Growing Freely Chapter 154 But what if we can win?
The sky is getting gloomier.
Long Xiaochuan stood outside the three-point line, facing Zhang Yan's oppressive momentum.
Under the spotlight and expectation, he took a deep breath and finally signaled to his teammates to open up space and not to help.
There was warm applause from the sidelines, and the audience respected him as a man.
Because if Long Xiaochuan loses the duel, it will not only be as simple as losing two points, but also means losing the reputation he has worked so hard to build and the persona he has worked so hard to build, and the impact will be immeasurable.
But what if we can win?
A smile appeared on the corner of Long Xiaochuan's mouth, and he turned to look at Yu Yan on the sidelines.
This is the final of the "Village Ba" Mi County selection competition. Tens of thousands of people are watching the scene, and hundreds of thousands of netizens from all over the Internet are watching.
What a rare opportunity for fame!
Yu Yan immediately understood the meaning in his eyes, gave him a thumbs up, and then brought her hands together to her mouth: "Come on, Long Xiaochuan, I have always been optimistic about you!"
Her voice was loud and attracted everyone's attention. It was inevitable that many people misunderstood her.
Zhang Yan made the whole audience laugh with one sentence: "Beauty, let's see how I beat up your boyfriend!"
Yu Yan did not defend herself, but continued to shout: "You are worse than Long Xiaochuan! Far!"
Long Xiaochuan knew that she was helping him, and his heart was full of pride, and his whole body became energetic.
I saw him lowering his body, opening his arms forward and left to expand the defensive area, and his eyes stayed on the opponent's eyes, reading any intentions hidden in them.
His brain was running at high speed, analyzing the opponent's possible offensive methods, and deduced that Zhang Yan was arrogant and would never directly shoot a three-pointer from long range in such a big battle.
Then he should choose to break through, and dunk directly after the breakthrough, which is the desired effect!
Long Xiaochuan even thought of the celebration actions his opponent might do.
So he only needs to make a bet with himself, bet on whether the opponent will break through from the left or the right, and then move to the blocking position first, and then use the hand speed of being single for more than 20 years to cut the ball. If the bet is correct, he will win, with a 50% chance of winning.
If given the chance, he would like to fight back and exchange a handsome goal for the praise of the audience!
But is it really that simple?
Yu Yan's stimulation did not have much effect. Zhang Yan smiled, suddenly turned his back and moved toward Long Xiaochuan.
This shameless guy actually started to beat me from behind?
Seeing the nearly two-meter-tall guy in front of him, with a huge back and a heavy waist, approaching continuously, Long Xiaochuan felt like his head was getting bigger.
Even if he tried his best, he couldn't stop the opponent from rushing towards the inside. He was searching for a solution.
Use "remove the stool"?
His eyes fell on the other party's strong waist and legs, and he immediately rejected the idea.
Zhang Yan's core strength is very strong, and the strength of his hips and legs explodes. In every confrontation, you can see the violent deformation of the forefoot of the sneakers, which is a manifestation of the forceful pressing of the toes to the ground.
This shows that people's bodies work together to guard against this move!
What else can be done?
The only way Long Xiaochuan could think of was to risk a steal.
It was the move in which he and Shi Lang were dueled one on one at the beginning, and the rubber was removed from the basketball shoes.
While raising his arms to resist Zhang Yan's impact, he observed the frequency of his opponent's dribbling. In the gap between the basketball leaving his hand and landing and rebounding, he had to overcome psychological barriers to complete the difficult action of flying.
He doesn't need to completely seize the basketball, as long as he can poke it with his finger and destroy the sideline, this one-on-one challenge will be considered a win!
Time passed slowly, Zhang Yan was getting closer and closer to the basket, and Long Xiaochuan had no time to hesitate anymore.
He finally saw the opportunity and was about to take action, but he suddenly got goosebumps all over his body. When he glanced up sideways, he happened to meet Zhang Yan's eyes.
That is a gloomy, cold, cunning look, with the coldness that I have seen through your heart and penetrated all your secrets.
Long Xiaochuan felt his heart skip a beat: "Is this still a trap?"
Yes!
Zhang Yan always has his back to the basket. If he wants to dunk with both hands, he must first half-turn to face the basket, and then take off his steps.
If he is always stuck behind him, it will be difficult for him to smoothly complete the preparatory movements such as bending his knees and raising his elbows after turning around.
Therefore, he judged that Zhang Yan was deliberately exposing his flaws, tricking himself into making the first move, and then he could complete the finishing move handsomely. Maybe after shaking himself away, he would take the opportunity to look back, pause for a second under the basket, etc.
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Long Xiaochuan's thoughts suddenly changed, and his whole body muscles immediately braked, and he made adjustments in the middle of Zhang Yan's series of actions including protecting the ball with both hands, raising his elbows, turning around, stepping forward, and dunking.
He anticipated the opponent's movements and made a clockwise lateral turn with his left foot as the axis.
The scene suddenly became weird.
Zhang Yan turned half counterclockwise in front, and Long Xiaochuan turned fully clockwise in the back. They were like two tops that collided again after turning around.
The difference is that Long Xiaochuan is short and agile, and can turn around faster.
So when the two collided face to face under the basket, he lightly stretched out his right hand, cut Zhang Yan's left hand with a palm knife, and snatched the ball cleanly.
Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment and looked at Long Xiaochuan in disbelief.
Their eyes met, and he read a trace of amusement in Long Xiaochuan's eyes, and then he lost sight of the other party in front of his eyes.
"Oops!"
He reacted immediately, Long Xiaochuan counterattacked, and immediately turned around to pursue him.
Both of them were sprinting at a speed of 100 meters. Long Xiaochuan couldn't run fast with the ball, so he pushed the basketball forward and quickly caught up with him.
Seeing the basket getting closer and closer, Zhang Yan also caught up with him.
Long Xiaochuan was preparing to put the ball together with both hands for a layup. Long Zaiyuan's words came to mind: "You have to get rid of the bad habit of three-step layup after a breakthrough!"
Listen to others and eat enough!
He immediately made a sudden stop and stepped forward, and held the ball under the basket.
Zhang Yan was so anxious that he misjudged Long Xiaochuan's movements. After taking off, he jumped directly over the bottom line and fell into the crowd of onlookers.
As soon as Long Xiaochuan raised his hand and sent the ball into the basket, he immediately went to help Zhang Yan.
The audience was stunned. From Long Xiaochuan's sudden prediction of the ball to the two men running to the other side of the court at the same time, they did not make much sound. After watching this wonderful transition between offense and defense, they burst into surprise at the same time.
Only then did the players from both teams react and came to care for their teammates and celebrate the goal.
Long Xiaochuan tapped Zhang Yan's arm to confirm that the opponent was not injured, and quickly directed his teammates to defend: "It's just a goal, it's not a big deal, we are still many points behind!"
On the sidelines, Pan Lei looked at Yu Yan with his eyebrows flying and said: "Damn, Brother Chuan has tricked me!"
Yu Yan pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm just telling you, he can definitely do it!"
Amid the lively discussion on the bench, Liu Dingding folded his arms and poured cold water: "Is it okay to anger the opponent like this? We haven't even finished the second quarter and we are already 32 points behind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the drizzle fell from the sky and fell on everyone's newly ignited passion...