The True Colors of Youth Chapter 180 The Last Game
Of course, it's not that all members of the Debao team have lost their minds, but that a haze that no one else can imagine is shrouding their hearts.
For them, today's game is not only the semi-finals of the "village ba", but also a farewell and retirement game for the whole team.
Because of Huang Kunbo, the main players of the Debao team have cooperated closely with Michael Du for many years. They played countless match-fixing games and did too many bad things. They crippled Long Zaiyuan's knee, kicked Long Xiaochuan's leg, and even injured several people.
Unclear innocent players.
Before coming to participate in the game today, Huang Kunbo also called Du Qiu, as usual, asking how to arrange the game and whether he should find an opportunity to completely destroy Long Xiaochuan and Shi Lang.
He was surprised when a power-off prompt came from the other end of the phone.
Immediately afterwards, rumors spread in the wild football circle that Michael Du had been arrested, and more than a dozen betting bosses were also arrested.
Debao players felt that a disaster was imminent. Some called their families to say goodbye and explain important matters, and some even planned to pack up their luggage and run away.
Huang Kunbo knew he couldn't run away, so he immediately told everyone to calm down: "I am the captain, I will bear the guilt, and everything has nothing to do with you."
He only has one condition. Today's game may be the last regular game in his life: "I want to finish it."
His teammates were grateful for his efforts, so they fed the ball crazily on the court and wanted to give him a decent farewell.
This is why Long Xiaochuan initially mocked Jiang Ye for match-fixing, and Jiang Ye had such a big reaction.
However, the Thunder team had already seen through the Debao team's intention. Long Xiaochuan pressed Jiang Ye for the whole game and did not give them a chance to play fast break. The "Four King Kong" quickly returned to defense and stayed in the paint area. Other players could take any shot they wanted.
The only thing is that Huang Kunbo is not allowed to have a chance to shoot from mid-range.
No matter how strong Huang Kunbo is, he can't score every goal against Long Zaiyuan's inside iron barrel formation.
It was okay to miss once or twice, and the situation could be stabilized through strict defense, but after being interfered with several times in a row and losing the ball after being blocked, the balance of victory began to tilt towards the Thunder team.
Long Xiaochuan is good at long-range three-point shooting. Although his shooting rate is not as good as Yang Yaye and Gao Fugao, and even lower than Sun Changxing, he is unambiguous at critical moments.
Now there are four strong men, Xue Zhuang, Du Gangnan, Shi Lang and Gong Zhengyang, fighting for rebounds in the interior. As long as he keeps a distance from Jiang Ye, he can open up and shoot. The more shots he takes, he can always make a few.
At the end of the second quarter, the Thunder led the Debao team by 7 points, 36:29.
Among them, Long Xiaochuan of the Thunder team scored 17 points on 7 of 14 shots in the first half. Every teammate who took the field scored.
For the Debao team, Huang Kunbo scored 21 points on 10 of 22 shots. The remaining 8 points were all scored by Jiang Ye. The other players only took 3 shots on the field and none of them scored.
The audience on the sidelines was still watching with interest, but Liu Bo had already left.
In the eyes of this famous Qiandong basketball player, these two teams are messing around and are beyond amateurish: "Watching them play is a complete waste of time. No matter who wins, it will be Qandong's shame!"
Long Zaiyuan also couldn't understand what his opponents were doing. During halftime, he asked the players: "They are so abnormal. Is something wrong?"
Du Gangnan said carelessly: "Who knows, since it is beneficial to us, it's over!"
The matchup between him and Huang Kunbo was very stressful. With the help of his teammates, he allowed his opponent to score so many points, and his temper was not small.
Long Zaiyuan shook his head: "We must be wary of him changing his tactics in the second half. Don't just focus on Huang Kunbo. If others suddenly break out, this point difference will easily catch up."
He first named Jiang Ye and asked Long Xiaochuan to guard him without any effort: "Although this kid is arrogant, his strength is obvious to all. Once Huang Kunbo distributes the ball, he can easily become the main attacker."
Then he told other players to pay attention to their gestures and adjust their defensive strategies in time.
Facts have proved that Long Zaiyuan's judgment was very accurate.
Huang Kunbo didn't want his farewell game to end in failure: "Don't give me the ball. My personal reputation is already ruined. It's meaningless how many points I score. You still have a long way to go. If you beat the Thunder, it represents Qian Qian." If you go east to participate in the provincial league, maybe the superior leaders will be able to be lenient and not hold you accountable!"
These words are more effective than any chicken blood. In order to escape the crime, the Debao team players rushed back to the field screaming and attacking like a wave.
After Long Zaiyuan saw Huang Kunbo starting to cooperate with his teammates, breaking the ball continuously and helping his teammates score 4 points, he immediately made substitution adjustments.
This time, Luo Gaozhan replaced Du Gangnan.
This substitution is very strange.
Because Du Gangnan was playing against Huang Kunbo, why did he replace such a tall and strong main player with a short one who was only 1.6 meters tall?
Huang Kunbo is more than 30 centimeters taller than Luo Gaozhan. Even if he just lifts the ball above his head, it is a height that Luo Gaozhan cannot reach.
Ruined?
Undefended?
Match-fixing?
No one could understand the significance of this substitution, and Yu Yan even asked about the reason.
Long Zaiyuan smiled and said nothing, but raised his chin, meaning to let her take a look.
On the court, Luo Gaozhan doesn't defend at all, because he can't defend himself, and it's easy for the opponent to get a 21 penalty.
The Debao team saw such a big loophole in their opponent, so there was no reason not to attack this point!
This caused the offense that others had just improved to come to an abrupt end, and returned to the way it was in the first half, with every ball being handed over to Huang Kunbo for finishing.
Correspondingly, the defensive pressure on other inside members of the Thunder team suddenly dropped by a notch.
Because everyone knows that Huang Kunbo will shoot against Luo Gaozhan, everyone only needs to help defend and make up for it. Whether he can defend or not depends on fate. Anyway, when Du Gangnan was on the court before, he couldn't defend half of the shots.
It was the Thunder team's turn to attack. Long Xiaochuan held the ball and observed the situation on the court. He immediately figured out his uncle's plan. As long as the two sides maintained a tug-of-war situation, the Thunder team had a lead of more than 5 points entering the last quarter. Got some head start.
So it's not terrible if the ball is lost on the defensive end, it's just as good as catching it back on the offensive end.
If you want to produce stable output on the offensive end, forcing three-pointers like just now won't work. You have to use a more reliable way to create damage.
What is this method?
Among the team's offensive methods, Luo Gaozhan's open shots are of course the most stable!
Long Zaiyuan's subtext is: "Take advantage of everyone's contempt for Luo Gaozhan and create shooting opportunities for him!"
Therefore, Long Xiaochuan suddenly changed his rhythm when organizing the offense with the ball, using his skills to overpower Jiang Ye.
Because Long Xiaochuan did not make a serious breakthrough in the first half, Jiang Ye misjudged and thought that the opponent would still step back and shoot, so he just shook his body symbolically and made a fake move to follow up.
By the time he found out that Long Xiaochuan was serious this time, it was already too late when he started again.
Fortunately, Huang Kunbo was experienced and came over in time to cover up the defense and stepped on Long Xiaochuan's foothold first, blocking his path to the basket when he took off.
Long Xiaochuan was waiting for this opportunity. The moment he rushed into the gap between the two men, he pushed the basketball in his arms with his left hand and passed it back from under his right rib.
What a coincidence, Luo Gaozhan happened to be there, no one was guarding him, and he took the shot from an open position, as sure as an old dog!
Watching the basketball hit the net, there was an uproar on the sidelines. It turned out that this little guy had two brushes!
Not only did he have two brushes, Luo Gaozhan's next performance even blinded their eyes!