The weather forecast says heavy rain will come in an hour.
Taking into account that an awards ceremony would be held after the game, the organizing committee omitted the red tape before the final and allowed athletes to enter the venue half an hour in advance to warm up.
The originally planned celebrity performances, exchange of gifts, guest kick-offs, cultural and tourism promotional videos, etc. have all been cancelled.
This hasty change caused some situations. Nearly half of the spectators had not yet found their seats. I heard that athletes rushed to the stadium thinking that the game was about to start. This caused serious problems at the narrow entrance.
Congestion.
Long Xiaomei and the Thunder Cheerleaders organized by her are the "victims". They put on elaborate makeup and festive costumes, but were blocked from the stadium and unable to enter.
The weather will not wait for anyone, and the referee requires the starting players of both sides to enter the stadium as soon as possible.
The Longjiao team does not have a head coach. The team leader is a street cadre who wears a shirt, trousers and leather shoes. All games are arranged by the captain Zhang Yan, which is very similar to the Thunder team.
They sent their strongest lineup to start the game, with point guard Lu Xiao, shooting guard Wang Wenwu, small forward Zhu Rui, power forward Zhang Yan, and center Qiao Bilan.
Correspondingly, the Thunder started Long Xiaochuan, Gao Fu, Yang Yaye, Shi Lang and Xue Zhuang.
This is the Thunder Thunder's strongest player in every position. When standing opposite the Dragon Horn players, the physical disadvantage is visible to the naked eye.
Xue Zhuang and Qiao Bilan walked to the middle circle and jumped the ball.
Qiao Bilan relied on his height advantage to steadily push the ball into Lu Xiao's hands.
This was expected, and Long Xiaochuan immediately shouted for defense, reminding everyone to find their positions.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xiao rushed over with the ball like a gust of wind, and made Iverson's signature crossover change more than one meter in front of him.
When Long Xiaochuan saw that the opponent was holding the ball with his left hand, he judged that he was going to break through from his left side and quickly moved to the left to block the gap.
At the same time, Gao Fu also came from the left to help defend, intending to work with Long Xiaochuan to "close the door".
This is the essence of the second and third zone defense, which is designed to attack the opponent with a strong attack in singles!
But Lu Xiao actually skillfully adjusted the rhythm by dribbling with his hips.
This man dribbled the ball back and forth. One second he thought he was going to forcefully break the gap between the two, but the next second he suddenly pulled the ball and turned around, drifting to Gao Fu's left.
Long Xiaochuan was shocked and wanted to pursue him but was blocked by Gao Fu's body.
Gao Fu's center of gravity has completely sunk to the right, and it will take time to start defending on the other side.
Since Xue Zhuang had not returned to the defensive position after jumping the ball, Yang Yaye in the left corner was too late to cover.
As a result, the five members of the Thunder team could only watch as Lu Xiao made an open jumper and scored two points neatly.
After playing so many games, this was the first time Long Xiaochuan was so passive.
He was shocked in his heart and shouted that it didn't matter and he went to the baseline to serve.
According to the division of labor on the court, Gao Fu came over to respond and passed the ball back to Long Xiaochuan so that he could dribble the ball and organize the attack.
But with such a simple cooperation, the two of them messed up again!
Gao Fu caught the ball with his back and passed it back casually. Zhang Yan suddenly rushed over from behind him.
The speed was so fast that just when Gao Fu saw Long Xiaochuan's expression of panic and shouting, before he could react to the reminder call, he felt a black shadow pass by behind him, and the basketball in his hand was intercepted.
Long Xiaochuan's reaction was not unpleasant and he immediately stepped onto the field to counterattack.
But Zhang Yan was too fast. He reached the basket, jumped high, and dunked into the basket with one hand.
The ball was so powerful and heavy that the basket made a loud noise, and the entire basketball stand was creaking and shaking.
After Zhang Yan landed, he deliberately stood in front of Long Xiaochuan and looked down at him deeply.
He was nearly two meters tall, and Long Xiaochuan was only 1.78 meters tall. This height difference brought with it a strong oppression. In fact, he expressed contempt and disdain without even saying a word.
The scene suddenly erupted into cheers and cheers like a tsunami. Obviously people liked such a bloody tone, and their enthusiasm was ignited by this slam dunk.
Thunder fans were all in disbelief. Less than 10 seconds after kick-off, two goals were scored in front of them?
Shi Lang couldn't hold it back anymore and yelled: "Long Xiaochuan, what are you doing!"
"This ball is my fault!"
Long Xiaochuan raised his hand to signal his teammates to calm down and try to score a counterattack to regain the rhythm.
However, when they actually attacked the opponent's half, Yang Yaye, Xue Zhuang and others truly felt the toughness, brutality, roughness and dirtiness of the Longjiao team.
Regardless of whether they have the ball or not, they will be closely pressed by the Dragon Horn players. These players will press forward with their bodies, press their chests hard, and stretch their hands to pull to violate the opponent's cylinder, preventing them from running and pulling without the ball.
Space.
Everyone in the Thunder team has one thought: Are these guys really here to play basketball?
They shouted for help, but due to the principle of "no yelling for minor rules", the referee ignored these infringements.
Long Xiaochuan, Gao Fu, and Yang Yaye passed the ball from the outside. As a result, everyone was restricted and had no chance to make a safe and secure shot.
The basketball returned to Long Xiaochuan's hands. He tried to break through, but was suppressed by Lu Xiao's impeccable defense.
Long Xiaochuan found that he couldn't hit the ball, so he could only pass the ball to the inside, allowing Xue Zhuang, who was in a relatively better position, to attack the basket.
Xue Zhuang first hit the opponent's big center with his back, but he couldn't squeeze out and then chose to turn around and shoot a jump shot.
As a result, as soon as he raised the basketball to his forehead, before he could take a shot, Zhang Yan, who was helping to defend him, pushed him down with the ball.
The referee's whistle sounded, and Xue Zhuang was called for a walking violation.
Xue Zhuang was very innocent and signaled Zhang Yan to act like a thug in defense!
The referee ignored it, but Zhang Yan stepped forward and taunted: "Is this all you have? I didn't even try hard!"
Long Xiaochuan asked Xue Zhuang not to have meaningless arguments and to quickly return to defense.
This ball must be defended at all costs, otherwise the team will fall into a big headwind again. We don't want to fall behind by 24 points in the first quarter like they did against the Tomahawks before.
But their zone defense was like paper in the face of the Dragon Horns' sharp offense.
Qiao Bilan singled out Xue Zhuang inside, and his first shot was interfered with and missed, but he immediately took the shot and made up for it.
The Thunder team tried to counterattack again. Shi Lang picked and rolled from a high position. Long Xiaochuan deliberately did not take the pick-and-roll position and instead went to the other side.
Lu Xiao was shaken and quickly rushed to block the shot and defend.
The defense was too fast and tight. Long Xiaochuan made a fake shot and passed the ball to Shi Lang, who finished the support and cut to the basket.
Shi Lang caught the ball and used his good half-turn hook. After Xue Zhuang tried his best to block Qiao Bilan and Zhang Yan's defense, he finally scored a goal.
The two points were hard-earned by the Thunder team, but before they could recover, they were counterattacked by the Longjiao team's quick serve. Wang Wenwu got rid of Long Xiaochuan and even passed Gao Fu and Yang Yaye.
The two of them scored an easy layup.
The players of the Longjiao team celebrated wildly under the basket and provoked unscrupulously.
Long Xiaochuan's mentality was affected, and his teammates were also under tremendous pressure.
At this time, Long Zaiyuan called a timeout, and the Thunder team had to make adjustments!