Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 54: Taking the Head Start
beep!
A long horn sounded in the stadium, reminding both sides that the game would start in five minutes, and both sides immediately left the court, leaving it empty.

The warm-up players returned to the bench one after another, and the starting lineup prepared to follow the first tactical arrangements of the game.

After Chen Fang confirmed the tactical strategy for the first quarter with Sun Lexian, he asked everyone to gather around.

"Let's talk about the starting lineup first. Me, Yue Gang, Xue Chong, Yang Shan, and Liu Feng."

"Pay attention to two things. First, quickly convert the backcourt rebound into a fast break. The first choice is to attack the basket, and the second choice is to shoot."

"Second, we play 32-man zone defense, press the perimeter, and actively attack the ball holders. The Affiliated High School doesn't have many strong points, so let others shoot."

"In positional warfare, we should play against the Rising Sun, actively penetrate, and shoot when there is an opportunity in the two bottom corners, even if we miss."

"Press down on the wing and clear the top line."

Seeing that everyone understood, Chen Fang clapped his hands: "Get ready."

Everyone stood in line, waiting for the DJ to start calling out the list of people entering.

The cheering groups of both sides had designated positions in the grandstand area behind both sides. At this moment, banners and clapping props were distributed to the students.

Behind the basketball hoop, the cheerleaders of both teams are already in position, with staff nearby to serve as liaisons.

"Get ready to go on stage." The liaison officer shouted, "Watch my gestures."

"Remember your position, don't be nervous, smile and take a deep breath!" Captain Gao Jiao explained the details of the performance without turning her head. As one of the few people in Dongsheng who has learned dance, she attached great importance to this performance.

Opposite the Dongsheng cheerleading team, the Affiliated High School cheerleading team was also ready to go. The team leader Wu Zi was clapping and cheering everyone up: "Sisters, here's the opportunity to teach beginners. Let them see what momentum is."

"Get ready, countdown, 3, 2, 1, go!" The liaison officer waved his arm and the two teams rushed into the court directly from the baseline.

The cheerleading team of the Affiliated High School has a full team of 14 members. They formed an inverted triangle formation, waved hydrangeas, and jumped to the music.

Their outfits are baseball skirts + tight vests with exposed belly buttons, which are visually impactful and can make your blood boil at first sight.

On the other hand, the Dongsheng cheerleading team, because it was formed temporarily, could only play with ten people, forming a V-shaped formation. Moreover, they were wearing school uniforms and holding hydrangeas, which looked out of place. The scattered audience in the stands immediately booed.

"Don't be affected, keep smiling." Gao Jiao shouted.

Chen Fang clapped his hands, and as he made the move, all his teammates on the bench applauded and cheered together, making the scene less awkward.

After all, the cheerleaders are there to cheer for the home team. As long as the home team is satisfied, the others won't matter.

While applauding, Chen Fang turned his head to glance at Wu Zi, who was leading the dance in the other half. Just as the dance move turned sideways, their eyes crossed.

Chen Fang smiled because he saw the flash of anger in Wu Zi's eyes.

As the music ended, the cheerleaders slowly left the court, and three referees appeared on the sidelines holding basketballs.

"Now let me tell you the list of participating teams."

"No. 2 Yue Gang."

Yue Gang ran onto the court, along the center line facing the Affiliated High School.

"No. 8 Xue Chong."

Xue Chong excitedly ran into the court and high-fived Yue Gang.

"Number 15, Han Nuo."

Kou Feng quickly pushed Han Nuo who was stunned, "Come on, stop being dazed!"

"Oh oh." Han Nuo woke up and staggered onto the court.

It was like a dream and Han Nuo felt dizzy.

"Number 24, Kou Feng!"

Kou Feng took a deep breath and stepped onto the court. He didn't expect that he would be on the court again three months later. He couldn't help but sigh that the world is unpredictable.

Following the DJ's announcement, Dongsheng players stood on the court one by one.

"Number 21, Chen Fang."

"Huh!" Not only the whole team, but also the cheering group in the stands gave the loudest cheers so far.

Chen Fang trotted into the court, high-fiving everyone as he passed by. He looked at Kou Feng, who was rather embarrassed, and hugged him, understanding how depressed he felt at the moment, as if he had been on a pirate ship.

The stands on both sides of the baseline also showed different emotions as Chen Fang appeared.

Lin Xi took the opportunity of everyone cheering and cheered boldly, jumping up and down. Wu Zi, looking like a bandit, stepped on the back of the basketball hoop with his long legs and gnashed his teeth.

No wonder you said you would watch me dance on Monday. So that’s it, Chen Fang, right? I’m not done with you.

When I thought about the look in this man's eyes when I was dancing just now, I felt uncomfortable all over and had the urge to vomit.

He called everyone together and formed a circle. Chen Fang pulled Yue Gang to stand in the middle, then stepped out and put his hands on everyone's shoulders.

"Dongsheng!" Yue Gang started jumping and shouting.

"Charge!" the whole team shouted.

"Dongsheng!" The tone was raised again.

"Charge!" everyone started shouting.

"Dongsheng!" Yue Gang roared towards the sky.

"Charge!" The whole team raised their heads and shouted.

"Huha!" The whole team ended with a shout, jumping back a step and raising their hands high.

"Dongsheng, come on, Dongsheng, victory!" The cheering group immediately followed and started to create an atmosphere.

Lu Yun jumped up from his seat with a strange expression.

"This opening line is awesome! What do you think, Wu Zhen?"

Wu Zhen had an unhappy expression on his face, and after a while he replied, "I'll let them think about it when we get back, and I want the effect to be the same."

The opening remarks of both sides began almost at the same time. Dongsheng shocked the whole audience. The voices of twelve people, like morning bells, resounded throughout the stadium.

Sun Yi had a blank expression on his face and Yan Zhen snorted.

The cheerleading team lost a game, but now they have made it back.

beep!
The last minute reminder bell rang, indicating that the game was about to begin.

After coming off the bench, Chen Fang grabbed the four people and the five of them formed a small circle again.

"Let's get started, brothers!" Looking at everyone, Chen Fang had a murderous look on his face.

"Go, go, go!" The five people shouted three times and then dispersed, starting to fight for the ball.

"It's finally about to start, I can't wait." Lu Yun grinned.

Attached is the starting list of Nanyang High School:

Sun Yi——191CM\85KG\PF\No.2

Yan Zhen——184CM\77KG\SG\No.9

Yu Hao——181CM\70KG\PG\No.5

Jin Changhai——192CM\91KG\C\No.10

Cen Yanyuan——187CM\84KG\SF\No.6

The referee carried the basketball to the center circle, signaled to the players on both sides fighting for the ball, and after confirmation, threw the basketball up.

Starting center Jin Changhai took the lead and hooked the basketball, and Sun Yi behind him took the ball into his arms.

Dongsheng retreated like a tide. Xue Yi exclaimed, thinking that Dongsheng would press forward from the start, but unexpectedly, they actually backed down.

Is this looking down on Nan'an?

Sun Yi gave the ball to Yu Hao, then waved to everyone to get into position, and he himself headed towards the penalty area.

Yue Gang blocked him directly, and the two captains got entangled from the beginning.

Yu Hao passed the ball to Yan Zhen on the wing at the top of the arc. The latter made a series of moves, but Chen Fang remained unmoved. The next second, Yan Zhen made a cross step and changed direction, and forced his way to the baseline.

Chen Fang gave him some physical resistance, then put his hand in his arms, forcing him to dribble with only one hand.

Yan Zhen paused and moved towards Chen Fang, but the latter immediately took a step back and then quickly pounced back.

Due to interference from Chen Fang, Yan Zhen's jump shot missed.

Liu Feng took the basketball and immediately looked for Chen Fang. At this moment, Chen Fang had almost run from the middle to the center circle. For so many days, Liu Feng only practiced one thing, which was throwing the ball. He threw the ball hard with one hand and threw it to the front court.

Chen Fang was running sideways, and when he saw Liu Feng throwing the ball, he started to speed up. The cooperation between the two this time exceeded the reaction of the affiliated high school. When Yu Hao, who was at the back, went to chase, he had already seen Chen Fang catch the basketball at the three-point line, take three steps, and put the ball into the basket.

2: 0.

Dongsheng scored first.

"It's really fast!" Liao Hui nodded and wrote down the key words in his notebook.

"Have the awareness of fast break." Read as you write.

"Yan Zhen!" Sun Yi shouted sternly.

Yan Zhen knew that it was his own problem, as he did not go to look for his people immediately after submitting the investment.

The Affiliated High School came to the front court, and after the defender and forward passed the ball hand to hand, it was handed to Yan Zhen again.

This time Yan Zhen did not choose to play one-on-one. After calling for a pick-and-roll, he went towards the top of the arc along the three-point line.

In the zone defense, Yang Shan rushed forward, but found that he was blocked. Yan Zhen was unguarded at the moment, so he took decisive action.

"Good shot!" Several people immediately stood up from the Affiliated High School bench, and the cheering crowd in the stands also cheered.

"Pay attention." Chen Fang shouted.

Just now, the player behind didn't remind Yang Shan, so he didn't react in time and had to do the screen-and-roll.

When facing pick-and-roll screens, the reminders from teammates will greatly reduce the quality and success rate of the pick-and-roll. You must develop the habit of shouting as soon as you see it. On the court, the mouth also plays a big role.

It was Dongsheng's turn to attack.

Chen Fang held the ball slightly below the center circle, waiting for his teammates to get into position.

Yang Shan came out to receive the ball, he passed it to him, and then went to the wing. Yang Shan dribbled the ball, Yue Gang pulled out and set a pick-and-roll for Yang Shan at the top of the arc, attracting three players from the affiliated high school to move towards the top of the arc. Yang Shan immediately passed the ball to Chen Fang.

Chen Fang on the wing received the ball and shot without hesitation.

The ball shot through the net like an arrow, causing cheers from the Affiliated High School cheering group in the stands behind the baseline.

The cheerleaders of the affiliated high school, all sitting in the stands, also sighed a few times.

"Hmph!" Wu Zi punched the floor and actually let him score.

5: 3.

Dongsheng took the lead again.

"Take a look, isn't it very accurate?" Wang Yuanxi said.

Liao Hui nodded and attacked as fast as he did during his warm-up. Those who were guarding him were caught off guard and were struck by him.

"Do you always move so quickly?" the person next to Xue Yi asked.

"Quickly." Xue Yi felt a little relieved when he saw the Affiliated Middle School was hit by Chen Fang. He thought to himself that Chen Fang's next projection would hit the minds of everyone in the Affiliated Middle School again and again.

It depends on how many times you can withstand it.

"So fast?" Wu Zhen also asked.

Lu Yun was enjoying it, and upon hearing this, he said, "Look at him warming up, he's really fast."

It was hard for Wu Zhen to associate Chen Fang on the court at this moment with the person from yesterday.

There has always been a misconception that short people all like to shoot three-pointers.

In fact, this is all due to duty. Strictly speaking, height determines strength. Short people have to spend more strength to shoot three-pointers, so three-pointers are not accurate. Wu Zhen is very clear about this, so the shot of No. 21 makes him feel unreal, fast and accurate, so there must be something behind the strength.

Many people watching from the stands did not expect that both teams would be in good form at the start, and could not help but feel that today’s game would be exciting.

"Yan Zhen!" Sun Yi reminded again.

Yan Zhen was a little depressed. He didn't expect that No. 21's shot would be so unreasonable. He was only one meter away from him, so how could he dare to shoot?

After that, the good luck ran out. Since the other team had baskets, the intensity unconsciously increased. For three consecutive rounds, no points were scored and both teams were on an ineffective shuttle run.

Chen Fang dribbled the ball and signaled to slow down the tempo. The opponent probably knew something and retreated quickly. There was always someone lagging behind, and two rebound conversion fast breaks were not successful. In this case, it would be better to fight a positional battle directly.

Standing three meters outside the arc, he called Yue Gang.

Yue Gang came to the top of the arc, and Sun Yi followed him to interfere closely. Yue Gang had already prepared for this. He continued to expand outwards to set a pick-and-roll for Chen Fang. Sun Yi did not follow him out at this time, because if he did so, it would be equivalent to breaking the defensive formation.

"Yu Hao." Sun Yi shouted as a reminder.

Sensing that someone was coming up, Yu Hao stuck straight to him. As soon as he moved, Chen Fang moved too, speeding up to the flank.

Yu Hao moved sideways, but saw Chen Fang gave the ball to Yue Gang.

As soon as Yue Gang received the ball, Xue Chong and Yang Shan on both wings pressed towards the bottom corner, and Liu Feng, who had been outside the penalty area, also sat inside.

The defensive formation of the Affiliated High School changed immediately, and except for Yu Hao, everyone else was pressing downwards.

Yue Gang rushed inside with the ball, and Sun Yi immediately rushed forward to block him.

At the same time, Xue Chong and Yang Shan were exchanging positions. Yang Shan suddenly changed his trajectory and moved upwards, but Xue Chong stopped and gave Yang Shan an off-ball screen.

Completely blocked Cen Yanyuan who was defending him.

Yang Shan moved up to set a screen for Yue Gang, blocking Sun Yi's left side, and Yue Gang dribbled the ball and continued to move forward.

Yue Gang's offensive choice caused Yan Zhen on the left to subconsciously assist in defense, letting go of Chen Fang who was defending closely and double-teaming him.

Everyone in Dongsheng was waiting for Yan Zhen's choice. When they saw Yan Zhen retreating, Yue Gang immediately passed the ball.

Chen Fang, who had been standing still on the wing since the pass, waited for a long time and shot as soon as he received the ball.

This kind of three-point shot with no one more than two meters in front of you is like a free gift.

Watching the ball fall into the net, Chen Fang smiled and winked at Wu Zi who was stomping his feet behind the basket.

Wu Zi was furious, but he dared not say anything. He could only grit his teeth and stare at Chen Fang's back.

"No. 21 only got two three-pointers?" Many people looked up at the scoreboard. It was only three minutes into the first quarter, and he already had 8 points?

"So stable!" Wu Zhen praised.

Lu Yun also nodded. There was no difference between the two attacks.

Compared with the attention of young people, Xiao Mingguang, the head coach of the affiliated high school, is strongly aware that Dongsheng is by no means a school team without tactical qualities, and their offense is methodical.

This obviously went against his plan.

8: 3.

The score gap made the Affiliated High School a little anxious. Sun Yi got the ball at the free throw line and tried to attack. He made a series of back-to-the-basket shots and then jumped into the penalty area with one step. Unfortunately, his short jump shot hit the rim and bounced out.

The inside was crowded and Liu Feng failed to grab the rebound, which was taken down by Jin Changhai. The latter's shot caused Liu Feng, who was eager to make amends, to commit a foul.

While serving, Chen Fang pulled everyone aside.

"There's nothing wrong with our defensive strategy. Keep going, Liu Feng. You can't score every goal. Fouls are normal."

After comforting him, Chen Fang said to Xue Chong: "After covering, you still have to move, don't think it's okay."

"understood."

Then he said to Yang Shan: "Go to the bottom corner, the bottom corner."

"If I'm hanging there alone, they won't dare to really press down, and that's your chance."

"Come on!" After giving his instructions, Chen Fang stretched out his hand and asked everyone to come up.

"123, charge!"

After shouting the slogan, everyone returned to their own positions.

Liao Hui in the stands looked at the shortest man on the field, who was making everyone else bow their heads to listen to him, and nodded: "He has leadership talent."

"Of course. When Chen Fang plays basketball with us adults, he gives the same commands. This kid is born with leadership skills," Wang Yuan immediately added.

Similarly, Chen Fang temporarily called together his teammates for a talk. Lin Xi behind the basketball hoop felt very good. This was the Chen Fang she had imagined him to be, responsible and courageous.

Now only Wu Zi felt uncomfortable, but she had confidence in her mother team. How could a team that even her brother recognized lose?

It's only a temporary success, the real show is yet to come, Wu Zi is waiting.

(End of this chapter)