Heizi's Basketball: I'm not the boss?

Chapter 207 Prodigy Hanamong Zhen

"Wuqi's number one small forward broke through with the ball. He couldn't rely on Kise's defense. Let's see what he will do. He will fight with the ball step by step! The force given is quite strong!"

"To be honest, this action... is worth discussing. Let's see how the referee calls the penalty... The referee believes that this is a reasonable action."

In the live broadcast room, while Bobo was explaining, he had a strange expression on his face.

Counting the ball just now, Wuqi No. [-]'s overall confrontational actions have become more and more serious, and even in Bobo's eyes, many of them have reached the point of offensive fouls.

However, the referee turned a blind eye to this, as if Wu Qi No. [-] had bribed him.

Bobo looked at the barrage filled with "black whistles" and didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only do his best to explain the changes in the game to the audience.

After all, whether it is "Basketball Date" or the "live broadcast room" of the national competition, it is sponsored by the Akashi family from behind. Including the national competition, the Akashi family is the boss behind the scenes.

From this standpoint, Bobo not only cannot accuse the referee of biasing the whistle, but also has to try to distract the audience's attention to avoid public opinion fermentation.

On the field

At this moment, the difference between the two sides has reached ten points.

42:32, Hai Chang takes the lead.

Although they still maintain their leading position, the point difference between the two sides has actually narrowed.

The reason for all this was naturally that Wu Qi No. [-] suddenly increased the intensity of the confrontation, but the referee was indifferent to this.

Xiang Yang wiped the sweat from his chin, with a very calm expression on his face, as if he had not been treated unfairly.

Because from his perspective, it is actually easy to understand what the referee is thinking.

First of all, we rule out the possibility of Hanamiya paying off the referee. As a competition sponsored by the Akashi family, it is almost impossible for such unflattering means to occur.

However, this does not mean that the referee must be absolutely impartial.

As employees of the organizer's camp, the referees during the game must obey the organizer's orders. They are more like a different kind of workers, but their duty is to supervise the normal progress of the game.

As we all know, there are many unwritten rules in the refereeing industry.

The key point is that in addition to fair and just whistleblowing, they also need to try to ensure the excitement of the game so as to capture the hearts of more viewers.

"Because the score is behind, in order to prevent the suspense of the game from disappearing too quickly, are you partial to Wuqi No. [-]..."

Xiang Yang, who has 60 or [-] years of competition experience, can easily imagine this.

"Pass the ball over here!"

Xiang Yang reached out to pass the ball. The moment he caught the ball, he immediately felt the number of eyes on him suddenly increase.

Feeling the ill-intentioned looks from many Wuqi No. [-] players, Xiang Yang touched his nose, shook his head helplessly and said, "It's true... they all look like they want to eat me. It's really scary~"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Yang started to attack. Different from the time when he deliberately elbowed Hanamiya, this time Xiang Yang directly threatened to break through, and he completely passed Hanamiya with just one face-to-face.

Realizing that he had been passed over, Hanamong immediately turned around to pursue him, not forgetting to remind his teammates loudly: "Double-team, double-team!"

Although it was not stated clearly in the words, it was obvious that Wuqi's No. [-] players immediately understood what Hanamiya meant.

I saw two insiders in the penalty area, one on the left and one on the right, immediately rushing toward Xiang Yang. Their goal was not just the basketball in Xiang Yang's hand, but more importantly, to force Xiang Yang back through physical contact!

Under normal circumstances, facing this type of defense, Xiang Yang could easily get two free throws by simply reaching out and pretending to shoot, then throwing it to the ground.

However, judging from the current intensity of referee whistle blowing, no matter how realistic Xiang Yang's "diving" action is, it is difficult to get the whistle in the hands of the referee.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Xiang Yang has nothing to do.

"One of the basic rules of refereeing is to favor the weaker team while still ensuring that the penalties are fair and just."

After anticipating that the opponent's player was planning to do something wrong, Xiang Yang didn't choose to evade, but instead accelerated to charge up, but this time his offensive action was not clean!

Xiang Yang's body sank slightly, exposing his shoulder joints. There is a special term in basketball to describe this action, "shoulder sinking"!
(Basketball trivia: Shouldering means pressing down with the body during a confrontation and using the shoulder as a weapon, which is a foul!)

The defender had just approached Xiang Yang, and before he could react, he felt a heart-wrenching pain coming from his body.

Xiang Yang, who already has excellent confrontation ability, coupled with the foul action of "sinking shoulders", his confrontational lethality reached its peak in an instant!
The next second, the defender flew out directly, exposing a large open area under the basket to Xiang Yang.

The other defender was dumbfounded and could only stand there blankly, watching Xiang Yang score a layup.

Hanamiya was the first to react. He immediately rushed to the referee and said with a dance: "Referee! Referee! Did you see it? His action is an offensive foul!"

However, the referee reacted very calmly to Hanamiya's reminder. He pressed his hands slightly down to signal Hanamiya to return to the court. This meaning is self-evident.

Two points for Xiangyang are valid!

As soon as this penalty was issued, the player who was knocked away by Xiang Yang immediately ran to the referee and said with an angry face: "Are you going to call it? He hit me like that, and you still think his score is valid?"

"In the minds of the referees... oh! oh!"

Before he could finish speaking, Hanamong immediately covered his mouth and dragged him back. Then he looked at the referee with a flattering look on his face. The latter put down the whistle he was about to blow and snorted coldly: "Forget it. You're lucky."

Seeing that the referee no longer pursued the case, Hanamong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he immediately turned to look at the player, with a gloomy and scary expression on his face: "Have I ever told you, no matter what, don't mess with the referee?" conflict?"

"If the referee keeps targeting us because of you, will you take the responsibility after losing the game?"

The player was not a fool, and he soon realized that he had almost made a big mistake. He patted his chest with fear on his face and said thankfully: "It's okay, it's okay... Hanamiya, you stopped me just in time."

Hanamiya was indeed not happy at all after being praised by his teammates. He looked at Xiang Yang who was standing on Haichang's half and murmured: "Not bad? No... not good at all!"

[That guy is really scary and difficult to deal with...]

From the moment Xiangyang chose to "sink his shoulders" to fight, Hanamong knew that the referee's penalty in this round would most likely be biased towards Hai Chang.

As mentioned before, although Wuqi No. [-] will get favoritism on the whistle as the weak side, they did not bribe the referee after all.

If it was just to improve the excitement of the game, the referee would choose to give them a hand, but he would never choose to suppress Hai Chang!

Since you Wu Qi’s first choice is to use high-intensity physical confrontation to break the game, the referee can turn a blind eye, but the penalty scale will definitely be fair and just.

If Hai Chang also chooses to increase the physical confrontation, then as long as it is not too excessive and does not rise to the level of a physical foul, the referee will not blow the whistle.

(Basketball trivia: Unsportsmanlike fouls refer to fouls that violate the spirit of sportsmanship, most of which are manifested in the form of malicious fouls.)
Hanamong was stroking the bangs on his forehead with one hand. Suddenly, his mind moved, and a new plan appeared in his mind.

In Wuqi's first offensive round, this time Huamong took the initiative to pass the ball to his teammates, and he leaned towards Xiangyang.

"Xiang Yang-san."

With a smile on her face, Hanamiya said, "Actually, I have always admired you..."

Xiang Yang's expression did not change, and he even focused most of his attention on the basketball. He chuckled and responded: "Really, then I am really honored, Mr. Hanamiya."

[You guys, what tricks do you want to play again? 】

On the surface, Xiang Yang looked amiable, but in his heart, he didn't take Hanamiya's words seriously at all.

"What I said is true, Xiangyang-san, led Haichang to win three consecutive championships! This is not something ordinary people can do."

Hua Gong shook his head, looking very yearning.

"Speaking of which, I'm curious about what is the secret of Xiangyang's success? Even though his personal performance was completely outclassed by Akashi, he still managed to win the championship three times in a row."

"Yes...are you better at holding thighs?"

After hearing this, Xiang Yang no longer distractedly observed the situation, but turned his head and looked directly at Hanamiya. The smile on the latter's face remained as if he didn't know what he just said.

[Are you trying to provoke me and then look for loopholes? 】

Xiang Yang narrowed his eyes, and he immediately saw through Hua Gong's little trick.

After all, it's just a high school-level game. Which player of this age is not full of arrogance and has a heart as high as the sky?Under this premise, it only takes a little verbal ridicule to make a player angry and lose his composure.

All Xiang Yang needs to do is turn his head and ignore Huamong, and then his plan will be self-defeating.

It's a pity...According to Xiangyang's character, even if he could see through Hanamiya's thoughts, he definitely didn't want to see himself suffer a verbal disadvantage.

"Huamong is really..."

"The ace player of Qingshui Middle School. Even in Qingshui where basketball resources are scarce, you still serve as the team's coach."

Xiang Yang spoke in a calm tone as he told the information he had collected about Hua Gong. The latter frowned slightly, obviously he couldn't understand why Xiang Yang suddenly started talking about this?

"Classmate Xiangyang, you haven't asked my question yet..."

Hanamong was about to speak and take back the right to speak, but was interrupted by Xiang Yang's voice.

"In the first grade, he successfully led the team to reach the semi-finals of the National Middle School League. For Qingshui, whose overall level is slightly weaker, this achievement is simply incredible."

"The child prodigy Hanamiya Makoto, am I right? Mr. Hanamiya? This...should be your nickname in middle school?"

(End of this chapter)