Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 37: Fighting Speed with Speed
Just as Chen Fang judged, Nan'an deployed three people in the backcourt, with Xue Yi and Yue Zang lined up in a row. It would be difficult for Dongsheng to suppress Nan'an's advancement unless it deployed more than four people.

So when he saw the five Dongsheng players all in their positions in the backcourt, Qian Yong felt a sense of frustration as if all his plans had been exhausted.

But a few seconds later, Qian Yong jumped up with a serious expression.

As soon as Zhang Hansheng crossed half court with the ball, Dongsheng's half-court press began.

Chen Fang and Yang Shan suddenly stepped forward to double-team Zhang Hansheng, while Xue Chong went to stick to Yue Zang, and the three of them cut off Nan'an's passing route in an instant.

Xue Yi was very anxious and took the initiative to go up to meet the challenge. He was impressed by No. 21's ball-stealing skills and was afraid that Zhang Hansheng would lose the ball again.

But Zhang Hansheng was not incompetent. Facing a double-team, he held the basketball with both hands on his waist and abdomen, bent his body and stuck out his hips, and rotated on the spot with his right foot as the axis, not giving his opponent any chance.

Xue Yi's support came like timely rain, and the two passed the ball hand to hand. When Xue Yi got the ball, he immediately used his height advantage to pass it to Liu Ziheng at the second wing point.

Liu Ziheng received the ball at the top of the arc and immediately saw Yue Zang break free from Xue Chong's entanglement and rush straight into the three-second zone.

After a high pass in advance, Yue Zang jumped up directly, caught the ball in the air without stopping, stretched out his ape arms, and pushed the ball into the basket.

What a great aerial advantage!

Coach Qian Yong on the sidelines clenched his fists and waved them, and Yue Zang, his most trusted player, began to play.

From double-teaming to passing the ball and finally scoring, Nan'an's entire pass and cut was very fast and clear, which immediately demonstrated their superb coordination and individual scoring ability.

"Beautiful!" The Nan'an bench had been holding it in for too long. Such a good cooperation certainly could not be missed. The voices of more than a dozen people directly drowned out the sighs of thousands of people in the stands.

Chen Fang was not at all concerned about this. His pressure was broken and this result was inevitable.

"Mine!" Xue Chong raised his hand with an unwilling look on his face. As soon as he confronted him, he felt that No. 1's body was like cast of iron, and it was difficult to stop him.

The force was so strong that he broke free as soon as he exerted force.

But no one cared about him taking the blame. Yue Gang was about to pass the ball, and Chen Fang rushed forward after receiving it. Xue Chong reacted, secretly cursing himself for being stupid, and tried his best to catch up.

Yang Shan came up to cover Chen Fang, but was immediately squeezed out by Zhang Hansheng. If you were to say who hates Chen Fang the most now, it would be him.

It's such a shame that he stole two goals.

Zhang Hansheng rushed forward, using both his hands and feet, as if he was going to strangle Chen Fang to death.

Chen Fang waved his hand and asked Yang Shan to move. At this moment, Nan'an's defense was very complete and it had turned into a positional battle.

After taking two steps back, Zhang Hansheng stepped forward. As soon as he took a step forward, Chen Fang moved, making a cross step to the left. While Zhang Hansheng was sliding, he pulled back with his back, followed by a hip turn and an instant step, passing him cleanly.

After the breakthrough, Chen Fang immediately attracted two defenders from Nan'an. Without any delay, he made a horizontal pass to Yang Shan on the wing.

Yang Shan found that Xue Chong was in position and was walking towards the inside. He hit the ground and passed the ball to him.

Xue Chong was surprised to receive the ball, but even more excited. He clapped his hands, picked up the ball and rushed to the basket. With a jump step, he was ready to confront the opponent's center.

Just as the man jumped up, a man rushed out from the diagonal direction, and slapped him to the ground with the ball.

"Roar!" Yue Zang looked at Xue Chong lying on the ground with his eyes wide open.

"What are you yelling about!" Xue Chong was furious. He got up and confronted him face to face.

"Pull him out!" Chen Fang was very calm and asked Yue Gang and Yang Shan to pull them apart.

Xue Chong was dissatisfied at first, but when he saw Chen Fang looking at him coldly, he suddenly wilted and walked away angrily.

The booing from the stands also stopped as the conflict ended abruptly. Some teachers also stood up and patrolled their classes, using their majestic gazes to intimidate the class troublemakers.

Yang Shan served the ball in front of the baseline. Chen Fang first walked towards the penalty area, and then, while Yue Gang was covering him, he stepped back to the corner to receive the ball.

As soon as he got the ball, Yue Zang, who had been staring at him, rushed in front of him.

A feint of a triple threat, and then a fake shot by lifting the ball up. Yue Zang's center of gravity was shaken and he could only reach out his hand to intimidate.

But Chen Fang was too familiar with the attack. He judged from the outside of Yue Zang's foot that Yue Zang couldn't jump at all.

Chen Fang extended his hips and elbowed the ball right at Yue Zang's face.

This is a shot without a sinking action, where the ball is held directly in front of the forehead. In the eyes of others, it is a typical standing shot.

But this shot, which seemed like a joke, went through the rim.

Yue Zang turned around to look at the results and suddenly felt frustrated. He really tried his best.

Just as Yue Zang was still in a daze, he heard the captain Xue Yi shouting, "Hurry!"

Nan'an suddenly started to move fast. Zhang Hansheng made full use of the tonnage and speed of his small tank, killed his way across half the court, and then passed the ball to Xue Yi who followed up, who scored easily.

The way of a person is to reflect on himself.

Yue Zang was happy as he ran forward, but he panicked the next second.

Because Chen Fang caught the long pass from the baseline, when he turned around, he was facing Yue Zang.

Must stop!

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Yue Zang retreated instead of advancing. He wanted to use his body and footsteps to stop No. 21.

When Chen Fang turned around and found that it was Yue Zang, he was also surprised.

According to analysis, Yue Zang has extremely strong single defense capabilities, long arms, shoulders and hips, flexible footwork, and excellent body coordination.

But the more this happened, the more excited Chen Fang became.

He pushed the ball forward and saw Yue Zang retreating, so he immediately took small jump steps to get close to him. The reason for choosing small jump steps is that it can be connected to many offensive actions, and it is the best choice for a strong breakthrough.

When you see your opponent braking with his back foot, jump and switch to the reset step. After lowering your center of gravity, change direction with a cross step. This connecting action is so fast that most people can't even react to it.

But when Yue Zang braked to reverse, he forced his legs apart and also stabilized his center of gravity.

The two men were almost face to face. At this time, there was not even room for a change of direction dribble, but Chen Fang responded quickly. He used a suspended dribble to force the ball behind him, twisted his body, and took an inside step to the left.

He dribbled the ball across his body, and the basketball bounced off the ground, passed through the crotch of two people, and bounced up again, and was caught by Chen Fang who had cut half a body distance across.

"Ahhh!" There were exclamations from the stands. The students with quick reactions saw Chen Fang performing a series of moves, and then using a back-pull and reverse-leg street basketball move to break through No. 1, and they immediately screamed.

Passing Yue Zang didn't mean the end. Yue Zang was agile and caught up with him. His hand directly touched Chen Fang's back.

But Chen Fang already had the space and vision to pass the ball. He flicked his hand and passed the ball to Yang Shan who had just run to the bottom corner on the same side.

Yang Shan took a decisive shot, and the basketball hit the side of the basket and bounced towards the free throw line.

A green figure jumped high and grabbed the backboard before Xue Chong was about to jump.

It’s still Yue Zang.

After landing, Yue Zang made a long pass, and the basketball flew across half the court and was given to power forward Liu Ziheng who was at the back.

Facing the empty Dongsheng backcourt, he scored easily.

This is the most harmful, and it disrupts the rhythm, making it impossible to counter a fast break.

Yang Shan held his head in annoyance and shook his hands fiercely, feeling so guilty that he felt his heart was bleeding.

Chen Fang didn't say anything. This was a psychological process that had to be experienced. There was no tactic in the world that would completely give you an advantage. The sharper the tactic, the greater the rebound damage.

Chen Fang asked Xue Chong to receive the ball while he waited in Nan'an's half.

Yue Zang came closer, his physical advantage of being ten centimeters taller and his strong body making Chen Fang look even smaller in comparison.

But who dares to underestimate him now? Even a blind man knows that No. 21 is the core of Dongsheng.

Yue Zang stared intently at the guy who had passed him twice and scored six points on him.

Chen Fang seemed to have no strength. When Yue Zang approached him, he followed the force and walked out. It seemed that he didn't want to waste his energy. Just when Yang Shan dribbled the ball across the center line, Chen Fang had been pushed out of the sideline by Yue Zang.

Even Yue Zang felt embarrassed and was hesitating whether to step back, but Chen Fang suddenly started.

He was running along the sideline outside the field. Yue Zang, who reacted quickly, didn't want him to come in at all, and kept sticking to the sideline to block his space.

"Crack!" It was the harsh sound of the strong friction between the sneakers and the plastic floor. Chen Fang almost bent down to brake, removing the inertia, and took the opportunity to shake off Yue Zang, jumped into the field, and went sideways.

"Where are you running to!" Yue Zang yelled in his heart, and he changed his back foot to his front foot, twisted his ankle backwards and took a few steps to catch up.

As expected of a hexagonal future warrior, he was just a little slow and behind Chen Fang.

"Ball!" Chen Fang shouted at Yang Shan.

Yang Shan saw the area Chen Fang was pointing to, and made a horizontal pass, throwing the ball outside the three-point line on the right.

Catch the ball, bend your hips, and lift the ball.

Yue Zang, who had no time to think, jumped up, raised one hand high, and was about to give Chen Fang a hot pot.

But this was just Chen Fang's trick. How could he, with more than ten years of baseball experience, play as honestly as a high school student? Looking at Yue Zang flying over, Chen Fang threw the ball.

Yue Zang, who had just landed, also turned his head to look. When he saw the basketball go in, thunderous cheers from the stands crushed Yue Zang's strong will.

Really strong, if given a little space, he will score.

Dongsheng 16:8 Nan'an.

I felt someone patted my butt, and when I turned around, it was Chen Fang.

"Keep it up!" Chen Fang stepped back.

Are you mocking me? Oh, come on.

Don't be defeated, no one will pity me, I must hold on!
Taking a deep breath, Yue Zang's eyes burst with strong fighting spirit.

"Chirp!" The whistle was from coach Qian Yong.

He waved his hands vigorously forward, which was a battle instruction for attacking. Qian Yong's expression was serious. He could not tolerate the opponent suppressing him like this, so he had to give it a try.

The first quarter started off like hell, which Qian Yong could not have imagined. The intelligence was wrong, No. 21 never appeared, and Dongsheng's tactics were very chaotic, which meant that all preparations before the game were invalid.

What we need to do now is to score points, stop the bleeding and reverse the downward trend.

All Qian Yong could think of was to attack back and fight speed with speed!

Nan’an is faster than you think!
In a dead ball situation, Nan'an replaced Liu Ziheng and Yao Qiwei with a defender and a forward.

This clearly shows that the chariots and horses are going to attack each other.

Chen Fang immediately replaced Yang Shan and Wen Hui with Hu Fei and Xia Wen.

When the referee blew the whistle, the offense and defense of the two teams immediately reached a new level. Exclamations from the stands came one after another, and ten people were running back and forth frantically.

Rebounds, rebounds, rebounds!

The hit rate of both sides could only be guaranteed by layups, and even Chen Fang missed two shots.

This rhythm is definitely wrong, but it is also what Chen Fang hopes to see, and he wants to gamble.

Bet on everyone doing whatever they want after they have exhausted all their strength.

He dribbled the ball, got rid of it, and passed it to Hu Fei, who made a jump shot but missed. Nan'an got the rebound, and everyone thought it was another fast break, but Xue Yi, who was holding the ball, did not move. Instead, he pressed his hand down, signaling to slow down.

At a glance, except for Yue Zang who started immediately after grabbing the rebound, the other players in Nan'an did not move.

The opponent has no more energy.

Looking up at the time, there were still two minutes left before the end of the first quarter.

Dongsheng 22:14 Nan'an.

Leading by 8 points, but not enough. Chen Fang had to let the main players rest in the first half of the second quarter. A larger lead could extend this time.

It was still difficult to run out of a reasonable open space. After Nan'an went inside in the positional battle, there was no advantage. Xue Yi tried to break through but to no avail and could only pass the ball to Yue Zang for a tough solution.

But there was not enough time, Yue Zang could only use a dry pull-up shot to deal with it.

The rebound was grabbed by Chen Fang. At this time, except for him and Yue Zang, there was no one else on the court who could take care of everything.

As soon as Chen Fang moved, Yue Zang chased after him. The two of them were one in front and one behind, and it only took them a few seconds to go from being parallel to facing each other.

As for the others, they all stopped and watched each other with hope.

"Defend it!" Xue Yi could only use his voice to cheer.

"Charge!" Xue Chong roared.

Without slowing down, Chen Fang tried to get rid of Yue Zang through smooth dribbling, but Yue Zang's terrifying physical fitness allowed him to have enough energy to make the move and make up for the loss of position through high-frequency steps.

Suddenly he felt his legs go weak and Chen Fang staggered back two steps before he could steady himself.

My heart sank. Damn it, I had no energy left. My legs were on the verge of deprivation of oxygen. If I tried any more, I would get cramps.

They could only stop and wave their hands. As early as when Chen Fang slowed down, the others realized something was wrong and rushed forward with gritted teeth.

The ball was passed to Xue Chong who was following up, and then Chen Fang watched Xue Chong rush in and committed a foul.

His skin felt like it was pierced with countless tiny holes, sweat was pouring out, and Chen Fang was gasping for breath.

He needed to rest. He had been setting the pace in the first quarter. At this moment, he felt like his lungs had swallowed a branding iron, feeling stuffy and dry.

Yue Zang put one hand on his waist and didn't let go.

Xue Chong missed both free throws, and the second one was even a miss.

Chen Fang helplessly made a timeout gesture towards the bench.

"See you later!" Yue Zang suddenly said.

Chen Fang looked at the dark-skinned boy in surprise and nodded: "Okay!"

Back on the bench, the heavy breathing, big gulps of water, and red cheeks all meant that no one could hold on any longer.

Sure enough, reality is always more cruel than imagination.

"Fighting position."

"For these two minutes, you need to defend the position." Chen Fang pulled Liu Feng over and said, "For these two minutes, you must defend the inside line. It's okay to commit a foul."

"Yang Shan, He Lang, Huang Jian, Wen Hui, the five of you will play a 23 zone defense. For these two minutes, first focus on defense, guard the inside, and allow three-pointers."

"Pass the ball to the penalty area and let Liu Feng shoot. He has to shoot whether he scores or not."

beep!
It's time to pause.

Chen Fang was panting heavily. He noticed that Yue Gang was looking at him silently. Their eyes met and they both smiled bitterly.

"I still don't have enough physical strength." Chen Fang sighed.

"But the other party has also consumed almost all of his energy. How about you?"

"Stop talking. I'm tired of speaking." Yue Gang waved his hands weakly and lay down on the chair.

Chen Fang stood up unsteadily, looking at the four starters with a vicious look on his face: "No one should fall behind, don't blame me for scolding him for the rest of his life!"

"We can rest for a maximum of five minutes. We must continue to maintain a fast pace and must not let Nan'an's main players relax during the halftime break."

"Otherwise, all our efforts will be wasted. Brothers, don't blame me for being ruthless. This is what we have to do to win!"

Chen Fang stretched out his hand, and Yue Gang and others took it with trembling hands.

"Stay hard, don't be soft!" Chen Fang looked at them one by one, trying to awaken their fighting spirit.

"You are so tough, looking down on everyone," Yue Gang scolded with a smile.

The five acquaintances burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)