, and Pan Lei replaced Du Gangnan and Yang Yaye.
Replaced by Liu Dingding.
The heavy responsibility of ball control organization was handed over to Long Xiaochuan, and the team's operation became completely smooth.
Shi Lang and Pan Lei successfully used the combination skill "Face Smash" for the first time in the game, which opened the clarion call for the Thunder team to chase points and counterattack in the second half.
Under Pan Lei's strong cover, Yang Yaye's long shots and short shots and Gong Zhengyang's back hooks began to make great achievements.
But the most eye-catching person in the audience was Long Xiaochuan.
He has the absolute trust of Pan Lei and Yang Yaye, and he will look for opportunities to decisively feed Shi Lang and Gong Zhengyang, mobilizing the entire team.
After his teammates succeeded in attacking, they reciprocated the favor and were willing to cooperate with him to create wonderful attacks again and again.
So Long Xiaochuan tried his best, like a captain who turned the tide, to make Lei Ming, a leaky ship, sail again.
Their offense was much sharper than before, fighting for ball after ball, catching up point by point and narrowing the point difference.
It's a pity that we fell behind too much in the first three quarters and waited until the fourth quarter to make a strong effort, which was too late.
The Wutao team resisted desperately, and in the last few minutes, they replaced the new force to press the whole court, and tried their best to intercept with an attitude of not seeking success but seeking no faults.
In 2 minutes, both sides made countless mistakes and the scoreboard did not change at all.
Long Xiaochuan fought until the end. When the final whistle sounded, he used his last bit of strength to throw the basketball from the backcourt to the basket. Then he fell to the ground due to cramps, gasping for breath in pain.
Everyone stood up and watched the basketball fly across the court and finally hit the basket.
Two completely opposite emotions broke out in the crowd. The audience in Wutao Town cheered for the team's extreme win, while the people in Leiming Town sighed: "It's only two points away, I can't give in!"
Yu Yan rushed into the court to help Long Xiaochuan, and big tears fell on the plastic court.
Long Xiaochuan stared at the score of 64:66 on the scoreboard and kept saying "I'm sorry."
But who can blame him? Everyone knows that he has tried his best, and they can only hug each other and encourage each other: "Come on, win the next game!"
It doesn't matter if you lose the ball, you're just worried about losing morale. As long as the team's energy is still there, there's still a chance to qualify from the group.
Yu Yan encouraged everyone on the spot and talked about the group qualifying situation she had just analyzed:
According to the schedule, there is a duel between Shimen Town and Lichi Township in the afternoon. Judging from the strength of the two teams, Shimen Town will definitely win as long as nothing unexpected happens.
Then the outcome of Group B will be: Shimen Town wins two, Leiming Town, Wutao Town wins one and loses one, and Lichi Township loses two.
If Leiming Town defeats Shimen Town and Wutao Town defeats Lichi Township tomorrow, there will be a situation where three teams in Group B will tie for first place.
At that time, the scores will be compared, and each team will be ranked first, second, or third based on the total points scored in the three games.
Hearing this, Pan Lei slapped his thigh regretfully: "You want to rank based on the total score of three games? If I had known, I wouldn't have hidden my strength yesterday..."
Long Xiaochuan's expression was solemn: "Don't regret the past. All we can do is seize every minute and every second now to analyze the opponent and study tactics. Tomorrow we must not only win the game, but also try to widen the point difference."
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Gao Fu complained a little: "I told you not to irritate the coach in Lichi Township. Now it's over. Our destiny is in their hands. I guess it's useless no matter how hard we try."
Yu Yan's face darkened: "Don't say depressing words, our destiny is in our own hands."
"That's what it is, don't you understand yet?"
Gao Fu retorted, tomorrow their opponent is Shimen Town, which is the strongest team in Group B. How many points can everyone score if they work hard? Even if they can win, it will be difficult to win by a big score.
On the other hand, Lichi Township will face Shimen Town this afternoon and Wutao Town tomorrow. The two games can be completely messed up, allowing the two teams to score 80, 90, or even 100 points.
In this way, the total score of Shimen team and Wutao team will definitely exceed that of Thunder team, and they will advance together.
Yu Yan's face became even more ugly: "I don't think Coach Anda would do this."
She bet that Anda, as a teacher at a key middle school, would cherish his reputation and would never fail even if he lost all three games.
But who can say for sure?
After all, he was the first to show off and live broadcast a video of drinking Coke while standing on his head, and it became a hit today...
She was in a dilemma. She was still hesitating during lunch. There was another self in her heart that was always urging her to apologize to Anda. As long as Lichi Township tried its best to block Shimen Town, her chances of qualifying would be much greater.
Only Long Xiaochuan in the team knew what she was thinking.
He came over and said: "Do you know what the dirtiest thing is on the basketball court? It's not malicious fouls and stepping on people's feet, but using the power and relationships outside the court to affect the fairness of the game. Problems on the basketball court,
Let’s solve it with basketball, okay?”
Yu Yan's suppressed emotions were instantly released, and she couldn't help crying in front of him: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault that I was too arrogant and arrogant for bringing everyone into this situation."
"No one blames you. The game was played by us. We will only be upset about why this ball was not made and why the ball was not passed to a teammate in a better position."
Long Xiaochuan smiled and wiped away her tears with a warm smile: "Okay, don't forget that you are both the team leader and the head coach. You have to cheer up. Let's all work together to review the game and analyze the opponent.